"Reagan, did you ask Stephen to come over?" I asked him."No, why are you asking?" he replied."Because he is coming up with Zack, and I do not remember when I invited him over; I just wanted to have a good dinner with Zack."He picked up his phone, "Then I will send him back."I grabbed his hand and shook my head, "Since he already arrived here, I do not want to send him away. I am practicing killing people with kindness these days.""Whatever you want," he said, taking my hand in his and escorting me to the dining room. We sat down, and his phone started ringing."Yes, let them in," he said, dropping his phone."Your brothers are here."I smoothed my dress and stood up. When the door opened and the workers held the door for Zack and Stephen to pass through, I moved closer and hugged Zack."You look beautiful, sister," he whispered in my ear, and I smiled."Thanks, and you look quite dashing in your clothes too, but I would still choose Reagan over you," I teased, and he smiled."For
The phone fell from my hand after my scream. Reagan picked the phone up from the ground and placed it in his ear."Where are you guys now?""Reagan, when I call you, pick up your phone," I heard him say."Jeez, f*king tell me where you are already.""We have almost reached the hotel. Get the jet ready."Reagan stood up immediately and called Brian, "Tell the pilots to get ready for emergency takeoff and get everything ready for takeoff."I was still sitting and looking at him in shock. Zack had stood up at Reagan, maybe to know his next action."Alix, Come on, we have to leave."He tapped me and drew me up."Zack, The driver will take you back; you can come to have dinner with your sister another time; we sort of have an emergency," Reagan said to my brother.He hugged me and said, "Be safe; I will call you.""Be careful out there too; I do not want to hear that anything happened to you."He nodded, then opened the door and left."Come, let's head to the jet. We have to get your frien
I held his gaze in the mirror, and there was no playfulness or warmth that he usually looked at me with. His mouth was grim. I turned, still sitting down."Look, Reagan, I love you. I never wanted to keep it from you, but you had a lot going on then that....""When did you find out and how?" He cut in.I swallowed because he was not taking the soft approach I was using well."I found out in Midnight Pack when I went into Kelly's room after we arrived, I kind of threw her across the room, and she hit her head on the cupboard, but it was not on purpose.""I see, and you did not think that I deserved to know?""You do deserve to know, but you had so much on your plate and I did not understand what was happening, so I did not want to bother you."He scoffed. "If you did not understand, then that was the second reason why you would have told me about it after the first reason which is that I was your mate."I tried to hold his hand, but he snatched it from my grip."Reagan, please don't be
When I came back to the living room, Kelly was eating in the dining room while discussing Elisabeth and Kingsley."Your mouth seems busy now," I commented and sat down.Kelly rolled her eyes but did not answer me."Alix, I have been asking after you. I came with pepper soup, chicken broth, fried eggs, and juice. Come and eat.""Have I told you how much I love you, dearest mother-in-law?"She shook her head. "No, I would love to hear it.""Well, you are the woman after my own heart, because you make amazing dishes that I love so much, so I love you too."She chuckled, then pushed a plate to me. I sat down and took some of the rice that Kingsley cooked."Woohoo, you must be really hungry," Kingsley said."I am," I answered, then scoped some of the pepper soup into the rice and filled my spoon, and then it went into my mouth."This is so good," I said to Elizabeth, and she smiled."Thank you. I made the dishes by myself.""You are a good cook, then, mama, which is unlike someone I know w
"No reason; the question just popped up in my mind, so I decided to just ask it, but I hope that we catch them."Elizabeth stood up and said, "Give me a minute; let me answer this call."She went outside, and Kelly turned back to me."Yeah, me too. Now tell me about your dinner with your little brother.""It was good, but we did not finish because Kingsley's call came in, but the ass has a mate now.""He does? What's her name?""Ashley and she from the frost wind pack, Zack said, He said that she got him to bend over his knees. Imagine that. She gets him to take things very seriously, which is unlike him."She started laughing. "No way. Do you think that it will work for Stephen? Maybe he just needs a hard woman who would straighten him up.""May that never happen; Stephen is the nightmare you wish on your worst enemy. Stephen won't change for anyone. Instead, he will torment the poor woman till she goes to the mental asylum or kills herself. Besides, Zack is not like Stephen.""I kno
Rosette pov"Of course, Brian. Also, I tried my hand at cooking today. It was amazing, and I still have some leftovers here with me. Wait, let me get it." She said that, placed the phone on the table, and turned on the loudspeaker."Was it really good?" He asked her."Yes, can't you hear me eating it?""Rosette, the truth?""No, it was not good; I already poured it away. This is the food I bought."He started to laugh. "You are a clown, but I have to go.""What? But we just started talking.""Sorry, Rosy, but we have a lot happening right now, and I am the head of the guards.""I know, but I miss you. I kind of wish that you were not the commander of guards or whatever, that you are just my Brian."He chuckled. "I am just your Brian, beautiful. Just yours; I will be back before you know.""That's what you say all the time, but still stay there for a long time," she said sadly."What would you have me do? Retire and come home, or what?""Nothing, just stay on the phone with me for a lit
After all the drinking and cursing, we were trashed, When I sat down to rest a bit, the door of the booth opened. Due to the light inside the booth, we did not notice that it was already dark."Kingsley" Kelly stood up and rushed to him. He grabbed her because she was swaying on her feet."Get the princess too," I heard him say to someone, and when the person moved to where I was, I recognized him as Dean."Dean, long time no see," I said, then grabbed his clothesHe pulled me into his arms, trying to carry me in bridal style, but I pushed his hands off."Reagan would not like you touching me."He smiled. "Yes, but he is not here, and you are trying too drunk to walk back home by yourself."For some reason, reminding my drunk self that my mate was not here and his cousin was the one taking care of me made me feel somehow, so the water dam in my eye opened."I know. He is so angry with me and is in New York, and he wouldn't let me explain."Dean hugged me again, rubbing my head."Alix,
Kingsley's povAfter he exited Alix's room that night, he walked to the kitchen instead of returning to his room because he wanted to speak to his brother and he could not risk walking his mate up.He called Reagan, who picked it up after it rang for a while."What?" He said, No greetings or anything. He has been cranky these days since he left for the business meeting that he could have come home from if he wanted, but because he did not need to be around Alix, he started using it as an excuse to run away from his problems.Kingsley pretended to be panicking. "Reagan, it's Alix, she... Oh my goodness.""What is wrong with her?" he asked immediately."She, she... Oh, my Reagan, Reagan."He cursed from the phone, "Out with it. Is she harmed?""No, but she is in a bad state because of... I can't bring myself to say it out loud.'"For f*ck sake, Kingsley, what is wrong with Alix? Do I need to call my father so he can be a man and tell me what the hell is wro