CHAPTER 18 [ Intern Sophie] ~SOPHIE~ Until a few days ago, the sound of my alarm filled me with nothing but thrill. All it does now is make me bury my head into the pillow with pure irritation while rethinking every single one of my life choices. “Turn that off and get your ass in the shower, So
CHAPTER 19 [ Fangirl]SOPHIEI wasn’t falling to my death as I had thought but that wasn’t the case for the box. It was tumbling down the stairs. I jerked away from the stronghold of the person who had prevented my fall, rushing after it. It was too late. The documents were already floating in the
CHAPTER 20 [ Emergency Stop ]~TRAVIS~Every single time I thought I had her wrapped around my fingers, Sophie Summers always manages to slip out of them in a way that unsettles me. I have only ever seen her as four things–loud, stubborn, bright and meaning nothing but trouble. However, she nearly
CHAPTER 21 [ Elevator Trash ]~SOPHIE~I’ve always wished I could sleep forever; to remain in the peaceful silence that the darkness has to offer when I close my eyes. That way, I get to break away from all of the abuse and the pain that my whole life is grounded on. I still feel the same way but fo
I REALLY DO HOPE NO ONE HAS THEIR 'AUTO-UNLOCK CHAPTERS' ON. THE LAST CHAPTER WAS MISTAKENLY REPEATED BECAUSE OF CONNECTION ISSUES AND I ALSO HOPE EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO DEDUCE THROUGH THE CHAPTER TITLE AT THE TOP OF EVERY CHAPTER THAT IT WAS REPEATED. I WISH I COULD DELETE IT BUT I HAVE TO WAIT FOR
CHAPTER 22 [ Someone Special ]~TRAVIS~I have visited twenty-five countries. My company is among the top five textile companies in the country. I have made it to the front page of countless business magazines. My name never fails to come up in discussions about the most successful CEOs and for t
CHAPTER 23 [ Travis Cared ] ~SOPHIE~ Walking into the company the next morning, I was fairly certain it would be the last time I set foot in there. Everything that happened the day before was enough grounds for me to be served a termination letter as soon as I logged on to my employee account. T
CHAPTER 24 [ Good Girl ] ~SOPHIE~ I had my night planned out. Celeste and I will get off work together for the first time. No, we won’t be going home. We’ll make a stop at one of those fancy restaurants where two plates of food cost half our paychecks. Dinner will be my treat but it won’t end
CHAPTER 62 [ Sugar Daddy ] ~SEBASTIAN~ (2) I’ll be damned if I have to suffer because my father was trying to correct his misdeeds. “Do you have a better plan?” My mother faced me squarely, an unimpressed look in her eyes. “Can’t we just ignore him? He’s too weak to do anything by himself any
CHAPTER 61 [ Daddy Dearest ] ~SEBASTIAN~ (1) “I am going to move into the estate with Sophie.” Daddy Dearest knew how to drop a bombshell—the kind that takes a while to recover from. It was also the kind that makes me wonder if all the drugs he’s been pumped full of in the past month have made
CHAPTER 60 [ The Hell for Bad Fathers ] ~SOPHIE~ I stared at him, convinced I’d misheard. “You want me to what?” My voice came out sharper than I intended, but I couldn’t help it. “Move back in,” my father repeated, his tone calm, as if he hadn’t just said something insane. Did he even hear
Hello, everyone! Adeola here… Although a new chapter will follow this note, please bear in mind that you would have to read the last five chapters ( which are 367-371 on the overall book, and 54-59 on Travis’ and Sophie’s book) to understand the chapter. Those last five chapters have been worked on
CHAPTER 59 [ For Lost Time ] ~SOPHIE~ I thought I was well prepared—that I could stand face to face with Sebastian and not feel like my heart was going to explode. But no amount of preparation changed that. My heart was still pounding as I stared at his smug face. I steadied myself despite that,
CHAPTER 58 [ Home So Soon ] ~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 tha
CHAPTER 57 [ A Masterpiece ] ~TRAVIS~ Returning to the city in the company of Elaine’s family was an exercise in patience—one that I had already run out of. Three days of forced pleasantries, insufferable small talk, and veiled attempts at control had drained what little tolerance I had left. I
CHAPTER 56 [ Home ] ~SOPHIE~ He always manages to find me. Even as a child who would hide anywhere to avoid Mother Gothel’s wrath, Sebastian, as the dangerous snake he was, would drag me out. He would have that malicious look in his eyes—much like right now—and smirk like he enjoys my pain. I
CHAPTER 55 [ A Next Time ] ~SOPHIE~ Oh! What a joy it is to wake up tangled in sheets and in the limbs of the man who almost made you go insane with pleasure the night before. With the hotel’s thick curtains blocking all means of knowing if the sun had risen, I had to use my hands to blindly feel