Hannah Berner Novels & Stories

Emily Warner I swallow hard as I look at the Lachlan enterprise building approaching. I felt Danika rub my back before I got out after saying bye to her. I ignored all my thoughts as walked straight in the building to the cafeteria. I need food to calm my nerves. I avoided greeting people and acted like I was in a hurry. I was in no mood to have small talk about my ‘vacation’. Everyone in the office was just as shocked as me when Hank announced his marriage news. The number of people that came up to me and asked me ‘I thought you were

the someone cut me off. "Her name is Annabelle Siromani, my daughter."

Probably some guy gave her a fake number in the bar. "I know what it is. But who are you?" She again asks me anxiously. "I am secretary of the President of the Damison Group. My name is Ethan Stone." I reply to her irritatingly, as she is wasting my time. I need to go home and take a lavender bath with my rubber ducks.

Do you ever miss the life you left behind Hannah Vane? I look out at the horizon. The Mediterranean reflects the gold of the setting sun. I miss the girl I was before I met Mike Miller. I love the woman I became to survive him to survive Jason Xander. I am not the girl who hid in the shadows anymore. I am not a victim. I am not a servant. I am not a pawn to Jason Xander or Mike Miller. I am Hannah Vane now. Hannah Vane decides her path.

Because standing in the middle of the path, and blocking our way, was Nicole, and behind her stood her pair of minions, Cassandra and the other one who I didn’t know. I stopped walking, and took a deep breath. Great. Just what I needed. Nicole crossed her arms, and tilted her chin up with an infuriating smirk playing on her lips. Then, in the most condescending voice I’d ever heard, she greeted me. “Hey, bitch.” Hannah instantly stepped forward, and her sharp blue eyes glinted with challenge. “Move,” she said flatly. “You’re in our way.” Hannah wasn’t scared of anyone and it was probably because of the rough life she lived.

“It was not a cakewalk. I’ll tell you that. With grandma constantly yapping in my ear about my age and ridiculing me for not having a dozen kids already, the focus was almost impossible to attain. Especially when I had those five monstrous records to go through.” “Why did you have to go through all five?” Ajax snorted. “All you had to do was pick the current one.” “You think it’s that easy, don’t you? Well, it was not. To find the real Hannah Lancaster, I had to find her parents first. And to find her parents, I had to find which daughter of their parents married into the Lancasters. But then there wasn’t only one occasion when the daughters of the Halest family were married into the Lancast

The bowl, crafted from a polished silver metal, seemed to glow with an ethereal light, as if it were imbued with a power of its own. Hannah's eyes gleamed with a deep understanding as she approached the table, her hands weaving intricate patterns in the air. The silence was palpable, punctuated only by the soft crackling of the candles. Her expression turned grave, her sharp eyes clouded with a mix of shock and concern. She paused, collecting her thoughts as she processed Sheila's revelation. “Kimberly Silversmith,” She repeated the ever familiar name in her mind as she lowered her head. And “what a small world,” she thought inwardly, letting out a small smile. If she was who she thought she

Davis fast-forwarded the recording slightly, and the conversation continued, each word hitting harder than the last. “I’ll overlook that disaster since you’ve taken money from me before,” Hannah’s voice said coldly. “But you need to handle one more job for me. The daughter… kill her. This time, do it right.” Amory, sensing my tension, wrapped his arm around me and held me close, his hand rubbing my back reassuringly. Hannah’s face twisted in desperation as she screamed, “No, it’s all lies! That recording is fake!” She looked ready to bolt from her seat, but just then, Mr. Foden walked in, his expression hardened with quiet rage.

"Aunt Anna, it's all Charles' brilliant idea! Everyone in the company is waiting to see me embarrassed!" "That bastard!" Anna gritted her teeth. Hannah was the future daughter-in-law in her heart! Won't charles be jealous seeing her beautiful figure displayed to other men? "Where is he now?" Hannah smoothly changed into the bikini swimsuit, casually draping a white shirt over it. Her hot figure was teasingly hidden beneath the shirt, making her irresistible. She looked at her reflection in the mirror with satisfaction. He wanted to see her embarrassed? Don't even think about it!

When Hannah was going home, Melissa was following her, Melissa wanted to know Hannah's house, though Melissa didn't know that Hannah has lied to Clifton that she's pregnant, but Melissa wanted use her as Instrument to destroy Clifton and Laura, Melissa hastily went to meet her."Hi, I'm Melissa," she introduced herself. "I'm Clifton's ex girlfriend, " She said, "Oh, hi Melissa," Hannah replied. "I'm Hannah. Nice to meet you." Hannah said,