BAILEE “Get out,” I said, wiping my tears on the back of my hand. “Excuse me?” Sasha gasped in shock and possible outrage. “Get out of my store! Your sister is not marrying my boyfriend, and even if the pits of Hell had frozen over and they were getting married, I will not be designing your dres
BAILEE The ride up the elevator at Elite was quiet, except for the repetitive jazz music coming out through the speaker. It was nice and calming, yet it did nothing to shake the feeling inside me. I felt sick and shaky. The new hollowness in my chest seemed to be fighting with the butterflies in
ALEXANDER I rubbed my temples as I returned from my fourth meeting of the morning. One of these days, I would have everything established within my empire and be able to move someone up to cover my position, so I could retire early. The migraine I had was getting progressively worse with each p
ALEXANDER “You’re stupid,” Lacey muttered as she turned to leave the house. Bailee hadn’t been feeling well. She said the exhaustion of her day was getting to her, and I could understand that. I ended up having to work late. So after all day of Bailee working, she had also been on her own with
BAILEE “Baby?” Alex whispered as he entered the bedroom, and I squeezed my eyes shut tighter, not wanting him to know that I was still awake. I had chickened out earlier when I went to his office, telling myself that it was better to pretend that Sasha hadn’t ever said anything than to confront A
BAILEEI 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 forgotten his laptop. Like the loving wife I was, I raced over to grab it for him. I had made it my goal to make his life at home as easy on him as possible by helping where I could with the cooking and cleaning since he worked so hard to provide for us. It was never good enough for him, but little things like bringing him his laptop would surely make him happy.Only I had frozen in horror when I saw the messages popping up on his computer from his phone. The smiling, poorly clad woman stared back at me. I could see her nipps through her lace underwear, and she had one hand down between her legs, covering herself.His assistant. Lorna: I got your gift. I’m at the Rosewood Hotel. Don’t make me wait
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 me feel queasy, but I held it down. A hand wrapped around my forearm, and I was yanked to a stop just before the elevator. “No!” My scream came out in a hoarse sob. “No! Get off of me, you lying piece of garbage!” The rage and venom behind my words made him release me immediately, but he stayed close as he glared down at me. I took a step back, shaking my head at him. “You don’t get to touch me. You don’t get to ever touch me again!” The elevator dinged behind me, and the doors opened, but I didn’t pay any attention to the people getting off until I heard them speak. “Bailee! Lower your voice! That is no way to speak to your husband!” “Mom?” Caleb asked, and I turned to face Helen and Georg
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 like she was the queen.Yet, her favorite pastime was picking fights, throwing little digs at me, and insisting everything I did was wrong.Much to her dismay, this was between Caleb and me, and I refused to let her be involved this time. He had dragged her into everything else. Mommy’s little boy.Only, he looked stunned as he stared at me, dumbfounded that I would be so bold as to bring up divorce myself, especially in front of his parents.“Don’t be foolish, Bailee!” Helen spat. “You have a child together! Divorce is not an option! That’s just lazy. You are lazy!”I stared at her unbelieving what she said. Since the day he introduced me to his family, Helen Johnson had hated me. She threw litt