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 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
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 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
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 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
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.
BEN It pained me to leave Haven and Siri the next day, and it wasn’t because my car was surrounded by paparazzi, who were still waiting for their chance to get my side of the story and my thoughts on it as soon as I left the gate at the end of the driveway. It was because I knew Haven was having a
HAVEN ONE MONTH LATER My eyes kept moving from the woman before me to the clock on the wall behind her. I wanted to be here, but I had more important places to be. She had run over with her last client, which made us run over and caused me to be late for an important game. Ben had been stressin
BEN Haven was empty for the next few weeks as she flew back and forth, cleaning out the house her ex-husband had left her. It had been Cynthia’s home, too, and Haven had been taking extra care and devotion to ensuring things were handled and gone through properly. I had gone with her a few times,
HAVEN Her hand was cold, and I adjusted her blanket to cover her arm. The lawyers had come in and refused to admit any fault of the hospital, even though Cynthia had her ID on her and even knew one of the paramedics who brought her in for them to have given the hospital her name. They should ha
HAVEN Sitting in the airport in the middle of the night with a toddler who got angry each time the loudspeaker called for another flight and disturbed her sleep was not what I had been prepared for. My mind was a foggy mess. All I could picture was Cynthia falling down the stairs. How long had sh
BEN Being excited about an ex getting involved in my life might not have been the best thing when things were already tense, but fuck did it feel good to know I did indeed have friends in high places and they were watching my back. Was I still expecting them to hold it over me and try to get me t
BEN It was odd pulling up to the house and finding there wasn’t a single paparazzi in sight. After today’s news, I expected them to be ready to break down my gate for a story, but no one was there. Instead, a blacked-out SUV sat across the street, and my stomach twisted when I realized it was pro
HAVEN I needed to get out of the house. Staying inside was driving me crazy, and I couldn’t take it anymore. My last job interview was a week ago, and while I keep applying, no one wants to hire the woman all over the tabloids with a sex tape. Our PR team managed to get it taken down, but it stil
BEN “Rangers player Benjamin Evans is today’s hot topic. Now fans were petitioning for him to be traded for his performance last season. Even I wanted him gone, and I’ve followed his career since he was being scouted.” The reporters around him laughed, and I gritted my jaw. “I know. I remember hi
HAVEN Ben’s leg bounced all through breakfast, and I couldn’t help but look over my shoulder every few seconds to the large window behind me. The way his eyes kept scanning it made me feel like someone was about to repel from the roof and crash through it at any moment, or there was a sniper some