MEGHAN I watched in shock as Chase pointed a gun at his father. He wasn't planning on shooting his own father because of me, was he? I couldn't imagine him doing something so insane. "What the hell do you think you're doing, Chase?" his father roared. Chase flinched, and his hand shook, but he didn't put the gun down. "You can't take her, dad. I won't let you. She is mine!" Chase said. "Is that right? So you finally decided to grow some balls. Too bad it's for the wrong reason," Chase's father shook his head as if he was disappointed in him. "I love her, dad. I never loved anyone in my life. I won't let you take her away." For the first time, I believed Chase. "This isn't your choice to make, especially when you are over here trying to defy me. There is a lesson to be learned, and that is never to cross me. Put the gun down, and let my men take her away," his dad said. Chase's father's face was calm, but I could tell he was angry at his son for interfering with his business.
MEGHAN No. There was no way Chase was dead. He couldn't be, right? I closed my eyes, hoping this was just a nightmare. It will soon be over once I open my eyes again. But I was wrong because Chase was still lying on the ground, covered in his own blood when I opened my eyes. I touched him again. His skin was turning cold. So I did lose him forever. It was my fault he was dead. His gun was lying right beside him, so I snatched it off the floor. "Really? Do you think you can shoot me after what you just witnessed?" Chase's father laughed. "How can you laugh after killing your own son? Don't you have any conscience at all?" I cried out. "Don't you feel sad for losing your only son?" "Of course I do. I loved my son," he snarled. Funny way of showing it. "Like you said, he was my only son. He was supposed to be my successor and take over my business. But he betrayed me by trying to pick your side instead of mine. And I would rather have a dead son than a traitor son." I felt sic
ADRIANI held Maggie closer to my chest, cradling her in my arms.She passed out as soon as I spoke to her. I guess she couldn't take it anymore, and frankly, I didn't blame her for losing strength. This was quite the situation to be in. I couldn't imagine how scared she must've been this whole time. I wish I could've come here faster, but things were a bit complicated."We need to take her to the hospital," Luke's voice snapped me back to reality. I nodded. I wasn't sure how much they hurt her. I could kill Chase for bringing her into this, but I could see someone else already did."Yeah, take her. She needs help," Erin said dryly as she stared at us intently."What about you?" Luke asked Erin."Do I look like I need help?" Erin snapped.Luke shook his head. "Fuck no. You are terrifying. Who knew a sweet girl like you would turn out to be some kind of a Mafia princess."Erin frowned. "I...I'm not a Mafia princess.""Whatever you are, it's kind of hot. Wanna go out to drink after this
MEGHANLaughter, a gun firing off, and Chase's dead body falling limp to the floor were all part of the images hunting my brain. It woke me up with a jerk, and I felt disoriented and lost.Fluorescent light hit my eyes, and I groaned.Where the heck was I?I blinked life into my eyes, freezing once seeing Adrian's more giant hand engulfing mine. He was behind me, acting like my large spoon, probably against his will.I realized Adrian was sleeping in my room again.One by one, the memories crept back. I was back at the house, and now, I was at home, safe. And Adrian tried to comfort me at every chance he got. He was always bringing me my favorite snacks or books I liked.It had been a week since I was kidnapped, and now it seemed I was stuck with a stepbrother that forcefully cared for me.Stuck...That sad word made my chest constrict. Even though I liked Adrian, it left a sour taste in my mouth, knowing he was only comforting me because he saw it as his duty. He kept saying it wasn'
ADRIAN I didn't know how to make Maggie feel safe again. Ever since we got back, she had constant nightmares, and I didn't know how to stop them. All I could do was hold her tight after calming her down, and it took hours to do that. And when she was awake, she walked around with a gloomy face like she was barely alive. We couldn't go on like this forever because I missed the lively version of her. And I wanted her so badly. It was difficult to sleep next to her day and night without being able to touch her or kiss her! Just smelling her shampoo turned me on, and I had to try so hard to keep my feelings buried so she wouldn't notice. She was still recovering from the trauma, and the last thing she needed was her stepbrother lusting over her? At least, that's what I thought. Which was why I was so shocked when she complained about me not kissing, and well..I'd be damned if I didn't accept that request! "What about Tiffany?" Maggie murmured against my lips. "What about her?" I b
ADRIANI passed Maggie a smile while cutting into my meat. It felt great being at a restaurant for a change instead of being stuck at the house. While I loved my dad and stepmother, I was tired of living under the same roof as them. I longed to feel like a grownup and do whatever I wanted without them breathing down my neck. Therefore, I applied for various places to work this week. Now all I needed to do was play the waiting game. The wait was killing me, though. I was impatient and wanted to move out as soon as possible. It would be heaven if Maggie and I didn't have to sneak around and pretend not to be lovers anymore. We were a couple, but we had decided not to tell our parents about our relationship. Not yet.There was no reason to spill the beans and create family drama before we knew how serious we were. Instead, we had chosen a life of sneaking around inside our parent's home. We usually snuck into each other's bed at night, and while it had been exciting at first, I was
MEGHANI blinked once. Then twice without saying anything.I looked around to check whether other people had heard the outrageous things coming out of Adrian's mouth. He didn't even try to say it quietly.But everyone looked like they were too busy having their own conversation to pay any attention to us. Thank god."What are you saying?" I said with a hushed tone."You heard me, Maggie. You want me to repeat it for you?" Adrian's grinned. His green eyes twinkled with mischief. He was having fun embarrassing me."No, Adrian, I don't need you to say it again," I said quickly, but he had already started talking."I want to fuck you. Right now. My dick is so hard you'll not even believe it.""Adrian, stop it! You are not funny." I giggled nervously. I could feel my neck growing hotter by the minute, but Adrian looked so calm it made me angry. Wasn't he embarrassed at all saying things like this in public?I saw the waitress looking at us from the corner of my eyes. Had she heard what he
ADRIANFuck me, this was all wrong.I didn't expect Natasha to barge in on us like this. I thought she'd stay in her room, and we'd be safe if I kept the door shut.But no...Now here we were, sitting in front of Natasha with a solemn expressions on our faces. I didn't know what was going to happen now, but I knew I had to be ready to take all the heat. I couldn't let Maggie get in trouble for this because, after all, I was the one who initiated everything."Tell me again why I just found you, my stepson, having sex with my daughter." Natasha was fuming and I felt a headache creeping up on me."Natasha, it's not what you think," I said. I didn't know why I said that because I had no idea what she was even thinking!"What's there to think about? This is clear as day. How long has this been going on?" Natasha sneered. Boy, she was angry, alright."Since the day I got back. Adrian was comforting me and..." Maggie lied, and I understood why. There was no point in telling her mother that t
ADRIAN I jumped to my left to dodge the flying piece of strawberry shortcake with cream cheese frosting. Fortunately, it missed my ear by an inch, landing on an empty chair. Phew... That was close. Whose idea was it to put a one year old in charge of a whole cake? Meghan Parker, that's who. "Am I allowed to take it away from her yet? I shot her an intense glare for the fourth time. Maggie giggled. "No, just a few more pictures." "Pictures of what?" "Our daughter!" "That's not our daughter. That's a cake slugging demon child. Look at her. She doesn't even have a face anymore. It just looks like a giant blob of frosting," I point at Olivia, who had smashed her whole face on the cake a few times while giggling like a maniac. I guess that's why they call it a 'smash cake.' I'm glad she is enjoying her party, though. "ADRIAN!" Maggie scolded me. "I'm kidding! Gosh. I love Olivia. She is my favorite daughter," I winced. "Your only daughter," Natasha remarked, then walked over to
MEGHAN It's Christmas day today, and Adrian was home again to spend it with us. After we found out I was pregnant two months ago, Adrian went back to training. I asked him not to tell our parents anything, and he agreed, begrudgingly so. I promised him I'd take care of myself and the baby in his absence. I had to keep wearing baggy clothes because I was starting to show way more. It was getting harder to hide my pregnancy from my mom and Steve. "Stop being so nervous," Adrian scolded me when I acted restless. Our parents threw a Christmas party with our friends and family, and he already threatened to reveal everything to them. "I can't help it. You said you are going to announce it to everyone. How are you going to do it? Because I don't want to do it," I said. "You will see. It's a surprise I created." Adrian grinned mischievously. I don't trust him. "Leave everything to me," he said again. "Why do you have to do this now and ruin Christmas?" I winced. "It's a great time to
ADRIANI waited outside the bathroom patiently as Maggie took her test. This was nerve-wracking, but I tried to remain calm.Everything is going to be fine.I was about to get a good job and will buy a nice house in Alaska. So, if Maggie is pregnant, we could raise our kid there.Our parents weren’t home yet, so it was just Maggie and me, thankfully.“How much longer?” I yelled.“Two more minutes.”Shit, only one minute has passed? Why did it feel like an eternity?I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard Maggie scream.“NO!”“Maggie? What’s wrong?” I asked. Maybe the test came out negative, and Maggie is disappointed?The door burst open, and Maggie came out with a frantic expression on her face. “This…this can’t be right.” She shoved the stick toward me, waving it. “This is all your fault!”I took it off her hand and smiled. Two lines…that could mean one thing.“Maggie! You are pregnant. Congratulations to us!”“What? Don’t congratulate us! This is a disaster,” she said, tears dr
MEGHAN "Adrian! Oh my god, I missed you so much!" Tiffany screamed and tried to jump into Adrian's arms, but he grabbed her shoulders, slightly pushing her away from him. "Hey, Tiff. I missed you guys too," he said casually, then winked at me as if to tell me not to get jealous. She was just a friend like Luke as far as he was concerned. "Oh, hey, Meghan. Nice dress. Seems a little tight on you, isn't it?" she said slightly. Is she trying to make a fat joke? I was annoyed already, and I'd only been here for five minutes. "Hey, guys! You made it!" Luke yelled from across the room and then made his way to us. He wrapped one arm around my shoulder and pulled me closer. "Looking hot, Maggie." "Hey, keep your hands to yourself, Lucas," Adrian barked. Tiffany giggled. "Why should he? She is his girlfriend." "Not anymore," Adrian said. Whoa, are we announcing our break up already? "What do you mean, not anymore? Did Luke break up with Maggie already?" Tiffany looked at me curiously.
ADRIANI stared at Maggie, who looked utterly dumbfounded by my announcement. She looked almost terrified. Was the idea of moving with me that terrible? I knew she would hesitate since her mom lives here, but I thought we would get away from them. They didn't want us to be together anyway."Maggie, are you okay?" I asked after she didn't say anything for a while."I…I don't understand what you mean," she said meekly."You don't understand? What part confuses you?" I raised my eyebrow."What do you mean move in with you? Move in where?" she asked.I guess it was taking her a while to fathom what was going on."After all the training and seeing my performance, they offered me a permanent position in the fire department. So, I was thinking I should take the job and move to Alaska permanently," I explained.Maggie still looked confused. Was she not understanding what I was trying to tell her? "Move to Alaska? Permanently? Then what will happen to me?"I chuckled. This girl was really maki
MEGHAN On Saturday, I woke up feeling hungrier than ever. It was the weekend Adrian was supposed to come home, but he hadn't even called me. Loneliness wrapped around me.Our parents were working this weekend, but Adrian was only coming home for my sake, so he didn't care. But the question was why he hadn't shown up yet.I stretched under the covers, blinking when my nose caught the smell of bacon. Music blasted from the kitchen, and I slowly sat up with a smile spreading over my lips. He was home. Hurriedly, I found my pajamas and stalked out of the bedroom. The music was getting louder, and Adrian was whistling along. It made my heart pound faster and faster until he came into view.There, recently showered and only wearing a pair of boxer briefs, Adrian shook his round ass while making breakfast. "OH YEAH, YEAH!" Adrian was listening to an old Bruno Mars song. He broke a few eggs, danced, and moved along with the music, but all I could focus on was his broad back roped with m
ADRIANI punched the bag again and groaned in frustration."Take it easy, Adrian. You will hurt your knuckles," my trainer Kevin hissed at me. "What the hell is wrong with you anyway? You've been distracted and grumpy lately.""I have not been grumpy. I don't know what the hell you are talking about," I grumbled."Yeah, whatever. Just keep your head in the game, okay? You have three more months here, and then you get to go home, so no need to act out," Kevin said."I am not acting out. What the hell? Haven't I been showing how good I am at this? Haven't I been proving myself?""Yes, Adrian. You've been doing well. I'm not complaining about your effort out here. I'm just saying these past few days, you've been moody and distracted and I need you to keep your focus back on your job. So you don't mess it up.""I just don't know how to tell my girlfriend about my plans here," I decided to confide in Kevin. Since I moved here, we've become good friends, so I figured I could trust him."You
MEGHANThree months later, it looked like Adrian would finally have some free time to come and visit me. It was about time.He had been hard to reach the entire day, though, so I was grumpy while we talked on the phone. "So you will be coming home?" I asked but tried not to sound too excited about the news. Adrian hadn't earned that for ignoring my messages all day."Yes, I'm coming home to you this weekend!" I could hear the beam he wore in his voice. "Aren't you excited?"I hummed, still pretending to be hard to catch. "I don't know...""You don't know? Maggie! It feels like three long years since I last saw your face! Facetiming doesn't count! I want to touch and see you in person. Take you out on a date. Surely you must miss me?"My chest constricted. I felt terrible lying to Adrian, but I couldn't help the mood swings I had been having lately. I went from sad to happy so fast these days that I was starting to believe I needed medication. It wasn't the only change I had gone t
MEGHANOne month later,I promised myself I wouldn't cry and try to understand where he was coming from, but it still hurt to see him go."I will visit every chance I get, Maggie," he had said, kissing my forehead."But you said you'd be in intense training and won't be able to visit," I sobbed.He said nothing because what I said was true. So why was he making empty promises? It would only make things harder on me.And then he was gone, and I was all alone again.This past month felt like it went in slow motion. Adrian called me every night, and we tried to do video chats, but it wasn't the same.I missed his touch, I craved it.Mom told Adrian and me not to say anything to Steve because it might make things worse, so we kept our relationship a secret from him. Finally, Adrian promised her that we'd break up before he left for Alaska, and mom didn't question him any more. Maybe when he comes back, we'll find a different way to be together."Maggie! Luke is here!" my mom called from t