Chapter 176 Holding Her Close
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As her sobbing settled down and she seemed a bit calmer, I pulled back and looked down at her tear-stained face. I kissed her forehead and then went into the bathroom. I started the tub and added her favorite bubble bath. I lit some candles to keep it calm and easy in here. I set up my phone t...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 His Plans
2. Chapter 2 Introductions
3. Chapter 3 Intrigue
4. Chapter 4 Announcement
5. Chapter 5 What She Doesn’t Know
6. Chapter 6 The Wedding
7. Chapter 7 This Suits Me
8. Chapter 8 Choose Your Battles Wisely
9. Chapter 9 So Much Planning
10. Chapter 10 Happy Birthday?
11. Chapter 11 Still Fascinated
12. Chapter 12 School Altercation
13. Chapter 13 Not Acceptable
14. Chapter 14 Finally Alone
15. Chapter 15 On The Job
16. Chapter 16 MIA Mom
17. Chapter 17 I'm Not MIA
18. Chapter 18 A Ticking Clock
19. Chapter 19 Under Her Skin
20. Chapter 20 A Friend
21. Chapter 21 The Gift
22. Chapter 22 Punishment
23. Chapter 23 Our Third Musketeer
24. Chapter 24 Assignments
25. Chapter 25 Unrecognizable
26. Chapter 26 Parental Visit
27. Chapter 27 Paying Attention
28. Chapter 28 Future Plans
29. Chapter 29 Information Bomb
30. Chapter 30 Informative Conversations
31. Chapter 31 Sinister Plot
32. Chapter 32 Execution Of The Plan
33. Chapter 33 The Claiming
34. Chapter 34 Resulting Destruction
35. Chapter 35 Emergency Evacuation
36. Chapter 36 It's Almost Forever
37. Chapter 37 Countdown
38. Chapter 38 No Way To Absorb All Of This
39. Chapter 39 Living Behind Enemy Lines
40. Chapter 40 Planning For The Next Steps
41. Chapter 41 Homecoming
42. Chapter 42 Disoriented
43. Chapter 43 Where We Are
44. Chapter 44 My Prison
45. Chapter 45 Adjustments And Property Maintenance
46. Chapter 46 The Truth
47. Chapter 47 Catastrophe
48. Chapter 48 Watching And Waiting
49. Chapter 49 The Truth Sucks
50. Chapter 50 Learned To Hate
51. Chapter 51 Trying To Figure It Out
52. Chapter 52 Startling Request
53. Chapter 53 The Agreement
54. Chapter 54 Following Through
55. Chapter 55 No Longer Me
56. Chapter 56 Dinner And Training
57. Chapter 57 Nostalgia With A Side Of Hate
58. Chapter 58 Profound Revelations
59. Chapter 59 Physical Training
60. Chapter 60 Confusing Puzzle
61. Chapter 61 Holding Myself Back
62. Chapter 62 Purging Images
63. Chapter 63 B&E
64. Chapter 64 So Many Thoughts
65. Chapter 65 Visiting "The Family"
66. Chapter 66 Preparing For Dinner
67. Chapter 67 Dinner
68. Chapter 68 The Party
69. Chapter 69 Parties And Plans
70. Chapter 70 Bait
71. Chapter 71 Helping Her Recover
72. Chapter 72 The Box
73. Chapter 73 The Letter
74. Chapter 74 Trying To Comprehend
75. Chapter 75 What We Are Having
76. Chapter 76 What I Felt
77. Chapter 77 Discovery
78. Chapter 78 Delusional Thinking
79. Chapter 79 Found Him
80. Chapter 80 It's Incomprehensible
81. Chapter 81 She'll Come Around
82. Chapter 82 Contemplation
83. Chapter 83 Interesting Developments
84. Chapter 84 Pushing Buttons
85. Chapter 85 Barnabas O'Connor
86. Chapter 86 The New Assignment
87. Chapter 87 Arrival
88. Chapter 88 Amazed
89. Chapter 89 Holding It All In
90. Chapter 90 Meltdown
91. Chapter 91 The Afterwards
92. Chapter 92 Chomping At The Bit
93. Chapter 93 Musings
94. Chapter 94 Ready To Start Again
95. Chapter 95 The Plan Is In Motion
96. Chapter 96 My Wait Is Over
97. Chapter 97 Teetering on The Edge
98. Chapter 98 Strange Behaviors
99. Chapter 99 He Needs To Hurry
100. Chapter 100 Two Lines And A Growing Boy
101. Chapter 101 Countdown
102. Chapter 102 Run!
103. Chapter 103 The Yacht
104. Chapter 104 Wait And See
105. Chapter 105 Until Tomorrow
106. Chapter 106 In Ireland
107. Chapter 107 Debrief
108. Chapter 108 Decisions And Plans
109. Chapter 109 Settling In
110. Chapter 110 Family Dinner
111. Chapter 111 Gut Punches And Plans In Motion
112. Chapter 112 New Day
113. Chapter 113 Reaction
114. Chapter 114 How'd She Do?
115. Chapter 115 Doctors And Computers
116. Chapter 116 Nightmares In Motion
117. Chapter 117 Weapons Evaluation
118. Chapter 118 Our Plans For You
119. Chapter 119 The Party
120. Chapter 120 Coming Back To Reality
121. Chapter 121 Therapist Whiny Pants
122. Chapter 122 Purging Demons
123. Chapter 123 Father Daughter Time?
124. Chapter 124 Explinations
125. Chapter 125 Everyone Has Plans
126. Chapter 126 Baby Shower Bomb
127. Chapter 127 Uneasy Dinners
128. Chapter 128 Emergency
129. Chapter 129 Watching And Waiting
130. Chapter 130 Bomb Drop
131. Chapter 131 Too Much Stress
132. Chapter 132 Releasing Some Of The Pressure
133. Chapter 133 Baby Girl
134. Chapter 134 Countdowns In Motion
135. Chapter 135 Ready For Solo
136. Chapter 136 Crash And Burn
137. Chapter 137 11 Months Ago
138. Chapter 138 They Will All Pay
139. Chapter 139 Flight To The O'Connors
140. Chapter 140 Contracts
141. Chapter 141 Her Declarations
142. Chapter 142 The Threat
143. Chapter 143 Bridal Heaven, My Hell
144. Chapter 144 Killing Me Again
145. Chapter 145 All That Makes Sense
146. Chapter 146 How Clueless?
147. Chapter 147 Tenuous Sanity
148. Chapter 148 Maybe By Some Miracle
149. Chapter 149 Weddings And Other Disasters
150. Chapter 150 Epic Fail
151. Chapter 151 Wedding Night
152. Chapter 152 Impossible
153. Chapter 153 You Get What You Demand
154. Chapter 154 Sad State Of Affairs
155. Chapter 155 Emergency
156. Chapter 156 In The Hospital
157. Chapter 157 Surprise Blow
158. Chapter 158 Deadly Discoveries And Possibilities
159. Chapter 159 Nothing Familiar
160. Chapter 160 Solutions
161. Chapter 161 One Day At A Time
162. Chapter 162 Test Results
163. Chapter 163 Home?
164. Chapter 164 Through The Front Door
165. Chapter 165 My Heart Holds Memories
166. Chapter 166 Slow Dancing In The Dark
167. Chapter 167 The Comfort Of Nostalgia
168. Chapter 168 Bad Dreams
169. Chapter 169 OBGYN
170. Chapter 170 Need
171. Chapter 171 Want
172. Chapter 172 Desire
173. Chapter 173 Attacker
174. Chapter 174 Getting To My Family
175. Chapter 175 Just Keeping It Together
176. Chapter 176 Holding Her Close
177. Chapter 177 Bits And Pieces
178. Chapter 178 Observations And Questions
179. Chapter 179 Holding On To The Happiness
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