Chapter 84Blake DavenportPOVA phone call on my phone woke me from my sleep.Derek. He better have a damn good reason for waking me this god damn early."What?" I ask softly not wanting to wake Julliet.I slowly turn and get out of bed, the last thing I want is to wake her.“So, I’ve been looking into your brothers. I’ve found something. Raide has been buying stocks and talking to the board without Sasha knowing. He has a new girlfriend who’s been encouraging him to take the company out from under Sasha without him knowing. Must say your family drama is better than any soap opera Scara makes me watch." He says, I could hear the amusement in his voice."So what? They’re working against one another?” I ask closing the door behind me."Yes. Do you want me to send a tip to Sasha to have them fight it out?" I ask.I make my way down the stairs to the kitchen. I needed coffee. It was too early for this. "No, I’m calling a board meeting later. Invite those all three of them.” I tell him."
Chapter 85Dianna DavenportPOVToday’s events had my nerves bundled in a bunch I wanted nothing more than to be at home filming a video. This sneaking around and doing things behind people’s backs isn’t meant for me.I did have a little laugh with Blake sneaking into the building. I was grateful to Garret for taking the day off to be here with me holding my hand.When we get to Blake’s office, we all sit in silence before Blake’s assistants and the CEO walks in.Today’s the day Sasha and Raide makes their move and tries to take me off my chairman seat, they might not know this, but it will be hilarious to see their faces when they realize I was never in that seat in the first place. I’ve never been more grateful to Blake for keeping me out of this life when he took over my father’s position."Miss Davenport it’s time, the board’s waiting for you downstairs.” Blake’s assistant says.I nod Garret and I walk out of Blake’s office hand in hand.The two assistants lead us to the boardroom
Chapter 86Blake DavenportPOVAs I’m walking out of the elevator and to the garage parking Sasha’s there waiting for me.“I thought you would have left by now…” I comment shrugging off my blazer and opening my car door, I throw it in the back."I must say I’m impressed. I didn’t even realize I was getting played.” He says.“Do you think I’d let you off scot-free after approaching Julliet?” I ask him turning to face him.He shakes his head. “I admit I lost to fair and square…” he says."You know all that sneaking about, you could have started your own company and stayed out of mine. You were trying to steal from me. For years I let you be, but I have a family to protect now, and I won’t you off anymore." I tell him."Blake doesn’t matter what happens between us I’m still your brother and I deserve a part of this company." He says looking at the sign on the wall.I follow his eyes before I look back at him. “My mother only gave birth to one son and that’s me. This company was built by
Chapter 87Julliet HarveyPOVToday we buried my uncle. A man who was my father throughout my teenage years and when I needed someone to lean on. He never judged any of the decisions I’ve made. Even when we both knew I was wrong.He babied me throughout my stay with them.I look over at Paige in a corner with Storm. She was an absolute wreck this morning. She didn’t even want to go to the church. It took both Storm and I to get her dressed.I look over at Blake with his mother and sister. They surprised me that they even showed up for the funeral.I make my way over to my aunt. She’s been the toughest through all of this. She’s been helping Paige through all of this, and she hasn’t had a chance to mourn her husband yet. She’s been focused on planning the funeral and taking care of Paige she hasn’t had chance to mourn.She’s in the kitchen with the caterer. “Do you need any help?” I ask.She smiles and me shaking her head. “I’m good I’m almost done.” she tells me.The bags under her ey
Chapter 88A week LaterThird PersonPOVJulliet and Blake were at home on a Saturday morning, after everything going on Blake and Julliet have yet to show themselves in public.Blake sat on the floor with the girls. Holding them both to his chest. Julliet snapped a picture before logging into her social media. They weren’t ready to show their daughters faces yet, they wanted the girls to be old enough to make the decision themselves.It was the first picture she’d post Blake and the girls.She felt a little nervous because she didn’t want to upset Blake, since he was in a white shirt and pj bottoms.[@TherealJHarvey has uploaded a picture... Caption: Finally, home after our first family vacation…]Julliet’s phone blew up as soon as she uploaded the picture.“I uploaded a picture like you told me to. Do I respond to the comments?” Julliet asks Blake.He looks up from the girls. “What did you upload? A picture of yourself?” he asks.Julliet shakes her head. “I snapped a picture of you
Chapter 89Blake DavenportPOVI park my car in the garage before stepping out. I lock up the house before making my way upstairs to the girls. Opening the girl’s bedroom door, I’m surprised to see the room empty. I was sure they weren’t downstairs.Where were the girls? Our bedroom? I push open our bedroom door. “Where are the…” my words stop dead short as soon as I lay eyes on Julliet sitting legs open in nothing but a fucking teddy.Jesus Julliet. “Wha-what’s going on, where are the girls?” I ask.She smiles. “They’re spending the night with your mother so we can have some alone time.” she stands and walks over to me.My eyes trail over her length, she hasn’t worn heels in months and God it’s sexy.I can hardly believe she’d give birth three months ago. Hell, if I wasn’t in the room I wouldn’t believe she’d given birth to twins at all.“So, the girls are by my mother?” I ask.She nods biting her lip.I swallow hard.She walks up behind me and massages my shoulders. “How about we pl
Blake’s tongue brushes against my clit, I feel myself tighten around his finger as an orgasm rushes through my body.Trembles run through my body.When I come to Blake is on top of me.“God, I love you and I love the look on your face when you’re cuming. So sexy…” Blake says.My hair was sticking to my face and my back. I was a freaking mess.Blake trusts himself into me, I cry out since I was still sensitive.“You good baby?” he asks.I nod.“Your tongue…” he tells me.I do as he says, he kisses me thrusting his tongue into my mouth.He thrusts harder and faster; my mouth falls open my head falls back, and I see stars.He massages my boobs. I thrust my hips upward into him.“Jullz…” Blake groans out.My body tenses as another orgasm runs through me. My body was exhausted, I’d lost all control over my body as he thrusts into me, I feel my body spasm. Oh, my legs were going to hurt in the morning.I wrap my legs around his hips, my heels digging into his ass.“God baby you feel amazing
Chapter 90Kendell MarksPOVI’m sitting on my bed in my apartment thinking where my life has gone, I’ve never trusted a man like I did Ryan and he still stabbed me in the back. To think I was excited and freaked out about an engagement but when we were having dinner together and I was in his room it was gone. It was gone out of the box, all I found was an empty box.The ring missing. I knew. I just knew, he must have given it to another woman. A woman he loves. Someone befitting him.Not me a nobody.I’ve always knew I’d end up alone, I was happy that way. I’ll be the cool aunt to Julliet’s children; I’ll always be there for my best friend.I’ll be there when Julliet needs me, I’ll be her shoulder to cry on at moment’s notice.I want to forget I’ve ever even met Ryan. Ryan Rodgers is so far out of my league I’d need a plane to even get close to him.We met by chance, if Blake had asked someone else to do the interview would we still have met? Would he be dating the other reporter ins
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