Outside Novel Novels & Stories

“Play hardball, Starling.” “Gladly,” she said with a sharp nod before leaving the conference room. Rodrigo crossed his arms over his chest, studying the remaining data. “Ignoring the possibility of an unregistered Awakaned, we’ve managed to follow the money trail through dozens of offshore accounts and shell companies to a meat packing company based out of Newton, Kansas, that hasn’t had a working plant in at least a decade. It’s been on the FBI’s radar recently as a possible trafficking location, and they’ve had surveillance running on it for the past month. Drone and satellite imagery shows activity occurring at night that has nothing to do with cattle.”

How coward of me. “Would you like to eat?” he asked. “Huh?” -- We stopped at a convenience store near my apartment. I found out that he still hasn’t eaten his dinner until now. Great. It’s already midnight! I sat down while I waited for Yuji to pay for the food at the cashier. From my seat, I can overlook the view outside since the wall is made of glass. There are city lights coming from the buildings, the cars, etc. I was mesmerized. Indeed, it is a beautiful view. Seems like more and more people are awake when it's midnight. I couldn’t blame them because it’s really peaceful during these hours.

I would be a fool to let them take my money to support someone else. … When I returned home after meeting with the bank president, it was already 11:00 pm. The house was completely dark, and no one bothered to check on me even when I came back so late. They were all fast asleep. I stumbled in the dark while heading back to my room. As soon as I opened the door and tossed my handbag onto the chair, I heard a piercing scream. Surprised, I hurriedly turned on the lights. I then saw Madeline crouched by the cabinet where I stored my jewelry and watches, her arms thrown up to protect her head. She was wearing my jewelry around her neck, ears, and wrists.

At the start of graduation season, my boyfriend took more than two hundred photos of Madison Vale. Chase Whitman was president of Westbridge University’s photography club. He knew how to find flattering light and how to coax people out of stiff smiles. Madison stood beneath the maples outside the library in a white dress, her graduation cap tucked under one arm. “Am I taking up too much of your time?” she asked. Chase checked the last few shots and smiled. “You make my job easy.” When it was finally my turn, he barely looked at me. “Stand by the tree.” He clicked the shutter twice and lowered the camera. “Done.” I stared at him. “That’s it?” He turned the screen toward me. In one photo my ey

"Ya, well that was then and this morning I don't want anything. I'm hungover and I want to be alone." She shrugged her shoulders and moved off the bed like she was unaffected, but I could see the disappointment written all over her face. I closed my eyes again and waited for her to leave. It felt like she took forever but once she was gone, I got up and went to the bathroom and that is when I saw the box of condoms on the counter, but they weren't even open. It was the only box I had and I always used one. I didn't want any unexpected things to come along.

From there, we headed straight to a law firm and explained everything in detail to a lawyer we knew. He frowned repeatedly and advised us to preserve the evidence as soon as possible. While we were busy handling the report, the Caldwells had fallen into chaos. Tommy had a bad habit of checking Olivia's phone. In the past, she had always been open about it. But this time, she seemed unusually guarded. The night after the New Year, while Olivia was in the shower, her phone screen lit up. A WhatsApp notification popped up. It was from Julius.

I check the time and its already 10 PM. I slowly got up and stood on my bed. With the help of moonlight running through Frey's window, I could see the way out of our room. After leaving our room. I carefully walked down the hallway going to the computer room. Its morning in America so I'm going to send an email to Olivia and Caren. In a minute, I finally got into the next building where the computer rooms are located. I enter the computer room without producing any noise. And when I get inside I close it immediately.

Stooping, he collected his shoes and stood, offering her a hand to rise. Once she was on her feet, Evelyn turned towards the door, but stopped when her eyes landed on the picture windows. Large snowflakes fell, drifting at wide intervals and glittering weakly in the city lights. Following her gaze, Andrew huffed a laugh. “Snowfall in October. I can’t remember the last time that happened,” he whispered, then turned towards her. “It never fails. The most extraordinary things are constantly transpiring around you.” The irony wasn’t lost upon her. With a deep sigh, she replied, “I think we could both do with a lot more ordinary. Our present life composition has come to feel like the weight upon

Zac had many books in the study room arranged on the bookshelf. However, most of them were related to law, and some were about economics and finance. Olivia already felt a headache come on just looking at the titles of the books. After a while, she finally found a novel on the bookshelf. Whilst retrieving the novel, the book above it accidentally fell on the ground as well. Olivia bent down and picked it up. It was a popular foreign novel, so she flipped through a few pages.

That's why the caretaker turned off all the lights. I don't care since I can still see something in the dark. But the problem is, what I can see is another dimension mixed with the real world. That makes it hard to navigate when I'm outside the streets. But I know that I just need to walk straight to the comfort rooms, I will be fine.