Chapter 187 DEMI For five seconds after Liam drops the bombshell, my entire body goes numb. Inhaling, I collect myself and shake my head at him. It is to be expected. Liam is a pathological liar. He’s fooled me once before so it will be foolish of me not to
Chapter 186 ASHLEY For the last two hours, I have shred up and damaged every piece of expensive fabric within my reach, and I still haven’t managed to create anything breath taking. My mannequin is pockmarked with needle holes. My office is an eye sore. Frustrated, I plow through the
Chapter 185 DEMI For five minutes, I let my body be battered under Ashton’s shower. The steam from the hot spray rises in the air like a mist, fogging the bathroom glass. My mind whirls with disconcerting thoughts. I’ve tried to stop myself from constantly reliving the embarrassment and the
Chapter 184 ASHAL I grit my teeth to stifle the annoyance simmering within. When I try to correct Liv, Maddie stops me with a wary look. At mother’s cue, she goes over and sits with her instead. My appetite instantly disappears. Although I’d very much like to retire to my
Chapter 183 ASHAL Walking into my own company has never felt weirder. It feels like I have my clothes on backwards or there’s a sign with something mean scribbled on it stuck on my back. My staff welcomes me cheerfully but the awkwardness hangs thickly in the air. They have
Chapter 182 ASHLEY I don’t understand what is happening today. My brothers and I have seen blood and a hospital room twice in under two hours, from two different women that are valuable to our family. Is this going to be the new normal? Just when I was starting to
Chapter 181 DEMI “What?” Anna stares at me, perplexed. “You’re moving out? To where p> “It’s just for a couple of days, Anna. I’ll be back.” She grabs my wrist and tosses the shirts I was trying to place in my suitcase. “Can you stop for a minute and talk
Chapter 180 ASHER It’s been a weird morning. My eyes still burn from not getting enough sleep. I barely shut my eyes for two hours this morning and though I can easily take more rest if I want to, my mind has been whirling with concern. I guess there will
Chapter 179 DEMI The rain is falling down in steady sheets, tapping against the car roof like the rhythm of a racing heart. Outside, the world is shrouded in midnight shadows, but inside the parked car, it’s warm, breathless, and pulsing with tension. With our lips throbbing from the rough
Chapter 178 DEMI Ten minutes after Ashton drives us to the middle of nowhere, I remain frozen in the passenger seat, watching him pacing a few feet ahead of the car. What the hell is he thinking? Why did he bring me here and why won’t he talk to me?
Chapter 177 ASHER “Thank you for coming.” I say to Mrs. Olga, a youthful looking CEO in her forties, just before kissing her cheeks. “It was a pleasure to have you.” She palms my cheek with a naughty look glistening in her eyes. “It’s Ms. Olga. My divorce was recently
Chapter 176 ASHTON I finally get a moment to pull away from Monaco to get a breather. Talk about a woman being intense! I take the elevator and upon arriving on the first floor, I overhear Ashal’s conversation drifting through the balcony. When I look, he is indeed talking to
Chapter 175 DEMI “Are you sure? Skylar’s father is still alive and he’s the one who sends her the postcards p> “Very. My brother and I double checked.” Kat assures me. “Maddox will have his address before midnight p> I don’t know what to do with this information. Just when
Chapter 174 ASHTON “You actually won that race, you know? I don’t understand why you want to believe you lost. I’m not even a good racer myself. I took advantage of your distraction the first time but the second time, you were locked in. I don’t know what you had
Chapter 173 DEMI “What do you mean you’re not going?” Anna reiterates my words in shock. “Exactly that. Ashal is back to his family. Skylar’s been stopped. Liam is…well royally pissed at me but what else is new?” I shove what was supposed to be my dress back into the
Chapter 172 ASHTON The D-day is finally here. I wake up with the nastiest hangover I ever had in a while. It takes an hour for the world to stop spinning and for the banging inside my head to stop. I contemplate staying in bed for the better part of
Chapter 171 ASHAL I have been slipping in and out of consciousness all day. Each time my eyelids fluttered open amidst my drowsiness, Skylar was either walking away after leaving me some food or after replacing my bandages with fresh ones. I struggled to keep my eyes open each time
Chapter 170 DEMI Maddi pulls me roughly by the arm into when we go into the kitchen under the pretense of getting refreshments for everyone. I already knew this was going to happen given the temper flashing in her eyes after I laid out my plan. She clicks the door
Chapter 169 ASHLEY “Octavia is a dead end.” Asher informs us in the game room. “Apparently, she and Skylar didn’t keep in touch for long after that fateful evening when she ran into me. She gradually went cold turkey on Octavia. They’ve gone their separate ways since then. Octavia was
Chapter 168 DEMI “What was that?” Anna lashes out the minute Ashton leaves. She chucks the rag on the table and folds her hands across her shoulder with a stern look on her face. “What was all that about, Demi? Why would you say something so insensitive to him despite