A Very Long Engagement Novel Novels & Stories

“We’re heading back now. The engagement in the Maldives was a success. The tabloids and articles confirm that much. I assume you’ve already read every detail.” “Oh, I’ve read them, alright. And it wasn’t up to the standard, Roman. You’re a Lennox! Where’s the grandeur? Where’s the elegance? You need to upscale your game! Throw a proper engagement party. Invite the entire circle. Make it a spectacle! Do you think a secret engagement on a beach is befitting of our name?” The man was relentless. “Grandfather,” I began, my tone edged with exhaustion, “Lyra and I have already been engaged twice. A third engagement seems—”

I stared at her with DISGUST written all over my face. "What, what's up with that look?" "You never told me you were into old and grumpy men" I walked forward. "Wait a second!... I never said I was into old and grumpy men, Amelia!" she caught up with me. "What…aren't CEOs always old and grumpy men?" "Handsome…I said handsome!... I can't believe this is coming from someone who called her fling Hot, Sexy, Manly, Handsome, Tall, huge di-"

"This is a marriage of convenience. As long as it looks good on the surface, that's enough. You're free to find someone else to have fun with." I gave a small, contemptuous smile, and replied lightly, without hesitation, "Sure." He frowned at my tone, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it. "As long as you're okay with it, I can introduce you to someone. Better to be with someone I know—less chance of anything going wrong." Rich families have their own kind of filth. Nothing surprised me anymore. I tossed out a final line, "Whatever." Our engagement was born from an old promise between generations. There was never love between us. Even if Raphael were in bed with three women at once, I could loo

A blush creeps on my cheeks, turning away to hide the light embarrassment on my face. I am still in shock that Adrian and I are engaged with one another. We decided to take our time with things, yes, so that is why we decided on a very long engagement. We knew, though, that we were going to be married with one another. We wanted to spend the rest of our lives at each other side instead of being far away from one another. The diamond ring that sits on my finger merely acts like a promise, a sweet ending to the tumultuous story that we have been through with one another.

One article from six months ago caught my attention: "Graham's Engagement Ends in Scandal." I clicked on it, squinting at the small screen. Victoria Sterling, a blonde socialite from old money, had been engaged to Brett for two years. The engagement ended when she was caught cheating with his business partner. The article mentioned her statement that Brett was "impossible to please" and "emotionally unavailable." The woman who'd had everything beauty, money, social status couldn't handle him for two years. What made me think I could last six months? My phone died with a soft beep, plunging me into darkness.

Pov Samantha *** Benjamin's pronouncement hung in the air: "The engagement party starts tonight." I stared at him, my exhaustion instantly replaced by fresh alarm. "Tonight? Benjamin, we just got engaged an hour ago! And you just resigned! Isn't that a little... fast?" "Fast is believable," he countered, finishing his whiskey and setting the glass down with a decisive click. "Think about the narrative. A sudden, overwhelming love forces a titan to abandon his throne. That doesn't wait a week for a venue. It happens now. It screams impulsive passion, the exact thing Sebastian and Sophia can’t understand or combat."

Bisola have seen handsome men, but this man is very different from what he had ever seen. In fact Bisola mouth open wide and saliva is gradually falling from her mouth, Bisola begins to imagine herself in a wedding gown with the Handsome Stranger, she imagine herself carrying his baby in his womb, she imagine herself wrap in his arm and on the bed, she imagine herself growing grey hair together with him and surrounded by their Grandchildren.

For the first time, I saw not just the man who controlled everything but the man who would destroy anyone who disrespected me. It made my pussy tingle. I loved a chivalrous man, like Jabari from Entergalactic. Dinner was an endless conversation about mundane things. Every woman at the table was dripping in diamonds and gossip. They smiled with perfect teeth, all wives of mafia lords and crime bosses. “So,” one of them drawled, a brunette with too much perfume and a Cartier bracelet, “how long have you two been… engaged?” Azrael didn’t hesitate to lie. “Six months.”

The days of waiting were over. I drifted from thoughts of Bruce to Alexandro, my newest engagement. I met him a long time ago, and he had been in the dark in my days of wait. He was a businessman with clean hands and old money, and he was to be my masterpiece of convenience. I had timed the engagement carefully, and fortunately it had been just days before Devan's arrest. No matter what happened at the end, I would have the perfect alibi and would be assumed innocent by association.

She beat Kim though because her engagement only lasted 72 hours. “How are you feeling?” Anthony asked. His eyes looked genuinely worried. Audrey paused for a moment before answering. This was a loaded question. She couldn’t say she was fine, because let’s be honest, she wasn’t fine. Breaking off an engagement was one thing, but getting over the Vanderbilt brothers was another thing. Audrey’s chest still twisted and ached every time she thought about Caspian or Killian. Every night she still cried herself to sleep, wishing they were next to her, hugging her tightly. And though she was outside on this warm New York day, her heart felt cold and empty.