Book Beat Novels & Stories

’ When the drawer clicked out he laid the CD in place. ‘Now push it back until it clicks —gently.’ It took Toby a couple of goes to make it click shut and he looked up for reassurance.

abck while smiling and walking without looking at the front because she thought everyone left but how wrong she was . Because as she took her steps further she stumbled against something from which made her phone about to fall from her hands but she found a rugged yet warm palm to hold her hand stopping her phone from falling . "Careful Ms. sareen.. I don't want you to hurt yourself again in any way .." She darted when eyes above and found this dark orbs staring straight into her Amber eyes intensely which made her hurt skip a beat until she saw his devilish grin crept back on his face which made her snap hand away from his grip.

"Dude, you've been training her for a month. The girl likes you. Why else would she drink that shit you make every morning? And no girl works out five days a week!" Christopher looked away. "Don't turn this into a game." He turned back to them with a cold look on his face. "This isn't a game." His heart was drumming in his chest and he was angry but unsure. Carlos stepped forward. "There is no bet. We're all routing for you, Beast. That's all. Just ask her out…or else." He looked at Carlos in confusion. The big man flexed his muscles. He was a foot shorter than Christopher. He looked at the other two guys. They were flexing their muscles, too.

Amir cleared his throat and gestured to the first one who had a burned scar on his face, he was the one who had a permanent scowl on his face. “The first one is Brute, he's pure strength and force. He may be the strongest one in the pack.” Amir explained. Brute didn’t react, he just stared at us with the same usual expression he had. A big part of me feels like he doesn’t want to be here.

Kat said innocently. Her face became expressionless as she aimed for his side, he blocked the move and brought down a beefy fist towards her stomach. Kat stepped aside easily, grabbed his arm, twisted it behind his back and promptly pushed him to the mat. The move was so quick that if one had blinked, they would have missed it. The audience breathed a sigh of wonder as the woman stared down at her opponent. “Now that I’ve beaten you twice, can you leave me the hell alone?”

The Echo Game Olivia Pov The bedroom was dimly lit with warm golden lamps. The air felt charged, heavy with perfume, wine, and building desire. I lay in the center of the large bed wearing only a sheer black lace bra and matching panties. Marcus was on my left, Nathan on my right. Both men were shirtless, their strong bodies already showing signs of arousal. We had created a new game tonight — **The Echo Game**. The rules were intimate and intense:

“Consider it a gift.” That coat was a matching couple’s design that we’d bought together back in university. It really was time to throw it away. He recognized it instantly and froze. A second later, anger crept into his voice. “Ruth, isn’t this enough? Don’t push it too far.” Before he could say more, Marcus stepped on the gas. The car sped forward, smoothly turning and passing the SUV. A moment later, the car came to a stop. Only then did I realize this wasn’t Marcus’s home. It was a high-end luxury clothing store.

Ed asked. AJ looked at the pile of books. His crying stopped for a moment, then he pointed to a blue book. “Mommy read that to me before. I like it. Aladdin.” AJ chose a familiar book. “I’ll read it to you.” Ed didn’t like the reason AJ chose it—because of Ruby—but he would grant his wish. “Beast, has Mommy still not answered her phone?” Ed hadn’t even opened his mouth, but AJ asked another difficult question. “No,” Ed said.

, she exclaimed after recovering from disbelief. “Really? I got it first! Haha!” Jacob seems to want to tease her by initiating that petty competition of gets the book first. “I’ve been wanting to read that book because I’ve seen a lot of good reviews about that. But I thought that’s a love story? Why do you want to read that?” “Me too! I saw lots of good reviews. But I’m particularly more interested that it was inspired by The Beatles song of the same title”, he explained. “For real?! Wow! I want to read it more… Ugh! Why do they only have to have one copy?” Frustrated, she sighed.

So we all stared at Becka with mouth agape as she gave First a cold stare. "I don't like anyone questioning my combative abilities cause I tend to give them samples that leave a permanent mark so that they won't forget it." Becka said without removing the bread knife. No one dared to stop her or hold her hand cause one wrong move and it'll hit First's eye. But her grip is firm and steady. If something would happen, it would be First's fault cause he moved and he provoked her in the first place. I gulped as I saw how nervous First is and how he tried his best to not move even an inch, afraid that Becky would really attack him.