Longing To Belong Novels & Stories

"If you want me to forgive you, then wait three years." He lit up, then faltered. "Why three years?" "I'm going overseas to study. It might take longer. If you don't want to wait—" "I'll wait," he cut in, almost tripping over the words. "If it means you'll forgive me, I'll wait for as long as it takes..." He kept talking, piling promise after promise. However, I didn't listen to any of them. All I heard was him saying, again and again, that he would wait.

“Are you one of his girls?” I felt the urge to yell that I wasn’t just one of his girls. Maybe I was but I definitely didn’t like the sound of it. It made me feel they were other options and I was just one of the numerous. I felt possessive at that point and understood what it feels like to want someone to belong to only you. It is a crazy feeling and it made my stomach growl.

“You’ve got to stop punishing yourself for wanting something, or someone, you can’t have. It doesn’t make you weak, it makes you normal.” Andrea’s chest tightened. Her voice came out small. “But he has Lily, and Liam has Lily too. They’re all so connected, and I sometimes I feel like I’m the outsider looking in. Like I’m intruding on something I’ll never belong to.” Lena was silent for a long moment. “Andrea, you belong somewhere, maybe not with Lucas, maybe not even in that pack dynamic, but somewhere out there, someone’s waiting for you, too.” Andrea smiled faintly, even though her eyes stung.

The longer we searched, the angrier he became with the zero success of it. My stomach became a ball of anxiety, and it hasn’t let up since. How are we going to manage through life alone? Even if Becca visits occasionally, I highly doubt that would be enough for Makya. And to be fair, the more I think about the sense of belonging that the run brought, the more I crave it, too. I need it just as much as my wolf.

The thrill that would satisfy our craving, lust, and life. We were not looking for a place to belong to no. We only wanted a place that could define and fulfill our being. And that was what we were searching for.

it would not be right to long for someone that already belongs to someone else. When will I ever learn and just accept that?

Grian led Fatima to the middle of the ballroom. It feels like the world around them stopped as if it’s just the two of them there. It’s like a dream come true for Grian, the woman he’s been longing for is standing right in front of him in a beautiful red dress, ready for a dance. It feels surreal but it’s finally happening.

— I won't give you a year to give yourself to me, I want a child and you will be his mother. — Why do you want a child with me, if there are so many who would like to be in my place, one of them is your precious Jessica, she would certainly give you a child, because, as everyone in here knows, she was your lover and still want to be if you are not?

Take this,"she said, and stretched a glass of clean water in it. I mutter a thank you before taking it from her. I gulped down the content of the drink. This really triggered my ego and made me angry. I'm Adam Smith. I don't have to rush over any girl that I like, they'll rush over me instead. No girl would ever say no to me. I'll never chase a girl when every girl wants to be around me. I'm not even interested in any lady at the moment. My work is my priority at the moment.

"Of course, I want that," I replied earnestly. It was all I had ever yearned for. I longed to belong to someone so profoundly that I had wreaked havoc in Karim and Laika's lives. "I desire a family, someone to return to after the day's challenges, someone to share my thoughts with. I crave everlasting happiness and someone to think of when I am far away or embroiled in war. I yearn to belong to someone, to be surrounded by those who truly love me. I want you, Mildred, even though you may be a bit too much for me to handle. I want to spend eternity in your arms."