ANMELDENLiv That hit different. I swallowed hard, the lump in my throat making it hard to talk without my voice shaking. “You don’t get to decide when I forgive her. Or if. She’s done enough. I’m not ready to play happy sisters, and you don’t get to push that. Ever. I’m not saying I hate her forever, but right now? She stays out of my life and my kids’ lives until I say otherwise. You hear me? No surprise visits, no guilt trips about family bonds. I’m done.”Dad nodded fast, eyes wet. “We hear you. Loud and clear. We won’t push. We just… we want a chance to do better. Starting now.”Kacy took my hand then, for real, his thumb rubbing over my knuckles in that way that always quieted the noise a little even when everything sucked. “They mean it, Liv. I wouldn’t have brought them if I didn’t believe that. And I brought them because I want this to be clean. No more shadows. No more what-ifs about your family or your ex or any of it. Just us. You, me, and these two little screamers who somehow ma
Liv The knock came right as the pizza guy left, and I swear my heart did this stupid flip like it thought Kacy had come crawling back already with some half-assed “sorry I yelled about your vagina” speech. Zoe was still muttering under her breath about how men and their noble bullshit needed to be studied in a lab, Mia rocking Sara who had decided midnight was prime scream-o-clock even though it was barely evening, and me? I was a leaking, red-eyed disaster with pizza grease on my fingers and zero fucks left to give.I wiped my face on the shoulder of my shirt, the one that kept slipping because apparently even fabric hated me today, and yanked the door open. “If you forgot your keys after storming out like a…”It wasn’t Kacy.Well, it was, but not the version I expected. He stood there in the hallway looking like he’d run a marathon and lost a fight with a wind machine, hair all messed up, eyes puffy like maybe he’d been the one crying too. Behind him, my mom and dad hovered like aw
Liv “I love you stupid amounts. You’re the only one who makes the noise in my head quiet. All the what-ifs and the exhaustion and everything just… stops when you’re like this.”He hugged me tighter. “Good. Because I’m not going anywhere.”I don’t know what made me say it. Maybe the high from coming, maybe the way he looked at me like I hung the moon even with milk stains on my shirt. I blurted it out while my fingers played with the waistband of his pants again. “You can fuck me if you want. I’m serious. I took the extra stitch anyway. The husband stitch thing. I know you asked the doctor not to, but I told them to do it. For you. So if you want to, we can try. I want to feel you.”Kacy went still under me. Like, completely froze. Then he sat up a little, shifting me off his lap so he could look at my face straight on. “Liv. What the hell?”I blinked. “What? I’m offering. I thought you’d be into it.”He ran a hand through his hair, the one that had just been on my ass five minutes ag
Liv The door slammed behind Zoe and Mia so hard the whole house shook a little, or maybe that was just my brain rattling from another night of zero sleep. “Operation Give Liv Boobs a Break is a go,” Zoe had announced like she was leading a military raid, already buckling Sara into the double stroller while Mia wrestled Saphira’s tiny fists into the carrier. “We’re taking these gremlins to the park for at least two hours. Maybe three if they don’t scream the whole way. You two, do whatever adults do when they’re not covered in spit-up. Nap. Eat. Bang. We don’t judge.”Mia had shot her a look but grinned anyway. “Just don’t break anything. And Liv, if your boobs start leaking through the floor, text us. We’ll come back faster than you can say ‘cluster feeding hell.’”I flipped them off from the couch, but I was laughing because what else could I do? My arms felt like wet noodles after hours of tandem feeding, and Sara had been attached to me like a limpet since four a.m. The girls disa
Liv Kacy didn’t look convinced, but he let it go when Saphira started stirring against my chest. “I’ll take her for a bit if you want. You look like you could use ten minutes where nobody’s attached to you.”“Ten minutes? Dream big, soldier boy.” I handed Saphira over anyway because my back was killing me. “Just don’t drop her. Or if you do, make it look like an accident so I can sue the hospital for bad instructions.”He rolled his eyes but smiled, that soft one he saves for the girls. “Noted. No dropping.” Zoe and Mia took turns walking Sara around the living room in the carrier while I pretended to nap on the couch. Kacy handled laundry like it was a military operation, folding onesies into perfect little squares. Every time someone handed me a baby I fed, burped, changed, repeat. My nipples felt like they’d been through a cheese grater. My brain felt worse.Around eleven I snuck my phone into the bathroom under the excuse of a long shower. I locked the door, sat on the closed to
Liv Kacy stopped in the doorway with the water glass in his hand and that sleepy squint he gets when he’s not fully awake yet. “Liv? You okay?” he asked again, voice all rough from sleep.I muted the TV so fast my thumb almost cramped, but the damage was done. The screen went black right as the host said Rowan’s name one more time, but Kacy had already caught the tail end. He tilted his head, frowning. “Was that… wait, did they just say Rowan? Like your ex Rowan?”“Not my anything,” I snapped, too quick, too sharp. My heart was doing that stupid flip thing it does when I’m about to lie and know I’m gonna suck at it. “Just tired, okay? Hormones are throwing a full-on party in my brain and the TV decided to join. Pass the water before I die of dehydration or whatever.”He handed it over but didn’t move from the doorway. Sara picked that exact second to let out a pathetic little whimper from the bassinet, like she could sense the vibe shifting and wanted in on the drama. I grabbed her b
~Joyce~I lifted my head from that hug, feeling his arms still wrapped around me like he didn't want to let go either, and before I could talk myself out of it, I grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him down hard, smashing my lips against his. God, it was hot in my mouth, wrong as hell, but who
~Liv~We barely caught our breaths, tangled in those fancy hotel sheets, Rowan's body heavy on mine, his cock still twitching inside me as we came down from that high. I traced lazy circles on his back, nails light now instead of scratching, feeling the sweat cool between us. "Round one, Parker? Yo
~Liv~We hit the hotel room door like a damn hurricane, Rowan's key card beeping frantic as his other hand pinned me against the wall, lips crashing into mine, it was all teeth and tongue, no holding back. I was already soaked, that elevator ride a torturous preview his fingers teasing under my dre
~CalebAva thinks I stopped therapy.She tells people that sometimes, casually, like it’s a win. He’s better now. Like therapy was a bad habit I finally kicked. Like cigarettes. Like gambling. Like Liv. My whole heart Liv, just how much longer do I need to get over Liv, one mistake, I made one mis







