In It Together Book Novels & Stories

Her voice shifted into full panic mode. "Language," I scolded on instinct. "Just read the damn article and then lecture me, please," she said. "Hold on." I opened the link she had sent. My heart sank the moment the headline loaded. Mr. Ryan Crawford is having a different kind of merger with... click for more. My palms went cold and sweaty all at once. My heart pounded in my chest. No... I clicked through, and there it was. A photo of Ryan, Liam, and me, holding hands inside Liam's school. My name. My details. A thinly veiled suggestion that I was a lowly woman trying a little too hard to fit into a world that was not hers.

With absolutely no one by her side and her boyfriend suddenly disappearing in the morning she was feeling the same loneliness again as it was last year and the year before. She sighed as her espresso was over, and she couldn't help but think about the love of her life. Her memory shifted back to the time when they met and fell so deeply in love that now the solitude seemed unbearable. The names Hailey and Mark seemed incomplete without each other. Her mind drifted to their beginnings. The beginning of an unforgettable beautiful tale. ******* Hailey

They were bonded. It didn’t matter if you took them apart, shoving them back in the box and leaving them separated for so long that you couldn’t even remember they were once so connected. Because once they came back together, that connection would still be there. They would still just click. Together, they fit. They were meant to be.

He heard Eric mutter in another language as he said that. Oh right, Eric is in Thailand. He’s rooming with another person (probably a local from Thailand) instead of him. “Well, you called so I’ve never felt happier,” Anton grinned. Eric is one of his childhood friends. In fact, he’s the only friend whom he’s completely opposite to: Eric was more of an introvert and enjoys programming, Anton on the other hand didn’t understand the concept of it yet he didn’t mind about Eric’s enthusiasm towards his work. Nevertheless, despite their clashing personalities, Eric is the man he could always confide in for anything if he allowed him to.

“I agree wholeheartedly, Your Grace.” * * * * Lindsay stood next to Barry in front of a clergyman as he read out of the Book of Common Prayer. Her grandmother had told her she’d be nervous today, but Lindsay wasn’t. Excitement ran through her veins, and she couldn’t stop smiling. Love blossomed inside of her, and each new day with Barry would only be an adventure, she was certain.

I leaned into his embrace, grateful for his presence and the comfort it brought. Together , we sat in silence for a while, his arm wrapped protectively around me. In that moment, I felt a sense of peace wash over me, knowing that no matter what challenges lay ahead, we would face them together as a team. With my husband by my side, I knew I could overcome anything.

"We've survived too much to fall apart now." Mike joins us, completing the triangle. "Together," he says simply. Together, It's the only word that matters.

And I thought that whatever came next. Whatever his past was carrying toward us. Whatever the unknown phone call on a Monday morning had set in motion. We were in it together now. One soft kiss at a door had made us in it together. And I was not afraid of what together meant. Not even slightly.

I'll play all night with you. I looked around the room. Every eye had the same look, greed, and refusal to lose. I let Justin pull the money back. The room fell silent. "I'm right here. You boys aren't worried I'll run, are you?" That was when they all sat back down. Justin could not help himself. He leaned in. "Babe, you're amazing. We're already even." I shot him a look. "Shut up." Buck wiped his forehead and pushed back.

How could I have believed that a single night was enough to get Freya pregnant? Freya and Shawn, the two people who claimed to love and support me, had done everything in their power to hurt me. I wondered if anyone in this had ever truly loved me. There was. There had once been someone. Every day since Janice died, I thought of her constantly. I imagined countless ways to end my life so I could reunite with her sooner. Everyone in the Thorne family thought I was insane for sending my pregnant wife to prison. Only I knew that I was getting closer to the outcome I desired.