We had just returned to the hotel when our phones started ballistic. We all grabbed for them at the same time. We were about to get on the bus and return within half an hour. Thankfully it was only a three-hour bus ride, and then we would be home. I looked at my phone and saw Mathius’s number. It isn’t weird for him to call me, but something in my gut told me something was wrong. Luke had said something similar as we packed up in the locker room. I answered my phone as I walked out the door. I could hear a shit ton of background noise when he told me I needed to get home now. He sounded frantic, and I was about ot ask him what the fuck was wrong when he said there had been a car accident and Sapphire was in the hospital. I looked at Luke and Riley, and it seemed that whoever they were talking to had told them the same thing. We practically leaped onto the bus as it was pulling out. There was nothing we could do. Riley had told the coach what had happened and told the drive
It has been three days since the girls were released from the hospital. The doctor wasn’t lying when he told us they would develop more bruises. My poor precious jewel could barely move, which was fine with me. This meant that I had to carry her, well, I didn’t have to, but since I love holding her, this worked out well for me. Not that I want her to be injured as a reason to carry her around, but I am not complaining. She has complained that she hates being carried but melts into me when I carry her. She and Emery are sitting on the couch watching a show. I am heating some food that Mathius brought over. Yasmin cooked for them and sent Mathius as her delivery boy. I doubt she had any problem getting him to come over here, considering that Emery was here, and he knew that. I am sure he told his mother that he would play delivery boy. He thinks he is being covert and says he is here to check on Sapphire, but we all know the truth. I know he is here to see how Sapphire is, bu
Janessya offered to accompany me tonight, but I knew I needed to do this alone. I don't know if Coalan has anyone with him, but I would like it to be the two of us. We had spoken a bit when the girls were in the hospital, but we both agreed it was not the time and place for a discussion like the one we would have tonight. I was surprised to see he had chosen an upscale restaurant for us to meet at. I have eaten here before with Dylan and his family. It is one of my favorites, but it is only where you sometimes eat. I pull up into the valet area. One of them opens my door for me, which is weird, but I step out and hand them my keys. The hostess sees me and practically runs over. I tell her that I am here to meet someone and who that is, and she shows me to the private room that Coalan has booked. Thank god, I didn’t want to have this conversation out on the restaurant's main floor. I pull the chair out, sit down and scoot closer. Coalan watches me with a smile on his face.
I watch Mateo swear in Japanese as he paces around the room. Thankfully his mother is not here. She would have grabbed him by his ear and told him not to speak like that in her house. I am leaning against the wall as he continues his temper tantrum. He has every right to be pissed. I have no idea who those fuckers were that tried to follow Sapphire, but they caused an accident. Thankfully she and the others in the car weren’t seriously injured. Not only did the vehicle she was in crash the car that swerved to get out of their way had a mother with her two children in it. They weren’t seriously hurt either, which I am grateful for. “Calm down, son. She is fine and Grant is on his way there to figure out what the fuck happened.” I tell him. “She could have been killed. Who the fuck those bastards were?” He growls. “That is what Grant is going to find out. He had spoken with his contacts down there, and I know they had a couple of guys watching her, but they were explici
I am so significantly over this shit. This last week has been testing my patients like no other. I hate that someone has to help me, but I am thankful for Indigo. He has been accompanying me to classes and carrying anything I need to be carried. So far, everyone has been great, and all my teachers were glad to hear that I was ok. Dylan has been great and ensures that my ribs are wrapped to help, but I still have to be careful when moving. Gareth asked me about Indigo and why he was following me. I told him what had happened, and he immediately asked if I was okay. I said yes but explained that I had a cracked rib and several bruised ribs. Indigo couldn’t sit in this class with me, so he had no idea I was talking with Gareth. Elias is also here, but he hardly ever says anything to me. There is still something hauntingly familiar about him, but I still can’t figure out why. I swear someone I know has the same colored eyes, but I can’t recall who that is. “So that guy is help
Indigo had left right after Brekkie. He was meeting with someone about his tattoo shop. I told him not to worry since Dylan had texted me and said they would be home in an hour. Mel and I sat on the couch to watch tv and wait for the guys. I was hurting, so I had no choice but to take one of my pain meds. I laid down and fell asleep at some point. I woke up to voices I knew, even if they sounded far away. That is the one thing I hate about those pain meds. They make me feel hungover. “When did we get a cat?” Arlo asks. “When I found him hungry, dirty, and in a bush on campus. This is Mel.” I said. I yawned into the back of my hand as I went to sit up. I looked down, and Mel was not happy that we were moving. I admit that I was comfortable, and so was he. I picked him up and sat him on the couch as he stared at the guys. Dylan walked around and helped me sit back up. It was getting more manageable, but it still hurt. Riley sat down, and Mel hopped into his lap, placi
I expected to be doing something different today. Classes had ended for the day when Dad called, letting me know he needed me and the other guys to get our asses to the house. I have no idea what is happening, but I sent a mass text to the guys telling them to head to the house. We would have had the girls come with us, but they had follow-up doctor's appointments. I had said goodbye to Sapphire, who still had Indigo tagging along as her helper. I will not lie; I was thrilled when he offered. I didn’t want her carrying anything; he also was a bodyguard. I know she doesn’t need a bodyguard, but with her being injured, she does, not that I will tell her that. I love the fact that she is so fucking independent, but sometimes it is annoying. Luke was still in a shitty mood. He hates the idea of Kyllyan having a little girl. “Don’t worry, mate, that little sheila will have all of us to make sure no one, especially boys, come near her.” Keegan points out. “He is right. Besid
It has been two days since those fuckers tried to kidnap my precious jewel. Kyllyan and Emery. We still aren’t sure they know about the baby or why they want Emery. I don’t think they know about the baby, which makes me wonder why they wanted Emery. I did make Sapphire go to the doctor after she came running into Mom and Dad’s place. She told me what Indigo had told her about his cousin and what happened. The doctor took some radiographs and said everything was looking good. I told him the story, and he guessed that Indigo’s cousin’s rib was likely broken in place, and when he moved, it dislodged the rib, which caused it to puncture his lung. He told us that things like that can happen but are rare. Thankfully she is feeling better and not as sore. The doctor added some muscle relaxers, which made all the difference. “Ow you little bastard. Someone is overly aggro today.” Luke mumbles. “He got you to?” Arlo asks. “Yes.” Luke replies. Mel has fully acclimated to the h
Riley -One Year Later- I stand here in our backyard watching the chaos unfold. We are celebrating my son, Niko’s birthday. He turns one today. I look over as I hear the door to the house open to see Sapphire and Dylan walking out. Sapphire has their eight month old son, Jayson, in her arms. He is the perfect mix of the two of them. He has blond hair, the perfect mix of Sapphire’s white blond hair and Dylan’s dark blonde hair. Jayson has his mother’s sapphire blue eyes, but you can see flakes of steel-gray in them. He is going to be a ladies man when he grows up. He flirts with all the ladies and all the ladies love him. Sapphire sets him down besides Yasmin and Jack’s twins and Niko. Niko and Jayson are only three months apart which I like. The twins and little Alaynia just turned two years a couple months ago. There are way more people here than I thought there would be, but I guess since Niko and I share a birthday it is to be expected. I walk over to where my beauti
Dylan-6 Months Later-“For fuck sake she is a moody sheila.” Luke says.“I will tell Sapphire you said that and we shall see how she responds.” Riley comments.Luke shoots him a glare. I shake my head at the two of them. We are having a dual baby shower/gender reveal. Riley and Janessya are the other half of this baby shower/gender reveal. They already know they are having a boy and Janessya is due any day now. My precious jewel is six months along and looks stunning with her bump. She woke up two hours later after arriving at the hospital all those months ago. I let her rest overnight before telling her that she was pregnant. To say she was shocked would be an understatement. She shut down and refused to speak for hours. I was getting worried when Jack walked in and asked what was wrong. She burst into tears and told him that she was pregnant. She was pissed that we knew the night before, but didn’t tell her. Thankfully she calmed down after talking about it. I know
We knew the girls were up to something, but never in my wildest thoughts did I think they would plan something like this. Sal had come to us and told us that they were planning something, but he had no idea what they had planned. Keegan told us that he had seen all of them over at Ace’s house along with another guy that none of us knew. No granted we don’t know every friend that they have so it could be someone from one of their classes that they had. I opened my phone and the app that I have to track my precious jewel. I gave her a necklace and pendant. The pendant has a tracker in it. I am pretty sure she knows it is there, but she hasn’t said anything to me. I don’t care either way. Knowing I can find her if shit goes down keeps my stress level normal.“I don’t like this. We know Mateo arrived in town late last night, but we haven’t been able to get eyes on him, Gareth, and Elias. I would add Karleena into that list but we haven’t been able to get a visual on her for clo
These last two weeks have been interesting. We told Carmine, Anthony, and Dad about Aria and who she said she and her father are. They confirmed what she told us was true and that her father was a close friend and ally of theirs. We even brought Aria to meet with them and Aria even called her father during the meeting. Emery was able to do something with her computer and we all saw him on the tv in Dad’s conference room. After that we let her in on our plan. I don’t think the guys fully trust her, but they are coming around. “I still can’t believe that Janessya’s parents cut her off like that.” I sneer. “I know, but they were against her being with Riley in the first place, why I don’t know. Don’t worry, Riley will make sure she and their child are taken care of and I know your grandparents have offered to pay for her school.” Dylan replies. Janessya and Riley had invited everyone to dinner a week ago and announced that they were not only expecting their first child but t
I love Dylan and the rest of the guys, but if they think they are being sneaky they are sorely mistaken. They might as well rent a fucking bill board and advertise that they are planning to try and catch Mateo and his group of dipshits. They have been covertly, well they think they are being covert, around trying to come up with a plan to catch Mateo in the act. We are over at Lina’s house. Emery’s fingers are flying across her keyboard as she checks on what those assholes are up to. “Do Gareth and Elias have any idea that you know they are involved in all of this?” Emmy asks.“No, I haven’t let on that I know they are the ones that were spying on me and that I know they are the ones that were helping to try and break me and Dylan apart.” I replied.I wasn’t initially suspicious of them when we first met in class, but both of them gave me a weird vibe. Elias more so than Gareth, but when we returned to class after our holiday break they were acting even stranger than before.
I can help but stand here and stare at my precious jewel. She is asleep on our bed in our house. We finally finished putting everything where we wanted it. I won’t lie, I was a little worried when I, more or less, gave her full permission to do with the house what she wanted. The only rooms I made sure were ready for her were our bedroom and the room I had turned into an art studio for her. I smile when she turns over and starts trying to find me. I climb back into the bed and pull her against me. She lets out a sigh and melts into me. Things have been quiet, and while I am glad for that it also bothers me. I hate this waiting around shit. I shift to lay on my back and Sapphire follows me laying her head on my chest. “No, it’s too early.” Sapphire whines. “My precious jewel is almost ten.” I snicker.“SHIT!” She states.I laugh when she jumps out of bed running into the closet to grab some clothes and then into the bathroom. I shake my head as I fling my legs over the
I have been here for two weeks and I know that I am going to have to go back to the States soon. My father has been hounding me trying to find out where I am. I am sure he is looking for me, but since I told him I was going to travel around Europe to clear my head he has been trying to find me. I knew he wouldn’t, but he doesn’t know that. I also had work I needed to get back to. I want to bring Karleena with me, but I know if I did that Dad would know that I was here if I were to bring her home with me. “Hey, I am not angry. I know I can’t go back with you, no matter how badly I want to. We have to play this right if our plan is going to work.” Karleena says.The two of us are lying in her bed. We had woken up to her phone going off. She is cuddled into my side with her head on my shoulder as her fingers trace the lines of my muscles. We are both naked after several rounds of sex last night. Gareth had called her letting her know that they needed to talk, but she told hi
I didn’t think this idea through. It sounded great when I said something to Dylan about it, but I didn’t realize how much work this was going to be. I watch as the delivery guys place the last piece of furniture in the house before they leave. Dylan and I have been furniture shopping since our date three nights ago. We talked to Dad and Richard, they agreed that it would make them think that we are not worried about them. They weren’t thrilled with the idea, but they also didn’t tell us not to move into the house. Dad, Carmine, and Anthony left this morning for something in Greece or Italy. I am not sure which country they had to travel to. I let out a sigh as I looked at everything. Most of the furniture had already been delivered, but these few pieces had been out of stock when we ordered them, and they just came back in stock yesterday. I wasn’t expecting to have them arrive this soon. “Don’t worry my precious jewel, the guys are going to come over later and help us arra
I shivered as his breath floated across my ear. Dinner had been amazing, and I was amazed that Dylan was able to reserve a table at that restaurant. I know for a fact that there is at least a three or four month waiting list to get a table there. The food was delicious, making me want to come back as soon as we could. I couldn’t stop staring at my ring. I had a feeling that he was up to something, but I was not expecting this. The ring is gorgeous. The center stone is a large four carat tear drop shaped sapphire with diamonds that decrease in size as they circle the band. The band is rose gold and fits my finger perfectly. I was jolted from staring at the ring when the car stopped. I knew the house, but I wasn’t sure why we were stopping here. I did notice a few new pieces of furniture as we entered. “Why are we stopping at your house?” I asked.“The last part of your surprise is in there. Come on precious jewel, our night is just getting started.” He whispered in my ea