Chapter 172 Mercado?

Ben’s POV

It had been two months since Lainey left, and still nothing, no clues, no leads, and definitely no Lainey. How could one person basically fall off the face of the earth with no trace? Of course, Lainey was a highly intelligent woman, and her mom had said, ‘You won’t find her unless she wa...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 Never Cross A Bully

2. Chapter 2 A Tiger Never Changes Its Stripes

3. Chapter 3 My Father’s Wrath

4. Chapter 4 Mrs. Black

5. Chapter 5 Say What?

6. Chapter 6 I Hate That Name

7. Chapter 7 No Fucking Way

8. Chapter 8 Of Course He Doesn’t Recognize Me

9. Chapter 9 Why Didn’t You Tell Me

10. Chapter 10 Blueberry

11. Chapter 11 Pageant Girl

12. Chapter 12 I Win (Part 1)

13. Chapter 13 I Win (Part 2)

14. Chapter 14 The Kiss

15. Chapter 15 Flowers

16. Chapter 16 She Will Be Mine

17. Chapter 17 Double Date?

18. Chapter 18 Wing It

19. Chapter 19 Where Are We Going?

20. Chapter 20 Time For Take-Off

21. Chapter 21 Nap

22. Chapter 22 I Can’t Believe I’m Here

23. Chapter 23 Wooooo!

24. Chapter 24 The Morning After

25. Chapter 25 School

26. Chapter 26 Elder

27. Chapter 27 Dry Your Clothes

28. Chapter 28 Full Monty, I Mean Benjamin

29. Chapter 29 Right Hole?

30. Chapter 30 Bullies

31. Chapter 31 Wooing Lainey

32. Chapter 32 Choking

33. Chapter 33 Bath

34. Chapter 34 Lunch With A Lawyer

35. Chapter 35 Jealous

36. Chapter 36 Creeps

37. Chapter 37 Jewelry Shopping

38. Chapter 38 Dinner

39. Chapter 39 Food and a Film

40. Chapter 40 Triggered

41. Chapter 41 Please Stay

42. Chapter 42 I’ll Make Breakfast

43. Chapter 43 The Move

44. Chapter 44 Unpacking

45. Chapter 45 Dress Shopping

46. Chapter 46 Back to Work

47. Chapter 47 Dad’s Wrath… Not Really

48. Chapter 48 Break Room

49. Chapter 49 Picnic

50. Chapter 50 Watch My Back

51. Chapter 51 Massage

52. Chapter 52 Radiant

53. Chapter 53 Roses Everywhere

54. Chapter 54 Creepy

55. Chapter 55 Thank You, for Seeing the Real Me

56. Chapter 56 Gala Surprise

57. Chapter 57 Dance

58. Chapter 58 Full Dance Card

59. Chapter 59 Unexpected Business

60. Chapter 60 Guests For Dinner

61. Chapter 61 Off To Miami

62. Chapter 62 The Flight

63. Chapter 63 Miami

64. Chapter 64 Miami Vibes

65. Chapter 65 Please Stay

66. Chapter 66 Seriously, Jonah?

67. Chapter 67 Conference

68. Chapter 68 Dinner and a Drink

69. Chapter 69 HELP! **Trigger Warning - Attempted Sexual Assault**

70. Chapter 70 Aftermath

71. Chapter 71 Two Men

72. Chapter 72 Benjamin’s Arrival

73. Chapter 73 Distraction

74. Chapter 74 All Aboard

75. Chapter 75 Bon Voyage

76. Chapter 76 Pineapple

77. Chapter 77 Sweetness

78. Chapter 78 Aftermath

79. Chapter 79 Nightmare

80. Chapter 80 What Do You Want?

81. Chapter 81 The Clinic

82. Chapter 82 Decisions

83. Chapter 83 Meet My Mom

84. Chapter 84 Le Bistro

85. Chapter 85 Blue Dye

86. Chapter 86 The Proposal

87. Chapter 87 Share

88. Chapter 88 You Are Cordially Invited

89. Chapter 89 Chinese Food

90. Chapter 90 Hospital

91. Chapter 91 Diagnosis

92. Chapter 92 Blessing or Nightmare

93. Chapter 93 Fingers

94. Chapter 94 Excuse Me?

95. Chapter 95 Off To Japan

96. Chapter 96 Lending A Hand

97. Chapter 97 Not A No

98. Chapter 98 Irasshaimase (Welcome)

99. Chapter 99 Saito Dinner

100. Chapter 100 Bath

101. Chapter 101 What’s This Box?

102. Chapter 102 Be Brave

103. Chapter 103 Too Much Sake

104. Chapter 104 Not In That Way

105. Chapter 105 Bouquet of Blood

106. Chapter 106 Am I Dead?

107. Chapter 107 Flashback

108. Chapter 108 Another Day

109. Chapter 109 Us

110. Chapter 110 Delicious Ramen

111. Chapter 111 Discharged

112. Chapter 112 Panic

113. Chapter 113 Meet Meiko

114. Chapter 114 Sponge Bath

115. Chapter 115 I Am Serious

116. Chapter 116 Flashback Dream

117. Chapter 117 Captured

118. Chapter 118 The Nightmare Continues

119. Chapter 119 Rest

120. Chapter 120 Flight Home

121. Chapter 121 Still Recuperating

122. Chapter 122 Visits

123. Chapter 123 Mother

124. Chapter 124 Shower

125. Chapter 125 Spaghetti

126. Chapter 126 Maddy

127. Chapter 127 Chewie Is Not a Football

128. Chapter 128 Girl Bonding

129. Chapter 129 Brush Your Teeth

130. Chapter 130 Miss Penelope

131. Chapter 131 Ben Meets Penny

132. Chapter 132 Good Little Demon Spawn

133. Chapter 133 Jonah Meet Penny

134. Chapter 134 Fainted

135. Chapter 135 Amnesia

136. Chapter 136 Trust Him

137. Chapter 137 Our Apartment

138. Chapter 138 Dr. Antoinette Ducharme

139. Chapter 139 Tacos

140. Chapter 140 Picnic In The Park

141. Chapter 141 What Are You Hiding?

142. Chapter 142 Penny’s New Man

143. Chapter 143 I’m Feeling Insecure

144. Chapter 144 Can I Touch It?

145. Chapter 145 The Key

146. Chapter 146 Cinderella

147. Chapter 147 My Little Ghost

148. Chapter 148 Left Hook

149. Chapter 149 Declared

150. Chapter 150 No, Jonah

151. Chapter 151 Gala Morning

152. Chapter 152 Getting Ready

153. Chapter 153 Off To The Ball

154. Chapter 154 Prince Charming

155. Chapter 155 Fairytale Dream

156. Chapter 156 Surprise For Lainey

157. Chapter 157 Pop the Question

158. Chapter 158 Can I Cut In?

159. Chapter 159 Good Girl

160. Chapter 160 Addicted

161. Chapter 161 Monster

162. Chapter 162 Again?

163. Chapter 163 A Bet

164. Chapter 164 Miami Flight

165. Chapter 165 Change of Flight

166. Chapter 166 Witchy Voodoo Crap

167. Chapter 167 One Month Later