All Chapters of The Heir's Secret Obsession: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

◇ KEL ◇ His phone wasn't on loudspeaker, but I could hear enough. His dad just had this deep and clear-cut, usually authoritative voice.  I grabbed my satchel and pretended not to listen in before I unbuckled my seat belt. Ignoring Miles and his glances took some acting skills; I just didn't want him to think I was eavesdropping.

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◇ KEL ◇The late dinner with Miles and his family had been fine and pleasant, but something in my chest just didn't feel right after overhearing his entire family talking to him about me.Every now and then I also thought of my father being stuck in Intensive Care again. Was he doing better? Unlikely, but I still hoped and prayed. Was there any chance he would recover from this long and depressing battle with cancer? Were the doctors doing the best they could to keep my dad alive?Although difficult, I forced myself to stop worrying. I sat on the unfamiliar wine

◇ KEL ◇ It took me a while, but I finally figured it out. I let out a sigh, white mists coming out of my nose and mouth. My partly exposed skin just hated the bitingly cold ambience. "Miles?" I wrapped my arms around myself and peered around the dark grass-covered space. To my utter confusion and horror, the paths diverged into more mazes. Darn. This thing didn't end! Moonlight was sparse in this side of the lot. Would I even find my way out of here by tonight? Shadowed hedges towered over me by at least four feet. How'd I even end up trapped in this creepy old maze at this hour of the night? Actually I was just trying to find him. Perhaps Miles and his older cousin were hanging out somewhere around here in this impressively maintained garden and backyard, which could be the size of an entire football field, if I wasn't overcalculating. "Miles?" I called out