LOGINCHAPTER FIVE
Daniella's POV
“You wouldn't do that.” I muttered in horror and Freya simply snickered as she kissed Gareth in front of me, making my heart clench in pain.
“Fake assed Daniella is actually a slut. What do you think they will say?” Freya whispered, her voice mocking me and tears rolled down my cheeks.
“I think you'll be so popular, whore. Isn't that what you've always wanted? You've always been an attention seeker anyway.” Gareth muttered with a mocking laughter and that was the height of it as I finally made my way out of the room, slamming the door hard behind me.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I left the apartment, blaming myself for loving too much and trusting that the man I loved would never betray me. I had spent the whole ride back home thinking it was all my fault. That I was such a whore.
But it was actually the man I loved who sold me out as a prostitute.
At this point, I didn't even blame the professor anymore. He probably thought I knew what I was there for.
“Damn it.” I whispered, wiping my tears as I returned to my dorm. Not only did I lose my virginity that I had always reserved for the one I loved, but I also lost him that same day.
The universe was definitely against me as always.
Arriving at my dorm, I cried for hours into my pillow. The pain of the betrayal only hit hard after I was curled into a ball on my bed.
Worse, I was a loner and I never had any friends. Gareth was the only one I had.
I eventually fell asleep after hours of crying and when I woke up, wishing everything was a dream, I was disappointed to know that it was not a dream.
The weekend flew by with me doing nothing but wallow in misery and depression. I hated that I still loved him after he had hurt me so much. Something in me even wanted to beg him to take him back. I could be his fuck girl, too.
But when did I begin to see myself as someone so cheap?
Monday showed up to my horror and I had no choice but to go to school again. I eventually dragged myself out of the house that morning and kept my head hidden in my hoodie and baggy pants.
Maybe if I stayed invincible, I would be able to live through the day happily.
How wrong I was.
“Look, it's the slut.” I heard someone whisper and my blood ran cold as I tried to walk faster.
“I heard she sleeps around for dollars. I always knew Gareth was too good for her cheap ass.” Another whisper reached my ears and my hands clenched into fists.
How could they do this to me?
I kept my gaze low anyway as I made my way to class but the moment I turned the corner, someone put their leg out, making me trip and fall on my face.
“Oh, no, I didn't see the school's slut coming in. Don't your eyes work like your cunt does?” The mocking voice said and I immediately recognized it to be Freya's voice.
I never knew I could hate someone the way I hated her right now.
Instead of responding to her even as everyone present laughed, I pushed myself off the ground and continued walking, ignoring her.
That pissed her off as she reached out and grabbed my hair, pulling me back.
“Who do you think you are, huh? Walking out on me?” She hissed in displeasure as she gripped my hair tighter and I winced in pain.
“Let me go! You've already ruined my life enough.” I muttered but she didn't let go, making my eyes sting with tears.
“What, you're gonna cry? Did you also cry when you fucked what belonged to me?” She whispered and I looked at her in confusion mixed with pain.
“I never let Gareth touch me. You both can keep fucking like the annoying fuckers you are.” I snapped, finally having had enough as I pushed her off me.
She was about to attack me when someone ran down the hallways with a panicked look on her face.
“The professor's coming. Act cool!.” She said loudly and only then did Freya let me go, glaring at me.
Realizing that it could be Professor Kent, I immediately ran down the hallways and disappeared into the bathroom. Thankfully he wasn't my professor, or ignoring him would have been so difficult.
How could I face him after what we did?
I finally returned to class and tried to go through the day ignoring the people who pointed at me, calling me names.
I was sent out of the class for being the “cause of distraction” even though I was just trying to concentrate too. I eventually went to the cafeteria, thankful that it was still empty.
I could just eat and leave before anyone else came in.
Just as I settled down to eat, people began walking into the cafeteria and my heart sank. As usual, they were still pointing at me so I kept my head low and plugged in my headphones to drown out the noise.
Just then, I felt liquid pour over me and I gasped when I looked up to see Freya pouring her glass of juice on my body.
“Oops, I thought that was the trash can. My bad.” She muttered with a grin and the other students snickered as she giggled.
That was it. I had finally had enough.
“Freya, I will warn you only once. Stay away from me.”I snapped and she suddenly burst into laughter as she mocked me.
“What can you do to me? Hm? What can a whore like you do to me?” She snarled as I got up and she pushed me. “What are you gonna do, whore?”
My hand hit her face before I could react and everyone gasped.
.Chapter SIXTY FiveDaniella’s PovMarcus’s words ring in my head all night: As soon as she’ll let me put a ring on her finger.My hand drifts to the silver jade bracelet on my wrist. I am ready. I don't want a stage, I don't want cameras flashing red dots, and I don't want high-society wives whispering over champagne flutes. I want quiet, private, and real.Next morning, Kent acts weird. He checks his phone twice while making coffee. He taps his screen with a tight, focused thumb, then slips it into his pocket fast when I walk into the kitchen.Old instincts twitch. Is Robert pulling another supply line? Did Dean Holloway reopen the review?I catch myself. I am not living in paranoia mode anymore. I lean against the fridge, sipping black coffee, and watch him zip a small leather folio bag."You're acting like a spy trading secrets in a alley, Vance," I tease, raising an eyebrow.Kent pauses, turning around with a slow, faint smirk touching his mouth. "Just organizing workflow. Put y
Chapter Sixty FourKent’s PovWalking through the brick archways of campus feels like walking through a minefield where half the mines already blew up.Daniella’s phone notification cleared her name, restoring her scholarship and good standing like a clean slate. My name at the bottom of the dean's footer? Still locked in limbo. Formal department review. Corporate compliance shadow trailing my syllabus like a ghost.I pull open the heavy double doors of the economics department hall. Daniella walks beside me, carrying a fresh leather notebook, looking sharp and clear-eyed.Dean Holloway intercepts us by the faculty mailboxes. Her expression is granite-tight—not hostile, just heavy with institutional gravity."Dr. Vance," Holloway says, looking between us. "Miss Vance is cleared of the extortion conspiracy trace. Her roster stands." She turns her sharp gaze to me. "The board review regarding your faculty standing remains active. We cannot have a direct instructor-student dynamic in upp
Chapter Sixty ThreeDaniella’s PovTears blur my vision, warm and clean, as Kent pulls me up from the porch boards and into a tight, hard embrace that feels like safety carved out of stone."I believe you," I whisper against his shoulder, my voice cracking with honesty. "I don't doubt your heart, Kent. Not anymore."We sit back down on the weathered porch bench, the ocean roaring low in the dark. My fingers touch the silver chain and white jade resting on my wrist. I look up at him, moonlight cutting silver across his sharp jaw."How we started still messes with my head sometimes," I admit quietly, staring at the grain of the wood. "A setup office, a blackmailer in the dark, a cold professor who didn't want messy feelings, and a baby making choices for us before we even knew how to talk."Kent covers my hand with his big, heavy palm. His eyes are dark, deep, and steady. "The start was a wreck, Daniella. I won't lie about that. My grandfather built a cage, Gareth set a trap, and I walk
Chapter Sixty TwoDaniella’s PovMorning light hits the cheap kitchen blinds, and I lay the cold truth out on the table like open blueprints."Zero trusts," I tell Daniella, tracing a finger across a pad of yellow legal paper. "Gone. The family real estate portfolio in the valley—revoked access codes. The sovereign equity line through grandfather’s syndicate—locked out. Dividend distribution rights from the baseline parent trust—terminated."I look up, waiting for her shoulders to drop. Waiting for the realization that she chained herself to a sinking ship.Daniella sits cross-legged on the chair, sipping black coffee, her dark eyes steady and unblinking. "What’s left in your name alone?""My independent stock portfolio from pre-venture advisory advisory fees, two hundred thousand in liquid cash sitting in a clean credit union account, and Vance Advisory Group intellectual property rights," I say, laying out the exact math. "It’s enough to cover payroll, office rent for six months, an
Chapter Sixty OneKent’s PovMy thumb hovers over the cracked screen where Freya’s email sits like a bomb waiting to go off, breathing frozen in my throat.Clack. Kent drops his keys on the counter.I don't look at the phone draft yet. I look straight into his tired eyes."Freya called," I say, my voice flat and sharp as a blade.Kent’s shoulders lock. The tiredness on his face turns into hard stone. "What did she say?""She said you sat with Robert. She said there's a paper copy sitting in your briefing folder right now tying my enrollment audit clearance to your wire release." I cross my arms, forcing my legs steady. "Tell me straight, Kent. Did Robert put an exit clause with my name on it?"Kent stares at me for two long seconds. Then he lets out a heavy, ragged breath, running a hand down his face. He walks past the kitchen island, dropping his heavy leather portfolio onto the table with a dull thud. He flips the brass latches, pulls out a single thick sheaf of cream legal paper,
Chapter SixtyDaniella’s PovMy stomach twists into a hard knot when Kent says the name of the man waiting at the Sterling Club.Robert Vance. Freya’s father.The air in the kitchen turns cold. I look at Kent standing tall in his dark jacket, ready to walk into a shadow trap for four million dollars of bridge liquidity. My throat tightens. Every instinct tells me this isn't an investment meeting—it's an ambush wrapped in a wire transfer. Robert wants Kent crawling back to the family tree, humiliated and broke.I open my mouth to warn him, to beg him to skip it, then catch myself.No. I am not playing the frantic, controlling high-society wife who tells him how to breathe.I step across the floor, reaching out to rest my palms flat against his chest, right over his steady, heavy heartbeat. I look straight into his dark eyes."Remember what you promised me, Kent," I say quietly, keeping my voice clear and firm. "You said our relationship would never turn into another corporate deal. Wha
Kent's POV“Oh god, yes…”“Fuck, bounce on me faster, that's it.”“K-Kent… I'm c-close… ahh…”“I'm gonna fucking cum too… you're squeezing so fucking tight— fuck!”I should have stopped on the couch and sent her back home but I couldn't get enough of her. I couldn't help but make her ride my cock o
He was losing control and he knew it. He knew something was wrong when he had his phone in front of him, a video of two people fucking on the screen, and he couldn't bring himself to jerk the cum out of his cock.His hands weren't giving him the pleasure he needed anymore and this wasn't some rando
Daniella's POV“Professor Kent?” I called out softly but he remained put.Was he the donor I was supposed to attend the private event with? Why did he look so terrifying yet so… beautiful?The heat inside me was starting to grow even worse and I could feel my nipples hardening through my gown just
Daniella’s POVMy legs were sore from having stood all day in the lecture hall, so when I relaxed against the wall, it felt like my body was numb. But I endured it because my boyfriend was in the teacher's lounge and I had to wait for him.While waiting, I heard voices coming from in there and I co







