CHAPTER 13 [In Her Absence] ~TRAVIS~ The absence was the first thing I noticed. It wasn’t the missing coffee on my desk—although I’d gotten far too accustomed to finding it there, piping hot and prepared just the way I liked it. Nor was it the lack of a sticky note, usually plastered on the edge
CHAPTER 14 [The Man Who Was Never Mine] ~SOPHIE~ The nausea hadn’t subsided. I sat at the edge of the bed in my childhood room, staring at the peeling wallpaper and the dusty, forgotten trinkets that once made this space my sanctuary. It had been hours since I’d woken up with the hangover poundi
CHAPTER 15 [Not Her Type] ~SOPHIE~ "Who’s this, Sophie?" Sebastian’s voice slithered through the hallway, his smirk widening when his eyes landed on Travis. "Your new boyfriend?" I was still trying to gather myself together after running into Travis so suddenly. I had questions about how he was
CHAPTER 16 [ A Tangled Mess] ~SOPHIE~ I pushed the door open with a sigh, the familiar weight of the day’s events pressing on me. My head still throbbed, a dull reminder of last night’s recklessness. As I stepped inside the apartment, the soft scent of lavender and the comforting hum of the refr
CHAPTER 17 [The Path Of Heartbreak] ~TRAVIS~ “You asked to see me, sir.” Sophie Summers. I could never get used to her presence, not even when I was the one who requested it. “Sit.” I ordered, barely looking at her. Knowing how defiant she can be, I expected some sort of retort but she quiet
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 81 [ Like A Teenager ] ~TRAVIS~ It started three days ago. The day after our weekend together, in the middle of a proposal meeting, my phone buzzed with a text message notification. I barely glanced at it at first, my focus trained on the presentation in front of me—until I saw her name
CHAPTER 80 [Last Minute Attempt ] ~SOPHIE~ It happened so fast. The expression on his face had been a mess of relief and urgency, which was probably what pushed him to rush towards me without a care in the word. The heavy thud of his body hitting the ground actually made me jump, shocked beyond
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 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 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 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 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 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 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