The Price of Peace: Book 3 In The No More Regrets Series のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 121 - チャプター 130

Keisha’s POV “Sienna, girl, I am not going to any more stores.”I groan dramatically as I lean back against the passenger seat, holding my stomach a little. “We got the dresses, thank God to Maya and her very, very good fashion eye to dress women like us perfectly.”Sienna pouts from the driver’s seat. “Girl, come on. We still need to get you some jewelry. We got the shoes.”“Yeah,” I say dryly, “after going to five damn stores. Come on. This is a courthouse wedding, okay? Courthouse. My real wedding, you can do whatever you want. And that’ll be after the baby is born.”She chews on her lips and sighs dramatically. “Fine. So where are we going to eat?”I rub my stomach slowly. “I don’t know. My stomach still doing flip-flops and I can barely hold down anything but air. So where you think we should go?”Sienna taps her nails on the steering wheel. “Hmm… I’m craving pizza. Homemade pizza.”“You know what?” I nod slowly. “That actually sounds good. Because then I can get one with just c

Shane’s POV The ride to Knox and Sienna’s house is mostly quiet.Maya just stares out the window looking emotionally drained.Every now and then, I rub her thigh gently.Trying to ground her.Trying to calm her down.When we finally pull up outside the brownstone, she lets out a long sigh.I rub her back lightly.“It’ll be okay.”She nods weakly.“I’m gonna grab the bags,” I tell her. “You grab Gabby.”“Okay.”I hop out and head around to the back while Maya gets Gabby out of her seat.And the way she’s holding that little girl?Tight.Protective.Like she’s scared somebody’s gonna snatch her away.I grab the bags, then walk beside her up the stairs while holding her free hand.She squeezes mine hard.I ring the bell.A few seconds later, Knox opens the door with a grin.“Hey, man.”We do a quick bro hug.I laugh. “So you just left the gate open for us, huh?”“Yeah,” he chuckles. “Knew y’all were coming.”As soon as Maya walks inside, the entire room goes quiet.Keisha is sitting on

Keisha’s POVAs I stare at Maya while Sienna is all over the damn place, I honestly don’t even know what to say anymore.Out of everybody in this damn city…Gabby’s father is Mayor Stanley Rogers?What the actual fuck.I haven’t been inclined to meet this Mr. Stanley Rogers before, but according to Sienna, he was a creep and a half. A rich creep and a half at that.And honestly?That tracks.Because sometimes when these men got money, power, and status, they really start thinking they can do whatever the fuck they want to do to people.And the shit he did to Maya?Foul.Completely foul.I still can’t believe he already knew she had issues with conceiving children. Knew she thought she would probably never be able to carry a baby.Then the second she gets pregnant with what is basically her miracle child…He tells her to get rid of the baby?Then signs his rights away?Then pops back up four years later talking about, “I’m your father.”No.Hell no.That shit would piss me off too.I l

Keisha’s POVAs we enjoy this wonderful Saturday at Sienna’s house, as everybody and their mama seemed to be there, Kole ended up ordering food because nobody felt like cooking. So, Home Run Inn delivered a total of seven pizzas with wings, and we got the kids settled with their little cheese pizzas while the adults grabbed whatever slices they wanted.And surprisingly enough, baby Mabel and London, who could be very contentious with each other at times, were actually sitting there feeding each other pieces of pizza.I sat there watching them with the biggest smile on my face.Mabel would take a bite, tear off a tiny little piece, and hand it to London. Then London would do the same thing right back to her.I shook my head.Their relationship was definitely getting better.But my own baby could be a mess sometimes.And so could London.Those two little girls were something else.Still, they were getting along better now. Plus, they were toddlers, so honestly, it is what it is.As we a

Kole’s POVMonday morning.I woke up to the all too familiar sound of someone vomiting their soul out.I groaned and rolled over, looking at the clock.5:15 AM.Jesus Christ.I sighed heavily because my wife-to-be was sick as hell again.Slowly climbing out of bed, I walked into the bathroom and found Keisha hugging the porcelain throne for dear life.I leaned against the doorway and rubbed my face.“Babe,” I said softly, “you want one of those tablets the doctor gave you?”She shook her head immediately.“No, because I’m just gonna throw them back up.”Then she groaned dramatically and rested her forehead against the toilet seat.“This shit is giving me the blues. Like what the fuck is going on?”I sighed sympathetically.“I don’t know, baby. Hopefully it eases up soon.”I walked into the kitchen and grabbed her a small glass of root beer, shaking it a little first so it wouldn’t be too fizzy.When I came back, she took it from me carefully and sipped it slowly.“I was gonna use the