CHAPTER 34 [ The Villain And The Victim ] ~TRAVIS~ “Dad…” George seemed to struggle with his emotions—unable to decide whether to comfort his sobbing daughter or to charge at the man who had driven her to tears. “Darling, I told you there’s no way she’s in there—” His wife innocently joined hi
CHAPTER 35 [ Left To Grieve ] ~TRAVIS~ After I left the Wellington’s home that morning, my first destination was the hospital. Someone had some explaining to do. Someone had to pay for messing up my system. I refused to believe I was capable of carrying out such a disgraceful act without bei
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CHAPTER 36 [ Scammed, Fooled and Rammed] ~SOPHIE~ The last thing I wanted to do after the wild night I had was to go to work. But when a job termination email wound up in my inbox in the early hours of the morning, I had no other choice but to bury the thoughts of the best night of my entire life
CHAPTER 37 [ A Second Round] ~SOPHIE~ The blank expression on Travis’ face could easily deceive anyone into thinking he didn’t know what I was talking about. He must have practiced that look a lot to the point of perfection. For a man who has always been straightforward, he sure was taking the
CHAPTER 38 [Illicit Affairs ] ~TRAVIS~ If I had any doubts left, Sophie's lips cleared them all in one single touch. Every second of last night came rushing back—the way her skin felt against mine, the way she moaned my name, the way I completely lost myself in her. Her kiss wasn’t gentle or he
CHAPTER 39 [ False Innocence ]~TRAVIS~ I wasn’t shocked that I had been drugged. Heck, the drug test was right before my eyes. What threw me off was the person making the confession. The shy, fragile woman who had barely been able to meet my eyes at dinner had waltzed into my office and confessed
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
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—