BAILEE “Get out,” I said, wiping my tears on the back of my hand. “Excuse me?” Sasha gasped in shock and possible outrage. “Get out of my store! Your sister is not marrying my boyfriend, and even if the pits of Hell had frozen over and they were getting married, I will not be designing your dres
BAILEE The ride up the elevator at Elite was quiet, except for the repetitive jazz music coming out through the speaker. It was nice and calming, yet it did nothing to shake the feeling inside me. I felt sick and shaky. The new hollowness in my chest seemed to be fighting with the butterflies in
ALEXANDER I rubbed my temples as I returned from my fourth meeting of the morning. One of these days, I would have everything established within my empire and be able to move someone up to cover my position, so I could retire early. The migraine I had was getting progressively worse with each p
ALEXANDER “You’re stupid,” Lacey muttered as she turned to leave the house. Bailee hadn’t been feeling well. She said the exhaustion of her day was getting to her, and I could understand that. I ended up having to work late. So after all day of Bailee working, she had also been on her own with
BAILEE “Baby?” Alex whispered as he entered the bedroom, and I squeezed my eyes shut tighter, not wanting him to know that I was still awake. I had chickened out earlier when I went to his office, telling myself that it was better to pretend that Sasha hadn’t ever said anything than to confront A
BAILEE I laid awake for a while with Alex curled up against my back, softly snoring away. The sound usually lulled me to sleep, but not this time. This time, I was wide awake, riddled with guilt. Caleb would have gotten so mad at me, but Alex didn’t care one bit. It was like he expected me to c
ALEXANDER I was shocked to find Bailee wasn’t there when I woke up. Since finding out she was pregnant, she had been sleeping like the dead, and her body seemed to have its own timer. She slept until around eight, but then she couldn’t go back to sleep no matter how tired she was. It was cute see
BAILEE I regretted it the instant the words came out of my mouth. All of my irrational thoughts and paranoia came crashing down as the room fell silent, and I could swear I could hear Alex’s heart stop as he realized that he had impregnated a crazy woman. “What is happening right now?” Daniel,
HAVEN “Let me get this straight because I’m having difficulty understanding,” Suzie said, standing behind her desk with both hands palm down on it as she glared at me in the visitor’s chair. “One of our biggest clients of all time, the owner’s best friend, just left my gym on the verge of tears, an
HAVEN I watched as the blood left his face, his cheeks turning a chalky white. The sight was too much. He was wearing his heart on his sleeve, and I was ripping it off and stomping on it. His hands shook as he lifted them and shoved his fingers into his hair. My eyes closed, unable to continue
HAVEN Ben went through the motions of each exercise, counting each set, not arguing that he could do more than I asked him to, and had yet to make any sarcastic or inappropriate remarks. It was oddly uncomfortable to see him like this. Ben was the kind of man who would drop everything at a momen
BEN My fingers tapped against the machine I was leaning on as I waited for Haven. I didn’t like how she left, but I was eager about the conversation she promised me. The serious tone and her obvious anxiety had me excited. There were only two things that I could think of that would make her so an
HAVEN “Rob,” I breathed, gasping in shock as he grabbed my elbow and pulled me to the corner of the lobby behind the decorative pillar. He had always hated when I called him by his first name. He felt that someone as lowly as an assistant should show him the respect he believed he had earned by n
HAVEN I had barely made it to work on time and was panting by the time I ran inside, went down to the lounge to drop off my things in my locker, grabbed my tablet, and got back upstairs to the gym, where Ben was supposed to be waiting. Thankfully, he was there and didn't look angry that I was lat
HAVEN I had been ecstatic that Ben hadn’t been in the lobby when I left with Siri. Bonnie had gone up before us to check, and when she said he had left, I almost felt like I should thank him the next time I saw him. He had every opportunity to corner me with her and try to push the matter, but
BEN “You’re going back up?” Mason said, and I let out a deep breath and nodded. “It would be too hard to see her and not say anything. Plus, if I’m just staring at her, it might scare her.” I said, regretting the decision as soon as I made it, but I also knew that if I stayed down here, I would
HAVEN “She will be fine. I promise.” Bonnie said as I brushed the hair over Siri’s cheek to get it out of her face while she fought the urge to fall asleep on the break room couch. “I know she will. You are a good aunt. I’m not worried about leaving her with you.” I said, forcing a smile at my bes