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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 25 [Meet My Girlfriend ] ~TRAVIS~ I can’t deny that I’ve been putting off something very important. I announced that I needed a wife but I’ve also turned down the numerous offers I’ve received. I knew my reasons for turning them down were mere excuses. I was still trying to avoid throwin
CHAPTER 26 [ His Whores ] ~SOPHIE~ Justin Wellington told me everything—what to wear, the occasion, and the role I had to play. He told me everything but left out the most important detail that I found out less than five seconds after meeting his family. Travis was also a guest at the dinner.
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