Lahat ng Kabanata ng Owned No More: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I had been secretly involved with Caesar Kane for eight years.To the outside world, he was the dazzling billionaire heir who became my stepbrother after my mother's remarriage. Behind closed doors, he was the man I planned to spend my life with.I risked being discovered by my family to maintain this forbidden relationship with him, but that all changed the night I overheard him talking with his friends at a bar."Miranda? God, I got bored with her ages ago," Caesar said, blowing out a lazy smoke ring with that familiar arrogant expression."The same woman for eight years. It doesn't matter how good she is in bed—you get tired of anything after that long," he added.His friends erupted in laughter around him."I still can't believe what started as a dare actually got you into your stepsister's pants," one of them said."Seriously, though. Caesar, Miranda's crazy about you. You really gonna break her heart?"Caesar shrugged off my devotion like it meant nothing. "She's just too

On my seventh day in Snowcall, one of my friends, Lucas Freeman, called me out of the blue."Miranda, when are you coming back?""I'm not planning to anytime soon," I replied."Norton's birthday is next week. You're not going to come celebrate?""I'll pass, but I'll send something."The conversation went quiet, and I could hear Lucas awkwardly passing the phone to someone else. "Maybe you should try talking to Miranda. She usually listens to you," he said.Caesar's cold voice came through the speaker. "I don't give a damn whether she comes back or not. Honestly, it'd be better if she stayed away permanently."I heard our mutual friends trying to intervene. "Come on, Miranda's obviously really hurt this time. She took off her ring and everything."You've been pretty brutal with this whole new girlfriend thing. You really humiliated her."The sound of glass shattering cut through their voices as Caesar threw his drink. "We're done, okay? What the hell else do you people want fro

As soon as I hung up the phone, Elvis wrapped his arms around me from behind. He bent down and gently pressed his cheek against my hair. It should have been a tender gesture, but I could sense a hint of possessiveness in it."Miranda, you're not going back, right?" he asked.I thought carefully before answering, "I don't have any immediate plans to return, but my family is still there. I'll have to go back eventually."Elvis's arms tightened around me, and his lips brushed against my earlobe. "If you go back, would you get back together with Caesar?"I finally understood what Elvis was worried about. "Of course not, Elvis. I have my pride. After the way he treated me, I'll never forgive him, let alone get back together with him.""But you were with him for eight years. I don't believe he's completely out of your heart." Elvis's voice carried a note of jealousy as he continued holding me tightly.I reached up and touched Elvis's face."When he started taking our relationship for

Caesar was picking up the repaired wedding dress.In the first few days after I left, he hadn't gone home, as he wanted to teach me a lesson. But when he finally returned and saw the destroyed dress, he felt like his heart had shattered along with it.Norton was right—every woman dreamed of wearing a wedding dress to marry the man she loved.He'd been planning to propose to me the whole time, and those other women were just distractions. Even Molly Vale, the one who had driven me to break up with him and leave, had only held his interest for a few days.Soon, he thought all the women were boring and found himself thinking about me again. Sure, he'd gotten tired of me sometimes after eight years together. But I was like the air he breathed, and he only realized how essential it was after it was gone.Caesar held the repaired wedding dress, unconsciously smiling. When I came back, he would officially propose to me!He paid and was leaving when his phone suddenly started buzzing. "N

Seeing Caesar again was completely unexpected. My parents were back home, and I couldn't stay in Snowcall forever. I always knew I'd run into Caesar eventually.However, I never imagined that someone like Caesar, a spoiled rich heir who was used to being worshipped, would actually come looking for me.I was in a great mood that day. I was wearing beautiful makeup and shopping with Elvis. I was holding onto Elvis's arm, laughing as we walked out of the mall, when I suddenly spotted Caesar.I stopped dead in my tracks, and Elvis gently squeezed my hand. Caesar's face was etched with exhaustion he couldn't hide, complete with dark circles and bloodshot eyes.Caesar walked toward us, and Elvis instinctively stepped in front of me.He glared at Elvis with obvious hostility but spoke to me with a gentle voice. "Miranda, I'm here to take you home."His eyes settled on my face with incredible tenderness, just like when we'd first gotten together years ago. I couldn't remember the last