_________________________________..."I don't see how your families coming over is a big problem," Bianca said over the phone. She had baby Jamie in her arms as she tried to feed him the formula. Fiona was peacefully sleeping and Roselyn was out with her girl gang from university. So it was Bianca Stanley versus Jamie Stanley-Anderson. And currently, Jamie was winning. He was screaming at the top of his lungs and Bianca was in the far end of the apartment, fearing the blood-curdling screams of her twin brother would wake little Fiona up and Bianca just wasn't ready for her two babies having a screaming match. "Come on, look at your aunt and smile at her. She could use some happiness in her life."I narrowed my eyes at her.Why the hell was she taking jabs at me while trying to shush my nephew?"I know you wanna mess with Mommy, love, but please don't make yourself sick because of your stupid Mommy." I cooed at him. He stopped crying for a moment, looking wide-eyed wondering where

_______________________________..."I don't want you near her, Aurora. Because I know exactly what you are planning!""And what exactly is she planning?" Simon asked."She is waiting for some bits from this situation that will help her blackmail me the way I did with her sister!""Excuse me?" Elizabeth looked at her son like he was crazy.Meanwhile, I stood there wondering whether I should be offended that he thought I would be anything like him, or smack my forehead and wonder how anyone would be able to placate this situation.Rowan was angry and he just lost control and spewed the very reason why I was still in this awful marriage of mine."What do you mean by you are blackmailing her with her sister?" Simon looked like he was about to explode. And the change in expression on Rowan's face told me that he had suddenly realized that he had fucked up. Oh big time buddy, and I honestly don't think I am in the mood to fix this shit for you right now."That is a discussion for another

_________________________...I woke up to a text from my sister. She had selected the college that she was going to transfer to. And she had also texted that Eric had informed her that he will be choosing whichever house she wanted to stay in.He really was going out of his way to help me out.I really needed to get all my friends together and try to talk some sense to him.I guess it was sort of bad that I was doing all this only because I felt like I was obliged to return the favor, but we friends had always thought of having this conversation with him. Except we always ended up with something else on our plates and not being able to find time to do it.I jumped by the sudden loud banging on the door.I rolled my eyes.Did he really want to fight so early in the morning?I got off the bed and put on my slippers and my robe. I fell asleep only wearing a pair of panties last night. I hated bras at night and my pajamas were annoying. I had a bad habit of taking off my clothes when I

_____________________________..."He is really going with that?" Ashton asked, rocking back and forth on the chair. I shrugged. "I seriously don't know what your best friend is thinking." "Neither do I." He sighed. "I hope he isn't gearing up for something crazy."I raised a brow at him and he simply shrugged."Hey, I love my best friend but you know your husband. He can be a total douche." I couldn't help but laugh out loud at that. Ashton was right about that one. As much as I liked to believe that I knew Rowan like the back of my hand, he really could be pretty spontaneous with his plotting. Right now, I had no other choice other than to wait around for that dude to launch some other bomb at me, or for my lawyer to draw up a foul-proof contract to save everything that I cared about. Gabriella was leaving for Australia today evening and I had to go to her as well. I didn't want her to leave. I wanted her to stay with her family. She never got to do it as a kid and after she

________________________________...Rowan whistled as I got into the passenger's seat. "What?" "Remind me never to mess with you!" He laughed. I narrowed my eyes at him. I wanted to tell him that he had crossed the limits to which he could mess with me and I had half a mind to tell him that, but I was keeping my peace. "Well done, Joshua." I turned my head around to look at my still-sleeping niece and nephew. "You get to keep your job." I narrowed my eyes at him when he mumbled incoherently and then we were on our way to the office. ..."Yes, you look like your Mommy Rose. It would have been so bad if you had looked like Mommy Bee!" Zoe cooed as she played with Fiona. I was rocking Jamie in my arms. I wanted to tell her that that is not how it worked and the kids had Bianca's genetic components but I guessed that she probably meant it as a joke. There was a knock on the door and before I could turn on my chair, the look on Zoe's face gave me an idea of who it could be. I