Between Them Novels & Stories

Even the escape had been anticipated in outline, with alternate routes listed and then discarded once the actual path became clear. I closed the folder and set it on the nearest surface. My hands had gone steady in the way that follows a shock too large for immediate reaction. Damien stood at the central table with a drive open in front of him. He had reached the same cluster. His face showed the same slow arrival of understanding. “They recorded the relationship before it existed,” he said. The words came quiet. “Not after. Before.”

A cold voice growled from behind us. I turned to find Hunter glaring in our direction. I could feel my stomach flip when his intense gaze fixated on me. "Sorry." Jace said politely as he stepped aside. Hunter gave him a cold look, he bumped his shoulder into Jace's harshly before walking away. I gaped behind him in shock. How rude. I gave Jace a questioning look but he just shrugged like it was no big deal. "You guys used to be best friends. What happened?" I choked out.

or "no way" I know, I have been part of several meetings like that. My crazy friends, so I went with the flow with Tony and it ended quite well with us as being just friends.

So they will kep fight each other. Thank you for reading🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Xoxo🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

In measured steps, Killan approached me again, paying no heed to Kenru's watchful gaze from the distance. The tension between the two of them seemed to simmer, unspoken feelings of disdain hanging in the air. Even without them exchanging words, their glances conveyed a deep-rooted animosity.

When I stared at the both of them, they were like declaring a death flag with each other using their intense glare. I felt like being sandwiched between these two men.

She had moved to the far end of the bed, keeping an arm's length distance between them. Yet, his presence was ever so present on her skin. They were like two opposite poles of a magnet in proximity, contemplating whether they should attract or repel each other. This pull and push between them annoyed her, and she wondered if it annoyed him, too. He didn't close the space between them. He kept his distance and respected her personal space.

she said with a smile. “Jason’s brother?” I asked, this was the first time I had heard his name and for some weird reason, it had the same effect as the name Brianne and somehow, I could feel a dull aching in my chest, the feeling was nagging and very uncomfortable, I did not like it at all. “Yes, Jason, he and Alec are half brothers and based on what I know, they despise each other completely and you are the reason that the hatred between them spiraled out of control” She said.

Was this guy for real? The girls across the aisle were already whispering and giggling. I caught the words “so hot” and “lucky Aria” more than once. Liam leaned closer. “Ignore them. They’re probably jealous.” I snorted before I could stop myself. “Of what? Sitting next to you?” “Exactly.” He grinned wider. Oh God. This boy was trouble.

He was staring past it, jaw tight, eyebrows drawn. He looked like he was barely holding it together. We made eye contact across the asphalt. For the first time since this morning, there was no coldness between us. No posturing. No anger. Just worry. Worry that mirrored mine exactly. He didn’t walk over. I didn’t either. We just stood there for a moment, watching each other from a distance neither of us tried to close. Maybe because neither of us had anything helpful to say. Maybe because the only words that mattered were the ones neither of us had: