Chapter 137 Ornaments, maybe?
Morning crept in soft and golden, filtered through half-drawn curtains. The city outside was just waking—distant horns, the echo of tires over wet pavement—but up here, the world stayed hushed.
Amelia was still asleep, curled on her side in one of Bryson’s shirts, her hand resting lightly against h...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Lunch Invitation
2. Chapter 2 The Offer
3. Chapter 3 What's Left Unsaid
4. Chapter 4 The Night Before
5. Chapter 5 A Matter of Order
6. Chapter 6 Soup, Salad, and a Suit
7. Chapter 7 The Art of Poise
8. Chapter 8 Hors d’oeuvres are like… foreplay for dinner
9. Chapter 9 Consider It an Intervention
10. Chapter 10 Wine, Warnings and What-Ifs
11. Chapter 11 The Weight of Morning
12. Chapter 12 See you at lunch, babe?
13. Chapter 13 You think I can’t handle a slider?
14. Chapter 14 I Know Exactly What She Means
15. Chapter 15 Short-Circuit
16. Chapter 16 I'll Be Everything
17. Chapter 17 Getting Dangerous? It's Already There
18. Chapter 18 Then Don't
19. Chapter 19 She's Not Okay
20. Chapter 20 We've Got You
21. Chapter 21 Not With Me
22. Chapter 22 You Look Good In Blue
23. Chapter 23 As I'll Ever Be
24. Chapter 24 Stay In The Car
25. Chapter 25 You're Good At That
26. Chapter 26 He's A Goner
27. Chapter 27 To Girls' Night
28. Chapter 28 I Need You
29. Chapter 29 Not Today
30. Chapter 30 Where The Hell Have You Been?
31. Chapter 31 I'd Give You a Whole Damn Football Team
32. Chapter 32 Careful Amelia
33. Chapter 33 The Floor Below
34. Chapter 34 Red Flag Much?
35. Chapter 35 Already A Liability
36. Chapter 36 Shadows
37. Chapter 37 How Soon?
38. Chapter 38 Chapter 38
39. Chapter 39 Chapter 39
40. Chapter 40 I Don't Say Things I Don't Mean
41. Chapter 41 Let Go For Me
42. Chapter 42 Six years Ago
43. Chapter 43 Every Damn Second
44. Chapter 44 She's Here to See Carl
45. Chapter 45 You've Got Something That Belongs to Me
46. Chapter 46 Sorry About That, Angel
47. Chapter 47 Paperwork Catching Up to Reality
48. Chapter 48 You're Distracting My Date
49. Chapter 49 I Was Invited
50. Chapter 50 I Want Pancakes...
51. Chapter 51 What's The Most Dangerous Thing You've Done at 2AM?
52. Chapter 52 Already Done
53. Chapter 53 Let Her Come Over
54. Chapter 54 Miss Me?
55. Chapter 55 Hide and Seek
56. Chapter 56 Yes, That Hearst
57. Chapter 57 My New Default Setting
58. Chapter 58 She's Not My Ex
59. Chapter 59 He'll Want It Back
60. Chapter 60 We Don't Demand
61. Chapter 61 Carls POV
62. Chapter 62 Nadia's Plan?
63. Chapter 63 Lovely day
64. Chapter 64 One call away
65. Chapter 65 And it begins
66. Chapter 66 So, You Want To Do This Here?
67. Chapter 67 Honey, the scarf's doing overtime and losing
68. Chapter 68 We Need Details
69. Chapter 69 Not By a Long Shot
70. Chapter 70 You say what?
71. Chapter 71 Chapter 71 - Gangs all here
72. Chapter 72 When the Laughing Stopped
73. Chapter 73 Once You're Back
74. Chapter 74 Two Wings, Two Nurseries, Two Mothers
75. Chapter 75 We're Really in a Lifetime Movie Now, Huh?
76. Chapter 76 You're Staying Too
77. Chapter 77 When The Gavel Drops
78. Chapter 78 You're A Sick Man Hearst
79. Chapter 79 You've Officially Been Served
80. Chapter 80 She's Not Safe
81. Chapter 81 Chapter 81 - Just tell me when
82. Chapter 82 Chicken Preferences and Sock Etiquette
83. Chapter 83 You’re my kind of man
84. Chapter 84 What is this—Ocean’s Four?
85. Chapter 85 I Just Want to Go Home
86. Chapter 86 I Think... You Should Go Outside, Sweetheart
87. Chapter 87 You Planned All of This?
88. Chapter 88 A Couple Chickens to Seal The Deal
89. Chapter 89 Everything Spiraling
90. Chapter 90 The Edge of Something Ugly
91. Chapter 91 The People of the State of New York vs. Carl Pierce
92. Chapter 92 I Owe You Both
93. Chapter 93 You're Such a Romantic
94. Chapter 94 Call Lighting, Double the Twinkle
95. Chapter 95 If They Want War, Then They Got One
96. Chapter 96 I've Been Digging
97. Chapter 97 This Can't End Well For You
98. Chapter 98 Totally Screwed? Maybe
99. Chapter 99 Checkmate
100. Chapter 100 Ashley threw The First Punch
101. Chapter 101 Claiming What's Mine Part 1
102. Chapter 102 Claiming What's Mine Part 2
103. Chapter 103 Rather Large Accident
104. Chapter 104 You Did All That This Morning?
105. Chapter 105 Steal Me for Lunch Sweetheart
106. Chapter 106 You are On Your Final Warning
107. Chapter 107 Yeah, well, it Only Takes One
108. Chapter 108 The Vision Unfolds
109. Chapter 109 Another Waffle
110. Chapter 110 We're In The Kitchen
111. Chapter 111 Dress Mission Day
112. Chapter 112 He's Going To Pass Out
113. Chapter 113 Perfect Night
114. Chapter 114 You Wanted to Talk?
115. Chapter 115 This Feels Right
116. Chapter 116 There's More?
117. Chapter 117 One Big Combo Order
118. Chapter 118 Tonight's On Me
119. Chapter 119 Because You Called It...
120. Chapter 120 What Are You Doing?
121. Chapter 121 Back to Business
122. Chapter 122 Have You Accepted Jesus Christ as You Lord and Savior?
123. Chapter 123 Don't Speak Unless Asked
124. Chapter 124 You've Already Decided
125. Chapter 125 Magic Without the Frostbite
126. Chapter 126 The Others Will Understand
127. Chapter 127 Strawberry Kisses
128. Chapter 128 Tick, Tick, Tick
129. Chapter 129 Tequila Sunsets and Empires Completed
130. Chapter 130 We Look Out For Each Other
131. Chapter 131 It's Not Just A Virus
132. Chapter 132 Sworn to Secrecy
133. Chapter 133 Let's Hope The First One Works
134. Chapter 134 Beautiful, That's How Big
135. Chapter 135 Precious Cargo
136. Chapter 136 I Dream About Sleeping
137. Chapter 137 Ornaments, maybe?
138. Chapter 138 Thoughtful Gifts
139. Chapter 139 That Was Intense
140. Chapter 140 I'm Still Seeing Glitter Spots
141. Chapter 141 Welcome Home, Both of You
142. Chapter 142 Take Your Time
143. Chapter 143 Christmas Eve Continues
144. Chapter 144 Christmas Morning
145. Chapter 145 Christmas Morning Part 2
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