If I Stay Series Novels & Stories

On the day Evan Carter was supposed to meet my adoptive parents, his phone was turned off all day. As my future husband, he had confidently promised me the night before that he would win my parents over. Yet even after the server had refilled our glasses for the sixth time, I still couldn’t reach him. A few hours later, I came across a post from Evan’s assistant, Maya Collins. In the photos, Evan was sitting on her family’s couch with bags of expensive gifts around him, keeping her parents company. The caption read: “My family has been pressuring me to get married nonstop. Thank you to my amazing boss for stepping in and pretending to be my boyfriend so I could get through this!” Evan

Police have issued an emergency alert and are conducting a nationwide search for the two surviving students…" I couldn't listen any longer. I looked up just as Julian stepped out of the bathroom, his face pale and damp, exhaustion carved into every line of it. I stared at him and asked whether he had known all along. He crossed the room quickly and wrapped my freezing hands in his. He was silent for a moment before he murmured, "Don't think about that right now. At least we got out alive."

About the wardrobe and the shelf and the drawers and the key on her keyring and the coffee cup and the plant on the windowsill and all the incremental quiet ways she had already been here, properly, for months. She thought about what it would mean to make it official. Not what it would change — almost nothing — but what it wouldconfirm. What it would be honest about. She had been building toward honest for a long time. "I want to stay," she said. "Properly." Something settled in his face. Not surprise — he was rarely surprised, he watched too carefully for that — but a quiet arrival. The

Close enough that if she reaches for me in the dark, I'll be there. "Stay," she whispers. "I'm not going anywhere." "Stay." "I'm here." She closes her eyes. And for the first time in weeks, I let myself believe. --- She says one word — "Stay" — and suddenly I remember exactly why leaving failed. Because leaving means losing this. And this — messy, complicated, terrifying — is the only thing worth staying for. End of Chapter 140

The room fell silent. The tension stretched to its breaking point. Just then, the host suddenly received a file on his phone. He lowered his head and opened it. His eyes widened, and his pupils shrank. Then he suddenly raised his phone, his voice trembling slightly. “Wait. I know where Sophie’s body is!”

He nodded slowly, listening. "But," she continued, "it didn't change what I think about you. About us. I spent the weekend with myself, and what I found wasn't a desire to leave. It was a deeper clarity about why I'm choosing to stay — not out of fear, not out of habit, not because leaving feels too complicated. Because I actually believe something real is happening here. Because I watched you with Tobenna on those back steps, even though I wasn't there, just from how he talked about it when he got home. Because the small things have been adding up into something that feels less and less like performance." Emeka was quiet, absorbing this.

Ailee whined throwing herself on the floor. " We're practically done! The rest I'll finish some other time" I said checking every single detail in my new home. " Thanks, guys it looks amazing," I said laying next to Ailee." Who is staying here today? " I asked. " Unfortunately we've to go, Annabelle has class early in the morning, I've to take her home " Luke informed. " Ailee? Are you staying? " I asked and she nodded her hand yes. " I'm going back home" I whispered knowing Ailee will kill me for leaving her here." I didn't get all my staff, so I've to go back. will be back tomorrow "

She growled, pushing me towards the spiral staircase towards my room. "But I'm the Alpha!" I say, standing up tall. "Are you really going to say that to your own mother?" She growled back, gripping my ear tightly and dragging me towards my room. ☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒ Charlie's POV

CHAPTER SIX: THE DARK MYSTERIES WITHIN HOTEL DEL ESTRELLA ( MICHIEVOUS YOUNG DETECTIVES ) "Hotel del Estrella?" Raine whispered to herself. "I have a feeling I heard about that place before." "Why yes! It's a well-known hotel," replied Vanessa, "and we're staying there for three days." And finally, after the long wait, the day has finally come when the trip was scheduled. Raine packed up the things she'll need in order to be prepared of what might happen on their way. Traveling through car still gives her the creeps.

“Do you want to stay here and work… or go home? You’ve had a long morning.” Izzy shook her head, sitting a little straighter. “I’ll stay. I need to finish a few things. Besides…” She gave a faint, wry smile. “Staying here keeps my mind busy. Less time to think about him.” Steven nodded slowly, understanding. “Alright. I’ll be a call away. Make sure you don’t get buried in paperwork… or stressed out again.” She smirked lightly. “You’re watching me like a hawk, huh?”