Ryle In It Ends With Us Novels & Stories

But the next day, he was found dead in his living room. He had finally given up. He left behind a letter and ended his life with the same dangerous combination that nearly killed me—cephalexin and alcohol. When I returned home, the police gave me the envelope. Inside it was a brief note filled with apologies and well wishes. "I'm sorry, Grace. I was wrong. I hope you find happiness. Congratulations on your marriage. If there's a next life, I hope I'll be the one to chase after you." But if there was indeed a next life, I never wanted to meet him again.

The words settled between them, heavier than she intended. ⸻ Their final night in the apartment was quiet. No music. No celebration. They sat on the floor, backs against the couch, sharing takeout from containers balanced between them. “Do you ever think about how strange this is?” Lily asked. “How something that felt permanent just… ends?” Aaron nodded. “Nothing really ends. It just changes shape.” She smiled sadly. “You always say things like that.” “Someone has to.” She turned toward him then. “Promise me something.”

"I'll be fine. You should hurry up and go. It's not nice to be late." Eventually, Zeke's car drove off. I submitted my paperwork and checked the date on my phone. After doing some calculations, I realized that I was leaving the country in five days. After I returned home, I began scrolling through social media. I came across a video of Howard Carter kissing his girlfriend passionately. After the happy couple had their moment, the crowd began to urge Zeke and Scarlett to do the same. "You have a wonderful woman beside you, Zeke. You should seize the opportunity when it presents itself to you," Howard told Zeke with a smile. He turned to look at Scarlett as he spoke.

On the day of my mother's funeral, I sat outside the chapel, crying so hard I could barely stand. Three days earlier, my father had told me she'd died in a car accident. He said her body was so badly damaged that I shouldn't see it. I wouldn't be able to handle it. I believed him. I put on a black dress and sat beside her casket all night. Ten minutes before the cremation, my phone buzzed. A notification popped up for a hotel livestream. I opened it and froze. My mother was on the screen in an evening gown, smiling as my younger sister, Nina Whitmore, handed her a glass of champagne. My father sat beside her, his eyes red. "From now on, Nina doesn't have to live in Evelyn's shadow or suffer

In the end, Ryde Enterprises won the lawsuit. The Salinas Group went bankrupt, and Terence fell from grace. The victory pushed me to new heights in my career, as I was hailed for my flawless record. After the divorce, I left with nothing. This lawsuit was the compensation I took from him. He became a stepping stone for my success. From now on, we owed each other nothing.

But do they have a choice to stop now? As the beep filled with terror and red, the crumbled world broke into pieces as the system notified: “An Alliance with the ruin dungeon is terminated! The former boss, Allan, defeated!” “B...boss!” The long silence replace with grief of Ania's voice, tears rolled out even more. She keep wagging her head, refusing to believe. “That can't be... Allan, you can't be...” “W-what about the competition then?” Jim ask out of the blue, the question that filled his mind all through this time: “C-can we able to qualified to join again?”

Us sleeping peacefully, like the world wasn’t falling apart. Another message appeared. **All of you.** I stared at the screen.Then another. **Would be a shame if the wrong person saw how happy you were.** My stomach dropped. I immediately sent it to the group chat. The replies came almost instantly. Mason: Where did they get that? Kai: This isn’t someone trying to scare us anymore. Lila: What do they want? I didn’t have an answer. None of us did. We met at the rink after everyone left.

Liam's voice carried both disbelief and fury. "Alexa, are you out of your mind?!" The moment I heard that name, my ears instinctively pricked up. "You think you can threaten me like this? Take yourself and your family, and get the hell out!" Liam's tone grew colder by the second. "I'm telling you—we're finished." From the other end of the line came a piercing wail. Even across the distance, I could feel the sheer hysteria and despair in it.

“Enough. If you had done this from the start, things would not have become so ugly. Why did you insist on acting so pathetic?” She reached toward me when she noticed how pale I looked. Eric stepped forward first and whispered into my ear with a smug tone. “I disappeared on purpose. I wanted to test how much Suzanna cared about me. Shane, the woman you treasured for five years loves me so much she has gone crazy for me. Being a man like you is worse than death.” He pointed the livestream camera at me with a grin. “Tell everyone. Does it still bother you that Suzanna gave me her first time? That she wants to have my child and make you the second dad?”

Ramona's expression froze when she recognized me. Her eyes widened, and her mouth fell open in shock. In an instant, all the color drained from her face. Her phone dropped to the ground with a thud. At that moment, Luke returned with two ice cream cones from the vendor. "Howie, Mona. I got the ice cream!" He shouted cheerfully while following her gaze to me. When he noticed me watching him coldly a few feet away, his smile froze on his face, mirroring Ramona's earlier.