MYKEL “It’s more fun to watch you two banter.” I smiled. “How’s your son?” “He’s good. Thanks for being okay with this.” Mentioning my son always put a smile on my face. Maybe that was the father’s love or being a proud dad. Anyhow, I felt good to open up about him. “You did the right thing, son. Adley sent me Jax’s picture. Good kid. He got the look from you.” “I got that a lot.” “How about you and Adley?” “What about us? We’re doing great.” “That’s all I wanna hear.” He slightly nodded and looked at Adley, and there was something in that look that I wished I could read his mind. We spent a few more minutes discussing Adley’s seat at the Kross Corp. “Are you sure you wanna work now, honey? I can still extend my seat for a few months.” “You don’t trust Adley that she can handle the job?” He leaned back so that he could look directly at me. “Why do you think I forced Adley to leave her old job? I trust my granddaughter more than anyone.” “Then what it is that bothering you

MYKEL I was still over the moon celebrating being a father again. The feeling of watching the monitor with the image of my child growing inside my wife was fucking extraordinaire—we made this baby, and I couldn’t wait to hold my child in my arms. Then it was only a matter of a split second that my triumph and delirious bliss were gone in an instant. My world stopped and faded around me. I was quick to rush toward my wife to drag her away from the motherfucker, shielding her and my child from the perilous exploit, but I wasn’t fast enough. I was supposed to be there to protect her, yet I failed her as a husband. Again. It sickened me. It fucking pissed me off. “Babe.” She wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face in my chest. “Get that motherfucker out of my face before I fucking break his skull!” I ordered Sax and Kye. If I let my rage consume me, and if I was that man before I met Adley, I would have done what made me feel better. I would have punched that son of bi

MYKEL Life had seemed back to normal. Adley and I talked a lot about kids—Jax and our little peanut, as she called it. Peanut didn’t seem fit to call our kid, but who was to fight about it if she found peanut cute. I still had her spread wide in bed and ate her without mercy. She tasted amazing, the sweetest thing I’d ever put my mouth on. Her body became oversensitive against my touch, and I just loved to watch her as she desperately and helplessly asked for her orgasm. God, I didn’t know how I loved someone so much I couldn’t breathe. Adley became the center of my life—she became my world—my everything. Since I found out she was pregnant with our first child, I took pictures of her every day, and sometimes, I had stolen shots of her even in her sleep. I was grinning as I scrolled through our photos on my phone. She was going to hate me for doing this, but she would thank me later. A soft knock interrupted my thoughts. I lifted my gaze from my phone. I was surprised to see Lyra

ADLEY “Babe, are you sure Lyra is giving birth already? I thought her due is in a week.” I was still wearing a white floor-length evening gown for my party thrown to me as the new CEO. Yes, finally, I was the new CEO of Kross Corp., and of course, Grandpa was there as he introduced me to board members, representatives from the corporation worldwide, employees, and our guests. “Yes, baby. Dad just left. He wasn’t able to say goodbye. You were busy with the guests.” My husband was just jaw-dropping in a black tux. He finally shaved clean, making his jawline more prominent. “I’m going with you.” “This is your party. You can’t leave.” He shook his head. I knew he would disagree, but I could be persistent if I wanted to get something I wanted. “Well, I’m done meeting some guests. Besides, Grandpa is still here. I can reason out that they can’t say no to me. Watch me.” I walked away from Mykel. “Baby, what are you doing?” “Hi. Do you mind if I borrow my grandfather for a minute?” I h

MYKEL“Jade, it’s nice of you to call.” I FaceTimed with my son almost every day. He barely talked, but I was happy to see him so often. I knew it was not a good idea to expose a three-year-old kid to gadgets, but I was taking my chances of getting close to his heart. “What is he up this time?”Jade chuckled. “Oh, my God, Mykel. You put me in a difficult position. He keeps reminding me of going on an airplane. So yesterday, I brought him to a toy store and bought a toy jet just to make him forget, but he did not.”I laughed out loud. My voice echoed in the office. “I’m sorry, Jade. Adley and I have already planned everything for the weekend. You and Jax will come to New York, and then we will fly to one of Adley’s residences.”“I’m also sorry. I know how busy you both are. Jax just gets too excited about his first trip.”“Well, we were kids once. I know how it feels. And I’m also sorry that I have to move the trip. You know Adley is terrified of flying, and she’s also pregnant. She ha