The Secret Summaries Novels & Stories

And then, the fire alarm rings. "Run," I scream. But I don't run. I stay. I stay for the end. The walls start to move. The secret room is opening. Liam screams. But it’s not for me. It’s for the truth. I watch him fall to his knees. The screen is showing everything. The funds. The accounts. The ghost. I stand up. "You were right, Liam." "I shouldn't have dug deep." "Because now," I lean in, my voice a whisper.

He reaches out to fill our wine glasses and as he pours, he continues, “One that contained quite the list of ridiculous rules.” I narrow my eyes at him, the atmosphere in our section starting to become combative. “Oh I’m sorry,” I say without the slightest hint of apology, “It seems your feelings have been hurt by my ‘ridiculous rules’.” “That’s not the point and you know it,” he growls, the muscles in his jaw ticking. “You’re hiding something from me.” A momentary silence descends. Neal’s eyes are burning behind the shades. “Everyone has their secrets, Neal,” I say defensively, “Besides, I don’t see why you’re so concerned…”

And for someone like me, a man leading a double life, if something is too good and then it’s the worst thing waiting to happen. Proving me right I received an email directly from the source. The little nerdy girl wasn’t as nerdy, boring and submissive as she pretended to be. There’s a wide world of fantasies she’s hiding inside that head of hers which includes, in her words, ‘her sexy-arsehole-overbearing-know-it-all-Boss’. And that’s me. But this isn’t it. I have only uncovered half of what she’s hiding. There’s more lot to my little secretive secretary. And our worlds might not be as different as she thought. Because she came running right through the door she wanted to exit.

It’s Adam! The impact sends my entire lunch; pasta with bright red marinara sauce slowly flying through the air and landing with a wet splatter all over Adam’s white shirt. Everywhere goes silent and I suddenly wish to be swallowed by a miraculous shark. I opened my eyes to a new world but I still find myself in the cafeteria.

She ran a hand through her hair— And froze. There was something on her bed. An envelope. Her stomach dropped. Slowly, she approached. Her senses sharpened instinctively. She picked it up slowly. Her fingers trembled just slightly as she slid a single folded paper from inside. She unfolded it. Four words started back at her. I know your secret Her breath stilled instantly.

Without looking back, he said quietly, "Think carefully about what you're willing to sacrifice to keep your secret." Then he left. I stood frozen in the middle of my room. A few seconds later, my laptop chimed. I looked at the screen. A new message had appeared from the anonymous account. One sentence. You still haven't told me what you really want. I stared at it. And for the first time, I realized something terrifying. Alexander hadn't come upstairs to expose me. He'd come upstairs to see what I would do when I knew he had the power to.

My heart was racing in its cage, I was on a death list, over nothing. I had just learnt a rich man’s secret. "Come on, we need to get out of..." he couldn't finish talking. He was interrupted by the sudden trembling of his hands. "What's wrong?!" I panicked, listening to his breathing quicken.

I picked it up, hands trembling: “You think you know the past. But the past is only the beginning. Watch your step. Every secret has a cost.” I sank to the floor, the folder open before me, every revelation pressing down like stones on my chest. Cassandra wasn’t finished. She was everywhere, in every shadow, and in every whisper. And I realized, with a shiver I couldn’t shake, that the secrets I had uncovered were only the first move in a game that could end in ruin or worse.

The bus drove up and it was dead silent in the van except for a few rumblings from the kids and the silence was deafening. "Hey guys..." she said excitedly. All of them got out of the van and gave her hugs and love and the brothers just stared at me. "What the fuck is he doing her littles?" Eli yelled. Littles is her nickname. She stood in front of Eli. "Eli - we have a lot to talk about and we can do it inside. Not out here in the open where all the neighbors can see. Ladies - the guards will take your luggage to the house across the street we have for visitors. The kids can share the playroom downstairs to sleep in." she stated gracefully and turning to go inside with her brothers. I was t

He answered unsurely, but Aria ignored his strange behaviour. “Great, I look forward to hearing from you.” Aria quickly drafted a meeting agenda which she would send to him when he got back to her before going back to the file that held a thousand secrets. ### Aria moved around her office robotically gathering items she’d need for her meeting, her mind was blank as she went about her tasks, not knowing how to feel about the revelations hidden between the covers of the arch file on her desk. Picking up a folder with important documents along with her tablet and handbag, she walked out with her lips set in a grim line.