Taylor POV
I woke up bolting straight up in bed. Looking over I let out a sigh of relief seeing Lucas asleep beside me. My sudden movement had him frowning but his eyes remained closed. I wanted to shake him awake and demand he tell me what had happened but he looked so peaceful I couldn’t.
Reaching onto the nightstand I went to check the time but was flabbergasted by the amount of missed calls and texts I had from my mom. Sighing I closed my eyes. It must be all over the news for her to be calling. Opening my phone I scanned through my text. She was worried, she thoughtt I had gotten myself in over my head and didn’t know how to reach out for help. She had basically begged me to call her so she would know I was ok. Her voicemails were all the same.
Slipping out of bed I went to the restroom leaving my dress a puddle on the floor as I stepped into the shower. Taking my time I tried to gather my thoughts as I washed my hair and tried to let the hot wa
I had bacon and sausage on the skillet and was buttering a ban for biscuits when Lucas walked in flanked by police. O’Grady eyed me but I only looked at Lucas giving him a confused look as I began placing the biscuits on the pan. “Is everything ok?” I asked playing dumb, I knew we weren't supposed to know that they had been on their way.O’Grady didn’t give Lucas a chance to answer, “we have a warrant to search the premises. If you know of anything that could potentially put you in a bad situation I’d suggest you come clean now.”Lucas took his spot behind me and I shrugged, “I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about but you are more than welcome to stay for breakfast.”I heard Lucas chuckle moments before O’Grady snapped his eyes up, “Have it your way, Ms. Andrews. Officer Barfield will stay here with the two of you while my officers continue their search. Step foot out of here and I’ll have you tied up all day at the station Blake.”Turning my h
I knew from the moment that Lucas pulled up to the front of the hotel he had booked us that it was lavish. He had booked us a suite and I couldn’t wait to see what it looked like. It was already dark and from the hotels' location, we would be able to see all the bright lights of the city. I could see them from my apartment but not like this, not this close, not these buildings.On the elevator up, Lucas stood slightly behind holding our bags.“Do I still scare you, Taylor?” His breath was at the nape of my neck and all I could do is nod my head yes. He chuckled, “I can never figure out if that’s a good thing or a bad thing with you.”Tilting my head to look over my shoulder I looked up at him, “me either Lucas, me either.”Smiling down at me he nodded as the door popped open in front of us. As he opened the door to our suite my mouth hit the ground. I had never stayed anywhere this nice before. It was....it was beau
The next morning I awoke to an empty bed. I hated it when he got up before me. Unfortunately, that was more days than I’d care to admit. Lucas was some weird morning person while I was like a zombie first thing in the morning. I could hear him downstairs talking and assumed he was on the phone but couldn’t be for sure. Deciding to go to the bathroom and freshen up I grabbed some clothes out of my bag and headed to take a quick bath.Once bathed I dressed in a pair of black skinny leg jeans and a black and white striped long sleeved shirt. Brushing my hair I decided to forgo makeup at least for now and headed to the rail looking down. Sure enough, I could see Lucas sitting at that kitchen bar drinking coffee and arguing with someone on the phone. Frowning I twisted my hair into a bun and decided to go downstairs for coffee.As I hit the bottom step I paused. Lucas’s back was to me and I couldn’t see his face but I knew he was pissed. Slowly walki
After Lucas left I didn’t really know what to do so I gathered the trays from our breakfast and sat them outside to be picked up. When I was done I sent Lucas a text simply saying “I’m sorry,” but he didn’t reply. It aggravated me because I felt like I was always the one making sacrifices in what I wanted and he couldn’t even acknowledge that I was trying to make peace between us.When David came around two to drop my laptop off I blocked his way out. “So he is still mad?”David looked down at me sighing, “Taylor, Lucas has a lot going on right now. He’s being drug in and out of the police station, he’s at war with your brother’s gang, not to mention the normal crap with the club. I know you don’t like to hear it but Lucas has a whole crew of men running the streets under him, he’s used to chaos. I think he just wants to come home to peace.”I looked down, “we got int
As I sat across from Lucas’s desk I watched as he worked on some files. I wondered not for the first time exactly how dangerous of a person he really was. He must have felt my gaze because he sighed looking up, “so have you made a decision or not?”I frowned, “a decision?”He shook his head, “I told you before I left you needed to make a decision about what you want. I would assume or rather I would hope since you left the apartment, without telling anyone might I add, and came here that you decided to stay.”I sighed, “you know I’m not going anywhere, Lucas.”He arched his brow, “I know no such thing, Taylor. I know that I just risked an assault charge over you even though I still have no idea if you are in this for the long run or not.”Leaning back in my chair I took a deep breath, “you are a lot to take in Lucas. You can’t tell me that if things were the other w
As I walked through the garage door at Lucas’s house I was amazed at how well the cleaners did while we were gone. Walking in I turned around, it was like nothing had ever happend. There wasn’t anything out of place. Well, there wasn’t anything out of place until I walked upstairs and noticed things from my apartment mixed in with his. I pulled my phone out of my pocket about to call Lucas but set it back down. I had told him I would move in with him I just didn’t think he would do it on his own, I should have known better.On the bed lay three boxes of varying sizes. I opened the biggest first to see a long black dress with a plunging v neck. I never knew what to expect from Lucas but I had to admit he was getting better at picking things that I actually liked. The next box contained a pair of black strappy heels that were to die for. I felt like I probably could open up my own shoe store now just from what he had given me. The last box contained a pa
I had remained downstairs far longer than I had wanted to. Even still it was barely 45 minutes before I ended up walking to his office. I had hoped Tre would come for me sooner rather than later but that didn’t appear to be the case. Why did I have to be here, we had already been seen together and no one would see me upstairs in his office.Sighing I collapsed down in his chair spinning in it. There wasn’t much for me to do, I couldn’t get on his laptop or his desktop because I didn’t know the passwords since he had changed them. His desk drawers were locked so no snooping for me. Spinning around again I stopped looking at the bookshelf to the right of his desk. Frowning I moved closer picking up a picture I had never noticed before. It was an old picture of a woman and a young boy standing beside her. Although I couldn’t be certain I assumed it was Lucas and his mother. I had no clue what happened to his family, he was so secretive I didn’
I woke up to the sound of beeping. I felt like I had been hit by a car and well I guess I technically had. As I tried to sit up my head started spinning and I realized I was hooked up to an IV. Turning my head I looked for Lucas but the room was dark and empty.Trying to sit up again I groaned, my muscles were stiff and each move I made hurt. The door opened and a nurse walked in. “Ms. Taylor I’m glad to see you awake. I’m your nurse, my name is Heidi. How are you feeling?”I laid back looking at the ceiling, “horrible,” I mumbled, “where is Lucas?”Heidi smiled at me, “you were in a pretty bad wreck but you came out without too much damage. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your pain? With one being not very much and ten being extreme.”“7,” I said watching as she jotted it down before taking my vitals. “Is Lucas ok? Where is he?” Gasping I lifted my hand to my mouth
It had been a month since Chloe came into our lives. Lucas had done good on his promise and had been spending a majority of time home with us. He would still make an appearance once a week at the club. David was helping out with the Dom situation so Lucas had been working a lot from home.I couldn’t ask for Chloe to be a better baby, she hardly ever cried and if she did she was just letting you know a she was hungry, or because she was wet. She even slept for a good stretch of time at night. That little girl had her daddy wrapped around her tiny little fingers. I loved watching him with her. His whole demeanor changed when he held her.Things were still the same with my parents. I had given up on them ever coming around. I knew they blamed Lucas for Cody’s disappearance. Even if I straight up confessed to murdering Cody they would turn it around on him. I wished things could have been different. I wished that mom and dad would be understanding for the sake
Taylor POVOpening my eyes I realized I must have fallen asleep in the recliner. Looking at my watch I saw it was just after midnight. Going to get up I felt horrible and debated on how bad I really needed to pee. Lucas was at the club and wouldn’t be home till sometime early in the morning. Closing my eyes I grabbed onto the arms of the chair to help host me up when I felt a sharp contraction hit. Oh shit I thought, I was only 36 weeks and at my appointment earlier in the week I wasn’t even dilated.Shaking my head I forced myself up thinking maybe I was tripping, maybe it was something I ate. Getting up I wobbled my way to the bathroom flipping on the lights before I quickly did my business and washed my hands. Heading back to the living room I grabbed my phone before going upstairs to the baby’s room to make sure the diaper bag and overnight bag wasn't still on the floor. I had told Lucas to put them in the trunk of his car and I guess he finally l
Lucas POVClosing my eyes I leaned back in my chair trying to drown my thoughts with scotch. I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders and no matter how much I shoved back at it, it just came down harder. I had a huge weakness now, a weakness that my enemies were determined to try and use against me. Taylor, Taylor and our baby to be exact.I knew she was probably upstairs still semi mad at me but I couldn’t focus on that right now. I was determined to strike back at every person who threatened us. To show them I hadn’t grown soft. If anything I had become more cold hearted. Taylor had no idea what I was up to when I left her, she had no clue the things I had done the last couple of months. She had no idea that even now I had the cop that snuck into our house tied up in one of my safe houses.Sighing I took a sip of my drink wishing David would hurry up and call. I had a clean up crew out tonight taking care of some loose ends. Normally I would
I sat with my arms crossed glaring at Lucas. He had found out pretty quickly that the two guys from earlier had indeed been cops but that one just happened to be a dirty cop. I had sat and listened as he spat orders out about bringing this guy in but not killing him he wanted answers. Well damn it I wanted answers too. I was more than a little put out at him and he didn’t seem to be noticing.It seemed like hours later before our house was silent again. The house had been bugged, the alarm system had been hacked, everything brought back my question of how. How had Lucas let this happen? He had enemies and right now I wasn’t sure if I could even trust his men. Everyone was a suspect in my eyes.“You hungry?” Lucas asked looking up from his phone. I shrugged which brought an automatic sigh from him, “Taylor baby you need to eat. I can go get something, or we can go out.”I rolled my eyes at him, “you can do what you want b
Sitting at the bar I looked up angrily at the clock on the stove. It was after 10 and I had yet to hear a word back from Lucas. Both my calls and my text remained unanswered. Part of me feared he had gone missing again but the other half of me knew he was still dealing with whoever had rushed him out of the house.I had finally gotten hungry enough to cook but was lazy so I settled for a grilled cheese sandwich. Taking a bite I dropped it back down aggravated at the whole situation. Was this what my life would become, a lot of nights left wondering where he was or what he was doing? I knew I couldn’t really complain, I knew who he was, I knew what he was. Hell, I willingly stepped into this new lifestyle.Even though I had known better I tried to call my Mom, the phone went straight to voicemail. I left a brief message telling her I heard Cody was still missing and if she needed anything to call. Part of me knew she wouldn’t but at least I had tried. I got
I sat on the edge of the bed watching an angry Lucas slide into a fresh white button-up shirt. We had just made it in the doors when David called him back telling him there had been some “changes.” I didn’t know what the change were but I knew it had pissed him the hell off. Any and all plans of messing around before he left went out the window.Looking up at him I sighed, “how long do you think you’ll be gone?”Lucas shrugged not answering me. Frowning up at him I shook my head, “why can’t this meeting wait? We just got home.”Turning to look at me Lucas sighed, “Taylor you know I don’t want to go but this is important. I have to get things set up so I can lay low when Chloe gets here for a few months without things falling all apart.I rolled my eyes, “I thought that’s what David is for.”Lucas shot me a look, “Taylor.”I knew I was aggravating
As we left the cottage I couldn’t help but be sad. I loved our new house but there was just something about the small cottage that just seemed...I don’t know cozy. It was like me and Lucas actually got to know each other better. We bonded and not just in sex. We had laid in the bed doing nothing but talking one night. He had told me things I had never known about him, things that opened my eyes as to why Lucas Blake was Lucas Blake.As much as I wanted to hide in our cottage Lucas had things to deal with back in the city. The police had been to the nightclub looking for him and although they hadn’t called he knew from experience it was better to go to them first. His carefree demeanor had already changed, it changed the minute we pulled out of the cottage’s driveway.I still had no idea what being his wife would entail. He had already set up appointments to add me to several of his bank accounts and holdings. I had told him he didn’t have
Looking out of the limousine window I wondered where in the world Lucas was taking us. I couldn’t believe that I was now Mrs. Lucas Blake. We only stuck around after the ceremony long enough to take pictures. David, Jack, and Taliah had been the only ones allowed to visit with us before we left.Ever since David had been shot something had been off about him. Today however was a total change. He gave Lucas a hard time about being tied down and joked with me about how it wasn’t too late to change my mind.Feeling Lucas grab my hand I looked over at him and smiled. “So are you going to tell me where we are going now?”Lucas shrugged, “somewhere off the beaten path. Nowhere as nice as I would want to take you but I didn’t want to risk flying with you so far along.”I rolled my eyes, “I can fly, you act like I’m due tomorrow.” Laughing I squeezed his hand, “I’m sure it will be amazing.&rd
As I looked at my reflection in the mirror I felt anything but excited and happy. Today was my wedding day and I felt alone. I hadn’t seen Lucas since last night and now here I was dressed in my beautiful wedding gown alone waiting for our ceremony to begin. Sure I had my stylist do my hair and makeup and she talked to me the entire time but it wasn’t like I had my family here. I had reached out to my aunts and cousins but they had all made up some excuse as to why they couldn’t come. I’m sure they didn’t want to make my mom or Dad mad but I still had hoped someone would be able to make it.Rubbing my belly I sighed, I would have preferred to have waited till after the baby was born to get married but Lucas was dead set on us being married before Chloe arrived. Hearing a knock on the door I jumped, we still had almost 20 minutes before the ceremony started and I was already completely dressed. Maybe it was the wedding planner checking to make sur