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Runaway Hearts: A Billionaire Bride's Tale

Chapter 2Ā THE ENCOUNTER

Word Count: 1142 Ā Ā Ā |Ā Ā Ā  Released on: 09/04/2024

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ut what has gone well these last several days? I topple over the individual, going down with a startled oof. My elbow hits

gs in my life that I never imagined I w

ass who hopes burying a corpse is the next item on my itinerary for today? Bonus: I wouldn't care

must be at least seventy-five degrees outside, I can't stop my teeth from chattering and from feeling

d Johnso

rst person on my shit list-would do a backflip, turn the victim onto their back, and

y get off my porch be

hide in an ostensibly upscale villa and hide in closets whenever resort emp

l over her? Shall I push this person away, flip on the porch light, and give the impression t

empt to come up with another evil scheme, I hear the person bel

iskey-steeped dead fish, asks, "Why E

ay as I attempt to ge

t go rig

it would be you. Nobody

chills. This individual has said such things previously, I beli

o, Sir," I sa

? I now have it. That phrase is one I've heard before. Am I going crazy? Am I

ke a horrible dream. However, that's my real

ven't been able to stomach anything for the past fe

are brought, and the idea of eating them makes me que

the past six years. Even if my pals sometimes hinted that they found him bothersome. Including his cousin Margaret, one of my c

if I could only persuade him that I loved him enough, he

st shut. I turn on the outside light and find myself leaning against the window due to dizziness. Definitely not because of hunger.

ive myself a pinch. Yes. That was painful. I turn on the light once again. He's still there, too. Edward Taylor. The world's favorite artiste and movie star, hands down. The guy whose films I can quote verbatim. First on my list of freebi

hat William had done to Johnson years before, and I would not now be the most well-known

pical villa, moaning and gripping his head. Nope. T

ht we were happy" outdoors. And the grief in his speech makes my foolish, weak, and credulous heart fill up and cry. I know what he means if

ed footage of my disastrous wedding next to the news that Edward's wife abruptly filed for a d

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