CHAPTER 72 [The Golden Boy ] ~ELAINE~ (2) Trigger Warning: This chapter contains depictions of abuse that may be distressing to some readers. ONE YEAR AGO The house was silent, as it always was when Jac orchestrated his games. No stepmother barking orders, no father pacing the halls. Not even t
CHAPTER 73 [ The Angelic Stepsister ] ~ELAINE~ (3) THREE WEEKS AGO Freedom was within my reach. For the first time in years, the chains binding me to that house, to that family, were loosening. I could almost taste it. I had done it. I had convinced Travis to marry me, to offer me the one t
CHAPTER 74 [ Adult Games ] ~SOPHIE~ Two days! Travis said he’d give me two days! But he’s only been physically present—his mind might as well be back in his office. It was the weekend—a damn Sunday for that matter—but it didn’t even seem like it. I paced the length of the hotel room, glaring at
CHAPTER 75 [ On Your Hands and Knees ] ~SOPHIE~ Travis was losing, and he was losing badly. He sat across from me, all broad shoulders and clenched jaw, down to just his shirt and a pair of snug black boxers that had absolutely no business looking that good on anyone. Meanwhile, I was still fully
CHAPTER 76 [ Slutty Thing ] ~TRAVIS~ Sophie crawled to me on all fours, slowly, with all of the flair of a large cat noiselessly stalking its prey. Her eyes held mine in a tempting trance, lips slightly parted like breathing through her nose wasn’t enough for her. Before she started crawling ov
CHAPTER 77 [ The Prettiest Thing ] ~TRAVIS~ Heat spread from my cock to the rest of my body at the slow, deliberate way Sophie swallowed me into her mouth. She hasn’t started moving—yet—but the mere feeling of her taking me entirely in that small mouth had me burning hot. The hand that had been
CHAPTER 78 ]Made For Me ] ~SOPHIE~ Would it be too much to say Travis was made for me? To say everything—time, people, period, seasons, the sun, the moon and the stars—all worked together to make sure we met? If not, how can this perfection be explained? How do we fit so well; broken pieces of
CHAPTER 79 [ Not Good At This ] ~SOPHIE~ I woke up warm. Which was weird because the last thing I remembered was being a quivering mess, unable to even move. My entire body had felt like ice, my limbs frozen, my voice stolen by exhaustion. And then… nothing. A black void. So not only had I lost
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—