KIAN’S POV My uncle succeeded in ruining my mood for the entire day but I managed to pull through at work with the thought of seeing Leslie at home later tonight. I’ve never been excited to get off work. Not even when we were still married. It was even worse after the divorce since I had to go ho
LESLIE’S POV I’d planned to go home after work to pack a bag for the next two weeks I’ll be spending at Kian’s but that plan flew out the window after the argument with my father. I couldn’t go home because I wasn’t prepared to face him so I just made a stop at a small store instead to pick out a
LESLIE’S POV I take the short stairs of the front porch one small step after the other, the phone still hanging by my ear. My surprise is apparent and I may have even thought I was still dreaming. I walk towards him, still holding the phone to my ear. “Surprise?” He says into the phone while I
LESLIE’S POV I’ve never been able to handle things with Kian. And I can’t pick out a particular point in time that it began. However, there are several moments from the past that I remember vividly. Moments I wish I can forget because of how painful they are but that I have never been able to. Mo
I left the office as soon as I got permission from him. But I didn’t go to the house immediately. I made several stops to do some shopping. Okay, a lot of shopping because I got home with a dozen bags full of groceries and accessories to design the house. My plan is a small romantic dinner in the
PRESENT DAY KIAN’S POV First day of visiting Beverly at the hotel and I have already mentally checked out. Most of the reason is because I already had a bad start to the day when my Uncle showed up like a knight in shining armour this morning. I can’t seem to shake him off, he just bounces back
PRESENT DAY LESLIE’S POV When I returned home that evening , the scores of shopping bags were no longer in my room. Kian took the hint and I am proud of myself for standing my ground. The maids already helped to arrange my own items that Travis brought earlier this morning. The room now feels mo
TRAVIS’ POV “Miss Jackson is waiting inside your office, sir.” I had just walked out of a meeting with the managers of the departments in the company when my personal assistant relayed the news to me. My steps quicken as soon as I hear that and indeed, I find Leslie in my office. She was in the
CHAPTER 17 [The Path Of Heartbreak] ~TRAVIS~ “You asked to see me, sir.” Sophie Summers. I could never get used to her presence, not even when I was the one who requested it. “Sit.” I ordered, barely looking at her. Knowing how defiant she can be, I expected some sort of retort but she quiet
CHAPTER 16 [ A Tangled Mess] ~SOPHIE~ I pushed the door open with a sigh, the familiar weight of the day’s events pressing on me. My head still throbbed, a dull reminder of last night’s recklessness. As I stepped inside the apartment, the soft scent of lavender and the comforting hum of the refr
CHAPTER 15 [Not Her Type] ~SOPHIE~ "Who’s this, Sophie?" Sebastian’s voice slithered through the hallway, his smirk widening when his eyes landed on Travis. "Your new boyfriend?" I was still trying to gather myself together after running into Travis so suddenly. I had questions about how he was
CHAPTER 14 [The Man Who Was Never Mine] ~SOPHIE~ The nausea hadn’t subsided. I sat at the edge of the bed in my childhood room, staring at the peeling wallpaper and the dusty, forgotten trinkets that once made this space my sanctuary. It had been hours since I’d woken up with the hangover poundi
CHAPTER 13 [In Her Absence] ~TRAVIS~ The absence was the first thing I noticed. It wasn’t the missing coffee on my desk—although I’d gotten far too accustomed to finding it there, piping hot and prepared just the way I liked it. Nor was it the lack of a sticky note, usually plastered on the edge
CHAPTER 12 [A Return To The Shadows] ~SOPHIE~ The dull throb in my head woke me before anything else. It pulsed behind my eyes like a relentless drumbeat, making it impossible to open them fully. I groaned, rolling over and burying my face into the pillow, hoping to escape the nausea curling in m
CHAPTER 11 [Kill-Joy] TRAVIS I wasn’t sure what annoyed me more: Sophie Summers’ audacity or the fact that I had actually turned around and come back. Sitting in the backseat of my car, I stared out the tinted window at the pub just across the street from my company. I had never step foot there bu
CHAPTER 10 [The Sophie Effect] ~TRAVIS~ If chaos had a face, it would undoubtedly wear Sophie Summers’ unrelenting smile. For the past few days, she had inserted herself into every corner of my life at my textile company, leaving me to wonder how someone so seemingly innocent could wreak such calc
CHAPTER 9 [The Picture Of Caution]~SOPHIE~Celeste was already waiting for me as I stepped out of Travis office, her arms crossed and her usual look of exasperation firmly in place. I knew I had this coming when I came here but it was actually surprising that she let me in without a fight.“Sophie,