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179 - Cruel intentions.
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2026-05-26 19:49:36
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Ariana POVThe silence after Claire’s question felt razor sharp. "You really want the truth?"Nobody moved. Nobody even breathed properly. The atmosphere inside the small waiting room shifted so suddenly it almost felt physical. Nick stared at Claire with cold disbelief written all over his face. "What exactly is that supposed to mean?"Claire crossed her arms slowly before leaning against the doorway like she had all the time in the world. For someone being accused of destroying lives, she looked strangely calm. "I think it’s interesting," she said softly, "that everybody suddenly decided I’m the villain."Ethan frowned sharply. "You showed up on a private hospital floor right after reporters leaked the location."Claire shrugged lightly. "And?""And security stopped allowing visitors an hour ago," Nick replied coldly.For the first time, irritation flashed across her face. "You know what?" she muttered. "Fine. Yes, I knew where Laura was because I have friends downstairs."My stomac
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 179 - Cruel intentions.
Ariana POVThe silence after Nick’s confession felt suffocating. Ethan straightened immediately from the chair while I stared at Nick like I had heard him wrong. "What do you mean closer than we thought?" I asked quietly.Nick rubbed a hand over his jaw before answering carefully. "I think somebody’s been using information from inside my apartment." Cold confusion slid through my chest. "What?"Ethan frowned sharply. "Your apartment?"Nick nodded once. "Some of the leaked pictures only could’ve been taken by somebody who knew exactly where I’d be."I stared at him, my heartbeat slowly picking up speed again. "Are you saying someone planted cameras or something?""No," he answered quickly. "At least I don’t think so."That was somehow not comforting. Nick leaned back against the wall with visible frustration. "I didn’t notice it at first because everything happened so fast, but the timing feels wrong." Ethan crossed his arms tightly. "Explain." Nick looked between us carefully befor
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 178 - Call it what you like.
Ariana POVThe panic hit instantly. Not the dramatic kind from movies. Real panic. The cold kind that locks your chest and makes your heartbeat feel uneven. Reporters were downstairs. On our floor. And somebody had told them exactly where to find us. Nick stepped away from the window immediately before pulling his phone out again. “We need to move,” he said sharply.Ethan frowned. “Move where?”“Anywhere that isn’t directly above a media circus.”Honestly, he had a point. Voices echoed faintly from farther down the hallway now. The noise downstairs was growing louder every second, even through several hospital floors. People were definitely coming up. My stomach twisted painfully. “What about Laura?” I asked quickly.Nick’s expression tightened immediately. “She can’t deal with this right now.” None of us argued. Ethan ran a frustrated hand through his hair. “Okay, first question. How are they getting information this fast?”Nick looked furious again. “Because somebody near us keeps f
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 177 - Another mind game?
Ariana POVThe air disappeared from my lungs the second Ethan finished speaking. If Laura’s family keeps investigating, they’ll release everything they have. The threat echoed heavily inside my head while panic slowly crept through my chest again. Nick grabbed Ethan’s phone immediately. “Who sent this?”Ethan shook his head once. “Fake account. No profile picture. No posts.”Nick’s expression darkened while staring at the screen. “They’re trying to scare us.”“Well, congratulations to them,” I muttered quietly. “It’s working.”Neither of them argued. The photo still glowed on the phone screen between us. Me and Nick outside his apartment. Too close. Too intimate looking. And terrifyingly private. “I don’t understand how they even got this,” I whispered.Ethan leaned against the wall beside us. “That picture was taken from far away. Whoever did it was watching intentionally.”Cold dread slid through my stomach instantly. Watching. Not guessing. Watching. Nick handed the phone back to E
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Ariana POVThe second I saw Ethan standing at the end of the hallway, my stomach dropped hard. His eyes stayed locked on mine first. Then slowly shifted down to where Nick still held my hand.The tension in the hallway became instant. Sharp. Uncomfortable. Nick released my hand immediately before stepping slightly in front of me instinctively.Ethan noticed that too. A humorless laugh escaped him. “Well,” he muttered quietly. “That explains literally everything.”“Ethan,” I started carefully.But he shook his head once before looking directly at Nick. “So while Laura’s upstairs dealing with a pregnancy and public humiliation, you’re down here holding hands with Ariana?”Nick’s expression hardened instantly. “You don’t know the full situation.”“I know enough.”The anger in Ethan’s voice echoed slightly through the hallway. A nurse glanced toward us from nearby before continuing past. Apparently even hospitals could not escape drama tonight. Nick crossed his arms tightly. “You should l
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Ariana POVThe hallway went completely silent after Laura’s confession. Somebody close to us was leaking information. Not strangers online. Not random students guessing. Someone near us. Nick stared at Laura like he was trying to process the words properly. “What do you mean someone in our friend group?”Laura crossed her arms tightly over herself before answering. “My father hired a private investigator after the first hospital leak.”I blinked immediately. “Your father hired a what?”Laura gave a tired nod. “He’s been trying to figure out who’s selling stories to those gossip pages.”That somehow made the entire situation feel even more insane. Nick looked frustrated again. “You should’ve told me earlier.”Laura laughed softly without humor. “Nick, the last twelve hours have been slightly chaotic.”Fair point. My mind immediately started racing through faces. Maya. Ethan. The football guys. Girls from campus parties. Anybody who had seen us together recently. Suddenly every interact
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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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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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"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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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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