Ellemmyの小説

Harriet’s point of view The loading icon kept spinning endlessly, I pressed my lips together, willing it to stop. Come on...Come on.For the past hour, we'd been trying to submit our proposal. Every time we thought it had gone through, the system crashed or froze before the confirmation page appeared. "Try my laptop." Mark slid his computer toward me. "It might work."I didn't argue. At this point, I would have submitted it from a toaster if it gave us a chance. Jade stood behind me, chewing nervously on her thumbnail. "Eight minutes to go.".No one answered her, the room fell into another heavy silence, broken only by the frantic tapping of keyboards. I swallowed hard and glanced at the countdown clock in the corner of the screen. 07:36. The numbers seemed to mock me.Three days of hard work and sleepless nights, everything rested on one submission. "Try another network," Mark muttered."It has to work." Jade whispered, but it didn't. Five minutes, four, three, the loading circle ke

Randy's point of view I'm sorry, Randy." Sienna's voice was so soft I almost missed it. I looked down at her, she was resting against the hospital bed, her face so pale it made something inside me tighten. The IV taped to the back of her hand caught my eye, and I hated the sight of it."I'm sorry I made you worry again." She gave me a weak smile. "I only felt a little dizzy"I reached for her hand before she could say another word, wrapping my fingers around hers."Don't apologize." My thumb brushed over the back of her hand. "Your health comes first, nothing else."She nodded faintly. "The doctor said it's nothing serious, I just need some rest.""Good." The word slipped out with the breath I'd been holding. "You'll get all the rest you need."She shifted closer, moving slowly until her head rested on my lap, a smile spreading across her face. "I'm happy that I could come back to your side."My hand gently ran through her soft curls , then my phone vibrated, without thinking, I opene

Harriet’s point of view “You should let her go.” The voice was low yet cold and commanding, that my pulse spiked before I even saw who it belonged to. Victor didn’t flinch immediately.His hand remained locked around my neck as he slowly turned, dragging me with him until my shoulder hit his chest. My breath caught painfully in my throat, and then I saw a man leaning casually against the wall a few feet away, one hand tucked into his pocket while the other lazily scrolled through his phone like none of this interested him. Victor sucked in a sharp breath beside me.“Mr….Z… this isn’t what you think,” he muttered quickly, and for the first time in my life, I heard fear in my stepfather’s voice, actual fear. “This is a family matter, it doesn’t concern you,” Victor spat, twisting my face away from the man. Pain exploded in my neck and a sharp cry left my throat.“Everything happening around me concerns me,” I heard the man say calmly, “and there will be consequences if I have to repeat

Harriet's point of view “What?”one of them stood, moving toward me. My vision blurred as I lifted my head slightly, forcing my lips to move again.“I’m…” Warm and familiar arms wrapped around me. “Hey….it's okay.”I froze for half a second. The hug tightened, and more arms surrounded me. “You’re home now.”My fingers curled into someone’s shirt, I didn’t even know whose.“Alright, that’s it,” Jade, my race partner said, pulling back slightly. “This calls for a celebration.”“I can wipe your entire digital footprint,” Allen, my genius hacker added immediately. “Randy won’t be able to track you, not even if he tries.”“Welcome home!” Larry, my designer announced dramatically, sweeping his arm toward the room like I was royalty returning from exile. A small, wet laugh escaped me.“The tech world had been in chaos for the past three years,” Larry continued. “Everyone’s trying to find the Cipher Empress.”He grinned. “Everyone, including Provost's group. They’ve been sending request after

Harriet's point of view The world came back in pieces. My lashes felt heavy when I forced them open. “How is she?”My fingers curled slightly against the sheets when I heard Randy's voice.“She’s out of danger,” the doctor replied calmly.“Out of danger?” Elena scoffed, her voice sharp with disdain. “Of course she is, always the drama queen. I bet no one pushed her. She probably threw herself down those stairs just to gain sympathy.”My chest tightened.“To make my son take her back,” she added. “Pathetic.”I said nothing, did nothing, even breathing felt like too much effort.“There’s something else,” the doctor continued, her tone shifting to something softer.“We… couldn’t save the baby.”Heavy silence passed for a second.“What baby?”Randy’s voice snapped through the room.“She wasn’t pregnant.”A broken laugh slipped out of me. His head turned toward me so fast I felt it without looking.“You were pregnant?” he demanded, his face forming a deep frown.“And you didn’t tell me?”

Harriet's point of view I didn't rush when turning. Elena’s eyes met mine, something in her expression changed and she took a step back.“Mom, stop. It’s just a ring,” Randy's voice came out, filled with irritation, then his gaze snapped to me. “If you liked it, you could have asked me directly,” he said. “Why go through the trouble of stealing it?”“I didn’t take it,” my voice came out so controlled it didn’t even sound like me.“Oh yea, you didn’t, you shameless thief,” Elena scoffed. Before I could react, her hand shoved against my shoulder. “Then you won’t mind if I check your closet,” she turned, already moving.My hand shot out, I grabbed her wrist firmly, her skin shifted under my grip, but I didn’t loosen it, not even slightly. Elena stiffened instantly, her eyes widening after she tried pulling away but couldn't.“You have no right to touch my things,” I said in a low but firm voice.“Get your filthy hands off mother this minute,” Randy yelled, his chest rising heavily.Bef

Emery's point of view The way Xavier looked at me after I asked why he hated me made my stomach turn colder than fear ever could.His grip loosened abruptly, like he suddenly regretted touching me at all.“Get out,” he said flatly.I stared at him.“You dragged me against a wall just to say that?”Gray fury flashed through his eyes instantly. “Don’t push your luck, Emery.”I yanked my wrist free angrily. “You know what? Fine. Keep your weird psychological issues to yourself.”His jaw tightened.“And stay away from my side of the house,” he warned coldly. “I mean it.”I scoffed. “Trust me, being near you isn’t exactly on my wishlist.”Then I walked out before my heartbeat betrayed how shaken I actually felt.The second I entered my room, my phone started ringing. My chest tightened painfully at the sight of Jenna's name.I tossed the phone aside, but Jenna was determined to blow off my phone with her incessant calls. With a frustrated sighI answered.“Emery!” Her voice sounded panicked,

Emery's point of view By Monday morning, I was one humiliation away from completely losing my mind. The hockey arena roared so loudly the walls practically vibrated.“Xavier! Xavier! Xavier!” Girls screamed his name from the bleachers while the hockey team dominated the ice like they owned the entire damn school, which technically, they probably did.Blackridge Academy worshipped rich boys with pretty faces and violent tempers, and Xavier Vaughn was their favorite monster.I tightened my skates silently near the practice zone, trying to ignore the noise while figure skaters warmed up around me. The second Xavier slammed another player against the rink boards, the crowd exploded again.God, they treated cruelty like entertainment. My eyes drifted toward him before I could stop them.He moved across the ice like he was born for destruction, then his gaze suddenly snapped toward me, the smirk on his face vanished instantly, replaced by intense coldness. A chill crawled through me, I lo

Emery's point of view The horrifying thing about betrayal is that sometimes the people ruining your life are still smiling at you while they do it.“Good morning, bestie!” Jenna’s voice sliced through the noisy school hallway as she rushed toward me holding out a steaming cup of coffee with the same bright smile she’d worn since we were six years old.The sight of her made my stomach turn violently, I stared at the cup; Vanilla latte, extra foam, exactly how I liked it.My fingers twitched at my sides because for years, this girl knew everything about me, my favorite songs, my worst fears, the way I cried silently whenever life hurt too much.I hadn’t even formed the best reply when another familiar body suddenly wrapped around me from behind. “Hey, love.”Allen pulled me straight into his chest like nothing had changed, his warm hands slid around my waist naturally while students passed around us laughing and talking, completely unaware my entire world was rotting from the inside ou

Emery's point of view I spent three hours waiting in the snow for a boy who was too busy sleeping with my best friend to remember I existed. If I had known, I would’ve stopped praying he wasn’t dead.11:47 p.m and I was still standing outside Bean Street Café with snow falling on my eyelashes, staring at Allen’s unread messages like they might suddenly turn into an explanation that didn’t hurt.I texted him one last time, my fingers trembling from the cold. Are you okay?The message was delivered instantly, but no reply came.The thought that something bad had happened to him made my chest tight with fear. My tricycle had broken down three days ago, and he was the one who insisted on picking me up after work tonight.“I’ll be there before your cafe closes,” he’d said this morning while pulling me into his arms outside school. I swallowed hard, my eyes looked at my phone blinking red; the low battery sign flashed like a deadly warning and I finally gave up waiting.The cold had alread