Adam and Kazi
- Lecturas 54,185
- Votos 1,898
- Partes 16
I heard his laugh before I saw her, and I already knew - that loose, unguarded version of it, the one I'd never once heard him aim at me. I found him with my eyes and there he was, all six feet six of him tilted toward Cathie like she was the only thing in the room worth standing near, his sharp eyes tracking her face with an attention I had spent three years quietly starving for. Something in my chest didn't break. It just went still. I set his coffee down on the bench - oat milk, no sugar, memorized without him ever asking - and walked away.
Todos los derechos reservados
#799
unseen
Únete a la comunidad narrativa más grandeObtén recomendaciones personalizadas de historias, guarda tus favoritas en tu biblioteca, y comenta y vota para hacer crecer tu comunidad.
Quizás también te guste
She Took More Than Just a Room
It started with a key. A simple, harmless gesture or so he said. Christina was just his childhood best friend. The girl who "had always been there." The one he trusted. The one he couldn't turn away. And I tried. I tried to be understanding. I tried to be secure. I tried to believe that love meant trust. But how do you trust when another woman walks into your home like she belongs there? When she knows his silences better than you do? I'm not losing him in loud, obvious ways. I'm losing him in glances. In quiet moments. In the space where I used to exist. Now, we live under the same roof. Him. Me. And the girl who was "never supposed to be a problem." But the worst part? He still calls her his best friend. And I'm starting to feel like the other woman in my own marriage.
Easy
Ria Koss has never needed anyone to tell her who she is. Which made it so much worse when she heard exactly who Josh thought she was. She walked out with her head high and her heart intact. He's been trying to find the words ever since. Some men don't know what they have until it's gone. Some women don't wait around to find out.Concluida
When The Dust Settles
He chased her for four years before she said yes. She endured his family for three years before she broke. He was faithful for a year of separation before he wasn't. Marco and Elena loved each other the way people love when they mean it - completely, expensively, at cost. But love inside a war zone gets ugly. And when the war is your own family, there is no ceasefire. This is not a story about a perfect love. This is a story about what happens after the damage - whether what's left is worth rebuilding, and whether two people who broke each other can become something that holds. Some dust settles. Some of it you carry. #infidelity #secondchance #slowburn #marriedlife #heartbreakConcluida
Happiness Not Included
Alanna did everything in her power to gain her parents' approval: wore the right clothes, dated the right men, attended the right parties, and made enough money to get them through the doors of high society that had long been out of their reach. Instead of a thank you for all she had done, she was blamed for reacting the wrong way to finding out her husband had been cheating on her with her younger sister-and her family wanted her to accept it because it was "true love." When Alanna decided she was done vying for her parents' approval and started feeling isolated, an old classmate came to her with an offer she couldn't refuse: marry him and join one of the most powerful families in town. The catch? Intimacy was off the table. Any plans for future children would be done through surrogacy or artificial insemination. Deciding this was the only way to regain her dignity, she agreed. But her growing attraction to her new husband made the no-intimacy rule all the more unwelcome.
Complete: Claire and Julian
Claire has always been a lot. Loud. Bright. Sunny. She never thought it would hurt so much to hear that the man she could see herself choosing only sees her as something to use for those very things. So Claire does what she does best. She walks away. And it works. Until the bond snaps into place and she realizes being with him was never a choice. It was fate. And now the man who broke her? He'll have to prove he's worth keeping. ***this story explores mating bonds in humans as a cultural norm. There are no werewolves or supernatural beings in this world***Concluida
The Wife He Left Behind ( Full Book Available On Gumroad )
I gave Marshall Kane nine years of my life. Nine years of late nights, scraped-together bills, and raising our son Liam alone while telling him his father was "working hard for us." I waited. I believed. Until the day I saw Marshall on a crowded street with his hand on another woman's waist his wife of six months. That same night, the divorce papers arrived. Heartbroken and desperate, I pulled myself together for Liam. No more waiting. No more excuses. Then Gabriel Sterling crashed into my world. Rich, devastatingly handsome, and dangerously persistent, Gabriel didn't just offer me a job , he saw me. The real me. The woman who had been invisible for years. His intense gaze and quiet protectiveness make my pulse race in ways I thought were long dead. His daughter and Liam bonded instantly, pulling us deeper into each other's lives. But Marshall is watching. And he doesn't like what he sees. The man who threw me away now wants me back. Too bad I'm no longer the woman he left behind. Some second chances are worth fighting for. Others... are worth burning everything down for.Concluida
WORK IN PROGRESS: Truthful Lies, a Novel
Is it better to live in a beautiful lie or the ugly truth? I'm not so sure anymore. Not now after finding myself on the other side of beautiful lies. There was a time I thought I was the one - HIS one. Turns out, I'm only second . . . . . . to her. For readers: *I will update as I please. Don't be rude about it. Thank you. *I do my best to proofread before publishing, but some typos and errors will slip through. Feel free to point them out! *Comments, active engagement, and helpful critiques are welcomed. *Mean, unnecessary comments that attack me, personally, or other commenters will be ignored and deleted. *I'm not a spicey writer. I rather use my word count for plot, character development, and GROVEL!!! *Most importantly, I hope you enjoy the little world I'm creating.
The Price of Her Silence ( Full Book Available On Gumroad )
She trusted two people most. They destroyed her-together. For ten years, Valeria Quinn has been the unbreakable center of her world: the dependable wife, the steady mother, the sister who always understood. She built the beautiful suburban home, kept the peace in every room, and carried everyone's burdens with quiet competence and steel resolve. She believed loyalty and patience would hold her life together. She was wrong. When Valeria discovers her husband's affair with her younger sister, the betrayal doesn't just break her heart-it fractures the foundation of everything she built. Her marriage. Her home. Her family. Even her daughter's sense of safety. As rumors spread and loyalties crack, Valeria realizes the affair is only the visible wound. The deeper cut is the years she spent silent while everyone leaned on her strength and expected her to swallow the cost. With divorce looming, Valeria must decide: Will she remain the woman who carries everyone else's shame, or will she finally set down the weight-and choose herself?Concluida
The Version Of Him
Ethan used to be the awkward boy nobody noticed. Layla loved him before the money, attention, and new crowd changed him. But over the last three months, something feels different. Late nights. Cancelled plans. Quiet lies. And one girl who suddenly seems to be everywhere he is. After a humiliating night forces Layla to question everything, she begins to wonder if the version of Ethan the world admires is slowly replacing the man she fell in love with. And Ethan is left to face a truth he never wanted to admit.Concluida
𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚃𝙴 𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙴
She loved him loudly. He loved her quietly-only when it was convenient. Leah believed two years of love meant security, a future, a place she could finally call hers. Yet, every time it mattered, he chose someone else. A best friend. A familiar comfort. A silence that hurts more than betrayal. This is a story about emotional neglect, unspoken loyalties, and the slow realization that love without priority is a form of loss. It asks a difficult question: How long can you stay where you are never fully chosen?Concluida
It started with a key. A simple, harmless gesture or so he said. Christina was just his childhood best friend. The girl who "had always been there." The one he trusted. The one he couldn't turn away. And I tried. I tried to be understanding. I tried to be secure. I tried to believe that love meant trust. But how do you trust when another woman walks into your home like she belongs there? When she knows his silences better than you do? I'm not losing him in loud, obvious ways. I'm losing him in glances. In quiet moments. In the space where I used to exist. Now, we live under the same roof. Him. Me. And the girl who was "never supposed to be a problem." But the worst part? He still calls her his best friend. And I'm starting to feel like the other woman in my own marriage.
Más detallesPautas de Contenido