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Chapter 40

Autor: Mesiri
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CHAPTER FORTY

The car ride home was the longest silence I’ve ever sat in.

No music. No talking. Just rain starting up again and the sound of the wipers dragging across the windshield.

Cole drove like a ghost — eyes fixed on the road, jaw locked. His knuckles were white around the steering wheel.

I didn’t even know if he saw the traffic lights or just felt them.

I wanted to say something — anything — but the words kept dying before they reached my mouth. What do you even say after watching someone’s father slice him open with words?

When he finally pulled up in front of my house, he didn’t move. The engine hummed.

“You want to come inside?” I asked quietly.

He shook his head. “Not yet.”

I hesitated, then reached over and turned the ignition off. The car went quiet, except for the rain.

“Then we can just sit,” I said.

He leaned back in the seat, eyes closed, breathing hard. For a second, he looked less like the invincible Cole everyone knew and more like a kid trying not to break.

“I sh
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  • My Secret Boyfriend    Chapter 40

    CHAPTER FORTYThe car ride home was the longest silence I’ve ever sat in.No music. No talking. Just rain starting up again and the sound of the wipers dragging across the windshield.Cole drove like a ghost — eyes fixed on the road, jaw locked. His knuckles were white around the steering wheel.I didn’t even know if he saw the traffic lights or just felt them.I wanted to say something — anything — but the words kept dying before they reached my mouth. What do you even say after watching someone’s father slice him open with words?When he finally pulled up in front of my house, he didn’t move. The engine hummed.“You want to come inside?” I asked quietly.He shook his head. “Not yet.”I hesitated, then reached over and turned the ignition off. The car went quiet, except for the rain.“Then we can just sit,” I said.He leaned back in the seat, eyes closed, breathing hard. For a second, he looked less like the invincible Cole everyone knew and more like a kid trying not to break.“I sh

  • My Secret Boyfriend    Chapter 39

    CHAPTER THIRTY-NINEBy Tuesday, everyone had seen it.The video. The confession. Us.There wasn’t a single hallway, phone screen, or group chat that didn’t have our faces in it. I knew that before I even got to school, but seeing it in person hit different.People didn’t whisper anymore. They stared. Out loud.Some laughed.Some just looked at me like I was contagious.I tried to focus on walking straight, keeping my head up, pretending the noise didn’t exist.But the noise followed.“Guess they really did it.”“Can you believe Cole of all people?”“Poor Ariana.”“Poor Nate.”That one stung the most. Poor Nate. Like I was some sad, doomed puppy who needed saving.When I reached my locker, Cole was already there. Hoodie up. Head down.We didn’t say anything for a few seconds. Just… existed.Then he said, “You good?”I laughed, hollow. “Define good.”He gave a half-smile. “Breathing?”“Barely.”He nodded like that was enough for now.The hallway noise kept building — the kind of buzz th

  • My Secret Boyfriend    Chapter 38

    The rain came before the morning did.Soft, rhythmic, like the sky was trying to hush the world. It should’ve been peaceful — the kindof morning that made you want to stay under the sheets, pretend nothing outside existed. But peacewasn’t something I could afford anymore.Cole’s arm was around my waist, heavy and protective, like even in his sleep he was daring theuniverse to come close. His breath brushed my neck, slow and even, and for a minute, I just stayedthere — still, watching the faint light slip through the curtains and fall across his face.He looked different when he slept. Softer. Like the walls he built just… didn’t exist for a while.And damn, it was dangerous — how much I liked that version of him.He stirred, his nose brushing my shoulder. “You’re staring,” he muttered, voice still rough withsleep.I smiled. “You’re imagining things.”“Uh-huh.” His lips curved. “You always do that when you think I’m asleep.”“Do what?”“Look at me like I’m gonna disappear.”My che

  • My Secret Boyfriend    Chapter 37

    By Wednesday, the school felt like a stage and we were the unwilling headliners.Every hallway we walked through came with a soundtrack of whispers, half-hidden phones, andthat fake laugh people use when they want you to know they’re talking about you.I was trying to play it cool — keep my head up, keep my steps even — but my stomach keptdoing this nervous rollercoaster flip thing.Cole?He walked like nothing bothered him.Hands in his hoodie pocket. Earbuds in. Calm as ever.It made me crazy — in the good way and the what-the-hell-how-do-you-do-that way.“You’re staring,” he said, glancing at me as we walked.I blinked. “I’m not.”He smirked. “You totally are.”“Shut up.”He chuckled. “You love me though.”And I hated how easily my heart stuttered when he said that — so casually, like it was nothing.Like it wasn’t everything.We reached my locker, and for once, no one said anything. Maybe the novelty was wearing off. Ormaybe Ariana had moved on to her next round of chaos.I sho

  • My Secret Boyfriend    Chapter 36

    If I said things calmed down after that note, I’d be lying through my teeth.They didn’t calm down.They just changed shape.People stopped whispering when I walked by — now they stared. Like I was a headline theycouldn’t stop reading.The weirdest part? I didn’t even flinch anymore.Okay, maybe a little.But mostly, I just learned to breathe through it.Cole, though?He was a walking storm.He didn’t yell or throw punches. He didn’t have to. His silence did the heavy lifting.And when Cole’s quiet, that’s when people should start praying.By Friday, the whole school was on edge.Even teachers gave us that look — like they could sense something building. Something that wasgoing to snap.We were halfway out of the school gates when Cole said, “I need to see Ariana.”I froze. “What?”“She started this mess,” he said, shoving his hands in his hoodie pocket. “She can end it.”I snorted. “She won’t. She doesn’t do mercy, Cole. She thrives on chaos.”His jaw flexed. “Then I’ll give her a

  • My Secret Boyfriend    Chapter 35

    CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVEI used to think falling for someone would be a clean thing. Like a perfect movie moment whereeverything clicked, and suddenly the world made sense.Yeah. That’s not how it happens.Falling for Cole was messy. Complicated. Loud.And right now? It was dangerous.Monday blurred into Tuesday, and the noise around us didn’t fade — it sharpened. The whispersweren’t just whispers anymore. They had edges. Names. Questions. Accusations.By the time I made it to my locker, it felt like the whole school was humming with rumors.“Did you hear—”“—they were at his house—”“—not even trying to hide it anymore—”Every sentence had our names tucked somewhere inside.When I opened my locker, a folded piece of paper slid out. My heart stumbled as I unfolded it.Four words.STAY AWAY FROM HIM.I stared at the paper a second too long, like it might rearrange itself into something less predictable.It didn’t.“Nate,” a voice said behind me.I crumpled the note and shoved it in my poc

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