86 Novels & Stories

"Barely." ​"It’s 4:59, sir," I replied, stepping forward and placing the silver flash drive on the polished mahogany surface. "The edit is complete." ​Luke finally looked up. His eyes were sharp, scanning me with a clinical detachment that made me want to shrink. He reached for the drive, his fingers brushing against mine for a fleeting second. I felt a jolt—a phantom spark of the connection we once had—but his expression didn't change. He plugged the drive into his computer, the silence in the room stretching until it felt suffocating.

On the way we hit traffic, while Gregory and Lanna were quite relaxed me and Acre were on edge, Acre was so bad his hand was on the door handle "Calm down guys it wont be long" Gregory said looking in the rearview mirror. As soon as the car stopped me and Acre lept out of the car ready to tear apart anyone who so much as looked at our mates wrong but as soon as I took a deep breath the sweet scent of the sun,sea,sand and icecream hits me causing me to stop in my tracks and from the looks of things Acre has caught the scent of his mate too.

I laid my head on the pillow and snuggled up to Crystal and passed out. CRYSTAL I woke up around 8:00 a.m. I ran out to my car and grabbed the bag from my trunk. I ran back in and went to the bathroom ad took both test. I hopped in the shower while waiting on the results which I was sure would be the same as yesterday. I was washing my hair when I heard the bathroom door open and I rinsed my hair and peeked out from behind the curtain hoping he didn't see the test. I felt sick when I saw him holding one of the test. I began to try and explain but before I could say anything Brooks started to cry and I knew right then our lives were about to change in a really big way. I got out and wrapped a

He couldn't join her today because he couldn't risk leaving the unknown guest alone. Just as he was about turning to go back inside, he saw Lily. She had something in her mouth. A small backpack. She dropped it at his feet before walking inside. He picked it up and walked inside. After giving Lily a snack for her services, he opened the bag carefully. An empty water bottle, some empty wraps for granola bars and two unopened bars were the contents of the bag. He turned the bag over, shaking the bag vigorously. Nothing else was in the bag but amongst the wraps of granola bars, he noticed a small name tag depicting one name ... Kamara.

"Anything else?" "Her parents arrived in California some days ago, meanwhile look at the goddamned photos, Philip." Gabriel said and hung up. Philip scrolled to the place where Gabriel must have sent the photos and after just one look at the photo, he allowed his phone to drop on the floor.

[Make lead's favorability rate towards June Weng +10 current favorability 70%] See what I did with the title? Ya'll must have thought it was only one interruption. Lmfao.

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About the damage already done. 1069

“Heh… So, war again? Or are you, as always, arrogantly convinced that I’ll still lose to you?” *]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-(--header-height)" dir="auto" data-turn-id="f280b83a-869a-4bba-82f2-54136b960439" data-testid="conversation-turn-673" data-scroll-anchor="false" data-turn="user">

Keyboard Overkill