"W-what are you doing, Ilya?!?"
"What?", he replied drowsily.
"This!! Stay away from me!!" Renée screamed and kicked him in his privates. He fell down with a loud grunt of pain, and she took this chance to escape from the room. Ilya heard her distant footsteps and smirked," You can run but you can't hide, milyy."
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Renée was the average tomboy you would see 24/7 in your schools; wearing biker jackets, short black hair, cheeky black eyes, queen bee of her boy's gang. She was used to the annual April Fool's joke: Renée Wagner had got a boyfriend. Actually, no one even found it funny anymore. It was an universal intergalactic truth : No man could fall for badboy Renée.
....but what about when someone did?? And that someone is not just anyone! Anyone who had eyes could see; they were a match made......in hell.
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.