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 “What were you thinking, bringing that man here?” Cynthia hissed, and my eyebrows pulled together in confusion as I stared at her. “You were just telling me to talk to him!” I exclaimed, my hands lifting in exasperation as I sat on Siri’s bed next to Cynthia, watching Siri cook us some food
BEN The cameras flashed every few seconds, but most reporters were filming as I spoke. It was beyond frustrating, and while I tried to keep it professional, I was also furious. I wanted Haven to be out here with me to show we were a united front, but it was too soon for that. She said she wasn't
BEN It was just a nerve. How much worse could the pain get? “Horsey? Mommy doesn’t let me play horsey anymore. Last time, I fell off her back and hit my head.” Siri said before bouncing on Haven’s hip with a large smile as she grabbed her mother’s cheeks. “Can I? Mommy, please?” “As long as so
EPILOGUE “Go, go, go!” Sebastian screamed from next to me, standing and leaning over the person in front of him as if Ben could hear him over the crowd and the glass. Then again, with how loud the man was, he just might. I had only known Bash in passing from when I worked for Ben as his assista
HAVEN ONE MONTH LATER My eyes kept moving from the woman before me to the clock on the wall behind her. I wanted to be here, but I had more important places to be. She had run over with her last client, which made us run over and caused me to be late for an important game. Ben had been stressin
BEN Haven was empty for the next few weeks as she flew back and forth, cleaning out the house her ex-husband had left her. It had been Cynthia’s home, too, and Haven had been taking extra care and devotion to ensuring things were handled and gone through properly. I had gone with her a few times,
HAVEN Her hand was cold, and I adjusted her blanket to cover her arm. The lawyers had come in and refused to admit any fault of the hospital, even though Cynthia had her ID on her and even knew one of the paramedics who brought her in for them to have given the hospital her name. They should ha
HAVEN Sitting in the airport in the middle of the night with a toddler who got angry each time the loudspeaker called for another flight and disturbed her sleep was not what I had been prepared for. My mind was a foggy mess. All I could picture was Cynthia falling down the stairs. How long had sh
BEN Being excited about an ex getting involved in my life might not have been the best thing when things were already tense, but fuck did it feel good to know I did indeed have friends in high places and they were watching my back. Was I still expecting them to hold it over me and try to get me t
BEN It was odd pulling up to the house and finding there wasn’t a single paparazzi in sight. After today’s news, I expected them to be ready to break down my gate for a story, but no one was there. Instead, a blacked-out SUV sat across the street, and my stomach twisted when I realized it was pro
HAVEN I needed to get out of the house. Staying inside was driving me crazy, and I couldn’t take it anymore. My last job interview was a week ago, and while I keep applying, no one wants to hire the woman all over the tabloids with a sex tape. Our PR team managed to get it taken down, but it stil
BEN “Rangers player Benjamin Evans is today’s hot topic. Now fans were petitioning for him to be traded for his performance last season. Even I wanted him gone, and I’ve followed his career since he was being scouted.” The reporters around him laughed, and I gritted my jaw. “I know. I remember hi