Catcher In The Rye Chapter 24

"Don't move!" Coming home late from work, I was sneaking a shower in the shared bathroom of my rental when a warm body suddenly pressed up against me. His rough palm clamped over my mouth, pinning me against the cold tile. He held me there against the damp wall, his skin burning hot against my back as he let out a low, gravelly threat. "My guys are right outside. Just try and scream." Instead of panicking, I leaned back into him, shifting slightly. I tilted my head back and breathed softly into his ear. “So… you want everyone hear? I don't mind… we can give it a try.”

I knew my husband, Giovanni Rossini, had done it. He had stolen his dead twin brother's identity and faked his own death. And I said nothing. In my last life, he had discarded me and our daughter, Natalia, for his mistress, Katrina Moretti. My mother-in-law, Antonietta, called us trash and forced my five-year-old to peel olives until her small hands blistered. I knelt and begged for money to buy medicine. Giovanni only held Katrina and laughed. In the end, Natalia and I froze and starved to death. Even as we died, Katrina's mocking voice still rang in my ears. Everyone watched with cold eyes. They closed ranks, shifted the blame onto me, and shoved us toward a dead end with no escape. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back at the exact moment they carried Marco's body into the warehouse. This time, I wouldn't let anyone destroy us. I would make them pay twice over for everything they had done to me and my daughter.

"I want to forget everything! I want to forget you! Why the hell did you came back?!" I shouted at him while we were both crying under the rain.

When Seraphina Alaric, an accomplished news anchor adopted into the powerful Alaric family, is forced into an arranged marriage with the reclusive billionaire Lysander Vale, she expects a cold union built only on convenience. But Lysander hides a dangerous secret - he's not the paralyzed, fragile man society thinks he is. Behind the façade lies a man betrayed too many times to trust love again. As their worlds collide, hidden truths unravel: Seraphina was never adopted at all, and her "sister" is the true impostor. In a web of deception, betrayal, and unspoken love, Seraphina and Lysander must decide - will they protect their hearts, or risk everything for each other?

Deva, seorang Putra Mahkota dari Kerajaan Throne yang terkenal memiliki paras yang tampan, dingin namun pemberani. Tak jarang, banyak wanita yang ingin menjadi pendamping hidupnya, namun selalu ia tolak karena semua wanita yang pernah mendekatinya itu tidak pernah bisa menumbuhkan benih cinta dalam hatinya. Hingga pada suatu hari, ia bertemu dengan Georgia, seorang Putri Mahkota dari Kerajaan Edayon. Parasnya yang anggun dan lemah lembut itu, berhasil mencuri pandang Deva hingga membuatnya jatuh cinta. Deva merasa, jika ia sudah menemukan cintanya setiap kali menatap wajah Georgia. Namun, tak pernah terbayang dipikiran Deva, jika cinta yang ia temukan itu adalah mautnya. Ia terkejut ketika Sang Raja memberitahu jika Georgia adalah Putri Mahkota dari Kerajaan Edayon. Kerajaan Edayon adalah musuh besar dari Kerajaan Throne sejak lama. Mendengar ucapan Sang Raja, Deva pun terdiam dan terus memikirkan kisah cintanya itu. Ia langsung bergegas pergi ke kamarnya untuk menenangkan pikirannnya. Di satu sisi, Georgia yang juga diberitahu oleh ayahnya, jika Deva adalah Putra Mahkota dari kerajaan yang menjadi musuhnya, langsung ikut terpaku dan tidak mengeluarkan sepatah kata pun. Mereka berdua sama-sama memikirkan hal yang sama, terlebih lagi mereka tahu bahwa kerajaan mereka sudah merencanakan perang, jauh sebelum mereka bertemu. Lalu, apa yang akan mereka lakukan? Apakah mereka akan merelakan cintanya demi sebuah perang? Atau mereka akan memperjuangkan cinta mereka sendiri hingga menemukan sebuah akhir?

What if time was running out? but love wasn't? In a world where moments matter. love in the present is a beautiful exploration of love, loss, and living in the 'now'. Dive into the captivating story of Jackie Leigh Villamor and Aireshi Takahashi as they uncovers the true meaning of love and living in the present.

A kind of story where in it all started in the club. They were so happy, not until that day when it all ended, also in that club where they're love story began

As soon as I kissed him, he pushed me aside, got up from the bed and walked over to the other end of the room. He suddenly seemed angry but I didn't understand why. Was it the kiss? Was it me? "You know what? Maybe we should do it some other time instead." He suggested. He began to sweat and was acting strange; like someone who was afraid of something but what he was afraid of, I couldn't tell. "Some other time?" I asked frustratedly because it wasn't the first time he was rejecting me. "I'm tired of hearing this bulshit over and over again." I wasn't going to take a no for an answer again, not this time. So, I walked over to him and claimed his lips for the second time. "Stop! He yelled at me in anger as he fell to the ground. He started groaning, rolling around in the floor like someone in pain. I was terrified by the scene and didn't know what to do. Next thing I knew, i heard the snapping of his bone and right before my eyes, he transformed into a creature; a creature I had seen before. The same type of creature that saved me on that fateful night. He stood before me with a raging red eyes and seven-inch long teeth. My mind was in distress and my knees gave way as I fainted from the shock.

Morgana James is the cold and calculating mobster who has been given the mission to end the life of the detective hunting the organization. Driven by her duty, Morgana eventually becomes William Bale's secretary. She just couldn't imagine that he was that handsome or that his eyes were capable of making her heart soar. Suddenly, her mission became difficult to complete, for the first time. For, she didn't want to do her duty, she actually wanted to taste the lips of the handsome detective, William Bale.

Alphonse Alexei is still suffering from the abandonment of her mother and still questions life and death as she grow up. One day, at her 18th birthday, she meets a ghost boy who's seeking for a "travel partner" to venture the place where death and life never seems to exist, but behind her ghost friend's silly and playful attitude hides a sad truth. "Death And Life Is Very Confusing, Just Enjoy What You Have Left"