Did The Mouse From Sing Die

I had been married to Natasha Bates for ten years, and not once did she ever join me for our family's Independence Day cookout. This year, on the night before the celebration, I finally gathered the courage to ask if she wanted to come. She scoffed and said, "What are you, stuck in the past? Who even celebrates the Fourth with a family dinner anymore?" Yet that very evening, I saw a social media post of Natasha with her male best friend, Stanley Rogers. They were quite intimate in the picture, and the caption read: [True happiness is celebrating Independence Day with your bestie!] I commented back: [Hope you two lovebirds make it official soon.] Stanley did not hold back. He messaged me a bunch of intimate photos of the two of them. Then, he added, [You're just a leech living off his wife. What right do you have to question anything about Nattie?] Everyone always thought I was a gold-digger living off Natasha's success. However, they all forgot that I was the sole major shareholder of the company. This time, I’m done staying silent.

The things that have to happen in the universe to lead us to a very particular moment in time are often a mystery but for Pearl and Corey, just getting them in the same room isn’t enough. They both fight their attraction to each other for different reasons, but their fire is an eruption in the making. Pearl has a nine to five during the day, but plays the guitar and dreams of making it big at night. Her long time fiance and her best friend have a nasty secret that forever alters her life. Corey is a bass player in the hard rock band Feisty, determined to be a bachelor for life even though two of his best friends have tied the knot. Can these two come together and accept that the universe is determined to win? **This is book three of five, of my Feisty series. This can be read as a stand alone book but you will be better able to follow if you read them in order.**

Ashley Black glaubte, sie hätte alles: die perfekte Ehe und den perfekten Ehemann. Bis zu jener Nacht, als er nach Hause kam und ihr Herz in tausend Stücke zerbrach. „Du wirst aus dieser Ehe gehen, wie du hineingekommen bist, nur mit deiner Kleidung. Du wirst keinen Cent bekommen, weder ein Haus noch ein Auto. Unterschreib und verschwinde.“ Ich kämpfte gegen die Tränen an, während ich die Papiere unterschrieb, und als ich ihn ansah, hätte ich fast nach Luft geschnappt, so viel Hass lag in seinem Blick. „An dem Tag, an dem du deinen Fehler erkennst, wird es zu spät sein“, sagte ich emotionslos. Als ich zur Tür ging und gerade hinaustreten wollte, packte mich jemand fest am Arm, sodass ich aufwimmerte. „Warum sollte ich jemanden wie dich, so widerwärtig und hässlich, jemals wieder wollen? Ich bin froh, dass ich dich endlich los bin. Warum sollte ich zu dir zurückkommen, Ash?“ Ich spürte, wie mein Herz in tausend Stücke zersprang, als ich diese verletzenden Worte hörte. Ashley verließ das Haus mit gebrochenem Herzen und schwanger, nachdem er sie vertrieben hatte. Fünf Jahre später erkannte Adrian den Fehler, den er damals begangen hatte, doch die Frage ist: Wird Ashley ihm verzeihen können? Erfahren Sie, was zwischen Ashley und Adrian in diesem Liebesroman geschehen wird.

Everyone knows Francesco Greco, heir to the largest mafia family in Solerio, is a notorious playboy. Yet when he swears to God that he'll love me for the rest of his life, I choose to believe him. He lives up to his words during the first year of our marriage. The Greco heir, whose presence alone terrorizes others, clings to me like a loyal puppy at home. But by the second year, he starts returning home with one lover after another. Rumors of his scandalous affairs spread, and I become the laughingstock of Solerio. On our eighth anniversary, his 99th lover taunts me in front of everyone at dinner. "Don't sleep in the master bedroom tonight," she says. "Mr. Greco and I are going to have some fun there. Also, change the sheets. I can't stand how dirty your things are." Everyone expects me to break down under such humiliation. Instead, I smile and turn on my heel. Then, I dial Madre Greco's number. "Madre, it's been eight years," I say, my voice steady. "It's time for me to leave."

COMPLETED WARNING: Mature Contents! Tabitha and Sage met under the most unexpected of circumstances, spiraling into a twisted game of chaos and carnage. After harvesting her sweet potatoes, Tabitha stopped by the river for a refreshing bath. But while enjoying the cool, peaceful water, she stumbled upon a wounded, drop-dead gorgeous stranger. She had no idea that meeting him would shatter the quiet life she had so carefully built. Sage Magnus Lancaster — heir to the Lancaster Empire and ruthless leader of the underground organization known as Black Squadron. A brutal, merciless group that silences anyone who dares threaten the empire. Now their fates are tangled in blood, secrets, and something dangerously close to desire.

The classified project I was working on wrapped up ahead of schedule, so I made sure to get back on my daughter's birthday. When I walked in, a girl I had never seen before was wearing my daughter's princess dress, a crown perched on her head. She sat in front of a cake as tall as she was, eyes closed, making a wish. I frowned and stepped closer. "Who are you? Why are you wearing my daughter's dress? Where's Heidi?" Before she could answer, two housemaids rushed out and started yelling at me. "Where the hell did you come from? How dare you talk to our boss's daughter like that? If you know what's good for you, get out! When the boss gets back, you won't like what happens." I stood there, confused. Boss? The boss's daughter? In this house, wasn't it just me and my daughter, Heidi Foster? I barely had time to speak before they shoved me toward the front door. In the middle of the pushing, something caught my eye. Off to the side, chained to a pillar, was Heidi. The girl I used to hold like she was the most precious thing in the world was now sprawled on the ground, digging through a dog bowl for food. A thick iron chain was locked around her neck, and her body was covered in bruises. My vision tightened. "Heidi, what happened to you?" The moment our eyes met, her hollow gaze filled with tears. She shrank back, then let out a soft bark at me, like a frightened dog. The maids looked at her with open disgust. One of them sneered, "Our boss said that that little thing was born to live like a dog. You have to keep her chained up if you want her to behave."

A car accident leaves me unconscious for a full three years. When I wake up, my family bursts into tears of joy. They care for me with the utmost attention. But from their behavior, I sense something is wrong. There are women's clothes in the house that don't fit me. My mother's shopping cart is filled with mysterious baby items. My father's friends send congratulatory messages about a new child, and my husband is always working overtime. When my husband once again leaves me alone under the pretext that there is something urgent at the company, I secretly follow him. Inside a warmly decorated house, my parents and husband sit around a table. A woman who looks almost exactly like me is holding a baby just a few months old, gently coaxing the child to call my husband "Daddy".

Kurz vor meiner Entbindung fiel auf, dass in den Waffenbeständen der Familie Galante etwas ganz und gar nicht stimmte. Die Führung reagierte sofort. Also fiel die Wahl auf mich, Sophia Vitale, die Frau des Don, die in den Augen aller ohnehin nur untätig herumsaß. Ich hielt es für eine Routinekontrolle. Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass Monica Leone, die Patenschwester meines Mannes, das als Vorwand nutzen würde, um das gesamte Waffenlager in die Luft zu jagen. Die Explosion war ohrenbetäubend. Flammen schossen in den Himmel. Überall um mich herum brach Beton zusammen und begrub meinen Körper unter sich, während ein brennender Schmerz durch meinen Unterleib riss. Ich rief meinen Mann nicht über seine private Leitung mit höchster Priorität an. Stattdessen schickte ich meinem Vater ein Notsignal. In meinem vorherigen Leben hatte ich im Moment der Explosion genau diese Leitung benutzt, um meinen Mann anzurufen. Mein Kind hatte überlebt. Monica war in der Explosion zerfetzt worden. Mein Mann hatte behauptet, er würde mir keine Schuld geben. Er hatte zwar gesagt, Monica sei eine Außenstehende gewesen und ein Erbe sei wichtiger. Er hatte keine Kosten gescheut und die besten Geburtshelfer engagiert, um mich Tag und Nacht überwachen zu lassen. Er hatte mir gesagt, ich solle ruhig bleiben und auf die Entbindung warten. Doch an dem Tag, als die Wehen einsetzten, sperrte er mich und mein Baby eigenhändig in ein verlassenes Lagerhaus, das mit Benzin getränkt war, und verbrannte uns bei lebendigem Leib. „Wenn du nicht absichtlich Zeit geschunden hättest, wäre sie nicht gestorben! Glaubst du wirklich, du könntest mich täuschen, indem du das unschuldige Opfer spielst? Träum weiter!“ „Du spielst doch so gern mit dem Feuer. Gut. Dann lasse ich dich ihre Verzweiflung selbst erleben.“ Als ich die Augen wieder öffnete, war ich zurück im Waffenlager. Zurück in genau dem Moment der Explosion.

I paid Curtis Robinett 200 thousand dollars a month to be a standby blood donor. My fiancée, Eden May, thought it was a waste of money. So she reassigned him to work part-time as her personal assistant instead. When Curtis accidentally submitted my marriage license appointment as a divorce filing for the 99th time, I kicked open Eden's office door. She didn't even look up. "We're in no rush to get married anyway," she said calmly. "Curtis is just careless. That's how he's always been." Later, in the emergency room, I called Eden while doctors rushed around me, my throat shredded from yelling. "Where's my emergency medical kit?" I rasped. "What did you do with it?" Curtis answered instead, his voice warm and smug. "You mean the expensive leather bag you kept in the cabinet? I swapped it out for a large party snack box. It holds everything just fine, and honestly, it looks a lot more cheerful. "Ms. May's brother and sister-in-law are both career soldiers. Your bag didn't really match that image, so I thought this would be more appropriate." My vision dimmed. My hands shook as I told Curtis to come donate blood. Eden laughed softly and cut in, "Stop pretending you're anemic just to get attention. If you're actually sick, deal with it. You're at the hospital; I think the doctors are fully capable of keeping you alive. Curtis is afraid of needles. He's not coming." Then, she hung up. She didn't appear until the surgical lights finally went dark. "Curtis had me bring you chocolate milk," she said. "It's good for recovery. It's not that he didn't want to help. He just faints at the sight of blood." She placed a settlement waiver on my bed. "I was the one who told him not to come. That 200-thousand-dollar monthly salary is his pay as my assistant. It has nothing to do with you. You didn't have to call the police for that. Sign this, and I'll go get the marriage license with you." I thought of what I had just seen in the operating room. Eden's brother, Harvey May, was bleeding out on the operating table, waiting for a lifesaving drug that never came. In the final moments of surgery, he could do nothing but lie there and die. I looked at her and said evenly, "You're the immediate family. It's not my place to sign that."

After surviving the brutal apocalypse for ten years, hardened survivor Hayley Reid was betrayed by her base and unexpectedly woke up two weeks before the apocalypse began. Back in time, her useless father and stepmother were still pressuring her to give up her house for her brother and his newlywed wife. This time, Hayley didn’t hesitate to sell them the house for dirt cheap. While they celebrate this great deal, Hayley went crazy stockpiling supplies. With the help of the super base system’s overpowered perks, she built an unbeatable shelter. While everyone else was stuck in zombie chaos, Hayley relaxed in her fortress like she was on vacation. While everyone else struggled to find food, her dog enjoyed a full buffet every day. While everyone else risked their lives squeezing into crowded survivor camps, Hayley’s base stood as the strongest steel fortress in the whole world!