All Chapters of THE SYSTEM GAVE ME A GLOW UP (Ugly no more, men at my feet): Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The bouquet of lilies was still laying on the passenger seat of my car. I had driven to Greyhound Holdings only to find Avery, the only person that I wanted, gone.Nobody could tell where she had gone. All they said was she seemed to be in a hurry.She still wasn't ansering her phone.I should have just given up and gone home at that point but I couldn't stop. I was prowling the streets, a predator who had become the prey of his own obsession.Then, I saw her.I slowed the car to a crawl, my heart hammer-knocking against my ribs so hard it felt like it would crack a bone. I pulled the BMW to the curb, staring through the windshield at a high-end coffee shop. The walls were nothing but giant panes of glass. It was clear, unforgiving glass walls that revealed everything.Avery was there.She looked... divine. Even from the street, through the glass, she seemed to glow. There was an ethereal quality to her beauty now, something that made my chest tighten with a physical ache. She

The boutique smelled of lilies and wealth. It was just the kind of place that a girl like me deserved to shop at.I will admit that Avery's money helped. Now, my step father had enough money to take my mother and I shopping at a place like this.I ran my fingers over the silk of a gown that cost more than my mother’s car,.It was perfect.Somehow I could picture myself in it and wearing it to the Solstice Gala. I got an invite because everyone wanted to get to Avery and saw me as the perfect bridge.Anyway, the gala was in three days. Every influential set of eyes in the city would be there, and if I showed up in last season’s rags, I might as well hang myself after I sign my own social death warrant.It looked like it was created for me but there was one tiny problem....I could not afford it and Richard was too much of a so called disciplinarian to give me ''more money than I need''But I needed that dress.Nobody else was allowed to have it. My phone felt heavy in my hand. There

The roar of the Ferrari’s V12 engine was the only announcement I needed as I pulled into the sweeping driveway of my estate. The Grigio Silverstone paint job caught the afternoon light and made the car look like liquid metal.As the engine died down, the massive front doors of the villa swung open. My staff lined the entryway, a coordinated sea of black and white uniforms. It was a sight I was still getting used to. I only just began to experience what it was like to be the one being the person people waited for, rather than the one waiting on others.Doesn't mean it didn't feel amazing though. I enjoyed every moment of it.Stepping out of the car, I spotted a familiar, stern figure at the head of the line. Natalie, my personal butler. She was a formidable Russian woman with a spine made of iron and eyes that saw through everything. She was probably around my age but there was no denying that she was way more mature.She didn't smile either. Natalie didn't believe in "unnecessar

The moment Avery’s lips met mine again that night, I knew nothing else in my life mattered as much as this woman in my arms. The heat between us was undeniable, feral even, and I was intoxicated by it.We stumbled toward the bedroom, her hands gripping my shirt, my hands sliding down her back, memorizing the feel of her soft, perfect skin against me. Our clothes suddenly became obstacles that we discarded quickly and without thought.Her skin under my hands was easy to the touch, warm, and impossibly alive. I could feel her heartbeat in sync with mine as I pressed her against me.I was still tasting the lingering sweetness of her lips, inhaling the scent of her hair and perfume that was uniquely Avery.Every moan that she made, every touch was a conversation.I memorized the curve of her neck, the slope of her collarbone, the way her beautiful pussy gripped my cock as she came over and over, her nails digging into my skin.Avery was fire and water all at once; she was untamed yet y

There were very few things in life that I didn't have access to and this is far from an exagerration. When my career took off, I learned pretty quick that mony opened doors.Doors to all the things and people that I wanted.Yet somehow, with all the money in my bank account, Avery Mane, the only person that I wanted had become the one thing that remained just out of reach.I stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of my bedroom, watching the city stretch endlessly below me. It was a beatiful sight but it was not the view that occupied my mind right now.It was on the problem that refused to leave it alone.Avery.Vincent Roland had gotten close to her and it was not just him from the things I had seen.Dominic Greyhound was circling as well, and that man never pursued something unless he intended to claim it completely.Neither of these men came to play and there were meant to be my competition. How was I supposed to stop them when I could not even get a hold of Avery?Even worse, it al