MasukI kept my gait steady, unhurried, until I shut the heavy doors behind me.
The moment I heard the lock click into place, I heaved. I grabbed into my stomach and my mouth as I took deep breaths through my nose. I was thankful there was really nothing in it to throw up.
My stomach under control, I leaned against the door, hands on my knees.
God of mercy. How did one even begin to atone for this? Not even including what was to come?
Because that was not the end of that
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
Ryker’s POVI didn't realize how much I had missed the familiar mess of my roommates in our dorm until I stepped inside and saw everything exactly how I remembered it.Oliver was standing beside his bed, folding his clothes and arranging them like he was preparing for some kind of fashion show."Feels good to be back," he said, placing another shirt on top of the growing pile.Chris, on the other hand, was stretched across his bed dramatically, staring at the ceiling."Absolutely not," he groaned.I looked over at him."What?""This break was criminally short," he complained. "Who decided that was enough time for students to rest? I need four months. Minimum."Oliver rolled his eyes."You spent half of your break sleeping.""Exactly. And I needed mor
Ryker’s POVThe entire campus had come alive again.After weeks of emptiness, Milestone finally looked like itself. Voices filled every corner, students walked around with suitcases and bags, laughing as they reunited with friends they hadn’t seen during the break.The welcome back party was happening everywhere.Music drifted from different parts of campus, groups gathered on the lawns, and the entire place felt like it had been waiting to breathe again.Classes officially started tomorrow.Everyone seemed excited.And I was too.At least, that was what I kept telling myself.I had taken in so much activity over the last few days that I barely had time to think.I barely had time to sit down and let my thoughts wander.Which was exactly what I wanted.Because every time my mind became quiet, it went back
Leo's POVI walked downstairs to the living room, each step feeling heavier than the last.My body was moving, but my mind felt like it was somewhere else entirely.Somewhere far away from this house, from this moment, from the reality that had wrapped its fingers around my throat and refused to let go.My heart felt even heavier.I could hear voices before I even reached the living room.Catherine's voice.And another woman's voice that I assumed belonged to her mother.They sounded happy.
Ryker’s POVI woke up to a dull, heavy ache that seemed to settle into every part of my body like it had claimed ownership of me.My fingers twitched slightly, and immediately something beeped beside me.A machine.I was at a hospital.My eyes slowly opened.The ceiling above me was white, unfamiliar.For a few seconds, I just stared.Then everything rushed back.The walk.Warren.Ryan.The pain.The sound of someone yelling stop.I tried to move, but my body immediately protested.A sharp pain traveled through my arm.I hissed.“Ryker?”Vanessa.Her voice was soft, but the panic underneath it was obvious.My eyes moved toward her.She was sitting beside the bed,
Leo’s POVI hadn’t spoken to Catherine since Thursday.Since the moment she said the words that shifted everything in my life without even asking permission to do so.‘I’m pregnant.’Even now, sitting in the back of the limo, heading towards my father's mansion. I couldn’t decide if I believed her or if I was just being dragged into another layer of something I didn’t understand yet. But it was all there, she had meticulously showed me all her positive tests when I demanded proof a few days ago.The city blurred past the tinted windows.Everything outside looked normal. People walking. Cars moving. Life continuing like it wasn’t actively collapsing in on me.Catherine sat beside me, composed, almost… satisfied. Calm in a way that made my skin crawl. She had been like that the entire ride. Quietly content.I didn’t understand how she could be.Because I wasn’t.I felt like something inside me had been locked into place permanently.No more shifting. No more escape routes.Just closure
Ryker’s POVBy the time I made my way back toward the stadium, most of the noise had already died down.The electric buzz that had filled the air earlier was gone, replaced by scattered voices, distant laughter, and the occasional echo
Leo’s POVI kissed Ryker several times on his cheek, his face, his nose, his neck, everywhere my lips could touch.Then I pulled my shirt back over my head.My hair was still damp from the shower we just had, the m
Ryker's pov I let out a gasp, my cock practically jumping in response to his feather like touch.His words echoed in my head making me even harder, even though I didn't think that was possible.He didn't bother warning me before he took my full length in his mouth. I felt my eyes roll to the
Leo's pov This was peace.Kissing Ryker didn’t feel like a chore or an obligation. It didn’t feel like something rehearsed, something expected, something staged for an audience that was always watching, always judging.It felt quiet.Like the world had finally shut up for once.Like the expectatio







