ELENARylan was already in bed, leaning against the headrest. On climbing up the bed, I slipped inside the cover and snuggled into his chest. I almost felt relaxed by the feel of his fingers combing through my hair but I couldn't. "Tell me." I was staring off into space until he spoke. "Huh?" I looked up at him with furrowed brows at his words. "You have something on your mind. Tell me." Really? What was he, a psychic? I wasn't even facing him! "Liliana…..she is beautiful." I perfectly changed the words of the sentence. Well, she was beautiful, like really pretty but that wasn't my concern. I just happened to not know how to say it. "That wasn't what you wanted to say." He stated like he was sure that he was right. Well….he was right! "Fine. I— I'm not sure." I pulled away from his hold and shrugged. "About?" "About Liliana. I mean she didn't come back all these years and now she is being so good and everything……" I trailed off, hoping he under

RYLAN"Daddy!" Ava squealed from the kitchen as soon as I walked down the stairs. Lili too was in the kitchen, smiling as she was mixing something in a bowl. "Yes, sweetheart?" I took long casual strides towards her. "What's my little mouse doing?" I ruffled her hair while asking. "We are making chocolate pie." My eyes glanced at the counter top where different ingredients were laid out. "Sounds delicious!" "You want to help?" Ava offered. "I don't know how to make it." I pulled my lips in a pout. "I will teach you." She said with a reassuring face. "You will teach me, huh? You know how to make it?" As I raised my brows at her, she looked offended. "I know." She blurted before peeking at me out of the corner of her eyes. I playfully narrowed my eyes at her in response to which she let out a small huff. "Lili will teach me and then I'll teach you. Right Lili?" She mumbled waddling back to Lili and I couldn't help but smile. I walked in too.

RYLAN"Mason was my fiance." Silence was all that followed. I dumbly stared at her till I could gather up some words. "You had a fiance!" I blurted in shock and I probably sounded like a stupid asking that. Elena had done this. She had made me sound like a stupid. "What else have you not told me?" I asked, disbelief coating every single word of mine. "I didn't want to talk about him." I saw as she glanced back at those photos and then at me. Her eyes roamed about my face trying to figure out something. "Did you meet him at Starbucks?" A long second passed before there was a small nod from her. "I ran into him, Rylan. In fact he came up to me." She explained like it was supposed to make things any better. "And you were never gonna tell me that." It was a statement, a fragile sounding one. It was my realization that she didn't share everything with me. She hadn't let me in. "I—" She closed her mouth and drew in a shaky breath. I run my hand through m

RYLANElena was more addictive than anything I had ever come across. Every time she peered up at me with those intoxicating blue eyes I was lost a little more in them. From the moment I had sunk into her, I knew I was done for. I couldn't have stopped even if I wanted to. Honestly I didn't want to either. It was around four in the morning that we were laying in bed. I had my hands wrapped around her waist as I spooned her from behind. I was thoroughly exhausted but still not sleepy. From what I could make out listening to her uneven breathing, she wasn't sleeping either. "After I broke up with Mason...it was just too difficult for me." I had gone stiff against Elena at the mention of his name. I didn't know why she brought him up again but something heavy was settling down on my chest. The amount of emotions loaded in her voice felt like a pinch. Why did the gulp feel so painful? "I had been with that guy for so long and he just...his betrayal had shaken me." I wasn't

ELENAAlmost half an hour was spent and I was still reading the same page. Distractions came in forms. Like at the moment I was completely preoccupied by this huge distraction that walked into the room in the form of my husband. It should be illegal to look this attractive in just sweats. I was too sore from last night to entertain thoughts about this gorgeous man. I forced my eyes back to my book, determined to finish the confrontation part within the next five minutes. Well that was until he sat down right in front of me, scrolling through his phone. Damn it! He smells nice! "Glad you think so." I could feel the pure male satisfaction oozing out of him. I clenched my eyes shut, completely horrified. "Of course. I said that aloud." A deep resounding chuckle rumbled from his chest. I playfully rolled my eyes and went back to my book. I wasn't completing it anytime soon. His constant stare was making it even harder. "What?"I snapped my book shut, finally