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
“Oh.” It’s a simple sound from her but the meaning behind it is clear. Her expression shifts and she picks at her food. I realize it’s because I mentioned her father. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have brought him up.” I apologize immediately but Leslie just shakes her head and gives me a right smile.
LESLIE'S POV“Leslie, I’m so sorry,” Travis' apology doesn’t make any sense when he has just told me the disaster that has happened. I stare back at him in a mixture of worry and confusion, waiting for an explanation that doesn’t come because his phone begins to blow up with calls and messages. He
CHAPTER 106 [A Rebound] ~SOPHIE~ I stared at my reflection in the mirror, tilting my head to the left, then the right. My dress fit like a second skin—black, sleeveless, simple but elegant. It wasn’t over-the-top, but it hugged me in all the right places. Still, I felt uncertain. “Do I look l
CHAPTER 106 [A Rebound] ~SOPHIE~ I stared at my reflection in the mirror, tilting my head to the left, then the right. My dress fit like a second skin—black, sleeveless, simple but elegant. It wasn’t over-the-top, but it hugged me in all the right places. Still, I felt uncertain. “Do I look like
CHAPTER 105 [Erasing Him] ~SOPHIE~ I’d made up my mind to erase Travis totally. In my thoughts, in my future and even in my memories if I could help it. I had decided, and now, I was beginning the painful process of erasing him. The first conversation I had that morning was with my father. I’d ti
CHAPTER 104 [ Another lost kid] ~ELAINE~ (8) I kept my gaze locked on the food, my hands gripping the edge of the blanket wrapped around me. My stomach twisted painfully, but the fear in my chest held my body in place. I didn't trust it. I didn’t trust him. He didn’t look like he was trying to
CHAPTER 103 [The Lesser Evil ] ~ELAINE~ (7) I curled up tighter on my bed, pulling the covers around my frail body even though I wasn’t cold. It wasn’t the temperature that made me tremble—it was the growling in my stomach and the pounding in my head. Hunger had a way of distorting everything, e
CHAPTER 102 [No String and a Billionaire’s Name] ~SEBASTIAN~ (3) The moment I stepped into the house, silence greeted me like a sneer to the face. No voices, no footsteps, no Sophie playing the dutiful daughter as I ordered her to do. Just silence and the faint creak of floorboards as I shut the
CHAPTER 101 ~TRAVIS~ I didn’t know what it was or what to call it exactly; that feeling that curled in my chest the moment Sophie looked at me like a stranger and walked away with an actual one. But whatever it was, it was familiar. I’d felt it before on the very night she ended things. That
CHAPTER 99 [You Heard The Lady ] ~SOPHIE~ The can of juice in my hand was already warm. I hadn’t taken more than two sips, but I tossed it into the nearest trash can like it had personally offended me. Coming here was a mistake—again. I shouldn’t have let my father’s excited words or Travis’ i
AUTHOR’S NOTE 📝 Hi, everyone. I know. I have done the unforgivable—leaving without a word and not updating for a long period of time. I sincerely apologize to everyone of you who has dedicated your time to reading my book. I didn’t intend to but I was in a terrible place last month—mentally—