…Mekayla POV…To say that I was completely shocked out of my mind is an understatement. Everything comes flooding back to me. The way that my mom, well, apparently not my mom, but the way she treated me explains it all. It also explains why Catalina was so overprotective of me. And perhaps it could also, amongst so many other reasons, be why my mom, UGH, this is going to be confusing. But anyway, it explains why there was friction in their marriage.So I took it as best as that I can and told them they should give me time to process it, which is a complete lie, for all I want to do is get back to the city. The thing is, it really does not bother me that my mom is not my real mom, for we were never close, and she really did treat me badly. As for Catalina, we have a good relationship; obviously, I need to see her as my mom now. It is going to take some time, but we will get through this and build that relationship that a mom and daughter should.With that

…Xavien POV…Xavien Caruso, I would like to say that I am proud that I let everyone believe that it was truly my real name. Well, it is, in fact, half of it. I am better known as Xavien Chase, I carry the last name of my father proudly, but when I left this life behind in the first place, I left with being a Caruso. Caruso being the last name my mother held before she married, so in a true sense, I never once did lie; I just made it hard for people to find me. If you are running away from a life, you need not have a tie that binds you there. For me, it was always changing my last name.The only man that knows the game of deceit I play is Steve, my father's dear friend and the lawyer of the company. He is sitting with me, going over the final draft of changing Caruso Enterprises to Chase Enterprises. My dad did name the Company after my mom all that years ago; I wish to make it a family legacy.But this man is sitting oddly and smiling at me as if his tee

…Mekayla POV…"Are you sure you want to do this?" Xavien speaks between long, drugging kisses that consume my senses, he cups one cheek in a strong, warm hand and meets my gaze with a searing look. He kisses me again, growling low in the back of his throat. My hands find their way into his thick, dark hair as he catches my bottom lip in his teeth, nibbling and licking at it until I think I might perish from the intensity of the feeling. I whimper at the sensation, and he rewards the sound by deepening the kiss, giving me everything I desire.Taking Xavien's hand, I slide it up my thigh, slipping his fingers under the seams of my dress, his other hand gripping tight onto my waist. My hand is moving up his leg, my fingers gently grazing his hard length. His body is trembling as he moves his hand further under my skirt. I am becoming a wet mess, my body aching for him to be between my legsHe spins me around and pushes my chest hard into the wall, pinning m

…Xavien POV…There are times in your life when you just know that something is right. My love for Mekayla, that is beyond anything I ever imagine to enter my life. And with the utmost confidence, I can see this woman completes me. She took Xavien Caruso, Chase, whichever way you take it, but she made this man. And as she is lying here in my arms, I know that the love I feel bubbling in my heart is the very same love that she feels.So then there come those moments, a moment such as this that you know that something is just right. And even though I cannot find the words to come from my mouth without stumbling over my feet, I can say with all certainty that I need not even have to ask the question.Yet, here I am a mumbling fool, that is ready, even though some might say that it is too soon, I desire to talk our relationship to the next level. Now without further embarrassing myself, I find the courage and as it is only going to last a few seconds, I immed

…Xavien POV....I am sitting somewhat worried that Mekayla has not returned to the table yet. She has been gone for nearly half an hour, and it just does not feel right to me. So, just as I am about to get up, a young woman, who looks quite off, now when I say off, she is just a bit on the odd side, well she walks up to me and I feel that things are just about to go completely south from here. But then she asks me rather peculiarly to follow her to the ladies. Now first off that rather worries me, for her boldness is downright scary, well just as scary as she is. I reluctantly, even though I have no idea why, but I do as she asks thinking nothing quite of it.So as we get to the ladies, she once again strangely asks me to follow her inside, but that is right where I stop her, "Sorry but I do not quite know what your intention is, I will just tell you off bluntly that I am in no way interested."She only but chuckles at me and shows me once again to go inside, "