LESLIE’S POV Today is the collection unveiling event of my designs that will be launched in just two months now. It’s the sneak peak of the unreleased designs that we give to the media and lovers of the company's products. I have everything I need. The venue has been set up in one of the many eve
LESLIE’S POV I try to contain my emotions but they are overwhelming and they take control of me. From my panic attack to Kian showing up like my knight in shining armor, it’s all too hard to take in at once. “Are you crying? Leslie, talk to me.” His voice breeds even more worry now as he makes me
TRAVIS’ POV Seeing Kian within a feet of Leslie never fails to make me boil in anger but seeing him right this moment, during the most important of Leslie’s life, takes me to another level of anger. I might just punch the brat in the face again and I am going to enjoy it. With Leslie gone, I look
LESLIE’S POV “Did you see Katherine West?” I ask Travis, the excitement in my tone undeniable. “The top Model in the country with over sixty million followers on in.sta.gram?” Travis responds and I nod my head, dropping my fork on the table so I can demonstrate my encounter with the famous model
KIAN’S POV I’m picking Beverly up at the hospital today. It’s been five days since the incident at the rooftop and I’ve visited her every single day until today when the hospital finally deemed her healthy enough to be discharged. “You’re late, hubby.” She says as soon as I open the door to her h
LESLIE’S POV“Please young miss, let me do it.” Mary sounds like she’s going to cry from where she stands behind me. I’ve heard her sigh too many times to count as she watched me do what she considers her job. I don’t say a word and just wring the water out of the small towel into the bowl placed o
LESLIE'S POVTwenty minutes later, I’m fuming as I munch on the most delicious piece of hamburger I’ve ever had. Before now, I have been eating at the hospital's cafeteria and it’s hard to work up an appetite when the place smells like bleach all the time and there are doctors and nurses running ar
KIAN’S POVIt feels like forever since I sat in the hospital’s waiting area when in reality, it’s only been a few minutes. I can’t help the mixture of agitation and excitement I feel as I wait rather impatiently for the doctor. I was in my office until a while ago when I got the call that the DNA r
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