로그인Crandon’s POV Seven Months Later“Okay, Mom, I know you’re upset, but you won't be able to transport ten cakes from Chicago to L.A on a plane unless it's private.”My mother frowned at me through the phone.“I don’t understand why not. My cakes are the best cakes. Everyone says that.”I sighed.“You’re coming to LA five days early, okay? You can always come to Tempest’s mom’s house and make some cakes. You didn’t have to make that many.”She scoffed.“I just don’t understand. I made all these cakes, and now they're going to go to waste.”I rolled my eyes.“Mom. Did you think about that before you made ten cakes? Unless you were planning to drive them here, how were you going to transport all of them? And driving still wouldn’t be a good idea because it’s almost a three-day trip. Why would you make that many cakes?”My mother sighed dramatically before my father got on the phone.“Son, she just wanted to bring cakes for you and your guests to enjoy with all the pre-wedding activities
Kole’s POV ThanksgivingAfter I smelled something burning and saw my beautiful wife waddle into the kitchen, I started after her, but my brother stopped me.“Hey, what’s going on?”“Nothing. Keisha probably burnt something, so I’m going to see what it was.”Knox shrugged. “So, how do you like the house?”“I love it. It’s not mine, but I love it.”“Well, when are you moving out? I want to put it on Airbnb.”“If you don’t get out of my face, bro. We’ll talk about that later.”I rolled my eyes and walked into the kitchen. Keisha stood over the stove, stirring a pot.“Baby, you okay?”She sighed. “Yeah. I burnt the gravy, so I started another batch.”She pulled out flour, seasonings, water, and cream before getting back to work. I wrapped my arms around her.“It’ll be all right.”“I’m just glad we’re hosting this year instead of Knox. He always gets the bragging rights.”“Let him have them. I’m not worried about it. This is a lot of work.”“Who you telling?”I kissed her cheek. “I’m goin
Keisha’s POV "It's Thanksgiving time. It's turkey time. Tom's a bird....," the little girl on television says as Mabel giggled.I sighed as I waddled around the kitchen.I felt like I had been pregnant for a billion years, and this baby was definitely a boy. After what happened with Maya and Shane last month, Sienna and I weren't taking any chances. We both scheduled a more thorough 3D ultrasound, because there was no way we were going to expect one baby and leave with two.Maya had been furious when she discovered she was having twins.“I'm going to sue my doctor,” she had threatened.“You can't sue him because you didn't know you were having twins. In that case you have to sue the entire healthcare system,” I told her.“It was a surprise,” Sienna added.Maya hadn't been prepared for two babies, especially two boys. But Gabriel and Gianni were adorable, and their names were perfect. Gianni meant God is gracious, while Gabriel meant strength of God. Maya had chosen them because sh
Maya’s POVHe adjusted the monitor. I watched his face change. His eyes narrowed.He stared at the screen.“Hold on.”He pulled the paper out and looked at the monitor again.“Give me one second.”He walked over and grabbed another doctor. I looked at Shane. Something was wrong. Something was fucking going on.The other doctor walked over.Dr. Chen pointed toward the heart monitor.“Listen to this.”I watched them both.“What?” the other doctor asked.“Do you hear that, Dr. Baker?”She listened.“I don't.”Dr. Chen frowned.“You don't hear that echo? It's very faint, but it is there.”Dr. Baker leaned closer.“Huh?”She listened again.“Hold on. Be quiet.”The room went silent.She listened carefully.Then her eyes shifted.“I do hear a slight echo.”Dr. Chen sighed.He looked toward the nurse walking into the room.“I think her name was Tiana. I wasn't completely sure because I was too busy freaking out, but I knew it started with a T.“Can you go get me an ultrasound machine?”The
*Readers there Will Be 4 Epilogues with multiple parts in each as this is the final book of this series. I love all of these characters but it is time to wrap them up.* Maya’s POV Babe, Where Is the Candy?“Babe, where is the candy?”I looked around the room.“I put a big bowl on the table.”Shane walked over and looked inside the bowl.I sighed.“Damn. That bowl of candy is very low.”I already knew for a fact that I had bought at least two hundred and fifty dollars' worth of candy. This neighborhood was notorious for having heavy trick-or-treating traffic, and I wasn't about to be that house that ran out of candy before eight o'clock.Shane sighed.“Well, where did you put the rest of it?”“Shit, I don't know.”I put my hands on my hips.“This baby brain is killing me. I'm like ten and a half months pregnant. I'm well overdue, at least a week, and this is insanity.”Shane sighed.“Come here, my big baby.”Before I could say anything else, Gabby and Lily came running down the stai
Shane’s POV After walking back into the full festivities of the party, I bent down and gave Maya a kiss.“You know, I want to thank you for giving me a chance.”She looked at me, tilted her head, and said, “Okay.”I laughed. “I’m serious. I really want to thank you for giving me a chance because a guy like me never, ever, ever thought in life that I would have a chance with a beautiful woman like you.”She giggled as I stood there, rubbing her belly. Almost immediately, I felt my son kick.Maya groaned.I smiled. “It’s okay.”I rubbed her belly again and looked down at her. “My love, this is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Other than my children, of course. I mean, them being born was pretty important, so I don’t want to negate that.”She laughed.“But you are one of the best things that has ever happened to me.”“Stop trying to make me cry,” she said, shaking her head. “I don’t want to cry. You’re going to make me cry.”I laughed. “Okay, okay. So, did you look at what’
Shane’s POVSitting across from Maya feels unreal, like I slipped into someone else’s life and forgot to check the mirror on the way in. She’s beautiful in that effortless, dangerous way. The kind of woman you don’t approach unless you’re prepared to have your whole equilibrium shaken, and here she
Explicit Scenes AheadShane's povThe mattress dipped under my weight, and I looked up to find Maya smirking down at me. That look, bold, and unapologetic sent a jolt through me that had nothing to do with the bed beneath us."Take off that t-shirt," she commanded, her voice a low purr.I didn't
Keisha’s POVI sit beside Kole, watching him spiral in real time, and honestly, I’ve seen a lot in my life. Boardrooms full of men twice my age trying to intimidate me. Audits that would make lesser people sweat through their suits. Hostile takeovers. Corporate warfare.But this?This girl has been
Crandon’s POVAs I walk around Knox’s wedding, I sigh, long and heavy, because I see her.Her.The beauty that should’ve been mine.The one I really, really, really fucked up with.Carmen.She’s standing a few feet away, laughing as her cousin comes down with the bouquet like she just won the Super







