MasukChloe’s POV
‘You don’t give it to me the way Sylvia does’ It rang like a bell into my head. I froze. I tried to force out words from my mouth but it refused to come out. My brain was unable to wrap itself around what I just heard. Tears flowed freely down my face. “I have always done it the way you want, the way you always told me you wanted it.” My voice was so small. “Even after that, you still chose to break me, with my best friend?” “Just shhhhhh, enough of all these sermons, as you can see, we were very busy when you came in, and we are yet to finish our business. Just get lost you dandiprat” Sylvia smiled as she headed to the door, still stark naked with her boobs dangling left, right and center. She tilted her head, her eyes twinkling with malice. “That’s the way out.” She pointed at the door. Jack crossed his arms, standing beside the bed. A cruel smile playing on his lips. “You heard her kiss, excuse us right now.” I staggered backward. My whole body was aching. I sobbed uncontrollably. “I loved you Jack.” “I know.” Sylvia said softly coming towards me. She brushed the hair on my face back with a fake smile. I was broken that the one I called my best friend had to do this to me. “Jack please, tell me everything we had wasn’t fake. Tell Sylvia that you have loved only but me alone” I sobbed uncontrollably. Jack wasn’t remorseful even for a bit, seeing the tears in my eyes and keeping cool. I knew I had lost. Sylvia went to him, grabbed his dick and started carelessing it again, not minding my state. And the scum bag had to let out a loud moan. He touched her boobs and they started kissing, romancing themselves roughly while they landed on the bed. Something inside of me snapped. I staggered out of the house while cleaning the tears on my face, barely aware of how my body was moving. I walked down the rainy and lonely path, with the wind biting my skin, but I didn’t care. Everything felt….hollow. I thought I would scream, but I didn’t. I couldn’t. The silence was louder. I thought of how we used to be. I didn’t know where I was heading to, but my feet carried me towards the town’s outskirts. “To hell with him!” I muttered angrily. ****** “Again!” I barked. The bartender never hesitates to pour me another round of shots. I downed it immediately, feeling the burn of the liquor in my throat still enjoying it. I scoffed. Downed another shot. And that’s when I saw him, sitting at the corner table, a whiskey glass in hand, shadowed in darkness but glowing like a god. Tall, broad-shouldered. His jaw was sharp, peppered with a faint stubble. His eyes—piercing and unreadable —locked with mine. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. “Again.” I demanded, but got no answer as I didn’t see the bar tender anymore when I raised my head. “Fuck you all” I hissed. I didn’t know what I wanted, but I walked towards him. Maybe it was the anger, maybe it was the betrayal, maybe it was the void or maybe, I just didn’t want to feel like nothing anymore. Despite the loudness of the music, I could still hear my own heartbeat pounding hard in my ears. I cleaned my eyes once again but I didn’t see him anymore. He was gone. Just then, a man in a blue suit walked up to me….. “Mr Drake wants to meet with you.” “Who the fuck is Mr Drake?” I slurred. “Tell whatever you called whoever sent you to come here and meet me.” “Tsh.” He scoffed. “Miss, come quickly with me as Mr Drake doesn’t like to be delayed.” “Yay! Do you have a death wish?” I exclaimed. Before I could say another word, the man grabbed my arm. “Hey! Before I count to three, let go of me now!” I screamed angrily. But he already started dragging me along. Immediately, I kicked his cock and he screamed and let go of my arm. I took to my heels immediately. I turned my back while running and saw that thick headed guy pursuing me. “Fuck! What have I gotten myself into.” I murmured to myself. I got to the lobby, opening any room I get my hand on to see if any is unlocked. “Stop right there you witch!” The thick headed guy yelled at me, almost getting close. Luckily for me, I swung one door by my right written ‘ VIP’ and it opened. I jumped in immediately and locked the door. “Thank goodness.” I heaved. “What are you doing there?” Get your ass over here already, I am not so patient.”Chloe’s POVThe city night was a whirlwind of motion as I sped away from the Renwick Gallery. I didn’t know the name of the driver or the model of the black SUV that collected me discreetly two blocks from the main entrance, but I recognized the efficiency. This was the movement of a man who commanded swift, silent obedience.I had barely closed the heavy, soundproof door when my phone buzzed with the location: a pinned map coordinate deep in the hills north of the city, labeled only with a vague address for an exclusive private community. It looked like an hour’s drive, minimum.It wasn't a hotel this time. It wasn't his office. It was a place designed for utter isolation, and the thought thrilled me. He was running. He was so panicked by the proximity of his wife and the audacity of my public defiance that he was fleeing his own environment just to be alone with me.You broke first, Drake.I leaned back against the leather, the emerald silk of my dress shifting against the cool upho
Chloe’s POVHilda, in her protective zeal, had found the perfect venue for my supposed rehabilitation: the annual summer collection launch at the Renwick Gallery. It was a well-known stop on the city’s high-society circuit, predictably attended by anyone with a trust fund and a corporate title. In short, it was exactly the kind of place where Drake Humphrey and his wife, Margaret, would be standing like two perfectly preserved marble statues.It was a risk, a calculated infiltration of his territory, and that was precisely why I agreed.I stood in front of my bedroom mirror, feeling the material of the dress slide over my curves. It wasn't the simple black sheath of our first rendezvous. This was war paint. It was a slip dress made of deep emerald silk, cut on the bias, clinging unforgivingly to every line of my body. It dipped low in the back, revealing the sweep of my spine, and the side slit rose almost impossibly high, a deliberate invitation that scre
Drake Humphrey’s POVThe air in the private conference room was thick, humid with the sweat of ambition and the dry scent of printed legal briefs. I had reconvened the Apex Asia negotiation in a smaller, off-site location, a bunker of polished steel and soundproof glass, ostensibly to ensure privacy, but truly to escape the ghosts of my own boardroom.Alan and the legal team were across the table, arguing the sealed liability clause, the very loophole Chloe had identified forty-eight hours earlier. I was supposed to be leading the counter-offensive, leveraging my confidence and resources to force the Asian firm to absorb the risk.I was performing. My suit was immaculate, my posture rigid, and my gaze unwavering. Every word I spoke was measured, a calculated strike. Yet, underneath the veneer of corporate infallibility, my nerves were frayed to a brittle thread. I hadn't slept properly. I was terrified of my own silence, waiting for the inevitable follow-up.I kept my private phone, t
Chloe’s POVThe silence from Drake’s end was a victory, not a defeat.He hadn’t called. He hadn’t texted back. He hadn’t acknowledged the burner phone message that shattered his board meeting, but I knew he’d read it. I felt the ripple of chaos I had created from the safety of my own apartment. I imagined him, pacing his executive suite, furious at the weakness I had exposed both professional and personal.A weak man would have called to rage. A controlled man would have sent his security detail. Drake did neither. He simply froze me out, expecting me to wither in his absence. He was waiting for me to break, to send a desperate plea, to confirm I was just a needy child.I refused to give him the satisfaction.Instead of obsessing over the burner phone, which remained silent and cold on my nightstand, I focused entirely on his world. My days became consumed by the business section of every major newspaper. I Googled Drake Humphrey, Humphrey Enterprises, and the Apex Asia deal until my
Drake Humphrey’s POVThe mahogany of the boardroom table reflected the cold, impersonal glow of the recessed lighting. It was a perfect mirror, showing me thirty years of carefully constructed control: the high-backed leather chairs, the meticulously arranged water glasses, the crisp lines of the legal documents pertaining to the Apex Asia acquisition. This room was my fortress, designed to be impervious to weakness, distraction, or chaos.But the chaos was already seated at the head of the table. Me.I ran a thumb over the cold, polished surface of the table, struggling to anchor myself. The final review of the Apex Asia deal—a multi-billion-dollar merger that would solidify Humphrey Enterprises’ foothold in the Asian market—was due to start in two minutes. My legal counsel, Alan, was clearing his throat beside me, ready to present the final risk assessment.I should have felt the familiar surge of corporate power, the sharp, exhilarating focus of a man about to conquer. Instead, I f
Chloe’s POVThree days of enforced silence felt like a geological era. My life had shattered, been temporarily reformed in a burst of forbidden heat, and was now placed on a high shelf, waiting for Drake Humphrey’s permission to move again.I was drowning in his rules. Every minute felt governed by his absence. I kept the black dress I’d worn to his office crumpled in a ball beneath my pillow, inhaling the faint, masculine scent of his expensive cologne mixed with my own climax, a brutal souvenir of his control. I was a puppet whose strings had been abruptly severed, and the inertia was maddening.I checked my personal phone every fifteen minutes, despite knowing he had blocked the anonymous number I used. The phone screen was a constant source of anxiety and disappointment. I was caught in a cycle of desperation, and it made me despise him and myself for needing him so completely.I couldn't escape the memory of his mouth, not just the initial, hungry kiss, but the devastating, cold







