Secret Book Story Novels & Stories

“I’m fine with whatever you want to do as long as I’m given food, but we need to compromise here. One secret each. I have told you two secrets, now you tell me the other one.” My first secret, is the fact that I am a human. My second is… “I…” I pursed my lips, while gazing at him. “Would you believe me if I tell you that this world is a story inside a book I have read in my past life?” The surrounding instantly turned quiet. “…What?” Clairmont’s deep voice is laced with surprise. His lips closed up, before parting again as if wanting to say something to me, yet he suddenly halted.

--- In the hallway, Kieran leaned against the wall, the image of the leather-bound book lingering in his mind. “Secrets,” he murmured to himself, his silver eyes narrowing. Until Briar realizes it herself, this must remain a secret.

She seemed surprised that I knew, but at the same time, it was like she knew that this day would come. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she spoke softly. Her brown eyes were glossed over, as her whole perfect world seemed to shatter. “You can’t lie to me,” I began, “I am familiar with that game.” Brooke was a liar. It came naturally to her. “The point is, I know. I know your biggest secret.” She still stared, with no response. “But don’t worry, I’m not going to tell Sandino.” “You’re not?” I shook my head. Just by that response it confirmed everything, but I was telling the truth. I wasn’t going to tell, but Brooke was.

His voice returned to a low, confident rhythm, the kind that always came before he did something dangerous. “You think you can scare me, Blackwood?” His tone hardened. “You think threats will keep me quiet? Fine. Let’s see how much control you still have when the world knows your precious secret.” He began typing, fast and precise. Each keystroke was both a strike and a shield — a way to drown out the lingering image of Adrian’s calm stare. Subject: CONFIDE — URGENT TIP Source: Anonymous Content: Leaked documentation suggests Adrian Blackwood is concealing a child born out of wedlock…

As I stepped out of the elevator, my mood was great, and the stress from the earlier meeting somehow disappeared. My secretary greeted me, “Sir, someone sent you a gift. I placed it inside.” A gift? I wonder who it's from. I nodded and went straight to my office. Upon entering, I immediately saw the gift my secretary mentioned – a black box with a red ribbon on top. I furrowed my brows, wondering who could have sent it. I approached my desk and took the box. There was no indication of the sender. I examined it closely before opening. “Sh*t!” I dropped the box and took a step back as soon as I saw its what inside.

Hence, once he turned around, they might not feel so awkward. Unfortunately, there were no magazines around here. She found only hard-to-read books that she had never thought to read on her own...Politics...Economics...Classic literature. However, one book caught her eyes. Celine chose the literature that she remembered was adapted into a movie. At least she knows some plot and could have a decent conversation if he asks anything about it. She sat and read the book. Then she saw a phrase written in pitch-black ink on the front page of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Chapter 4: Jealous Games Alex POV Max’s text sat on my phone like a live grenade for the entire weekend. Every time the screen lit up with a notification, my stomach lurched, expecting another message from him. “I know your secret. Tell them or I will.” The words burned behind my eyes even when the phone was face-down on my nightstand. I didn’t tell Kai right away—I couldn’t bear to see that flash of violence in his eyes again—but by Sunday night, the weight of it was crushing me.

My new home. ------ It’s been three days since we found the folder. Jordan had gone back to school whilst I stayed home alone in the house with it locked up. It was quiet. I was left alone with my thoughts every day. My brain creating different scenarios and possible futures, past events and conversations. 1000 reasons my parents gave me up and 1000 more why my adoptive parents hid me here and why they too abandoned me. Alpha Issac had locked himself away in his office almost every night with Beta Samuels. Trying to figure out where my parents were and what happened. Looking for any information about me they could find, but outside this pack, I was a ghost.

To look after his pride, I hadn't told him I possessed a manor of several thousand square meters in Narshe, complete with a full staff and bodyguards. I left the manor uninhabited to squeeze into this tiny house with him, living with his parents day in and day out. Originally, I had planned to reveal my identity to him after the wedding. Looking at it now, though, there was no need. With a single phone call, several black business vans pulled up outside the door in less than twenty minutes. My assistant, James, brought my men inside, and they methodically organized my belongings. Clothes, jewelry, documents… each item was packed into boxes.

"Just tell him it's Gia Winston, his sister-in-law," she said more like bragging. The secretary stared at her as if she said the wrong word. Of course, it sounds strange and weird to his secretary, she doesn't remember Amber having a sister. Yeah, she has been working for him for a while now. Even if it hasn't been a while, Maverick is a popular businessman, if you don't want to know about his story the reporters will write it.