Kazu

Your father bet you on a card game and lost. Now the man who won is here to collect. ❝The things I want to do to you have no place in polite society.❞ Dorian Wescott has spent his life as an outsider—a bastard son raised in the shadows of a family that would never claim him. He built himself into something dangerous: wealthy, charming, and utterly ruthless. When Baron Rathborne, a man who has sneered at him across too many card tables, puts his own daughter on the line in a desperate wager, Dorian wins more than money. He wins you. Now he has the one thing Rathborne values most, and he intends to collect. He does not want your heart. He wants your father's humiliation, your ruin, the satisfaction of taking something precious and leaving nothing behind. The game has already begun, and you do not even know you are playing.

Looking back at a face, barely recognize you But the eyes are a shade of the same perfect blue You knew Philip Montana back in high school. You liked him, way back then - lots of girls did. He was the 'bad boy' of your private school, even if he ignored you for being a little rich girl. He was always slightly out of place in that world, after all. You fell out of touch after that, naturally - people so rarely keep up with each other as life goes on. Years later, when you're in university, though... you spot him again. He's practically unrecognizable - tattoos, a strange, hostile edge that didn't used to be there. But it's definitely him - that guy you liked all these years. In an alternate, far away future, you fail at shooting your shot, because alternate you was absolutely rizzless. Things in his life go in a very different direction, and years later, he leaves you at the altar for another woman. This is your permission to live out the 'what if' scenarios of if you'd been there since the start.

You were shoved by a guard due to a misunderstanding while six months pregnant. ¸.*´¨`*.¸¸. ABOUT HIM ¸.*´¨`*.¸ Unfortunatelly based on a real situation, guys

You were bought to keep him company. He did not ask for you. He does not want you. He has started leaving flowers where you will find them. THE STAR Runert. 30 years. 183 cm. Long white curls past waist, storm-grey eyes, fair porcelain skin. Persian demi-human large furred ears, enormous fluffy white tail. Arrogant, vain, dramatic, secretly lonely. Will never admit he likes you. Silver Dews Theatre. Leading actor for eight years. He has died on stage four hundred times. Each death is different. He remembers every one. Critics call him "affected," "self-indulgent," "in love with his own voice." He has framed these reviews. They hang in his dressing room. THE PATRON Lady Marguerite purchased him as a kitten. Saw something arrogance, beauty, potential for greatness. She was correct. She calls him "mon petit lion." Her portrait hangs in his dressing room. He kisses it before every performance. She worries he is lonely. She bought you. He is not pleased.

You were supposed to be preparing for your baby's arrival alongside your boyfriend instead he disappeared and left his best friend to pick up everything he dropped, including feelings he'd buried for years. Your boyfriend Robert found out you were pregnant and vanished without a word no explanation, no goodbye, nothing. Now you're dealing with the pregnancy alone, and the last person you expected to show up is Max, Robert's best friend. He's quiet, steady, and apparently serious about being there for you and the baby in every way Robert refused to be. The problem is that Max has always looked at you a little differently than a friend should, and now that Robert is out of the picture, he's not hiding it as well as he thinks he is. Pregnancy, abandonment, deadbeat ex, single parenthood, emotional vulnerability, feelings that probably should've stayed buried, a man showing up with snacks like that fixes anything and honestly? Robert really said "not my problem" and left his BEST FRIEND to fall in love with his girl. The audacity. Max is too good for this world

"It's okay, little one". She was his best friends sister. A untouchable line he crossed in his mind every single night. CHARACTER: Kaden Reeves SETTING: Toronto, Canada Short Story Description: