Carefully Picked Novels & Stories

Not accidentally. Deliberately.

"I love hugging pretty girls." When Verda saw that I wasn't hurt, her eyes filled with frantic hope. "Hey, pick-me! I… I mean, Cheryl, please help me. My family's rich. I can give you anything as long as you help me survive this!" I raised a finger and wagged it lightly. "Girl, you've got me all wrong. I'm a pick‑me, not a gold digger. Money doesn't tempt me at all!" I stepped aside politely, ready to let karma do its work.

Her gaze now matched my own, staring into the dark abyss. "I don't know." I sighed. "The girl just told me to have us continue north on this side of the river till we reached safety. I don't know where that is, but I won't give up till we all get there safely." Some of the girls nodded- the smaller girl I carried scooted closer to me and rested her head in my lap. She looked so young. Much too young for this to have happened to her. "I think the bird's done." The girl I gave my other stick to said, analyzing her own piece of meat. We all raised our piece of meat to our drooling lips. Nothing was heard but the juicy sound of meat being torn into. It was music to my ears.

James was a little laid-back and usually liked to take risk and have fun, Jaden on the other hand was more of a mature person and took everything very seriously. Sometimes when they were busy they would leave a note or inform her prior hand so that she would not go downstairs in their absence just in case she would come face-to-face with someone like Albert. There was always a lot going on in the mafia house which meant nobody paid attention if she was downstairs there but they didn't want to take any risk.

Chapman Senior rolled his eyes and shot back, "I may be old, but I'm neither deaf nor blind. Do you really think I'd get something this important wrong?" "Mr. Chapman Senior was very clear. Beatrice chose Nathaniel as her fiancé," Isaac added. George cut him off. "No, that can't be right. There must have been some mix-up!" He then turned to me, desperation in his eyes. "Bea, this is a mistake, right? You picked me, but Grandpa must have misheard." "I chose Nate," I answered with a cold smile. Nathaniel's head snapped up at the way I addressed him, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

*** Manzitti *** I mindlink Ivan and Slayne and tell them Helen and Summer are moving in with me today and ask them for some help. Yeah Alpha, no problem, just give us two minutes, Ivan answers. Make that ten minutes, Alpha, kind of busy here, Slayne interjects and I shake my head. Fine, ten minutes and then get in here and help us. I ask Helen what she wants to take for now and we start with Summer’s bedroom. Summer tells me she needs her ‘babas’ which I now know means her dolls, so I fill a box with her toys and Helen packs up a suitcase with Summer’s clothes.

He caressed it slowly and gently. Diana tried to stay very still.She wanted to satisfy her curiosity.For this reason,she must not give herself away. The man leaned in,his hot peppermint breath mingling with hers. "You've never looked this beautiful" he whispered

She was choosing it. Completely.

"Message received. No more friendly conversations with strangers. I wouldn't want anyone to think your fake wife is a hoe who jumps at every man she sees, even though we were just having a fucking conversation." I turn to walk away, but his voice stops me cold "Pamela." I don't turn around. "What?" "Just... be careful. That's all." There's something in his tone that makes me look back over my shoulder. He's still standing by the bar cart, but his features has softened quite a bit. "Careful of what?" "Of men who think they can charm their way into things that don't belong to them." The words hang in the air between us, thick and loaded with a lot of insinuations that neither of us seems rea

Like a pull. She picked it up slowly, turned it in her hands.