You curiously walk down the abandoned street, following your ears as you can hear a peculiar humming noise.
You shiver on this cold night, wondering if you dare tread further on.
Rounding the corner, you see a glow of gold light, surrounding an object on a stand.
Tip-toeing further, the hairs on the back of your neck rise; from nervousness or excitement, you don't know.
Finally reaching the stand, you see there lies a book on it.
"Story Shorts", you read out loud.
You slowly reach to pick it up, when suddenly a figure arrives from the shadows.
I smile at you and gesture for you to pick the book up.
Once you do, I leave.
Looking down at the book, you smile softly and laugh at the punny cover.
Then, you embarked on small tales, each as unique as the last, but none uneventful.
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Cover by @Maltaf26
Completed until further notice
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
[[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]