Falling For You Secondhand Serenade Novels & Stories

He asks with his handsome smile. I nod. I’m falling. I’m falling. I’m falling. I’m falling. I’m falling.

“Your thoughts are so dark. And you guard your secrets so zealously even I cannot glimpse them. What is it you so fear, Elsabet?” At some point while he spoke, he’d left the doorframe to come to her. Now he reached around the front of her to lift her chin. Levelling her gaze in the mirror while he leaned around her shoulder to see her. The other hand encircling her stomach and his breath warm along her neck and ear. “My name is Serenade.” She squeaked out. Panting. His head slowly turned to meet her gaze in the glass.

"Leaving? Can you? Miss Lloyd, don't be in a hurry. If you're unwilling now, once the effects of the drug kick in, your willingness won't matter anymore!" Serena's eyes flashed with panic. "What have you done?" Isaac licked his lips, about to embrace Serena. "What I've done, you'll know soon enough! Since you can't escape anyway, you might as well just enjoy it!" "Get away!" Serena turned around, trying to escape. But for some reason, she felt weak, and before she could take a few steps, she lost her balance and fell to the ground. Seeing Serena fall to the ground, Isaac became even more excited. "Why are you struggling so hard? I told you, you definitely won't get away today!"

Air rattled through him in hurried gulps. I took his hand and placed it on my chest. “I don't need your love either. I just want to feel your touch.” His lungs fought for air with every inhale. “Annabel, it is not that easy. I'm just scared I might be the one to fall for you.” I sucked in my breath. “Then let me in. What will it take?” “Just give me a chance.” He flipped his hand away from my grip, stood up, and moved to the window. “Get yourself another man.”

“I spent so many years fighting what my heart already knew. I kept trying to convince myself that I could live a life where you weren’t the first person I wanted to see every morning and the last person I wanted to hold every night. But the truth is, I never stood a chance against you. I fell in love with you before I even understood what love truly meant. I fell in love with your smile, your strength, your stubbornness, the way you care so deeply even when you pretend you don’t. I fell in love with every version of you, the girl I first met in our summer house, the woman standing in front of me now, and every version you will become. Serena, you have seen every part of me. The good, the bro

"It was only when I failed to keep the final traces of her existence in this world that reality hit me—I've genuinely lost her. When she was abroad, I missed her desperately… until the day that I mistook Janae for her. Things spiraled out of control from that moment on. "I indulged in my selfish desires and even subconsciously directed Janae into becoming more like Renee. I slowly distanced myself from Renee, transferring my love for her to Janae, who was right beside me. I thought her face was all that I liked about her, that my heart still belonged to Renee. I'd only gotten someone to replace her! "But later, I woke up to the truth and realized that my unfaithfulness was just that—a betray

“You should come tonight. Unless, you know, your girlfriend gets jealous.” Amara parted her lips to immediately clarify the situation, but Julian beat her to it. “She does.” The table went completely quiet. Amara turned to him so fast she nearly gave herself whiplash. Julian wasn't looking at Serena anymore; he was staring directly at Amara, his expression calm, steady, and utterly intentional. Suddenly, the entire cafeteria felt ten degrees hotter. Serena let out an awkward, forced laugh before murmuring a quick goodbye and walking away. The second she was out of earshot, Amara leaned in and hissed, “What was that?”

I stay back watching what is going on. When they stop singing, another sexy baritone voice sings a song by Bruno Mars: Just the Way you are! When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change 'Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile The whole world stops and stares for a while 'Cause girl, you're amazing Just the way you are Yeah