Hardin From After Novels & Stories

After the show, there were loud applauses in the next room, and I am looking forward to seeing my brother's expression when he meets the retriever he hired to steal from me. =======================

I don't hate it. Alice shook her head with a smile knowing it was a hard question for me to answer. And then a voice interrupted from the door. We both turned to see Hardin leaning against the frame, a towel slung over his shoulder, shirt clinging to his chest from sweat. His dark joggers hung low on his hips, and his hair was still damp at the ends. He looked like he'd just returned from a workout—and was clearly enjoying the attention. "Looks like someone had no hospital duties today," he said, his gaze locked on me as a smirk curved his lips.

She led them to a delivery room, her calm and reassuring presence providing a glimmer of comfort amidst the chaos. Lena's cries echoed through the sterile walls as the hours ticked by, her voice intermingling with the beeping monitors and hushed conversations of medical staff. Jayden stood by her side, holding her hand tightly, offering words of encouragement and support. Finally, after what felt like an eternity of intense labor, Lena gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy. The room filled with relief and joy as the cries of new life filled the air. Exhausted but filled with overwhelming love, Lena gazed down at her newborn son, her heart bursting with emotions. Jayden's eyes shimmered

By the time we return home later that evening, exhaustion has fully settled into Hardin’s face. Mom helps me pack my things upstairs while downstairs I occasionally hear Valentina scolding Hardin for moving around too much. “You should still be resting!” “I had to come get my wife myself,” Hardin argues stubbornly downstairs. “You just had surgery!” His mom adds. “And I’m still alive, mother.” I shake my head smiling faintly to myself. Then I hear him add more seriously, “Once we get home I’ll continue treatment and rest after the family meeting.” That catches my attention immediately. Family meeting?

Sex drive is uncontrollable and once I start I cannot stop and I fear I'll hurt her. I don't want to hurt her. "Xavier?" I snap out of my thoughts and realize I spaced out in a meeting with Xander. I met Xander's questioning look. "What?" I ask grumpily. "I said; we have a new batch of human prisoners with death sentences. You want to extract their blood for the blood bloodbank or do you gave other plans?" He asked. "How many are they?" "Bout fifty from different states." He tells me. I slowly nod. "I'll need ten of them have someone tie them up in the woods. the rest just drain them." I order and he nods getting on his feets and exiting the room. Leaving me alone in my study with my thought

Lucian yelled, “NO!” Elara grabbed her phone with trembling hands. Her voice cracked. “911! Please—we need help—there’s been a home invasion—people are hurt—please hurry—!” and she mentions the address. Few minutes later, sirens approached. Damien slumped, losing consciousness. The police burst in minutes later and removed the men. Everything was kept off the news exactly because the Hale name shielded by its influence. Elara sat beside Lucian on the ambulance steps, shaking. Lucian whispered, voice raw, “Elara… the baby… is mine?”

"Such a great time indeed. I think this is a sign that I need to fight." "Fuck Connor, fuck Jenny. Fuck what I've been through, fuck my past. And all right to Harper Lane, her present, and her future." The words came from somewhere deep inside me, somewhere that had been quiet for too long. I knew I wouldn't stoop so low again after this night. I was reaching for the door handle when movement caught my eye. Hardin was walking back out of his house, still in the same clothes, his jaw set in that way that meant he'd made a decision about something.

Sighing, he pulled her away and made her stand right under the shower. “ You won't want me after you will be sober.” Sneering Sarcastically, Hardin kept holding her under the shower, getting wet along with her, as she kept trying to get out of his hold. “ So, I should do it now. ” Sighing, Hardin leaned in and captured her lips once again in a slow and sensual kiss. Shivering in the kiss, Sia stopped struggling against him.

I don't expect a happily ever after, there will always be a lot of Afters to our imperfect love but I pray for the strength to keep getting through it. Remembering the Nova that told me to fuck off back in highschool, she happens to still be the same but more matured and I have learnt to love that crazy part of her. I wish all of you lovers out there a Maybe Ever After! The Nordan Story AFTER! by PLEASYMATT ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ The End. Please don't skip the next chapter, it's worth it, I assure you.

“Yes, Ma’am.” “Oh, you’re here already — welcome! Gabriel, these are my friends Linneth and Kyla, and this is Lyndon. We were classmates back in high school in the U.S., but we became closer in college. We haven’t seen each other since graduation — Linneth married a doctor, Kyla married someone in London, and only Lyndon here is still single. I don’t know why — he’s rich and handsome but doesn’t seem interested in marriage.” “Hello, Gabriel…”