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chapter 8
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2026-07-23 09:33:15
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Rule No 1:No Strings Attached What the hell?
Ace's POVThe forest didn't look like anything I recognized. It was thick and dark, the kind of dark that swallowed sound instead of just blocking light. I was walking, though I couldn't remember starting to walk, couldn't remember why my feet kept moving through mud that pulled at my shoes with every step.“Hello?”My own voice sounded wrong out here, small, swallowed up by trees that stretched too high to see the tops of. I turned in a slow circle, trying to find a direction that looked more familiar than any other, and found nothing. Just trees. Just dark.Then I heard a low, guttural sound, closer than I wanted to think about. I froze.A shape moved between the trees to my left, and then another, low to the ground, quick, the kind of quick that didn't belong to anything I wanted to meet out here alone. It took a full second for my brain to catch up to what my eyes were seeing.Dogs. Except they weren't dogs. These were too big and too lean, eyes catching some light source I couldn
Rule No 1:No Strings Attached Chapter 10
Summer's POVI made it to the library a few minutes before four, claimed our usual table in the back corner, and had my books stacked and ready by the time Ace strolled in, bag slung over one shoulder like he had nowhere better to be."You're early," he said, dropping into the seat across from me.He smirked and pulled his textbook out, and for about four minutes, it actually looked like we might get somewhere. Then someone at the next table whispered something that wasn't nearly as quiet as they thought it was, and three heads turned our way at once.I tried to ignore it. I really did. But it kept happening, in waves, a group of girls near the periodicals section who kept sneaking glances and giggling behind their hands, a couple of guys from the team who'd apparently decided our table was more interesting than their own assignment, someone's phone camera angled a little too obviously in our direction, and something in me curled up small under all that attention, tired of being looke
Rule No 1:No Strings Attached Chapter 9
Summer's POV"Congratulations, you two." Taylor's voice was all warmth on the surface, but looked like it was wrapped around something sharp underneath. Brooks stood a step behind her, quiet, his jaw tight in a way I recognized but couldn't place."Thanks," Ace said, unbothered, an arm still slung loosely along the back of the booth behind me."I just have to say, I never pegged you as the settling down type, Ace." Taylor's smile widened, and her eyes flicked briefly to me, assessing, before landing back on him. "It's sweet, really. Though I have to admit, I'm surprised. I always thought if you ever did date someone, it'd be someone a little more..." she trailed off delicately, like she hadn't already finished the sentence in her head, "...polished."The word landed exactly where she meant it to. I kept my face still, the way I'd learned to over three years of standing next to people who talked about me like I wasn't there."We done here?" Ace's voice had cooled several degrees, flat
Rule No 1:No Strings Attached chapter 8
Summer's POVI turned, bracing myself for Taylor to be attached to his side like usual, but it was just Brooks, hands in his pockets, that familiar easy smile already tugging at his mouth."Hey," he said, falling into step beside me like we did this every day. "I've been trying to get a hold of you.""Sorry, things have been busy.""You never replied to my text. The one about the engagement party." He tilted his head, studying me the way he'd studied me a thousand times before, like I was a puzzle he already knew the answer to. "I figured you forgot.""I thought I did reply," I lied, smooth enough that it barely stung on the way out. "My bad. Of course I'll help. You know I'm good at this stuff.""The best." He grinned, relieved, and something in my chest twisted at how easy it was for him, how none of this cost him anything at all."Come grab lunch with me? Taylor's stuck in the library working on notes for our class, so I'm free. We can start talking about colors, venues, whatever i
Rule No 1:No Strings Attached chapter 7
Ace's POV Miller wouldn't shut up about it. "I'm just saying," he said as we crossed the gym parking lot, gym bag slung over one shoulder, "you put your hand on the girl's face in the middle of a lecture and made Harrison lose control of his own classroom. That's not tutoring, man. That's a circus act." "It worked, didn't it?" "It worked at getting the whole campus talking about you. It did not work at getting Summer Quinn to agree to spend her Tuesday afternoons explaining sociology to you." He shouldered the gym door open. "She's going to drop you as a partner before she ever agrees to be your tutor. I told you, that girl is immune. Two years around the team and she's never once looked twice at any of us." "She's not immune to me." Miller snorted, dropping his bag on the bench. "Right. Because you're so different from the rest of us meatheads." "We're dating." The words came out flatter than I meant them to, but I wanted to see his face when he heard it. It didn't disappoint.
Rule No 1:No Strings Attached chapter 6
Summer's POV I stood in front of my mirror the next morning, turning sideways, then turning back, trying to figure out why I even cared what I looked like today. It wasn't like today was different from any other Tuesday. Except it was, because somewhere out there, Ace Hunters was walking around acting like we were actually together, and I still hadn't figured out how to survive being seen next to him without my whole face giving me away. I smoothed down the front of my sweater for what had to be the tenth time. *You're overthinking this. It's fake. It's a project. It's nothing.* I said it to my reflection like repeating it enough times might actually make it true. The TV was on in the background, low, more noise than anything else. I wasn't even really listening until the anchor's voice sharpened, and I caught the tail end of it. "...found early this morning near the east side of campus. Authorities have not released the identity of the victim, but sources close to the investigatio
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