Coraline's POV I swiveled and stared at him with wide eyes, " What!" "I said pick up the call." I raised my hand and bopped my head from side to side, " No, there's no need for that. I said it was a wrong number." Elijah stopped mopping and rested his jaw on the butt of the mop stick, looking bored out of his mind. "If it was a wrong number, I can answer on your behalf and tell them not to disturb you ag…" I lifted both hands this time and waved them, " No, no, you don't have to do that. It's very unnecessary, the caller will soon get the hint and stop calling. See?" I said when the ringing stopped then almost immediately the phone started to ring again. Elijah's jaw clenched and he sucked in his cheeks, " Coraline, I swear to God if you make me repeat myself again. You will not like what will happen to you, so I advise you to pick up the call or you let me talk to them." A chill went through my bones and I shivered, the pace at which my heart was beating was enough for som

Coraline's POVAll through the night, I tossed and turned, I barely slept a wink, and every time I closed my eyes, I saw myself back in Elijah was office but I wasn't participating in the kissing and dry humping, I was watching him and me. It felt like I was watching a movie, the prelude to a porno. Towards the wee hours of the morning, I finally dozed off but even then I had a very vivid dream about Elijah and all I have to say was that the man was dead gorgeous when he was wearing nothing. I dragged myself out of bed, did my routine, and went downstairs to make breakfast for Becca and I since Elijah would have left for work by now. I could hear the clanking of metal as I neared the kitchen and my heart began to race, who the hell was there? There was nothing close by that I could use as a weapon. I stopped and took in deep breaths to calm myself, Elijah's house was huge and well-secured, there were CCTV cameras everywhere and the only way anyone could enter was if they had the sl

Coraline's POVThe car ride to Simon Warren's house was silent as it was loud, silent as Elijah and I didn't say a word, loud as my sweet oblivious daughter sang along to Christmas songs that blared from my Spotify playlist which was connected to the car's speakers through Bluetooth.Elijah pulled up in front of a normal one-story house in the suburban province. It was probably the most normal house I've ever seen and definitely not where I expected Simon Warren to live."Are you sure we're at the right address?" I asked unbuckling my seatbelt. Elijah was in the back seat helping Becca out of her car seat, " I think I would know the house I grew up in."" But…but this can't be it. How?" Elijah carried Becca out of the car and set her on his hip as she refused to walk. I reluctantly got out of the car and picked up the bottle of wine that I had stolen from Elijah's wine cellar."Why are you finding it hard to believe that this is where my grandfather lives?"I gave him a bewildered l

Elijah's POVDamnit, what the hell was I doing? I watched as Coraline got Becca out of her car seat and took her inside the house. I stayed in the car needing a minute to gather my thoughts. What the fuck was actually wrong with me? I shouldn't be getting distracted like this and I most definitely should not be falling for Coraline's charm.I ran my hands through my already tousled hair and took in a deep breath before getting out of the car. I couldn't keep kissing Coraline, as much as her luscious lips were calling to me, I had to stop it. It was messing with my plans. I carried the gifts into the house, Coraline wasn't in the living room or kitchen so she was probably putting Becca down for a nap in her room, my feet made their way to Becca's room and as just as I was about to grip the door handle, the door opened wide and Coraline walked out. Her wide eyes locked on mine."Eli! What's going on? Why are you here? Do you need something?" She rubbed her arms. I tipped my head towa

Elijah's POV Fuck, fuck. Fuck, this was not how I envisioned this going. I wanted to tell Tyler first then let him break the news to Mei. I couldn't be the one to break the news to a pregnant woman that her best friend had miscarried. "Elijah, tell me you're joking. Tell me that you're just making banter with Tyler." Mei stood in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest, her eyes glassy. How the hell had she moved so fast? I sighed and ran my hand through my head, " I'm sorry Mei, I didn't want you to find out like this but it's true. Coraline miscarriage two days ago, she hasn't been feeling good so that's why I brought Becca here." Mei let out a loud sob and clutched her belly, shit, I couldn't afford for another baby to be lost. "No, no, no, God, not Coraline. God, please not Coraline." She started to slip but Tyler and I immediately caught her and set her down on the couch. "Mei baby, calm down," Tyler begged, squeezing her hand. " Mei, please, take in deep breath