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The Birthday I Didn’t Want
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2026-06-29 00:57:39
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THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY The Birthday I Didn’t Want
Leo’s POVThe poolside was alive in a way that felt almost violent.Music thumped through the air like a second heartbeat, bass vibrating through glass bottles and bare feet. Lights strung around the mansion flickered gold and blue, casting shifting halos over bodies packed shoulder to shoulder. Students spilled across every surface of the place, laughing too loudly, shouting names too carelessly, drowning the night in noise that didn’t belong to me.Some were already in the pool, splashing like the water owed them something. Others leaned over the edge with drinks in hand, cheering whenever someone jumped in fully clothed. A few couples kissed like the world was watching, and others just screamed for attention because they could.It was my birthday.It felt like somebody else’s punishment.I stood near the far corner of the terrace, half-shadowed, a brandy glass warm in my hand. The bottle beside me was nearly empty. I didn’t remember finishing most of it, only the steady dulling of
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY One Last Look
Riker’s POVIf I ever thought my first year had been hard, this second year was laughing in my face.Not the soft kind of laughter either. The kind that drags its nails down the back of your spine while you’re still trying to pretend you’re fine.I adjusted my book bag for the third time as we walked, the straps digging into my shoulder in a way that felt more honest than anything else today.“That bad, huh?” Vanessa said beside me, falling into step like she had always belonged there.I let out a small, tired chuckle. “I’m exaggerating.”She raised an eyebrow. “That didn’t sound like exaggeration.”“It was dramatic exaggeration,” I corrected, and she laughed softly.Campus moved around us in pieces. Students drifting between buildings, conversations overlapping, life happening like nothing in me was falling apart in slow motion.It was Friday.
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY A Life Already Written
The door clicked shut after Vanessa left, but the sound didn’t really leave with her.It stayed.Hollow. Final. Sharp in a way that made the silence feel louder than anything she had said.I stood there for a moment longer than I should have, staring at the empty space like it might answer back if I gave it enough time. But there was nothing. No second knock. No correction. No undoing.Just me and the weight she had dropped in the middle of my life.Warren. Ryan. Riker.My jaw tightened.Every word she had thrown at me earlier still echoed in fragments, not even fully formed sentences anymore, just impressions of accusation and disappointment and something that sounded dangerously close to truth.I dragged a hand down my face and turned back into the room.Catherine was still there.Of course she was.She had resumed her place like nothing had happened, like the interruption had been a minor inconveni
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY Never chose this
Leo’s POVI barely had time to process her presence before Vanessa stepped in like she owned the place.“I’m not here for a friendly visit,” she said immediately.I straightened slightly.“Then what are you here for?”She shut the door behind her with more force than necessary.“To do what needs to be done.”I frowned“Vanessa, I already told you—”“No,” she snapped, cutting me off. “You don’t get to talk yet.”That shut me up.She stepped forward.“Do you have any idea what your friends did?”My stomach tightened instantly “Warren and Ryan?” I said whole I racked my brain for how I could end being called a friend of those empty headed people.
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY Out of sight, out of mind.
Ryker’s POVI was tired.Every day felt like another attempt to piece together something that was already falling apart.I was tired of trying to understand Leo.Tired of waiting.Tired of hoping.And most of all, I was tired of feeling like I was the only person fighting for something that might have never really been mine.Vanessa walked me back to the dorm after our conversation.She didn’t say much, and honestly, I was grateful.Sometimes words just made everything worse.When we reached my room, she stopped at the door.“I have a class in a few minutes,” she said softly. “But I’ll check on you later, okay?”I nodded.“Okay.”She studied me for a moment, like she was trying to make sure I wasn’t about to break apart the second she left.“You are going to get over this and I mean it, Ryker.”I forced a small smile.“I know.”She sighed, then gave me one last look before walking away.I waited until she disappeared down the hallway before entering my room.It was quiet.Almost too q
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY The Life I didn't want.
Leo’s POVEver since the wedding preparations started, I felt like I was watching someone else live my life.Everything moved too quickly. The calls, the meetings, the arrangements, the endless discussions about flowers, venues, food, and guests. Everyone around me looked excited.My father was satisfied.Catherine was happy.And I was just… there.I had spent so much time trying to find a way out. Trying to figure out how to stop the wedding, how to fix everything, how to somehow have a future where I could choose Ryker.But now?Now I was standing at the edge of something I couldn’t escape.A wedding.A pregnancy.A future already decided for me.I sat on the couch in the apartment, staring blankly at the travel do
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(A FEW DAYS LATER)Ryker’s POV“Don’t mess this up,” Oliver said, narrowing his eyes at me as he bounced the ball lightly on his side of the table.“Just serve,” I replied, twirling th
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY Selfish Man
Ryker’s POVI couldn’t take it anymore.The quiet chuckles kept slipping through the room like they had a life of their own. Every time I tried to focus on the board, another sound followed, another whisper, another stifled laugh that didn’t need to be loud to be heard. It was in the air, in the wa
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY Poor Scholarship Kid 2
Ryker’s POVI shot up from the bed, heart racing, eyes darting to the clock like maybe it would change if I stared hard enough.It didn’t.“Shit.”I got up late.I drag
THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY Poor Scholarship Kid
Leonardo’s POVRyan shoved my shoulder.“What the hell is your problem?” My jaw was already tight, my hands still clenched from a moment ago.“Back off,” I said.Warren let out a short laugh, stepping in and pushing me harder this time. “No, seriously, man. What the fuck is your problem?”I steadi
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