Devotion – Cassidy Vale

I turned from the sink. “You said you didn’t want it.” “Since you made it, it shouldn’t go to waste at least.” “Well, it’s gone now.” “Gone where?” “Carlos and Diego. They appreciated the effort. It’s not wasted.” He looked at me. I stared at him right back.

The kitchen was very quiet. “I’m running late for work,” I said. “Eleanor’s expecting me.” “Right.” He said it like he’d forgotten, which he probably had, that his fake wife was also his grandmother’s chef and had a job to get to. I picked up my bag and walked toward the door.

I could feel his gaze on my back the entire way. I didn’t turn around. The days settled into a pattern. I woke early. Did my morning routine. Then I drove to Eleanor’s, cooked for her, spent the afternoon checking on Sazón’s reconstruction with the contractor, and came home to a house where my husband existed behind closed doors. The social media situation was a different universe entirely. Overnight, Sazón’s following had jumped by over a hundred thousand. My name was trending.

Reporters were writing what they called a Cinderella story, the small-town chef who married the billionaire actor. Comments poured in— some kind, some envious, and some genuinely vicious. But at least three-quarters of them called me beautiful, which I was choosing to focus on because the alternative was reading the ones that called me a gold-digger, and I didn’t have the emotional capacity for that. Elspeth had been calling. I hadn’t answered. I didn’t have the energy for my cousin right now.

Whatever she wanted, it would involve a compliment wrapped around an insult delivered with a smile, and I was full up on those. Anna and I FaceTimed while I scrolled through comments. Anna was in bed in her usual lounging uniform—eating grapes, face mask on, looking, as always, like a queen reviewing intelligence reports. “Christopher Vale’s new wife is stunning,” I read aloud. “She looks like she could cook and model at the same time.

Anna, they think I’m stunning.” “You are stunning. I’ve been telling you this for years.” “Who is this woman and where did she come from? She’s giving main character energy.” I squealed.

This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, organizations, events, and situations are either entirely imagined by the author or used fictitiously. Any similarity to real people, whether living or deceased, or to actual events is purely coincidental. Copyright © 2026 Cassidy Vale All rights reserved.

No portion of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means —electronic, mechanical, or otherwise—without prior written consent from the author, except for brief excerpts used in reviews. OceanofPDF.com Contents Also by Cassidy Vale Dedication Content Warnings Author’s Note 1. Christopher 2. Miley 3. Miley 4. Christopher 5. Miley 6. Miley 7. Christopher 8. Miley 9.

Miley 10. Miley 11. Miley 12. Christopher 13. Miley 14. Miley 15. Christopher 16. Miley 17. Miley 18. Miley 19. Miley 20. Miley 21. Christopher 22. Christopher 23. Miley Epilogue About the Author OceanofPDF.com Also by Cassidy Vale Empire of Hearts Ruthless Redeemed Shattered Will You Marry Me Signed Sealed Delivered Bound by Power Possession Dominion His Obsession Obsession Devotion OceanofPDF.com Dedication Dedicated to those who spent too long feeling like an afterthought. May you find the people who choose you loudly, love you gently, and stay.

OceanofPDF.com Content Warnings This story includes emotional abuse, childhood neglect, family rejection, infidelity, anxiety, panic attacks, medical emergencies (anaphylaxis), grief, parental loss, cancer, and discussions of childhood trauma. OceanofPDF.com Author’s Note This story is for anyone who has ever felt like they had to earn love. For anyone who has been overlooked, left behind, or made to believe they were asking for too much simply by wanting to be chosen. This tale is about two people learning that love isn’t something you win. It isn’t a reward for being perfect.

Sometimes it’s simply finding the person who looks at your every broken piece and chooses to stay. Thank you for picking up this book. I hope it makes you laugh, ache, swoon, and, most of all, reminds you that you’re worthy of love exactly as you are. ~ With love, Cassidy OceanofPDF.com CHAPTER 1 Christopher “Cut!” I pulled back from Adrianna Cux’s face and let out a breath I’d been holding since take five.

Maybe six. I’d lost count somewhere around the third time her tongue tried to stage a hostile invasion of my mouth. “Christopher.” Max, our director, pinched the bridge of his nose from behind the monitor. He did that a lot around me. “You’re supposed to be a man consumed by passion. A man who would burn down the world for this woman.

Right now, you look like a man being forced to eat something expired.” “That’s not far off,” I muttered. Adrianna’s eyes narrowed. She was still close enough for me to smell the remnants of whatever she’d eaten during the lunch break. Onion.

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