Fuck Sebastian.
Fuck Sebastian.
Two meanings for those words yet I always assumed I felt like the first.
There's a thin line between hatred and love.
I might be the first to be stupid enough to use said line as a jumping rope, and not realize that I was switching sides.
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Sebastian Callisto. Secretive. Obedient. Kind.
He's unbalanced, or so people think. Nobody knows what kind of person he is, and nobody wants to.
Sebastian has been prone to bullies and teasing from his classmates ever since elementary. The reason? Because of one 'secret' that everyone knows about.
He's gay. Openly gay.
That's the only thing most people know about him, and they took that to advantage.
Xavier De Relux. Firm. Smart. Hypocrite.
One of the teasers in Sebastian's life. Following him like a dog.
Not like a puppy, where it whines for attention and circles around their master's feet.
No. He follows Sebastian to bite, scratch, and hurt him.
Hurt him for what he is.
Hurt him for what Xavier is.
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The two loathe each other will all their heart, well, that's what De Relux believed. However, when a misunderstanding makes them closer than they wanted to, said misread interaction between the two of them was stuck in one of their minds.
And when he realized how obviously he was drowning in denial, he strived to release his affection to his classmate in high school--now course-mate in College, eager to make things right if it meant lowering himself onto his knees for the very first time in the 23 long years of his life.
However, what if the other man happens to be already taken? Or more likely, forced to be taken against his will?
Grief-stricken over the death of the boss who was like a father to her, Olivia Bailey is left to deal with the aftermath--the arrival of his dashing but estranged son, Pierce Alexander. But she can't stand him and he doesn't trust her. Will working for the new CEO remain to be an impossible task?
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Olivia Bailey might be plain and boring, but she's content with her current lifestyle, working for the kind but lonely old man who owns Alexander Corporation. But his untimely death flips her simple life upside down. Now, she must deal with his estranged son, the heir to his business empire, together with the growing feelings building up between them. Will Olive manage to bear the pressure and issues cropping up along the way--or is this too much to ask?
Disclaimer: This story won The Wattys 2014 People's Choice Award.
Cover Design by Ashley Marie Bandy