A Little Too Familiar Novels & Stories

Anya asked, her expression twisted with disbelief. Graham shook his head. "No chance. That voice sounded exactly like Evan's." Then, noticing Anya's strange expression, he burst out laughing. "Oh, Anya, don't tell me you actually thought the man hiding in the Queen of Finance's house was Evan? You're overthinking it! Countless people in the world sound alike! Didn't you say Evan and Zeke sound extremely similar?" "That's true." Anya relaxed immediately as she thought, 'I'd overreacted. Hearing his name only startled me; that's all. Many share a voice. That's nothing to be alarmed about. Evan's voice is rich and magnetic, the same as Zeke's.'

He boxed me in, one arm on either side of my head, his body heat wrapping around me like smoke. “You don’t know me,” I said. “No,” he agreed. “But I know enough.” He bent close, nose brushing mine. “I know you work two jobs. That you’re paying for someone’s care, your mother, I assume. I know you haven’t let a man touch you in over a year because you don’t trust easy. And I know you taste like heaven.” My breath caught. “You had me followed?” “I had you found,” he corrected. “Big difference.”

Likewise, I learned some things from them too. We returned to Alpha Marcus' office to attend to some documents. The Eclipse Pack was bigger and richer than the one I grew up in. Alpha Marcus must have been a very busy man. Thinking of him, my heart broke again, and I began to miss him. No matter how annoying he was, I always felt better with him around, annoying him and anticipating what he would do next. He had messed me up with what he did to me the night before, and I would have given it up to him if he wanted.

“Different good or different bad?” Mia laughed beside me. “Don’t flirt with my best friend, Marcus. She’s off limits.” “Am I?” he asked, eyes never leaving mine. “That’s too bad.” Heat rushed to my face. I tried to play it cool. “Still as cocky as ever, I see.” “Only when I know I’m right.” He stopped right in front of me, close enough that I could smell his cologne — woodsy and masculine. “You’ve changed too. That little awkward girl who used to follow me around is gone.”

Easy. “I understand that,” he said. “I’m taking Lucas home. He’s been very excited.” “Are you visiting family?” I asked. “My parents live nearby,” he said. “And home is… well. Home.” Something in his tone shifted, not sad, exactly, but careful. Like he was choosing each word deliberately. “And you?” he asked. “Any big holiday plans?” “No,” I said quickly. Too quickly. I softened it. “Just me. Walking. Eating. Existing without answering questions.”

Spew. Aiden Buckland's fancy car pulls into my driveway. His blonde locks are flowing again. His light brown eyes find mine. I like hanging out with him. Even if we are only friends who are pretending. I do like him. He is a kind soul. I am thrilled to go to his soccer game and watch him kick the ball around.

I took out my phone and scrolled to the one photo in the album where Mom was actually smiling. Finally, the boarding call came. Outside the window, Northbridge shrank smaller and smaller behind the plane. I leaned against the glass and closed my eyes. Mom's voice drifted up in my memory, as clear as if she were beside me. 'Ted, sweetheart. Life's like riding a train. Some people get on, some people get off. Don't let it weigh on you too much.' She was right. Mom had gotten off first. Chloe had reached her stop, too. Now, it was my turn to move on to whatever platform came next.

And, we are still stuck with English. "Umm, it's just kinda... uh, hard to... be familiar with the participles of verbs. I just get a little confused if I could meet a different word from what we have been learning. Because you have said it yourself that there are more than a thousand verbs out there and... I just... that's too much... too many to remember. And... confusing as fuck. You don't say readed for past form, right? Or should it be added with have, has, or been? Singular? Reads, right? Present tense? Reading? I don't know." She reasoned out in frustration and I just stared at her very stressed face.

“Unlike someone… And you said I was so low for using your popularity to boost myself, but now look at the almighty, Liu Shun-Feng. Using a little girl to boost his own popularity. Aren’t we same?” “Me? The same as you?” He laughed, because he thought it was too funny. “I didn’t start any rumours about me making anyone pregnant or breaking anyone’s heart just to make myself popular now, did I?” He leans his back against the wall and crosses his arms. “Unlike someone, and when I say someone. I meant you, Tira Kim. I’m nothing like you, a shameless wretch who only cares about becoming famous. You don’t care if your name is filthy or not, you just want to be famous. But me? I care about my name.

The same guy that had appeared in the hospital yesterday and I even offended. She then suddenly remembered why she had found his face familiar that morning. He looked like someone she had seen on the TV at one point or the other. Daisy had gone through a few articles before Violet came out and Violet is quite right. Everything Violet had said were things she had already even read but she was pretty much doubting. She had even seen more including things like his net worth and others. Daisy shut her eyes feeling slightly overwhelmed. Not for anything but that she did not like the fact that she somehow got involved with him in such an awkward situation.