Article Five Book Novels & Stories

- End Of Chapter 5: Like & Hell -

The whole place felt quiet and empty. I had brought Justin here once before, wanting him to see the home I grew up in. However, he thought it was too cold and lifeless, so he didn’t want to stay long. Yet, compared to Dad’s new house, I thought this place still felt warmer. After Mom passed away, my stepmother showed up with her daughter. Not long after, Dad and she had a son together. Just like that, the small family Dad and I once had turned into a household of five. He was no longer just my dad, and that home was no longer just mine.

And the bride isn't me. ... I stood outside Orion’s penthouse, my hand shaking. I clutched the papers that would end it all. The contract that would sever our five-year entanglement. The moment the door opened, my breath hitched. He wore only a white silk shirt, the top buttons undone. It revealed his bronzed chest and the vicious scar that ran from his collarbone to his heart. Black suit pants clung to his powerful legs. His face was still as perfect as a Roman statue. The high-bridged nose, the cruel line of his lips, and those gray eyes that saw right through you.

More, and more. End of Book 1

Aisha's POV After Rika left, I returned to my usual routine. The white coat was neatly on my body, and I sat in front of the computer in my office, trying to focus on reading the medical records of the outpatient patients I would handle later that afternoon. However, for some reason, the letters in the document weren’t sinking in. My eyes followed the lines of text, but my mind wasn’t there. Julien.

Something about it didn't feel right. One day, I was out shopping with Athena and my mom. We were laughing and having a great time when we unexpectedly bumped into a one-armed man. It was Xavier. He seemed to have aged ten years with how haggard and drained he looked. But the moment he saw Athena, his eyes lit up. Athena pointed excitedly at him and shouted, "It's the man who saved me that day! Hasn't your arm grown back yet, mister?" No wonder I hadn't seen Xavier in days. It turned out he had lost an arm while rescuing Athena.

Marcus's hand moves over his cock, as Jackson laughs at her face. "Don't worry Kitty, I will spare you this time. Only this time, try this shit again, and I will do it." Marcus moves sitting back and watching the film as Jackson does, her eyes moving between them as she tries calling them names, her body turning to face Jackson, her eyes looking at him crying. Jackson moves picking up the book and holding it in front of her face to avoid looking at her as Marcus laughs.

He won’t provide the answers I’m seeking unless he chooses to, of his own accord. Defeated, I sigh softly, releasing his wrist. “Page 12,” he suddenly says. “What I want from you is printed on page 12.” In the Book of Law? Without a second thought, I quickly grab the book, flipping to the twelfth page. My brows furrow, my breath catching in my throat as my eyes skim the top of the page that reads ′Articles of Marriage’. This can’t be right... My eyes snap up, desperate for clarity, only to find that he’s already gone.

The arrangement was the fifth book. He opened his journal. He wrote: Don said: we are the fifth book. The unwritten thing the written argument was approaching. The convergence cannot be written — it is the inside account at its most inside. The four books approached it. The convergence is what we are. The fifth book is the living. We are the fifth book.

Only inside what had already become their life. End of Chapter One Hundred and Five