From Greasy Queen To Polished Power

From Greasy Queen To Polished Power

Gavin

5.0
Comment(s)
186
View
11
Chapters

For a decade, I built a life with Jax, riding shotgun through the grit and glory of the Road Vipers. I was his "old lady," stained with grease and unwavering loyalty, believing I was his unshakeable queen in that wild world. Then, he looked across our cluttered loft, smoking a cigarette, and dropped the bomb: "We're done. I'm going legit with Lily. She's clean, simple. Not like you." He handed me a wad of cash, a pathetic severance package for ten years, while his new, "undamaged" girlfriend stood by. My heart hammered, but I stayed quiet, even as I threw the silver dog tags-symbols of his fierce possessiveness, engraved with 'Mine'-into a construction dumpster, watching his stunned, pale face. The bitterness was scorching, but the confusion was a cold, aching void. Was I truly just a disposable relic of his past, easily replaced by some sweet kid? And then, just as I felt utterly discarded, my childhood connection, Julian-impeccably tailored and utterly unexpected-pulled up in a sleek Audi, offering sanctuary from the pouring rain. What I didn't know then was that Lily wasn't just a random waitress. She was a carefully placed pawn in Julian's long game to break Jax's hold over me. He'd orchestrated my "clean break" to finally claim me himself. Now, I'm faced with a deeper betrayal and a startling truth: can I navigate a future where my 'rescue' was a calculated manipulation, and will I expose the shocking truth that shattered Jax's shiny new empire, or choose my own path entirely?

Introduction

For a decade, I built a life with Jax, riding shotgun through the grit and glory of the Road Vipers.

I was his "old lady," stained with grease and unwavering loyalty, believing I was his unshakeable queen in that wild world.

Then, he looked across our cluttered loft, smoking a cigarette, and dropped the bomb: "We're done. I'm going legit with Lily. She's clean, simple. Not like you."

He handed me a wad of cash, a pathetic severance package for ten years, while his new, "undamaged" girlfriend stood by.

My heart hammered, but I stayed quiet, even as I threw the silver dog tags-symbols of his fierce possessiveness, engraved with 'Mine'-into a construction dumpster, watching his stunned, pale face.

The bitterness was scorching, but the confusion was a cold, aching void.

Was I truly just a disposable relic of his past, easily replaced by some sweet kid?

And then, just as I felt utterly discarded, my childhood connection, Julian-impeccably tailored and utterly unexpected-pulled up in a sleek Audi, offering sanctuary from the pouring rain.

What I didn't know then was that Lily wasn't just a random waitress.

She was a carefully placed pawn in Julian's long game to break Jax's hold over me.

He'd orchestrated my "clean break" to finally claim me himself.

Now, I'm faced with a deeper betrayal and a startling truth: can I navigate a future where my 'rescue' was a calculated manipulation, and will I expose the shocking truth that shattered Jax's shiny new empire, or choose my own path entirely?

Continue Reading

Other books by Gavin

More
When Love Turns to Ash

When Love Turns to Ash

Short stories

4.4

My world revolved around Jax Harding, my older brother's captivating rockstar friend. From sixteen, I adored him; at eighteen, I clung to his casual promise: "When you're 22, maybe I'll settle down." That offhand comment became my life's beacon, guiding every choice, meticulously planning my twenty-second birthday as our destiny. But on that pivotal day in a Lower East Side bar, clutching my gift, my dream exploded. I overheard Jax' s cold voice: "Can't believe Savvy's showing up. She' s still hung up on that stupid thing I said." Then the crushing plot: "We' re gonna tell Savvy I' m engaged to Chloe, maybe even hint she' s pregnant. That should scare her off." My gift, my future, slipped from my numb fingers. I fled into the cold New York rain, devastated by betrayal. Later, Jax introduced Chloe as his "fiancée" while his bandmates mocked my "adorable crush"-he did nothing. As an art installation fell, he saved Chloe, abandoning me to severe injury. In the hospital, he came for "damage control," then shockingly shoved me into a fountain, leaving me to bleed, calling me a "jealous psycho." How could the man I loved, who once saved me, become this cruel and publicly humiliate me? Why was my devotion seen as an annoyance to be brutally extinguished with lies and assault? Was I just a problem, my loyalty met with hatred? I would not be his victim. Injured and betrayed, I made an unshakeable vow: I was done. I blocked his number and everyone connected to him, severing ties. This was not an escape; this was my rebirth. Florence awaited, a new life on my terms, unburdened by broken promises.

You'll also like

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book