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
BAILEE I laid awake for a while with Alex curled up against my back, softly snoring away. The sound usually lulled me to sleep, but not this time. This time, I was wide awake, riddled with guilt. Caleb would have gotten so mad at me, but Alex didn’t care one bit. It was like he expected me to c
ALEXANDER I was shocked to find Bailee wasn’t there when I woke up. Since finding out she was pregnant, she had been sleeping like the dead, and her body seemed to have its own timer. She slept until around eight, but then she couldn’t go back to sleep no matter how tired she was. It was cute see
BAILEE I regretted it the instant the words came out of my mouth. All of my irrational thoughts and paranoia came crashing down as the room fell silent, and I could swear I could hear Alex’s heart stop as he realized that he had impregnated a crazy woman. “What is happening right now?” Daniel,
BAILEE Alex got a call from the office right after our conversation, and I used the excuse to escape the situation. I was in Brinley’s room to get her up and ready for daycare. I was very careful to avoid everyone in the house as I dressed her, grabbed a homemade breakfast bar for Brinley, and go
BAILEE “Your what?” Alex’s voice made all three of us jump and turn toward the doorway leading to the store. “You’re here!” I exclaimed with unreasonable excitement as I stood, my feet protesting the movement as my belly bumped the desk and stumbled back slightly. My eyes landed on the paper ba
BEN Was it weird to be shopping for engagement rings at this moment? Yes Still, I couldn’t help myself. It was the first place my mind went when I woke up this morning. If Haven was so comfortable around me and loved me so much that she was willing to let me fuck her in the ass, then I would bet s
HAVEN “Have you ever done this before?” Ben asked, and I shook my head. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before stepping back. “How did I get so lucky?” His question, with the sudden loss of his body heat, made me blush, and I pushed off the counter slowly. I could only assume, with him
HAVEN “Did he say anything to you?” Ben asked as we settled into our room for the night. Siri had passed out on the car ride home, and Ben made it look so easy to transfer her from the car to her bed. I had never succeeded in doing that without waking her up. “No,” I said, meeting his stressed
BEN He was so close to them... so close to my family, and there was nothing I could do but watch. “Evans! Head in the game!” Coach screamed, but I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the scene before me. Security was coming down the steps toward him, and he threw his head back laughing before walk
HAVEN I was so scared that Ben would be angry at me for going behind his back and calling his parents that I hadn’t even told him they were coming. They were staying at a hotel near the stadium and were ecstatic to meet Siri. That was my big regret with this surprise. Ben didn’t get to introduce
BEN “Is Haven bringing Siri tonight?” Jake asked, and I nodded, unable to stop the smile on my face. The first pre-season game was tonight, and I was over the moon to finally have someone to give my tickets to. They weren't front row since the arena saved those for the high-paying fans, but my
HAVEN Ben’s eyes closed as if he were in pain as I leaned forward and flicked his lips with my tongue. I was bold when drunk, but this… this was a new level. I felt invincible with Ben as if I could act on any urge I had, and he couldn’t or wouldn’t judge me for it. He would just… satisfy me. “
HAVEN I loved them. The women were absolutely incredible. All of them, except Nora, but she broke away from the group fairly quickly. It seemed she was a bitch to everyone, and no one really put up with it. They just ignored her when her attitude started up and wouldn’t talk to her again until she
HAVEN Brinley stayed with us for three nights, which was the best distraction I could have asked for. The girls had been so happy to be together that I didn’t have time to dwell on any of the shit that had happened in the past few months. They needed constant engagement and snacks. I secretly had