Laura “Okay, Suzy. Please remain calm. I don't mean to attack you or judge you or anything like that; I'm just trying to understand mom's side of her getting involved with... your dad," I tried to explain my side in a calmer way because I didn't want to create a strife between us as a thing as unne
Laura The next day, Jason did what he promised the night before, and at lunchtime, he came to my office at Hextec. “As I told you yesterday, I'm here to take you to lunch,” he said after he entered my office room. I giggled at the sight of him standing there in front of me. “So this is what it me
Laura "That's it. You're back to work on time. As promised,” Jason said as he left me in my office room at Hextec. “Thank you for being true to your word, Mr. Enchanting,” I said charmingly as I sat back down in my chair after he pulled out the chair for me, being a gentleman. He gave me a quic
Laura “The pregnancy is still very early, so you won't have to worry about many things. You will be able to continue with your work and commitments without any major disturbances. But of course, always maintain a regular consultation with me,” my gynecologist was saying to me, giving me guidance on
Laura “What time are you guys coming home? A pregnant woman can't go to bed late.” I read out loud the text message my daughter had sent me, and everyone at the table with me laughed at it. Jason, Terry, Ava and I had decided to go out for a bit to enjoy the news of my pregnancy. Like in the old
Laura “But what if suddenly, now that she has power, she wants to fight with you to take custody of Emmy? Would you hand the child over to her?” I asked the couple, being scared about it. The last time I saw Suzy, she had told me that she was trying to raise some money to be able to take care of E
Laura "What? Are you expecting twins? Ava asked, completely shocked, unable to understand what she was saying, so loudly that everyone within a 10-meter radius heard what she said. “Keep your composure, for God’s sake!” I shouted in whispers with her, looking at the people there in the gallery.
Ava Suzy, that bitch, had only appeared there just to ruin our happiness. Laura and I were having a great girl's day doing our shopping, talking about our kids, and making future plans, but that demon in the form of a person named Suzy had shown up to ruin the moment. “Ava and Laura? No wonder I
“Why do you keep hanging out with them, Abby?” he asked, and now there was a note of concern that annoyed me even more. “You know Madison’s not good for you. She uses you, and you let her.” “It’s none of your business,” I shot back, my voice sharp. “I do what I want, Caleb. Bye.” I hung up before h
Abby POV It was a lazy Sunday, and I was at the mall’s food court, waiting at the counter to pick up snacks for myself and the “new friends” I’d managed to latch onto. The smell of grease and cheap coffee filled the air, and the hum of conversations mixed with the muffled pop music from the speaker
Caleb, Abby, Madison, Nadia—they all spun through my head like a broken carousel. I wanted to tell my parents everything, collapse and ask for help, but the thought of seeing disappointment in their eyes—or worse, them trying to intervene at Oxwell to “save” me—made me swallow the words. I had to fi
Annie POV It was the weekend, and I was at home, trying to take deep breaths and pretend everything was okay. The Oxwell campus was a few hours away, giving me temporary relief from the chaos my life had become. Here, with my parents and the twins, I could at least try to be the old Annie—the exc
Max POV Walking beside someone who’d once meant so much to me felt strange. I couldn’t stop thinking that our breakup had been a waste, couldn’t stop remembering how happy I’d been with this guy, only to ruin it all because of my ego, because of a toxic fixation I had on Albert. Conrad Adams walke
Max POV was stunned when Albert told me that, my mouth even went dry because I wasn’t expecting to hear it. Conrad Adams was back. He was my boyfriend in my early twenties. I met him through Albert, who was close friends with him during the dark days of his family’s company. Conrad was a good guy
Max POV I was driving through the city with the radio on low, just a background murmur to keep the silence from swallowing me whole, when my phone buzzed on the dashboard. Zoey. Of course it was her. The girl had already wormed her way into my house like a high-heeled parasite, and now, apparently,
Annie POV After the moment at the mall, I returned to the dorm with a tight chest, carrying the bags with the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy. The plan was to distract myself, but Madison’s words—“racist,” “canceled piece of trash”—spun in my head like a broken record, mingling with Nadia’s re
When I met her last week at a council meeting, I could tell she’d be a challenge—confident, charismatic, the type who knew how to play the game. “Ugh, Madison Goodwin is here too. What a rotten day,” I grumbled, rolling my eyes. Of course Abby would get close to Madison—she was her adopted cousin.