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 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
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.
HAVEN The second I walked into the break room the next day, Bonnie and Calum jumped from their seats, asking if I was okay. Suzie had sent me home yesterday for the rest of the day unpaid, and while I wasn’t expecting my badge to work this morning, it did. “How are you?” Bonnie asked, and I shr
BEN “No! Of course not!” I exclaimed, glancing around my room again. Nothing looked out of place, and Haven had only been standing there when I walked in, but it still had me on edge to have someone in my private room when I wasn’t around. “I’m so confused right now,” Haven muttered. “That’s you
HAVEN Ben didn’t try to stop me as I stormed down the hallway to the elevator. Instead, he followed behind with a smile that I noticed in the reflection of the lift’s metal walls. I wasn’t even sure why I was so angry. I knew things would have to change once Ben found out about Siri, but I hadn’t
HAVEN “I have to go,” I whispered, turning back to the elevator and pressing the down button repeatedly for it to reopen so I could get my car keys from my locker. “I don’t think you should go anywhere until we know what’s happening,” Ben said, following me. “I need to get to Siri,” I said, swipi
BEN Haven looked over her shoulder. Her blue eyes filled with worry as she stared at me. We both knew there was no way out of this. I wasn’t going to just hang back and hide in the garage, and I deserved the right to at least meet my daughter. “He is here to deal with the mess outside.” “Then m
HAVEN “Mommy,” Siri said, pulling her headphones off and letting them and her tablet fall to the floor as she looked around the room at all the strange faces. Her arms wrapped tighter around Ben, and I looked around the room, too, seeing how she could be scared. “This is not a conversation that
HAVEN “I worked for Ben for years, but in reality, I worked for your entire team,” I said, and Coach Dawson’s face tightened. “I did everything ever asked of me, regardless of who asked from your team, the cost, or the time it would take. Your wife’s bake sale, when over half of the team wives and
HAVEN “That was years ago, and it wasn’t like I was being reckless and having a fling with some random employee!” Ben yelled, and my breathing became faster. “I loved her! I was planning on marrying her as soon as she agreed! People wouldn’t care about us sleeping together if we had gotten married
BEN Coach Dawson’s unwavering glare made me uneasy as I sat across from him in his polished, oversized office. His desk was far larger than needed for a man who spends most of his time in a conference room with the other coaches discussing strategy, in the film room, the gym, or by the rink. He
BEN Seeing Siri and Haven sitting in my kitchen, eating the food I made for them, filled me with so much happiness that I would remember this exact moment forever. We then spent the next few hours building Siri’s furniture together. I hadn’t expected Siri to want to be involved, but she sat in my
BEN “How long will you be staying?” Bailee asked as she sat at the dining room table, her feet on the chair next to her. It was nice to see Ben fussing over her, refilling her water, and putting a pillow behind her back, but it also made me sad that I never got that with Ben. Max had been incred
HAVEN I was nervous about seeing Bailee again after so many years. I had hated her when I worked for Ben because she had always blown him off. Now that I knew it was because her abusive ex-husband had been isolating her, I felt guilty that I had hated her so much, but I didn’t know how to interac
HAVEN I was nervous about seeing Bailee again after so many years. I had hated her when I worked for Ben because she had always blown him off. Now that I knew it was because her abusive ex-husband had been isolating her, I felt guilty that I had hated her so much, but I didn’t know how to interac
BEN There was a knock on the front door the next morning, and I quickly pulled up the security cameras to see Bailee there with her hand on her stomach and a pained look on her face. It didn’t take me more than two seconds to cross the house from the kitchen to the front door, wiping my hands on