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
I grab my purse, prepared to walk out of the office with Dianne but the door swings open before we can reach it and Travis walks in. My mouth drops open as I take him in. He looks dishevelled and nothing like the typical businessman I was with earlier that afternoon. His usually gelled hair is now
KIAN’S POVI heard about the fire in my uncle’s warehouse two days after it happened. Such a disaster would have made the news the instant it happened but with my uncle’s influence, it was kept under wraps and away from the news. It’s a typical business move to protect his company and I probably wo
“Take off your clothes. All of them.” I command. “Bossy, I like it.” She smirks and takes off everything until she stands before me naked. My eyes run over her naked body and I wait for the first spark of arousal that never comes. Instead, I picture someone else’s naked body. Leslie. I shake my he
KIAN’S POV “There he is!” My mother beams, going round the dinner table to meet my uncle halfway. She pulls him into a hug which he returns reluctantly, his arms enveloping my mother’s smaller frame. “I am so sorry about your warehouse, Travis.” My mother says after pulling away but my uncle merel
“Why not? People do it all that time. It’s just a baby mom, please stop making a big deal out of it.” That seems to enrage her even more as she looks at me like she’s considering smacking me on the head. “That is disrespectful to the innocent girl you knocked up, Kian and I am glad she isn’t here t
CHAPTER 99 ~SOPHIE~ The moment Sebastian disappeared down the street, a crushing silence fell over me, broken only by the unsteady rhythm of my breathing. My fingers twitched at my sides, my entire body locked in place as if moving would make the moment real, as if accepting that he had been
CHAPTER 98 ~SOPHIE~ In between the endless nightmares that were triggered by the events of the past week and waiting for Travis to reach out to me again, I had been pushed to the edge of insanity. I thought it couldn’t get any worse, but it did. It got worse. And now I was bolting out
CHAPTER 97 ~JUSTIN~ I’ve never been anyone’s first choice. Never. No matter how hard I tried, Jac always had the spotlight. He was the golden boy, the prodigy, the one with all the medals and accolades. Meanwhile, I was the kid bringing home crayon sketches and piano recitals that no one car
CHAPTER 96 ~SOPHIE~ There were many questions; like how on earth she was in a place that was at least an hour's drive from her family’s mansion, and why she was chugging down cheap beer when I have only ever seen her enjoy the finest wine. The longer we stood there, wordlessly staring at ea
CHAPTER 95 [ Punching Bag ] ~ELAINE~ (6) The moment I slipped through the gates and caught sight of my father’s car parked neatly in the driveway, dread curled deep in the pit of my stomach. I stopped dead in my tracks, my pulse quickening. They were home. They were never supposed to be hom
CHAPTER 94 [ The One Who Needs Saving ] ~SOPHIE~ I didn’t even blink when the words fell out of Justin’s mouth like he'd been holding them in for years. I just sat there, watching him like he had told me the most obvious thing in the world. If I felt remotely surprised, it was simply because I
CHAPTER 93 [ I’m Gay ] ~SOPHIE~ My scream echoed down the street, loud enough to wake the dead or at least give someone a mild heart attack. But the hand gripping my shoulder was barely even settled before instinct took over. I spun around, grabbing the wrist tightly and twisting it with all the
CHAPTER 92 [ Little Contradictions ] ~SOPHIE~ The faint neon lights from the cinema flickered on and off as I stood by the curb, watching the stream of people moving in and out of the building. I couldn’t remember the last time I watched a movie—couldn’t even remember the last time I did somethi
CHAPTER 91 [ The Man I thought I knew ] ~SOPHIE~ He said no. I never imagined that would be his answer. I sat there, stunned into silence, blinking at him like I hadn't heard him right. His fingers were still wrapped around my wrist, firm and unyielding as if he could anchor me to him by sheer