Mia clenched her fist around the pregnancy test. “If I really were pregnant, I wouldn’t have agreed to the divorce.” “I suppose that’s right. After all, a gold digger like you wouldn’t let any opportunity to rise the ranks with a pregnancy slip. Still, even if you were pregnant, Tim wouldn’t allow you to keep … Read more
“Did you slap him?” Jane asked and poured me a cup of hot coffee. “Yes, he wants me to be his lover.” I huddled on the sofa and drank the coffee slowly, enduring the waves of stomach cramps. After sitting for a while, I turned around, rushed to the bathroom, and began vomiting. Jane patted … Read more
I found an empty table out in the quad, pulling my laptop out. I typed out the politest email I could manage to my advisor, hoping to switch my classes. It was only 11 now. The door fiasco and doctor visit made me miss my other morning class. I had to send my professor an … Read more
The Incompetent of the Ducal Family The duel between the family’s hope, Cranz, and the incompetent Cyan. Without needing to predict, the spectators unanimously foresaw Cranz’s one-sided victory. Seeing Cyan standing defenselessly, some thought he had given up on the duel entirely… But what was this? With quick movements, he dodged Cranz’s sword and swiftly … Read more
“Your father has sold you off to me to clear his debts,” Logan said and placed the folder in her lap while placing the pen above it. “So, sign this contract and be my wife,” he pronounced, his voice devoid of any emotions. Hope was shocked to see the folder related to the contract and … Read more
I didn’t move from my spot on the floor until the early hours of the morning. I lay on the floor and stained the cement floor with my tears. I didn’t know when I slept off, I just opened my eyes when sunlight shone directly into them and I realized that it was already morning. … Read more
I had no idea what time it was when I felt my eyelids becoming heavy. When I was just about to nod off, I heard my phone vibrate on top of the bedside table next to me, making me jolt awake. I slowly removed Sebastian’s arm that was wrapped around me, reaching for my phone … Read more
ELIANA. My grandmother used to tell me I was different since I was young. She’d sit me down when I felt so devastated and dispirited and tell me—”You’re going to be okay” I’d like to think that she sounded a lot like my mother, she was the only thing I had that linked the both … Read more
BELLE I woke up to the feeling of being moved. I was vaguely aware of the fact that someone was unbuckling my seatbelt and then picking me up. I opened my eyes. Grayson had placed me on his lap so that my knees fell on either side of him. He set my head against his … Read more
Ella Three days to go. I repeat these words to myself as I walk down the street, still preoccupied with my possible pregnancy, even as I prepare to go to bat for my sister. In some ways it’s a coping mechanism: I’m about to beg Dominic Sinclair to save Cora’s job, and I need a … Read more