All Chapters of All Things Lovely: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

 ❝There was beauty  in the idea of freedom,  but it was an illusion.  Every human heart   was chained by love.

 THE WIND WAS blowing wildly, seeming almost exuberant as it flew past the city lights. The brightly lit buildings were infinitesimal from where they stood at a distance.Raymond Black took long strides across the road, away from the taxi he had taken here, his son's little ones hurrying to keep up with him. Raymond was known for being immaculate. His clean-shaven face and sha

 TIME SEEMED TO dance by its own rules in Shade Enterprises’ conference room.It was a bubble that existed away from the rest of the world, where living in confusion or dying of boredom seemed to be the only two options.I glanced longingly at the offices outside the room through the floor-to-ceiling

 DAD WANTED TO talk, and I'd already seen this coming.This would be another one of our long talks about how even though these meetings were boring, they would help me run the business one day, and it would end up a mess because I'd tell him that it wasn't what I wanted.Running a business, wasn't something I wanted to do not because it was hard but because my interests didn't

 THERE WAS A soft knock at my door. I blatantly ignored it. "Auttie, please let me in.""Go away, Lola,” I grumbled.I recognize my friend's voice almost immediately. I'd know that calm yet demanding voice anywhere.

 MY MUSCLES GOT tired quick enough.I was so out of breath that I suspected having an embolism or complete respiratory failure. The pain from all the strenuous running was catching up as the high wore off.I place

 "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA," I said, alarmed. I turned to the guy now sitting next to me. "Personal space, buddy," I told him, to which he scooted only slightly. He had brown hair and a goofy smile on his face, but it did nothing to wipe away my unease.I had learnt basic self

 I LAUGHED IN his face.I couldn't help it, I laughed in his face. That's how absurd it was.Justin's serious look didn't even falter once. Drake clenched his jaw, an

 THEY LIVED IN the woods.Well, at least that's what it looked like. It was only a few minutes' walk away

 I IMAGINED ARIA Black to be many things.I imagined her to be beautiful. Funny. Sly.