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Blue“Good Morning!” The sound of a voice has me startling awake.My heart races and sends me scrambling to sit up. I blink a few times to see Rhea standing in our room…again.“Dammit, Rhea! Have you ever heard of personal space?” Artemis growls.Rhea just laughs and walks around to my side of the bed and climbs on to sit next to me.Okay then…“Morning my lovely soon-to-be sister-in-law! Ready for wedding planning?” She asks giving me an eager smile.“What?”“We have three days to plan and that means there is no time to waste! So get your butt up and let’s do this thing! Oh, and you guys have a package.” She stands and saunters out of the room like she didn’t just burst in here.“I swear I’m not above murdering her,” Artemis grumbles.I snort a laugh and playfully smack his arm. “You wouldn’t. Besides she’s the only one in your family who seems to like me. You can’t kill my only ally.”That seems to get his attention because he rolls over to face me. “I’m not your ally?”“I mean, are
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BlueRhea and I are on our feet in an instant and being ushered out of the room as quickly as our feet can carry us. “What happened?” I ask as we’re being herded toward the emergency stairs. “There’s been a breech or unknown intent.” He says as if that clears everything up. “Okay, what does that mean?” I ask. Dane is waiting for us at the stairs and holds the door open for us. Several other people are rushing down the stairs as well. Is this a possible fire situation? Why else would everyone be trying to exit by way of the emergency stairs? Bryant moves ahead of us, and Dane takes the back and tries to create an area of protection around us. Rhea seems calm but she reaches out from behind me and slips her hand in mine. I hold it tight to try and reassure her, but I’m secretly panicking too. After the stuff I’ve experienced I’m a little paranoid. We make it outside where a crowd is forming outside of the building. Everyone is looking at the building as if their waiting for somethi
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BlueThe cake tasting sounded fun and was in the begging but by my third slice I couldn’t taste the differences and I was not liking the idea of flowers in cake. What is that about? My new phone makes a sound and I look down at it to see I have gotten a text message. From Artemis of all people. I hadn’t expected him to answer my email let alone send me a text. I didn’t take him for much of texter. Not that I’m experienced in that area either. Artemis: Do small businesses need security systems? I reread the text again and it doesn’t make anything clearer. What is he asking me? Me: Is this Artemis or some sort of prank thing?I reply. There are several seconds with no reply and I wait in anticipation. Artemis: It’s me. So?It’s him. No way people are this abrupt even in text form.Me: Okay, I’m not sure why you’re asking me. I don’t anything about business.Artemis: But you know a small business owner.Oh he’s talking about Monica. I’m surprised he remembers that I told him about h
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ArtemisAbigail is able to have everything related to our problem project secured on my private server within an hour. She even went as far as to stand over each person’s shoulder and watch as they moved everything and deleted any trace of it off of their station computers. I’ve been reading through code for several hours now and a headache is starting to start when a knock comes from my office door. It opens before I can say anything and Alan saunters in. “What’s up brother?” He says loudly as he enters. “Man, it’s good to be home.” He drops his body into one of the chairs in front of my desk and makes himself comfortable. His body is slouched low enough that he can rest his head on the back of the chair, and his legs are spread open. In short, the opposite of professional. “I’m assuming you didn’t come alone.” I say instead of a proper greeting. If he’s going to barge in here and not respect my space why should I be pleasant to him? “You would be right! They’re waiting in the
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ArtemisWhat is that? Blue struggles to adjust the dress to face the mirror and it’s more than obvious that she can’t. The thing is huge. Her description was point on, it does look like a giant marshmallow. Even the sleeves are puffy. Does anyone buy dresses like this? “So what do you think?” The woman who followed Blue onto the small stage asks her. “This is the fourth dress she’s tried on and I think she’s done.” Rhea whispers to me. “She’s trying to make mom happy, but I don’t want her leaving here with a dress like that.”Neither do I. There is no way she is walking down the aisle looking like a giant cupcake. “Blue?” Her eyes meet mine in the mirror and I see her shoulders relax. “Artemis, you’re here!” She has to shuffle many times to turn all the way around and face me. “Yeah, this dress is…interesting.” I say pointing at the monstrous thing. “It’s all the rage these days. It gives brides a more fanciful experience.” The woman tries to explain but I doubt that’s true. “
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BlueI had only meant to tease Artemis by letting him see me in the lingerie they gave me to wear while I tried on all these ridiculous dresses. Then he watched me with this intense look in his eyes and suddenly I realized I might have made a mistake. When he told me not to get dressed, I debated whether or not to listen but after seeing the way he looked at me, I felt like being bold. We haven’t had time to set rules about things like sex, and I’m thinking that’s one of the most important topics we should have addressed. Are we going to be fake married people with benefits? I mean we already sleep in the same bed together. Will we be able to do that and never touch? Okay, we’ve touched but that’s been innocent cuddling. This is really something we need to discuss before one of us steps over the line. When we do there will be no going back. It doesn’t take long for Artemis to come back and the dress he brings with him takes my breath away. I couldn’t have imagined ever wearing a dr
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BlueBryant and Dane escort me back to the hotel. They must sense I’m in no mood to talk because they don’t say a word even when we reach the room. I walk to my bedroom and close the door behind me, cutting the rest of the world out. My thoughts and feelings are a mess right now and I need time to understand it all. I’ve never felt anything like this before and it’s making me mad. I carefully hang my new dress in the closet where Artemis has been keeping his suits. For a second I consider messing them up a little, but once again I refrain from letting my emotions get the best of me. Bastard. I’d like to kick him in the shine. Taking a deep breath, I close the closet and drop down on the bed with a huff. Day…what it it? Day four? I can’t even tell any more. It feels like ages since I was teleported into this alternate universe where a super-rich guy asked to marry him. Deciding I have given him enough thought for today I decide to watch some TV and order a huge ice cream sundae. Ha
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ArtemisAfter the dress fitting I head back to work per Blue’s request, but damn if I’m not confused as hell. I thought there was something between us for a minute there, but she changed. Rhea sensed it too because she asked me what was wrong but I didn’t have an answer for her. I suppose if Blue needs space for whatever reason then I should give it to her. She hasn’t contacted me for hours, so I decided to dive into work. By four o’clock I know I won’t be going back to the hotel tonight. I need the extra time to go over every inch of this code and sleep isn’t going to help me. I need my mind sharp and that only happens for me when I don’t give it time to reset. Is it healthy? Absolutely not but it’s my system and it helped me build this company, so I’ll keep doing it. Abigail came in at four thirty to ask if I needed dinner sent up. I took her up on the offer but asked her to have it delivered around seven. I want to work another few hours without distraction. Or that was the plan
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BlueWhat is going on? Here I was expecting some yelling or fighting but got hysterical laughter instead. Are they all high? Well, probably not Iris, but she looks a little confused as well. Same girl, same. “What is so funny?” I yell. They all slowly calm down and it’s Rhea who speaks next. “Blue, I know that this may seem strange, but we’re happy.” Say what now?“What do you mean? You guys would be getting nothing!” I remind them as if it weren’t clear. “We know and that’s the great part. Honestly, it’s a relief. That money is tainted with bad memories for us. It’s a burden, but to someone who’s as kindhearted as you it could be a huge blessing. You’ve come from having so little to having enough money for a hundred lifetimes. You could do anything! We are happy to let that money go and let you decide what to do with it. Once the funeral is over we can finally let that time of our lives die too. It’s the last tie to what our family name used to
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ArtemisThis week has been hell. My grandfather and parents did not want to leave this world without one last special, and I’m hating every second of dealing with it. Still for my sisters it means closure even though our relationship with them was strained. Then there’s the whole matter of the will. Honestly, I don’t want to know what my grandfather has left me to deal with. If what’s happened in the last few months are only a piece of what I have to face then I’m going to hate the rest even more. My sisters are happy to let me handle it since they don’t want a thing from my father or grandfather. As much as they feel a sense of loss, they also feel relief. The last die-hard Rhodes are gone and we can all move on. My charity work with blue has been a lot more rewarding than any of the other work I’ve done, and seeing her smile is all the payment I need. Fuck. I haven’t been able to spend much time with her thanks to all this, but as soon as it’s over I am taking the fi
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BlueI make it back to the bookstore just as Dane comes in searching for me. “Everything okay?” He asks looking me over for injuries. “Yeah, they didn’t have what I was looking for and I even asked an employee to look, and it took forever just for her to tell me they didn’t have the book. Crazy right?” I laugh weakly and hope he doesn’t notice my discomfort in lying.He doesn’t ask anything, so I guess I did okay, but as we drive home my anxiety hits an all time high. How am I going to look at Artemis and his sisters knowing what I know and not say anything. These people have been rich all their lives and even though they are individually wealthy do they expect more now that their grandfather and parents are dead? I can only imagine the amount of money those three died with and now it’s coming my way. There is so much anxiety and pressure waring inside me that when we get home I rush through the front door and to the nearest bathroom to throw up. No one seems
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BlueI need to find a way to get out of here without anyone asking questions. Also, that means leaving the babies and Lilly which I’m not sure anyone will be willing to do with everything else going on, but I need to go to this meeting. There’s no time to debate logistics, so I head back to the living room where I see the Rhodes siblings still discussing something. Artemis’s eyes lift when I walk into the room, and he gives me a confused look. Maybe he sees something in my face that has alarm bells going up, so I try to smile and act like nothing is going on. “I’m sorry but something came up at my office, I need to run in and handle it. Can I leave the kids with you?” I ask him. “Of course. Is everything okay?” He asks standing and stepping around the couch to walk in my direction. I don’t really want him touching me right now. It feels fake now. After what I heard it has me overthinking still and I don’t have time to dig deeper into all those feelings right now.
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BlueThe door opens behind me, and Artemis walks inside with Iris next to him. His sisters are on their feet in an instant and rushing over to wrap their little sister in their arms. The three of them start to cry while Artemis stands off to the side watching them. His forehead is creased, and his jaw is tight like he isn’t sure what to do but also like he’s worried. So, I walk over to him and slip my hand in his. “You okay?” I whisper. He sighs. “I’m glad she’s okay.” That’s enough for me. This is all so fresh, so it makes sense that none of them know what to say or do next. “What can I do to help?” I ask him. “We need to wait for the lawyer to the estate contacts us. They will let us know our grandfather’s and parent’s wishes for burial and memorial services. Then we go from there. After the funeral there will be the reading of the will, and we’ll all know where we stand in this family.” He grinds his teeth at that last part. I may not know much a
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BlueAfter Artemis leaves, I stand in the hallway and try to figure out the best way to go about this. Rhea is torn up over the news and I want to be there for her, but what can I do? I don’t want to just sit back and have them handle everything while they work through everything emotionally. It’s no secret, things were strained between all of them but that was still Artemis’s parents and that has to be hard for him. Before I can come up with a plan one of the babies starts crying. All of them have a different cry and this one is Eros. I walk into the nursery and pick him up right away. His head turns to my boob as soon as he’s in my arms. Before I take him out to feed, I check on Selene and Damion, but they are still asleep.Those two sleep like the dead when they want to except apparently at night when the smallest sound has them wide awake. In the end all of them end up in bed with me and Artemis to finish off the night. Not that either of us care much, we love cuddling u
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ArtemisI hadn’t heard from my grandfather in several weeks and I’m wondering when he will send Iris to us. I’m willing to fly to wherever they are and pick her up myself but any attempts at contacting my grandfather have gone unanswered. That is until Rhea comes stumbling into the house looking as if she’s seen a ghost. “Artemis…” It sounds like saying that much was too much effort. “What?” “Rhea? What’s wrong?” Blue rushes over to my sister and helps her to sit down on the closest chair. “Rhea, what’s going on?” “Just look.” My sister hands her phone to Blue, but I can hear the audio. 'Another tragedy involving the famous Rhodes family. Unfortunately, this accident resulted in the death of three members including the Patriarch of the family, his son and his daughter-in-law. The following information may be upsetting for some. The police and rescue crew discovered the pilot a mile away and the members of the family different distances from the crash. Ou
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ArtemisSeeing Blue juggle, the children’s home and motherhood is like watching a bee buzzing around a hive. She has been going non-stop and is trying so hard to make up for the time she lost not being there to help. I know she thinks that she will let someone down if she isn’t giving one hundred percent of herself in everything she does, but I can see her burning out. At night she’s been crashing as soon as her head hits the pillow, but she’s up any time the triplets need to be changed or fed. I try to help as best I can, but she always tells me to sleep, and she will handle things. Only she doesn’t realize that she sleeps through a few of the nightly cries, and I make sure nothing wakes her. Now that she will let the babies in the nursery, I turn off the monitor while I’m in there and switch to getting alerts on my phone. That way she can sleep, and I’ll still be able to hear the babies. She needs the rest. Since the babies came, I’ve been in full dad duty. Not that
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BlueThe first few weeks home with the triplets is chaos. Lilly is such a sweet girl and even though she needs a lot of help with things she hasn’t complained once having to share our time. Artemis has made everything so much easier by just being here and helping wherever it’s needed. He was joking about the personal chief either. I mean when does he ever not mean these things? I should know that by now. He also did have a whole medical room set up in the house. There are plans to expand the house even more thanks to all the plans he has. Athena found a house down the street from us and has been so happy with her decision to adopt. She’s an amazing mother and it’s been great having her so close by. Rhea, not wanting to be left out also bought a house on our street and has been stopping by with her kids almost everyday much to Artemis’s displeasure. He’s gotten a lot better with having his sisters around but he’s still his grumpy self with them. Now they just find it fu
