In a bid to lose her innocence to some random guy just before she leaves for college, Leah goes to a bar full of men with her friend. However, fate draws her to one man and she goes home with him. After a night of wild passion, she doesn't remember much but his face is not one she can forget. Her first class on campus, she realises the man who took her first kiss and virginity is none other than Jared, her Econs professor.What can she do? What should she do? Pretend it never happened or confront him on the fact that he'd left her all alone in his house and had to find her way back home?Jared thinks he's made the biggest mistake of his life but what happens when Leah is named a second representative of her class, will he continue to make that mistake? Secrets will be exposed, friends will become haters.Will their past leave them alone or will it come hunting for both of them in human form? How long can they pretend? How long can they hide it from the school?
View More"Are you where you want to be?" I sighed and looked at the green vase displayed on the table. Its flowers looked fresh, like they'd just been put there.I was pretty sure they wanted to be there, the flowers, I thought."Leah?" My head snapped up to my therapist in front of me."Yeah?" I smiled but I was a little distracted. Work had been quite hectic and I was trying to balance it with stress as the wedding date drew closer."Are you where you want to be?" She asked with unwavering stare."I can't think of a better place, how about that?" She smiled briefly and closed her book."I'm getting married in a few days." Her demeanour changed and that bubbly personality that existed outside her work came springing out."Congratulations! I'm so happy for you." "Thank you." I smiled at her but my smile dropped."What is it?" "I have it all, at least I think I do but why do I feel like I don't deserve it?" My thoughts had been gnawing on me.Work was great, the people there were chill. Home
How have we pictured life for ourselves? How much do we let the past dictate our future? For the longest time, I held onto pain, self-loathing, anger and hate. They were my compass to navigate life. It was my driving force, yet it held me back for so long. To receive love, I had to let go. Even after receiving it, I still needed to hold onto it. To hold on, I also had to let someone else in. I forgave. I forgave myself and I forgave my parents. Going to therapy was the best thing I could do for myself. It served as an outlet for me and I still went there on occasions, though no longer as frequent.When I got accepted as a student, I never expected to find Jared. Neither did I expect to meet the people I did. Aly, Jared, Aarav, Matt, Ashley, Vanessa, Jack, Becka, Rami… These were all people that shaped me, one way or the other, regardless of their intentions I got up from the bed after laying awake for over an hour. Jared was sleeping by my side and I smiled at him. He seemed so
A Year Later I took a huge breath as I laced up my shoes. I stood in front of the mirror, adjusting my gown so it fit well. “You look perfect.” Aly said while carrying baby Nalini. We had been right, it was a girl. A very beautiful girl. Aarav wasn’t disappointed. In fact, he turned out to be quite the doting father. I picked Nalini up from her and cradled her against my chest. She was so gentle and soft to hold. Sometimes, I always had the fear that I was going to drop her. She was smiling at me, grabbing at my face with her little fingers. She was barely under 5 months but she was so full of life. “I think you should hand her to me. You don’t want her drooling over your gown.” I frowned at Aly. “I don’t mind it, but I do have to go.” I handed her over to her mother and picked my handbag from the bed. I took a huge breath and exhaled. Why was I nervous? I’d been waiting a long time for this. “What is it?” “Honestly, I’d never imagined today being like this. Not that I didn’t
We both completely forgot about our study date and let the events of the night consume us. I opened my eyes to find Jared staring at me. I threw the blanket over my head and giggled. “Happy birthday.” My cheeks warmed as I checked under the blanket. We were both naked as skin and Jared seemed in the mood for something fun. He pulled me against him, his raging hard-on poking into my back. “Jer…” I tried to push him away but he only held me against him tighter, peppering kisses all over my face. “I love you so much and I wish I could meet you all over again.” He lifted me up from the bed and carried me to the bathroom. “Allow me to take complete care of you today.” Like he had any choice, he left me sore from last night. *** For breakfast, I had strawberry cheesecake. For lunch, I had strawberry cheesecake. For dinner, I was going to when Jared picked me up for school and told me we were going out on a date. “Wear something comfortable.” Jared said as I disappeared into his room
Aly’s fortune teller wasn’t wrong. Before we left the hospital, her mum called that a relative had died. ‘Damn. I’ll remember to have my fortune read the next time I’m in India.’ I thought to myself. The ride back home was quite silent. My earlier thoughts had quietened a little and I’d resorted to looking outside the car window and enjoying life a little. Those thoughts would be back to hunt me and I would have to face them one day but Aly had just given birth and things were finally good with Jared. Well, almost, because of what he’d said at the hospital. I didn’t think he was wrong. Honestly, I never imagined myself ever saying those words but thinking about Aly’s baby, I would do anything for it. “Leah…” Jared closed the door behind him and almost ran to meet me, his eyes pleading. I stopped walking when he wouldn’t let me take a step further. I was about to sigh and say something when I realised something smelled different. Like a dog, my nose went up in the air and started
“What?” My voice came out hoarse. I could almost not hear it against the pounding of my heart. My eyes were watering with tears, trying to understand what was going on. The atmosphere turned gloomy and chilly and I wondered what she had already been told by the doctors. She seemed so distraught. Aarav and Jared too.I held her hand and squeezed, willing her to tell me everything.“I’d been feeling sick for the past couple of days… Aarav brought me here when I’d passed out and I…” She was interrupted by a doctor who walked in while looking“Okay Mrs Bedi, the baby is just fine.” Aly’s hands slipped from mine and face scrunched up in confusion.“What!” Everyone managed to say at the same time.“What the hell is going on?” I grabbed a chair to sit as my shaky legs could not hold me.“Hold on one second…” I held my finger to the doctor, directing all his attention to me.“I thought she was dying.” The doctor had an incredulous look on his face.“Where did you get that?” His gaze bounced f
“What do you think happened to him?” Rami was speaking to her friends and I couldn’t help but overhear their discussion, not when their voices were that loud. It wasn’t hard to know just who they were talking about.“I don’t know.”“I asked my mum and they said he messed with the wrong person and he’s getting jail time.” I smirked unknowingly and Rami caught it before I could catch myself.“What’s so funny freak?” My face pulled down in a frown.“Not your business boo.” I clucked my tongue at her as I brushed past her. I really wasn’t in a mood to fight. My study date with Jared was this night, so I’d been walking on air since I woke up in the morning.“Or did you have anything to do with it?” My heart skipped a bit. I turned to look at her with an impassive look on my face. Even if she had no idea it was me, she was just doing it to bait me.“What the hell are you even talking about?” I arched an eyebrow at her, folding my hands in front of me.“You might have everyone fooled Leah, b
“What the hell is going on?” Jared’s eyes were laser-focused on the man who was now on the floor, scrambling away in fear.“I… I don’t... He...he…” Jared held my shoulders and rubbed gently.“Breathe Leah, breathe.” I nodded my head and pointed to Dr Ramon.“He came looking for you but saw me instead and attacked me.” Jared didn’t even wait for me to explain further before he walked briskly towards him and hulled him from the floor.“Call the police Lee. Here!” He threw me his phone and I caught it surprisingly.While I called them, Jared decided to take matters into his own hands first, pummeling him like he was handling a gym bag.“Jared…” I pulled him back from raising his fist again. It was almost certain that he’d kill him. Dr Ramon was groaning on the floor, blood pouring from his split lips and temple.“Are you okay?” He grabbed my face and roamed my body to make sure I was fine. I nodded and held his bloodied fist. He’d just healed from a broken arm and now he was stressing th
SIX WEEKS LATERI pulled at my hair and groaned in frustration.“How did time pass by so fast?” Jack chuckled and slurped his chocolate milkshake. He didn’t understand what I was going through because he hadn’t been missing classes or anything of that sort. I’d missed multiple classes and notes and I was barely catching up. Thank God for Jack’s note, not that I would tell him though.I flipped the one thousand plus pages hardcover book in front of me and everything seemed gibberish.“Why is the text book so heavy? I swear Dr Ramon just likes to punish us.” Jack continued to slurp, finding my situation very amusing.I grabbed my scrunchie and threw it at him.“Hey! What did I do?”“Your input is just disgusting liquid sounds and chuckles. Fucking help me!”“Leah, you and I know you don’t need help. You just don’t want to read.” I scowled at him.“Exactly why I need help.” I opened the cap of my boba tea cup and gulped the content, wiping the spilled tea at the corner of my mouth.“Besi
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