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
KIAN’S POVLeslie backed down easier than I expected but I am grateful she doesn’t argue or see through my lie. She’s suspicious but that feeling is outweighed by the excitement of meeting with Andre. So without any more complaint, she walks into our room with me. ‘Our’ room is hardly a room. It’s
I scoff, holding myself back from screaming in her face that Andre is a bigger bastard than she thinks he is and he is doing this on purpose. “You don’t get it, he is doing this to mess with me!” Something snaps inside of her. I don’t hear it but it’s there in her eyes, in the way her pupils enlar
LESLIE'S POVUneasiness and excitement prickles my insides at the same time. The uneasy feeling started the moment I stepped into the car and it drove away from the hotel. I suddenly didn’t feel as confident as I felt when I was telling Kian off, nor did I feel so sure I could handle a one-on-one m
“Andre Sanders,” he introduces.I turn fully to him, gathering myself together and pushing out my best smile as I take his warm outstretched hand. “Leslie Jackson.” I notice how his eyebrows hike up at my name but I don’t quite understand why he reacted to it like that. “It’s nice to finally meet
KIAN’S POVShe almost saw me. Heck, I was certain she did and was already shitting bricks thinking about how exactly to explain why and how I’m here. But Andre—the bastard—snagged her attention and I relaxed. Though, not quite fully. I relaxed because she didn’t see me but I’m still as tense as ev
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