The Day I Choose Myself Novels & Stories

I jumped from the window to the road and went to Chris' house. I called but he didn't pick. So, I knocked on the door. He opened the door and I quickly went in. I didn't make eye contact and said. "I have decided something". "What?" He inquired. " I am gonna treat your disorder. You will be completely in your true self and I will be a werewolf again and we will have a perfect relationship. How's that?" I turned to face him and showed some excitement by touching his cheek. But the next moment was a nightmare for me.

He looked up at me with guilt written all over his face. "Lisa… I was wrong. I shouldn't have let her manipulate me. I shouldn't have ignored your feelings over and over again. I even humiliated you right to your face because of that woman. I swear, Lisa, if you give me one more chance, I will never let you down again. I'll work hard, I'll build a better life for you…" He choked up, and his eyes were red with emotion. Then as if to prove his sincerity, he dropped to his knees with a loud thud.

I looked at Miguel, at the man who had shown me what healthy love felt like, who had helped me remember who I was outside of my marriage. I looked at Alex, at the man I had loved for so long it had become part of my identity, who was finally saying all the things I had dreamed of hearing. I looked at Mrs. Martinez, who had become like a mother to me, who was watching her daughter destroy everything she had tried to build. "I choose..." I started, then stopped. Because I realized something that changed everything. "I choose neither." Vanessa's eyebrows went up. "Excuse me?" "You heard me. I choose neither. I choose myself. I choose to stop letting other people's games determine my life."

“I spent my entire life being told what I was supposed to be.” A pause. “Then I met you.” I touched her hand. “And for the first time, I wanted something because it was mine to choose.” The night was quiet. Peaceful. A strange thing for someone like me. “I choose you, Kaelira.” Her eyes softened. “I know.” A small smile appeared. “But I like hearing it.” And for once, I understood something. Some choices were not made once. They were made every day. Every morning. Every battle. Every quiet moment. And every time I looked at her… I would choose again.

"Can't a stint in re-education camp knock that principessa attitude out of you? "Yoel and Amelia have already arranged their wedding, and we are the groomsmen. We originally wanted to invite you to their wedding, but forget it. You're not welcome!" Nelson shoved me aside. "Stay here and think about what you've done. When you're ready to fix yourself, then you can get help." With that, they locked me in a room, no visitors allowed. Three days of lockup left me parched and starving. However, I managed to pick the lock with a hairpin and make a break for it.

must not believe that I would finish the selection. Even I don’t believe that I would but there are too many people involved and I don’t want to let them down. I made promises and I am a man of my words. I don’t know if I am happy but let’s just say I feel content because everybody is happy and excited for this selection. The one person I wish would show more enthusiasm is Jessica. She has not said anything against the selection but she doesn’t seem happy either. When I imagined my engagement, I imagined her to be the most enthusiastic and happy person but I guess I was wrong and that doesn’t sit well with me. What is the point of making other people happy if the most important person in y

“I am.” That seemed to settle something in him. “I’m glad,” he said. As we parted, he didn’t touch me. Didn’t ask. Didn’t linger. And that mattered more than anything he could’ve said. At home, I opened a blank notebook. Wrote at the top: Things I Choose 1. Myself. 2. Work that doesn’t shrink me. 3. Love that doesn’t confuse me. 4. Silence that heals. 5. Joy without permission. I closed it.

I thought sincerity would be met with sincerity. In the end, I lost completely. I had spent my youth with Paisley, weathering five years of highs and lows, only to be humiliated by her like this. If that was how it was, then it was time I started thinking about myself. "The day after tomorrow," I replied. "I still need some time to resign." The other party agreed immediately. After hanging up, he even transferred the money for my plane ticket. After ending the call, I noticed Paisley had just updated her social feed. In the photo, she and Jude were enjoying a candlelit dinner at a fancy restaurant. The caption read, "With you by my side, even the air feels sweet."

Her eyes turned red, "‌Vale, did I hold you back? I know you were the one who saved Jaxson. The current was so strong, and only you dared to jump in...” I tried to reassure her, "You’re not a burden." I had given up on revealing my identity in my previous life because I was convinced Carmela would never give me a chance. I had saved more people than just Jaxson, and I never thought of relying on a life-saving favor to ask for anything in return. Besides, Jaxson was never a good match to begin with. I didn’t think there was anything to regret. I continued, "I’m getting engaged to Adrian. His family has an upright reputation and he is a lawyer in Carmine Port. Whether there is love or not, he

"And no matter what comes next, no matter what the universe throws at us... I choose you. Today, tomorrow, and every single day after." The conceptual bond between their souls glowed with a faint, iridescent light, hummed with a quiet, permanent power. It was a promise. A choice. The first true choice he had ever made for himself, and the absolute last one he would ever need for the rest of his existence. Ava wiped away her tears with a shaky hand, a radiant, tearful smile breaking across her face as she took a deep, grounding breath. "My entire life..." her voice trembled slightly, thick with emotion. "...I spent every single day looking for the place where I belonged. I thought I was missi