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
BEN It took three days for Haven to be packed and ready to go. After my statement asking for privacy, the press had died down a bit, but I still spotted a few occasionally. They were like vultures, hanging around and waiting to snap a shot of Siri. Even now, a couple were camped out across the st
BEN “Not exactly. This one is Brinley’s, but they are about the same size, so it should be fine. I’ll buy a second one when we get back to the city.” I explained as I found the page and confirmed that I didn’t need to adjust the car seat, even with Brinley being slightly smaller. The two girls were
HAVEN Siri was sleeping most of the car ride, and unsure how to talk to Ben, I followed her lead. Only, my choice in position had been a poor choice as my neck was screaming in pain, and my back was sore. Yet, I was determined, and no one could change my mind now. Unable to take the pain, I rel
HAVEN It was weird walking through his beautiful home, knowing that had people not gotten between us, it might have been my home too. As I looked around the house, I kept picturing what I would have added to the decor or picturing him having a photo of the three of us up on the wall next to his o
HAVEN No. There was no way. “Why are you doing these things?” I asked, tears filling my eyes. We had our chance together and missed it. Hearing about everything he had done for me, even after we had been forced apart, just hurt. “The bar and now the house. You did all these things that say you lo
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
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