Novel & Cerita A Taste Of Happiness For The Tragic Extra

"Whitney, we're sorry…" The police forced them out, and Luke's desperate shouts faded into the distance. I closed my eyes and took a deep, steadying breath. I finally drew an end to the nightmare from five years ago. The host comforted the guests, and the orchestra struck up again, as if nothing had happened. Our wedding resumed. Keanu gazed at me, his eyes overflowing with affection. "From this day onward, I'll spend my life making sure you both know what real love and happiness feel like."

I padded down the hallway toward the kitchen. Layla was there, perched on the counter with her phone in one hand and a mug in the other. The kitchen smelled like toast and something sweet—honey, maybe. Morning light spilled through the windows, soft and forgiving, like it hadn’t witnessed last night’s chaos. She looked up when she heard me. “Ah,” she said. “The dead have risen.” I rolled my eyes weakly. “I hate you.” She grinned. “Drink this before you collapse again.”

Once the crowd dispersed, Tracy jabbed me with her elbow, wiggling her eyebrows dramatically. "Judging by your face, there's definitely something going on between you and Mr. Holden. I've read enough romance novels to recognize that look. That man was staring at you like he wanted to eat you alive." "You're imagining things. That's just the standard look rich people use when evaluating cheap labor," I shot back dryly, even though my thoughts were already a tangled mess.

"...Fine. I was distracted." I laugh before I can stop myself. "You admitted it way too easily." He shrugs with a helpless smile. "I've already lost this battle." The younger cook walks into the kitchen carrying a tray of fruit, looks from me to Alejandro, then dramatically places a hand over her heart. "I love happy endings." Mrs. Harper points her spoon toward her. "They're not at the ending yet." "Oh." The cook grins. "So we're still in the romantic episodes." Everyone laughs, everyone except me. Because my face feels hot enough to cook breakfast by itself.

And now he was so interested in Felicity. “I find her interesting, that’s all.” He simply replied. “But there are more decent ladies out there. Women who have degrees come from wealthy families. Also, Happy is a single mom. She also works here.-” “So, you were saying that she isn’t?” Jeremy doesn’t like how Mr. Tan describes her, which made him upset. “I-it’s not that… I mean. Happy is not your type. She’s a single mom, and she didn’t even graduate from high school-”

“That’s Stephanie, my daughter, with her husband and two beautiful children. She’s found happiness, Cassandra. Despite everything… she’s forgiven you, too.” Cassandra’s eyes followed his gaze, filling with fresh tears as she looked at Stephanie’s family. The life she had once tried to destroy was now blossoming before her, vibrant and resilient. She managed a small, sad smile, a mixture of sorrow and relief etched into her features. “I’m… happy for you, Hank. For her. She deserves everything good in this world.”

Heat and pressure and the desperate certainty that this might be the last time. After, they lay tangled. Breathing hard. Reality seeping back. "We're terrible people," Trina whispered. "The worst." "Hope deserves better parents." "She got us. That's the tragedy." She laughed. Actually laughed. "How is this funny?" "Because we're flying toward probable death and we just had sex in a storage closet like teenagers. We're absurd." "We're human." "Barely." He held her tighter. "If we survive tomorrow, if we somehow win, what happens to us?"

When the movie ends, the room is dark again and I can hear the leaves. "Whoa," whispers Alpha Hughes. "What?" I ask curiously. "It's beautiful." There's a small smile on his face. That makes me smile. "How so? It's tragedy." I wonder. "I believe tragedy is beauty." How ruined is Alpha Hughes that he thinks such a way? Tragedy isn't beauty; it's tragic. "That doesn't make sense." I try to piece it all together. But I could never understand a ruined man's logic.

A single sentence was enough to make Hector turn ashen. He trembled as he slumped on the ground, his sunken eyes filled with despair and regret. He manically started tugging on his chapped lips, not even stopping when the blood started flowing. I didn't want to waste time on him anymore, so I turned to leave. I heard him say stubbornly, "It's okay, Samantha. You're my only family now. You don't have to forgive me, but I'll always watch over you. I'll even die for you."

But because of this power and struggling for throne, adding my stupidity in the past made my family faced the tragic and miserable ending in their life. In this life, I swear I will never lose again from someone and end up dying pathetically. The end I experienced once, is not where the curtains will fall down. Instead it is where my curtains will rise up and show to them that this woman will perform a magnificent play for them to be entertained. I will be the one who will have the last stand in this second life.