Chapter 30Blake DavenportPOVJulliet had a busy day today, with Samantha, Kendell and Paige visiting her, itâs around six at night and sheâs knocked out. I watch the sleep from the sofa. I havenât been home since sheâs been here yesterday. I couldnât leave her. It didnât right to. My phone rings. I quickly answer it in fear of waking Julliet."Yeah?" I say softly walking out of the room, I didnât want to wake Julliet, the last thing I wanted was to disturb her sleep."Blake you wonât believe what happened today, honestly youâd think I was joking or lying to you. I have the best news ever. So, I paid Samantha a visit. I told her I wanted to date her. And guess what. Weâre going on a date tomorrow. Weâre going on a date. I want to make it a day sheâll never forget. While making her my wife." I could feel the excitement vibrating off Craig through the phone.A smile breaks out on my face. âIâm happy for you Craig.â I tell him."I truly am happy Blake. This is my one chance to make her
Chapter 31 Samantha JamesonPOVYou know when Craig asked me on a date, I assumed heâd take me to a fancy restaurant. So, when he showed up at my house in a jean and a golf tee, I didnât know what to make of it. So, I got changed out of the dress and heels I had on and got into a jean and sneakers matching him.What I didnât expect was pulling up at a bowling alley. Who comes to a bowling alley at nine in the morning? Iâll tell you who Craig Blackheart.So last night after I put Harry to bed, I googled him. You know what I found? He owns several small businesses as well as run his family newspaper. What I found interesting is that there arenât any pictures of him with other women. None. Like heâs never dated. From what Iâve seen so far this man is sweet and considerate so why on earth is he still single? It doesnât make sense. Why would I good man still be single.He has been talking nonstop about marrying me, so he isnât a noncommitment type. I canât figure him out.We got out of hi
Chapter 32Craig BlackheartPOVâBe happy Samantha. Itâs okay to put yourself first every once in a while. If youâre happy your daughter will be happy as well.â I tell her.Samantha looks over at me with a smile. âYou always know the right things to say.ââItâs not that, I like seeing you smile.âShe smiles not saying anything for a little while. âSo Mr. Perfect why did you say it was a whole day affair if we finished bowling and, on the beach, and itâs only twelve p.m.?â she asks.âBecause this isnât the end of our adventureâŠâ I tell her.She looks over at the ocean. âTo be honest, I havenât had this much fun in forever. I donât think Iâve been this honest or free everâŠââReady to go on your next stop?â I ask her.She nods.I grab her hand in mine, and we walk together back to my car. I look at our connected hands. Iâve never been this happy ever in my life. I truly believe I have found the love of my life.Honestly, nobody can convince me otherwise for the first time in my life, Iâm
Chapter 33One week laterSamantha JamesonPOVBecause I donât have many friends I trust enough to let in, so Iâm standing in front of Jullietâs house because I so much Iâm excited to share with someone anyone. Last week after our date I told my parents about Craig and they already love him, I donât want to get ahead of myself, so I want to speak to someone who has been through something similar to what Iâve been through.I ring the doorbell.The door opens and I see Blake Davenport. I knew they stay together but I wasnât expecting him to be home.I smile awkwardly. âHey, Iâm sorry for stopping by unannounced. I can come back another time if youâre busyâŠâHe shakes his head. âNo, come in Julliet just finished eating sheâs bored and itâs still a while until Paige comes over.â He steps back so I can come in.I walk by him entering in the house. I see Julliet on the sofa watching tv. I walk toward her giving her a hug before taking a seat beside her.âOh, thank God another human other th
Chapter 34Dianna DavenportPOVSo, itâs official. Iâm officially house hunting. Iâm meeting with my realtor today. Or real estate agent, I donât know the difference between the two. After everything, with my brother settled down now, and Julliet out of danger Iâve started looking at houses again. Iâve fallen in love with a house, and I canât wait to take a look around.It was owned by an influencer, so it has all the qualities Iâm looking for a room with good lighting for me to film. Spacious and a huge closet, one in the room and one in the master bedroom. Itâs gorgeous so I made the call right away. Which led to this exact moment.âSo, what do you think?â Garret Vanderbilt my realtor asks as I look around the kitchen.I try not to make it obvious Iâm in love with the place. Blake told me to act neutral.I smile awkwardly. âCan I see the room the previous owner used to film in?â I ask.He looks at me and smiles. âSure. Right this wayâŠâ he leads me up the stairs that leads right to t
Chapter 35Kendell MarksPOVSo, when Ryan picked me up from my apartment to say I was shocked is an understatement. His car. Not what I was expecting.An SUV in lime green. Like shocking green. It hurt a little getting into some so outrageous in color.âSo where are we going?â I ask. He told me to dress comfortably last night when he called.For the past couple of weeks, weâve spoken daily on the phone, just to talk about how our day was going, our likes and dislikes.Weâve talk for hours just about everything and anything.âItâs a surprise. I just hope you can hold your liquor Miss MarksâŠâ he teases.âOh, so weâre drinking?â I ask my eyes wide. âAre you trying to find out all my secrets is that why you want to get me drunk?â I tease.He bursts out laughing. âYes, I want to know where Aiden keeps the good liquor at the officeâŠâ he says.I frown. âAiden?â I ask confused.âOh, the owner of the magazine⊠The that earns money not coming into the office. From what I heard he got a promoti
Chapter 36Three weeks laterBlake DavenportPOVJulliet and I are driving to Samanthaâs house to pick up a couple of things she got for the babies. She had a few things she didnât use for her daughter as well. Julliet wanted those and now itâs my job to pay driver to pick the things up.Julliet and I are only picking the things up, weâre actually on our way to have lunch with my mother and sister to celebrate Dianna buying her first house. She hasnât closed on the deal yet but Iâm hopeful it will all work out. Once the house is on her name I plan to throw her a house warming party.Since Julliet stepped back from the media, Iâve been followed by paparazzi more times than not. I had to buy a new damn car just to throw them off. I didnât want Diannaâs privacy taken away from her like it already has.Iâm pleasantly surprised when I spot Craigâs land rover. I get to catch up with him while I pack the car up. I park next to his car and get out of the car. I walk over to Jullietâs side to
Chapter 37Two weeks laterPaige HarveyPOVSo, all of have been invited to this dinner for one of Blakeâs friends. Samantha, Craig, Ryan, Kendell, Julliet, Blake and Storm and me. we were at a night club before coming over here. Blakeâs friend Aiden who invited us thought it would be funny to have two pregnant women dancing around in a night club. It didnât last long before Julliet and I wanted to get out of there. Weâre currently sitting in a less crowded restaurant. Aiden and his lady friend are making out in one corner. While Blake, Julliet, Samantha, and Craig are in a deep conversation.While Kendell and I are sharing a look. We have no idea whatâs going on right now. Dinner was served an hour ago and most of us finished our meals. Weâre just waited for Aiden to give the word for us to leave. His party started off at a freaking night club. If our group wasnât invited, I assume theyâd still be there.After the terrible dinner, my Model fiancĂ© and I went for a work. We walked arou
EpilogueFour months laterâŠThe hospitalâŠBlake 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.Weâve already decided on a name for my little girl. Her name was Avery Marie Davenport. Sheâs named after the woman who birthed me. It was actually Jullietâs idea.Theyâre busy prepping Julliet for surgery. Theyâre going to perform an emergency c-section. With Avery being breeched. I wonât lie and say Iâm doing great. Iâm freaking out. Iâm losing my fucking mind the longer they take to tell me whatâs going on. Julliet decided in a split second she didnât want me with during the c-section, she knew I was freaking out and she feared Iâd make her nervous, she asked Kendell to be in the room with her. Iâm terrified. Iâm so fucking scared of losing either of them.âBlake theyâre going to be okayâŠâ Craig tries to comfort me.I nod. I prayed she would be.âRemember 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. Iâve 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 brotherâs place.We havenât told anyone I was pregnant. We didnât think we should tell anyone just yet.I wasnât even showing yet. We were going to wait until after our appointment.The safe period and what not. The drive to the doctorâs 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 didnât expect him to be so big he makes me look like a little child. With a beard and a deeper voice, I honestly canât 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. Heâd just got back but Aiden needed him so that very night heâd 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 fiancĂ©...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. Thatâs the best way to put it. Iâve done so many wrong things in my life. yet God still blessed me with a fiancĂ© who loves me, three amazing children and one on the way.When I tell people Iâm blessed I mean it. Iâve 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 fatherâs 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 donât 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 Reneâs parents plan Skylorâs 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 couldnât 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 didnât 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 canât believe Iâd 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 Reneâs 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 didnât know if the girls were traumatized or not.They seemed fine but I didnât 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 donât want Julliet finding out about it.Sheâll feel terrible. And she doesnât look great now. I could see this pregnancy was taking all of her energy. I didnât even tell her in the next week weâd be moving.Thereâs so much that needs to be done.And I havenât 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.Iâd found out she was pregnant this morning and now Iâm already imagining what my son would look like. How our life will be in the future.My son⊠I smile⊠I didnât 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 didnât 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 couldnât help myself.They have been married for years now, Blake and I met first, weâve been together the longest. Except for Paige and Storm. Weâve been together the longest.Blake and I both carry so much more baggage than the rest of friends. Iâll never be able to live up to Blakeâs former wife. Iâll never be good enough to be his wife.We might have a family together but Iâm fooling myself if I think Iâll 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 HarveyPOVIâm sitting on the guest bathroom floor in Paigeâs house. Iâve been in this bathroom since Iâve 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 canât even get myself off the floor.Oh God make it stop.This pregnancy has come out of nowhere. I honestly didnât expect it. Iâd been feeling off for over two months now, but I excused it as stress, over thinking and weâll 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.Weâre supposed to ask for ransom money, but I donât 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 doesnât deserve to live just as much as these two donât. Sky is attached to the girls and want to raise Blakeâs children with him. Our unlikely partnership came from mutual interest. Yet now I donât want anything to do with the sick bitch. Sheâs been with them for over an hour trying to convince them Jullietâs a terrible woman and that sheâs 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 donât have feeling in my arm anymore.============Blake DavenportPOVâBlake let me driveâŠâ Craig suggests.I just nod.On the drive ov