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169 - Cold hearts.

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last update วันที่เผยแพร่: 2026-05-22 18:44:50

Ariana POV

The second Laura’s mother saw me standing beside Nick, the temperature in the hallway seemed to drop. Her expression hardened instantly. Not confusion. Not surprise. Pure anger. "Mrs. Bennett," Nick started carefully.

She ignored him completely at first. Her eyes stayed locked on me while she walked closer, heels striking sharply against the hospital floor. I suddenly felt eighteen years old in the worst possible way. "So it’s true," she said coldly.

The disappointment in her voice h
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  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   172 - Oh, damn!

    Ariana POVThe second the elevator doors opened, every ounce of air disappeared from my lungs. Laura stood there staring directly at us. At our joined hands. For one horrible second, nobody moved. The hospital hallway suddenly felt painfully silent except for the faint hum of the elevator behind her and the distant sound of rain outside.Nick dropped my hand immediately. Too immediately. And somehow that hurt more than if he had held on. "Laura," he said quietly.She looked exhausted. Not just physically. Emotionally exhausted. Her face looked pale under the harsh hospital lights, and she still wore the oversized hoodie from earlier. Her hair was slightly messy like she had been running her hands through it repeatedly.But her eyes looked heartbreakingly awake. "I was looking for my mom," she said softly.Her voice sounded calm, too calm. That somehow made everything worse. Nick stepped slightly forward instinctively. "You shouldn’t be walking around alone yet."A tiny bitter smile ap

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   171 - Poisoned hearts.

    Ariana POVMy fingers tightened around the phone instantly. The picture on the screen looked grainy from the rain outside, but it was clear enough to recognize us sitting together in the hospital waiting room only minutes earlier.Someone had taken it recently. Very recently. Underneath the picture was a single message. You really don’t know when to walk away. Cold panic spread through my chest immediately. Nick noticed my face change at once. "What happened?"Without speaking, I handed him the phone. The second he saw the image, his entire expression darkened. "What the hell?"His voice came out low and sharp enough that a nurse passing nearby glanced toward us briefly. Nick immediately stood up, eyes moving toward the hospital entrance. Like he expected to catch somebody watching us right now. "Nick," I whispered quietly.He looked furious. Not dramatic angry. Protective angry. The kind that made my heartbeat speed up despite everything happening around us. "Someone followed us here

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   170 - Fragile promises.

    Ariana POVThe second Nick stepped back into the hallway, I knew something had changed. His expression looked exhausted in a way I had never seen before. Not angry. Not frustrated. Completely drained. Laura’s mother stood immediately. "What happened?"Nick rubbed a hand over his face before answering quietly. "She wants some time away from everyone."Mrs. Bennett frowned slightly. "What does that mean?""It means she doesn’t want visitors tonight."The sadness in his voice made my chest tighten again. For a moment, silence settled heavily around us. Then Mrs. Bennett nodded slowly, like she expected the answer even if it still hurt. "Did she say anything else?"Nick looked down briefly before answering. "She wants to keep the pregnancy private for now."I swallowed slowly. Honestly, after the disaster online, I understood why. A nurse passed through the hallway carrying extra blankets while quiet conversations echoed from nearby rooms. The hospital suddenly felt colder than before.Ni

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   169 - Cold hearts.

    Ariana POVThe second Laura’s mother saw me standing beside Nick, the temperature in the hallway seemed to drop. Her expression hardened instantly. Not confusion. Not surprise. Pure anger. "Mrs. Bennett," Nick started carefully.She ignored him completely at first. Her eyes stayed locked on me while she walked closer, heels striking sharply against the hospital floor. I suddenly felt eighteen years old in the worst possible way. "So it’s true," she said coldly.The disappointment in her voice hit harder than yelling would have. Nick stepped forward immediately. "This is not the time."Mrs. Bennett finally looked at him then. "No," she snapped quietly. "The time for honesty was months ago."The tension between them filled the hallway instantly. I looked down briefly, guilt twisting painfully inside my chest again. Because no matter how complicated things really were, I understood exactly how this looked from her side.Her daughter was upstairs in a hospital bed carrying Nick’s baby whi

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   168 - Falling apart.

    Ariana POVThe world seemed to stop moving. Pregnant. The word echoed violently inside my head while the hospital hallway blurred around me. Bright lights. Quiet footsteps. The sound of rain outside. Everything suddenly felt distant. Nick looked frozen beside me. Completely frozen. "I’m sorry?" he said quietly, like he thought he heard the doctor wrong.The doctor’s expression softened slightly. "She’s still early along, but yes. The tests confirmed it."My chest tightened painfully. For a few seconds, nobody spoke. Then the doctor continued carefully, "She’s physically stable right now, but emotionally overwhelmed. We’d like to keep stress around her limited tonight."Nick swallowed hard before nodding once. "Can I see her?""Briefly," the doctor answered. "But she may not want too many people in the room."His eyes flickered toward me for half a second. I immediately understood. "It’s okay," I said quietly. "You should go."Nick turned toward me instantly. "Ariana.""I’ll stay here.

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   167 - Shattered lines.

    Ariana POVThe drive to the hospital felt endless. Rain still covered the roads while headlights blurred past the car windows in streaks of white and gold. Nick drove faster than usual, one hand tight on the steering wheel while the other kept checking his phone every few minutes.I had never seen him this anxious before. Not even during the chaos online. He barely spoke during the drive. And honestly, I did not know what to say either. Everything felt heavy now. Bigger than jealousy or rumors or complicated feelings. Laura was in a hospital somewhere because she collapsed alone on the side of the road.Nothing about that felt dramatic anymore. Just terrifying. "Did they say if she’s awake?" I asked quietly.Nick shook his head once without looking away from the road. "They said she was conscious for a few minutes when paramedics arrived, but then she passed out again."My chest tightened painfully. I looked down at my hands while guilt slowly crawled through me again. If none of this

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   19 - Oh, you've got to be kidding me!

    Sofia and I decided to have a sleepover at her house since we haven't had one of those in a while and it was also the only way of getting Nick out of my head. We decided to watch a marathon of sisters because it's the only show we could agree on watching. Sofia popped down next to me on her comf

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  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   47 - So where does that leave us?

    The words hung in the air, surprising me as much as him. There were bigger issues to address, but that question tumbled out first. And suddenly, I needed to hear his answer.He fell silent, thoughtful, as though weighing the question before answering. "Once," he said after a pause. "In my sophomore

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  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   46 - No more sex.

    "Why did you stop?" He grumbled, brows furrowing as hands immediately began clutching at my side to bring me back to him, but I refused to give in."I won't have sex with you Nick," I said, without any conviction in my voice. "That's the genesis of all our problems." "I didn't want to fuck you." M

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  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   44 - Sex over Love.

    My shift was over early, because Billy said he wouldn't be around on Wednesday, and wants me to cover up for him, hence, he was taking the rest of my today's shift and that of tomorrow.I couldn't leave now though, because it was raining heavily and I didn't bring an umbrella to work today. Seated

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