The Love Wager Novels & Stories

Mandy barked. "Yea, I think she'll be a great profit to the band." Mandy was suffocated with shock, and was getting short of breath, "but um... You just met this loser today and we... I and Mckayla have known you since a long time." "Yea, I'd pick either of you but Trina is the singer Jackson Fellas need. I'm sorry but I pick Trina." Mandy felt bittered, she stared into his eyes boiling in fury and she turned her gaze to me. I could see the rage in her eyes, I got nervous like she was going to push me in front of a train, and I stared at the floor to avoid staring into her eyes.

I forgot that choosing each other is a very bad decision to make for the both of us. After that hot, passionate, and unstoppable night with the man I truly love, I woke up only to find out that he will leave. He is bound to forget me, he is destined to met and turn his back from me, from the road where his future was not secure. Arthur has a flight for that morning. I saw his passport and his beautiful expensive name was written there. I am happy for him. I ham happy that he has future. I am happy yet the pain will forever stay inside of me.

The dress came almost to mid-thigh, so a lot of those legs were on display. He was not going to lie. He'd had fun with those legs. It was just a shame they were connected to the rest of her. Her face furrowed into a pained grimace. She crossed the room, stretching her hands out in front of her as if to grasp his. "I wanted to express my gratitude for consenting to attend the wedding. It means everything to Ryan and me. "I understand how painful it must be for you after I broke your heart." Casper just stood there staring at her. Part of him wished he could ask her what planet she lived on, but he already knew the answer. It was Kendall's globe, and everything revolved around her. Did she tru

he replied mildly as if the amount were nothing at all—and to Andrei, it probably wasn’t. A single bead of sweat broke out between my breasts. “And what would you want from me? I don't have any more money than what I have here.” His blue eyes seared right through me. “If I win,” he said quietly, “you would be mine. For as long as I want you.” As long as he wanted me? “That would make me your—your slave.” Andrei gave me a cold smile. “It is a wager I offer you. For a million dollars.”

They both stared at each other intensely until a few moments passed in silence. After Zack released her chin again, as if hypnotized, Celine finally nodded her head in response. "As long as you keep what you said earlier that loyalty is a fixed price," Celine added as a condition. Zack immediately nodded while saying reassuringly, "You don't need to doubt about that." Suddenly, Gina and Kylie came out of nowhere and cheered the young couple who had now officially become lovers.

Gerard said calmly, "we go back to the original wager. Ten thousand pounds." Truth was, he didn't want to gamble this big. The only way to feel safe was to stack the odds against Hayley. Surely, she wouldn't accept something like that. But the moment he finished speaking, Hayley answered without hesitation, "Deal." She looked around at everyone present. "Anyone who backs out now pays the wager in full. Everyone here is a witness." Then she turned, reached behind Leonard's back, and pulled his blade from its sheath. She gave the others a quick wave.

I could barely process the words—they fell over me like cold water, each syllable a reminder of the obligations imposed upon me. I clutched the bouquet in my hands as I repeated the vows, my voice trembling as if I were reciting them for someone else. Every word was laced with sorrow and defiance: “I, Aurora Reynolds, take you, Damien Sterling…” My voice wavered as I spoke, feeling that each promise was not a commitment to love, but rather a surrender to a destiny that was never truly my own.

Classic chaos card. She tapped it lightly. “A tragic death in a past life. Something you blindly ran into after being betrayed.” I snorted before I could stop myself. “Right. Very original.” She didn’t react, just moved to the next card with the same card. Present: The Lovers in reversed. Two figures standing apart, a broken bond between them. Her smile stiffened, just for a second. She glanced at me with a pitied expression then back at the card. “Betrayal by love,” she said quietly. “In this life. Someone you trusted… chose another. The wound still bleeds.”

And then, to my amazement, she lifted her chin and looked almost pleased with herself, the way a person looks when they think they hold a clever card. "They are with Marianne," she said. "And before you raise your voice at me again in my own room, you will hear why, because there is nothing wrong in it." She folded her hands. "It was a wager. A bit of fun between old friends. Marianne wagered me that the new Luna would never part with so much as a single piece of her precious dowry, not even to her own husband's mother. I said she would. I said Ravena had too much sense and too much grace to cling to a few trinkets when the senior woman of the house asked. So we made it a proper bet, the way

"But don't think for even a second that you and I are the same. Before Felix divorces you, we're nothing more than friends and colleagues." She then glanced at Jonathan, whose face had turned as white as a sheet. "I can't believe you would betray such a good man like Felix for someone like him. You're definitely going to regret this, Jillian." Jillian's expression turned steely. A flurry of complicated emotions flickered in her eyes when she looked at me. "Have you forgotten your vows, Felix? Didn't you promise that you'll love me and only me in this lifetime?" How ridiculous. When I spoke about love with her, she claimed she wanted freedom. Now that I was letting her go, she tried to lectur