Reclaiming His Ex-wife; At all costs! のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 191 - チャプター 200

ASHELY’S P.O.V.A few days passed and things were as normal as they could be.July was living with me now— Temporarily living with me as she likes to put it. I know she's here because of my and my baby's welfare. The girls have taken my home as theirs too, and together, with all their chaos and laughter, it feels less alone.For some moments, I even forgot about him. The hatred in his eyes, the pain I had caused him, I forgot that I was causing him more pain by keeping the knowledge of his unborn daughter away, and I forgot the reasons why I chose to in the first place.But those moments were few, rare. And whenever reality slammed into my face like a merciless whip, wherever I thought of Genevieve's threats of what he might do to Kellan, my unborn daughter, of ways I could stop her, it was....A shudder ripped through me, and I winced as my daughter kicked me—hard. Like she knew I was falling into those depressing thoughts. A smile began blooming on my lips and I rubbed my stomach f

KELLAN'S P.O.VA sense of dread coiled low in my gut. I don't know why, but this was very similar to that ‘Parasite’ I had felt on my way to bring back Ashley from Dallas.This feeling—whatever it was-was heightened by the events of the past three days.Everything was short of chaotic and...strange. First, it was visiting July's home and learning that Ashley hadn't lived there for a long while.I didn't lose the hope or zeal I had gone with, so with those lilies and pink roses seated in the back seat of my car, waiting for me to hand them over to the rightful owner, I had propped open my laptop and searched for Ashley.On a normal day, if things were normal and not...strange, finding Ashley shouldn't have been a problem for anyone —especially me, a tech genius.But to my utmost shock and sudden dread, her database was wiped clean from the internet. It was as if Ashley Harrington or Ashley Langston had never existed.Strange. Dreadful and purposefully.It was too clean, the work too w

KELLAN'S P.O.VThe floor beneath us dropped and....“Aaaahh” Ashley screamed, a sound that pressed into me harder than the straps and rope around my body. Her nails dug into my back while she held me tighter “Shhh. It's okay. It's okay” I whispered, my words steady despite the situation. Ashley shook her head against my neck, sobs shaking her body, and hot tears dropped on my skin. “We're fall..fallling” The lock of my arms around her tightened. I pressed my lips against her hair, muttering soft, soothing words. “We're not. It’s just a slip. I’ve got you.”The elevator groaned again, but it wasn't anything threatening, the car just slid a few inches down. Her sobs seemed to die down, but she didn't raise her face, didn't look at me. “We're...not?”Above us, the firefighters began pulling again.I focused on her breath, her warm tears, the sound of her sobs, and the feeling of completeness from having her in my hands again.I placed another kiss on her hair. My heart was shredding

ASHLEY'S P.O.VI was breathless.Energized, filled, and breathless, but still, worriedWarning bells rang in my mind, filing me with a sense of dread and danger. A sound of mild exhaustion slid out from me as I brought a hand to touch my lips.Kellan and I had kissed for what could be minutes or hours even. I could still feel his lips on mine, still taste him on my tongue. I could still feel the way his hands held my face and stomach while he kissed me.Kellan had pulled back, his eyes full of love and wistfulness and gratitude, then he said “Eat...and stay” and with that, he left, taking away the warmth and comfort of his presence I almost, almost called out to him. I almost told him to stay with me, but words failed me and I watched as he walked out the door.Stay.My cheeks warmed at the thought as I propped one strawberry from the tray into my mouth. Kellan had made me toast and scrambled eggs, and added a bowl of fruit too.It was good, but the taste barely registered in my head

KELLAN'S P.O.VThe soft thud of Ashley’s door closing was a stark contrast to the way my heart pounded in my chest.My fingers balled by my side with the strain of keeping myself in check. I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night, not when I was deeply aware that Ashley was finally, finally home. Under the same roof with me, after over five months.She was home. And I plan on making her stay.It had been impossible to close my eyes and give in to sleep when every part of me was restless, burning. I lay in my bed—our bed, staring at the ceiling, wishing I were with her instead.I can still taste our kiss from last night, still see how her eyelids had fluttered so beautifully, she looked like an angel. I wanted that moment to stretch on into eternity. I wanted to hold her closer to me, I wanted to do so much more.And that wasn't right. I shouldn't be having these burning feelings, not now at least. So I tried, to push my desires to the back of my mind. I called my PI, checked on my fat