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FIFTY-SEVEN | AN INCONVENIENT GIFT(2)
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Jaded Hearts FIFTY-SEVEN | AN INCONVENIENT GIFT(2)
MattThe doctors checked Taylor out and placed her in a small room until she woke up. After calling back home and filling everyone in on what was going on, I sat next to Taylor’s bed and just hung my head. This was going to completely break her. She could only be strong for so long before she gave up. Hadn’t she gone through enough already?I would do all that I could to help her through this, but I wondered who she would be when she finally made it to the other side. When she finally began to wake up, I scooted closer and took her hand. As soon as she looked at me, she began bawling her eyes out. “It’s true, isn’t it. They’re gone? Both of them?”“Yes, it’s true, angel. I’m so sorry.”I pulled her into my lap and rocked her while she sobbed. I didn’t have any words to offer her. Sayings like “it will be okay” or “they’re in a better place” are just cliché bullshit that didn’t help anyone. And I couldn’t say that I understood how she felt. I had never lost a parent, let alone both o
Jaded Hearts FIFTY-SEVEN | AN INCONVENIENT GIFT(1)
MattThe baby was a few weeks old, and Taylor and I both decided that it would be nice to get out and let her see something other than the packhouse. We figured that a nice, quiet picnic at the waterfall would be perfect. She’d be bundled up nicely and get to experience the place that had become so special to both Taylor and me. I had her in our room, trying to get her tiny little legs in her pants, when Taylor’s phone started buzzing on the dresser. “Tesoro! Your phone is ringing,” I called out through the bathroom door. “Answer it for me, please. I just started washing my hair, so I’ll be in here for a while.”“Mommy is going to be in there all day dealing with her hair,” I mumbled. I adjusted Genesis on my shoulder and picked up the call. “Hello?”“Hello, may I please speak to Taylor Adams?”“She’s not available at the moment. Could I take a message and have her call you back?”“Um, yes. But it’s very important that she calls as soon as possible.”“Okay, is there something wron
Jaded Hearts FIFTY-SIX | ANATOMY 101
MattI left Xander’s office after finishing a long, drawn-out conference call with a large new client and went looking for Taylor to see what she was doing. Tesoro, are you still napping? No. I skipped the nap. Oh, okay. Well, where are you?In your office. I’m on the way. What was she doing in there? She should have been resting, not working. We would have to have a talk about her taking it easy. Her body had fully recovered from the baby, but she was still short on sleep. We both were. When I walked in and saw her, my jaw dropped, and all thoughts of fatigue disappeared. She had remembered, down to the very last detail. There she was, leaning back against my desk, in her long black pencil skirt and six-inch heels. She was wearing a sleeveless white button-up shirt that was unbuttoned about halfway down, showing her lacy black bra underneath. Her hair was up in a bun with a pencil sticking out of it, and she had found some sexy black-rimmed glasses that made her eyes pop. T
Jaded Hearts FIFTY-FIVE | A CHANGED MAN
Matt“Matt, you’re going to have to let someone else hold her eventually,” Taylor said fromthe bed. After Genesis had her bath and first feeding, I took her and have been selfishly hogging her for the past hour and a half. Alaia, Morgan, and the crew had left the room to give our parents and us time alone with the baby—time I wasn’t ready to share. “Maybe, but eventually doesn’t have to be right now. Plus, she’s comfortable and happy with me.”“How do you know she won’t be comfortable with anyone else? Like our mothers?”I pulled my eyes from the baby’s sleeping face to see both Nancy and my mom staring daggers at me. “Fine. Ten minutes, then I want her back,” I said while gently placing Genesis in Nancy’s arms. The ladies melted at seeing their granddaughter up close, and it was obvious that she was going to be spoiled rotten. “I feel like I’ve already been replaced as your number one love, and it didn’t even take three full hours.”“You could never be replaced, but there’s sp
Jaded Hearts FIFTY-FOUR | LABOR AND DELIVERY
TaylorI was in a deep, peaceful sleep when suddenly, I felt a terrible pain in my belly. Like the worst menstrual cramps in the world, times ten. My first instinct was to panic, but when I felt the warm rush of water flow between my legs and onto the mattress underneath me, I became strangely calm. I pushed myself up and pulled the blanket back, looking down at the soaked bed. Yep, it’s go time. “Matt? Wake up.”He shifted his body a bit but didn’t open his eyes. “Hmm. What’s wrong, baby? Do you need another pillow?”“No, I need you to wake up. The baby’s coming.”“Not yet. She won’t be here for a few more days.” He tried to pull me back to lie down beside him, still oblivious to what was going on. “Matthew! Wake up, now!”Maybe it was the fact that I called him Matthew for the first time or the slap to his bare chest, but his eyes snapped open, and he quickly sat up. “What’s the matter? Are you alright?”“I’m fine, but my water broke, and I’m having contractions.”His eyes went
Jaded Hearts FIFTY-THREE | ARRANGEMENTS
TaylorMatt and I were lying in bed, and I couldn’t take my eyes off my ring. It really was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, and I was amazed that it was mine. “The way you’ve been staring at your hand for the past three hours tells me that you like the ring?”“You know I do. I couldn’t have picked anything more perfect.”He pulled me onto his chest and ran his fingers through my hair. “Mom is going to be so happy to see you wearing it. She hasn’t seen it since I added the emeralds, so I’m interested to see what she thinks.”“Hmmm.”I was in heaven, listening to his heart beating under my head and feeling our daughter moving around in my belly. Now it was time to move forward and make our family official. “So, I know that I’ve been stalling because of Drew still hanging over our heads, but I think I’ve picked a wedding date.”“Is it tomorrow? Please say that it is!”“Sorry, handsome, but it’s not tomorrow. I was thinking the middle of April. I think the weather would be perfec
Jaded Hearts THIRTY-THREE | MISUNDERSTANDINGS(1)
Kade“Did that chick just call you a whore, and me a tramp? What’s her problem?”“I don’t have time for this shit now, Scarlet. Get out.”“You called me here, and now you’re kicking me out? What about—”“OUT! I need to go find her.”I snatched my shirt from the floor and rushed through the halls to
Jaded Hearts THREE | CAN I TRUST HIM?
Matt POVThere is nothing more hurtful than watching the person you love most in the world shrink away from you like you are the devil. When Taylor saw my face, she saw evil. She saw someone out to hurt her, and I’ve never been more upset in my life. Sending Alaia in was my last-ditch effort to sal
Jaded Hearts TWO | PLEASE DON’T RUN
Matt POVThis was not in the plans. I was just supposed to ask her to be mine, then I’d show her my wolf later. But she was so scared that I didn’t want her, I knew I had to do everything I could to convince her that nothing was farther from the truth. So I was driving out to the woods lining our p
Jaded Hearts ONE | BUTTERFLIES
Matt POV“Matty, calm down. You are going to be fine. Trust me,” Alaia said. This woman had somehow become my best friend, little sister, and Luna, all rolled up in one tiny and fierce package. She was terrific and always knew when I needed her to keep me grounded. “What if she says no, Bean? I
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