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Chapter 20: Deadly Love

Waking up the next morning Chance held me tightly against him as my head lay down on his naked chest, making my cheeks heat up thinking back to the previous night. How we finally made love to one another and how we explored one another; body like we never did before. We fit perfectly against one another and there was no second guess this man was made for me.

Looking down at the ring that was back of his left hand shining in the light brought even a brighter smile on my face. How could I have not seen it all those years that he did truly care about me? I was blind in his player ways and thought wrongly of him, that I never gave him the chance he really wanted, making me smile drop once again.

"You're making that face again. What have I told you about over thinking Milly," I heard Chance voice say. I looked up at him to see him smiling down at me while tightening his hold on me. "Morning."

"Morning," I smiled up at him leaning up placing a small kiss on his lips, before lying back down on his chest, looking at his ring thinking of something that I was now confused about. "Can I ask you something, without you getting mad?"

"You can ask me whatever you want, but know I can't promise I won't get mad." He answered, sounding a little worried.

"You said you wore the ring for the past seven years, but you've slept with two other girls in that time frame. Did you take the ring off when you had gone to the bar and got drunk?" I asked, feeling a little ridiculous asked after the night we just shared.

That's when he flipped us over and placed his hands on either side of my head, looking down at me, "No, I never took it off. I don't even remember sleeping with those girls. All I remember was waking up from being blackout drunk naked in their bed. I simply would get dressed and leave before they woke up. I always thought it was you when I was with you. Did you not hear Rose yesterday, everything I told her that night was for you, because I thought she was you in my drunken state?"

That's when he leaned down and kissed me with a heated passion before pulling away again. "This is all I've ever thought about since that night when we were first together." He stated as we started making love once again. "You have eternally been My Lilly even when we were kids, and I gave you that nickname; I have always loved you Lilly."

I moan left my lips once again, "I might not have love you right off, but I know now I love you more than I know how to explain."

"Good, because this wizard about to make that baby boy I want." He laughed, picking up his rhythm, before my world went spinning once again with the love that we shared between one another.

"Mommy, Daddy," we heard Ayanna's voice, which made Chance look down at me in horror. "I'm hungry."

"Okay, sweetie, we'll be down in a moment. Go watch cartoons." I voice, has Chance rolled off of me laughing. "What's so funny?"

"Did you ever accidentally walk in on your parents having sex?" he asked now getting out of bed to get dressed. I shook my head never even thinking about such a thing. "Well, I did around her age and let me tell you it was horrifying, and I thought she was about to open that door and sees us naked on one another."

I died laughing thinking how we had placed pillows behind the headboard last night, so she wouldn't hear anything coming from this room even though the bathroom was between both rooms. "You walked in on your parents." I let out between my laughter.

"It really isn't that funny Milly; that's when my father told me about the birds, and a bee story which I'm sure you're not ready to tell Ayanna." He confirmed making me stop laughing. "Now get up, we need to feed our daughter, and I think I owe her a shopping trip."

"But I thought you said you would only take her shopping if she didn't fight with that little boy last night, and that's all they did" I reminded him.

He turns around and gave me that boyish smile of his, "Yes, but I have to make up all those years of missed birthday and Christmas, please try to make up for her not having a baby sister." He explains. "Plus, I have a feeling those two will become close one day just like us."

His statement left me floored thinking about what he was saying, "Are you trying to play matchmaker with our daughter, she's only seven?"

"No, but seeing how those two acted last nights that it just reminded me of how we were when we had been their age." He elucidates leaning over giving me a kiss. "Now come on get out of bed. I want to take my daughter shopping."

"And what am I supposed to do while you're gone?" I asked, thinking how there was nothing to do since I was still on vacation, and all the house chores had been done.

"Stay home and protect our son and make sure nothing happens to him." Chance laugh, leaning down, giving me one more kiss before walking to the door right before turning to look over his shoulder one last time at me, "Even though I love seeing naked, you need to get up and get dressed before Ayanna's thinking something wrong with you."

As I stood from the bed, I watched his eyes drink me in as I walked over to him pulling me back inside the room as he closed the door, "How can you be so sure you got me pregnant already? Even if you did, why would you amuse it will be a boy?"

He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me against his hard body, "Because I never told you, but that night when we were originally together, I didn't put on that damn condom because I wanted you to have my child, and I wanted it to be a little girl who looked just like you. It appears; I've received my wish, so now I want a boy, and I know, deep down; he's in, there having his first little heartbeat." Then he kissed me swiftly on the lips before he let me go and walked out the door.

Finally, dress I walked down stairs to see Chance and Ayanna sitting on the living room couch, both with bowls of cereal in hand watching cartoons. "Mommy your cereal getting nasty, you better come eat it." She said never leaving her eyes from the TV.

Walking around I grab the bowl and sat down to the other side of Chance just as Bugs Bunny jump back in the rabbit hole. In the corner of my eyes, I saw Chance ask something to Ayanna, which made her laugh. "What are you two planning?"

"Daddy said, if I agree to have a baby brother, he'll buy me a pony, which can live in my room." She said still laughing, "But a pony is too big to live in my room."

This made us all laugh, as Chance pulled her closer to him "I see you're going to grow up and be just like your mother. No one is going to be able to trick you into doing anything you don't want to do."

After breakfast, Chance took Ayanna to go buy her a pony, which she keeps telling him that ponies need to live in a barn, not her bedroom, or they make a mess which she didn't need to clean up after it. I just laughed because I knew Chance had something up his sleeve that he wasn't telling us, but would make her day that much better.

Given I had nothing planned for the day after they left so I decided to sit on the couch and read a book, thinking about him saying how he wanted to get me pregnant that night so many years ago. When the thought about caring life again brought a smile across my face because I knew this time he would be there to help me, and we would truly be a perfect family exactly like the dream I had the night before.

A few hours later lost in my daydream while trying to read my book, there was a knock at the door. Not thinking much about checking to see who it was first I open the door to see a gun pointed at me then Rose face came into view, and my heart started racing. "Hello sister." She said in a sinister voice.

Taking a step back, I try to shut the door on her, but she was faster and stepped forward throwing herself into the open door before closing it behind her. "What are you doing here Rose?"

"Really, isn't it obvious?" She said, swing the gun around in my face. "I want Chance and you're in my way, so I need to get rid of you to have him to myself."

"So what you're just going to kill me and think he won't suspect you." I reply trying to remain calm, hoping that Chance would walk through the door any moment and see what was going on.

"No, I'm not going to kill you, more like making you disappear from his life altogether." She answered giving me a sinful smile now. "See, I found someone who wants you for himself and feels Chance is in the way of all this, so we decide to team up."

"Team up, what are you talking about?" I asked, taking yet another step trying to get to the kitchen in hope I could find a knife to protect myself. "Even if you did find some guy who wanted me what makes you so sure Chance would fall for you always"

I knew arguing with her wasn't the smartest idea when she pulled the gun up in the air and shot it off making a loud bang sound echo through the house making me jump to the spot where I keep my kitchen knives. I turn to grab one when I heard his voice come into the house. "Dimmit Rose, I told you to scare her. Not kill her."

Turning around with the knife behind my back, I saw Marcus walking into the kitchen now. "YOU, you're the cause of all this. Why?"

I watched has a smile grow across his malevolent face, "Oh my dear Lilly, have you really been that blind. I knew I wanted you the moment; I saw you all those years ago. I thought with time I could have you to myself, but then your father died and everything change. Your daughter father somehow magically reappeared, and your outlook on me changes as well. Plus, I did some background check on who you really are an image my surprise to find out you were the Lilly Dunn the daughter who inherited one of the finest restaurants in the country. Which only makes my affectation grow more for you." I had always suspected that Marcus had an infatuation for me, but I thought I had always had it clear I never enjoyed being in his company.

"And how did you two meet?" I asked, trying to think of a way to get pass them to the back door never the living room or even the front door, but seeing how they both stood in the entrance of the kitchen I was trapped. My only hope was someone heard the gunfire and was calling the police.

"I met him yesterday after our little run in, and he told me everything I needed to know about you after you pulled your disappearing act on Chance, which laid him to me." Rose explains, before turning her head to Marcus. "So now what do you plan on doing with her?"

"I have my own plan just like you have yours," He answered never taking his eyes off of me. "The real question is what are you planning to do with the child?"

"That child won't be a problem; I'll find a way to get her out of the picture also." Rose reply with laughter in her voice.

"Don't you dare lay a hand on my child," I scream, running up to them with the knife in the air at Rose about the time a police officer ran into the house screaming to stand steals, but it was too late; I stabbed Rose in the chest at the time she let out another shot hitting me in the left shoulder.

I fell to the ground feeling the burning of the bullet cut through my body. I lay there looking up seeing the officer slam Marcus into the kitchen door frame. Turning my head, I could see Rose laying on the ground next to me trying to pull the knife out of her chest as another officer shows up learning her.

I finally looked back up at the ceiling and could make out someone leaning over me as my vision started to fade away as the one voice I wanted to hear came into play. "Milly opens your eyes. I can't lose you again; I love you." Chance cries were the last thing I heard as I felt my body shut down as my world went dark and the quietness wrapped around me.

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Author Notes:

Two more chapters then the story will be finished. No need to worry about long waits though with they are both already typed out and the next chapter is already semi-edited. Will try to post on Weds.

 Seek Peek:

Don't worry, she doesn't die.... But something big happens in the next chapter, just don't want to give too much away.