“Who am I supposed to be this time… the boy they love, or the man they lost?”
Eli, a 25-year-old orphan, finally lands his dream job, only to lose his life in a sudden accident.
He wakes up in the body of a 19-year-old heir who shares his name, a powerful family, and a life that is far from perfect.
Soon, memories begin to surface. Not only his own, but those of a young CEO who was betrayed and murdered by the people closest to him.
Caught between lives that do not fully belong to him, Eli must navigate a world of wealth, secrets, and revenge while facing people who love him for different reasons.
As the truth unfolds, he is forced to question who he really is and whether this second life is a chance to start again or a trap he may never escape.
(Completed) My panic grows and I begin to struggle with him, "Stop! William gets off me, you don't know what you are doing."
He pushes me harder against the bed, "Would you feel better if it was your British boy doing this to you?" He slurs as his hands come to touch my face. I throw my face away from his touch and I see him clench his teeth from the corner of my eyes. "You don't want me anymore?"
I glare at him, "Not like this I don't. Get off me!" I say, pushing him off but he traps my hands and holds them above my head.
"Stop fighting me!" He snaps, "this, this is what you want!"
"No, it's not!" I exclaim, kicking my legs which are slowly growing numb from his weight against him.
He raises a brow, "You love me right?"
I grit my teeth at his tricky question; if I say yes, then he'll want me to want this and if I say no, that would be a lie. "Yes, but not like this!" I answer in frustration.
He moves to settle properly, on my legs, "Well I think you should get to know every side of me; including this side." He sneers into my ears left ear, licking my face. His hand unfastens his belt and unzips his trousers and shoves it down.
***Karen thought telling William how she felt about him would make things better between then, little did she know it would be the exact opposite.
Why Me? Have you ever questioned this yourself?
Bullying -> Love -> Hatred -> Romance -> Friendship -> Harassment -> Revenge -> Forgiving -> ...
The story is about a girl who is oversized or fat. She rarely has any friends. She goes through lots of hardships in her life, be in her family or school or high school or her love life. The story starts from her school life and it goes on. But with all those hardships, will she give up? Or will she be able to survive and make herself stronger? Will she be able to make friends? Will she get love?
<<…So, I was swayed for a moment."
His words were like bullets piercing my heart. I still could not believe what he was saying, I grabbed his shirt and asked with tears in my eyes, "What about the time... the time we spent together? What about everything we did together? What about…"
He interrupted me as he made his shirt free from my hand looked at the side she was and said, "It was a time pass for me. Just look at her and look at yourself in the mirror. I love her. I missed her. I did not feel anything for you. I just played with you. Do you think a fatty like you deserves me? Ha-ha, did you really think I loved a hippo like you? ">>
P.S.> The cover's original does not belong to me.
Madison looks strange. Usually, she would dress up a little for those parties. However, this time she wears her pajama with cute animals. What's wrong?
Amelia Young was like any other girl. After graduating from college, she got a job as the President’s personal assistant at her dream company, DRIVEA; it’s considered the biggest car manufacturing company in Japan and the only one who specializes in high-tech cars. It’s owned by the most influential and powerful group in Japan; the Pearce family. Kael Pearce is the President of DRIVEA and Amelia’s childhood crush. She’s been fantasizing about him for years and now she finally has the opportunity to meet him. But she was quickly dismayed when she found out that her cousin, Natalia Bradley, was dating the President. Not wanting to make trouble, she decided to hide her feelings and confided in a diary which she carefully kept hidden. But an unfortunate event leads Natalia to find the diary. She reads it and is overwhelmed by her cousin’s feelings. Without talking to Amelia first, Natalia breaks her relationship with Kael giving him the reason that Amelia wanted to pursue him and she was forced to break up with him. Enraged, Kael confronts Amelia. Confused, Amelia tried to explain but Kael refused to listen. As his revenge, Kael decides to make Amelia’s life in the company hell. He also refuses to let her resign thus leaving her no choice but to stay and suffer.But Amelia held a secret. A secret she never told another soul. If her secret will be revealed, what could be in store?
気持ちがふわっとする夜に観たくなるドキュメンタリーがいくつかあります。まずは映像と音楽の作り込みが圧巻の'Elvis Presley: The Searcher'(2018)です。これはエルヴィスの音楽的探求に焦点を当てたHBOの長尺ドキュメンタリーで、プリシラ本人の証言や、当時の関係者のインタビュー、豊富なアーカイブ映像がつながっていく構成が魅力的。プリシラの視点は決して主役だけではないけれど、エルヴィスという人物の私的な側面を補強してくれます。
別の角度からおすすめしたいのは'Elvis by the Presleys'(2005)。これは家族目線でエルヴィスを振り返るドキュメンタリーで、プリシラや娘リサ=マリーなど家族の証言がフィーチャーされています。家族の人間関係や、公のイメージと素顔のギャップを知りたい人にはうってつけ。さらに古典的なドキュメント映像としては' This Is Elvis'(1981)も挙げられます。これはややドキュメンタリー仕立ての映画で、ナレーションや再現シーンを織り交ぜつつエルヴィスの生涯を描いており、プリシラ絡みのエピソードも断片的に見られます。
加えて、プリシラ自身の視点をじっくり味わいたければ彼女の回想録'Elvis and Me'を読むのがおすすめ。映像と文章、両方を追うと立体的に理解できます。ドキュメンタリーは編集や演出で印象が変わるから、複数を比べるとプリシラという人物の輪郭が際立ちますね。個人的には、夜の静かな時間に'Elvis Presley: The Searcher'を流してから'Elvis and Me'を読み返すと、胸にぐっとくるものがあるよ。