Inevitable

INEVITABLE KELLY KELSEY Copyright © 2023 By Kelly Kelsey All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Editing and proofreading by TIFFANYJS Proofreading by TIFFWRITES Created with Vellum CONTENTS Trigger Warnings Acknowledgments Playlist *** Prologue 1. Aria 2. Bishop 3. Aria 4. Bishop 5. Aria 6. Bishop 7. Aria 8. Bishop 9. Aria 10. Bishop 11. Aria 12. Bishop 13. Aria 14. Bishop 15. Aria 16. Bishop 17. Aria 18. Bishop 19. Aria 20. Bishop 21. Aria 22. Bishop 23. Aria 24. Bishop 25. Aria 26. Bishop 27. Elena 28. Aria 29. Bishop 30. Aria 31. Christian 32. Bishop 33. Aria 34. Bishop Epilogue Epilogue *** Quick Note from The Author About the Author Books Want to meet Aria’s sister Thalia? The Jump Series Thalia Sweet Addiction Knox Madison Sweet Possession Asher Remi Sweet Temptation Prologue Eden – Age 18 TRIGGER WARNINGS Please note this book may contain scenes that might be triggering to some. It contains violence, mentions of guns, and a scene where a main character gets shot. If this is triggering to you in any way, then this book is not for you. What you can expect is a happy ever after. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To the women who thought they were not good enough. This is for you. Just remember, a woman is unstoppable when she realizes she deserves better. PLAYLIST Ghost of You – Mimi Webb Kiss Me – Dermot Kennedy Every Kind of Way – H.E.R I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons Landslide – Fleetwood Mac At My Worst – Pink Sweat$, Kehlani Where Are You Now – Lost Frequencies, Calum Scott The Motto – Tiesto Save Your Tears – The Weekend You Broke Me First – Tate McRae Love the Way You Lie – Eminem, Rhianna Family Affair – Mary J Blige She Used to Be Mine – Sara Bareilles Stay – Michelle Featherstone Unholy – Sam Smith, Kim Petras Broken – Jonah Kagen I Miss You, I’m Sorry – Gracie Abrams Love You till The End – The Pogues The Whole of The Moon – The Waterboys *** “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that we learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right. You believe lies so eventually you learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”—Marilyn Monroe PROLOGUE Aria I stare out of the big windows, looking at nothing. Seeing nothing. My heart pounds, nausea hitting me as I listen to my sister, Thalia. We are in Italy and have just gotten her back after she was taken. And now she’s telling Chapter One ARIA 15 months later… “Are you sure about this? You know the press will hound you in New York when they find out about Baron. It won’t take them long to figure out that he is yours, and then questions about the... father