All Chapters of Safe Haven and the Second Chance Mates: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

I couldn’t believe I had asked him to strip. I bit my lip as I followed his instructions. I sat in the chair in the middle of the room waiting. I hear him walking down the hall. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I look up at him, but he is putting his phone on the Bluetooth speaker dock. He turns to me and smiles when he pushes play. I laugh as Booty Work by T-Pain starts playing. He starts moving to the beat and I stop laughing. I suck my lips into my mouth as I watch his body move in front of me. He grinds in front of me, and I moan. I lick my lips, my eyes locked on him as he grabs the back of his shirt and throws it off. How the hell do men manage to take off their shirts without messing anything up or getting caught up in the clothing. I could never just throw a shirt off. Hell, it's a production to get them on most days. Jumping to get jeans on, juggling pulling a shirt down over my breasts etc. But no, he somehow can just… I grin at my thoughts and

Jasper POV The next few weeks I spent convincing Aria we needed to buy a bigger home. It took Lori to finally convince her that getting a bigger home for our growing family was not abandoning her. I knew she was afraid of leaving Lori, but since Asher bought her, Sirius, her protection dog, she was more confident and seemed more her old self. It was a beautiful sight to see. Aria was scrolling through a reality site with the perimeters for a budget I had given her, and our specifics of what we wanted. She was leaning over toward Lori when she cried out. Then smiled. “Are you okay?” I ask looking away from my laptop where I was working on the bar's budget for the month. She nodded. She dropped her phone and grabbed both Lori and my hands and placed them on her stomach. I raised my eyebrow up at her until I felt a slight shift from under the shirt she was wearing. I grinned. “That’s our baby.” I said softly, amazed at what I wa

AsherAge 17Since I was six years old, I have wondered when will I die? Sounds a bit dramatic right? But when you’ve been abused for the majority of your life you start to question when you're going to die. Not how would I die? I knew who the cause of my death would be. My father. The man who has spent the last eleven years taking pleasure in my pain. The days when my father would randomly throw me against the wall, push me out of my tree house, just to tear it down a few days later to pretend he was this amazing father who gave a damn. Breaking nearly every bone in my body at some point in time for the hell of it and then to keep it all quiet because if I told anyone he would kill not only me but also my twin sister, Aria, and my mother. The very confusing thing to know that you are the only reason someone else isn't getting beat. But I felt that it was my responsibility to protect the two women in my life.I never allowed the abuse to get to me. Until today, until he found my one tr

AsherEight Years Later Age 25 My plane landed in Washington on time for the first time since I’ve started flying around the states helping to open up the various locations of the bar I co-owned with my best friends Linc and Jasper. I was greeted by the sound of rain and thunder overhead as I made my way through the airport. I took a deep breath and sighed. Other than on business this would be the last time I came home to Washington. I was about to move to Nashville to be closer to my twin, who after five years I had finally found again. Life had handed us a million shitty ass curves, filled with pain, and despair. She had disappeared five years ago after our father had tried to kill her.It took five years but thanks to good luck and my best friend Jasper, we finally found her after the hell we endured. With Lori, someone I never thought I would see again. Someone I never thought my sister would risk exposing to our father. Someone I had refused to call in the last few yea

AsherWe hung up the phone and I sat back on the sofa and sighed. I hated this shit. My mind kept turning to Lorelei. Her blue eyes haunt my mind. Why did I feel relief at the fact I was now free of Leah? Why did I have to start thinking I was now free to go after her? I hear my laptop connecting to Facetime. Jaspers name flashing on the screen. I click accept and lean back."Hey bro." I say, pushing my hair out of my eyes.Aria leaned forward into the frame, "Are you okay?""Yeah, pissed I didn't see this coming. Glad I found out before asking her to move there with me. But fuck her, I'll be single for a while. Obviously, my woman meter is broken right now." I smirked. “But now gives me the chance to go after what I’ve wanted for years.”I saw movement on the side of the screen and knew Lori had hidden herself from the frame. Fuck even the momentary flash of her on my screen caused my cock to harden in my jeans. I pull my phone from my pocket.Asher: Hiding sweetheart?I s