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 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
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 “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
BEN There was a bullshit rule I’ve heard since I was little that I had lived by after every check, slam, or hit on the ice. Real men don’t cry. No one really believed the nonsense rule, but it was undeniable that people’s opinions and perceptions always changed once they saw a person vulnerable.
HAVEN “I’ve got her,” Cynthia said, gesturing toward the front door as she walked over and grabbed the baby monitor from my hands. “Siri isn’t going to wake up, and you have bigger things to focus on.” “You really think I should just tell him the truth?” I asked. “And face the consequences. Ye
BEN The window was open, letting in the evening air, but it wasn’t as cool as I had liked. After today, I wouldn’t mind submerging into an ice bath if it would work to numb my mind, but that wasn’t likely to happen. The fan above the bed spun in slow, lazy turns, just enough to move the air witho
BEN “Bailee,” I answered, tucking the envelope under my arm as I swiped my key card and opened the door to my suite. “How are you feeling?” She had another baby on the way, a boy this time, but she had been having some stress-related complications that had worried everyone around her. Granted, sh
BEN Coach Dawson had always been a bit of a hard read. He was like a father to most of us but had a magical ability to turn that side of him on or off when he needed to. It was how most of us knew if there was an issue, a trade, or bad news coming our way. He would go from Coach to Coach Dawson.
HAVEN A nap didn’t happen. However, rounds two and three did after I showed Ben the sex tape. He was floored at first, unable to pull his eyes away, but then he was just horny. In typical male fashion, his chest puffed up with pride when he watched me cum for him, moaning out his name. “Did R
HAVEN I didn’t bother opening my eyes in the dark room and didn’t need to. I could feel him everywhere. “This has to go,” He whispered, kissing down my collar until he was between my breasts, his tongue dipping beneath the band of my tank top. My nipples were hard and pebbled beneath the fabric,
HAVEN My body was on fire, my core throbbing and my mind racing as I blinked several times, trying to get my eyes to adjust to the dark so I could see Ben. Instead, I found my eyes closing as his warm body settled over me, the bed sinking in. His hips were pressed against mine, and I gasped at
BEN It shouldn’t matter where she chose to lie down, but I also had this uncontrollable need to know if she had chosen my bed or if she had gone into the guest room. If she had chosen the guest room, it felt like it would be a bad omen for the start of our marriage… not that we’ve had a great st
HAVEN My hands shook as I pulled up my browser before quickly closing it and opening it in incognito as if that made any difference. The light of my phone made the already dark room around me feel like an empty void, and I squinted but kept my brightness up. I wanted to see everything. Knowledg
HAVEN Not for the first time since we got home, I found myself staring at Ben as he moved around the house. His tension was evident in his movements as he tried to straighten up the already clean house, and I knew something needed to change. We had to either talk about the video or relive it befor
HAVEN The private jet was a nice touch, and I appreciated that the airport was also private and didn’t allow any of the press on the runway. But they were waiting at home like little vultures, wanting to pick the last bit of humanity off our exhausted and empty bodies. Siri had been screaming bl
BEN The flight home was one of the most uncomfortable plane rides I had ever been on, and I had once been trapped on a private jet with Mason and a stewardess loudly fucking in the private bedroom in the back. This made that look tame, and everyone on this flight remained seated the entire time.