Haunting Adeline Online

COLLEGE YEARS Aria is placed in a luxury campus condo due to her academic scholarship, funded by Talia’s dad. Talia, a spoiled socialite, who must room with “a normal girl” to receive her trust fund. Is instantly cruel to Aria. Jalen and Talia are dating, and the relationship becomes toxic, public, and intense. Meanwhile, Aria and Jalen are paired for a business project. They develop an unexpected friendship; Jalen opens up about his family pressures. Tension builds, Aria sees Talia cheat at an all campus party, Jalen gets drunk and shows up at the condo and find Aria there alone they have deep confessional talk, which leads them to start an affair. One day before the holiday break, she is seen leaving his condo. He then ghosts and blocks her to save face with Talia. Aria is shattered. She finishes the semester, leaves the school, switches to online classes, and disappears from campus life. TEN YEAR REUNION Aria walks in stunning, rich, powerful, confident, and full-blown success. Started an all-inclusive luxury products brand selling clothing, shoes, uniforms, and jewelry at budget prices. Jalen is shook. He’s still hot but stuck in a miserable marriage to Talia, who’s now a bitter, botoxed influencer. Aria ignores Jalen all night. Talia tries to humiliate Aria, but Aria’s confidence and power shine. On her way to her car to leave, Jalen grabs her and kisses her hard. She lets herself feel it, then slaps him and walks away. Sparks are reignited. Emotions are messy. THE BUSINESS MERGER Jalen’s cruise company wants to partner with Aria’s brand to increase bookings. Redesign the uniforms, the rooms, and product sells on the cruiseliners. She agrees, but reluctantly. What will happen when these two are forced to work together again?

She’s done surviving for everyone else. Now she’ll live for herself—even if it kills her. Kylee has always kept her head down. At school, she’s invisible. At home, she’s broken—caught between a stepfather’s rage and a mother who refuses to see the damage. The only way to cope is silence. Numbness. Disappearing. But then Price moves in next door. He’s all wrong for her: too charming, too curious, too determined to see what she’s worked so hard to bury. Still, Kylee can’t help but let him in. And with Price comes something else—something she can’t explain. Scratches on her skin she didn’t make. Whispers in the night she swears aren’t hers. Visions of a girl who looks just like her, begging to be remembered. As her grip on reality frays, Kylee must choose: stay hidden in the shadows of her pain, or face a truth darker than she ever imagined. Because someone is watching her. Someone who wants her to forget. But this time, Kylee won’t be anyone’s ghost. A haunting, emotional slow-burn romance with a twist of the paranormal. Because sometimes the bravest thing a girl can do is write her own heartbeat—and choose to live it out loud.

“Be afraid. Be very afraid of yourself, Rhea. You have no idea the amount of destruction you alone can bring upon this earth.” Her words send shivers down my spine. Normally, fear can linger in the presence of someone else; however, I am told to be scared of myself. What possible destruction could I unleash on someone else? “What do you mean by that? Be clear!” I command, desperation drooling off my firm tone. With a deep sigh, she calmly responds, “You will know. Soon you will know everything. The end is near. Very near. And its just the beginning,” Her words are somehow haunting me, giving me the idea that there is no escape. I am surrounded by darkness and every passing moment, it consumes me little by little.