What Once Was Hers Novels & Stories

She gave it back. She gave me back. And I wasn’t sure I’d ever get her again

He said. "I've been working my butt off for everyone all my life" "And It's time for me to step down and enjoy the rest of my life" I was so shocked. Don't tell me. "It's time to introduce the new successor of Madden Group of Hospitals and Madden Realty Group" No way. Not yet. "Let me introduce to you, my one and only heiress, the reason for all of my hard work. Soline Madden" My mouth dropped. I want to throw tantrums at dad but everyone is looking at me including the men I slept with.

How much had changed. She made her way toward the balcony, the place where she had once spent the first quiet hour of every morning. Back then, it had been alive with sunlight, greenery, and soft peace. Now, the space looked abandoned, cold, the plants long gone, the air heavy. And then she heard a coo.

Pierce Hers. That one singular word echoes through my mind like church bells. Here this whole time I thought I snatched her away from her life to keep her to myself. To keep her as mine. But then she turned it all around on me and now she owns me. Heart, body, mind and soul. I really should have seen it coming, to be honest. With one singular kiss, any hope I ever had of moving on if I had to let her go has dissolved completely. Shattered to dust and floated away into the abyss. If she ever chooses to go, to leave me behind as the empty husk of a man, I know I could never recover.

I glimpsed the girl she'd been, full of dreams and untouched by betrayal. And in her, I saw my own reflection—the Tabitha Mead before Asher, brimming with hope and laughing without restraint. Our paths, scarred by betrayal, had led us here, reclaiming ourselves together.

Why her? Honey wasn’t just a business partner. She was his ex, the woman who once held the version of Ram I had to fight to earn. The woman who used to have his laughter, his late-night calls, his everything. The last time I saw them together, I caught something in her eyes, a flicker of triumph, of longing. Something that said she still believed she had a chance. Maybe I was paranoid. Maybe I was overreacting. But my gut had never lied to me before.

This was the last time she'd see this place, a promise she'd made to herself. **** 5 YEARS LATER [HEADLINE: THE TRILLIONAIRE HEIRESS IS BACK!]

She said and I crashed my lips to hers. This girl is mine.. always be mine.. always will be mine.. everything is mine.. I don't share won't share will never share.. From now on.. SHARE will be erase from my dictionary of life

She could kill to join this perfect moment and feel among them, discarding that feeling of loneliness. She did not remember the last time they ever had this moment. She hadn’t spent time with her children like this, just sitting together, her arms holding them as they slept. This sad truth hit her hard in the stomach like a punch. The only moment she had experienced such a moment was at the death of Duke. The stubborn Tyler mellowed down when he heard about his father’s death. He allowed her to him, this was her bittersweet moment. That day brought in a lot of horrible memories . She wasn’t about to burst into tears at that moment so she maintained her calm.

She had never mentioned men in dark coats or "Velvet Oaths." "We served with her," he said. A hint of something—perhaps regret—flickered in his tone. "Before she chose to run. She thought she could hide the heir to the Oath in a world of strip malls and lecture halls. She was almost right." The car began to climb. The flat city streets gave way to winding roads lined with ancient, towering pines that blotted out the sun. They were heading toward the Ridge, an area of the heights where the old money lived—mansions hidden behind iron gates and miles of private forest.