I Chose Novels & Stories

I don’t hold back. I surrender. And in that moment, I know I’ve chosen. I’ve chosen him, just as much as he’s chosen me.

“For her to finally choose.” I felt something inside me snap. Not fear. Not anger. Something stronger. My wolf surged beneath my skin. Silver flashed across my vision. I stepped forward. “I already chose.” The rival Alpha's expression changed. “You don't even know what you're choosing.” “I know exactly what I'm choosing.” I looked at Kai. He was watching me. Not as his contract wife. Not as someone he needed to protect. As a woman standing beside him. “I choose myself,” I said.

“Let him hear this.” Marcus stared at me. For the first time since arriving, uncertainty flickered briefly across his expression. Good. “I chose them,” I said clearly. “Every single day since I came here, I’ve chosen them.” Emotion tightened unexpectedly in my chest as I glanced toward my mates briefly. Steady. Certain. Mine. “And they chose me back,” I continued. “Not because they could control me. Because they respected me.” Marcus’s face twisted with rage. “You’re confused.”

Even my folks can't be please They want me to choose my opposite I hate it, so I won't choose it. I'll only choose my purpose.

Who had waited and said the true thing and washed dishes without being asked and made diagrams for my daughter and gone to my father before anything had started. The officiant began. We said the things. When it was my turn I looked at him and said: "I choose you knowing exactly who you are. That's the thing I didn't have before and have now. I'm not choosing an idea of you. I'm choosing you. All of it. The piano at six in the morning and the parking spot you forgot you owned and the way you ask one question and actually listen to the answer." I paused. "I'm choosing you on purpose. Completely. From the start."

She stood in the center of the crowd, surrounded by warmth and noise. Compared to her, my side of the office looked almost deserted. I stood alone in the corner. She smiled at me. I looked away, put on my coat, and left. That night, Ethan came home with his usual cool, effortless expression. I still could not stop myself from asking. "Ethan, did you invest in our company?" He looked up. Our eyes met. His expression barely changed. "Yes." I asked again, "Why did you choose us?"

she asks. “So happy,” I assure her. “From the day that I met you.” "Even with everything that people put us through?” “Absolutely," I reply. “Once I knew what it was like being with you, I wasn’t going to be able to let that go.” “Is that so?” “Yes,” I reply. “Did I ever thank you for choosing me?” “I chose you?” “You did. Because even though I saw you all the time, it was you who made the first move in that basement.”

“I have no fear or doubt in my decision. I don't want to sever our bond anymore. We might have figured our fate earlier than our mates but I don't regret it. I choose us, I choose you Karl.” The words don’t shake. They don’t rush. They land solid and true. Karl freezes. Actually freezes. For half a second, I worry I broke him. “Say that again,” he whispers. I smile, tears stinging my eyes. “I choose you. Not because I’m scared. Not because I need protection. Because I want you. Because when the world goes quiet, you’re who I look for.” His breath shudders out of him. He steps forward like he’s afraid I’ll disappear if he moves too fast. His hands hover at my waist, unsure.

"Don't worry. I'm not interested in your position." What interested me were the Alpha family's knowledge and resources. Everything that had taken me over ten years to obtain in my previous life had now been placed directly in front of me. Why would I refuse such a shortcut? This time, I was certain I could go much farther in life than before.

It was a picture of us taken ten years earlier in the library at Alderheim University. On the back, written in my younger handwriting, were the words: "May we grow old together and never drift apart." In the end, she had lost the boy who once wrote those words for her. Three years later, I became Aldoria's youngest foreign inductee into the Academy of Architecture. The awards ceremony was held in Bellemont. Dressed in a black formal suit, I stood beneath the spotlight and delivered my acceptance speech in fluent Valorian. I said that this award was dedicated to everyone who had lost themselves in marriage and found the courage to reclaim who they were.