Stolen Moments Catharina Maura Novels & Stories

"What took you so long, you have a disorder too?" She laughed bumping her shoulder to his. "Give me the thing you stole from the desk." He extended his hand. She sulked and placed it in his hand. "You caught me..." He placed the thing back on the desk and led her out. She followed him on the busy streets of China. "Why do you always steal small things?" He scolded. "Because I am Aura and Aura steal things." She winked at him. "Tom should have studied the character before... How can he miss this part..."

~~KEANU~~ Maura flinched, and then her eyes began welling up. “What I did was terrible. I was wrong to sleep with Nikolai. I know that. But I wasn’t the only one to blame, Keanu. We both made mistakes.” I raised a brow even as my hand drew into a fist in my lap. “Enlighten me.”

In her other hand, she held a piece of paper left behind by Eleanor a final secret designed to shatter Liora’s sanity right when she thought she had won. Project Nusantara - 2005. Find the man with the scorpion tattoo in Jakarta. "Liora?" Mavric’s deep voice broke the silence. Mavric entered the room, having changed into a black silk robe after washing away the remnants of blood from the battle at the docks. He immediately sensed that something was wrong. His eyes shifted from the broken glass to the photograph Liora had dropped. He picked it up, staring at the face of the man crossed out with red ink standing beside Catherine White.

Oh, that mafia is going to get shit from me for discarding my clothes, my beauty products, my shoes, and, most importantly, my family photo album. ***** The tap turned off, and I stepped out of the shower stall, feeling twice as hungry but three times sobered. What was I doing? I’m in the middle of Ralph Virtus’s lair! I know where his study is now, I can sneak in there and find evidence of that supposed debt Papa owed! That will probably lead me to the truth why that truck rammed into him! Wait… since I’ve just moved in here, everyone’s eyes would be on me: the gardeners, the cooks, the kitchen assistants, the first floor cleaning staff, the second floor cleaning staff—oh my god. I can’t be

Grabbing a pair of her combat apparel, she went for a bath at a nearby underground spring and found the other assassins who were either covered in dirt or blood. “The queen came! Hah! I won the bet!” Secora exclaimed and raised her fists up in the air. “Imma have five gold coins from you.” “Tsk. I thought the king would surely delay her a day or two,” Cataleena mumbled as she tied her red hair in a bun before dipping into the water. Emery started to undress as well. Shaking her head, she stated, “I cannot believe that while I fought my way back here, you would be making bets like this is gambling.”

To secure a major project, I had to fly overseas immediately. When I returned, two months had already passed. By then, that family was in complete ruin. Mr. Moonstone had been admitted to the ICU. Despite her advanced age, Mrs. Moonstone had boldly chosen love, running off with Caleb after emptying the family accounts. Emily, the illegitimate daughter, was ambitious, rallying shareholders to wrest control of the company from her. As for her so-called true love, Aaron, he caused her plenty of trouble as well. His plagiarism scandal had been exposed.

He quickly cleared his throat. “I am in the bathroom.” The other person was about to open when they heard his voice. “Sorry sir I didn’t know it was occupied.” It was one of the junior workers and his voice was shaking from fear. I was relieved my momentum was distu…….. I didn’t finish that as his finger went deep inside. He was not even scared we were almost caught. “How are you calm?” “They are called stolen moments for this reason. The adrenaline, the zeal and anticipation should feel like this.”

She was still pretty angry and if she got out now, the past six months would have been in vain. Leaving the vault, I walked into the library to find our entire family seated around the main table. Viktoria’s favourite chair was left open as a sign of respect while we studied the books to find out if there was anything we could do more to help her. A young dhampir girl rushed in with a silver tray filled with all kinds of snacks for all the different tastes around our table and I didn’t miss the look in Friedrich’s eyes the moment he saw her. I recognized that look! The girl’s eyes widened and I wondered if she could tell. Friedrich was out of his chair in the blink of an eye as he said it. T

She looked beautiful, no —she was too beautiful, and it was the kind of beauty that distracted men and complicated plans. Tonight? she had been perfect. She was charming, graceful, intelligent, and everything she needed to be. But then she opened her mouth on that dance floor and asked that question. I clenched my jaw and looked out my own window. Marie didn’t understand what was at stake. She didn’t know about the merger, Roland and the billions involved. To her, all of this was still about that damn wristwatch she stole eight years ago. She thought this was revenge, a punishment, and she couldn’t have been more wrong.

We arrived at Club Sirene, located on the 16th floor of Agua Hotel in the beautiful City of Chicago. Bella pulled me inside into a couch where I saw a man seated. “Marco, we’re here!” Bella waved as we approached him. “Marco, this is my best friend Alle" Bella introduced.