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49 - Testing control.
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2026-03-18 04:02:39
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CRAVING THE BAD BOY 144 - Promise you'll never leave me?
Ariana POVThe silence that followed was not peaceful. It was wrong. The moment the structure powered down, everything stopped at once. The light disappeared, the hum died, and even the pressure in my chest faded like it had never been there. For a second, it felt like none of it had happened. But I knew better. Something had changed. "Ariana."Nick’s voice was right next to me now, clearer than before. His hands were on my shoulders, steady but careful, like he was making sure I was still fully there. "Look at me," he said.I did. His eyes searched mine like he was expecting to see something different. Something broken. Something not me. When he didn’t find it, his shoulders dropped just a little. "I’m okay," I said."Are you sure?" he asked."I pushed it out," I replied. "I felt it leave."Sean let out a quiet breath behind us. "Then we got lucky," he said. "No," Laura said immedately. "We didn’t."We all turned to her. She wasn’t looking at me. She was looking at the structure. "T
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 143 - Can't get enough of you.
Ariana POVThe moment the voice whispered inside me, everything changed.It was not like hearing something out loud. It was deeper than that, like the sound came from a place I could not block or ignore. My body went still instantly, my breath catching as a sharp pressure spread through my chest."I found you."The words echoed again, softer this time, but stronger in meaning. "Ariana?"Nick’s voice sounded distant for a second. Too distant. "I’m here," I tried to say, but my voice came out uneven.The room around me blurred slightly. The light from the system was still there, still pulsing, but it felt like it was moving through me instead of around me. My hand tightened around the device without me thinking about it, like it was the only thing keeping me grounded."Something’s wrong," Mark said.Nick’s hand was on my arm now, steady and warm, but I could feel the tension in him. "Look at me," he said. "Stay with me."I tried. I really did. But the voice inside me spoke again. "You o
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 142 - Let your kisses tell me.
Ariana POVIt moved too fast. One second it was inside the opening, shifting and forming like something unsure of itself. The next second it was already halfway out, closing the distance between us in a way that made my heart slam hard against my chest."Back!" Mark shouted.Nick didn’t wait. His arm pulled me sharply to the side, his body turning with mine so he stayed between me and whatever was coming at us. The movement was quick, but not quick enough to stop the feeling that followed.The air dropped. Cold. Heavy. The shape didn’t hit us. It stopped. Right in front of where I had been standing. For a second, everything froze again. The light from the system flickered across it, trying to settle on something solid, but it kept shifting. It wasn’t fully one form. It wasn’t clear or stable. It looked like something caught between becoming and breaking at the same time."What is that?" Laura said.Her voice was low, but there was something close to unease in it now. Sean didn’t answe
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 141 - Your lips, my weakness.
Ariana POVThe moment Sean said it, I felt it too. This was not part of the system. The structure behind us did not just open. It shifted in a way that felt wrong, like something inside it was not supposed to move but did anyway. The sound that followed was deeper than before, heavy and slow, like something dragging itself forward after being held back for too long.My chest tightened as I turned toward it. "What did I just release?" I asked.No one answered immediately. That silence said more than words could. Nick’s hand stayed locked around mine, but I could feel the tension in him now, sharper than before. He pulled me slightly back, placing himself just a little in front of me without fully blocking my view."We don’t move closer," he said."I need to see it," I replied."You can see it from here," he said.The opening widened. Not fast. Not sudden. But steady. Something shifted inside the darkness beyond it. Not light. Not reflection. Movement. Mark stepped to the side slightly,
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 140 - Too close to turn back.
Ariana POVThe words hit harder than anything else in the room. "You’re too late."The voice was not calm like my father’s. It was not guiding or steady. It was sharp, cold, and certain in a way that made my chest tighten instantly. The light around us flickered the moment it spoke, like the system itself reacted to it.My grip tightened around the device. "What do you mean too late?" I asked.No answer came immediately. But the silence didn’t feel empty. It felt watched. Nick stepped closer to me, his voice low and tense. "That’s not your father," he said."I know," I replied.The device pulsed again. Harder this time. Not steady like before. Unstable. Sean’s expression changed slightly. For the first time, the control he carried cracked just a little. "That voice shouldn’t be in the system," he said.Laura turned toward him sharply. "You said this was contained," she said."It was," Sean replied.Mark stepped forward, his tone firm. "Then explain how something else is talking throug
CRAVING THE BAD BOY 139 - Fuck, I'll try.
Ariana POVThe darkness did not feel normal.It wasn’t just the lights going out. It felt deeper than that, like something had swallowed the entire room at once. For a second, I could not see anything at all, not even the shape of my own hand. My heart started racing instantly, faster than before, because this silence felt different from every other pause we had faced."Nick?" I said quickly."I’m here," he answered immediately.His voice cut through the dark, steady and close, and I felt a small wave of relief. A second later, his hand found mine again, warm and firm, like he wasn’t going to let go no matter what happened next."What just happened?" Mark’s voice came from somewhere ahead."No idea," Laura replied, her tone tighter than before. "But this is not a normal shutdown."The device in my hand was no longer glowing. That scared me more than anything else. Just seconds ago, it had been alive, pulsing, responding to everything. Now it felt completely still, like it had gone sil
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
Last Updated : 2026-04-05CRAVING 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
Last Updated : 2026-03-22CRAVING THE BAD BOY 14 - Foreplay in the passenger seat.
Nick* * * *I loved this part. I loved meeting the fans, loved the selfies and jokes and words of praises. I loved the look in all of their eyes as they looked at me, it told me that I wasn't just a player, I was part of their lives. And I lived for it.The team and I walked into the crowd a
Last Updated : 2026-03-20CRAVING THE BAD BOY 13 - Toxic little cycle.
"She's gay." He blurted out.I narrowed my eyes. "Gay?""Yes, she's involved with some girl, okay! We're just pretending to be a thing because her parents doesn't approve her sexual choices, and I need her father's influence in growing my career."I swallowed. "But that only complicates this... wha
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