Novels

"I was a bit surprised to see how skillfully Nicholas picked up the child.\nI had thought a man like him wouldn't be good at these things.\n"

Seeing the car drive out of the city center against my will, I was both anxious and angry, desperately calling Lucas.

First was Liam's dad.\nFrom what I knew, it was because my dad owed his family a large sum of money for a project that Liam's father had a heart attack. He was now in the hospital waiting for surgery fees, money was a big issue.

"Ten years ago, I saved a drowning boy. After giving him CPR, he woke up and said, ""I'm claiming you. I'm gonna marry you when I grow up!"" I just laughed it off, thinking it was a kid’s silly promise. Ten years later, the boy had grown into an obsessive, controlling CEO. At my wedding rehearsal dinner with my fiancé, he showed up with a bunch of guys, beat up my fiancé, and dragged me away. ""I told you I'd marry you. You can only be mine."" He threatened my family and forced me to marry him. He kept me locked up in his mansion, forbidding me from any contact with other men. He tried everything to win my heart, but I remained unmoved. Frustrated, he found a look-alike, a girl who looked almost exactly like me. This girl, empowered by his obsession, ran wild. She barged into my villa with her posse. ""Who is this trashy wannabe, trying to steal my man with my face? I'm gonna tear her apart!"" They tortured me to death. He arrived too late. The look-alike dragged my body to him, gloating. ""Babe, this plastic surgery freak was trying to seduce you in here. I took care of her!"""

My childhood friend Avery Johnson's Uncle Oscar committed suicide. Before his death, someone discovered hundreds of unsent love letters in his drawer. Each letter was addressed to me. So, in this second chance at life, when my mother asked if I wanted to marry my childhood friend Avery, I shook my head and resolutely chose to marry his Uncle Oscar instead. I harbor a secret—I've been reborn. In my previous life, I chose to marry my childhood sweetheart Avery. However, after our marriage, Avery was frequently absent from home. Later, when I suffered severe bleeding during pregnancy, he abandoned me in my dangerous condition simply because his first love Stella Locke said, "The power's out at my place, and I'm scared." He left without hesitation. Eventually, both my unborn child and I died from the hemorrhage. After my death, Avery didn't shed a single tear. He even complained that my death had disrupted his travel plans with his first love. When I miraculously opened my eyes again, given a second chance, I had returned to the day my mother asked me who I wanted to marry...

My father, Derek Hartman, was a DEA agent who gave his life on the front lines of the drug war. Since I was a kid, I had one dream: to restore his badge number and follow in his footsteps.

"It was the eve of the SATs, and Jake, my transfer-student crush, was mad at me again. Because I told him I didn't want to see him. He told me to transfer schools. ""Northwood High is pretty good,"" he said. ""I'll have you back when she cools down."" ""Don't make this hard for me, Sarah."" I nodded and agreed. I packed my things, ready to leave. His best friend tried to reason with him. ""You know Sarah has a hearing impairment, right? Do you think she'll be okay at another school alone? Won't she get bullied?"" ""You guys grew up together, you used to like her so much. Can you really bear to send her away?"" Jake raised an eyebrow. ""That was then. 'First love can't beat the one who comes after,' haven't you heard?"" ""Besides, I'll have her back in three months, tops."" Three months later, when Jake called to tell me to come back. A cocky, carefree guy next to me chuckled into my hearing aid. ""Babe, you gotta close your eyes when we kiss."" ""And no answering calls from random dudes."""

"College days, Ethan, the campus ice king, chased me for two years before I finally agreed to go out with him. The day we got together, I gave him three keepsakes. I told him, “Ethan, these three things are the most important things in my life.” “You must never lose them. If these three things are gone, you’ll never find me again.” We were happy, eventually walking down the aisle. With my help, his company grew stronger and stronger. But everything changed the day his first love, Lana, returned from overseas. Lana tore up our marriage certificate. Ethan, who'd never raised his voice at me before, said, “It’s just a marriage certificate! We can get a new one. Why are you making such a big deal out of it? Apologize to Lana.” Lana had been robbed overseas, and Ethan, who always believed in me, suddenly questioned me. “Lori, I told you Lana and I are just friends. Why can’t you understand? You even sent people to rob her and hurt her overseas. Now, go apologize to Lana!” Then, one day, I saw my keepsakes on Lana. That's when I gave up. I decided to take back those three things that were so important to me. But when the three things disappeared, Ethan went crazy."

When I transferred to this school, Parker had already dated every pretty girl here. He joked with his buddies, "I'd rather date a dog than Zoe." I am Zoe.