Morenike Odumosu
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Nifemi Desirae Maseso,a seventeen year old who's always finding herself at the wrong place,at the wrong time. Trouble always seems to follow her where she goes and she doesn't know why. Nifemi leaves her old life and old school in hopes of starting all over in her new one. But when Nifemi stumbles upon an horrendous act in one of the laboratories,it feels like she's back to square one again. And her developing feelings for Andrei D'angelis isn't helping her case either.
Andrei Da'vion D'angelis,an eighteen year old often misunderstood. He puts on a hard front and keeps his personal life... personal. Andrei has secrets that haunt him every night. To his mates, he's the perfect jerk. Devilish looks,and a bad attitude. He never once tried to convince them otherwise, until her. But, you see, Andrei has his own demons,and most times they play with his sanity.
Andrei isn't the only one with issues to deal with. As time progresses,it seems almost every one of his mates also have demons they're battling with. The Good The Bad The Uglies
Short stories โwe're not the villain(s).we're just the victims of "life-happened". and if being bad means we get to forget our pain for just a few satisfying moments,then why the f*ck not โ
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When Morenike steps foot into DLC, heads turn and hearts flutter. But with love comes chaos, and soon enough, the drama of class twelve escalates into a full-blown war.
Relationships are tested, emotions are stirred, and friendships are shattered.
But why should Morenike be blamed for her own beauty and awesomeness?.
This gripping novel takes you on a rollercoaster of love, envy, and everything in between.
[Beware, Morenike isn't the main lead,just amoung the six major teens who's lives are narrated differently] You might like
The Ninety-Ninth Goodbye
Tango The ninety-ninth time Jax Little broke my heart was the last time. We were the golden couple of Northgate High, our future perfectly mapped out for UCLA. But in our senior year, he fell for a new girl, Catalina, and our love story became a sick, exhausting dance of his betrayals and my empty threats to leave.
At a graduation party, Catalina "accidentally" pulled me into the pool with her. Jax dove in without a second's hesitation. He swam right past me as I struggled, wrapped his arms around Catalina, and pulled her to safety.
As he helped her out to the cheers of his friends, he glanced back at me, my body shivering and my mascara running in black rivers.
"Your life isn't my problem anymore," he said, his voice as cold as the water I was drowning in.
That night, something inside me finally shattered. I went home, opened my laptop, and clicked the button that confirmed my admission.
Not to UCLA with him, but to NYU, an entire country away. Echoes of a Stolen Life
Gertrude "Liam, we need to talk." My father's flat voice cut through the tense silence of our dining room, setting the stage for a conversation I knew was coming. The university scholarship, a white rectangle of hope, lay on the table-a trap. My mother, Sarah, chimed in, her voice sickly sweet as she reminded me Noah hadn't gotten a scholarship, knowing what they truly wanted.
Then came the monstrous demand: "We want you to give the scholarship to him." Hot anger surged, the desire to scream, to accuse them of their blatant, cruel favoritism. But then, the cold memory washed over me. In my last life, I had screamed. I had fought. They expelled me, had me framed for plagiarism with fake evidence under Noah's name. The university slammed its doors. My name was dragged through the mud.
I watched Noah, my beloved younger brother, live my stolen life while I spiraled into poverty and despair. I died at thirty, watching his business success on TV, consumed by bitter regret. Why did they do this to me? How could my family betray me so monstrously?
But now, I was eighteen again. The letter was on the table. The same demand hung in the air. This time, I would not fight them. Not here, not now. I looked up, a mask of dejection on my face, and whispered, "Okay." They expected a fight, but I had a new plan. I was taking my future back, and this time, they wouldn't even see it coming. Secret Crush
Harry Serena When Chloe came to Leighton High for the first time, in a small town, she didn't expect to come into a bully's radar. All her life, she had always stayed out of people's way, and was never really noticed. She had also always had to make an effort to make friends, but never enemies.
Not that she didn't think she was way past getting one, but she didn't think it would be someone as Handsome as Zach was.
The first time they met was a disaster, and she tried her best to stay away from him, the only problem was, he wasn't letting her, and soon, the hate he showed her, soon turned into something she had never experienced before.
Would she be able to get rid of the unwanted feeling she was getting for him, or the unwanted attention he was showing her?
Find out in the intriguing story. The Price of Unrequited Love
Shearwater Eighteen days after giving up on Brendan Maynard, Jayde Rosario cut off her waist-length hair and called her father, announcing her decision to move to California and attend UC Berkeley.
Her father, surprised, asked about the sudden change, reminding her how she' d always insisted on staying with Brendan. Jayde forced a laugh, revealing the painful truth: Brendan was getting married, and she, his stepsister, could no longer cling to him.
That night, she tried to tell Brendan about her college acceptance, but his fiancรฉe, Chloie Ellis, interrupted with a bubbly call, and Brendan' s tender words to Chloie twisted a knife in Jayde' s heart. She remembered how his tenderness used to be hers alone, how he had protected her, and how she had poured out her heart to him in a diary and a love letter, only for him to explode, tearing the letter and yelling, "I'm your brother!"
He had stormed out, leaving her to painstakingly tape the shredded pieces back together. Her love, however, didn't die, not even when he brought Chloie home and told her to call her "sister-in-law."
Now, she understood. She had to put that fire out herself. She had to dig Brendan out of her heart. 15 Days Babysitting For My Star Quarterback Bully
Imma Noir My smile dies the second the door swings open. Gasping, I stumble back as if burned by the deep scowl aimed at me.
"You!" I whisper, and at the same time, my arch-enemy's scowl morphs into a sinister smile.
Tyler Brooks raises an eyebrow. "I didn't realize you've added stalking to your nerdy tendencies," he finally says, his deep voice causing me to shiver.
I feel cold sweat break across my forehead, but I curl my fingers tighter around the strap of my purse. "I'm here to... for... um..."
Tyler snorts, seemingly taking pleasure in my embarrassment. "What are you doing here, Garcia?"
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Lila Garcia thought her life couldn't get any worse as the infamous nerd of Princeton High, constantly bullied by the jocks. But when Tyler Brooks' parents leave town and they need someone to watch his younger siblings, Lila is roped into babysitting duty.
Tyler has always been a jerk to her since day one, but now Lila's stuck in his world and seeing him as more than just an arrogant football star. In close quarters, Lila learns that Tyler has secrets, and that he isn't the guy she pegged him to be.
As her feelings start to change, and the lines between love and hate blur, Lila must decide if this new version of Tyler is worth trusting, or if she's just another target in his game.
The Unseen Horror
Xiu Luo My mother's fists and cutting words were a constant, brutal normal.
At 19, I lived under her unpredictable rages, bewilderingly targeted and deeply alone.
Then a mysterious video shattered my fragile peace.
My loving grandparents, concerned about my endless "accidents," visited.
One glance at my mother's phone, and their faces twisted into sickening horror.
"She can't stay here," my grandfather rasped, their eyes silently urging me to vanish.
Weeks later, my boyfriend Mark burst in during another savage beating, ready to call the cops.
But after my mother calmly showed him that same video, his anger drained, replaced by a horrified pity.
"She needs to go," he told her, echoing my grandparents' chilling demand.
Even my beloved father, once my protector, turned cold and distant after viewing it, joining the chorus that I was "the problem."
My world imploded.
Everyone I trusted, every last hope, had turned on me, convinced by this unseen horror.
What unspeakable secret could be on that video that warped their love into icy rejection, making them agree I "needed to be taken care of"?
Was I losing my mind, or was this betrayal a prelude to something far more sinister?
Desperate for answers, I risked everything, stealing my mother's phone and watching the dreaded file.
What I saw wasn't about me at all; it was a grainy, undeniable horror: my "kind" father, the respected community leader, preying on my older sisters.
The unthinkable truth rewrote my entire life, exposing my mother's "abuse" as a devastating, desperate shield, a terrifying sacrifice to protect me from the monster living under our roof. Falling for my greatest Nemesis, Killian Blackwood
Riella.N My wish was to get through college without being noticed, as a scholarship student who did not fit into the elite and flashy lifestyles of students here. That was my one goal, but I guess we don't always get what we want.
I always wanted to fall in love with the hero, but instead, I got the villain, a charming devil.
Brooding and dominant, he tested and pushed me to my limits. He was the only one to see through me with his cold gaze. I was not supposed to fall for him despite our past. I wasn't supposed to crave his touch, his presence, to feel him, but some things are just out of our control.
In an elite school, full of polished students, dark deeds behind the walls, betrayals, secrets, and lies, I was meant to fall in love with the hero but instead got the fucking villain.