TRAVIS' POVFor a moment, time stands still. I can hardly believe my eyes. It’s been years since I last saw her, and the world around us fades into a blur. The memory of her laughter, her spirit, floods back to me, like a forgotten melody. She looks different—stronger, maybe—yet somehow still the sa
LESLIE'S POVToday is the day. I can hardly contain my excitement as I stand in front of the mirror, the soft glow of the vanity lights illuminating my reflection. The dress I chose—a sleek, deep emerald green that hugs my curves just right—feels like the perfect choice for this happy occasion. I wa
LESLIE’S POV [THIS MIGHT BE CONFUSING OWING TO HOW THE LAST CHAPTER ENDED BUT PLEASE READ TO THE END] *It’s bad, Leslie.*—COLE I suck in a breath as I read Cole’s message that just popped up on my screen. I don’t need him to fully clarify what’s bad; I already know what the problem is. It’s the sa
LESLIE’S POV Six hours after the two phone calls I made, the car Cole sends to pick me up pulls into the underground garage of Kian’s old company building. It’s late evening and the sun will set in another hour—the very time the launch is supposed to be wrapping up. The driver kills the engine wh
That’s until I literally feel a shift in the air. It’s ominous and the hair on the back of my neck rises like my very own siren for danger. I feel a presence behind me but before I can turn to see what it is about, a body presses into my back. A strong arm comes around my face and a palm drops over
LESLIE’S POVRoman’s car–a black and sketchy Cadillac Escalade with tinted windows–is parked in the same underground garage that I was in mere minutes ago. He must have been waiting there for me. It’s a big car, hard to miss amidst the dozens of smaller cars parked in the garage but I never paid att
LESLIE'S POVI gape at him, mouth open. He cannot be serious, can he? “Wha…what?” The word leaves me stunted and stuttered as I stare at him. He’s peering down at me and the way he looks at me makes me feel hot in the most ugly ways. He is looking down at me like a prey or a pawn that he just has t
“Nothing damaging to his health but the fake Durable power of attorney wouldn’t exactly be useful if he wasn’t in a coma, would it?” The drug he gave my father must have induced the coma and my father took it to protect me. My fists clench at the thought of what I went through because of him and ev
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—