Hi, I'm Estella Blakely. My life revolves around ballet. All I know in life are 9-6 rehearsals on the weekends, staying up all night sewing pointe shoes, and trying to make ends meet with my extra job; which means I don't have time for boyfriends. None. Zip. Nada. Then, Kayden Monroe happens.
Kayden Monroe. The annoying, cold, jerk that I've been having to deal with for three years. Being one of the only males in the company, I'm forced to take class with him every single day. Ever since he called me an undeserving, ungrateful, little girl in front of the whole company, I haven't been able to stand his presence next to me without wanting to strangle him. On top of that, all of his taunts and barbs thrown across the studio makes him even more unstandable. The worst part? He doesn't ever pick on anyone else. Just me. But get this, it doesn't just stop there.
Nutcracker season is coming up, and my best friend, Emma, who had the role of the Sugar Plum fairy, accidentally breaks her leg two weeks before the show, leaving Kayden, playing the role of the Sugar Plum's partner in the show, in desperate need of a partner. After spotting all of the eviction warnings stuffed in my dance bag, that arrogant jerk offers me a "once in a lifetime" deal: be his partner, and he'll help me find a new apartment and pay for my rent for the next two years. And you know what I did? Me, being my extremely smart self, accepted. Now that rehearsal has started, I can't help but wonder if I made the right decision. Is it worth it having to deal with that pain in the ass if it means I can keep my apartment?
𝓘𝓼𝓪𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓪 ♥︎
Not many things have managed to catch me off guard in this life after enduring years of trauma.
But Kayden did.
He came out of the blue, so sudden, the whiplash is practically everlasting.
I've always prided myself in having my shit together and priorities straight- and I did. Until life decided to throw me curveball in the form of a perfectly handsome, charming and oh so out of my league man.
I don't even understand why. I was doing just fine without him, in law school at twenty-two, focus set on my studies of becoming a successful lawyer and following in my grandparents' footsteps, surrounded by the most amazing group of friends.
But it doesn't matter. When Kayden Dominguez sets his mind and heart to something- he will get it.
And my façade might not be strong enough to stop him.
𝓚𝓪𝔂𝓭𝓮𝓷 ♡︎
Despite what the tabloids might say about me, I'm not ignorant or stupid. I know I am that guy your parents would warn you about growing up, maybe still to this day. I am the son of Alejandro- and Alexia Dominguez. Owners of the biggest label company in Southern California. Maybe even the entire state. That itself will have people build and paint your persona to what they think you entail.
Good thing I don't give a single shit about that whole puppet show called the media.
I'd even go as far as to admit I go through my days feeling superfluous. I lived a pretty hollow life.
I don't know how or why that changed the second I met her. It was like something clicked.
Had you told me this would happen the day before, I would've probably punched you out cold. But like I said, she waltzed into my life and...I haven't been the same since. I just know I want Isabella Khalil, the ultimate woman of my dreams, to be mine.
But how exactly do you pursue the only woman you've ever truly wanted, who also happens to be the only person ever to refuse tumbling for your charms?