Novel & Cerita Everything Everything Novel

Chapter 2 Clara woke to sunlight spilling through a huge window, soft and golden, but everything else felt unreal. The floor beneath her was smooth and warm, not the dirt and grass she had known. The air smelled of flowers and something sweet she couldn’t name. Her knees buckled as she swung her legs off the bed. For a moment, she thought she was still dreaming—maybe the fire, the screams, the violence had been a nightmare. But the pendant her grandmother had pressed into her hands burned faintly against her chest, reminding her that it had all been real.

There was nothing worth taking. He’d slept on the floor from the time he was a baby. His clothes were tattered and the cupboards desolate. He’d never received a gift for any reason. There was literally nothing in the house to take. And it was their fault… all of it. His mother could’ve been a better mother, or at least a decent one, if only they hadn’t ruined her. Darius learned the hard way that some people were just greedy, out to get their hands on everything. Well, he made his mother a promise that they’d pay. They’d pay if it was the last thing he did.

With all the noise and filth cleared away, my world finally became peaceful again. There was still a long road ahead. The world is big. There's plenty of room out there to make your own way.

After the engagement party, life seemed to return to normal, or at least, that was what it looked like. However, Greg clung to me like a shadow I couldn’t shake. That day after work, the moment I stepped out of the office, I saw him charging toward me like a man possessed, clutching a wooden carving. It was the same wooden carving I had spent months painstakingly carving, one stroke at a time, as a gift for him, representing my love. Now, his face was unshaven, his eyes wild and exhausted, and he shouted, “Zoe, I know I was wrong! Syd lied to me! Can we start over?”

Naomi saw Christopher reaching for something in his pocket and she declined, knowing what he wanted to do. “I’ve got us covered Christopher.” She assured him but he turned deaf ears. He reached for his wallet and handed her one of his credit cards. “Please accept it and you guys can buy whatever you want.” Knowing he wouldn’t stop until he succeeded, she reluctantly accepted the card and kept it in her purse. With one last hug and kiss, they said their goodbyes; Naomi decided she and Zoe should go to the mall first so she bought everything Zoe wanted. Ranging from clothes to shoes, toys and kids accessories. Naomi picked up some sexy lingerie for herself and a few items for Christopher and T

I didn't open drawers or cupboards out of the fear that I might find something very personal that I wouldn't bee able to unsee. Even after spending so much time on cleaning the room, I found some things out of place and tried my best to fix them. The house, when I inspected closely, also had cobwebs in some places. I was utterly horrified given that I despised spiders. It was really pathetic that I had nothing else to do other than clean a house. As I was putting a book back on the bookshelf, something fell from it. A necklace. It looked like a woman's necklace. I put it in my pocket, wanting to give it to Parker myself for it looked valuable.

Portia kissed her as if she were breathing in life itself, her hands sliding up to cup Antonia's jaw, feeling the delicate gold crescent moon and star necklace pressed tightly between their collarbones. In the private, downward-gliding glass box, high above the chaotic city, they clung to each other like survivors of a shipwreck. The multi-billion-dollar empire, the corporate matriarch, and the high-society wolves were still waiting for them at the bottom—but wrapped tightly in each other's warmth, they knew they were entirely untouchable.