Loving A STRANGER Chapter 30
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Early morning arrived.
There was no man beside her when Kylie woke up. She looked down at herself, dressed in Ethan's shirt and pants. In bed!
Kylie walked out of the bedroom, her hair a mess on top. She noticed Ethan, who was sitting at the dining table, elegantly eating his breakfast.
The sun shone through the window, casting a warm light over his body. He was wearing his usual combination of black pants and a white shirt, but something about him seemed different today.
But what was different, Kylie couldn't identify. Despite her unruly appearance, Ethan glanced at her with calm indifference. "You're up," he said.
Kylie strode quickly towards the table and reached out to grab a steamed bun from its plate, but the back of the hand was suddenly hit hard. "Wash your hands!" yelled Ethan.
Kylie rolled her eyes and pretended to walk away. But, all of a sudden, she speedily turned around and grabbed a steamed bun before he could stop her, tossing it into her mouth.
She chewed it with dramatic motions and raised her eyebrows in defiance and pride. Ethan pushed the plate away, his face full of disdain. It appeared that the whole plate had been ruined because she had grabbed one with dirty hands.
"You don't want them? Then they're all mine!" Kylie said, sitting down at the opposite end of the table.
Ethan placed his elbow on the surface, and suddenly asked: "Why did you drink so much last night?"
Kylie's face froze in a second. Couldn't he let it go? Noticing Kylie's changed expression, the beast within Ethan gradually awoke.
Kylie wasn't used to complaining to others, but, maybe because it was so uncomfortable keeping everything inside, or because of Ethan's kindness the night before, her opinion of him had improved a little.
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She slowly leaned back against her chair, and said, after a few moments: "I lost the role in Tea House..."
Ethan was taken aback by the news. "What?"
"A boss like you, who is superior to everyone else, and can easily get anything he wants, won't understand what I've given to winning a normal role, and how happy I was when I won the role. You can't even imagine..." Kylie covered her face with her hands after she had finished.
Ethan thought her emotions had been out of control because of Aiden Parker's presence; he hadn't known there was another reason. She was sad not because Aiden Parker had chosen Khloe Finch instead of herself, but because she had lost a role, she had fought hard to win.
The man who had been puzzled and gloomy all night, was now, within a second, happy and bright as the sun. But his heart ached again when he noticed her shoulders shake with pain.
How could he not understand how important it was that she be approved? Many people in the entertainment industry wanted to cast her, but she didn't take most of those directors and producers seriously. What she wanted was to be cast for her efforts and her talent, and not because of her body.
"You have been doing well, actually." Ethan pushed a bowl of cereal towards her. His knuckles gently knocked the bowl. So, the true culprit wasn't Aiden Parker, but Laurence Finch.
The producer had told him yesterday that Laurence Finch wanted to invest in Tea House, with one condition. But nobody could hurt Ethan's woman, even if the man causing pain was her own father.
When Kylie finally calmed down, she suddenly realized that she had been crying in front of Ethan, and for almost half an hour! It was really cowardly...
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She had only cried twice since leaving the Finch house all those years ago—acting excluded, of course. The first time had been when she'd first found Aiden Parker, which had been out of happiness, whereas the other time...
"Sorry, I've ruined your appetite." Kylie saw that the bowl of cereal before Ethan was still untouched and felt embarrassed. Ethan wore a faint smile. "I just don't like the taste of cereal that much," he said.
Kylie didn't know what to say, and her heartbeat became unsteady again. She had expected Ethan to say something mean like he usually did, but he was considerate right now—unbelievably considerate, even. A look from that man and it killed her, but she would truly die for it, damn it!
Ethan leaned back in his chair, with his arms across his chest. "What do you want to do with a professional killer?"
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Second Chances
Given a chance for reincarnation and tasked by the System, I picked the Sidhe for this second life. A world of Seelie, Unseelie, Kelpie, Redcaps, and Slaugh. The Gods of the Tuantha de Danann forced into sleep, the people forced to remain locked on their home planet. In this latest Book, Teigh Mac de Beleros y Cyronax has saved his people from stagnation and ruin. His denouncement of Olympus and Asgard before the Universal Senate has allowed the Sidhe to break the ties that constrained them, and the chains that kept them rooted to their home world. But the Sidhe and the Tuatha de Danann are unique across all multi-verses and all Pantheons. They have the unique ability to travel anywhere and anywhen. But this ability comes at a cost. The Tuatha de Danann do not have incarnations seeded across each Universe. There is only one Tuatha de Danann, and when Athena and Loki come to Teigh with the tales of a plot that will destroy not only the Tuatha de Danann but the multi-verse, he removes his crown to once more face off against Zeus and Odin and save his people. Second Chances has been taken down for editing and a major rewrite...
8 138The Corvus Saga : The Recluse King (Minor Hiatus)
The war between life and death has been waging since those who use it first come into existence. Fought in the fields, the mind and in the shadows, this war will wage forever, infinitely advancing in scale and bloodshed. This war leads to the creation of Corvus, a once happy sailor boy, now emotionless killer, though no one quite knows why his creation happened as it did. As his life goes to hell, he goes his own way, finding friends and purpose with the first side he meets, only to discover that secrets are more prevalent than truth in this world. (Notice: I'm so sorry to announce this, but this story is going on the shelves for the time being. I love the world more than anything else i've written, but i can't seem to find the motivation to write it further. Once I've got a handle of myself and what's stopping me from enjoying this, I'll finish his story with a burning passion, but until then, I don't want to add anything Sub-Par to it. I'm so sorry once again, but i hope everyone can enjoy what's been written so far. Stay awesome you lovely people :D )
8 65In Memoriam
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8 201Venators
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8 227A Woeful Melody
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8 146I don't own characters and one monster too."IN 1998 LONG TIME AGO AT NEW YORK THE REAL ORIGINAL GODZILLA WAS DESTROYED BY THE U.S ARMY JET. THE CREATURE WANTING HIS REVENGE FOR HIS CHILDREN AND HE FAILED HIS BEST...BUT THERE WERE 4 SURVIVORS/ (Y/N) (L/N) CONSTANCE A BOY SCIENTIEST THAT HE STILL THINKING ABOUT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH OF EGG FROM GODZILLA. THE ZILLA. JR TILL (Y/N) AND MAJOR'S MEN WERE SEARCHING IN THE ATTIC OF CAVE FROM GODZILLA HIDING SOME EGGS IN THERE...WHEN (Y/N) WAS LOST HIS WAY TO FINDING THE WAY OUT OF HERE BUT HE FOUNDING THE EGG OF GODZILLA. UNTIL THE EGG HATCHED WAS OPEN AND REVEALED BABY GODZILLA. JR.THE BABY WAS SEARCHING FOR HIS PARENT. THEN HE FOUND HIS ADOPTED FATHER WHAT HE WAS LICKING AT (Y/N) UNTIL THAT SOMETHING ELSE WAS ZILLA. JR DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINAL GODZILLA. RIGHT NOW (Y/N) HAVE ALONE BY HIMSELF TO DOING HIS WORK WITH GODZILLA, ZILLA. JR BECOME GROWN UP TO ADULT REAL GODZILLA.YEP THE KING OF MONSTERS.(Y/N) WAS WORKING ALONE WITH GODZILLA TO DEFENDING AND PROTECTING HUMANITIES AWAY FROM THOSE CREATURES MUTATION OF GODZILLA. ALSO MONSTER WARS HAVING ALIENS TECHNOLOGY...BUT (Y/N) DONE HIS WORK THAT HE NEED HIS VACATION TO GOING THAT ISLA NUBLAR...ORIGINAL JURASSIC PARK. SOMETIMES (Y/N) WAS STILL A YOUNG MAN THEN ZILLA. JR FOLLOW HIS FATHER TO GOING."
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