But as badly as I want to be soft with her, to take this slow and draw out both our pleasure for as long as possible, I can’t. I want her so bad. I just want to bury myself inside of her.“I can’t wait anymore, Leslie. I want you, I want to be inside of you.” I can barely recognize my own voice as I
KIAN’S POVI took her three more times through the night. We only had short breaks in between before I started to reach for her again and each climax only left me wanting more. The first two times were just as intense as the one that started it all. We matched each other’s consuming need to give an
TRAVIS’ POVI got the call on the morning of a routine check at one of my warehouses. It was exactly 8AM in the morning and it came twice. Both times, I watched it ring without having the courage to answer it. I had bunched my hands in tight fists to stop myself from answering at the first ring like
KIAN’S POV It’s been eight hours since she disappeared without a trace. Eight hours since I woke up after the best night of my life, and a dream turned into a nightmare so fast. Her phone is still off but it hasn’t stopped me from calling her number over and over again even when I know I’ll hear a
The call barely even goes through before the gates slide open themselves. Someone must have controlled them from inside, which means they know I’m here. I march through the gates and the compound and then barge open the mansion’s front door. I easily find Mike, perched on one of the living room so
LESLIE’S POV I’m running. I’m leaving the life I know behind and going in search of another. It is both the bravest and most cowardly thing I have ever done in my entire existence and so it comes with a mixture of emotions that trouble my mind deeply. Seated in the waiting aisle, I clutch my tr
LESLIE’S JOURNAL ENTRIES 001 ******* Dear Diary, Scratch that. Dear Journal? Well, you’re sort of pink, handmade and gotten from the roadside stall of a little girl working on some class project so maybe you're really a diary. However, I am going to pretend this is a journal and this is the begi
*Dancing*–failed! *Painting*–failed! *Drawing*–failed…partially. No drawing of clothing designs, Leslie. Just no. *Yoga*–failed! *Crocheting*–failed! Failed! Failed! Failed! Might as well be the poster girl for failure. *Sightseeing*–success! It’s fun going on tours but my purse doesn’t exac
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—