Reign drove away from Cora's house while she sat beside him in his car staring at him. She kept thinking of what his surprise could be but nothing came to mind."Please tell me what the surprise is," she requested desperately. "Pleassssse"Reign stared at her and smiled, "Just be patient, dear. You'll get the surprise soon.""Get the surprise? That means you are giving me a gift," she concluded."We'll see about that," he beamed.His car suddenly came to a stop and Cora looked around for any sign of the surprise but could not find it. There were a lot of things she knew Reign had to tell her but she didn't want to waste her time talking about Avery. She wanted the night to be just about them and they could focus on Avery the next day.She looked around suddenly and realized that there were the only people outside and checked her time. She gasped when she noticed it was minutes past eleven. She didn't know that time had gone so quickly.Reign kept staring at something on his phone with
CORAThanks to Reign, I experienced emotions I never thought possible. How could a man be so perfect? The fact that I had gotten so upset with him earlier, made me feel very guilty.While Reign was making plans for our future, I was being petty and doubting him. I knew the sort of person Avery was and should not have let myself be affected by her cheap words.What if my anger had held out and I refused to accept Reign's apologies? Would I have missed out on such a special occasion? Just the thought of it made me shudder."What are you thinking about?" Reign asked, seeing the expression on my face.I smiled, "Reign, I didn't think it was possible for me to love you so much more than I did before. I think it's safe to say that I'm the happiest woman alive."He held my hand and led me to the couch, saying, "I think it's time I told you about Avery. I didn't go into details about her because I had something special planned. Now, I think I should explain everything to you."I sat beside him
In the morning, Avery stretched her body while her eyes were still closed. She heard faint voices and tried to open her eyes but the sun was shining down on her and the light was too bright.She had no idea where she was or why her body ached so much. She tried to remember what had happened before she fell asleep. However, someone began to splash water on her face.She instinctively tried to open her eyes but closed it back due to the impact of the water. Struggling to her feet, she began to run away and only opened her eyes when she no longer felt the water on her.She wiped her face and turned to see an angry, middle-aged woman with a pipe in her hand. Avery stared at her body which was completely drenched and asked, "What is wrong with you?""Aren't you the girl who killed that man, Greg? From your dressing alone, it's easy to see that you are truly a whore. What were you doing sleeping in front of my door?""Your door?" Avery began to recall the activities of last night. She was su
Cora and Reign arrived at the hospital. Her father was lying on the bed when they walked into his room. He smiled at Cora and she happily hugged him. "You look so much better, Dad." She exclaimed."It's all thanks to you," he replied.Reign greeted him at this point and he nodded. The last time they went to the hospital, Reign had waited outside so Cora could have some privacy with her father, so, they were officially meeting for the first time.He stared at Reign for a while and finally exclaimed, "Mr. Fletcher! What a wonderful surprise!""It's a pleasure to meet you, sir," Reign replied shaking his hand."Since you already know who he is, there's no need to make introductions, Dad," Cora told him. "I will just go ahead and spill the beans now. Reign and I are in a relationship."Reign told Cora's father about his intention to marry her and the latter was very happy about it. They spoke at length about their plans while Cora was careful not to say anything about Avery and her parent
Zach and Paige were having dinner together at a luxurious restaurant when he received a call from Luke asking him to check his inbox because he had sent him an important video which had gone viral on social mediaWhen Zach checked his inbox and saw the video, he clenched his teeth in anger."What is it?" Paige asked him.He wanted to tell her it was nothing but he knew since it had gone viral already, she would eventually find out. He showed her the video and she gasped, "Oh no! Our son is in danger again. When will Williams stop this?"Right now," Zach replied. He forwarded the video to his friend who was the police superintendent and called him. When the man answered the call, Zach exchanged pleasantries with him and said, "Someone wants my son dead. He has unsuccessfully gone to great lengths to achieve this but since he is not relenting, I want him to spend the rest of his life behind bars. I have sent you the proof you need."After the call ended, Zach squeezed Paige's hand comfor
Paris Lawson is a new senior in high school. She is nerdy, overweight, and has never had a boyfriend in her life. She sees Brad Stanton, the popular playboy, and falls hopelessly in love with him. Paris fights so hard to control her feelings for the school bad boy but when he starts wooing her, she falls into his clutches.After Paris loses her virginity to Brad, he makes it clear to her that he is disgusted by her and cannot stand being with her for a second longer.Paris is shattered when she realizes that Brad had only pursued her because he made a bet with his friends that he would have sex with the new school nerd within a week. Distraught, she attempts to end her life by jumping off a bridge but she is saved by Melvin Lawson; a billionaire who takes her in as his daughter and changes her life.Seven years later, Brad is a manager at the company where he works. He sees Paris Lawson and is shocked at her transformation. Now Brad finds himself completely lovestruck. He wants Paris
SEVEN YEARS AGOPARIS I hopped on my bicycle and pedaled my way to school. I had just begun eleventh grade in a new school and wanted to get to class quickly. I got off my bicycle when I arrived and began hurrying to my class because I was already late.Just as I got close, three guys suddenly surrounded me. From the expressions on their faces, I could tell they were bullies. Wherever I went, I always caught the attention of people like them because of the way I looked.The three students began to smile as they circled me and one of them said, "Wow! You're so beautiful that being in your presence makes it difficult to breathe."They all laughed and another said, "Come on, Spike, if you tell her such lies, she might end up believing them. In all my years of living, I have never seen someone as ugly and obese as you."The third guy said, "Stop it, guys. How can you make fun of her? Can't you see she's a new student? Stop scaring her." As he spoke, he draped his arm around my neck and
PARISWhen I was done for the day, I got on my bicycle and began my journey back home. I did my best to avoid Brad because I was afraid of the attention he was giving to me and the way he made me feel.No one had given me that much attention since I was born. My life had always been that way. My mom had me out of wedlock and I never knew my dad. She believed I ruined her life so she always took out her anger on me.She did not fail to remind me of how ugly I looked and how much she hated me. Nevertheless, I loved her because she was the only family I knew. Her elder sister, who visited us once in a while hated my face as well and always told my mum I was an embarrassment to their family since they were all good-looking."She took after her chubby and ugly father," my mom would always say. One day, I came back from school and she was gone. There was no sign of my mom because she had moved out and she left me behind. I was fourteen, and afraid of ending up in foster care because I beli