Nine Perfect Strangers Novels & Stories

My headache was getting worse and worse as I struggled to recall what had happened. Slowly, fragments of what transpired the day before began to resurface in my mind. Immediately after Brix dumped me, and I saw him banging another woman, I went to a bar and drank, and to my surprise... When I realized what had happened between the stranger in bed and me, I was shocked and horrified. "I had sex with a complete stranger!" I disregarded the nagging voice in my head that appeared like it was saying something "What a fool! In bed with a naked man, why do you think you're naked?"

"Why do I feel like I am being interrogated so early in the morning?" I pursed my lips before murmuring. "Sorry." He sighed. "Okay, first and foremost, I'm not going to say any details about me because you're a stranger and at the same time, I'm also a stranger to you." He said, a matter-of-factly. "Didn't your parents told you to not speak to strangers?' He said the word 'stranger' three times in that sentence. I didn't say anything. We just resume our walking while I was willowing myself in embarrassment. It made me realized that I had just disobeyed one of my mother's lectures.

I felt like I could no longer hold back as the tingling sensation continued to escalate. “Why hasn’t she picked up the phone yet? I need to turn it to turbo mode.” That fool had not noticed that his girlfriend had been pinned down on the ground a short distance away. The vibration escalated. I felt a wave of warmth course through me. Inside the haystack, the man was focused on what he was doing, as though determined to explore every hidden corner. Just a few meters away, Samuel continued to pace back and forth. The situation only made me feel even more nervous.

"Rowena, I don't agree to sever the mate bond! If you don't like Lyralei, I'll send her away immediately! If you don't want those pups, I can place them with another pack! Rowena, come out! I'll do whatever you want!" He reached through the mind link again and again. There was still no response. It was as if she had vanished completely. Sudden realization struck him. Garrick grabbed his phone and removed her from the blacklist. The call still would not go through. Again and again, he heard nothing but dead silence.

But Bob still said, "We're not Art!" The thud of Travis' body dominated on the floor. Esther also losing her consciousness, causing Max to yell, "Oh com'on! Esther! Please, I need you!" Various panicked voices hit every corner of the room; by Sarah and Narniah, calling Esther's name, by Liam calling Travis' name. I crawled over to Travis, grabbing his arm, and Liam lifted his head. When I looked at Esther, her face was full of blood.

“Of course, I will let you go.” “Really? Oh my God, thank you so much.” “But that will be after ninety days.” “What?” She screamed. “Yes, ninety days.” “What do you mean after ninety days? Are you crazy? You kidnapped me for no reason and you won't let me go till after ninety days?” “You should be lucky I didn't say I will kill you.” “Let me go, this is a great offense and I will report you to the cops, untie me and let me go.”

I could feel the strangers lips on my neck as his hands went to my boobs and squeezed it and that was when i got back to my senses but too late the stranger was gone. * * * ©Pop Precious

Player behavior in violation of protocol! A cold mechanical voice blared in a shrill, distorted speech. The space around us began to warp. The walls peeled away like melting wax, exposing a roiling stream of data underneath. No. 99's body started flickering, like a glitchy hologram losing its signal. "You're about to disappear," I said to him. He stared at his hands, which were rapidly turning transparent, then suddenly let out a relieved laugh. "I'm finally free! I don't have to play the psycho killer anymore!"

Something warm and terrifying and new. I'm starting to feel something for this man I barely know. This stranger who doesn't ask for anything, who doesn't make me feel small, who looks at me like I'm whole instead of broken. And that terrifies me more than Bryan’s betrayal ever did. Because caring again means risking everything all over again. And I don't know if I'm strong enough to survive another ending.

Furious, Selena tried secretly drugging both herself and Hayden to force a situation, but Hayden caught her and dumped her out into the street. The next day, Selena woke up in an alley, barely clothed. Her mind shattered from the shock, and Hayden had her committed to a psychiatric hospital. As for Hayden, the man who used to spend several days each month in a mountain temple for spiritual retreat, he never went back. They say he even put away the prayer beads he always carried. But none of that mattered to me anymore. Three months after our engagement, Caleb proposed. I smiled as I accepted the flowers, but I didn't take the ring.