Eric Church What I Almost Was

(Each second chapter will be from a different character's point of view) Imagine meeting a different version of yourself. In one world you are a billionaire physicist. Then an underboss of the Italian mafia, in another a young junkie. The fourth version of yourself is the prince of Jordan. Being at the same place at the exact same time pulls you from your observable universe and throws you into a parallel one where you never existed. Read the exciting journey when this happens to Taylen Nova. Will you be able to live with yourself?

Kehidupan yang berkecukupan tidak selalu membuat seseorang bahagia. Terbukti dengan kehidupan dua pribadi, Keenan dan Lilian. Keenan yang memiliki trauma dengan wanita, dan Lilian yang memiliki sakit hati serta trauma dengan masa lalunya, membuat mereka tidak bisa menerima kehadiran cinta begitu saja. “Mari kita selesaikan masa lalu terlebih dahulu baru menjalani hubungan yang lebih serius,” ujar Keenan. “Memaafkan bukanlah hal yang mudah untuk dilakukan. Tetapi, demi cinta dan diriku sendiri, aku akan mengusahakannya,” jawab Lilian. Bagaimana cara Keenan dan Lilian melewati proses kehidupan untuk meraih kebahagiaan bersama?

Di hari pertunangannya dengan Damian kekasihnya. Valerie harus melihat dengan mata kepalanya sendiri jika Damian berselingkuh dengan Ruth, kakaknya. Valerie memutuskan pertunangannya alih-alih membongkar aib Damian dan Ruth. Akan tetapi, Ruth yang tak mau jika orang-orang tahu jika dirinya telah berselingkuh dengan calon tunangan adiknya pun menjebak Valerie tidur dengan Noah yang tak lain adalah pengawal Valerie. Valerie diusir dari rumah karena dia hamil dengan pengawalnya sendiri. Seluruh keluarganya membuangnya dan tak mau mengakui dirinya lagi. Hingga Noah pun akhirnya memutuskan untuk bertanggungjawab pada Valerie dan ingin menikahinya. Akan tetapi Valerie menolak karena dia tak mencintai Noah. Hingga pernikahan kontrak pun terjadi sampai anak mereka berdua lahir. "Aku akan bertanggungjawab atas hidupmu dan anak kita. Akan kubalas perlakuan mereka terhadapmu dan membuat mereka bertekuk lutut di depanmu!" kata Noah ketika melamar Valerie. Apakah hubungan mereka baik-baik saja? Apa identitas Noah yang sebenarnya hingga dapat berjanji seperti itu pada Valerie?

Masarap mahalin ang taong iniidolo mo. Pero hindi akalain ni Jesabell na iyon din ang magdudulot ng pait at lungkot sa kaniyang puso. Umasa siya na higit pa sa alam niyang pagmamahal ang makuha mula kay Tyler, na siyang umaaruga sa kaniya mula nang mamatay ang mga magulang niya. Gusto lang naman niyang mahalin siya ng binata, tulad ng pagmamahal niya rito. Pero hindi nangyari ang inaasam dahil dumating ang tunay na hero sa buhay ni Tyler. Ano ang laban niya sa babaeng ginagaya ang pagkatao niya at mas magaling umakting? Ang sakit at gusto nang palayain ni Jesabell ang sarili mula sa pantasyang binuo sa puso't isipan. Ngunit paano niya takasan ang buhay na mayroon siya ngayon kung ayaw siyang pakawalan ng binata? Habambuhay na lang ba siyang masaktan, at hayaang maging talunan sa mata ng mga taong nagpapanggap upang agawin ang mayroon siya? O ibigay ang gusto ng mga ito at hayaang maging masama ang pagkatao upang makaganti?

After chasing my crush, Edward Lightwood, for ten years, he finally accepted me as his blood bound. But, the day we were taking our eternal vow, his first love, Beth, from the allied clan was murdered by a gang of vampire hunters. He blamed me for her loss and tormented me every day. Exposed me to the eternal sun, pierced me with wooden stakes just not enough to kill me and then locked me up in his basement. Exhausted and heartbroken, I grabbed the oak stake and stabbed my chest in front of him. I killed myself. But, I did not die. I was reborn to the day I had confessed my feelings to Edward. But, this time, I'll not repeat my mistake. I'll stay far away from him.

Aurora only came over to spend time with her best friend— not to collide with Layla’s infamous older brother, the Ravenwood University heartbreaker every girl whispers about and every parent warns their daughters to avoid. Jaxon Grayson is everything Aurora hates: Cold. Careless. Legendary for his hookups and notorious for never caring after. So why does her pulse spike every time he’s near? From the moment she meets him—with girls trailing behind him like shadows—Aurora’s disgust is instant. She snaps at him without fear, without shame… and without realizing she just caught the attention of the one boy who never looks twice. But everything changes one chaotic night— too many games, too much adrenaline, and one reckless moment that spirals into a kiss that neither of them can forget. A forbidden pull. A dangerous heat. A night that shouldn’t have happened… but did. Now Aurora can’t escape the truth: she wants the one boy she was never meant to want. And Jaxon—cold, untouchable Jaxon—finds himself wanting the one girl he was never supposed to touch. But with Layla fiercely against their closeness… with jealous girls watching… with history, pride, fear, and reputation in the way… Aurora wonders: Is this a mistake that will ruin everything? Or the one forbidden taste that might change them both forever?

The day I received my medical report and found out I was pregnant, my husband—Alpha Scott Hansen—held a small wedding ceremony in the hospital garden with his first love and former mate, Gillian Boyd. He explained, “Her final wish in this life was to be my bride.” But what about me? What was I to him? A replacement? It finally hit me—ten years of unwavering devotion and sacrifice meant nothing compared to a single tear shed by his first love.

Six years earlier, Avery Walters relentlessly pursued the law school heartthrob, Lucien Holmes. After three months of dating, she brushed him off with a careless line—“I got bored of sleeping with you”—and ended things without a shred of hesitation. Six years after the breakup, the two met again. The once-privileged heiress and the penniless man she once knew had completely traded places in life. He rose to the top as a powerhouse at an elite law firm, while she was burdened with debt, raising a daughter, and trapped in an abusive marriage. Lucien appeared as her divorce attorney, his gaze toward her filled with open mockery. “This is all your own doing.” Avery knew that Lucien hated her to the bone. She deliberately avoided any further entanglement with Lucien. On the day she left, she smiled and wished him a happy marriage. Yet this man crossed mountains and long roads just to find her. At a small-town inn, he cornered her in a dimly lit room, his eyes red as he pulled her into a tight embrace. “Do you really have the heart to abandon me again?”

Two broken hearts. One fake marriage. A thousand buried secrets. Eva thought love would be enough to keep them together. Ten years loving Stephan. Five years married to him. And one tragic accident that shattered everything they ever were, she’s left with a stranger wearing her husband’s face. Until the day she finally walks away. And that’s when she meets Micah, her ex-husband’s enemy, the man who once set her marriage on fire just by existing. He proposes to her a dangerous deal: a one-year marriage that will make Stephan regret ever letting her go. But what starts as a game to wound her ex soon spirals into something raw, tender, and terrifyingly real. Only, Micah isn’t what he seems. Behind his easy smile are secrets she was never meant to find, secrets that could destroy them both. And when the truth comes out, love might not be enough to save anyone. When the lies unravel… will her heart choose forgiveness — or freedom?

Imagine finding out your current lover is your deceased fiancee's murderer, what would you do? Continue the relationship? Or bring him to justice?