Novels by Val Sparks

Alyssa's POVThe drive to Luke's company thrilled me more than it should've. Every cell in my body felt so electrified with the anticipation of what to expect. At least I still had a car so I wasn't totally broke.I assumed work truly started immediately so I carried a couple of sheets where I normally write manuscripts and some limited edition fancy pens that I purchased from an indie pen maker in another part of the country.As I came down from the car, I fiddled with my keys nervously before tossing it into my sling bag. I was scared of what people would say if they saw me. Being cancelled because a beta reader lied against you was no fun. The only thing that kept me sane was the popular knowledge; people that worked in a huge gadget company would not be interested in little gossip, hopefully.I packed out everything I needed and headed into the large luxurious building. As my heels clicked on the exquisite floor of the company, I didn't feel like a champ. If anything, I felt my

Alyssa's POV“How dare he? Did he even know if I had plans today already? How could he ask me to meet him in his private mansion out of the blue?”The turbulent thoughts crowded my head as I walked down the lonely street that led to his mansion. I knew better than to come to places like this alone but I still did anyway.A mint green three piece suit hugged my body comfortably. A comfy trouser, not darn skirts.Arriving at the gate, I rang the security bell and after a while, the gate rolled open.Don't even get me started on the mansion itself. I thought I had seen it all but that masterpiece? When I leave here, I will never shut up and I'll forever brag about the opportunity I got to be inside it first hand. Just how rich was this guy and what the hell did he want from me? I thought to myself because I would never be able to offer anything to him that he didn't already have.Upon getting to the big front door, it opened before I could even ring the large doorbell. A man in a black

Luke's POVA WEEK EARLIER,I held the doctor's report in my hands, darting my eyes from what I couldn't believe I was reading to the doctor. It was unbelievable.“I'm sorry Mr Lexington, but you have approximately twenty two months left, based on the growth of the glioblastoma tumor. If we had detected it earlier, it would've been avoided.”“Is this some type of joke?” I asked, letting out a dark chuckle emanate from me. The doctor had to be joking.“No Sir, I have no reason to make jokes here as you're an important patient here and–”“Are you saying there's nothing you can do? I have money, doctor.” I said, cutting him off and trying to make him see reason with me. I was in the middle of making an innovative gadget. I can't just die all of a sudden. What would happen to my legacy, my company?“How much do you need to remove this tumor? I can't be dealing with this right now.”I was in the denial stage. All my weird seizures, headaches and off and on vision problems all pointed to thi

Alyssa's POVI promised myself that I wouldn't panic. It's okay, no one here knows what became of the ‘renowned author’No one really follows the internet trends at the outskirts of the big city.But the pep talk wasn't working. I dialed her number one last time. Pacing around and fidgeting, an internal tremor made it impossible for me to chill. She finally picked up on the third ring and my shoulders finally relaxed.I couldn't get upset because I was sure she had her reasons.There was no reason to let her know that my anxiety was eating me out, and unconsciously, I pulled and released the rubber bands I used to adorn my hands. It caused red marks that reddened my skin, but I couldn't stop. I just couldn't.“Where are you? You promised to make it to my book signing event.” I whispered quietly when I heard nothing from the other end. My worry lines were prominent on my forehead, conveying my nervousness.All of a sudden, a hysterical laugh echoed through the phone that instantly sta

Marina's POVI shut my eyes tightly and prayed for a savior and I guess the universe heard. Just when I thought it was over for me, a loud pitched female voice called out to the dog from a distance.“Max! Come here! Come here boy! Come to mummy!” The dog immediately turned around and rushed to the female in question, and I followed its trail. A pretty girl that I'm sure she's about my age. She wore a light pink shirt, barely hiding her large breasts and a black tennis skirt with boots. She looked smoking hot with her long ebony black hair. The second the dog got to her and she picked him up, crouching momentarily, my eyes were blessed with a reasonable amount of her chest.Then I saw all the men ogling at her. Of course they were. She's literally a goddess. They watched the interaction between the girl and the dog while I tried to steady my breathing.Varce approached me. “Are you okay? Is there something foreign you took?” The way he looked at me with concern, it was unusual. His b

Marina's POVI hate him so much. Tears kept rolling down my cheeks no matter how I tried to stop it. I just couldn't get what he said off my head. He told the rival to kill me. He didn't care for me. If I didn't somehow escape, would I be dead?Is this how he hurt my mom? I took harsh breaths, begging my stupid heart to stop breaking. Why was it breaking? Why was I crying? I should've expected this from someone like this.I tried to man up and be tough but I just wanted to cry. And here I thought we were just starting to be pals.He got in alone and we drove off. I didn't care that Boris wasn't with him. Infact, I didn't care.Actually, he drove the car. I mean, he sat in front of the wheel, while I sat in the passenger seat. I tried to look away the whole time because truly, I couldn't care for him. Even now he refused to apologize. He was such a shitty boss that if I didn't plan to fucking kill him, I would pack up and leave.Soon I began to see civilization. Streets, shops, then pe

Varce’s POVYou know what they say, keep your enemies closer. Honestly, I wanted to let Sergey go that day. How dare he think he can question my orders? It was annoying and daring, but something caught my attention.Those eyes. I had seen them before. They were stuck somewhere in my memories and anytime I would try to rack my head, I would get a splitting headache. I couldn't afford to let it continue but just last night, I fucking caught myself making a sketch, drawing them.Something is up with him, and I'll figure it out. I needed to, and that's why he was coming with me today. I will use him to get my memories back.As I said, it was an early morning trip. Boris hated the idea of letting him come with us for the meeting but I had to remind him that he was the one that let him into the clan anyway. He should've thought of that first.Boris sat with me behind while Sergey sat in front with the driver. He barely said anything except when I spoke to him. I hated that I couldn't stop b

Marina's POVVarce mounted his bike, and we didn't speak. The hair was heavy, filled with tension and honestly, fear. His silence was scary for some reason.My heart began to beat faster than normal, unsure of what was about to happen. The two leaders were about to have a fight, a serious one. Too bad it wasn't my fight.To crown it all, just when I was thinking about slowing down and letting him win, he spoke to me.“Sergey, be fucking careful.” His voice was thick with emotions, but still controlled.Was he threatened now? Are you kidding me? I said nothing, fully bent on doing anything to make sure I won again. Fuck Varce!The whistle blew and immediately, we sped off with him at the lead. Truly that Harley had some magic in it. It made one win. All my stunts were achievable and I felt like I was on top of the world. This one looked like I was definitely set up with it. My clan mates were such dickheads, they couldn't even support me.They kept yelling ‘Captain’, cheering him on a

Marina’s POVOliver frowned at me from afar, already with his partner. That's when I knew I was in deep trouble. Or, maybe I wasn't. I was a fucking racer but still, Varce had never lost a race so maybe he was better than me?I gulped and stared, waiting for the first racers to commence. I didn't even notice there was a referee until he stood at the beginning line with a flag. It was some guy from our team against theirs and with a whistle blown, they began to race.Like the boy, I began to panic and also cheer at our member as he raced. The rush of adrenaline was so thrilling and needed burning, and this was the perfect way to do it; jumping up and screaming.He lost. The one after lost as well. The third person finally won. Imagine my shock when I was picked up by a member behind me in shock due to his excitement. I was so startled and he immediately dropped me down, apologizing. I was so scared, what if he grazed around my chest with his hands? I shifted, a bit uncomfortable even

Marina's POVRival gangs? A race? For what?We woke up very early in the morning. We barely even had breakfast and my stomach churned. I couldn't get used to this early enough? I guess there are only some things guys can deal with.No wonder Varce said we had something to do, so this was it? How often did it happen?Times like this, I wanted my bathroom so badly because all the guys were rushing in to have a general bath, but I obviously couldn't join them. At least no one noticed to taunt me with it, even Oliver. When they were done, I snuck in and immediately did what I had to do, luckily I got ready at the nick of time.We ran to the garage like sexually deprived guys going to get some good shit. Everyone mounted their bikes, apparently there was a long journey ahead.I didn't have a bike, so I stood. The one that they gave me a while ago was pretty ugly and so not my style, and I knew there were tons of new ones. Varce came out and I caught him staring at me. Well, caught is a st

Ryan's POVWhen she turned around to close the doors, something hot shot straight to my groin. Her pants did nothing to hide that perfectly round ass.She looked better, compared to the past hour. Her arms were at her front like a good staff as she waited for instructions. I let her take a seat across from me as I sank into my seat, looking at her with interest.This was actually shocking news.“So you dated Tony” She raised her head up and stared at me, ignoring my question. Well it was more like a statement. At least now we were on the same page.“Why did you react like you had seen a ghost? Did you steal from him like you stole from your former boss at the strip club? Twenty grand is crazy–” Then she flared up. I loved when she had character.“I will listen to everything you say, but I won't sit here and let you call me a thief. I was framed for it. I will never steal or take what doesn't belong to me!” Her eyes shone and her nostrils flared. She eyed me with disdain as as I stared

Ryan's POVShe seemed to be still as she stared at me. No, she was looking over me. What's wrong with her?Finally my site was in incredible progression and had reached the peak but there was nothing for her to do here and I wanted to keep my eyes on her the whole time, so I made her come with me.But she was back early. I had initially wanted to talk to my friend, Tony, before she arrived.Instead, she looked shocked to see him. I couldn't understand it. Did they know each other? Whatever, I refuse to concern myself with it.For now, I guess we would save the discussion for the site. She rose from her seat and followed behind us, while I continued my discussion with Tony. I made her sit at the front seat with the driver and stayed with Tony in the backseat then we drove off.The site was close to the company. It was another branch for the perfume business but this time, for production close to the city, not just having the office around.Yes, I was so fucking thoughtful. The building

Alana's POVHis face twitched a little and I sensed danger so I couldn't believe it when he picked up his phone and called a driver to take me home. It was honestly the last thing I was expecting. I was already thinking of what I would tell Amanda to make her forgive me because apparently, she absolutely hated my new job if I wouldn't be close to her anymore.You won't blame her, she's been through so much and is now scared of other people, although she tries to hide it to the best of her ability and that's why I always tried to indulge her.“You're coming back after the appointment because I want you to come with me to my new site.”“Okay.” Then he left me and rounded his desk while I left the company after the driver came to pick me up.I got home to meet Amanda in tears.“I'm here, I'm here. Why are you crying!” I ran, panicking, rushing to her side and sitting down beside her on her bed. Her tears had adorned her pretty face and I removed hair strands that had stuck to her face.

Ryan's POVI've never wanted to punch someone so hard this bad in my entire life. Caleb was in hot shit and was getting fired. My little shit told me all about it on our way to the office and I had never driven so fast just so I could meet him and drive my fists all the way into his face.I left him in charge of her, who would've thought he would drag her to the bathroom to ask for sex? The fucking audacity?If I had to hire a female secretary and deal with my manwhore problem, then it was still better than having another male secretary until Alana's contract was over. What's with her and making every man in a room go mad when she walks in? She had no fucking idea. The girl was annoyingly innocent to all of it all so she just walked freely. A part of me wanted to lock her up in my mansion forever but I was so greedy that I couldn't wait till I got home everyday. I still wanted to stare at her through the office camera like a fucking creep. I wanted her near me at all times for no re

Alana's POVHe had a state of the art bathroom. That's all. That's all I could say because if I kept explaining, I'm afraid I would never stop. I walked into the shower, got rid of my clothes and began to lather. Now that I thought about it, why did I even do such a childish thing with Amanda? What was I thinking? Now Ryan must think I'm such a stupid and playful girl.Ugh. A sense of shame overcame me. I finished and came out, contemplating on whether I should put my clothes back on, even though they were filled with mud. I shook my head, thinking of why I even had such a thought. I was unsure of what he wanted, so I picked out a robe I saw and wore it before leaving the bathroom.When I came out, Ryan was wearing eye glasses and briefs, writing god knows that on his room desk. He looked smart and handsome, it burned my sense of reasoning for a second there. When he noticed my presence, he looked up at me, then shook his head as he removed his glasses. He continued to stare at me

Alana's POVFirst day of work was insane. From Caleb getting mad, snobbish and bossy because I refused to let him fuck me in the bathroom, to dealing with the devil himself.He caught me, catching him jerking off in his office earlier today and honestly, I wonder why I even went there. I guess I was mad. His secretary was supposed to protect and care for me, but instead he did the exact opposite. I guess I wanted to tell him that, or maybe I wanted to see him.I knocked and rushed in, then stilled. He raised his head up and immediately sent me away. The company's car drove me home and he wasn't back yet.I had just finished freshening up and having a late lunch before deciding to go find my sister. I wore a decent short and a free crop top. I saw that he had changed all my office skirts to trousers and made my tops a bit oversized. I frowned, then walked out. Whatever.She was outside at the greenhouse just by the house. It was no surprise what she was doing there since she had partic