KIAN’S POVI could have just waited till I got home to tell Leslie about the call with Andre but somehow, I couldn’t. In fact, I drove into the company’s parking lot before I started having second thoughts about coming there. So I spend a few minutes in the car, processing my thoughts and thinking
“I know, I know. But you’re wrong, I didn’t come here just because. There’s something urgent I need to talk to you about.”She crosses her arms, face still unsmiling, “Well, spill.”“I kind of went through your emails last night.” I confess and the frown on her face deepens. “What?” “It wasn’t int
“Thank you.” She says before slipping out of the office, leaving me standing there like a fool. TRAVIS’ POVLeslie’s name flashes on my screen and I pick it up immediately, beaming as I walk out of my office. I was on my way to her anyway, excited to share with her what I had just found. “I was ju
LESLIE’S POVI feel relaxed for the first time in four days. Not because I have gotten enough sleep but because things are finally looking up for me. Today is the day I take the trip with Kian to meet Andre Sanders. I still can’t believe that I am actually meeting him in person and not just a repre
“It’s quite flattering that you think so but no. One of them is mine. I only share the place with a couple of others, my uncle inclusive.” Of course, Travis also owns a private plane. A pilot and two other men dressed in uniform are waiting by one of the planes. The uniformed men take our bags an
BEVERLY’S POVI sit in the hospital waiting area, amidst several other pregnant women who have come for their regular checkups. We’re all the same, protruding tummies and bloated faces but what sets them apart is the fact that all of them aren’t alone. Their partners are close, fussing over them an
“Does your husband own a business too?” She asks. “Yes.”“What does he do?” “He’s CEO.” I reply curtly and her jaw drops. A nurse appears and calls for her and I am relieved that I am finally left alone to my thoughts. The waiting area slowly empties out but there is still no sign of Kian. Soon,
LESLIE’S POVI wake up in the softest bed I’ve ever slept in in my entire life. For the first few seconds of coming to, I try to remember when I slept and how I ended up on the bed but my memory turns out to be nothing but a blank sheet. The day is slowly slipping into night and the plane is still
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—