Temporarily Yours Novels & Stories

My home. Forever. ----- **THE END**

I took a long deep breath and pressed the speaker that is connected in the whole house so no matter where they are, they can still hear, "FAMILY MEETING NOW. DON'T BE FUCKING LATE." Let's see how it goes. While I was walking down the stairs, I felt my phone vibrate in my black trousers. I paused my steps, unlocked my phone and opened the e-mail sent from the officer. Once I opened it and saw the picture, I stood there frozen in my spot. There was a beautiful girl that looked to be in her teenage years. She had blue-greenish eyes that looked fetching. Her light brunette hair looked so soft and silky, and they were a little past her shoulders. Her face had had nothing on it, not even an acne s

“You know what that costs.” “Yes,” Clara said softly. “That’s why Serena didn’t expect it.” That caught his attention. She turned back to the tablet, scrolling with purpose now. “She’s positioning me as temporary,” Clara continued. “As someone who exists because of proximity to you. So I’m going to remove the ambiguity.” Adrian stiffened. “By doing what?” Clara looked at him. “By speaking.” His chest tightened. “Publicly?” “Yes.” “With your name attached to mine?” he pressed.

“Yes, we attempted the Still Howl. It didn’t work as well as we hoped. I felt the pain the first night, but we’ll attempt it again if necessary. Let’s hope you conceive quickly.” She sipped her tea. Guilt twisted in my stomach. “I’m so sorry.” “It isn’t your fault.” She reached across the table and squeezed my hand. “You’re doing exactly what you were hired to do. I’m grateful.” She pulled back and continued calmly. “I just want us to be clear about something. Your time here is temporary. You’re providing a service, and you’re being compensated generously.” “I understand.” “Good.” Her smile stayed polite. “You need the money. I appreciate that you’re not trying to complicate things.”

Janet gave her one last encouraging smile before turning to leave. “Hello,” she greeted softly, brushing back a stray curl. Ezra turned with a small smile. “What’s up, Janet?” She raised an eyebrow, arms folding loosely. “So… what’s so important that you couldn’t wait for me to close?” Ezra rubbed the back of his neck, looking slightly sheepish. “Hmm… I’m traveling to Chicago. I forgot to mention it yesterday. I’ll be checking into a hotel tonight and flying out tomorrow morning.”

“You. Here. This moment.” “Why?” “I don't know how many more of these we will get.” His expression turns serious. “And I want to remember every second.” The words hit me harder than they should, because he's right. We made an agreement, no labels, no future, no promises. This is temporary. All of it. And when it ends, when Knox gets bored or his family intervenes or reality crashes back in, this will be nothing but a memory. The thought makes my heart ache in my chest.

Yes, you can’t beat his eloquence. I took a deep breath and before I could speak further, Jaxon said, “Yeah, you are coming here tonight. If I don’t see you here by ten, I will drive to your house myself. See you soon!” “I can’t, Jaxon seriously, wait, hello? J? what?” I saw my phone, with a notification from Jaxon, ‘How about black? I’ll wear the same :)’

“This isn’t lasting.” “It doesn’t have to last forever in one move.” He unlocked the door with unhurried fingers. “It only has to last long enough to change your available options.” He opened the door and the annex hallway air came in, ordinary and useless. “Welcome to the end of temporary arrangements,” Rowan said. “Next time, I expect less surprise.” Then he was gone.

Adjacent from me, Jeongguk ground his teeth in disapproval, and I gulped. “I don’t think we’ve probably been introduced. I’m Taehyung but everyone calls me V”, he ended with an extension of his hand and a charming smile. I extended my hand into his and smiled back, “I’m Ariadne. Everyone calls me Ari”. His hand felt so warm as he clasped mine firmly, our eyes locking as I got pulled into the mysterious aura surrounding him. It may have been seconds, but it felt like minutes and we only looked away after someone cleared their throat. I gulped, pulling my hand swiftly from his to find Jeongguk getting up. He circled the table until he was standing right behind me. His arms wrapped around my ne

“Hi, Kayla. There seems to be a… situation with my apartment. Apparently, I’ve been ‘temporarily swapped’ with another tenant?” “Oh! Are you Miss—” A pause. “Oh. Ohhh.” I narrow my eyes. “What does that mean?” “Well, um…” She clears her throat. “It looks like there was a small clerical mistake, and your lease extension request got processed under the wrong name. The system automatically matched you to a temporary unit based on our available listings, and since your original unit is now occupied, you’ve been—” “I get it,” I interrupt. “But I didn’t request a lease extension.”