LOGINRyker’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 POVThe night air clung to me as I left Vanessa behind.Her words still echoed in my head, looping like a scratched record I couldn’t fix no matter how many times I replayed it.You keep choosing someone who doesn’t keep choosing you back.I shoved my hands into my pockets and kept walking.The campus felt too quiet for a place that used to feel alive. Maybe it was because most students had already left for break, or maybe it was because I was just noticing silence differently now.Vanessa should’ve come with me.I hated that she didn&
Leo’s POVThe house was empty there was no sound of Catherine moving around. No footsteps following mine. No quiet reminders that she was there.I couldn’t even remember where she said she was going.And honestly?I was glad.For the last month, Catherine had practically become attached to me.Everywhere I went, she was there.Every meeting, every event, every place I had to be, she somehow found a reason to come along.It was suffocating.I knew she was trying to fix things between us, but the harder she tried, the more I felt myself pulling away.Especially because every time I looked at her, I thought about Ryker.I hadn’t seen him.I hadn’t texted him.I hadn’t called him.Because I didn’t know how I was supposed to see his face and then come back here and lie beside Catherine like everything was normal.Like I wasn’t thinking about someone else.Like my heart wasn’t somewhere else.The worst part was that Catherine had become more physical too.At night, she would try to touch me
Catherine’s POVI lay comfortably on the bed, staring at the ceiling.My body ached in places I didn’t even know could ache. My back hurt, my head was pounding, and I felt like I hadn’t had a proper night’s sleep in weeks.I shifted slightly.Then I froze.I needed to use the bathroom.With a small sigh, I pushed myself up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom.The apartment was dark. Leo was still asleep, his back turned towards me.I looked at him for a second.Even now, after everything, he still looked peaceful.It almost made me angry.How could someone look so calm and yet be so stubborn? I turned away and entered the bathroom.My eyes landed on the small bag sitting beside the counter.My heart tightened.I had lost count of how many pregnancy tests I had secretly taken every week.Sometimes more than once.For four weeks, I had watched that tiny little stick like it held the answer to my entire future.And every time, nothing.Nothing.I had started wondering if maybe
Ryker’s POVYou would think that after one month, everything would have started to fix itself.That the misunderstandings would clear up. That the tension would finally fade away. That the silence would stop feeling like a heavy weight pressing against my chest every single day.But it didn’t.If anything, everything felt even more confusing.Milestone was almost completely empty now. Most of the students had gone home after finals, leaving behind quiet hallways and classrooms that used to be filled with noise and endless conversations.Even my roommates were gone.Chris had gone back home. Oliver had left a few days after exams ended. Ronaldo had also left, although he made me promise to call him every day.I hadn’t seen Leo since our conversation.Not once.Not a message. Not a call.Nothing.I tried not to think about it too much.I tried to convince myself that he was busy, that maybe things with Catherine were complicated, that maybe he was trying to figure things out.But every
Ronaldo’s POVI had never been this angry in my entire life, my whole body practically shook with the weight of my anger.I couldn't get over this.How could anyone get over this?I fought back the tears as I took in a deep breath before taking an even bigger chug of my father’s brandy.The liquid
Ryker’s POVWhen I finally settled back into the helicopter, my mind wouldn’t stop drifting back to Ronaldo.The look on his face.The way his voice cracked when he told me to get out.It replayed over and over in m
Ryker’s POVThe closer I got to Ronaldo, the further away he stepped.Like even breathing the same air as me suddenly disgusted him.My chest tightened painfully.“Ronaldo…”He laug
Leo’s POVThe second Ryker told me he was stranded in Denver, I knew I wasn’t going to let him stay there.At first, I thought of simply sending him money,but then another thought crossed my mind, and suddenly sending money felt painfully bori







