MasukCamille Crowe is used to being desired, admired, and obeyed. But the one man who should satisfy her leaves her empty, and when his betrayal comes to light, Camille is done pretending. She wants honesty. She wants control. Most of all, she wants to feel something again. Mr. Ashford is not impressed by her beauty, her status, or her confidence. He is cold, dominant, and completely uninterested in pleasing anyone. From the moment they met, he shuts her down…and in doing so, awakens a hunger Camille didn’t know existed. The fact that he refuses to want her makes her want him more. Their attraction is sharp, forbidden, and impossible to ignore. Every encounter is filled with restraint stretched thin, with looks that linger too long and words that cut deeper than touch. Camille tells herself she is in control, but Mr. Ashford has a way of stripping that illusion away without ever laying a hand on her. When circumstances force them into close proximity, desire turns reckless. One moment of weakness becomes a night neither of them can take back. Lines blur. And what should never happen begins to feel inevitable.
Lihat lebih banyakCamille's POV Mr. Ashford offered me a drink on his own, which I immediately refused. I didn’t want to touch anything in his house, and I had already told myself that I would stay only until the storm ended. I had no intention of spending the night here, and that was that.I had been standing close to the window for a long while now, bending my head intermittently whenever the storm banged violently against the windows outside the house. Thunder rolled, rattling something deep in my chest each time it struck.“Are you just going to keep standing there?” Mr. Ashford’ voice came after some time.I stayed silent, not answering.He asked again later and again.Each time, I pretended not to hear him.When my legs eventually grew tired, I moved away from the window and walked toward the cellar where the wine he had offered earlier was kept. I picked a bottle myself after confirming that he wasn’t watching and took a drink.“ You’re really a weird one,” he said as he walked in, noticing imm
Camille's POV Julian walked into the training pitch with a lady beside him. I hadn’t seen her before nor around him. Not once had he ever introduced me to her as a friend. Which meant she was either one of his girls or the new one. Whichever she was, I didn’t bother too much about it. Better to be alone than bound to such a cheapskate, I whispered to myself. “Are you sure any coach is coming?” Thea suddenly asked the cheerleading squad. I stayed silent, my gaze fixed on the ice rink, my chest tight as I waited, hoping and praying that Mr Ashford would choose the positive side of my gamble. “We’ve been standing here for over thirty minutes,” one of the girls complained loudly. “The players haven’t even started practicing. Why are we even here if nothing is happening?” “And how are we even sure we have a new coach?” another added sharply. “Thanks to someone’s father, another coach resigned when the team needed him the most.” Her eyes rolled pointedly in my direction. “It alwa
Camille’s POV My head was pounding as I stepped out of the taxi I had boarded, coming to a halt in front of the entrance to Mr. Ashford’s house, the address I had pulled straight from his file. I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t even be outside at this hour. It was already late, and I was supposed to have taken my medication by now, the ones meant to calm me whenever my thoughts spiraled out of control. Mental health issues were no joke. The doctor had been very clear, categorical even, about staying indoors whenever I felt overwhelmed by someone or something. I could become uncontrollable when pushed too far. The worst part was that I never listened. I had always been stubborn. Certain that I knew better than everyone else. I pressed the doorbell, my fingers trembling slightly. The door unlocked almost immediately. I hesitated. I wasn’t supposed to enter without permission. I knew that. But this was still school property. Students came here often to meet supervisors, college a
Camille’s POV My eyes were fixed on the road I was walking on, yet my mind wasn’t on the path I was meant to take. Thea was already browsing through clothes, picking out items she liked, while Becca lingered at the bags section, carefully examining designer pieces and weighing her options like she always did. I had called them out today because I needed to unwind. Yet even here, surrounded by luxury and noise, Mr. Ashford words were still fresh in my head. I was supposed to be angry and pissed off, I reminded myself. I was supposed to be enraged. After all, he had been rude. He had dismissed me simply because I had wanted to help. He had sent me out of his office like I was nothing. And yet, instead of anger, my thoughts clung stubbornly to his voice. To the shiver it had sent down my spine and the unfamiliar tingles I hadn’t been prepared for. “Oh my God, these collections are just so beautiful,” a voice gushed beside me. I turned to see Becca admiring a new wave of bags,
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