LOGIN“Abel, you are proposing…” The words tumble out of my mouth in disbelief, more of a statement than a question. He nods, and then, to my utter shock, he gets down on one knee. I feel the world around us blur and slow down, my pulse pounding in my ears.“Mildred Turina, will you marry me?” His voice w
She scoffs playfully, giving me that familiar look that says she’s still got it all under control. “I know how to take care of children, honey. We will be fine. You two go have fun.”Relief washes over me. Even though we’re leaving them in the best possible hands, the part of me that has grown attac
We’re heading to Abel’s lake house for a weekend getaway—just the two of us. He said he got the place a few years ago but rarely gets to use it. He has only taken the twins there a few times because the only time he gets enough time to spend with them without many distractions from work is during th
Epilogue"Come here,” I call her over, and she reluctantly pulls her fingers off her brother’s chubby cheeks, then walks back to where I am. I crouch down to be at her level, trying to mask the amusement I feel at her little pout.“If you keep harassing your brother, I will have him stay with me at
“Did I?”“You bitch!” I burst out laughing. He has definitely been holding that back.“I was busy dealing with a concussion to see anything, oh, and my mom has way more money than you, you know, and her money combined with the money my dad left me, which I just found out was a lot by the way, then A
“Mom, I…”“I should have taken you with me when he died, but I thought you were already a grown woman and you wouldn’t need me anymore, and I will never forgive myself for that because if I did, then you wouldn’t have ended up with an abusive man. I could have protected you from repeating the cycle.
“Abel, you know I am at school, I have another exam in the next thirty minutes, and you know even if I decide to come right now it’s going to take me more than an hour to get to the school, she would have already freaked out.” She says and Abel groans in frustration.“Harmony, who do you expect me t
Abel“Can’t we push the meeting by a week? I kind of have some family thing and I don’t think I can make it.” I tell the guy on the other end but he shakes his head. The twins are still on their kind of suspension for the whole of the week and I was hoping I would stay around and monitor their behav
He walks down the hallway to the entryway and outside the building in quite a hurry and I’m trying to keep up. I don’t know what the emergency was and neither do I know why he needed me to come with him. I know I am his assistant now and this is probably what the job entails but I don’t think I’m to
“You got a new assistant?” She asks and I nod realizing that she doesn’t seem to be pleased by that fact.“I did.”“You didn’t tell me about it.” She says and I crease my brows further in confusion.“And why would I do that?” She chuckles and walks to seat on the seat opposite my desk. The way her p







