One Night Stand With My Husband’s Brother

The next few minutes were spent trying to convince Chase to move Mackenzie and the kids over to Axford Villa.

Now that Eleanor and Jeffrey would be leaving, Richard did not want to be left alone, especially with the scent of their betrayal still fresh. If he was ever going to get over it, he needed his family – the one that truly loved him, and the one he could trust, by his side.

Alas, after seeing the true pain his father was in, and knowing Eleanor and Jeffrey would no longer be present, and receiving a nod of agreement from Mackenzie – of course – Chase agreed to his father’s wishes and decided he would head back to his pent house and pack their things as soon as he was done seeing West.

Felicity arrived in the hospital and stayed with Mackenzie and the kids while Chase left to speak to his cousin. Calista was sleeping in Mackenzie’s arms while Cameron shared the bed with his grand father.

“So, I guess you’ll be moving in with him now, one big family.” Felicity said aloud, causing Mackenzie to smile.

“It’s nothing like that…”

“Yet.” Felicity cut in, and Mackenzie looked away from her, rolling her eyes as she blushed.

“You want it to be, don’t you?”

“I love the man. I always have, and I know…I know I always will, Felicity. I know that he wants to be with me and the kids, but with everything that’s going on…”

“No, sweetheart.” Felicity reached for Mackenzie’s right shoulder and tapped it gently.

“We are not going to do that, okay? I’m not going to let you second guess everything because I know that Chase Axford loves you to death, and the kids too. He would burn the world and himself, if it means you, Calista, and Cameron get to be kept safe. There is nothing that man wouldn’t do for you, don’t forget that.”

When Chase returned with a lot of kisses for Mackenzie, she convinced herself in her heart and mind, that all Felicity had said was true.

They received Calista’s result from the doctor together, and were elated to know that she was okay. Their daughter was perfectly fine!

Mackenzie jumped on Chase’s body, ecstatic, and he held her close to him and kissed her with all the love in his heart.

Richard was to be discharged the next day, so Chase decided that he and Mackenzie could return to the pent house to begin moving their things today, so they could be done with moving by the next day.

As they drove back to the penthouse, none of them said a word to each other, their eyes held all the words that needed to be said. With occasional glances that promised love and sincerity forever, both of them knew that they had all they could and would ever want.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

After packing the last of the children’s clothes into their suitcase, Mackenzie rolled the box up and carried it out of the room. From the foot of the stairs, Chase caught sight of her and rushed up the stairs to take the box from her hands.

Mackenzie couldn’t help but smile.

“Chase, you don’t really need to…”

“Shhhh.” He leaned in to kiss her right cheek, and she bit her lower lip gently.

“I can carry my bags my…”

“I know you are a strong woman, sunshine.” He held her right hand in his left, and held the box in his right while walking down the stairs.

“But you would never have to do anything yourself when I’m around.”

Mackenzie chuckled and held his hand even tighter when they reached the foot of the stairs. She turned to look at him.

“Should I be worried about that?” She asked, and Chase’s lips spread out in a thin smirk.

“Yes, you should, because I intend to be around for a very long time.”

“Hmmm. How long?” Mackenzie probed further, slowly closing the distance between them.

“How does forever sound?”

Mackenzie’s cheeks were flushed, and her lips parted to reveal her beautiful dentition when she smiled. Chase kissed her forehead, feeling her melt into his arms.

“What would you do with this penthouse now that we are moving in with your dad?” Mackenzie asked, while she wrapped her arms around his waist.

Chase raised his head to look around.

“It’ll be our secret spot. Where we can come to get away from everything, together.”

Mackenzie blushed as she looked up at him.

“The kids too?”

Chase looked thoughful for a brief second.

“I love the kids, sunshine, but yes, the kids too.”

She loved his honesty, she thought to herself, while bursting into laughter. Hand in hand, they walked out of the penthouse and into the car.

The drive to the Axford mansion was a quick one, and Chase ordered the stewards to take their luggages in, while he held Mackenzie’s hand and led her to the back of the house.

“Chase, where are we going?” She asked, half curious and half excited.

“Just come with me, will you?” He replied over his shoulder, and Mackenzie rolled her eyes while giggling.

Chase didn’t stop until they stood in front of the wooden doors of her old workshop, her first ever, before Eleanor had closed it down permanently because she wanted to keep her “in check.” She had accepted it in good faith then, telling herself that it wasn’t wrong for her mother-in-law to want her to focus on her son, especially since they were trying for a baby.

However, she had learnt that a man who loved her was never going to cut her wings. No!

He was going to applaud her as she took off, and be right where she needed him if she ever felt she would fall.

And that was all Chase had done so far, encouraged her to fly.

“What are we doing here, Chase?” She asked in a shaky voice as she looked up at him.

Chase let out a small smile.

“I know how much you want to be your own woman, Mackenzie, and I love that about you.”

“Oh! Chase…”

“So, I want to make this promise to you. This place, your workshop would be renovated and equipped with all the materials you need, sunshine. I know that you don’t need me to do that, but I just want to. I want to watch you soar to heights you’ve always dreamed off, Kenzie. Let me do this for you.”

With tears in her eyes, she melted into him, wrapping her arms around him. It was official, she loved him with everything, and she would never let him go.

Chase pulled away from her and reached for his phone when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.

He brought out the phone and examined the caller ID. It was Nora.

“I’m sorry, Sunshine. I need to take this.”

Mackenzie nodded and watched him walk away. She moved towards the door and pushed it open. The room was dusty, and she could catch a small glimpse of all her equipment. She laughed as she stood still, looking back at how her life had been with Jeffrey, to the woman she was now, with Chase.

When she was done, she stepped out of the dusty room and headed towards the main house. Chase was still nowhere to be found. Perhaps there was something that needed his urgent attention.

She walked past the glass doors of the mansion and into the mini bar filled with shelves stacked with drinks.

Mackenzie was about to grab a fizz drink for herself when she heard a familiar voice scream from the living room.

“Let me go, you bastards! I swear that if I get out of this cuffs and get a hold of you…you would hear from my lawyers and I would…!”

Mackenzie cleared her throat as she leaned against the door frame. She was not aware of how much satisfaction seeing Eleanor in cuffs would give her, until she was there, seeing Eleanor in cuffs.

“Excuse me, officers.” She called out.

The two police officers, a man and a woman came to a halt letting go of Eleanor’s arms.

“Miss Torsney, are you sure?” The auburn haired woman asked, and Mackenzie forced a smile.

“Of course. I’m the lady of this house, and I would love to have a word with my darling ex mother-in-law.”

The officers moved away from Eleanor and excused Mackenzie by walking out of the house.

“We will be outside if you need us, miss Torsney.”

Mackenzie nodded and the lady closed the door behind her.

Mackenzie chuckled bitterly as she moved to Eleanor, the older woman glared at her, rage, jealousy and shame rushed through her at the same time.

“Don’t you think this is over, Mackenzie. You’re probably smiling now, thinking that you’ve won, but I would not be so fast to celebrate if I were…”

The resounding slap that resonated from the walls of the room hung Eleanor’s sentence midair.

Mackenzie flung her right palm against Eleanor’s cheek, throwing her face towards the right with a harsh slap.

Eleanor’s left eye and cheek burned as she turned sharply to leer at Mackenzie.

“You twart! How dare you?!” She seethed.

Mackenzie looked over her with disdain. She stood straight and placed her hands on her hips.

“What are you going to do? Hit me? Oh. You can’t.” Mackenzie’s eyes dropped to her cuffed hands.

“Not with your hands cuffed like that. So sorry, Eleanor. But contrary to what you’ve made yourself believe, I have won, while you…” She moved closer to Eleanor, fuming with anger as she recalled all that had happened in the past few hours.

“… you would rot in jail with nothing, nothing! You dared to hurt my babies!” Mackenzie slapped Eleanor again, across her right cheek this time, causing the woman to fall to the ground with a cry for help.

Mackenzie gathered a fistful of Eleanor’s hair and pulled it, biting her lower lip in anger.

Eleanor screamed and cried, and it was only a matter of time before the police officers and Chase came rushing in.

Chase managed to pull Mackenzie off Eleanor, while the officers pulled Eleanor up and led her out of the house.

Mackenzie fought to wriggle free of Chase’s hold. She wished she could tear her into pieces with her bare hands.

“Stay calm, Sunshine. Please…”

“I hope you die! I hope you rot in jail, and you greed eats you from inside!” Mackenzie continued to scream, while Chase pulled her closer to himself.

“Sunshine, stay calm…”

“I hope she…I hope she…” Mackenzie’s heart twisted in her chest as she fell into Chase’s arms, tears falling from her cheeks freely.