BAILEE I held my breath as the housekeeper pushed open the hotel room door. The woman gave me a pitying look as I slipped her the cash I had promised in exchange for her help getting into my husband’s luxury suite. Caleb had been so rushed for his ‘urgent business meeting’ that he had forgot
BAILEE “Bailee!” Caleb yelled as I threw open the door and rushed down the hall. I needed fresh air. It felt like the walls were closing in on me, and I could hear my blood pumping in my ears. “Bailee, would you stop for a minute?” The sound of my name on his lips as he zipped his pants made
BAILEE “You must be out of your mind!” Helen yelled, but I didn’t spare her a glance. This wasn’t between her and me…even though she wanted it to be. She thought the world revolved around her, the perfect senator’s wife. She loved putting on her over-priced, costume-looking jewelry and acting lik
BAILEE I went home alone that night. The backstabbing nanny was already fast asleep, and as much as I wanted to confront her for what she had done, I moved past her room and into mine. I was hurt, angry, and exhausted. After a long, hot shower, I had curled up in my empty bed and muffled my sob
ALEXANDER My assistant trailed behind me as I stormed into my office, pulling off my suit jacket and rolling up my shirt sleeves. “Sir, we couldn’t have seen this coming.” My assistant, Nathan, said. “I did.” I spat through clenched teeth as I moved to the glass wall of my office that looked out over the city. “Sir?” I knew something like this would happen eventually. Caleb Johnson had been doing everything within his power to compete against my company. He had been planting moles amongst my employees, releasing fabricated stories to the tabloids, and had even hired a private investigator to trail me. He had been quiet for the past few months, and I had hoped he was going away, but I should have known better. Pests never left on their own. Now, he was poaching my clients. I knew for a fact that Justin was already stressing about his upcoming contract with the Rangers. Yet, he was about to pay us millions to break his contract to join a newer competitor, one who wouldn’t
ALEXANDER “I’m telling you, Alex,” Mason said, slapping his hand on my shoulder as he shook me back and forth. “This is the best news we could have gotten in a long time. A wife? That’s gold! He must have been hiding her for a reason! She could be the key to everything.” I lifted the glass of scot
“No comment!” The lawyer shouted over them, but the reporters didn’t slow. “Damn. I take it back. She’s off the list. I like to pick the eager-to-please when I flash money kind of woman, not the greedy, poison my food if I don’t give her what she wants, kind,” Mason stood, looking around the room.
BAILEE This day just kept getting worse. Alexander. Fucking. Kingston. That wasn’t his middle name, but that was how I had said his name in my head for the past seven years. No one on this Earth, including Caleb, had caused me as much pain as Alexander Fucking Kingston. This man had taken my virginity, told me he loved me, and then tossed me aside like I had been nothing more than a piece of trash on his way out of my life. I had been young and in love. I had cried over him for months. Getting over him was one of the hardest things I have ever done until today. Now, at the lowest point in my life, he just had to show up again. It was a cruel joke. Seeing him made me feel like I was cursed. It was as if higher forces had looked down at me and said, “Did you think this was over? Buckle up, sweetheart. Things are about to get a whole lot worse.” I had to have done something horrendous in my previous life for this to be happening to me. Alex stood from his barstool, his ey