Click Reverse: 1999 Novels & Stories

It had to be the transfer agreement Leticia had given me a month ago. I had not even looked closely before signing. "No," I heard myself say, my voice scraped raw. "That was a route-transfer agreement. I never signed any dissolution." "You did, Don Colombo." Lucas calmly turned the file so I could see the page.

"I'll give you a ride." "No," I replied, shaking my head. "I'm fine taking a cab." Even so, Mark scowled and took my hand. "We're going home now." I could laugh right then—he was now actually willing to leave his dear 'sister' behind? That was when Sophie stumbled and fell on Mark, groaning, "I think I'm drunk, Mark… can you lend me your shoulder?"

I heard the sound of Ezra and Sebastian laughing and joking downstairs. As I descended the stairs, Ezra proudly pointed to a Lego castle he had built and said, "Amber, happy birthday!" Sebastian acted like he was angry and said, "You little brat! We agreed I'd be the first to wish her!" Ezra smirked and replied, "Well, you're old and slow—whose fault is that?" Sebastian snorted in mock annoyance. He walked up to me, then suddenly got down on one knee and opened a small jewelry box. Inside was a diamond ring that was glinting softly.

She was preparing to deliver her final killing blow, urging the courts to make an example of me, the social degenerate. Then it happened. The giant screen behind her flickered. Without warning, the giant LCD screen behind her flickered and changed. Her tear-streaked face disappeared from the screen. A black player interface took its place. Moments later, a crystal-clear audio recording blared through the speakers, reaching every corner of the hall and every livestream. The voices in the recording belonged to two people.

The moment she picked up, August's voice filled her ear. "Ms. Jones, I heard your funds have been unfrozen! Congratulations! I was wondering if you'd be interested in having me as your investment advisor again? I can offer you the lowest commission rates!" Elara's voice was calm as she asked, "Mr. Hanson, weren't you fired from BrightPeak?" There was a pause before August let out an awkward laugh. "Ms. Jones, your information is quite up to date." His dismissal from BrightPeak had been directly tied to the freezing of Elara's 80 million dollars in assets. Somehow, the news had leaked, shaking the confidence of BrightPeak's top clients.

"The evidence shows Defendant Dante Ricci laundered over five hundred million dollars through seventeen shell companies in three years." "Defendant Sofia Castellano, as the primary accomplice, participated in twelve of these transactions." "Furthermore," the prosecutor brought up a chart, "Defendant Ricci illegally transferred fifty million dollars of his spouse Elena Moretti's personal assets during their marriage." "Under federal law, these assets must be returned in full." Dante's lawyer immediately stood. "Objection! Those transfers had Mrs. Ricci's authorization—" "Authorization?" The prosecutor cut him off, projecting documents. "These are handwriting analysis reports."

I thought he would give up, but he summoned all the werewolves in the pack for the 99th time and got on his knees, swearing to the Moon Goddess, “Mia, you’re the only Mate I’ll ever have. If you refuse me, I’ll keep asking until you agree.” I was moved by his determination and love. After that, I established a Mate Bond with him. To repay his love, I gave him 99 handmade forgiveness coupons on the day of our Marking Ceremony. I promised him that I would forgive him 99 times. As long as he still had coupons left over, I would forgive him and stay with him no matter what he did.

Daisy's final score was higher and kept the first rank in the class. In the class, Ivory sat at the first table near the teacher’s table. Daisy’s position was the opposite but she felt extremely comfortable. One nice day, Daisy didn’t know the reason why Ivory sat behind her. Daisy was uneasy, so she said to Ivory “Come back to your seat.” And got his answer “It’s up to me. Don’t care.” This position lasted almost the entire ninth-grade year. Graduated from secondary school. Everyone focused on physical and mental power to get good marks. Because of this exam, Daisy forgot her love.

Let it be irreversible. Let this end.

The latter news is enough to diminish the joy of the first news. Elaine didn’t answer Risa’s question and continued to fall silent as she flipped her hand that was being held by Rise to entwine their fingers. That made the goth flinched in surprise for that timid girl to suddenly showed courage. Even so, she let her do what she wanted. With darkened gaze, Elaine and Rise silently held hands as they continued to watch the documentary video that is not so interesting, yet they found a speck of comfort in watching it.