Next Time There Won't Be A Next Time Novels & Stories

She could never have imagined this peaceful ending. Wendy leaned forward eagerly, eyes wide with anticipation. "And then? What happened next?" I exchanged a smile with Jeffrey. "And then… we had the three of you little rascals." The night breeze carried the scent of gardenias through the air. At that moment, every scar from the past finally dissolved into nothing.

"Everything you owe Ansel and me from the last life, you will repay in this one. Every last bit of it." Stellan closed his eyes. Tears slid down his face without a sound. I did not spare him another glance. I turned and walked out. From that day on, Stellan stopped cursing me. He grew quiet. He spent his time remembering and repeating the words, "I'm sorry" over and over again. Still, what good was an apology? In the last life, Ansel and I died. In this life, the debt he owed had to be paid. As for Vivienne, after her title was stripped, she was locked in another cell in the dungeon. She came to her senses far more quickly than Stellan did, because she had never taken the death-feigning poti

“I’d rather have nowhere to go than return to a place that reminds me of everything I’ve lost.” The air between us grew heavy with the weight of my words. Zayn’s expression tightened with fresh pain, but he didn’t argue immediately. He simply nodded once, slowly, as if accepting the challenge. The mansion, once a sanctuary, now represented loss, rejection, and grief. Whatever came next, wherever I went from here, returning there felt like stepping back into a grave of memories I wasn’t ready to face.

Or will any of my life that I will ever have. I will protect myself this time... I will protect this second life given to me and promise that I will never break... Not the second time...

Rley asked getting annoyed “i didn’t break his heart, he knew exactly what he was walking into when he asked an unprepared college graduate with lots of dreams and aspiration to marry him” “You could have Said no you know, like every other normal person, but you stood him up and left town a week before your wedding”Ana reminded her “You don’t have to keep reminding me Ana, i lived it”Riley said rolling her eyes and wiped her mouth with the napkin “ I’m leaving Ana, walk down that memory lane alone” Riley stood up and picked her purse “I’ll see you when i get back and i suggest you come back from the land of the memory past before then... thank you”

Because next time— They might not stay at the edge.

Until next time Love you guys🦋♥️

Hopefully, this time, there will be no more of 'that nightmare'. ***

Time will tell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

No matter what happens, our time is running out… --To be continued…