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"It's been a week sweetheart. No one has shown up at the gates. I miss driving you and having your company on the road."Killian was currently trying to get his girl's stubborn mind moving. He really missed driving her to town and having their special moments alone. Seated on the counter in her bathroom watching her shower was now part of their morning routine. Though the act of sexually pleasing her was at the oral level, Mikel wasn't shy in walking freely before him. He, on the other hand, was still self-conscious of his scarred body. In that department he felt inadequate, hell she was married to a real-life GQ model. She was used to seeing perfection. He was scared that she will be repulsed by him if she saw his whole body."Baby. I know this but there are still a few relentless reporters in town and I have yet to see my mother here," she shouted over the blasting water."Maybe she hasn't heard.." he argued pitifully. That idiotic comment earned him a 'Are you for real look' over h
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It was killing her.Mikel was now home begging Killian to open his room door. His silence brought fear into her, she needed to see him. She needed to hear his heartbeat. Vincent assured her that he was well when she arrived home. Killian's duties after his PTSD episode were jobs that needed manual labor and high concentration, His panic attack made him lose confidence in himself which made him return to his stalled outside jobs to get rid of that sense of uselessness. During his absence in the house, upon the doctor's recommendation, Kelsey removed the majority of his medication and left his prescribed amount in a capsule box. They found the 9mm gun he kept under his pillow during their mild clean-up. Thankfully it wasn't loaded. The ammunition was in a lockbox in his closet. When Kelsey saw this, she placed herself in deeper sympathy and fear when she deducted why her brother did this.He was leaving a way out for himself.When he refused supper at the end of the day and locked him
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"When did they try to hack into the system?""Two days after the newsreel. Security cameras found a night maid trying to get into my office but she was handled. We have her in custody now. All trails lead right back to your mother. She isn't privy to our knowledge."Mikel was currently on an urgent video call with her friend Chaswick. Vincent was present in the office but in a serious conversation with Dominic's head of security."The files they tried to get a hold of. What were they?" she asked.Chaswick brought up a mirror screen of the file number her mother was trying to access. "Dominic's will?!""And the deeds along with every stipulation for the businesses he placed in your name," Chaswick added. She looked at him, who gave her a nod and sat back in his chair. She warned him of her mother's tactics just to get her hand on the company's account. It was always about money for her. Absentmindedly she watched as the sun played with his chestnut brown hair and lit up his ocean-blue
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Dinner at the Drummond ranch was wary to the least. Killian returned home in a somber mood and everyone silently decided to let him be. They knew something happened but were willing to patiently wait till he opens up. The conversation was idle, Mikel wasn't worried much but it was there. Feeling tired from her long day she took to bed early. No one missed the lingering look Killian gave her when she left the dining room.Confusion and love were settled in his blue eyes when he turned back to them. "She knows it's Betty Ann?" he quietly asked."Yeah. I placed two and two together and came up with fork tongue bitch." Kelsey always had a way with words. Vincent and Corey erupted in laughter, Mama Roarke rolled her eyes trying her best to hide the smile and Killian pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation.Where's the ladylike charm, little sis?"What about you? Did you figure it out?" Corey asked."I had a feeling she will do some shit after her sad out of a job tale but not this.
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Mikel still had no clue as to what caused her to wake so early before a workday. The night before was still so fresh to her, she was still feeling the worry and fear along with the pain. The pain Killian re-lived when he showed her the last piece of him was felt in her heart also. They both bared all their battle scars to each other making their love stronger.Slowly she turned on her side, caressing her tummy while watching Killian slept. She felt a reflexive squeezing of her hand which made her smile. He fell asleep holding her hand and never once during the night released it. It was the same the previous night. The gesture was both heart melting and heart aching. The upside with him sleeping with her the past nights were no more night terrors."For me too," she said under her breath. Mikel no longer saw Dominic's bloody and mangled body in his car with regret in his eyes. Now she dreams of him in the suit she last saw him in smiling at her with so much love and adoration as she pla
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A month has passed since the showdown with the mama witches. That was the name of the scenario thanks to Kelsey's creative mind.It has been a wonderful month by far. A lot has happened which made Mikel and Killian's world much brighter. The happiness of the other members of their family was contagious.The first wave of brightness that fell upon the house was from Kelsey and Corey.Earlier in the monthKelsey was nervous about the decision, more like a statement she was about to make. Not one to be waiting for help or be that damsel in distress, Kelsey Drummond has always been tough. Her strength and resilience were taken differently by both sexes.Women saw her as a tomboy, a woman who wants to be in the man's world way too much. Friendships between her and the women in town were strained. Acquaintances are more the label of their relationship. They were mildly jealous of her due to her beauty, a subtle grace that was shown in her walk, and even when she rides. Her brown eyes and da
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Earlier in the monthAfter celebrating Kelsey and Corey's engagement, Vincent sat back and took it all in. He never thought he will be living a life away from what he loved - racing.He came searching in Montana for peace and to support Mikel. They both lost a large piece of their heart and can only lean on each other during that grief. It was conflicting when he found out about the budding relationship between her and Killian, but, that person was helping her heal. She had someone new and that man loved her with everything. Vincent expected nothing less when it came to Mikel. She was lovable in most aspects.In the office, he held the keys to his own place in his hands. Killian helped him in finding his own piece of heaven and with Mikel's blessing, he signed on the dotted line."Still too good to be true huh?" Mikel's voice rang out in the office."Yeah."He watched on as she sat on the sofa and kicked her legs up. "I remember when you joked about settling down," she commented."T
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Mikel was locked away in her office at the clinic eyeing her birthday gift. No, it wasn't her birthday but the gift she refused to open after learning of his death.Vincent gave it to her two days ago before he officially left the Drummond ranch. Apparently, it fell out of her bag where she kept it for months and he held on to it."When the time is right you will open it."Apparently, he knew what the rectangular box held. A lot has been going on at the ranch and the clinic was her personal haven. It was the middle of the day and her animal patient visit was down to either four or six. "Two more months till you're here peanut. The doctor said three but I have a feeling you're gonna be hasty and reckless as your father," she said softly to her round belly."I wonder what you will look like. Will you have his eyes or mine? Brown hair like mommy or daddy's blonde hair. All I know is you're gonna be perfect." Her attention went back to the beautifully wrapped present. The pain and sadness
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