LOGINEPILOGUE “Go, go, go!” Sebastian screamed from next to me, standing and leaning over the person in front of him as if Ben could hear him over the crowd and the glass. Then again, with how loud the man was, he just might. I had only known Bash in passing from when I worked for Ben as his assista
HAVEN ONE MONTH LATER My eyes kept moving from the woman before me to the clock on the wall behind her. I wanted to be here, but I had more important places to be. She had run over with her last client, which made us run over and caused me to be late for an important game. Ben had been stressin
BEN Haven was empty for the next few weeks as she flew back and forth, cleaning out the house her ex-husband had left her. It had been Cynthia’s home, too, and Haven had been taking extra care and devotion to ensuring things were handled and gone through properly. I had gone with her a few times,
HAVEN Her hand was cold, and I adjusted her blanket to cover her arm. The lawyers had come in and refused to admit any fault of the hospital, even though Cynthia had her ID on her and even knew one of the paramedics who brought her in for them to have given the hospital her name. They should ha
HAVEN Sitting in the airport in the middle of the night with a toddler who got angry each time the loudspeaker called for another flight and disturbed her sleep was not what I had been prepared for. My mind was a foggy mess. All I could picture was Cynthia falling down the stairs. How long had sh
BEN Being excited about an ex getting involved in my life might not have been the best thing when things were already tense, but fuck did it feel good to know I did indeed have friends in high places and they were watching my back. Was I still expecting them to hold it over me and try to get me t
HAVEN Cynthia and Siri were outside, enjoying the pool while I polished up my resume, and I smiled as I heard them giggling. I would miss Cynthia when she returned home, but I hoped she would see how nice life here could be and would decide to stay. “Haven?” Ben’s voice rang through the house,
HAVEN My hands shook as I pulled up my browser before quickly closing it and opening it in incognito as if that made any difference. The light of my phone made the already dark room around me feel like an empty void, and I squinted but kept my brightness up. I wanted to see everything. Knowledg
HAVEN The private jet was a nice touch, and I appreciated that the airport was also private and didn’t allow any of the press on the runway. But they were waiting at home like little vultures, wanting to pick the last bit of humanity off our exhausted and empty bodies. Siri had been screaming bl
HAVEN I didn’t bother opening my eyes in the dark room and didn’t need to. I could feel him everywhere. “This has to go,” He whispered, kissing down my collar until he was between my breasts, his tongue dipping beneath the band of my tank top. My nipples were hard and pebbled beneath the fabric,







