Book Borrowed Time Novels & Stories

A. On arrival, she set to work. Her schedule stated that she had an appointment with Sarah to make amendments to a few arrangement. One of the orders she had to send out appeared really weird. The order was a bouquet of bleeding heart, which was one of her favorites. People hardly got the bleeding heart. What was more shocking was the fact that the delivery address was to her shop. It was an online order so she had no single idea who it could be. She checked if she could get more details about the customer but there was nothing except a number. The number went straight to voicemail when she dialed it.

"Carson! Don't think this is over! You owe us, and I'll make sure you pay back every bit of it with interest!" … I did not return to the hospital dormitory. Instead, I took a cab straight to the home that had once been my future with Jeannie. I had purchased a luxury apartment in the city center and paid for it in full two years ago. The property deed carried only one name—mine. When I reached the front door, I pulled out my key and tried to unlock it. However, no matter how hard I tried, the key would not fit into the lock.

“This book is a gift, Honored Lord. Although I don’t have the power to read, I still want to honor the kind man who gave me this book.” “Is it possible for me to borrow this book? For a week? No, a month?” I asked carefully. “I’m afraid it’s not possible, My Lady.” “Let her take it, Hudson. After all, she can’t read it. You have nothing to worry about.” Hudson looked extremely disturbed by our request. Regardless, he was still trying to be civil with us. “A week, Honored Lord. I can’t let it out longer than that.” “Two weeks.” Noah bargained.

" Rachel's voice trembled, choking with emotion. "Winnie, you know I would never lie to you. If you don't believe me, come here and look at the donation agreement he signed himself. "Also, the money I lent you back then… It was Andy who secretly gave it to me. I'm just a doctor. How could I possibly have that much money?" Six long years later, every hidden truth was finally laid bare. My love had made me choose to pave the way for her future. Winnie's love, in return, had destroyed my entire family.

I spent my whole day, reading and just being locked inside my spacious room, the only place that I am at ease in this huge suffocating house that I used to call my home. Lying on my bed, I busied and entertained myself being engulfed in every word inked on the old delicate pages of the book. As I flipped the next pages, my amusement intensified as I was amazed by the new knowledge I got from this old book. Our body, they say, is just a borrowed vessel from the deities and was never ours, to begin with, and I truly agree with that theory. It also further elaborated that each of us has our version of the life hourglass, the flowing sands which represents the remaining time left we have in this

, and threw my bag in, Incase eyes were on me. I walked to the study area and grabbed a book from a shelf and plopped down into one of the more comfy chairs bidding my time while checking it. I read for what seemed like an eternity. It was only 6:42. I got bored and picked another book, and just flipped through pages. Time went slowly. The alarm on my wrist began to beep at 7:30. I got up. It was late enough for those who didn’t have a desperate use to the library to have cleared out since, and still a bit early for the late readers to be exiting.

“That used to be my favorite book as a child and I'm sure you will love it too,” Nathan pulled out the book from the shelf and began to flip through it, suddenly he closed it and looked at me “Can I borrow it please?” he asked. “Let me think,” I said placing my hands on my jaw, after a short while, I replied “Hmm okay, only if you promised to bring it back in good condition” “I promised, it's going to be good as new,” he said smiling. “Then you can have it,” I replied. “Thanks,”

“Time reveals a person’s true character. “One day you will help manage the family’s assets. There is nothing wrong with being extra cautious about a new family member.” So Derrick postponed it. Another six months. Then another. Another. The test that had originally been planned for one month eventually stretched into three years. When he handed me that bank card, he genuinely believed he was being generous. There was far more money on that card than I could have earned through three years of exhausting work. It was enough to make up for all the medicine he had thrown away, and it was enough for me to live comfortably for the rest of my life. He had even planned out my future.

I uttered, staring into blank space as I leaned my chin on my knuckles again. ~ Night had fallen, and i was still occupying myself with this particular business book which had caught my fancy for a while, now. I needed to get my mind off the current situation at home, just so I could wait for the next day when things would be resolved, and I would know what’s next. Apparently, waiting until tomorrow seemed like I had to wait for seventy-two hours, so it was only wise to occupy my mind with something interesting, and intriguing. “Do you mind lending me this book once you’re done with it?” I heard a child-like voice from nowhere, and I had to bring down the book from my face to see who was pro

"You're a good man, Julian. Sophia doesn't know how fortunate she would have been to marry you." I hugged them with misty eyes and smiled. "It's alright. If I can't be your son-in-law, I can still be like a son to you. In the future, I'll still look after you both." Gavin and Allison finally smiled through their tears and ultimately agreed with my decision. I remembered the second wish in Sophia's diary. That should count as fulfilling it, right? The time machine would only allow me to stay here for thirty-six hours. Now, there was one last wish to fulfill.