Soldier Series #2

 Wicked Ever After by Shayla Black 

These are quite possibly the dumbest characters I have ever encountered. I was so irritated with them and yet so entertained. I enjoyed being mad at how dumb they were. Brea finally realized she was pregnant and didn't tell Pierce. One Mile is still a stupid name and I won't call him that. She instead calls Cutter (also a stupid name and it's his actual name). He is on bodyguard duty for a starlet and they decide they are going to get married so Brea can save face and because the starlet obviously doesn't love him back. This all happens because Brea tried to tell Pierce but he had been threated by the cartel that he is trying to kill and he wants to keep her safe. When he finds out about their engagement he causes a scene at her work and then Cutter's brother shows up and says that Cutter is cleaning up his mess. And Pierce is just as dumb as Brea because it takes him HOURS to figure out that she's pregnant. He confirms it later when he breaks into her house, looks through her laptop, finds a video from the doctor, and sees the ultrasound. Then the tracks her phone and finds her at Cutters. They make up. Also, Cutter and the starlet are caught by the paparazzi making out. She and Cutter decide to stay together for her safety because Pierce told her what was really going on. Pierce leaves again. He kills the cartel leader. Cutter and the starlet break up. Brea and Cutter break up. Pierce and Brea have a plan to finally introduce him to her dad but she gets kidnapped by the sister of the cartel leader. Pierce searches for her for hours before finding her. He exchanges himself for her. She finds his gun in the back of his car and shoots her three times before she finally dies. Then Pierce gets to meet her dad. We finally get the story of why he killed his father; turns out his dad killed his mom and he was in the process of actively beating his new girlfriend to death and the cops weren't going to get there on time so to save her he shot him - she did lose the baby. She then took custody of Pierce until he turned 18. Pierce then proposed and he gave them his blessing. Cutter and the starlet got back together and got married. The book doesn't end with Pierce and Brea's wedding, it sets up the next couple. I hope they aren't as dumb as Brea and Pierce.