Trust None Novels & Stories

he said before getting closer to me. "Maddix Villaranza was known as a ruthless CEO bachelor. He doesn't compromise and he doesn't care about anyone. His trust was so hard to get that even if you catch the bullet for him, he still won't trust you and he will think that it was just a show. His life is very private because he doesn't want anyone to interfere with it. If he finds you interested, he will get an investigation immediately, and boom, you will be caught immediately because you are Franco's daughter," he said, and he is too serious. I thought about every meeting between Maddix and me. I never saw the ruthless CEO that he said, but maybe he's good at pretending, so I didn't see that r

"You’re who you are. Nothing else. Nothing more. Whatever anyone thinks? That’s their problem. Only the truth matters." I swallow hard, something thick and unsteady settling in my chest. He believes me. No hesitation. No conditions. No ‘if that’s what you want me to think.’ Just trust. Liam sees me. The version of myself I’m still struggling to accept. The version I’m scared to claim. And for the first time in a long time, I don’t feel like I’m running. “Okay.” Liam leans back, completely unbothered. “Besides, trusting everything on social media is stupid. They think I’m this emotionless playboy.”

"I've built my entire adult life on the certainty that my father was the wronged party in all of this. I don't know who I am if that turns out to be only half true." I reached over, my hand finding his, gently. "Whatever it is, it doesn't erase what you've built since. It doesn't erase who you actually are now." "You don't know that yet either." "No. But I'm choosing to believe it anyway, the same way you asked me to believe things about you before I had proof." I squeezed his hand once, steady. "That's what trust actually is, Adrian. Not certainty. A choice you keep making even when you don't have all the information yet."

I said. "Fifty percent? That means there's still a call for doubt?" He asked. Sophie smiled. "There should. After all, trust doesn't come so easily. One has to earn it. We just met and I can't ask you to trust a total stranger, completely. You will have to wait and see. If I am not who I deem myself to be... All will be exposed, eventually." I responded. Lorenzo intertwined our fingers together, pinching me and whispering in my ear how it wasn't necessary to say all that. Then he pulled away, laughing nervously.

The contact was brief, but it triggered a cascade of rapid-fire diagnostic checks in my neural link—a sudden, unmanageable surge of thoracic pressure, an increase in adrenaline, and a total, absolute silencing of my analytical monologue. "What is the component?" she asked. "Trust," I said. "Not the kind that I can monitor with a security feed, and not the kind that can be verified through a cryptographic handshake. The kind of trust that allows you to walk into a room full of predators, knowing that the man by your side is not your warden, but your equal."

“And trust is a tricky thing, isn’t it?” Elena felt Adrian tense beside her. She met the man’s gaze. “Trust is built through actions, not assumptions.” A slow smile spread across his face. “Interesting answer.” He leaned back. “You know, Elena, I heard quite a few things about you. Some say you’re loyal, hardworking. Others…” His smile didn’t reach his eyes. “Others say you’re a liability.” Lucas smirked, but Adrian remained silent. Elena didn’t flinch. “People say many things. The only truth that matters is the one proven over time.”

“That’s not an answer.” “No,” he said. “It’s the truth.” She stepped closer. “Then say it. Say whether you doubt me.” For the first time, something cracked in his composure. Not anger. Not suspicion. Conflict. “Trust isn’t a switch,” Damian said quietly. “It’s a structure. Built over time. Tested under pressure.” Elena’s chest tightened. “And right now?” “Right now,” he said, “it’s being attacked.” She laughed once, sharp and humorless. “So I’m collateral damage.”

Red threatened before he stormed out I watched him leave sadly "I can't tell you Red,my reputation depends on this..."I mumbled ********** RED_ To be sincere,I seriously don't get what the hell is wrong with Dane All my life I've always looked up to him. I've always believed his decisions are always right But lately,am losing my trust in Dane I really do believe in his decision cause he's not someone who's silly. He is young but he isn't dumb I've always believed that Dane's judgement are always right

When she honestly thought about it, trusting Joe is like trusting a man that would steal your kid's milk money with your banking information. "All part of learning. Unfortunately I didn't exactly have the greatest upbringing so I was able to learn at a very early age not to trust people courtesy of my own father." Collen shrugged. 'Soon enough you will have a better idea of who you can or cannot trust. I believe I speak for all of us here when I say we don't want you to change though." Collen declared giving her a reassuring smile.

Hungry animals that will grab your arms, drag you under them so they could be on top. “Not just names. How can I be sure that you won’t try to check my passport, cards, and my lease when I’m not around? How can I trust someone who I know nothing about?” I recited my point of view, like this is some sort of business deal. Well, it’s a deal alright, the only difference is that I’m trading for myself.