Chapter 44 Cassie didn't want Greyson to go but she knew that she had to let him go because he needed to go get ready for his birthday dinner party which was in 6 hours from the time that he left Cassie's apartment. Cassie had a penthouse and the views from every angle were spectacular you can see everybody in the city and she could see the sunrise and the sunset but she was very adamant that she had made the correct choice when she put the building she had watered with all her money that she had worked hard for and it was me and who suggested that she buy the whole building is out of just buying one space and it was the best decision that you could ever make but now she didn't want to say goodbye to Grey but she had to let him go. As soon as Greyson left she called Meagen to confirm her attendance at the dinner and she was so excited because she knew the Grayson had made peace with the fact that Cassie was not coming to a birthday dinner but she had a change of heart and cha
Chapter 1 Cassie Meets Greyson It had been a hectic day for Cassie. Besides juggling a million tasks as her father’s Social Media Manager at Hunter Enterprises—a job she genuinely enjoyed—she was determined to plan her entire wedding alone. No help, no meddling, not even from her mother. She wanted to prove she wasn’t some damsel in distress. To cap it off, she now raced to a 3:00 PM meeting with the country’s top real estate firm. Cassie Hunter was never late. Normally, she’d use the company car, but today she’d opted for her Panamera Turbo GTS. Masculine? Maybe. But she loved its bold statement. As she strode into GC Holdings’ sleek lobby, the elevator doors parted—and time froze. Greyson Christianson stood inside. Dark blond hair, storm-gray eyes, a powder-blue shirt clinging to his athletic frame. Society pages never did him justice. Their gazes locked, and her heart somersaulted. *Get a grip. You’re engaged.* She smoothed her powder-blue pencil dress—damn, they matched—
Chapter 2 If You Love Something, Let It Go** Cassie looked at Greyson and spoke: “Let’s hit the refresh button.” “I guess I deserved that.” “I’m listening.” “I don’t open up to people easily, but I’ll tell you this: the family emergency my sister had to attend to involved my daughter and son.” “How old are they?” “Fourteen and seven.” “What are their names?” “Isabella and Elisha.” “Beautiful names. Isabella means ‘God is my oath,’ and Elisha means ‘God is my salvation.’” “Wow, that’s exactly what they mean. We chose them because we prayed for them. My wife couldn’t conceive, but after waiting, Isabella came. We thought that was it, but Elisha followed. Until… I happened. You remind me of Viv in so many ways, but you’re your own person.” “Who’s Viv?” “My wife…” “I’m sure she’s wondering where you are.” “She’s not.” Cassie looked at him, confused. “I just canceled my dinner reservation, and you’re telling me your wife isn’t worried about you coming home
Here's the corrected and polished version of Chapter 3 with improved clarity, continuity, and formatting: --- **Chapter 3** **With That Attitude?** “Hey, Greyson. How’s Meg, Isabella, and Eli?” “They’re fine.” “I thought you’d be with them this afternoon, but Jake was there instead.” Cassie noticed Greyson roll his eyes before he forced a smile. He recognized Jenna’s calculated tone. “Cassie,” he said, steering the conversation, “my family and I always come here after church. It’s a ritual—to remind ourselves we’re still a unit.” The waitress—Jenna—faked a smile and turned to Cassie. “Cassie Hunter. Aren’t you engaged to a man you refuse to show the world?” Cassie met her gaze evenly. “I respect his privacy. Unlike you, I don’t perform for an audience. You ignored me entirely when we walked in. Either serve us both or find someone who can.” Jenna’s mask slipped. “Must you be so mean? Greyson’s a family friend. It’s been two years since his wife died. We care about ou
Chapter 4: Not My Baby The rain drummed against the car roof like a war chant. Cassie gripped the steering wheel, knuckles white, as lightning split the sky. She hated driving in storms—hated the way the world blurred into a watery haze, hated how it reminded her of the night her mother’s car hydroplaned into a guardrail. But tonight, she had no choice. Greyson sat beside her, rainwater dripping from his hair onto Jake’s borrowed hoodie. The scent of his cologne—something earthy and sharp—mixed with the petrichor seeping through the window. “You didn’t have to Play the hero,” Cassie muttered, squinting through the windshield. “I could’ve tossed your phone out the window.” “And miss this?” Greyson smirked, gesturing to the gridlocked traffic ahead. “Best first date ever.” “This isn’t a date.” “Could’ve fooled me.” He leaned closer, voice dropping. “You’re blushing, Hunter.” She jerked the wheel to avoid a pothole. “Shut up.” Silence settled, thick and charged.
Chapter 5: Crossroads The car hummed with tension as Megan’s voice crackled through the speakers. Cassie gripped the steering wheel, her engagement ring—now tucked in her pocket—digging into her thigh like a guilty secret. *“Cass, are you okay?”* Megan’s concern cut through the static. *“Jenna’s worried Grey’s questioning their relationship. We’ve been texting—”* “Your brother’s a piece of work,” Cassie interrupted, shooting Greyson a sidelined glare. Rain streaked the windshield, distorting the brake lights ahead into watery halos. “He delegated my meeting after making me wait an hour. Who does that?” *“My brother.”* Megan sighed. *“Is he giving you hell?”* “Him *and* his sidepiece Jenna. She gave me attitude, and he told her he was ‘using me’ like I’m some—” Greyson stiffened. “I was trying to protect you from her drama!” *“What’s this about an elevator?”* Megan pressed. *“He hasn’t ridden one since… you know.”* Cassie’s knuckles whitened. The memory flashed—Greyson’s
Chapter 6 You can't be serious Jake followed Cassie upstairs to the main bedroom because he knew that something was wrong. When he opened the door Cassie was packing his clothes into a suitcase neatly. " Cassie, what are you doing? " " I'm packing your clothes and everything that is yours and anything that has your name on it or reminds me of you we are so done I don't know how you could lie to me, for 5 years and not tell me the truth that you cheated on me and kept it a secret have you any idea how many lives you've ruined? " " I was going to tell you. I didn't know how to tell you when you were so happy about me asking you to marry you,and you planning the wedding all by yourself and not with me. We are a couple after all you're supposed to plan the wedding together and plan out our marriage together. " " That's not happening anymore. " " Cassie we can talk about this " " We should have talked a year ago when you lost your side chick ,let me say your girlfriend because you
Chapter 7 If there is one thing that Greyson was good at, it was packing as fast as he can to get somewhere. He was always in a rush to get somewhere but this time he was going to an old friend's wedding. He hadn't seen Brendan in a very long time. He didn't know that he was also friends with Cassie while making his way to the airport he asked himself how could he have missed her or if he was so in love with Viv that nothing and no one else matter except for the life that they were building. As soon as he boarded the plane he was taken to first-class ,yet only ever flown business class even Jenna knew that; he didn't like flying first class not for all the money in the world because he thought that it was a waste of time and it was just rich people showing off. The 12-hour trip was going to be long and he needed to get his wits about him, because he needed to figure out whether or not he had feelings for the girl that he just made yesterday and didn't realize that he had feelings fo
Chapter 44 Cassie didn't want Greyson to go but she knew that she had to let him go because he needed to go get ready for his birthday dinner party which was in 6 hours from the time that he left Cassie's apartment. Cassie had a penthouse and the views from every angle were spectacular you can see everybody in the city and she could see the sunrise and the sunset but she was very adamant that she had made the correct choice when she put the building she had watered with all her money that she had worked hard for and it was me and who suggested that she buy the whole building is out of just buying one space and it was the best decision that you could ever make but now she didn't want to say goodbye to Grey but she had to let him go. As soon as Greyson left she called Meagen to confirm her attendance at the dinner and she was so excited because she knew the Grayson had made peace with the fact that Cassie was not coming to a birthday dinner but she had a change of heart and cha
Chapter 43 Of all the birthdays that Greyson has had this way for was the most peaceful birthday he has ever had besides Cassie answering call that she wasn't supposed to answer and she found out what you wasn't supposed to find out because he was going to tell her everything this morning .Greyson had spoken to his daughter while he was making breakfast for Cassie and her daughter was also going to be at the birthday party and she was going to come back with Grayson to Cassie's apartment she had a guest room that he saw and he was thinking of asking Cassie of if it was okay for Isabella to come through and sleep over after his birthday party . The venue wasn't far from Cassie's apartment and he knew that he had some time to talk things through with Cassie and tell her everything that she needed to know including him kissing somebody else he wasn't supposed to guess or was it the other way round did she kissed him and expected him to kiss and back or did he kiss her and she didn't kiss
Chapter 42 Greyson had always been the type of guy that never showed how he felt ,and he had always thought that everything that happened to him in his life was a mistake and he was doomed to be a guy that made a lot of mistakes and never learned from them until he met Cassie . You had told himself after Vivian's death that you would never trust anyone if he would ever fall in love again he will never make the same mistakes again and he was in a relationship he would make sure that his mother didn't interfere in any way that it seemed as if it was repeating itself but in a different way because his mother was trying to make Cassie run away from him . He needed to know what his mother said so that he could better address what was going on and who started trouble. This had been an interesting week for Greyson, as soon as Jake was out of prison , the first thing he did was go straight to his house to demand that he give him his son , as much as he wanted to comply with world record for
Chapter 41 if there was one thing that Meghan was good at doing it was making sure that everybody felt and home and felt comfortable it was her birthday too on the 20th of May and she was going to announce that she was engaged to be married to the love of her life she had been playing house with Brandon for a couple of weeks and she understood what it meant to feel like you missing something in your life because right now she felt complete and my feeling complete she felt as if everything was right with her and the world around her she didn't allow her mother to make a mockery of her relationship because she has also interfered in her relationships but she has also not only caused her to be subjected to heartbreak but Georgia has a problem with letting go and the one thing that she didn't see coming was her son getting married to the one person that she thought that she wasn't going to get married too because he felt as if he wasn't already but there was something special about Cassi
Chapter 40 Cassie took a deep breath try not to cry because it seemed as if she got more stressed and the last thing that she needed to do was stress herself out because she was carrying precious cargo she didn't want to tell anyone else and she wanls thankful that her father didn't tell her husband that she was pregnant because if he had done that Greyson wouldn't let her out of his sight and he would camp outside her apartment . Georgia wasn't happy for Cassie. In her head she thought that she didn't deserve to be with Grey . When Greyson was driving back home with his mother and daughter ,he noticed that the vibe was strange in the car normally they would be talking and both her mother and her daughter would be discussing something that the have an opinion on your joke was really talkative but this time she wasn't as talkative as she was which in turn that off alarm bells where what happened between her and Cassie were concerned. for the first half of the trip home he was thin
Chapter 39 A thick, suffocating silence descended upon Cassie’s small hospital cubicle after Georgia’s departure, heavier than the sterile air that clung to everything. Cassie felt bruised, not just from her fall, but from the sharp edges of Georgia’s accusations, each word a carefully aimed shard of glass. She immediately texted Michael, a brief, almost frantic message, a shield against the possibility of Jacob’s return after his mother’s visit. The emotional fallout was too significant, the swirling vortex of doubt and confusion too intense to navigate with anyone who wasn't intimately familiar with the tempest raging within her own mind. She needed Michael, her anchor, the one person she trusted implicitly to help her sift through the debris of Georgia’s pronouncements and discern some semblance of truth. The encounter with Georgia had shattered the fragile image of a peaceful reunion Cassie had nurtured in her mind. Instead, it had been an ambush, Georgia’s words weaponized truth
Chapter 38 Georgia was a realist and she couldn't believe what her son had done. She believed in her heart that her son was not enough at the moment he married. the truth was Cassie was a wonderful girl and she knew her via Megan and she was not the type that you told around with all paid around work because she was the type of woman that you marry and take home to your mama to show her off and make an honest woman out of her not that she was honest she was loyal but Georgia was in doubt. When you love someone you let them into your world and you don't shut it down when they try to help you and that's exactly what Greyson did. The fact of the matter is that Georgia's son was married to a girl that was out of her league with everything that he had done with all the girls that he had brought home she wanted to do right by Cassie. Cassie thought that Georgia was a replica of his son. the game had the same vibe and they gave off the same kind of demeanor which made her think that they we
Chapter 37Greeting her mother-in-law,and hospital gown smelling of barbecue sauce wasn't gas is ideal way to meet MRS Christianson, but given the situation it was the ideal situation for Grey. he had made a decision that would affect the rest of his life forever or so he thought because Cassie had given him an option to divorce her after the three months they had to stay married was over.you wanted to get to know her at a deeper level because they got married before I could do everything else that they could get into with regards to being a proper couple he likes doing things by the book but this by far has been the most strangest thing that he's ever done and it's out of pocket for him but he knows very well how to do things and give them purpose you are so practical man after all. He stood outside Cassie's room while Georgia and Cassie had a conversation. his mother asked him to step out for a little bit when he called her in to come see her wife at first Cassie was reluctant to se
Chapter 36As far as waking up and feeling betrayed by the people that you trust the most Cassie was so mad at her father and Michael for leaving her alone with her husband the last thing she wanted was to wake up and feel betrayed but she was going to feel betrayed anyway because and she was awake and she knew that her father wanted the best for her and her friends to so anything she would say except for the part where she told them to keep quiet about her being pregnant would be taken into consideration with a grain of salt because they knew that she was just fighting the inevitable. she was still in pain from what had happened but she was trying to be as nice as you could be giving medication wasn't working and the last person she wanted to see was right there in her room…she thought that she hadn't forgiven him for doing what he did,she was so mad at him that everything that she filled with regards to the fumes that you had when they had a fight and when he told her to stay out of