Chapter 21Julliet HarveyPOV“Julliet…” I felt someone touch me.I look up to see Blake. I smile and place my laptop down beside me. “Hey. I didn’t hear you come in.”He smiles and sits beside me. “I didn’t know if you were asleep or not and you like sleeping down here…” he says in an amused tone.I love these sofa’s they’re so comfortable. I can just lay in them and relax. I fall asleep so often Blake is used to it by now. He always finds me on them.I think we’ve grown closer since I’ve moved in. We’re more open with one another. Oh, and I love teasing him. When I so much as mentioned getting naked, he starts to squirm and turns red in the face. It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. I can see he finds me attractive. At night when he thinks I’m asleep he speaks to the babies. He tells them about his day, and how much he’ll love them. It’s my highlight of the day. I wait to hear what he’ll say next.“Did you have a good day?” I ask him.He sighs deeply “I got promoted to CEO.” he say
Chapter 21 Part 2“Blay Blay!”“Daddy Blay Blay is here!” Madison shouts.She runs to me and jumps into my arms.I kiss the top of her head hugging her. “Hello Madi”“Blay Blay did you miss me? Did you miss me? Did you?” she asks.I pout as though I was thinking before answering.“No, I completely forgot about Madi…” I say.She sighs dramatically crossing her arms. “Bad Blay Blay. I’m gonna tell daddy.” she scolds me.I laugh at her. “Of course, I missed you Madi…” I say hugging her tightly.She hugged me back. “You better or daddy will give you a spanking…” she warns.I smile… Madison was only five years old. Brandon made it clear early on he wasn’t interested in the fight for my inheritance. He is a well-respected therapist and has a husband who works for a small law firm that handles property disputes. When I said I kind of get along with him meant, I like his daughter and my mom babysits her sometimes. My mom knew about my father’s affairs but unlike the rest Brandon’s mother was
chapter 22Julliet HarveyPOVJulliet Davenport.Julliet Harvey – Davenport.Julliet Davenport…I bite my lip.We’re driving to our doctor’s appointment, and I keep thinking about Blake and I getting married. I know it’s not a possibility of ever getting married to Blake, but I can’t help fantasizing about being his wife.I’m being selfish, I’m only thinking about myself when I think about us getting married. Blake is still hurting and mourning the loss of his wife. She must have been an amazing woman, I don’t want Blake to stop loving her, to love me. I just wish he’d love me a little bit. A tiny space in his heart just for me.We’ve basically driven in silence, both stuck in our own heads. I’m being delusional thinking about my wedding day and taking Blake’s last name, I have no idea what is going through Blake’s head. I don’t know if I want to know, I fear he doesn’t have the same thoughts I do. I fear Blake might think this was a terrible idea and ask me to move out.I met his mot
Chapter 23Julliet HarveyPOVI’d just returned home from having dinner with Kendell and Paige. Paige has been talking about maybe getting married and starting a family. Her and Storm have been speaking about the future. I can’t help but feel as though I’m stuck in the past. I’m stuck thinking about how I’ll never have what she and storm has. I make my way to the bathroom. Seeing Blake already asleep. I try to be as quiet as possible. I’m surprised he’s asleep this early. This isn’t like Blake to sleep so early. Once I’m done with my bath, I lay beside him. Blake pulls me into his arms.“It’s funny how easy it was for you to move on Lettie.” Justin’s voice rings in my ear.I pull away from him. He pulls me back into his arms."Oh no you don’t. You think now that you’ve found Blake, I’ll let you go? Trapping Blake won’t make him love you. I love you, Lettie. Leave Blake and come with me." He says."Please leave" I beg. I didn’t have the energy to deal with Justin. He is someone from
Chapter 24Blake DavenportPOVI run my fingers through my hair, I just came out of a five-hour long meeting with the shareholders about my new appointment as acting CEO. Though Aiden made me promise not to tell them I was acting and not permanent. Aiden’s dad tried to stop it. He tried to bring in the fact that I was having children while I wasn’t married. The shareholders knew about my wife and knew I’d never remarry. Though they were happy I was moving on with my life and that’s why they agreed to make me CEO.Thinking about Julliet, should I text her to remind her to take her vitamins? I quickly send the text to her.This morning scared me, Julliet screaming both her and I wake freaking scared me. Her crying herself to sleep had me gutted. If I didn’t have this meeting today, I would have stayed with her this morning to make sure she’s okay.I haven’t heard from her since. I know she has a shoot today. I hope she’s not overworking herself.There’s a knock on my office door.“Come
Chapter 25Blake DavenportPOVIt took two hours to arrange a new room for Julliet, once it was sorted, four guards were brought to the hospital. One in the room next door, on the left and on the right. Then two posted by the door.I sit on the chair by her bed and touch her hand. She’s deadly pale. Seeing her like this breaks my heart. Julliet is normally a very lively person seeing her like this is heart breaking."Julliet..."My phone rings distracting me. I let go of her hand and pick up my phone.“Jesus what happened? What the hell is going on? Some people are saying Julliet got sick at work. While others are saying she tried to have an abortion. Jesus it’s crazy out here." Craig is panting by the time he’s done speaking."What?""Jesus get on with it. I said that people are saying Julliet tried to abort the babies. What the fuck happened? Did you fight for something?" he asks.My eyes darken. “Someone poisoned Julliet’s water with abortion pills." I say coldly.“What? Is Julliet
Chapter 26 Julliet HarveyPOV“Mom? Dad? Where are you?” I ask walking into the house. I drop my school bag by the door and walk deeper into the house. “Jullian it’s too early for that, Lettie is still young.” I hear my mom speaking from the kitchen. I walk closer softly so they don’t hear me.“If anything were to happen to us, I want my brother and his wife to take care of Lettie. I want to make sure our daughter is taken care of. Our entire wealth will be left to her one day. This might be the very house she raises her children in one day.” My father says firmly. “Jullian be serious right now. Changing your will, will upset a lot of people. The fact that Lettie is a girl they’ll target her.” “Don’t worry Lettie will only have access to all of it once she’s married. I’ve made sure to add the clause.” Before my mother could say anything my father spots me. “Lettie you’re home?” he gets up from the counter and rushes over to me, lifting me up into his arms. “Gosh my girl is get
Chapter 27 Blake DavenportPOVI watch as Julliet’s family happily speak to her, I watch from the sidelines. I don’t feel like I fit in. My sister and mother were here but went home after speaking both Julliet and I for a little while.I walk out of the room. The two guards standing by the door greeted me. I nod in their direction. I stand beside them outside Julliet room. I bite my lip. I feel like an outsider amongst her family.I suppose I am an outsider. I didn’t expect to feel this way when being with them. I guess Julliet and I aren’t really dating, and they don’t need to make feel welcomed.My phone rings. I let out a sigh of relief at the sound, I thought I’d find it annoying at this point, but right now I welcome the distraction.“We have Justin what do you want us to with him? He had a girlfriend with him, to say she was an interesting lady would be an understatement.” Derek says sounding amused.“I’ll be there in an hour.” I tell him.“I’ll be waiting…” he says before hang
EpilogueFour months later…The hospital…Blake Davenport POVI clench my fists as my friends, and I wait in the waiting room. They all dropped everything and rushed over to be here for the birth of my daughter.We’ve already decided on a name for my little girl. Her name was Avery Marie Davenport. She’s named after the woman who birthed me. It was actually Julliet’s idea.They’re busy prepping Julliet for surgery. They’re going to perform an emergency c-section. With Avery being breeched. I won’t lie and say I’m doing great. I’m freaking out. I’m losing my fucking mind the longer they take to tell me what’s going on. Julliet decided in a split second she didn’t want me with during the c-section, she knew I was freaking out and she feared I’d make her nervous, she asked Kendell to be in the room with her. I’m terrified. I’m so fucking scared of losing either of them.“Blake they’re going to be okay…” Craig tries to comfort me.I nod. I prayed she would be.“Remember Sam had a c-secti
Chapter 114Dianna VanderbiltPOVToday is finally the day for my twelve-week check-up. No one was more surprised than I was that we were pregnant again. I’ve found out pretty early on.I was like three weeks pregnant when I found out. Being pregnant with Julliet again is the weirdest thing ever.Blake and Julliet invited all of us to their house for dinner so after my appointment we head over to my brother’s place.We haven’t told anyone I was pregnant. We didn’t think we should tell anyone just yet.I wasn’t even showing yet. We were going to wait until after our appointment.The safe period and what not. The drive to the doctor’s office was more nerve-wrecking that I thought it would be.Grayson and Grace were at school. When I thought Grayson was a giant at eleven. I didn’t expect him to be so big he makes me look like a little child. With a beard and a deeper voice, I honestly can’t tell the difference between him and Garret now.I tie my hair in a messy bun. I was dressed very r
Chapter 107A week later Julliet HarveyPOVPaige and Storm were away for work and left their kids with me. And with Blake being in New York with Aiden, he has been gone for a week. He’d just got back but Aiden needed him so that very night he’d gotten back he had to leave. Our night was so uneventful. We had gotten engaged and then five seconds later he had to leave. He returns home at night... I'm so excited to see my fiancé...I was sitting in our living room; the kids were upstairs for a nap. We had to get a nanny to help with the five children.With our soon to be four children, this was educational and to be honest it was freaking me out a little.When I was young, so damn young, I was corrupted by the wrong side. That’s the best way to put it. I’ve done so many wrong things in my life. yet God still blessed me with a fiancé who loves me, three amazing children and one on the way.When I tell people I’m blessed I mean it. I’ve never really been one for religion but after everyt
Chapter 106Paige HarveyPOVThe past 5 years I have gone to therapy. We have a beautiful daughter Calista who looks identical to her father and a son Godfrey who I belief looks identical to my father.Therapy has helped me deal with my father’s sudden death. I was barely coping. But Storm forced me to. Not just for me but for our daughter since I was pregnant at the time.He feared I would lose the baby or hurt myself.After therapy, our marriage has become stronger in a way, I don’t know how to describe it. It helped me realize just how much he meant to me.There were so many things about Godfrey that reminded me of my father, the way he smiled. How his eyes would sparkle when he saw something he liked. I feel like my father blessed us with him.After Godfrey was born, my mother decided it would be best to travel, she felt trapped in the house filled with memories of my father. She wanted to be free of them.My mother has been struggling and when she travels, she feels so much bette
Chapter 105One week later.Blake DavenportPOVI just got back from Florida. I helped Rene’s parents plan Skylor’s funeral. They took her death better than I expected they would.I was expecting the worst. But they just wanted to get the funeral over and done with. I couldn’t blame them. I would too if I was them.I run my fingers through my hair. I feel terrible. I was so close to proposing to Julliet. I was moving on with my life while they had to mourn their daughters.The kindest people I know. They didn’t deserve the hand given to them. Their one daughter was a complete angel who cared for everyone and everything. Whereas their youngest daughter, jealous of her older sister tried to kill her sister. She actually did kill Rene. She was the fucking devil.I can’t believe I’d fallen for the innocent act. She played not only me, but her own family as well.I treated her better than I did my own sister, because she meant to so much to Rene.I pull at my hair.I stopped by Rene’s grav
Chapter 104Blake DavenportPOVAfter I got the girls showered and in fresh clothes, I spoke to them about what happened. I was thinking about getting a therapist, I didn’t know if the girls were traumatized or not.They seemed fine but I didn’t want to risk it. The only thing they were upset was when their mother was accused of being a bad mother. I just hope the girls forget about that.I don’t want Julliet finding out about it.She’ll feel terrible. And she doesn’t look great now. I could see this pregnancy was taking all of her energy. I didn’t even tell her in the next week we’d be moving.There’s so much that needs to be done.And I haven’t even spoken to her yet.One thing I was sure about was I wanted Julliet to be my wife before our next baby is born.I’d found out she was pregnant this morning and now I’m already imagining what my son would look like. How our life will be in the future.My son… I smile… I didn’t even know the gender of the baby yet and I was already thinking
Chapter 103Julliet HarveyPOVMy girls were on their way home. I clenched my fists. I was so excited to see them.I wanted nothing more than to be in our home with all three of our children. I didn’t want to be with all out friends right now. I love them, I really do, but I wanted a moment with my children and my boyfriend.Do I still feel envy when I look at my friends and their marriages? God yes. I couldn’t help myself.They have been married for years now, Blake and I met first, we’ve been together the longest. Except for Paige and Storm. We’ve been together the longest.Blake and I both carry so much more baggage than the rest of friends. I’ll never be able to live up to Blake’s former wife. I’ll never be good enough to be his wife.We might have a family together but I’m fooling myself if I think I’ll be happy being his girlfriend for the rest of my life.What was wrong with me? Why was I thinking about this now."How are you feeling now?" Dianna asks.I look up at her. Dianna
Chapter 102An hour earlierJulliet HarveyPOVI’m sitting on the guest bathroom floor in Paige’s house. I’ve been in this bathroom since I’ve come over. This pregnancy is really so much worse than my last two.Was I being punished by the Heavens?I think the toilet has become my newest best friend.The tiles on the floor are actually helping the nausea somewhat. Though I still feel like this baby is trying to kill me by having my throw up all my insides.God, I feel sick and the more I worry for the girls the more I want to throw up. My girls are missing, and I can’t even get myself off the floor.Oh God make it stop.This pregnancy has come out of nowhere. I honestly didn’t expect it. I’d been feeling off for over two months now, but I excused it as stress, over thinking and we’ll everything else. I did want at least four children, but I was thinking about bringing it up with Blake at least a year from now. I wanted the kids to be a little older.With Maddox and the girls being so c
Chapter 101Justin BrandfordPOVThis was going to shit; I could feel it in my bones. We were supposed to only take one of the girls. Who would have thought they would look like that bastard and no Julliet.We’re supposed to ask for ransom money, but I don’t want the money anymore. I want to kill all three of these girls. I hate Paige just as much as I hate Blake. Their child doesn’t deserve to live just as much as these two don’t. Sky is attached to the girls and want to raise Blake’s children with him. Our unlikely partnership came from mutual interest. Yet now I don’t want anything to do with the sick bitch. She’s been with them for over an hour trying to convince them Julliet’s a terrible woman and that she’s going to be their new mommy. The bitch is crazy even for me.Blake already paralyzed half of my body. I walk with a fucking limp, and I don’t have feeling in my arm anymore.============Blake DavenportPOV“Blake let me drive…” Craig suggests.I just nod.On the drive ov