Staying Low Key Novels & Stories

“But seriously, he does have a point. There’s a man out there waiting to get to you. How are you going to defend yourself in this kind of condition? Do you want me to stay over for a few days? It’s no problem, really. Maybe we can get one of the guys at the shop to sleep over, too. On the couch, mind you. What do you think?” “Thanks, but I’ll be fine. I’ve been thinking, and figured the guy probably thinks I’m dead already, anyway. I’ll keep a low profile for a while. Besides, I have to stay home until I can move around better, so it’s not like I’ll be out in public. I’ll let you do my shopping for me, though.” “I’ll make you a deal. I’ll do the grocery shopping if you let me stay over tonig

Despite the fiasco, my principles remained the same—live low-key and stay grounded. Because I had always believed that wealth was never the measure of a person's worth.

The two of them smiled at each other from time to time, and the air was thick with that cloying scent of love. So Theo was being treated at this hospital, too. I lowered my head, clutching my aching stomach, and hid around a corner. For some reason, I didn't want to face them. It made me feel sick. Ironically, they stopped by the window and didn't leave. They even started chatting casually. Theo spoke first, his voice weak. "Thanks for everything, Bianca. I didn't expect that you'd stay by me in the end. Honestly, you're the person I've let down the most in this life."

The explanation was simple, but the weight of expectation was anything but. "So are approximately four million other people," she shot back, the words sharp with nervous humor. "You're close enough," he insisted, a stubbornness underlining each syllable. "Riverdawn isn't exactly downstairs," Laura said, her voice rising as she tried to inject reason into the conversation, even as she felt herself yielding. "I know." John’s voice softened for a beat, the admission gentle, almost apologetic. She rubbed her forehead, the edge of her palm warm against her skin, trying to massage away the tension gathering at her temples.

I shouldn't have taken such a risk. "Okay okay," I splashed water on my face and stared into the mirror. "Hannah, Los Angeles is a big city. You just have to stay low key and no one would notice your presence. Stay low key, that's it." I gave myself a thumbs up after the pep talk. ~~~

Whoever he married would become the enemy of the public, and most people would be jealous of them for a while. I had chosen to keep my marriage low-key for this reason, too. I didn't want to stir up any trouble. As Lauren listened to what I had to say, she said helplessly, "What I mean is, he should keep it low-key. My place is small, but it’s big enough for the two of us. Compact living creates an atmosphere. What would we have done in such a big house anyway?" I looked at Lauren approvingly. "Looks like you’re being smart about this."

About the wardrobe and the shelf and the drawers and the key on her keyring and the coffee cup and the plant on the windowsill and all the incremental quiet ways she had already been here, properly, for months. She thought about what it would mean to make it official. Not what it would change — almost nothing — but what it wouldconfirm. What it would be honest about. She had been building toward honest for a long time. "I want to stay," she said. "Properly." Something settled in his face. Not surprise — he was rarely surprised, he watched too carefully for that — but a quiet arrival. The

Kyle handled the front like a man who’d done it before. He kept his head low, voice casual with the desk clerk, cash already folded the right way in his palm. No names, no IDs, just two keys. The kind made of metal, not plastic, which meant no traceable records and doors that could be opened faster if things turned bad.

She advised. “I thought we could just last time since he doesn’t look as if he’s serious, but I will stay away I’d stay away from him if it means I’m going to compromise my life or my little munchkins life, I want a lowkey life, I do not want anything apart from that, I have a lot of people I don’t want to see or meet ever again, like the people from my former pack but I know it’s inevitable not to do so, so I decided to just live a lowkey life,” I said for the thousandth time while finishing the last spoonful of the food from the plate, I looked at the orange juice that was at my front and I quickly chugged it down.

- “Dom!“ I shouted at him with my angry gaze but also with a little smile, in the corner on my lips, and didn’t let him finish what he wanted to say, but he still continued to tease me. - “ But don’t dare forget me even if sex is inhumanly hot .” He laughed and licked his lower lips and I blushed more. He put his sunglasses off and hugged me so strongly that I gasped from needing air but needing his cuddle was more in need. - “Well, I’m a big girl despite you, and Kai thinks else.” I rolled my eyes but still kept a smile on my face. “And I can find my stupid friend with his new stupid gorgeous house. I’m maybe poor but not stupid it does just take more time for me to figure out where yo