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If Things Should Stay the Same
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PrettyLittlePsychoJi
Ongoing, First published Sep 09, 2016
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Change.
There is probably not a lot of words that would contest it for being more loved by the people.
It has a nice ring to it. It sounds full of hope. It is often implied as progress, improvement, success.
But what if some people were already happy with the way things are?
When they thought they had everything they could ever ask for?
What if the word is taken by its actual definition? To simply become different?
How is difference any good?
Would change still be desired when things already work the way they are?

Enter the world of an only child of a rich family, Alex. His childhood friend and butler, Joshua. And a third friend from high school with secrets and a past to keep hidden.
In a series of events that would eventually reveal each of their true intentions and feelings towards one another, will things ever stay the same for everyone?

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I quickly turned away from him, to get the hell out of the room. But he caught my arm and pulled me back into his chest. Shit. Fuck. He buried his face in my hair, arms enclosing around me and whispered into my ear, ❝I thought things between us were getting better, is this how your gonna lie and ruin it?❞ I could feel him smiling against my ears, his fingers gently raking through my hair. I didn't reply. This is exactly the situation I didn't wanna get into, cause I know I melt when he says shit like that. ❝You gonna give up resisting me now?❞ His lips barely touching my ears. My heart skipped a beat as he tightened his hold on me. ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ SAMANTHA ROSS Beautiful. Smart. Successful. Kind. Stubborn. That's who she was. But life challenges everyone at some point, right? When her parents decided to get her married to her childhood friend who she last met decades ago, she agrees. But things quickly goes down hill when she discovers that her new husband actually turned out to be his gorgeous and arrogant twin. What will she do when she has to stay married to the man she once crushed on as a kid but hated just as much? Will she accept the challenge? Fire and ice do not make a good combination, do they? NATHAN WALKER Hot. Arrogant. Successful. Intelligent. Stubborn. That's who he was. And challenges? Damn, if he didn't love them. But everyone breaks when the person they love decides to marry your brother, right? But that just doesn't happen exactly. Yes, he did it because deep down he was still that young boy who yearned for his mother's love, but he was also the man who couldn't let his love go because that's how selfish he was when it came to her. And this time, he'd do anything to keep her. Forever. ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ #1 in Billionaire #1 in CEO #1 in Arranged Marriage #1 in Mature #1 in Pasts #1 in Childhood love #1 in Hurt #1 in Introvert #1 in Drama #8 in Fate #9 in Lovehate #13 in Possessive

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