What Once Was Hers Novels & Stories

I said while trying to adjust Dan who has fell asleep on my shoulder. “If you say so” She said while we entered the big and exquisite apartment. Dad always have eyes down for expensive shit ranging from his apartments, to cars he owned, to his hotels and bars and whenever anyone tries to explain that he shouldn’t spend money on useless stuffs, he replies with “You only live once, make good use of it”.

Harrison paused before answering, "My mother wants a grandchild. As long as we give her what she wants, we'll be able to stay together in the long run." He reached for her hand, but Eleanor pulled back sharply. Harrison took a box out of his pocket. "Eleanor, I promise you that even if there's a child, you'll always be my only one." Inside was a diamond necklace known as "One and Only", which he'd bought at an astronomical price. Eleanor sneered inwardly. In her previous life, that necklace had belonged to Winona. Now, he was handing something meant for his mistress to her instead.

I thought about it, then answered honestly, "Less than I hate Aaron, but not by much." Kevin didn't say anything. A week later, he took me to an old warehouse on pack grounds. It had been abandoned for years, filled with cracked wooden crates and dusty shelves once used for storing herbs. The moment I stepped inside, a familiar herbal scent hit me. Kevin reached out and switched on an old lamp in the corner. "Do you remember this place?" I frowned. It was too old. Nothing came to mind. "Twelve years ago, during the winter hunt, there was an attack on Mount Northmore," he said slowly, watching me. "I got lured away from the trial group and stepped into a silver trap. I almost died out there."

"I see you're determined to stay here and be a useless piece of trash. Forget it. I'll let it slide this time for Mamma's sake. Remember your place next time." I circled him as I headed for my room, whispering, "There won't be a next time." Although I had made many wonderful memories in this villa, at the end of the day, it wasn't my home.

I wondered what she saw when she looked at it. Stability? Stagnation? A life she’d once rejected? I may live a small town life but I had enough banks to last a life time and even generations to come, but that was my privilege. A privilege I had inherited, one I had been handed down and one that doesn’t seem to impress the one woman I would sell my soul for .. SOLANE! “WOW, this place used to be practically empty back then am guessing since you expanded the business you rebuilt this right?”She says..

Amanda's heart skipped a beat for a second but got revived again. " but was there need for all these; Amanda asked Jones. oh yeah, when I potray as rich, the girls easily fall in love , not with me but my money. I'm revealing myself to you because all I need to know has been settled. Amanda grabbed a bottle of water poured it on Jonas the twin who outplayed all that while and said, for wetting me have that. With laughing, Jones and Amanda drove off to a boutique for her to have a change of clothes.

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Hunter, an enigma the financial world was now calling Lady K. For Norma McLaren, this was her last desperate chance to claw back into the world she once ruled with false pearls and counterfeit charm. After being thrown out of their mansion like squatters in yesterday’s couture, she needed a win—no, a resurrection. With a designer gown borrowed from a high-end boutique and a diamond-studded clutch she insisted was “a family heirloom” (even though the store tags were still tucked inside), she strutted into the gala lobby with the ghost of her pride glued to her spine.

Where she'd had a home once, a emptiness in me. This wasn't the way things were supposed to be. I wasn't going to let them slip away. I was going to claim her as mine again. Regardless of whether it was something that I'd ever do again in my life.