Theo POV
“Boss, you have to see this”, I hear one of my men say. I turn around and look at him, and he passes me his phone. He has been taking tabs on Everly and Spider. Spider has been keeping him updated on everything, and today he is taking Everly to a meeting with all the potential new leaders of the American mafia. Fucking great. That has everything been fucked up and exploded in their faces.
I walk straight into Abigail’s room, and she is sitting on the floor playing with her Legos. She looks distracted. I knock a little on the door, and she turns around to face me while still sitting on the floor. But when her eyes meet mine, she stands up and hugs her teddy bear.
“Aby, I need to go out. I’m going to leave Rosa here”, I say, and she nods her head, lowering her eyes to the floor. Her sadness is breaking my heart. This girl deserves everything to make her happy. But hopefully, from tomorrow, she will get some sort of norm
Everly POV Theodore hasn’t left me alone in the past hour. His hands were always on me, especially when Killian came back to where we were standing to tell us that Christian managed to run away. He probably found a different way out because none of the guys outside saw him leave, and they were all shocked that they couldn’t find him. The building is being swept from one corner to the other. No one goes or out without Killian saying. “Let’s go home. I’ve got something to show you”, Theodore says, and I look at him and shake my head. Just because he saved my life doesn’t mean I am willing to forget how he treated me before. “I want to go to my house”, I say, and he looks at me frowning. It’s like I just smacked him in the face because he looks shocked; he looks like I have gone crazy. He stands in front of me with his hands cradling my face as I look him in the eyes. “I need you, Everly, don’t do this to
Theo POVAfter Abigail went to bed, I sat in the front room with Everly. She looks at me and then focuses on the tv again. I know she has questions. I would have questions too. “You can ask them”, I say without looking at her keeping my eyes on the tv. I don’t know if I want to see the look of disappointment on her face when I tell her about Agnes. And how I went to see her. I don’t want her to think that there’s something between us still. Because I could’ve been brain fogged when she called, and I needed to see her, but after finding out what she did. I couldn’t even look at her properly. All the doubts I had disappeared, and I realised she was just someone from my past that needed to stay in the past while Abigail and Everly were my present and my future.“How did you find out about Abigail?”, she asks, looking at me. Her entire body turned to me while she sat on h
Everly POVTheodore has been gone for a long time. I decide to walk after them, and I might be able to help. After all, I know exactly how she felt. I was brought here against my will, taken from my family. I know they agreed to it, and they kind of sold me for the business deal, but I didn’t want to come, and I ended up here, away from my family and not really knowing the man that was standing in front of me. I guess she feels the same way.“You don’t like it here?”, Theodore asks, and she replies by telling him that home is where her mommy is, I feel my heart breaking. This little girl, at such a young age, has gone through so much. I would take it all away if I could. I would make it better for her, I would take her pain away and make it more just so she could be a normal child without any worries or concerns that should be adults having and not a child. 
Theo POVAfter leaving Abigail’s room, my head is spinning, I can’t even think straight, and my heart is beating so fast I think it might stop just to go on a strike for everything I have made it go through the last month. I close my eyes, storming into my office. I can hear Everly following me. That’s what I need, her and alcohol right now. I pour myself a big tumbler of whiskey and down it straight, noticing she is standing outside the office, in front of the door,“Come here”, I say, offering her my hand. She stands inside and closes the door behind her. I walk to my chair, and she straddles me. That’s it, baby; make me feel your body against mine. That’s exactly what I need. To feel your warmth and your skin against my touch.She places both of her hands against my chest. I bet she can feel my crazy heartbeat and how I m
Everly POVThings have been great between Theodore and me. He is so attentive, and he actually looks after Abigail and me. She is starting t warm up to him, and I am loving to witness it every second. Chris has disappeared, and Killian has been looking for him since that day. I have another bodyguard, but he is nowhere near as good as Spider, well, not in my eyes, anyway.“Are you ready, princess?”, Theo asks as he enters Abigail’s room as I finish braiding her hair. She looks at him through the mirror and smiles, holding onto her white Teddy bear. We found out that White is his name, coincidence? Probably not.“She’s almost ready”, I say as I finish her hair, and she stands up walking to Theo and holding his hand. They both walk out of Abigail’s room, and I follow them. When
Theo POVAs we reach the hospital and we get out of the car, Abigail holds my hand. I can tell she is very nervous because her hands are sweaty and shaking. I put one knee on the floor, standing in front of her and looking her in the eyes.“Are you okay, princess?”, I ask, and she nods her head. Her eyes locked on mine, and she smiled. I can tell she is nervous, but she doesn’t want to admit it to me. I pick her up, and she wraps her small arms around my neck, resting her head against my shoulder while I walk into the white reception area. Everything is clean and sterile, looking like there’s no life in there. I take a deep breath approaching the reception lady.“Hi, my name is Theodore, and this is my daughter Abigail. We are here to visit her mother, Agnes Smith?”, I say, and the girl types away on her computer and then she smil
Everly POV“Where are you going?” he asks, grabbing my wrist. I pull it away from him, forcing myself not to cry as I open the door and grab my laptop. Theo grabs my bag and then walks to me. He stands in front of me, towering over me.“Don’t do this, not like this. We can talk and sort this out. I didn’t agree with it. I had to speak to you first”, he says, and I shake my head, walking past him.I open the door to leave, but I am stopped by Everly. She comes running to me and hugs my legs. “Where are you going?” she asks with tears in her eyes. I bend down and cradle her beautiful little face between my hands. I have learned to love this girl with all my heart, and it is going to be very difficult for me to walk away, but I can’t stay here. Not when I am in the way of her happiness with her parents together.“I am going on a business trip, sweet p
Theo POV“I’m going to pick up Agnes”, I say as I walk out of the bathroom after brushing my teeth. I have been getting ready after waking up late because Everly decided she wanted to cuddle in bed. I have been busy with work lately, and Everly has been dealing with Abigail by herself. I feel bad that this is happening, but Killian is worried about Christopher and sent me on a fucking witch hunt. Everything went down the fucking drain when Christopher threatened Ashley’s life.Killian received an not long ago an email with pictures of Ashley walking and shopping and doing her normal things. Her security was increased both on our side and on the Italians. Shit is about to hit the fan as one more leader is found dead. The Spanish are trying to make an alliance with us now. So things are very complicated, and I don’t want Everly to worry about it.