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“Greed has a way of making people become the worst versions of themselves. Breanne,” I said, taking the champagne from her trembling hand, “I’m sorry this has happened. However, we can work together and getStone Company financially topside again.”“I’m just in shock that I never knew this was the reason I couldn’t get Stone’s numbers in the black. I had no idea that while I was working myself to the bone, sacrificing my paycheck, these grifters were eating steak and lobster.”“And buying designer handbags.” I hoped the levity would let her know I had her back personally and professionally. “Sadly for them, they’ll be trading their tailored Tom Ford suits for a county jumpsuit. Those soft hands and toned asses should be a big hit on the convict catwalk.” Her lips tightened, so I went on.“To get you up to speed, legal action is being taken, and Mr. Mitchell already has investigative teams and lawyers involved. Daniel Kyle’s little ship-to-shore excursion will likely be the last of his
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I grinned. “We need to restructure the company during this merger accordingly then. I’ll handle the dirty side of the business, and you can return to doing what you enjoyed before your father left his company to you.”“Trying to steal my company, Mr. Grayson?”“Perhaps I’m trying to steal its owner, Ms. Stone.” I arched an eyebrow and watched her eyes widen at my response.In the end, it was good to know that a bomb like this being dropped in Breanne’s lap did little more than draw a misty-eyed rant and a few fourletter words. She was tougher than she realized, and it was fucking impressive.The helicopter landed, and I knew Breanne and I would have a lot of shitty details to tackle in a short period. Monday couldn’t come fast enough, but for now, I would fill in Jim on everything from randomly naming his yacht to saving Sphere and getting Breanne ready to face the thieves in her company head-on. Being the CEO of our parent company and my best friend, Jim would undoubtedly be interest
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“Well, with a body like that man has combined with his good looks,” I poked Theo in his chest, “you’re lucky he’d rather have you instead of me.” He chuckled, and I nestled securely in his side.“So, that’s why the house is up for sale, I’m guessing.” I paused, unprepared to say the next words. “You’re moving?”“To Paris, my darling. The city of love and fashion.”“And what will you do while your man is posing for all the camera peeps to drool over?”A smile spread on his face. “I spoke with Alex about resigning my position, knowing Alex already had an amazing VP, and there was no need for a company with two VPs. Alex came back the next day with an offer I couldn’t refuse whether or not Stanton had gotten the job in Paris.”“What?” I asked with a bashful smile, thinking that maybe Alex Grayson was starting to shed the devil horns, and a halo was about to replace them. “An offer? Was this before or after he found out that everyone we’ve ever known has been stealing from Stone?”“It was
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C H A P T E R N I N EBREEIprobably looked like any one of the wealthy socialites who sat around me in this bar; however, I was far from that. I couldn’teven afford to eat from a value menu at a fast-food restaurant thanks to the pricks who’d been stealing from my company.Because of my bullheaded determination to keep my dad’s business afloat, I’d sacrificed my paychecks to pay the bills at Stone Company instead of my own. Every last dime I had saved was gone, and I’d been a complete fool to allow things to go on in this way for so long. I’d been running with some blind mentality that if I didn’t cut myself a paycheck, we would lock in a promising deal to get Stone back in the game.Sphere was that deal and thank God that we landed it because my bank account desperately needed to see some money again. Now, all I had to do was pay off all the debt I’d accrued since I went flat-ass broke. Hopefully, I’d be back on track in a month or ten—I was in a pretty shitty, delinquent situatio
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I sighed. “Thanks, Nat.” I looked at my no-nonsense friend. “What would I do without you helping to get that out in the open for me?”“No, no, no, babe,” she said as she took a bite of her caviar cracker. “That’s not how this shit works between all of us, and you know it. We’re all as close as sisters here.” She gave me her warning look with a smile. “You also know we confide in each other when things go wrong. No one here is ever on her own.”When I exhaled and looked at Cass, she looked at me with a guilty frown. “We could have done pajama night like when we were in college instead of doing all this. You know, staying in and hanging out. That would’ve been fun too.”I laughed. “Pajama night in college was like a lingerie show for Nat to bring frat boys back to our place.” I glanced over at Nat’s glossy and proudlips as she nodded shamelessly. “And so—”“And so, what?” Natalia covered her full cleavage. “We were in college, and there were gorgeous men on campus. How else were we sup
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“Yes, and how are we supposed to accept our maturity while we have blow jobs for shots in a fine restaurant?” I couldn’t help but look at Nat and laugh.“Just like this,” Nat answered me when she took her shot glass, knocked it back, then slowly used her tongue to lick her upper lip seductively.We all laughed while I raised my shot toward Sammy and Cass. “To maturity and Nat insisting we’re still the girls gone wild in college.”“Cheers,” Cass and Sammy said in unison while we downed our shots.I couldn’t help but smile when Alex Grayson’s eyes met mine at the very moment I set my shot glass on the table. He raised his bourbon, winked, and then flashed a smile that made my insides warm before he brought his attention back to his group.I noticed how strangely beautiful the man suddenly became to me at the current moment. It wasn’t the booze, either. I’d already encountered the strikingly good-looking man with enough alcohol in my system to understand this was different from that.“Br
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“I don’t do one-night stands, sorry.” I shrugged and drank my water. “Might have to keep a wandering eye on that dance floor, though.”“That’s good to know,” he said. “Now I won’t have to worry about taking you back to my place, you know, because it wouldn’t be for just one night.”“Ah,” I answered. “Sounds like you want to cross some serious ethical work boundaries, eh?”“Nah,” he shrugged that sentiment off. “You’re my partner—life-long, as I recall—and therefore, ethics go out of the fucking window when you own the company with me and don’t work for me.”“Goddamn,” I said. “You’ve done a little research. It seems you have it all figured out with our life-long partnership, don’t you?”“Well, there was no way I wasn’t going into a relationship for life with a beautiful woman and not having sex with her.”“You’re insane,” I finally laughed. “Seriously, what brings you in here?”“Just finishing up dinner and thought I’d congratulate you on a job well done again. Also, it appears you’re
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I tried to make things work with Summer, but ultimately, my attempt at that confirmed what I’ve always known: I don’t have it in me. In the end, I looked like the asshole I was because she desperately tried to change the game on me. We were supposed to be having casual fun, but it didn’t take her long to sink her claws into me and try to transform me into the perfect boyfriend material. That’s when it all went south.What started as fun with an uncomplicated woman ended up being a suffocating relationship driven by her insecurities and desire to fix me and make me into the man of her dreams. I moved on from that for her and myself. If she wanted a man to share forever with, she should have easily known I could’ve never been that man.Now, I was dealing with Bree. From everything I’d come to know about her, she was my definition of a complicated woman. She’d had a messy, wedding-day breakup, she was a mess at work half of the time, and I’d seen her on the verge of falling apart more ti
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I walked out to the comfortable waiting area, and Jim was the first to stand when he saw my approach. “We heard mommy and babies are healthy?”“A new and very handsome dad didn’t pass out?” I heard Jane as she walked up to me, smiles worn all around the room while the children were occupied in the learning and games corner of the room.“Jane, I’m happy as hell that you’re here,” I said as she stepped back and smiled up at me.“Well,” she patted my cheek, “I’ve heard you’re doing well from my sister-in-law. I texted Bree and congratulated her on your nuptials since your response was some BS thumbs-up emoji.”“I am.” I grinned at how well my sister appeared. Her blonde, curly hair was loose around her shoulders, and she was dressed casually. She didn’thave her usual stiff military look. “I’m happy you’re here.”She jabbed me in my side. “You better be. Now, let’s go,” she said.“Give us a second,” I smiled at the group as Jane walked in to meet Breanne and our children for the first ti
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WITH ALL OF Breanne’s hard work, she safely delivered our sons. Both boys were instantly rushed to their warmers after I cut their umbilical cords, and just as Dr. Allen suggested, Bree’s thirty-eight-week pregnancy could likely deliver two healthy baby boys. He was right.Both babies passing the APGAR score made me exhale in relief at our two beautiful sons, who were now crying loudly for their mother. The group had all texted that they’d wait outside when Bree’s contractions were more brutal, and it was only Cameron who had the balls to peek around the curtain to check on her before heading into surgery.The nurses quickly wrapped both sets of dark-haired boys in their burrito-style blanket and handed them to Breanne after I walked to my wife. I kissed her on her forehead, her tired eyes peering up at me and her beautiful, dimpled smile lighting up the entire room.“You did so well, baby,” I kissed her forehead. “Our sons are healthy and on their way to you.”I watched, mesmerized,
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“Yes. Fuck me hard.” She walked over to a wall in the living room, sighed in annoyance, and spread her legs.“I have to admit, everything you just demanded of me can be a man’s dream come true. However, this isn’t exactly romantic.”“Fuck romance, Alex,” she snapped into that gear again. “The romance is dead right now, and you’re going to be dead if you don’t get over here and help me get this going.”“Well, the doc said it was the sperm that triggered the pregnancy, so why don’t we do this where it’s a tiny bit more comfortable for you?” “For me?” she turned back, and evil-Bree was in full swing. “Comfortable? I can’t sleep—I don’t even remember the last time I slept. I’m hotter than hell all of the fucking time, I fart when I least expect it to happen, my indigestion is killing me from all those tacos I can’t stop eating, and as if all of that isn’t bad enough, I pee myself when I laugh, cough, or sneeze. So, I ask you,” she flashed her most challenging expression, “why would I give
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“There is an upside for Alex in all of this,” Nat said as the girls all grabbed their slender bouquets of lilies. “There shall be no periods throughout the entire honeymoon, and of course, I hear that as time goes on, you get hornier, so the first six months of your marriage should be fantastic. All thanks to you getting knocked up right before your wedding.”I exhaled, feeling the nerves now. “Let’s worry about getting through this day. My aunt has been faithfully attending that wedding book, and I’m going to dodge her. I can’t cry.”“Ha,” Elena chuckled. “Good luck with that. In addition to what Nat said, your hormones can kick in at random intervals, and you could be the blubbering bride up there with Alex today.”I eyed all of my bridesmaids as they chuckled. “Aren’t you guys supposed to be my support crew or whatever it is that bridesmaids do on the wedding day?”“We support you telling Alex when you’re standing in front of that priest,” Cass teased.“All right,” the door flung o
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I was not the bridezilla Nat was sure I’d be. Instead, I was going with the flow, filled with gratitude that I was about to become Alex’s wife officially. After the wedding, he and I were set to travel on the yacht he and Jim jointly owned—Maiden Stone, the one he’d named after me. He was incredibly proud of himself for naming the ship now because he said it represented our relationship—Made in Stone. The only thing we needed to do now was get to the boat after the wedding, which was anchored in the Sea of Cortez.Alex still held an iron fist at work and with our employees, but this softer side of him led him down some silly romantic roads, so much so that I teased him that if our marriage was made in stone, he should probably take my last name and not the other way around.“You look so goddamn beautiful,” Nat said, walking into the room where I was dressed and fully prepared to walk down that aisle and become Alex’s wife. “You’re never going to believe what that gorgeous young doctor
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“It counts for something, right?” he asked. “But I can watch our movie with you a hundred times, Dorothy, with my new heart you’ve insisted the wizard give me. I will gladly watch that movie with you.” He kissed my ring finger. “But only if you put my outward expression of love on your finger.”I sniffed as I started to cry, officially caught up in the moment with the man I loved more than anything, and I felt more solid about marrying him than I felt about anything else in this world.Alex returned to bended knee in front of me. “I humbly ask you to marry me or at least start over and date me until the day comes that you feel confident enough to become my wife.”“What if I told you that I felt confident enough that I would marry you now if I could?” I knelt in front of him.“Well, that would put us all back on the plane and off to Vegas as your birthday evening stop, doing that Titanic experience,” he looked back atAvery’s grin, as she leaned into Jim’s side, “and Elvis handling our
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“What the hell are you two doing?” Alex said when he turned, and I laughed softly with the rest of the women who’d found the two men’s humor just as entertaining.“Well, I’m humming the tune for Coll to sing on key,” Jake said, acting extremely serious. “Trust me. It takes a lot to keep Collin at that angelic level. And of all the songs he has to sing, it’s got to be Celine Dion’s song —the one we had to hear when we were forced to sit through the movie so we could learn more about the ship.”“I never told you idiots to watch a movie about this ship,” Alex answered in confusion. “What movie?” He glanced between the two men.“Titanic. Kate Winslet?” Collin stopped singing and answered. “Elena told me that you insisted we watch that three-hour movie.” He looked around Alex and at me. “Speaking of which, I now will add my expert opinion. Leonardo DiCaprio’s character was an absolute idiot, and that’s why he didn’t make it.”“Really? We’re doing this?” Alex said. I could hear him trying t
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“Whether she knew they were stealing from her or not,” Alex said.I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard his voice as he finished speaking for Cass. I turned back and stared at his brilliant smile and his lighter expression, looking more handsome than I remembered.“You’re here?” I said, confused and in utter shock that Alex was here and joined by his closest friends.“Well,” he held up a boarding pass and pulled his sunglasses off to read the pass, “according to this, I’m not.”Did he go through this attraction too? Wait, this was Alex’s idea. All of it, and my girlfriends did well in acting like it was theirs.I smiled. “Third class passenger and didn’t get a boat?” I tried to guess.His eyes locked with mine. “No boat and my passenger gave up his life jacket. He was reported to be preaching to the ones who were going down with the ship.” He read the information with a broad grin.“Preaching?” I cocked my head to the side. “What passenger were you who selflessly gave up your li
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“We’ll be sure to do that,” Cass said. “Go lay down and sleep this off because when we land, we’re going directly to the attraction we set up for Bree. The rules were to drink, but don’t get drunk, and now look at you?”“God,” Nat rubbed her forehead and meandered through the leather seating where we were in, “you owe me for this, Bree.” She turned back to me. “Trust me, flying to an attraction in Missouri was not my idea of a thirty-something birthday party.”“No,” I smiled, “I know exactly what your plans would’ve been. I’m glad we’re going to Missouri instead.”“Wake me when the wheels are safely on the ground, please,” Nat said.WE’D CONSUMED plenty of food and water to soak up the cocktails we’d enjoyed on our luxurious flight, and after the plane landed in Springfield, Missouri, we loaded up into a party limo that was waiting for us. I should have been drawn to the party lights of this massive SUV, but instead, seeing the lime green grass and how beautiful the countryside was in
