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Love is a difficult thing to grasp, sure everyone knows that. But what about feelings, emotions, the ironic stuff that goes into love. Pretty complicated if you ask me. •| a love story told in many love stories |• All rights reserved 2016 ©hayleybouldin Cover art by Jen Corace

ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴀɴ ʜᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ꜱᴏʀʀᴏᴡꜱ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ɴᴏᴛ; ᴀɴᴅ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ꜱᴀᴅ. - ʜᴇɴʀʏ ᴡᴀᴅꜱᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ʟᴏɴɢꜰᴇʟʟᴏᴡ Completed ✔️

Status: Complete Beautiful and passionate boss lady as I'm, I never thought one's love will make me frail. It wasn't a love at first sight as they say but it was love at first quarrel. I and my sister fighting over the love of a handsome young man, luckily I was chose but my sister doesn't want to let go. ~~~~~ For her, the battle was a loosed one but she never gave up. I died for years hoping she would cherish him but she moved on "without him". Returning from death after so many years, I still yearned and choose him again then my sister made a second turn. In such a battle for love, who will win and who will be choose? #4 on thewatty2021

"𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓾𝓷𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓪𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽 - 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓱𝓸𝔀, 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻." 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅? 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓-𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔: 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔

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"ᴀ ᴋɪꜱꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ?" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱... "𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫..𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄." 𝗜 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐢" 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭... 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬... 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞...

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥? 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵? ****** "𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑡, 𝐼 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡." 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑜𝑝𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒

Shortlisted for Wattys 2024! Ready for a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance in the afterlife? 🔥 ---Each chapter includes my original illustrations. *** Welcome to the Dorm. Not a college dorm-a cosmic waiting room for dead people. We're all stuck between life and what comes after, chasing one thing: a second chance. Me? I just want my old life back-my perfect future, my perfect boyfriend. The problem? The infuriating boy they matched me with as my soulmate. And maybe... realizing none of it was ever that perfect to begin with.

Collection of short stories