MasukJayden's POV.I called Amelia several times. I could even count up to five whole fucking times I had called her.I kept on trying again and again, by the tenth call. My hand has begun to ache because of the strong grip I held on my phone.The caller on the other end kept telling me that the number I was trying to reach was not available.I pulled the phone away from my ear before the voice could finish and ended the call. I was going through a swirl of emotions. Anger mixed with restlessness at the same time.“Damn it, Amelia,” I muttered under my breath.This wasn’t like her at all. She wasn't the type who would just disappear nor was she the type that would just leave a letter and vanish like she never existed.I decided to dial her number again which I did. And with every failed attempt I had, my heart would clench so tightly as though it was being ripped into tiny pieces.I was trying to calm myself down so I would think properly. I stepped out of my office, my movements were very
Jayden's POV.I hadn’t slept throughout the night. I didn't even try to, because sleep wasn't coming. My mind refused to shut down. I had stayed up with my phone in my hand, the glow of the screen burning into my eyes as I read chapter after chapter.Inked Heart was definitely going to be the end of me. I didn’t even know when I got hooked. One minute I was just curious, the next, I couldn’t stop reading because it didn’t feel like a story anymore. It felt like me.At first, I thought I was imagining things. Probably it was just coincidence and little similarities. But the more I read, the deeper it went. The words, the emotions, the detail. It was too accurate and I had decided to take it too personal.And then Amelia showed up in it. It wasn't her name exactly but something inside of me was trying to convince me that she was the one. I knew she was.I knew the way she smiled when she was trying to hide something. The way she held herself together like she was afraid of falling apart
Lawson's POV“When is all of this going to end?” I asked the caller over the phone, my voice coming out more displeased than ever. Which gave only one emotion out, which was I was fed up and tired of all this while shit. I was in the office. I knew I shouldn't be there because of the backlash and everything but I wasn't a coward to just hide away in fear. My life had become a whole mess and it was just cracking open from the inside without any solution.A soft chuckle came from the other end of the line. The voice sounded very calm and comfortable.“You’re getting tired already?” the voice asked.“This wasn’t what we agreed on. For how long do you want me to go on with all of this?”“It is exactly what we agreed on,” the voice replied. “Or have you forgotten the deal?”My grip tightened around the phone. Of course I hadn’t forgotten. I couldn’t forget even if I wanted to. It was the reason I was here. The reason Amelia was in my life.The reason everything felt so wrong.“I didn’t s
Amelia’s POVI didn’t think I would feel this bad writing a goodbye message. I had always wanted this, I waited for it for so long and now it was finally coming to me. It felt like I was closing a door and walking away from it without looking back which meant so much to me. For some reasons my hand wouldn't stop shaking I stared at the blank paper in front of me for a long time before I wrote the first word. My fingers just held onto the pen like I was scared of what would come out if I let myself start writing.“This is stupid,” I whispered to myself but I didn't start writing. I felt like once I started everything would become real to me and I didn't know if I was ready for that yetI had to force myself to do some. I wrote Jayden's name as the first on the letter. The moment I wrote his name I felt something inside of me clench so tightly that it made me feel uncomfortable. I had to stop writing. The only thing I did was there at the ink that was on the paper. My heavens, even h
Jayden’s POVI already knew that the day had started wrong as soon as I stepped into my office building.“Goodmorning, Mr. Jayden,” someone said as I passed.I nodded without really looking at who greeted me“Morning.”But there was nothing “morning” about this day.The Five-Year City Project. That was all everyone had been talking about for weeks. It was the kind of project that only came once every five years in New York. The project was going to give big money and bigger expectations. The kind of project that could either push the company to the top or ruin everything we had built.And somehow, I was right in the middle of it. I stepped into my office, already loosening my tie.“Boss I'm sorry to say, but you’re late.”I glanced up to see Lydia standing there with her tablet pressed to her chest.“I’m three minutes late,” I replied, dropping my bag on the desk. “Relax.”“Three minutes is a lot today,” she shot back, walking in. “The board wants the final proposal draft by noon. The
Jayden’s POVI got home later than I had planned in my head. I was already so tired, I just wanted to sit down and rest because my head wouldn't stop replaying everything from the day.Work recently has been nothing but chaos. They were calls coming in from everywhere and they were also deadlines.I dropped my keys on the table, as I took a deep breath.“Finally,” I muttered under my breath, rubbing my hand on my face.I removed my jacket, tossing it carelessly over the chair, and loosened the top button of my shirt. The air felt better against my skin, but not enough. Nothing ever felt like enough these days.I walked straight to the fridge, I opened it, stared inside without really seeing anything tangible to drink or munch on, then I shut it again.I realized that I wasn't even hungry but I was just tired.There was only one thing that could fix this kind of tiredness, it wasn't sleeping because sleep didn’t help anymore.I needed an escape. So I grabbed my phone from the table and
Amelia's POV.Lawson laughed hard. It wasn't even because I had cracked a joke that was funny but because he just wanted to laugh at me. “You have finally lost your mind. You think you can make demands in my house?” he said, staring hard at me like I was nothing but a joke.“I’m not asking you. I
Jayden's POV.Work had always been the only place I could breathe. The contracts made sense to me, the deadlines, pressures and negotiations.All of it was clean compared to people, compared to emotions and compared to the chaos waiting at home. So I buried myself in it.My desk was covered in file
Amelia's POV.I slammed the door of my office harder than I meant to and the sound echoed very loudly in my ears. My back hit my chair first as I sat down, then my head followed, resting against it as I tried to breathe. Then the thought flashed through my head again. The loud moan, the way he s
Chapter 10.Fear had a taste. If anyone would have ever told me that then I wouldn't have believed until I experienced it on my own.That was the first thing I noticed as the elevator doors slid open onto the executive floor.I paused for a second, gripping the strap of my bag tighter. That was ins







