How It All Started Novels & Stories

Joel's POV … I watched Anna walk away, feeling like a boulder had dropped on my chest. The moment I got home, I collapsed with a fever. People were strange. When they had something, they took it for granted. Only after they lost it did they realize how much it had meant—and then they couldn't stop looking back. Michael and I lost our parents when we were six. The Brooklyn family and the Murphy family—both known for their charity work—took us in and sponsored the two of us.

I was too young. "Madeline, explain yourself. Where did you get the money to start this business? Don't tell me that you earned it because you did not work. I know Heavenly was started a few weeks after you left. I hope you did not steal from Roman or us. I cannot think of any other explanation for where you found the money to start this business," My father says.

The moment I hit the mattress, the tension finally snapped, and I blacked out. I knew then that the system's time was up. When I opened my eyes again, I instinctively grabbed the wall beside me and pressed a hand to my throbbing temple. A flood of memories slammed into my mind all at once. 12 years ago, after I'd been unconscious at home for an entire day and night, I opened my eyes to find Caleb sitting at my bedside. Then, he suddenly confessed his feelings to me.

I stated, “I don’t want this to be the first time he sees his mommy with her face all swollen and bruised.” Alfonso’s hands covered my own, “I’m guessing this experience made you want to become a good mother?” He asked. I looked at him, “this happened because of you, you know.” I replied to a completely irrelevant question. He frowned, “what do you mean because of me?” He asked, confusion written all over his face. “From the bits and pieces that I can put together, they wanted to know how you got the money to start your company and how it quickly rose to stardom.” I replied.

In a feverish haze, I heard the doorbell ring. The delivery guy called out, "Delivery for Mr. Hendrick." I smiled as I took it from the delivery guy and thanked him. I was going to laugh at James for being childish. After all, before falling asleep, I had only mentioned that I had a fever. Yet he had already ordered medicine for me. However, when I opened the delivery bag and saw what was inside, my expression froze. Condoms and lubricant were right there in plain sight, and even the toy in my hand made my head spin. Just as I took out my phone, ready to demand an explanation from my husband, a text message suddenly popped up. "This is Sangland Resortworld. Dear Mr. Hendrick, we are de

Where I had written three words on a napkin and left them under a glass and walked out onto the street with my heart doing something it had no professional justification for. The beginning of everything. Engraved on a charm small enough to wear on my wrist every day without it being the first thing anyone noticed. Which was exactly right. Because that was what the beginning of everything was. Not the loudest thing. The quietest. The thing that happened before you knew it was happening and only revealed its full significance later when you looked back and understood that everything had started in a single ordinary moment in a warm restaurant with good food and a window that looked out onto th

They stayed in the room and the house held them and the night was theirs and Geneva was within the month and all of it could wait. In the morning she called Oates at eight. Oates said: “I was wondering when you’d call.” “Ethan is coming with me.” “Good.” A pause. “Dr. Okafor wants a preliminary call this week. She wants to understand the founding history before the presentation. Thomas’s notes. Margaret’s role. The chain of it.” “She can have everything,” Bianca said. “The forty pages. Emmanuel’s father’s account. All of it.” She paused. “The framework didn’t start in a government building. It started at a Sunday dinner table in London in 1976. She should know that.”

Jack wanted to know everything and he would know everything. " 'I'm not sure where to start,' I took a deep breath. " 'Starting at the beginning seems like a good idea to me, don't you think? " he stared at me.

It took Daisy ten years to transform from a humble street vendor into a star investor in the corporate world. I stood by her side for every single one of those ten years. During our darkest year, I threw away every last drop of my self-respect and begged my estranged mother just for twenty dollars to buy us a decent meal. Looking back into Daisy’s heartbroken, tear-filled eyes, I gave her a soft smile and asked just one thing: "On the day the company finally goes public on Nasdaq, will you bring me with you?" She held me close and promised she would. Years later, when her company’s empire was soaring at its absolute peak, I gently brought up my old request once more. She didn't even bot

“Everyone, we have an important announcement to make…” “Luna has been around for so many years… It all started with a dream of four teenage boys who loved music. Then together with our good friends, Taylor and Eli, we started this journey toward stardom. It was a tough road to take, considering that our company president, who was groomed to be a lawyer, became a businessman, and Eli, who was learning the ropes of producing films, became our manager.” Rain chuckled at the thought of their journey. “Well, why am I saying all this?”