Contemp Stories

The sunny breeze outside didn't match Sophie's mood today. Though she always felt lonely, she never showed it and hid her pain behind a perfect, practiced smile. But on a crowded afternoon, she is forced to share the last local corner coffee shop table with a complete stranger. They order the exact same coffee, and the café cat leaves identical fur on both of them. For the first time, Sophie has something in common with someone. But there is something about the stranger's quiet presence that she can't ignore. Around him, she feels guilty for faking and hiding her own feelings, not understanding why - she resents him for it. Sometimes, the one person you try hardest to push away is the only one who can see that you are drowning.

What if every mythology you've ever read was real? The gods never left. They just got forgotten by the majority. When a notification appeared on Marco's phone from an app that doesn't exist, he does what any reasonable person would do: ignores it, goes home, makes dinner, and builds a list of explanations that works. None of them works. Now he's standing in Intramuros at midnight being told he's a proxy in a cosmic System that has been governing reality since before history; drafted by a faction that dissolved six hundred years ago, with a file on him going back three thousand years, and every divine power on the planet was suddenly very interested in him. Nobody knows why the System allowed it. The gods are running on politics and desperation for nearly a millennia, the reset countdown is active. And somewhere behind all of it, someone used a dead faction's credentials to put Marco in this position deliberately. They've been waiting three thousand years for him to get here.

Nazreen Abdul is a beautiful, kind and caring girl who is an orphan but this innocent and quiet girl becomes broken beyond repair with anxiety attacks and nightmares as her companion, her husband the famous Anwar Muhammad betrays her by believing a false accusation pressed against her. Anwar Muhammad the famous billionaire tycoon and Mafia king. He makes the biggest mistake of his life that ruins the love of his life beyond repair. But as years past and the truth comes to light. Anwar will stop at nothing to get back his wife. The question is will he be able to face and mend his wife and will she ever let him near her heart again?. After all she's believed to be dead for over a decade since the betrayal of her husband caused her and their unborn child's death. ALERT ITS NOT YOUR NORMAL CHEESY ROMANCE STORY

Hugo was stable before he set off on his plan to save his world, and then he met someone and his stability was replaced with something else. Something a little more destructive. This isn't a love story, trust me, that's the last thing he would want to be in.

A 22-year-old woman feels like the forgotten middle child while her four sisters have gone in completely different directions. Note from author: This is a first draft, so there may be language errors, awkward phrasing, or other issues that I will fix and improve later. I'd really appreciate sharing this text with others you think might like it. Please also don't hesitate to share my other works with others you think might like it. And if you want to see more works by me in the future, don't hesitate to follow this account. I will try to be as active as possible from now on. I will report any unauthorized use, reproduction, or reposting of my work, particularly if someone attempts to claim it as their own. Thanks for reading the introduction :) sincerely, ~sabkay821~

Ivy's life is just average, until a past love from her history shows up, chaos and unfinished business in his wake. Though she's irresistibly attracted to Eli, the standout player with a reputation for being as mysterious as he is charming, tensions rise and secrets begin to emerge. But when the past refuses to stay buried, Ivy's forced to confront the truth-about love, loyalty, and the cost of moving on.

***Preview of the first 5 chapters*** For seventeen-year-old Bria Hale, image is everything. She’s a militant vegan with purple hair, Doc Martens and a permanent scowl. Kissing captain of the football team Ben Harris? Definitely not part of that image. Now with each secret kiss, she’s falling deeper for the boy every girl at Oceanside High is crushing on. Throw in a few forbidden bacon cheeseburgers and she’s facing one major identity crisis. Ignoring Ben should be easy, but when a flashy display of artistic spirit lands her in close quarters after hours with the boy she’s too cool to like, she can’t keep pretending those kisses meant nothing. With her reputation and her heart on a collision course, Bria must either be true to herself or to the persona she’s spent all of high school creating. The Art of Falling, published by Bloomsbury Spark, is available in its entirety wherever ebooks are sold.

A murder. A Pie. Multiple suspects. There's 3 things Millicent knows for sure. One, she hates being called Millicent. Two, this is going to be the worst summer ever. Three, she's in need of a cupcake. *** Millie 'Millicent' Morgan is spending the summer with her cousin Kaycee in the town of Hearthe Falls. Things take a turn for the worst when Kaycee is accused of murdering the owner of the competing bakery, Amelia Copper. Vowing to clear Kaycee's name, Millie takes on solving the case but finds more secrets than answers in the small town. It's a tale of mystery, friendship and a bit of love. Ranking: #3 in Teen Mystery 08/05/20 #9 in Mystery 11/20/19 #11 in Sleuth 11/24/19

Serena Voss walked into Nate Calloway's office to beg for more time on a loan. She walked out as his fiancée. The deal was simple. Sixty days, one role to play, and every debt her family owed would disappear. No feelings. No complications. Just business. But Nate had been looking for her for ten years. And Serena had no idea why. The more time they spend together the harder it becomes to pretend. But when secrets buried between their families long before either of them were born come tearing into the open, Serena starts to wonder if any of it was ever really her choice - or if she was always just the last piece of a plan someone else made decades ago.

About magical dance Music: James Arthur - Certain Things Your Daisy ❤️

*You can view my pinterest pinspiration board for my story here: http://www.pinterest.com/natalie8383/a-w-a-y/. It has quotes, character pictures and setting photos that inspired me to write this, etc. :)* Synopsis: "I hold the edges of the ticket between my thumbs and forefingers. I turn it over and over and over, making sure this is real. Making sure this is actually happening." I'm going away. I'm going away to where my past can't catch up with me. I'm going away and I'm not coming back.