Secret Admirer
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Secret Admirer

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Summary

More than friendship yet less than lovers They have been best friends since college days, taking up the next path of the journey Jake is taking over his dad’s business while Nichole has joined an IT firm and working as a Software Engineer. Jake is excessively protective over her and not happy with her working in that company as she is been overloaded with work and reaches home late night. Nevertheless, even with his busy schedules he makes sure to call her and bring a smile on her face. They like each other but scared it would ruin the current relationship. They had common friends since they were in the same college and they shipped them together. More than friends yet less than lovers are what they have been. People believed they have been dating since long and there will be a day when they would open up. Just the way Nichole had wished would happen. However, will Jake ever find out?

Status
Complete
Chapters
75
Rating
4.9 (7 reviews)
Age Rating
16+

Context

In the heart of New York City, where power wears a suit and silence holds more weight than words, two people walk the fine line between friendship and something far more dangerous.

Jake Anderson — the youngest billionaire the city’s ever seen — is the kind of man people fear before they respect.Arrogant. Unapologetic. Ruthless.A man who builds empires by day and destroys hearts by night.He believes control is strength — and that feelings are a weakness he can’t afford.

Then there’s Nichole James Knight.Soft where he’s sharp. Calm where he’s chaos.A quiet storm wrapped in kindness, her laughter is the only sound that can still the noise in Jake’s world.She’s his best friend — the only one who dares to challenge him, understand him... and love him in silence.

They’ve built years of friendship on unspoken words — shared glances, midnight calls, and a comfort so deep it almost feels like home.To everyone else, they’re inseparable.To themselves, they’re untouchable.Because crossing that line could destroy everything — his empire, her trust, and the fragile balance they’ve built between them.

But when life throws them into choices they can’t control — new people, old wounds, and secrets that refuse to stay buried —both Jake and Nichole will have to face the truth they’ve been running from all along:

That sometimes, the person who knows your darkest parts is the only one who can love you completely.And that friendship, no matter how strong, can’t silence a heart that’s already chosen.

Because love doesn’t always come with roses and promises.Sometimes, it hides behind arguments, missed calls, and the one person who never left —your Secret Admirer.

Let thenovelseller know what you thought about this chapter!

Meagan
Meagan

nice

4 years
Linamandla
Linamandla

interesting

3 years

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