Chapter: Chapter 100 (EPILOGUE) Several months later… “And that’s a wrap for today.” August raised his head over his macbook to take a glance at Giovanni, genuinely amused as those words escaped his lips. Months ago, he was the boss that didn’t care about things like a stated closing hour. He worked till whenever he pleased and only left the office when it was beginning to feel too late to be in the office. But now, he was a completely different person- he never spent a minute past 4pm working. “Alright sir.” “Yes, sir.” “Thank you for today, sir.” The sounds of papers shuffling filled the air, followed by the scraping of chairs as staffs rose to their feet, hitting the floor with their heels as they rushed out of the meeting room. In no time, the room was left empty to no one but August and Giovanni, preparing to do the same. Except Giovanni was more nervous than August could ever be. “You leaving work by exactly 4pm would never cease to amaze me,” August had to comment. “I guess love really does change
Last Updated: 2023-12-31
Chapter: Chapter 99“Are you sure you want to do this?” Giovanni watched August loosen his tie as he nodded, seeming convinced on the decision he was about to take. After what seemed like an eternity, they were both done with work for the day and naturally, were supposed to head home. But August had decided he wanted to visit a bar and of course, drag Giovanni with him. A sigh escaped Giovanni’s lips as he watched his best friend finally free himself from the clutches of his tie, dancing a little as he shoved the little piece of clothing down his pocket. Though he wasn’t sure what exactly he was expecting when he called Tyler several hours, he was sure that wasn’t it. “Yes,” August nodded, flinging his arm across Giovanni’s shoulders, earning a shudder from him. “I’m just going to drink a little then head home.” “A little?” it was hard to believe he wasn’t drunk already the way his words drawled. “August, you intended to drink just a little yesterday?” “That was yesterday,” he waved his fingers in
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Chapter: Chapter 98 August woke up with a headache, serving as a dreadful reminder of how the previous night went. Dozens of bottles of wine, hundreds of honesty laced words. And of all the audience to have accompanying his foolishness, it just had to be Giovanni. “Fuck,” he groaned, reaching for his phone. He could remember Giovanni driving him home after he drank himself to stupor but that was all. He couldn’t remember anything else- like how he had gotten into his bed or how he had gotten his phone next to him. “Shit, what’s the time?” He swiped his phone unlock to check the time but literally immediately, his eyes caught something else. It was his call log. And sitting prettily at the top was a missed call from Tyler. It was more than enough to cure his hangover, his eyes immediately widening. A missed call from Tyler? How did that happen? When did that happen? Why did that happen? For the hundredth time, he let out a groan, realizing he still had no memory of what happened the previous night
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Chapter: Chapter 97 “You think you have a crush on August?” Tyler took in a deep breath, sitting up as the words finally escaped from the clutches of his throat. After weeks and weeks of denial, he had finally decided to come clean to himself. And finally, his best friend too. “Yes,” he nodded, his heart racing in his chest. “I think I have a crush on him.” Emily’s expression was unreadable for a while, wavering between shock and confusion. She always knew there was something fishy going on between him and August. She knew there was more to their relationship than he was admitting but couldn’t frankly figure out Tyler having a crush on him. “Are you surprised?” Tyler swallowed as he asked. “Disappointed? Dis-” “No, no,” Emily quickly interrupted him. “It’s nothing like that. Shocked? Yes, I am, a little. But disappointed? I’m not ‘dis’ anything.” “Oh,” he broke into an awkward chuckle, his chest feeling a lot lighter. “Well, yeah. I know you’re probably wondering how it all happened but I guess,
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Chapter: Chapter 96 Emily feet remained glued to the ground, shock flooding her veins. Not just shock though- she had a couple of other emotions running through her. Anger, deceit, betrayal- to a name a few. Her sister was fine? Stacy was fine all along? She was just hiding from her and making a total fool out of her with the consent of both her parents? All along, her disappearance was just an act put in place by her and her parents because she didn’t want to get married to Giovanni? She didn’t want to believe her ears but with every second that passed, the brutal truth was slapped onto her face all over again. It was slowly making sense and finally, the anger in her grew and overpowered every other emotion she felt. Without hesitating for even a second, she balled her fist and immediately pushed the door to her parents’ room open, revealing herself to them. “Alright dear. We’ll call you some other time to- Oh my God, Emily.” Her face grew cold as she stared at them, watching her mum immediately
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Chapter: Chapter 95Their ride to Giovanni’s had only lasted a couple of minutes when his phone vibrated by his side, signifying a text message. Busy with driving, he immediately asked Emily to check what it was on his behalf, the duo immediately realizing August needed Giovanni’s presence for something urgent. Needless to guess, something work related. “I could cancel,” Giovanni suggested, noticing the disappointed look on Emily’s face. “Tell him I’m busy or something. I don’t have to-” “No,” she shook her head, refusing his offer. “You don’t have to.” “But-” “It’s probably important,” she flashed him a weak smile. “And come on, you’ve been away from work for a while so it’s probably really urgent. You should go. I’ll be fine.” “Alright then,” he nodded in return. “But I’ll drive you home first. Do not even try to object to that. I’m driving you home.” Already disappointed at their time together getting cut short abruptly, Emily had no intention of wasting the few moments they could spend togethe
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Chapter: THIRTEEN “You should come out for breakfast. Mum cooked.” The knock on my door was followed by Beckett’s voice, a soft sigh escaping my lips as I nodded in response. The pattern was one I was used to. Having arguments with my mum or Beckett or in worse case scenarios, both of them. My mum proceeding to make breakfast the following morning as her way to ease the tension without ever actually talking about what happened. Beckett inviting me for breakfast and the two of us going on with our lives without ever talking about what happened. Apologies after arguments never happened with them. We just moved past it and pretended it never happened, making our already strained relationship more strained than ever. I never had a problem with it though. It was something I was used to. One days I was super pissed, I’d skip the breakfast and ignore both of them for at least a week. But on more neutral days, I’d willingly subject myself to the torture of an awkward breakfast that never had any positive
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Chapter: TWELVE GRAYSON’S POV Thirty minutes slipped by, and little by little, silence reclaimed the space. The crowd thinned, footsteps fading until only the distant hum of the evening remained. Isabella’s sniffles softened, then stopped altogether, and somewhere along the way, my heartbeat finally began to slow.By the time an hour had passed, we were the only ones left. I couldn’t hear a single sound from her anymore. The urge to turn- just once, just to make sure she wasn’t still crying- burned under my skin. But I stayed exactly where I was, unmoving, as if even the smallest movement might break whatever fragile calm we’d managed to find. “Do your legs not hurt?” My breath hitched for a second as her voice filled the quiet once again. It was clearer than it was an hour ago, no audible traces of sniffling. “You must not have heard,” I didn’t turn around as I replied. “But I’m pretty athletic. I used to be the captain of-” “Just go already,” she cut me off before I could brag about how I use
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Chapter: ELEVEN GRAYSON’S POV It was the third time in a week I was cancelling plans with my friends and this time, they just weren’t going to accept it. Not even when I told them I had to head home for something important. “Your dad isn’t home yet so whatever important thing you have to do at home is going to have to wait,” Harold yanked my phone from my hands and shoved it into his pocket. “There. You can’t go anywhere without your phone anyways so you have no choice but to come with the bar with us.” “Whatever, asshole,” I groaned as I watched Nessa take the phone from him to put it in her breast pocket. “Seriously, Nessa? You think that’s going to stop me if I wanted to take it from you?” “I don’t think it’s going to stop you,” she stuck out her tongue. “I’m doing this on purpose. I have my reasons.” I ignored her and continued walking, the rest of my friends chattering about something I couldn’t care less about as we walked towards our cars. I felt conflicted. As much I was down to visit
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Chapter: TEN ISABELLA’S POV “I actually did end up driving you home.” A sigh escaped my lips as I unfastened my seatbelt, turning my head to face Kai. He stared at me with confusion written all over his face, a pang of guilt hitting my chest for the first time throughout the ride home. “I know right? I’m sorry,” I groaned as I reached for my bag. “I just said that to get away from Grayson. I didn’t know you’d actually drive me home. Thanks.” “You’re welcome?” he looked more amused than offended. “So, if I wasn’t there you’d just have- how much longer do you think you can avoid him? You got into my car because he was staring. If I wasn’t with you, would you have vanished into thin air?” “If possible,” I let out a painful chuckle then looked around me, a thought suddenly hitting me. “Wait a second, we’re aren’t at my old house. How did you know the way here? How did you already know where Grayson lives?” “I don’t know,” he shrugged then took off his seatbelt. “I just kinda know. I told you al
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Chapter: NINE GRAYSON’S POV “How do I get a girl to like me?” Six eyes turned in my direction the moment the question left my mouth, my tongue curling in my cheek in immediate regret. “No, that came out wrongly,” I looked at Peter, Harold and then Nessa. “I meant, how do I get a girl’s attention. I mean, how do I get her to-” “This isn’t a dream, right?” Harold looked at Peter before returning his gaze to Nessa. “Woah, did we all just hear Grayson ask us how to get a girl to like him?” They exchanged glances, taking their time to come to terms with what was happening before all bursting into laughter. I groaned under my breath and shifted in my seat, wishing I didn’t just make a complete fool of myself in the presence of my friends. “Fuck you guys,” I took out my phone and tried to go through my text messages. “Fuck you all.” “I think there’s someone else you’d rather fuck,” Harold threw his arms around my shoulder and peered at my phone. “Are you texting her?” “Shut up,” I returned my pho
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Chapter: EIGHT ISABELLA’S POV Kai’s words wouldn’t leave my head.Not even after the lecture ended.Not after I packed my books.Not even as I walked out of school, hugging my bag like it could physically hold my anxiety in place.“Who doesn’t know Grayson Zucker?”That line kept replaying over and over, like a taunt.Each step I took toward the school gate only worsened the knot in my stomach. I kept glancing around too — hallways, cafeteria, parking lot — realizing how impossibly strange it was that I’d lived in this same pack, attended this same school, breathed the same air as him for months yet somehow never ran into him once.Not once.No accidental bump in the hallway.No friend mentioning him.No sighting from afar.Nothing.It was like the universe intentionally kept us apart until now.And now that it had tossed us together like some cruel joke, it was becoming painfully obvious that running from him would be a full-time job. One I was already failing at.By the time I got home, my head
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