로그인LESLIE'S POVI could still feel the sting of the slap but even that could barely hold water to the ache in my chest. I knew I wasn't accepted in the Baxter family yet but to see it acted out like this….In front of Liliana too.Even a stranger could turn them against me.“Selene! It was a mistake,” aunt Tiara said. “We..were swayed by that waitress.”I glanced at the waitress but I couldn't recognize her. Why was she trying to defame me?“Since it's a mistake, let's correct it from the very beginning.” I looked away to see Selene walking up to Liliana.My eyes widened when Selene hit her on the cheek.“Selene!” Liliana shrieked. “How dare you—” Her face whipped to the side when Selene hit her other cheek too. “You…you…”“Oh my.” Selene waved her hand. “It was a mistake. I was swayed by my anger.”“What?” Liliana held her reddened cheeks, her face contorted.“Did you think you could hit the matriarch and get away with it?” Selene rolled her eyes. “Saint will never hit a woman so I decid
SELENE'S POV“What?” I chuckled. “That makes no sense. Are you all really believing in a random waitress right now?”“We have no reason not to believe her.” Liliana stood up. “Leslie left the wedding early yesterday and she isn't even here for breakfast. If you ask me, that tells us everything we need to know.”“Good thing nobody asked you.” I stood up as well. “I understand that you are a new member of the family but I am sure you are aware of your standing. Don't speak unless you're spoken to.”“Oh.” Liliana looked down. “I am sorry.”“You should be.” I eyed her down.“What do you think you're doing, Selene?” Aunt Tiara snapped. “You can't intimidate my daughter-in-law like that, just because you want to hide the fact that Leslie is cheating.”“Leslie will never do something like that. And by your daughter-in-law's grand logic, Saint left the wedding early and he's not here for breakfast either. Does that mean he's cheating on Leslie too?”“Mr Baxter was still at the wedding when I
SELENE'S POVI narrowed my eyes in concentration as I made final strokes on the drawing. A few minutes later, I stepped back to look at the finished product. It was beautiful. My first drawing in ten years.I sighed and dropped my pencil before falling on the couch. I had no idea why I still went ahead with the drawing of the logo, even after everything.I closed my eyes and my head fell on the headrest.As always, that scene played in my head. The same one that had kept me awake several nights in a roll.“Let me show you then.” Julian pulled me closer and pressed his lips to mine.I couldn't react for a few seconds, my hands stayed limply by my sides and my wide eyes remained trained on his face. Then, my eyes closed like I was spellbound and I kissed him back.I locked my hands around his neck and my frizzled out feelings burst out inside of me. Our kiss turned desperate as he gobbled up my lips like a starved man, like he had missed me for ten years, like he never abandoned me.Th
LESLIE'S POVI gripped the counter top before schooling my features into normalcy and returning to the room. Saint must have gone to another room to freshen up, judging by the thin vest and joggers he was sporting.“Hey.” He looked up from his laptop, his eyes trailing down my body still cladded in his shirt but a different short that belonged to me. “You didn't freshen up?”I cleared my throat and avoided his eyes. “ I did. This is very comfortable so I decided to stay in it.” It smelt like him and I loved it. God, I love him.“So you like my shirt?” He smirked and winked. “But you don't have to wear it twice. I have enough shirts for both of us to share.”He pulled up his suitcase and pulled out another white shirt for me. I accepted it, pulling away like I was scalded when our fingers brushed.Saint frowned but didn't say anything.“Turn around.” I folded my lips in.“Why?”“I want to change the shirt and it's too much of a hassle to return to the bathroom,” I shrugged.His lips st
LESLIE'S POVI shifted on the bed, my eyes opening slowly. I froze when I noticed I was wrapped around Saint like a Koala while his arm pressed me tightly against him.What was this? We were too distant to be cuddled up in bed like this. Or did we make up last night?I blinked as I tried to remember what happened but my memories were hazy and hard to piece together. I moved away from Saint but he mumbled and pulled me impossibly closer, so much so that my face was pressed to his chest.I had no idea that my husband was a cuddler. I chuckled and ran my hands through his hair. This moment of intimacy felt stolen and undeserving so I was going to cherish it before it got taken away.I moved back from Saint and I was certain I had succeeded until he turned and buried his face in my chest, pinning me to the bed.I laughed in disbelief at how much of a klutz he was when he was asleep. My laughter froze when my memories hit me.Pain. Pure, searing pain. Desire. I gasped and leapt up as eve
SAINT'S POVIt all made sense when I connected the dots.The uneasiness I felt as I watched walking her away, the unsteadiness in her steps, Liliana blocking my path to engage me in a meaningless conversation and the awfully familiar symptoms.Leslie was drugged with an aphrodisiac.Seeing as she was acting unlike herself, it was a very strong one. I would know because I have willingly taken aphrodisiac in the past, just to get aroused. It always worked, until any woman got close to me and my body went numb. This happened every time so I ruled it off and decided it was not working. I thought I was doomed to a lifetime of celibacy and abstinence.Until Leslie.“Alright, that's enough.” I pulled her hand out of the water. My self control was hanging on by a thread. “Let's do something else.”Her eyes twinkled and she bit down on her red lips, her chest rising in anticipation. She clenched her fingers around my hand and guided it to her sweet…No, Saint. Don't think about it.I jerked m
LESLIE'S POV The security guards barely paid any attention to me as I ran past them after the gate was opened. That was good. That means Mother had not given them the order to shut me out yet.Something could still be done.My legs burned with the amount of strain I was putting on them but I didn'
SAINT’S POV I savored the cheap taste of nicotine as it filled my lungs. I was not usually a smoker, that is, I didn't smoke unless I was absolutely frustrated and that was what I was now. Frustrated out of my mind because of a certain dark haired woman who didn't even know what she had awakened
LESLIE'S POVI opened up my closet as I got out of the bathroom, my eyes on the clock. I would be late if I didn't hurry. I paused as I noticed an unfamiliar dress hanging at the end of all my worn out clothes. It was a blue fitted formal dress with buttons arranged on its front and puffed out slee
LESLIE'S POVI pushed myself further into my side of the car, my whole body drowned in shame. It had been the most uncomfortable two hours of my life. I hated that Saint had to witness that so I was not sure how to face him. I was sure he already knew about my living conditions in the Webster famil







