LOGINShare
149
publish date:
2026-05-11 16:16:14
Latest chapter
The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā 166
Pain radiated through my knuckles, raw and steady the only thing keeping me anchored to reality. If it hadn't hurt so badly, I wouldn't have stopped.Nobody in Tranquility wanted anything to do with me. Fine. The feeling was mutual. But three men Desmond, Chuck, and Hank couldn't just leave it at that. They had to push. Had to remind me who they thought was in charge. They were wrong, and if it came down to it, I'd make sure they learned that lesson with their last breath. Nobody would ever own me again. Not in this lifetime.I trudged back inside, leaving a trail of blood across the floor with every step. I grabbed a bottle of alcohol from my shelf and poured it over both hands one, then the other. That was as much care as I was willing to give myself. Even so, something violent was churning inside my chest, a storm that had nowhere to go. I wanted to tear the whole room apart. My emotions had always been too large for my body to hold, too heavy, too loud. Sometimes I wondered why I
The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā 165
"He has every right to be here, just like the rest of us." The words left my mouth before I could stop them. Jace's eyes cut toward me like a blade, and my feet instinctively carried me a step back."Sam." David's voice dropped quiet, but loaded with warning. Strangely enough, it almost felt like he was on our side.Sam lifted both hands, a lazy smile spreading across his face. "Just trying to help here."Right. Sure he was.Anyone with eyes could see what this was the classic routine. One played it cool while the other pushed buttons. Sam had claimed the role of the villain without even trying to hide it.Jace said nothing. He didn't spare either officer a single word. The only thing he gave me was one last scorching look before he turned and disappeared down the aisle."Name?" Officer Sam turned his attention on me like a spotlight."Tim Evans." I squared my shoulders and held my ground. Intimidation was a language I already spoke fluently. The streets had been my classroom drug cor
The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā 164
That was genuinely one of the kindest things anyone had done for me in a while, especially after I'd basically told her I was bad at being a person. We exchanged numbers, and then I grabbed my drink and slipped out of Tranquil Brew before I could make things any more uncomfortable.The morning air hit me, and I exhaled.My skin felt too tight, the way it did whenever I let someone in even just a little. And underneath that, something quieter: a familiar guilt. My mother would have loved Sarah. She would have told me to hold onto people like that, to let them in, to stop building walls around myself and calling it protection.Instead, here I was, walking down the sidewalk to sit on a bench across from my workplace, sipping iced coffee, watching the hardware store like it owed me something.
The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā 163
"Understood, Dave." My legs trembled beneath me as I rose. A part of me wanted to run and I despised myself for even thinking about it. Pain was supposed to build you. That was what he always said.I had nearly reached the door when his voice stopped me cold."Jace."I turned. "Yes, Dave?""Keep this between us. I'll tell your mother you went out hunting. If she finds out you need to be disciplined, it'll destroy her. You don't want to be the reason she cries, do you?""No, Dave." Hurting her was the last thing I ever wanted. "She won't hear it from me."My eyes snapped open.I lay still, staring at the ceiling, le
The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā 162
Jace povThe stranger with the dark hair wouldnāt leave my mind.Days had passed since I went into town, yet I still remembered the way he looked at me. His eyes stayed with me the most gray, distant, and painfully sad, like life had already broken him long ago.I didnāt know why I kept thinking about him.People in town usually looked at me with fear, disgust, or suspicion. Others looked at me with hunger, the same way Bruce always did whenever he wanted me in his bed again.But this man had looked at me differently.Like he was trying to understand me.Like he saw something beneath the silence.
The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā 161
This was a hardware store, not some dark alley. He wasn’t going to hurt me here.Trying to act normal, I quickly moved behind the register again. “Did you find everything okay?” I asked softly.Of course, he said nothing.He simply began placing his items on the counter tools, paint stain, brushes, and other supplies. Behind him sat a flat cart loaded with wood and propane tanks.I searched my brain for conversation, but every thought disappeared under the pressure of his stare.Because he kept staring.The entire time.While I scanned each item, his eyes never left me once.
The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā Chapter 23
Kids were everywhere sugar-crazed, shrieking, tearing across the ice like tiny demons with no sense of gravity. Every few seconds someone would go down, limbs flying, taking two or three others with them in a chain-reaction disaster.Heās still now. Eyes closed. Listening like the story weighs some
Last Updated : 2026-03-20The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā Chapter 21
Darkness closes in tighter as a single finger eases inside, retreating, returning, each time a little deeper. The stretch burns faintly, but beneath it is something else something that feels like a door opening inside me, something long locked giving way.Iām lost in it.And just when I start to
Last Updated : 2026-03-20The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā Chapter 17
Luca Moretti POVIāve lost control.I see it happening in real time. I know exactly how bad this is, and still still I keep going back to Tyler Bennett like Iām addicted to the damage. I tell myself to stop. I donāt. I never do.Thereās something broken in me. Itās not like life hasnāt already beat
Last Updated : 2026-03-19The Way He Looked at MeĀ Ā Ā Chapter 18
My chest tightens. āJesus, Bennett.āI shove him away and spin him around, pinning him against the locker by the back of his neck. I donāt have a plan I just need distance. Time. Anything.I stare straight ahead, because if I look down, Iām done. It takes everything I have not to.Everything.My co
Last Updated : 2026-03-19
You may also like
Bratty Prince And The Bodyguard
farfalla17.1K viewsHis Straight Pet
Lydia25.8K viewsRUTHLESS TEMPTATION
authorchomzy13.0K viewsThe Devil In A Suit
Night Raven20.0K viewsBound to the Devil
Ochanya C.94 viewsPAY TO BREAK ME
DIRTYMIND965 viewsHIS BEAUTIFUL THIEF: OWN BY THE MAFIA KING
Mk248 viewsBearing the Alphaās Heir
Mordsith52 views
