Leaving Time The Book Novels & Stories

Seventy-seven days. That was how long Marcus Harper had gone without saying a single word to his wife. No argument. No explanation. Just silence. And the worst part? Lila Harper still loved him. Because Marcus wasn't always cruel. He was the husband everyone wished they had—the flowers, expensive dates, gentle touches, and the way he looked at Lila like she was the only woman in the world. The perfect marriage! She was envied. But she knew what happened when the doors closed. For ten years, she kept forgiving Marcus, waiting for his silence to end and believing the loving man she knew was the real him. Until the seventy-seventh day. One bank statement changes every

##Chapter 84: Cole Book Two: Don't Leave "Someone's at the door, can you please answer it?" Mom yells from the kitchen where she's baking Christmas cookies. Already. That's not a complaint. It means I'll have more food to take back to school when I leave tomorrow afternoon. I pause, unable to rip my attention away from the big screen TV as the final seconds of the first quarter play out. The bell rings for a second time as the ball is being passed and-

I flipped the novel to the back, and my eyes wandered to the details about the author and the book. "Let's just pretend like we are not, okay? Anyways, I called to remind you about the game we planned to play." My eyes went round, and I scrolled through my phone's messages to check the time. It's been twenty-three minutes past an hour since I started reading this book. "Owie Nate?....." I tried to explain, but he stopped me from any further explanation. "What were you doing that you didn't realize it had passed our agreed time?" I shrugged, knowing he couldn't see me.

The sound of movement made me glance up. Everyone is leaving. It is noon now. I move, placing the books into my bag before I leave. I grab food, eating it on the way to work. I glance at the building. Soon this will all be over. Walking in, I sit down. My hand is picking up the phone as I begin working.

They were all there. Levi sat near the window with a book in his hand. Kai leaned against the counter with a cup of coffee. Asher stood by the glass door, staring out at the garden. When I walked in, they all looked up. I stopped near the stairs. “When does the jet leave?” Levi closed the book. “In about an hour.” “Good,” I said. “Call me when it’s time to start leaving.” I turned to go back upstairs but Kai spoke before I could move. “Ivy, can you please calm down? I know you’re offended but it’s not easy for us either.”

She was free to spend her free time however she liked. I thought we'd lead a quiet life together for the rest of our lives. Yet, everything changed when Liam returned to Cendria.

I glanced at the wall clock hanging in her living room and noted the time. 6:47 a.m. It's been more than three hours and I did not even realised when even the time passed. It is like I only blinked thrice and it resulted in three hours passing. "I better go," I said, getting up from the couch to leave. I had rather stay away from this woman for some time before I end up going insane. __ __ __ When I reached home, Lev had already left but a note was resting on the side table for me. I picked the piece of paper and read his messy handwriting.

He turned, and left the room without looking back. -------------------✓✓✓ AUTHOR'S NOTE Dear readers, starting tomorrow, I would love you guys to be patient as this book takes a very hard time for me to craft because I really want to give you the best. So please and please be patient with me, and I promise you won't regret it.

the list goes on. "I'll leave you with some time to read it. Have you already eaten?" she asked. "Yes and thanks again," I said and she smiled warmly before leaving the room. I put my pyjamas on and got to work on the book. There were a few eye-widening moments (the delivery chapter is pretty detailed) and after reading just two chapters I realised the extent of how much I didn't know. After I had been reading the book for over five hours and it was way past midnight, my phone buzzed. I had received a text from Leo.

I turn back around to continue flipping the book’s pages. I stand up from my chair when I feel famish now. I check for the time on my phone and notice that is already twelve-one. I took a deep breath while shaking my head. Did not know that time flies so fast whenever you are reading a good book. Well, time isn’t wasted anyway if I learn something from the book.