Romans & histoires The Lives We Live

“Are you even human?” “Huh?” Drayce leaned his arms on the table. “No human can resist making a lot of wishes. Unless, he restricted you to wish for more.” I shook my head. “I don’t remember if he did forbid me to wish for two or more.” “Then why didn’t you wish for more? You could have wished for immortality, or become a billionaire or even…” “I only want one to achieve that. I guess.” “What, immortality?” “How old are you anyway?”

CHAPTER 4- UNLUCKY PERSON I went home and did not accept Mr. Anderson's condition. He wants me to live with him? For what? If in exchange for the job he will give me is my virginity, then no way. I will look for a job anywhere. Even if I become a strip dancer again in another bar, I will. Even if I work somewhere else, it's okay with me. Just not Mr. Anderson's condition. I don't want that. Yes, I undress in front of many men but I am not like other women. It's okay for different men to see my naked body, just don't let them touch it.

I don’t care how much it costs as long as they receive the justice they deserve. I went down my newsfeed because I didn’t want to read any more fallacies. They were feeding people falsehoods to poison their minds. While scrolling down, I came across an advertisement that piqued my curiosity. Are you alive but feel dead? So why don’t you add value to your worthless life? Or perhaps are you looking for money? Why not exchange it for your life? We are seeking a new participant to join us at Live Suicide!

But here I am dead and gone, yet very much feeling 22. While walking in the garden of my dreams I wondered how it would have felt to live in reality. Here in heaven, each soul has its own place to live and these places are the mix of all the dreams you saw as a living being. We also have neighbours but we are not allowed to step out of our dreams or else we face severe consequences. Some of my neighbours are friendly and some are like humans. You know what humans are like, right. But these places are like a hotel to us and we live here till the order for rebirth comes to our doors.

I exhaled deeply again , Presley has invested so much to make this day happy for me , even Brett, and right now I want to get out of my own way , I don't want to ever stand in the way of my happiness again. That's why I'm giving Brett and I a chance , who knows where it'll take us. "Finally you're done " Presley said as I walked out of the bathroom. "The bathroom is the only Peaceful place I get to meditate and think " I replied as I dried my legs and body. "You take life too seriously " she said as I slowly took my seat in front of the mirror. "Life is not a joke " I replied quietly, staring at my reflection in the mirror.

They shattered the transparent tempered glass, continuing their descent until they reached the end they had long awaited for 20 years. In their next life, they still wished to be a family. In their next life, they hoped for peace.

"I never wanted you to. "You know, when you eat something delicious, your eyes light up like the sun. "When you hear a song that you like, you sing along, just a little off-key, but it's so adorable to me." I was stunned, not knowing what to say. He continued, "These precious memories I have of you are the best thing I could ever get in return." That day, I told him everything that had happened with me and Horace. Not in our past lives, but in this one. What happened in our past lives was just a dream, after all, and it wasn't worth mentioning.

“Never judge a book by its cover. Having a coworker like her is seriously the biggest stain on my life.” I ignored everyone’s mocking comments and simply smiled as I escorted Elijah and his group out. After everything I went through in my previous life, words like these meant nothing to me anymore.

It was getting harder for me to keep my eyes open. The fragile skin on my lips cracked and split, peeling apart with every breath. Without even realizing it, I licked the blood that had seeped from my lips. I was so thirsty, so hot, and in so much pain. As my consciousness faded in and out, I suddenly heard Dad's voice. "You must live on, Chester! Do not give up on yourself, Chester! I'm begging you, stay alive!"

She had been naive enough to believe all these other deceased men had gone to somewhere like New York, or maybe San Francisco, and had started a better life. Lani felt stupid as she recalled all the times she'd called Alistar Raven in hopes his new wife would pick up the phone and ask why some random girl was calling her husband. She'd hoped she'd hear the sounds of a little one crying or laughing in the background... She'd prayed for a better life for him, and for what? He was already dead. "How could you?" she voiced, slowly turning toward Jax and Isabella. "Lani, what're you talking about, nina?" Isabella replied, crossing her arms and raising her brows.