CHAPTER 112 [ I Will Come To You ]~SOPHIE~I was in no state to worry about someone else, especially when the said person had ghosted me for days and gave no open window for me to confirm if everything her brother told me about her was true. How could I not worry when she sounded like a wounded an
CHAPTER 111 [ Fierce Protection ]~SOPHIE~ My delusion of being on a date with Travis was shattered almost as a soon as we got back into his car. It wasn’t just because I suddenly felt stupid for forgetting that he never even asked me on one, he literally just dragged me in there and flaunted his
CHAPTER 110 [ A Real Date ]~SOPHIE~I thought running into Travis was the worst part of my night.I was wrong.It’s this.Sitting stiff in the passenger seat of his car, my knees clenched together, my fingers digging crescent-shaped marks into my thighs. My dress is still damp from the wine spill,
CHAPTER 109 [ The Opposite ]~TRAVIS~Instead of letting her go as she asked, I slid my arm lower, curving it around her waist, fingers brushing the exposed skin of her back. All while making eye contact with Asher. My action got the desired effect. It’s the unspoken word for “back the fuck off.” H
CHAPTER 108 [ The Villain ]~TRAVIS~I waited.Leaning against the wall beside the restroom hallway like some creep. Hands in my pockets, jaw tight, and heart doing this fucking annoying thud-thud-thud that I swore had nothing to do with nerves. I didn’t do ‘nerves’.But, I wasn’t exactly surprised
CHAPTER 107 [ Smooth And Creamy Glory] ~TRAVIS~ Sophie brings out the absolute worst in me. So much so that the things that are beneath me suddenly seem so normal. An example was how I was holding my phone in a death grip, typing out another message because the last two were dismissed by putting
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