ログイン“I swear, I’ll kill you if you don’t back the hell up.” “I much rather you kiss me.” ... Twenty-two-year-old Nora Macie is a master of invisibility. As the maid’s daughter in the suffocating Collins mansion, silence isn't just a virtue, it’s survival. With her college tuition funded by the family who owns her mother’s future, Nora’s plan is simple: graduate, stay quiet, and disappear. That plan shatters when a private, scandalous video is accidentally sent to the one person who can destroy her: Asher Collins. Asher is the ruthless heir to a billion-dollar empire and Nora’s untouchable stepbrother. He holds her fate in his hands, but instead of exposing her, he becomes dangerously obsessed. When he discovers Nora’s hidden crush on the "golden boy" James Porter, Asher makes a proposal she can’t refuse. He will remake her—transforming the invisible girl into a woman who commands every room she enters. The metamorphosis is explosive. Suddenly, Nora is the center of a gravity she didn’t ask for. James Porter finally notices her, and Damien Priest, Asher’s lethal rival, begins circling with predatory interest. Her quiet world unravels as she is thrust into a high-stakes game of desire and power. Asher remains the architect of her transformation, pulling the strings with calculated precision. But as Nora evolves into the unforgettable creature he designed, the lines between mentor and monster begin to blur. He was supposed to be teaching her how to catch another man’s eye, yet he can’t stop watching her himself. In a world of glittering wealth and dark secrets, Nora is no longer hiding. But being noticed comes with a price, and Asher is finding it impossible to remember that she was never meant to be his.
もっと見るNORA'S POINT OF VIEW.
Asher Collins is poison...at least, everyone at Riverbroke High says he is. He's the son of my mother's employee, the guy who would inherit billions, no, trillions of dollars, as well as properties from his family of landowners and food conglomerates. I, on the other hand, was nothing but the daughter of the housekeeper. I was disposable; at least I heard that every damn day.
Asher was the only son of Catherine Everleigh and Stefan Maximillian Collins. he was their golden son. No, literally their golden boy. When I was twelve, I watched them fuss over him because a watermelon seedling had stuck to his jaw from his fall accident....it was a damn seed, but they treated it as if it were the entire world crumbling.
It was almost pathetic, but I chose to stomach it instead.
They owned me...us, and we never heard the end of it. His father pays my tuition f*e as a sign of gratitude for my mother keeping her mouth shut about the child they shared together.
I was going to hell.; because i sinned with my stepbrother.
Riverbroke High was Asher's domain; his kingdom, and I was simply a peasant in that kingdom. The bastard has bullied me ever since I set foot in that darned place, along with his stupid girlfriend, Lydia. Oh, scratch that, fiancé. But instead of lashing out, I took it all on my chin, choosing instead to focus on the one reason I didn't crash out in front of everyone.
My mother.
Everyone says growing up invisible is easy.
They’re nothing but liars.
Being invisible hurts in a way people never talk about.
It suffocates you, and it shrinks you until it teaches you to fold yourself into corners so quietly that even your own heartbeat feels too loud….too…..exposing.
I learned that from the moment I understood words and what it meant to be a resident inside the Collins mansion.
Where silence wasn’t a choice.
It was a survival tactic.
My mother was the help, and she’d drilled it into me from the moment I could walk: stay small, stay quiet, stay unseen. A maid’s daughter shouldn’t be heard or seen. Make sure your presence isn’t even noticed, especially not around the family that owns your roof, your meals, your future. And never around Asher Collins. Especially him. No one except my mother and I knew he was my stepbrother by blood, and my master by calling. One day, he would own the immense wealth amassed by the tenth generation before him, leaving all of us at his mercy, scrambling for any bit of his favor so that when he assumes his throne, we could get some semblance of grace.
The bastard was cocky, arrogant, and every bit of the spoilt rich boy you could imagine, and much worse. The second I attained puberty, my hips became something even my big clothes could barely hide; so his mother pulled me to the side, and drilled three rules into my soul, commanding me to mumble them every day.
Don’t look at Master Asher.
Don’t talk to Master Asher. And the most important one of all;
Don’t fall for Master Asher.
But she didn’t know; I'd broken two of those rules six months ago on my eighteenth birthday…. I’d fucked her son. We were both drunk, and it happened before either of us could blink inside his father’s office when he’d caught me snooping. We were the only ones home, or so I had thought. I’d come out of my small room in the belly of the house to finally wander the halls forbidden to the maids when I’d found him perusing through some files, a bottle of wine on his right side.
His smirk was too tempting…..I didn’t know when I downed three glasses, allowed him to take my shirt off, and take my virginity on the Persian rug. When it was over, he collapsed on me, leaving me to usher him off and escape before his father walked in to find his naked son drunk out of his mind on the floor.
I was the only one with any recollection of that night….yet even though I should be happy about that, it stung.
Six months later, Asher avoided me like a plague; he always did, but at least then he could insult me in the company of his rich friends from the day I enrolled in his elite school……but ever since then, he didn’t even act as if I existed.
Reeling from that sting, I took a vow; nothing would connect me and the arrogant heir and me to the Collins fortune ever again. But staring at my phone, my heart pounding, my fingers clammy, I couldn’t help but feel like a fucking clown….. I’d broken the vow.
The message ticked delivered, and just before I could click the button to delete it from his phone….it ticked blue. He's watched the video!
A couple of minutes ago, I wanted to feel something other than the embarrassing sting of Asher treating me like an insignificant speck of dust; even though it was what I wanted, along with the fact that the guy I’ve crushed on for the past two months didn’t see me as anything other than a friend. So I decided to masturbate….while filming it.
I’d slipped into the tiny room my mom and I shared at the back of the house, my hands shaking as I locked the door behind me. It was the first time I’d ever done it, but it was exhilarating while it lasted. “Asher…please.” I’d whispered under my breath as my fingers sped up against my swollen clit, the sound of my muffled moans, and wetness filled the air. But just before I could come, I heard a soft creak of the floorboards, almost as if someone stood right outside my room.
“W-who is it?” I croaked, my voice raspy from my pleasure; my hand still inside my panties as my eyes trained on the door handle, expecting it to twist even though I’d locked it. Nobody answered. So I turned off the recording and was just about to hit delete when all of a sudden, the floorboards creaked again, and my fingers slipped, hitting send to the first contact on my phone…Asher Collins.
ALLISTER’S POINT OF VIEW.I gripped the steering wheel so hard that I’m pretty sure my hold could leave permanent indentations on the leather. My heart did all sorts of flips, while crashing against my ribcage, and it was all because of the absolute angel of a woman seated barely a few hand grabs away from me. The urge to stare at her pulled at me, grabbing me by the throat with a vice grip.I pushed back against it, not wanting to offend her more than I already have by staring again. However, it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my over twenty years of living. Even harder than going to bed every night with the knife of regret twisting in the deepest parts of my heart over my mistake years ago.Maeve……I whispered her name internally, and under my breath, finally stealing a peek at her. Her eyes were closed, no. Shut tight. She looked like she was currently going through a mental battle, probably just like me. The first time I saw Maeve was in high school. She’d just resumed as a
MAEVE’S POINT OF VIEW.The leather seats of the SUV were cold against my legs, but I preferred that to the heat his jacket would bring. I could still feel his stare, even as Elena climbed into the back and sat beside me. She and I weren’t as drunk as Nora, because we had to focus more on making sure she wouldn’t do anything reckless, actually, to party.I leaned against the cool of the window, my chest heaving as I tried to regulate my breathing, even as a permanent frown etched onto my face. Through the window, I could see Allister standing beside the passenger seat while Damien placed Nora in, before taking a seat beside her. The moment he does, she wraps around him like a koala, while also pushing him away weakly.Allister, on the other hand, got in the driver’s seat, slamming the door. When he does, the urge to take a peek gnaws at me, so I stare ahead. However, when I did, to my horror, our eyes met in the rearview mirror immediately. He clutched the denim jacket to his chest, s
MAEVE’S POINT OF VIEW.Desperately trying to ignore the hot eyes on my skin, I walked ahead of them, leading them to the exit. Only a handful of staff were allowed to pass through. Lucky for us, one of the bouncers working tonight was a close friend of mine, and I’d partied so many times at this club that I’d get a customer of the month image on the wall if it were on the table.“Ah, here it is.” I sighed, the tightness in my veins easing at the sight of Hayden, my close friend, standing right opposite the door. “Hey, man, can my friends and I take this exit, please? The club’s quite crazy, and we’ve got a drunk woman here.”The moment he sees me, a wide smile crosses his lips, and his tall, muscular figure pulls me in without warning. My muscles eased against him, my hands circling his body and returning the hug. “Hey, Maeve….you got friends over?”“Yeah….look, Stone, I’ll talk to you later, but right now, we really need to leave.” A butthurt look mirroring that of a kicked dog cross
DAMIEN’S POINT OF VIEW.The clenching of my fist against the steering wheel of the car was the only thing keeping me from pulling up to the side of the road to kick a sobbing Allister out of the damn car.Like having to literally run away from a horde of ducks and their ducklings, three manecoon cats, and two German Shepherds that targeted my shoes, I had to listen to this twenty-two-year-old man sob about some mystery woman and his pet sister.“You know what’s worse?” he squeaks, voice nearly gone now, before grabbing the box of tissues he brought along to blow his nose into.“No, but I’m sure you’ll let me hear all about it.”“Marcus might be resigning! He could literally be someone sobbing his heart out right now, but I can’t even call to apologize because he’s blocked me everywhere.”He leans over and grabs a large bag of cheese-flavored chips before stuffing his face with a handful of them.“Maybe we can find a way to contact him, you know, so that you can apologize.”I tried to
NORA’S POINT OF VIEW.His caressing of my arms pauses momentarily as soon as my question drops, and he appears… confused. “Close?” He asks, pulling away from me to walk over to the television. Following behind him, I plant myself on the couch, pulling at the sleeves of his shirt, “I wouldn’t say we
NORA’S POINT OF VIEW.Grandma Sterling’s hand lingers on my cheek for a moment, the same soft smile still on her lips, her eyes full of something I don’t understand. “Grandma, let go of my girl.” Damien practically whines, nearly pushing her palm off my face. When he does, she smacks him across the
NORA'S POINT OF VIEW.I, on the other hand, had a kangaroo pouch, cellulite, and a body that revealed that no matter how hard I tried to diet or starve myself of food, my kangaroo pouch was too stubborn to release me. My smile fell, turning to a slight frown quickly, but I pulled it back on before
MEAVE’S POINT OF VIEW.My heartbeat was so loud, I was worried my eardrums would burst; my earlier confidence in my disguise skills dipped. “Y-you knew?” I squeaked.“Be careful not to use your real voice. Allister could be lurking around somewhere. And yes, I knew….you think that a wig and worn cl
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