A Lifetime To Settle The Score Novels & Stories

It's why he is here now. I glanced at the chronometer. 16:00. The deal was finalized, another chapter closed. My work was done. I signed off with Mark and stood up, the chair scraping against the floor. Revenge had been my life’s blood, the fuel for my decisions, but looking at the years, seeing everyone around me—Lucian, Caisen—finally finding a semblance of peace, getting married, building lives... I realized my focus had been misplaced.

“Any last word, mutt?” “Check Mate.” The look on her face was pure confusion, then it turned cold as ice she pushed the blade into my chest at an agonizingly slow pace. I know some people see their whole lives flash before their eyes in situations like this but for me all I could see was Ethan, and life we could have together.

Anyways, our night ended at around 11pm and we went to our respective rooms to sleep, after cleaning the living area that was filled with the pizza boxes. The morning came of my day, when I will be officially becoming the assistant to the business tycoon, playboy and handsome and a PERVERT, Mr Richard Matthews. Yup, from now on, it will be me, him and Ms Dawson. No no, scratch that. It will be him and Ms Dawsone making my life a living hell.

"You shall go back into the world of the living, a year before the coming of your death. You will have 365 days to settle the score on what you have lost, to unearth what is yet to be unraveled, and to take what is rightfully yours. However, your time is up on the day of your death. You must come back to me, at all costs.” "So, you are saying after one year, I will die on the same day I died?" I asked, my heart breaking once again, as the hope of getting a better life after taking my revenge died within me, but at this moment, nothing mattered to me more than my revenge and taking back what rightfully belonged to me. "One year," she answered gently. “No more. No less. Do not waste it.” I gul

Maxwell paused, and then continued almost immediately. "After this I am done. Like done for good. I retire as a noble soldier and get the honor I deserve. I get to live my own life on my own terms, no more meddling from you people," Maxwell spelt out the terms of the deal he had with them. The deal that once they managed to successfully create successes, they would let him go.

"It hasn't functioned like a contract for quite some time, Lorrie." She looked up into the depths of his gray eyes. "So... what exactly happens to us after the one-year clause expires?" Lorenzo answered without a single millisecond of hesitation. "We physically tear the legal documents into ash." "And then?" "We write our own parameters." A soft smile finally graced her lips, warm and unbroken. "A lifetime contract?" He held her gaze, his voice turning into an absolute, binding vow. "A lifetime." He began to lean in, his powerful frame tilting down to close the final distance between their lips—

He turned off the screen and went back to sleep. "You slept in the chair." "The chair reclines." She didn't press. She stood, walked to the desk, poured a glass of water, and set it by his hand. The water was cold; the pitcher had sat out all night and lost its warmth. She stood beside him, looking down at the line on the terminal. "What does 'Lifetime' mean?" "It means lifetime."

Studies me like I'm a balance sheet that doesn't quite add up. The silence stretches. Sharpens. Finally, he speaks. "We have eighteen months of your life to discuss."

Lovesick had never been an illness that she could heal. Ethan roared, "In your dreams! Liv has agreed to marry me." The men glared at each other the second they met each other. The tension thickened in the air. Wayne threatened, "Got a death wish? Don't forget whose territory you're on right now." "It doesn't matter whose territory it is. I can beat you into a pulp." "You're asking for it!" Like a leopard, Wayne pounced on Ethan almost instantly, aiming a punch at Ethan's face.

Adrian chuckled. "I never thought the Universe Alliance would use such a clever tactic. Truly brilliant!" Over time, Adrian began to understand the Universe Alliance's intentions better, but he was surprised by how far they were willing to go to achieve their goals. He couldn’t help but admire their methods, considering them masterful. As tension in the crowd grew, the two opposing factions challenged each other to a duel. Unable to reach a resolution, they agreed to a life-and-death battle three days later. Both sides would fight to the death, with no complaints allowed from the loser.