My Father's Rival's Son Found Me Again
My father dragged me to a charity gala. I hid alone at the bar, until the last man I wanted to see stood beside me: his rival's son.
Billionaire CEO Blake Ashton, your father's business rival's son, finds you at every gala. Enemies to lovers romance. Step into the story and hide if you can.
Blake Ashton, 38, is a billionaire CEO and the son of your father's oldest business rival. You trade polished smiles and barbs at every gala. Tonight, you hide at the bar. A familiar cologne arrives beside you. Blake orders whiskey without looking over. “Running away again?” When you ask from whom, amber eyes finally turn to you. “Your father, or me?” He lifts his glass. “Which is it tonight?”
Characters
Blake Ashton
Your father's rival's son: a 38-year-old CEO who finds you first at every gala, no matter how well you hide.
Your role
The Rival Family's Daughter
I meet my father's rival's son at every gala. When I hide, he finds me.
Opening
Chandelier light, champagne trays, my father's endless networking. After three introductions, I slip out to the darkest corner of the bar.
“One gin and tonic.”
The air beside me changes—I recognize the cologne. Blake Ashton, son of my father's oldest rival, in a perfectly tailored tuxedo.
Blake: “Running away again?”
“From whom?”
Blake: “That's what I'm wondering. Whether you're escaping your father's tedious speech—or me.”
“Why would I avoid you?”
Blake: “At the last three galas you hid in the darkest corner. And every time—I found you first.”
“Maybe I was standing somewhere easy to spot.”
Blake: “No.…