Novels by Starlight

His home, my home...I thought the wedding will be a mini family thing but turns out I'm in for a huge surprise."We don't send our children off into marriages like we are mourning, the Coopers have reputations and traditions to keep and we take that seriously." That was Grandpa Cooper's response to my request for a mini-wedding.I've had a series of tight schedules, ranging from meeting with the event planner to menu selections, to cake tasting, selecting an event all, meeting my distant cousins who are standing in as my bridesmaids since I've got zero friends, and many more on my must do table.Today is going to be tedious, I know."Hi Darren," I heard my mom's uneasy voice, she tends to act awkward whenever Darren is around.Alan is not a huge fan of Darren's and he doesn't bother to hide it.I turn to look at Darren, he looks so handsome, his tall figure looms over me, even with his frowning face. His chiseled facial features are a symphony of masculine beauty, starting with a stro

A friend from a mutual benefit.Darren's words have been stuck in my head since yesterday. My mind has been busy trying to figure out what it is with my nanny that he mentioned. It would have been nice to have someone around here that I can ask but I'm definitely sure no one would.Oh right!!! My weird aunt Gabby would be very glad to throw the information in my face, for her own pleasure, but that would only start a war, my mom doesn't like the woman at all, and I don't either, I'm just desperate to know what happened with my nanny or what I did to her, as Darren said.Walking around the house, the house has been too busy since the Coopers' arrival. I've met more family members, most on Aunt Gabby's and Uncle Caleb's side.Uncle Caleb is Grandpa Cooper's brother, and Aunt Gabby is his seventh wife, the second to bear him children.She is a lot younger than Uncle Caleb and had more plastic surgery histories than someone who suffered eighty percent fire burns. Coming outside away from

The River of no return."Well I guess she has made her decision," I heard Grandpa Cooper's voice with a victorious cheer.The room went silent as everyone stared at me like I'm crazy.Alan moved closer to me with a furrow on his forehead, as he picked up my hanging hands and held onto them, his eyes staring into me as he whispered."Abby, look at me, I know all this is hard on you, but you don't have to do this if you don't want to, this is your life and you should not ruin it with a marriage, I know you are innocent and I believe in you I’m going to do everything to clear your name, so please, please Abby, just think about this marriage very well before you enter it”Alan’s voice was calling out to me desperately, but I've made my decision already, this is my fight and I'm doing it my own way.Alan means everything to me in the world, Alan and my mom were the only family I knew Before all this started."I’m OK Alan

Deadly choiceMy eyes caught Darren's and he stood up to leave. I followed him immediately.I noticed he was walking into a quiet part of the compound, suddenly he stopped and turned at me, I moved closer to him with careful steps."What's going on?" I asked with a shaky voice."Your grandfather finally finds his corrupt way of avoiding judgment." Darren answered with gritted teeth, he looks like he is losing grip on his anger."What do you mean? I'm innocent of all the charges, why won't you believe me?" "Then why are you hiding behind their shadows, if you are so sure you are not guilty, why not face the investigations yourself, why hide behind your grandfather?" he pointed his fingers at me with frustration as he spoke."You know, I know you very well, as much as they do and I'm damn sure everyone in your family knows what you are capable of but they are just trying hard to cover you up, but this marriage scheme? That's going way too far, what exactly are you planning to achieve b

Dangerous Cross roadIt's been a week now since I got to know at least half of what I've Known in my life has been nothing but blatant lies, maybe all I should say.My family, my father, my mom, everyone seems more like a stranger to me. I'm trying hard not to be mad at Mom for lying to me all of my life, but right now I can't give her what she wants, I can't even bear to look at her, all I see is deceit.I love her and knew she loved me also but there are too many secrets in this family that no one is willing to talk about, not the man who claimed to be my father who has blatantly snubbed me since I got here nor my authoritative so-called grandfather who looks too scary for me to confront.Alan I believe might have some idea of what's going on, but finds it difficult to share, I've been holed up in my room since I got here, this is the only way I can protest but no one seems to be affected by the looks of things, except for my mom, all she has done is wept and apologize but I'm too s

A new dawnI made my way back to my room as quietly as I could, Darren walked in not long after.He seems to be avoiding my gaze at first before turning to me."Why?" "Why did you do that? if you hated me that much why didn't you come after me rather?""I could have forgiven you no matter what you did, but Morgana? she wasn't your enemy to fight""You know I love you!!! I made it my choice to stay away from you if that is the only way I could protect you, but you went too far hurting an innocent person""I can't protect you from paying for your actions" Darren said looking down on me.He looks really broken, I hate seeing him struggling this much, I wanted to ease the pain away but I feel too helpless.I raised my hands to his face, he looked so handsome even with all the stress written over his face."I'm sorry Darren" I whispered"I didn't do it, the accident was not my fault, I promise you I'm innocent" the sob I was trying hard to hold in broke out.I was crying uncontrollably, I'