LOGIN“Anyway,” Lilly drawls, stretching, “where were you headed just now?”“Breakfast.”“Oh good,” she claps her hands. “I’m starving, but we’re not going downstairs. We’ll just have our meal here.”I don’t argue. Just seeing Noah earlier feels like it drained every ounce of energy from my soul.After br
Sierra.“Uhm… hello?” I say, leaning back against the wall.The scene unfolding in front of me is eerily similar to yesterday except this time, Lilly is here. She’d told me before she left that she was heading to the meeting and would be back before I woke up so we could plan something to do.Appare
The words are right there on my tongue. Every reason why I would never, not in this lifetime, give her a chance... But then everything inside me freezes.I try to fight the thoughts. Try to bury them, to forget them, but they keep resurfacing like an unwanted fucking rash.My hand clenches. My heart
I clench my teeth, my hands fisting at my sides. My stare bores into her, but it does nothing to wipe the fucking smile off Juliett’s face. If anything, it only seems to encourage her because it widens.“If it isn’t the Ashthorne heiress,” Lilly drawls, folding her arms across her chest.Juliett’s s
The corridor outside my suite is quiet. It's designed to soothe but it does nothing to quiet the noise in my head.I head toward the elevator, my thoughts drifting where they shouldn’t. To Sierra.I don’t know why the twins asking about her unsettled me so much. Maybe because they’ve grown used to h
Noah.“Daddy,” Nova calls, “is Sierra with you?”I have a few minutes before the meeting, so I decide to call the twins since I couldn’t last night.Thanks to the time difference, it’s evening back home, which is perfect timing. The last thing I want is to mess with their sleep schedule.“Why do you
Rowan. I sit on the bench nervously as I wait for Ava. I know she’s going to be pissed, but I can’t help this intense need to be around her. This intense need to be there for her. She’d refused to tell me the date for her next appointment, so I went ahead and got it myself. I know that makes me a
I decide to do my make up today. I go for the nude look. After that I do my hair, preferring to curl it instead of wearing it straight. Satisfied with how I looked, I take my ballet shoes and put them on. I was just about to leave when my phone rings. I don’t recognize the number, but I pick it up
Ava. “W-what?” I stammer, looking at Rowan in complete shock. I couldn’t have heard him correctly. The Rowan I knew would have done anything for Emma. Including sacrificing me. My heart beats wildly as I stare at his blank face.“You heard me, Ava” he repeats. No trace of lying in his voice. “If
“I can’t believe you just said that about daddy!” “Lucky for me because I don’t really give a fuck what you think” I snap. Can’t she just keep quiet and let me concentrate? With each moment that passes that I am not free, my anxiety rises even more. She glares at me, but keeps quiet. I heave a br







