The Ranch Next Door: A Billionaire's Refuge

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to think for a second, I replie

fit of laughter. "Okay, I didn't expect

our favorite songs and artists on a certain topic for different

side. While we couldn't boast of being in love and not being able to live without ea

ly. When our parents suggested getting married to strengthen my business empire as mos

tworthy, dependent and credible. So, that was what I gave th

go on. You can't beef titanic," I stated, grab

a classic. Although I still don't know why t

. "Because it wouldn't have been a

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rubbing the back

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augh and proceeded to yell the lyrics of

as Anna suddenly placed a han

ng okay? Is

ther. Practicing her punch and kicks from the womb. Here, fe

ave of joy through me. My eyes locked with Anna's as my heart swell

the woman before me morphed into something else. There were holes wher

he air as those bottomless

hy, Caleb? Where were you

k in my throat. A sinister laugh escaped t

I forced out.

y sheets were tangled around my body like a restraining shroud. I sat up with a

. The same one I'd had

and over again as the shrink instructed.

ep and the horror slideshow I'd just endured. My eyes darted around the dark room as

o my therapist, she was a version I made out of my need to p

the side of the bed, pausing for a moment t

glass walls of my penthouse apartment. Ignoring the ominous feeling and bit

chest as a door squealed in the distance. I dropped the bottle and walked in the direction of t

fully at the sight of the crib that Anna and I had spent hours figur

r, I rushed back to the room and blind

and she picked on the first ring, pr

are yo

ain," I choked

in. Out. Slowly. Like

ion. We kept at it for what seemed like eternity, until the shadows seemed t

k asked, her tone l

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his, Caleb? Was i

caught myself and used

ha

hen to get a drink and...the nursery was open. My houseke

ry must have brought back a lot of memories.

" I said with a dry ch

where you can journal, unpack this trauma and heal? You haven't taken a vacation in years. And like I

hadn't been addressing the source of my problem, I sim

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owing out a breath, added, "Yo

et the fuck