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,