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You Will Survive

Author: K.J Jules
last update publish date: 2026-04-09 01:25:51

By Friday afternoon, I am exhausted from pretending all week. Miles doesn’t notice. He wouldn’t anyway because his face is buried in Brina’s half the time.

We are leaning against the lockers, the three of us like always. Brina is talking about something that happened to the basketball coach so practice is cancelled or something. I’m only half listening. My focus keeps drifting. My mind isn’t where it should be. It hasn’t been all week.

“Are you coming to practice?” Miles asks suddenly, turnin
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  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   I Noticed You

    CALLAA small smile tugs at his mouth, complete opposite of what I expect. “Sounds like your universe needed better planning.”I let out a small humorless laugh, shaking my head. “Yeah. I guess it did.”The teasing fades from his expression as he holds my gaze a moment longer. “Someone who never looked at you the way you deserved could never be the center of your universe, Pierce.”The smile leaves my face. I don’t know whether he realizes what he has just said, but it settles somewhere deep inside me. Miles had always been the one I looked toward, hoping one day he would look back the same way. Ryder never had to ask me to chase his attention. Somehow, from the very beginning, he had been the one looking at me.“I know.” I shake my head, my throat tight. “I’m just... I do like you, Ryder. A lot. Hanging out with you, especially yesterday, has been the best time I have had with anyone in forever.”“But?” He looks braced for rejection, but his eyes are soft.“I want more of that... wit

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   You Are Right

    CALLA I sit at the blacktopped lab table, my notebook open to a blank page, trying to focus on the worksheet instead of the two boys bracketing me. Science class feels like a trap today.Miles is on my left, leaning in, his arm brushing mine in that familiar way. It should spark something— the old flutter I used to chase for hours in my head. But it doesn’t. It’s just ordinarily warm like a sweater I have worn too many times.On my right, Ryder reaches for the pipette. His fingers graze the back of my hand as he passes it over, and heat shoots straight up my arm, settling low in my stomach. My breath catches. I yank my hand back, cheeks burning, hyper aware of how close his knee is to mine under the table.“You okay, Pierce?” he murmurs, voice low and teasing. His knee bumps mine deliberately, igniting that spark again."I’m fine,” I whisper, eyes glued to the instructions, trying not to move because if I do, I’ll touch him again and want it more. My heart is doing that annoying flip

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   I Like Him Too

    CALLAI’m not sure when exactly my heart stops racing after that moment with Ryder.At some point I think it slows down just enough for me to function. The ride home passes in a blur. Every time I close my eyes, I see Ryder’s grin in between the scenes of the whole day, the way he looked at me, and at the beach. I force that one out of my frontal lobe because I’m not ready to process it yet.By the time the cab pulls up outside the house, I have managed to convince myself that I’m calm. I pay the driver, climb out, and head for the front door. The second I step inside, that illusion disappears.Miles is in the living room.For a moment, I just stop. Of all the people I expected to see, he wasn’t one of them. His gaze lifts from his phone, and the surprise lasts less than a second before I force my expression back under control.“Hey.”Miles stands. His eyes sweep over me once before settling on my face.“Hey. Where have you been?”The question is casual enough to not sound interrogati

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   Good Kisser

    RYDER“Damn, Pierce. If I knew you were such a good kisser, I wouldn’t have waited that long.”Calla’s eyes widen before she narrows them at me, mock offense written all over her face.“So you thought I was bad at it. That’s why you waited?”“Not even close.”I step a little closer. The teasing look on her face slips for a second. Her gaze drops briefly before finding mine again, and I feel my chest tighten in a way I can’t quite control. Being this close to her has become dangerous. Every time she lets me in, every time she lowers her guard even a little, I want more.I have for a long time. Long before she kissed me back and long before she started looking at me the way she is looking at me now.“I wanted you to be ready to want me,” I add after a beat.Her face flickers but not with defiance. I know where her mind probably went. I know how she feels about Miles. I’m not blind, I’ve seen it. He is just to dense to realize. And on my part, I think she could do better.Before she can

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   I Want You To Kiss Me

    CALLAI stand frozen for a moment, the heat from where he was still lingering in the air between us. My hands hang uselessly at my sides, and I don’t even notice how tense my shoulders are. I can’t tell how long I have been like this, just... existing in the aftermath of what almost happened. The world around me feels distant, the faint hum of people leaving the rink, the laughter fading. None of it reaches me fully.My mind is scattered. Part of me replays it, over and over. The way he leaned in, how close he got, the way his fingers brushed against my skin. Part of me wants to turn away and forget it, convince myself I imagined how electric it felt. But I know I didn’t. I know that shiver that ran down my body, the tight twist in my stomach, the way my breath hitched, was all real.I don’t realize I’ve been standing like that for several minutes until a voice cuts through my fog.“Coming?”He is standing there, his hockey gear gone, back in his casual clothes. The question pulls me

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   Until You Say Yes

    CALLAJust watch me.The words keep repeating in my head long after he is gone.I shouldn’t be here. That’s the thought that comes after as I sit on the cold metal bench, trying to look like I belong in a place that clearly isn’t mine. The rink is loud as expected. The sharp scrape of skates against ice, voices shouting and laughing... It’s messy and unfiltered, nothing like the polished games at school where everything feels controlled.I shift slightly, eyes scanning the ice without really focusing on anything. I told him I wasn’t into hockey. That this would probably be the most boring day of my life. I was prepared to prove that. Instead, my gaze finds him automatically. My brain doesn’t even ask permission anymore.Ryder moves differently out there. Here, he doesn’t look like someone trying to prove anything. He just plays. His body is fluid, already knowing what to do before anyone else catches up. Someone passes to him and he catches it clean, shifting direction so quickly I

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   Always The Villain

    CALLAI follow Ryder down the hall, my backpack tight against my shoulder. He doesn’t say a word other than “let's try a different study spot”. He just walks, purposefully and confidently. I keep up, my heart thumping, trying not to let the knot in my stomach betray me.He opens a door at the far e

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   Curious

    CALLAI try to ignore the lingering heat of Ryder’s touch from yesterday, but it’s impossible. Every time I take a step, every time I bend to grab a book from my locker, I feel it there, a small, unsettling weight I can’t shake. I tell myself it’s nothing but just a little accident I should get ove

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   The Assignment

    CALLAWith all due respect,” I say carefully, “I don’t think—”“It’s non-negotiable, Miss Pierce,” he interrupts gently. “This arrangement works to both your benefit. You are in need of additional academic credit this semester, are you not?”Heat floods my face. I nod yes, because while my grades a

  • SAINT, SINNER AND THE GIRL IN BETWEEN   Summer Fling

    CALLAThis summer felt like a movie.Sun on my skin, water in my hair. Late night swims in the lake behind the summer house while our parents drank wine on the deck, and Miles cannon balled into the water drenching me completely. I splashed back at him, laughing, but his grin was infuriating. He mo

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