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When Gianna Emerson best friend gets dumped by her boyfriend; Gianna is determined to make him go through the same pain and hurt he made her best friend go through. Get close to him, make him fall in love with her and then mercilessly dump him. It was the most perfect and flawless plan except that it didn't involve Gianna falling helplessly in love with him. What's more, her Favourite rule of friend is "though shall not fall in love with your friend's ex"
In the present day an era it was particularly hard to find a person or people one could actually call a friend. With the generation wannabe cold blooded hormonal teenagers wanting true honest relationships but never wanting to put the efforts into being an actual friend themselves. It was almost laughable.
That was the thing with the human mind and its greed; never giving anything but wanting the whole world in return. But they were rarest occasions where things that could only ever be seen once in a gorgeous sapphire blue moon, were real people wanting to put in that work an effort into being a friend and loving you for everything that you are or seemed to be and wanting to grow old with you.
It was an unexplainable thing to have such a person; its rarity was well known by Gianna Emerson after all she'd had her own far share of brittle relationships right from a tender age and going further friends that never stuck by you. It was more accurate to say she had never really had real friends in her past.
But, come spring two years ago she had met Becky Waters and for the first time she could actually call someone her best friend. It was light the light at the end of a dark dreary tunnel or rain after years of famine; a miracle she had never hoped would be hers.
Now, what would do you on receiving an SOS call from your only ever best friend, your other half, the person you're supposed to grow old and die with matching be-jeweled grave stones; worse case she's balling her eyes out over the phone. The answer was simple for Gianna: you grab a shovel and a body bag and cycle all the way to your best friend's house by 9pm, you also needed to well versed in the art of burying a human corpse prior of course, luckily she had read up on that months ago.
It was important to understand the assignment. She had somehow successfully secured the shovel to her bike and the body bag had been folded perfectly and tied tightly to her seat before she took off in the night. The street lights illuminated the dark streets making every cranny visible and after taking a turn down a familiar path, she pulled up at her house, parking her bike by the fence.
She quietly jumped over it, with much skill. She had been jumping fences for two years now, it would have been weird if she hadn't have gotten used to it at some point. Soon she was climbing up to her window obviously avoiding the front door. The large glass windows were already open so it was much more easy to climb in; pulling herself with the upper body strength she had developed with consistent visits to the gym and morning press ups in her room before going to school.
She was immediately greeted by the bright pastel pink walls with tiny lights hanging over each corner of the room; pictures holding various fond memories were plastered on the wall, the one adjacent to it holding a life sized picture of Harry styles wearing a rainbow colored suit; more girly aesthetics on another wall and just above her large princess bed was her name 'Becky' designed with lights.
On many occasions she had observed that the room itself resembled the owner, and secretly she had envied it, wishing she could have something like that for herself too; not the pink though, but being able to make the room hers. She shook the thoughts out of her mind; forget the room, she was there for a reason.
Atop the large princess bed was a lump beneath the thick duvet. She moved closer to it hearing soft sobs that immediately broke her heart and reinforced the rage with in her.
"Bee?" She called softly, sitting at the edge of the bed that had immediately sunken in. Her bed had always been extremely soft, she had wondered how she had never gotten joint pains from sleeping on it. It sucked you in forcing you to lay in a very uncomfortable position all through the night.
She had preferred harder bed herself, loving the stability it gave. The lump suddenly moved swiftly. She pulled the covers and was jumping onto Gianna with enough force causing them to topple over and land on the carpet floors beneath them.
Becky sobbed out, louder now that her friend was here, holding her in a bear tight grip despite her slender arms. Gianna, initially startled, patted gently on her bouncy strawberry blonde hair.
"It's okay Bee, I'm here."
"Gianna..."
"Yeah?"
Becky sniffled rubbing her tears on her black shirt then looked up to her. Her baby blue orbs glistened despite the tears, the rim of her eyes was puffy and red from crying. The whole site tugged on Gianna's heart tighter.
"What happened? Who do I need to bury? I got a shovel and a body bag ready for them."
"Be serious Gianna, I'm not in the mood for joking." She pouted her lips, slowing pulling away from the hug to rub on her puffy eyes.
"Do I look like I'm joking? If you want to see the shovel just look outside your window, I'm dead serious."
"I may not know what you want or what you like or whatnot but you have shown me that you want out of this marriage and that's one thing that I know I'm going to help you with it" Callum replied and Athaliah smiled mirthlessly. "That is what you want. That's what you've always wanted. You are the one who went to work on our wedding night without saying a word to me. You are the one who leaves the house before I wake up and come back when I'm asleep. You are the one who treats me like a plague, someone you can't stand for a long time, and you've done that for two years Callum and now you dare to stand in front of me and tell me I showed you I wanted out of this marriage" Athaliah said shaking her head. "How dare you?" she shot at him. **************************** Bound by a marriage forged in the crucible of misunderstanding, Athaliah and Callum found themselves tethered to a union neither of them wanted. Athaliah' compelled by familial duty and Callum, driven by his grandfather's desire. The union was doomed to crumble and fail. Within a mere two years, after his grandfather's death, the ties that bond them together snapped, and with two signatures, their paths were set separate and different from each other. Fate, that fickle mistress, intervened years later, bringing them back to each other's orbit igniting the spark and electric connection anew and the both of them dared to grasp at the second chance fate had offered. But then again, history began to repeat itself, patterns began to replay, and Athaliah and Callum are faced with their shared past, forced to confront the ghosts of their past. With new revelations and unfolding layers of complexity, the fabric of their relationship was stretching thin, and Athaliah's perception is shattered after unearthing a scared truth.
Samantha McCartney is turned into the laughing stock of her family when her childhood crush and soon-to-be husband a wedding ring on her younger sister's instead of her on their wedding day. Devastated and heartbroken, Samantha gets drunk and ends up having a one-night stand with someone she had only seen on TV and more; happened to be the estranged stepbrother of her childhood crush.
"What if I don't fall in love with you?" she asked apprehensively. Instead, his lips curved into a small smile that messed with her chest. "You will" he replied confidently and she knew at that moment that she already had. --------------------------------------------- A loveless marriage. Her parents' mysterious death. Dangerous secrets. Zaria Williams would do anything to find out who caused her parents' death and why. Taking over their company and ending her loveless marriage after disappearing for one year was the first step. With her two brothers as the last of her family, Zaria is further pulled into a web of dangerous secrets and dangerous territories even without having any idea of it. And there was only one reason, he protected her without question, without a word, without she even having an idea of it.
THE MONTELLE FAMILY SERIES (BOOK ONE) “Julian?” the latter called out in shock and surprise as Julian sucked in a breadth and turned to face the latter maintaining his flat expression. “When did you come back?” the latter asked again. The question instantly made a plethora of memories wash over Julian. He discovered he could remember everything that happened that day clearly as if it had happened the previous day. He remembered every word and everything that had happened and they seemed to suck the air of his lungs and as his legs almost turned to powder. His trust was broken and his so called loved ones betrayed him. Not even one of them remained; they had all taken his side and left him stranded and all alone. With his father's threat of giving his company to charity if he didn’t come home; Julian Montelle is forced to abandon the life he had built for himself in Hong Kong. Coming back to the place that held the worst and horrid memories for him wasn’t an option but for some unknown reason. Julian found himself getting on a plane and getting back to take back his rightful heritage and property. This time around, he came back to take revenge on everyone who had something to do with what happened back then and who had abandoned him. And as well this time around, he wasn't alone and had someone who stood beside him without any questions.
Since when they were little, Gabriella Armani had developed a huge crush on her elder brother’s best friend but the latter had never given her attention or even treated her like her a girl, he had always treated her like a younger sister; much to Gabriella’s annoyance. After severally promising to marry him when she grew up, she left the country or her studies. Never in his life did Kiley imagine that a point in his life, he would start to see Gabriella Armani as woman and not as the younger sister who followed him everywhere.
Despite being an easy target for bullies; Tessa O’Bailey never got bullied. The bullies weren’t scared of her but they never touched her either. And Tessa had no idea why but she was glad, at least she could now do whatever she wanted but when she somehow got into detention with the school’s bad boy, it didn’t take long for her to realize why.
Veronica is an eighteen-year-old omega who falls into an emotional breakdown when her Mate, who was soon to be the Alpha of the Sun crest pack, turns against her, hurls hurtful words at her, and rejects her on the night of the full moon festival because he and everyone in the pack, including her, thinks she is an omega. As if the pain of rejection, helplessness, and worthlessness wasn't enough, she lost her best and only friend to the cold hands of death when rogue wolves attacked their pack. Right in the presence of her mate, she was tagged as someone who always attracted problems and calamities anywhere she went and he turned a blind eye and watched as she was banished from the pack. With hatred for her life, she runs deep into the woods that were off-limits and jumps off to end her life, but in a turn of events, something else happens. What would her mate do when he finds out that Veronica is not who he thinks she is? Will she be able to forgive him? What fate lies ahead for them?
Kara Martin was known as Miss Perfect. She was a beauty with good personality and successful career. Unfortunately, her life changed at one night. She was accused of adultery, losing her job, and abandoned by her fiance. The arrogant man who slept with her did not want to take responsibility. He even threatened to kill her if they met again. What's worse, Kara was pregnant with twins and she chose to give birth to them. Four and a half years later, Kara returned to work at a large company. As the secretary, she would frequently face their notorious CEO. Kara thought it wouldn't be a problem, but as it turned out ... the CEO was the father of the twins!
Natalie used to think she could melt Connor’s icy heart, but she was sorely mistaken. When at last she decided to leave, she discovered that she was pregnant. Even so, she chose to quietly leave his world, prompting Connor to mobilize all of his resources and expand his business to a global scale—all in a bid to find her. But there was no trace of Natalie. Connor slowly spiraled into madness, turning the city upside down and leaving chaos in his wake. Natalie finally surfaced years later, with wealth and power of her own, only to find herself entangled with Connor once again.
"I've warned you from the beginning. Don't marry him, but you won't listen." Darcy stood close to me and smiled with concern. "You're not a woman worthy of a man as handsome, rich, smart, and virile as Blaze." My whole body trembled at her words. "Have you no shame?" I asked. "Take a good look at yourself, Heather." She stared at me in the mirror. "You can't even glance at your ugly face. Do you think Blaze can endure a lifetime of gazing at that scar?" Heather Bailey got a surprise from her husband: a divorce agreement. After a year of marriage and facing ups and downs, she couldn't believe Blaze intended to divorce her. She was devastated when she saw him gazing lovingly at another woman. After signing the divorce papers, shockwaves caught her up. Her flower shop was burned to the ground. Her father's company collapsed, and her parents blamed her. She struggled to rebuild her life from the ground up and became more successful than ever. Having many customers from influential families, she started her revenge on Blaze. She won the very thing he wanted, but that was just the beginning.
Due to the plight of her family, Phoebe had no choice but to embark on the path of selling herself. In an accident, she had a tangled night with Alexander. Everything began to derail, and even if she fled to the ends of the earth, she would still be found by him and entangled... *** Phoebe screamed in frustration, "What do you want from me?" What was this supposed to be? He raised an eyebrow wickedly. "What do I want? You'll find out soon enough." With that, he hoisted her up and carried her back into the office. The door slammed shut with a kick, and he cleared the desk with a sweep of his arm before laying her down on it, his body pinning hers in place, completely trapping her in his grasp. Every cell in his body was telling him he wanted her. He wanted to claim her again. This time, there would be no escape for her-he wouldn't let her slip away. Never again. If he had suffered for five years, then this woman wouldn't get off easily either!
"Love is blind!" Lucinda abandoned her beautiful and comfortable life because of a man. She married him and slaved off for him for three long years. One day, the scales finally fell off her eyes. She realized that all her efforts were in vain. Her husband, Nathaniel still treated her like shit. All he cared about was his lover. "Enough is enough! I quit wasting my years with an ungrateful man!" Lucinda's heart was shattered into many pieces, but she summoned up the courage to ask for a divorce. The news caused a stir online! A filthy rich young woman recently got divorced? She was a good catch! Countless CEOs and handsome young men immediately swarmed to her like bees to honey! Nathaniel couldn't take it anymore. He held a press conference and begged with teary eyes, "I love you, Lucinda. I can't live without you. Please come back to me." Would Lucinda give him a second chance? Read to find out!