CHAPTER 5 [The Freaking Prize]~SOPHIE’S POV~There was only one reason why my relationships never lasted more than three months; I was too good for them. I was the freaking prize. Sure, they were too much of a coward to just admit it and came up with silly excuses as listed below: ~You’re too obse
CHAPTER 6 [An Anomaly] ~TRAVIS~ I’ve dealt with mergers that threatened to collapse entire divisions of my company. I’ve handled hostile negotiations with billionaires who’d rather burn than concede. I’ve faced reporters armed with intrusive questions and competitors who’d sell their souls to see
CHAPTER 7 [Sweet Tooth] ~SOPHIE~ The car ride back to the office was painfully silent. Not just any kind of silence—the loud, suffocating kind that made every second stretch like an eternity. I had played my cards too boldly today, and Travis Sinclair’s scowl was proof of that. He didn’t speak.
CHAPTER 8 [Anything But Ordinary] TRAVIS It had been two days since the disaster at Ridgeview, but Sophie Summers had refused to leave my mind. No matter how hard I tried to push her out, she lingered like a splinter under my skin, irritating and unavoidable. I leaned back in my chair, rubbing m
CHAPTER 9 [The Picture Of Caution]~SOPHIE~Celeste was already waiting for me as I stepped out of Travis office, her arms crossed and her usual look of exasperation firmly in place. I knew I had this coming when I came here but it was actually surprising that she let me in without a fight.“Sophie,
CHAPTER 10 [The Sophie Effect] ~TRAVIS~ If chaos had a face, it would undoubtedly wear Sophie Summers’ unrelenting smile. For the past few days, she had inserted herself into every corner of my life at my textile company, leaving me to wonder how someone so seemingly innocent could wreak such calc
CHAPTER 11 [Kill-Joy] TRAVIS I wasn’t sure what annoyed me more: Sophie Summers’ audacity or the fact that I had actually turned around and come back. Sitting in the backseat of my car, I stared out the tinted window at the pub just across the street from my company. I had never step foot there bu
CHAPTER 12 [A Return To The Shadows] ~SOPHIE~ The dull throb in my head woke me before anything else. It pulsed behind my eyes like a relentless drumbeat, making it impossible to open them fully. I groaned, rolling over and burying my face into the pillow, hoping to escape the nausea curling in m
CHAPTER 48 [ Her Freedom ]~SOPHIE~ I wasn’t sure how I ended up here. Standing outside Elaine’s room, staring at the door, especially after I turned her down just a few minutes ago at the lobby. The invitation to her room had caught me off-guard, and frankly, anyone in my shoes would have felt the
CHAPTER 47 [ Polar Opposites ]~SOPHIE~ At that moment, it was hard to tell what exactly made my head spin—getting money thrown at me like I was some beggar or ordering me to leave when my plans to seduce Travis had only just begun.“You’re joking.” I said, sitting up. Only, he wasn’t. His expressi
CHAPTER 46 [ On Snack Duty ]~SOPHIE~I only realized the next morning, after I was sober, that my confession was downright cringey—courtesy of all that alcohol swimming in my bloodstream. It was similar to the childish declaration to make him mine all those years ago, but I meant every word. Opera
CHAPTER 45 [ A Confession and a Warning ]~SOPHIE~One second, I was mad that Travis had the audacity to ask me what I was doing out here after ignoring my very existence all day. And the next, I was luring him like a prey because I saw a small crack in the walls he shields his emotions with. I sa
CHAPTER 44 [ My Heart Hurts ] ~TRAVIS~ *MOMENTS EARLIER* I have never been the type to use alcohol as a coping mechanism but the moment we booked our rooms, my first thought was that I needed a drink. And fast. I left that room, craving the physical burn of a drink. I needed it to replace the e
CHAPTER 43 [ A Woman On A Mission ]~SOPHIE~I was insane. Absolutely out of my mind.How else could I explain getting on a plane to a city I barely knew, with a guy who irritated me to no bounds, to attend a ceremony I wasn’t properly invited to? All because of a man who didn’t give a flying fuck a
CHAPTER 42 [One Hell Of A Trip ]~TRAVIS~From the moment the words I and Elaine finalized our agreement, we were swept up in unending preparations, without a single pause to rethink the choices we were making. First, I got her a ring within hours of agreeing to the engagement. The gesture was noth
CHAPTER 41 [ Travis’ Good Girl ]~SOPHIE~Waiting was not my thing. Scratch that—patience and I were mortal enemies. Yet, it’s all I have been doing since that day. I’d been a slave to my phone two days into Travis’ promise to call, checking it every few minutes without fail. Two days.Forty-Eigh
CHAPTER 40 [ A Facade] ~TRAVIS~ I was almost certain that if I just as much as grazed those scars with my fingers, they would open up and begin bleeding again. That was how mortifying they looked. But what was even more scary was how clear it was they were acquired over the years, as if the pers