All Hail the King by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2019-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

In the morning, after I’ve showered, changed, fed the boys, and got them ready for the day, Logan helps haul them into his truck and straps them into their car seats.

“I forgot their diaper bag.” I offer Logan’s cheek a quick kiss as I bolt back into the house. Chloe and Gage have been persona non grata this morning. And believe me, that’s the way I like it.

I head on up and note the door to the master bedroom is ajar. I can’t help but peer in and spot Chloe sitting up in bed, her hand in the air as she flips through channels on the television set Gage and I put in. I thought it would be heaven to sit in bed and watch whatever we wanted while Gage lounged by my side, and now Chloe gets to live out every last one of my fantasies. My feet carry me in that direction as if they were possessed and I’m relieved when I don’t see Gage anywhere near that mattress. Although I fully expect him to step out of the master bath, naked and ready to pleasure his bride yet again.

My stomach does a hard roll. It’s been a vat of boiling oil all morning.

“What do you want, Skyla?” Chloe gravels it out in annoyance without bothering to look my way. “I see you there, spying on me in my bedroom.”

“It’s my bedroom, Chloe. You’re just playing dress-up with my life.” I head into the boys’ room and snatch the diaper bag off the floor before heading back to the mouth of the bedroom I once shared with Gage. “Too tired to get out of bed after your butterfly room tryst last night?” Not sure why I wanted her to know that I knew what they had done, but some petty part of me demanded I do it.

Chloe glares at me a moment. “I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. But for your information, Gage and I keep all of our dalliances relegated to the bedroom.”

There’s a quip begging to escape me, something along the lines of how woefully vanilla their love life sounds, sure to be followed by the fact Gage took me in every room of this house at some point in time, but I’m too thrown by her lie. Chloe should know more than anyone that the butterfly room is sacred to me. Why would she pass up an opportunity to stab me in the heart?

“You know what they say—a pregnant brain is a very real thing, and you’ve got it Chloe,” I say as I head on out.

“Where are you going? I thought we’d discuss the landscaping in the backyard today!”

“Only if it concerns installing a Bishop cemetery plot. Otherwise, I’m not interested. We’ll never be best friends, Chloe. Deal with it.” I head down the stairs just as Gage heads my way from the kitchen and he grabs me by the waist and twirls me until my back is against the wall, soft and elegant as if we were ballroom dancing.

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