Star hasn't spoken a word in more then two years. After her father passes a way, she stops speaking. She's a prisoner in her own mind and her secrets are darker then anyone can imagine. BOOK ONE in the Bullied Series. NOTE: When She Speaks is a rough draft. After the rough draft is complete, the story will be taken down for major edits. ~*~

Chloe Manson is a successful interior designer. Never mind the fact that her mum keeps setting up blind dates with the wrong guys, her life is otherwise quite normal and peaceful. She has a steady job, good friends and a pretty grotty apartment. What more can she ask? That is, until a new sexy stranger takes over as the boss of the company where she works at. He's irritating, obnoxious and infuriating. So why does she keep stealing glimpses into his office? Ed Hardy is determined to prove to his father that he is capable of managing a business as well as his perfect brother whom he can never measure up to. Originally anticipating that the working hours would be long and boring, he didn't expect to meet a lovely woman whom he can't seem to take his eyes off. Calling her into his office on the pretext of giving her work, he can't seem to reach into her heart. He knows that in his eyes, he's a bad boy through and through. So why doesn't he seem to be able to forget her like the numerous other women before?

| SAMPLE ONLY; READ IT NOW ON GALATEA | ❝He's the boy she left behind. She's the girl he let go.❞ ➵ Before she became one of music's biggest up-and-coming artists, Evelyn "Evie" Chase was a nobody at the bottom of the Roosevelt High School food chain with only a handful of friends. Her best friend (and longtime crush)--popular jock, Adam Fields--was her polar opposite, but despite their differences, their bond was as strong as they come. That is, until one day-- one mistake--changed the course of their friendship forever, and the once inseparable duo never spoke again. Fast forward three years, and everything's changed. Evie has the world at her feet, now out in L.A. living her dream as a seventeen-year-old popstar-- leaving the town, the boy who broke her heart, and those who'd made high school unbearable behind. Meanwhile, Adam--at Roosevelt finishing off senior year and still the school (and town's) beloved "golden boy"--is trying his hardest to let go of the past and the girl he let get away. And it's going well, the two of them living their separate lives. Until Evie's back. Suddenly, seventeen and senior year just got a lot more interesting.

Rachel Dale and her brother, Paul, has an alcoholic father and a strict mother. Life has been that way since who knows when. But one summer day, Rachel's grandmother unexpectedly comes for a visit. Rachel's father and her grandmother has never been in good terms since her grandmother never approved of the marriage in the first place. And when Grandma Jean sees how much Rachel's father is a bad impact on her life, she decides to take her and Paul back to her place for a while. For this, Rachel and Paul has to leave their home, and go to the country side. Who knew that from that one small visit, Rachel's life would change forever?

Nicky is a waitress. When she starts working in a cafe, she meets a mysterious fascinating blind man. She is immediately drown to him and makes it her goal to learn everything about him. What will happen when she finds out his story....

Maya has broken up with her cheating boyfriend and lost their baby. Now has a new job and hopes for a new start. She gets drunk on party and wakes up with a total stranger .Will it be a drunken mistake or not?