Synonym For Scared

My dormmate falls in the dorm and sends the rest of us the hospital bill. She wants us to compensate her. "I only fell because you guys left a puddle of water at the door. It's only right that you compensate me, don't you think? It's not much—you each just have to give me a thousand dollars to cover the checkup, medication, transport, the classes I missed, and the mental distress I suffered." I exchange looks with my two other dormmates. All three of us politely decline. That's when she goes berserk. She screeches threateningly, "Do you know who my father is? I'll make sure you guys can't graduate if you don't compensate me!"

Stella Carpenter wanted nothing but to live a good life with her boyfriend, make sure her brother goes to a good university, make her mother smile and become a popular chef but that changed from the moment she set her eyes on Davis McClure. He is a well known cold-hearted, dangerous and famous man,also the owner of a well producing technology company, a CEO himself- the kind that no one could mess with but what will happen when Stella messed him up? Davis decides to punish Stella, it is a punishment that ruined her life and made the man she loves abandon her. Stella thought her life was officially over, she found out that she was pregnant with not just a baby but twins. What will happen when Davis comes back three years later and decides to marry her and take his children, will Stella give in or will she fight him for her babies?And at the same time, the man Stella once loved returns to her, how will Stella choose?

Skylar Summers broke up with the former love of her life seven years ago, following which she never did so much as look back at her past. Now, after pursuing her dream career of acting, she finds herself in a peculiar situation of meeting the man of her life again. Seven years weren't enough for her to forget him, as she found herself swirling with emotions as soon as she laid his eyes on him. She expected yet another fight and a round of crazy comebacks and revenge, but she never expected what life was about to offer her this time. She was forced to finally marry the only man she ever loved.

Six years after a bad breakup, Sophie Wells finally thought she had it all together but that was until she met Chresanto Lightwood, CEO of Lightwood Company. He was everything she wanted in a man but someone she wouldn't dare be with not when her past came hunting her. ***** Will Sophie be able to move on from her past especially when it's right in from of her? How long will she keep fighting off her feelings? Let's find out!

Her life took a drastic turn when a night of drinking to stupor led her into having a one night stand with Xander Brown- A rich billionaire rumored to be beasty. Realizing she's pregnant with quintuplets for the billionaire; her worst nightmare came into happening when she was sacked from work and left to wander about the whole of New York. After four years of living a wrenched life with her kids, news reached her that the billionaire was about getting into a loveless marriage. Pressured, she came back with the billionaire's baby and as though fire and ice collision- The ruthless Xander was jaw struck. Will he accept them into his life or keep being in denial? Dared by the quintuplets, will she agree to Marry Xander?

"Take me, please." This time into his ear. He sat up some and grabbed my hips pulling me on to him harder. The deeper he went the more I lost control. I could tell he was holding back. Maybe he was afraid to hurt me. The bruises, because of what he knows about my past, He thinks he has to treat me like I'm fragile. I looked straight into his eyes. "I can take it, please, I want you to make me yours." I was begging him now. I saw his face change as he sat up and pushed my legs up higher. Suddenly he was slamming into me… ***** When Sandra married Ryan she thought she had married her hero. A young bright police detective on his way up. It wasn't long before she realized she was wrong. A narcissistic abusive man with the support of the city and the police department. She was trapped. Caged. Until the night of her monthly trip to the movies with the friends she was allowed. The other police detective’s wives. She saw his eyes as he leaned against the wall. A tinge of recognition as she walked past him. Then everything went dark.

ELIAN CARPENTER; 24 year old, 6’4 blonde who can only earn a living by picking pockets and doing other petty crimes in order to take care of his disabled sibling. His life takes a drastic turn when he finds an odd note in a stolen wallet. Now he is off to the Stone mansion to commit his biggest crime yet; steal the heir's heart. AIDEN STONE; The 26 year old heir to the Stone family fortune, In order to access his inheritance, his father dictates he must be married but due to an abusive childhood he developed severe social anxiety which makes it difficult for him to form connections. luckily his father never specified who he should married.

Mia—codename Zero—is the deadliest assassin alive. She never asks questions. Never fails a job. Until a brutal accident steals her memory. Waking up in a powerful Alpha’s care, she has no idea who she is or why she was carrying his photograph. Alex Moore, CEO of Raften Pharmaceuticals and leader of the Darkhaven Pack, knows better than to trust a mysterious woman with a past she can’t remember. But something about her calls to him in ways he can’t explain. As passion ignites and their worlds intertwine, the truth looms in the shadows. Because Mia wasn’t just an assassin. She was sent to kill him. And when she remembers, there will be only one question left—will she finish the job, or has fate already sealed her loyalty… and her heart?

After the birth of our daughter, my husband left for a dangerous mission. My in-laws' initial joy soured, and they regarded my baby with disdain. Maria, my mother-in-law, was particularly scornful. In a rare show of familial love, my father-in-law Lincoln took my daughter out for a playdate. I thought he had finally grown fond of her, only for him to strike me the moment he returned. "How dare you betray my son! I'll kill you!" "Yes! Beat that loose woman to death together with that brat!" Shifting my gaze from the report on the floor to my furious father-in-law, I pulled out several photos—my naked mother-in-law Maria, caught with another man. "Let's see who the real loose woman is!"

When Samantha's best friend sets her up on a blind date, she expects a prince charming. Instead, she meets Julian, the rudest man alive.