BAILEE “Oh, Bailee,” He said, rushing to my side and cupping my cheeks. “You’re okay. You are okay, right?” “Caleb was here,” I said, staring up at him through my watery eyes. “He just left.” I expected Alex to turn around and rush out of the room after him, but I should have known better. He ju
ALEXANDER Bailee was sleeping soundly in my bed, and while I was tempted to crawl in and cuddle with her, I was scared to hurt her. Even more, I was scared to wake her. She needed all the sleep she could get. Her scans came back clear, but her body and mind still suffered trauma, and it would t
BAILEE “The son of Senator Johnson, Caleb Johnson, has been making waves in the news lately. From a video of him choking and then attempting to run over his ex-wife, Bailee Evans, to the latest scandal of corporate espionage, Caleb Johnson is now wanted by the state of New York for multiple crimes.
BAILEE “You can’t be serious right now,” I said as I stepped into the playroom Alex had put together for Brinley in the course of twenty-four hours. “As a heart attack.” He said, his hands on his hips with pride as he stared out over the room overflowing with toys. “Brinley told me that she liked
BRINLEY I glanced down at Brinley, scared that she would understand what we were saying, but she was too distracted by all the toys, trying to find her favorite to show me, to notice. “I am,” I said, and he looked horrified as he stepped back. “It wasn’t planned.” I wasn’t sure why he was so up
CALEB “Caleb, you can’t be here!” Lorna hissed, and I wrinkled my nose as she pushed her short hair over her shoulder. It felt right back over her ear, the ends of it not even touching her collarbone. It seemed to get shorter each time I saw her, and I hated it. She knew I despised short hair, yet
BAILEE I pulled on the sleeve of my shirt as I got out of the car. Security surrounded me as cameras flashed, and I pulled Brinley onto my hip, trying my best to hide my grimace of pain. Alex’s driver remained in the front seat at my insistence, but our guards had still opened the door for us and
BAILEE "Get out of my way!" I shouted, pushing past Keller. "Brinley!" My voice cracked as my fear consumed me. White noise buzzed in my head, drowning out the sound of Keller calling me back. A hand wrapped around my arm, but I dug my nails into it as I ripped it off. "BRINLEY!" I screamed,
BEN Bailee gently hit his arm with the back of her hand as she walked by him to a cabinet to grab a glass, and I laughed. “It was a week ago. Where is Brinley?” I asked, looking around for my adorable niece. She would probably love to hear my news with them. “She said she had to go find her train.
BEN I wasn’t sure when I decided to return to the city. Still, I found myself pulling up to Alex’s house five hours later, my back irritated from being in the car for so long, and only one text from the manager of the rehab center checking in and asking if they could get me anything since I missed
HAVEN “Hey, have you guys seen my…” Calum said as he trailed behind the security guard who stormed past us, but he stopped in our way when he saw my face. “You’re crying?” “Not now, Calum.” He ignored her, but I didn’t want to discuss this with him. We were just co-workers, not friends. He fli
BEN My hands were sweaty, and a chill went through me. I couldn’t trust anyone. Not my parents, staff, or even Haven after her repeated lies over the past week. If she had told the truth this time, I would be in serious trouble. My staff had access to everything that controlled my life. I wou
BEN My heart twisted in my chest. After seeing her picture, I knew in my gut that Siri was mine, but Haven had lied so many times that even hearing what I had wanted to hear, I wasn’t sure I could believe it. “There wasn’t anyone else?” I repeated. If there wasn’t anyone else, then Haven hadn’t
HAVEN “That’s not possible,” I said, shaking my head back and forth. This room was too small for us to hash this out now. I felt like I couldn’t breathe with Ben so close, and his body heat made me uncomfortably warm. “Look at me, Haven,” Ben demanded, and I ripped my eyes away from the stack o
HAVEN I had resented Benjamin Evans for many things over the years, but the feeling of dread that now bubbled in my gut when I drove to work was the cherry on top. This job was finally something I had outside of my home that I had worked hard for, and that made me happy, and he made me not want t
BEN “Haven, like your old assistant Haven?” Bailee asked, and I nodded even though she couldn’t see me. “The one and only,” I grumbled in response, rubbing my temples as I tried to fight the headache that was rapidly coming on. “That’s great! Did you guys talk?” Bailee asked, sounding as excited
BEN “Bailee,” I answered, tucking the envelope under my arm as I swiped my key card and opened the door to my suite. “How are you feeling?” She had another baby on the way, a boy this time, but she had been having some stress-related complications that had worried everyone around her. Granted, sh