LUCA'S POV.  Iris has been acting strange. It feels like she's avoiding me and wants to get away from me as far as possible.   She feels disconnected. I've tried all I can and nothing is working. She always seems so lost in her thoughts and I'm worried. And at the same time it feels like she never wants to leave my side. I'm lost.  So it came as a great shock to me when she suggested a date night tonight.   "I think we've both been stressing out a lot and I want us to have the evening to ourselves." She said when she saw the confusion on my face.  "I think that's a great idea, baby," I told her softly as she tightened her hand on my waist and pressed her face into my chest.  I'm walking out of the underground fighting club after hours of practice when I receive a text from

IRIS' POV  It's been a week since the incident and I feel fucking miserable. I want to take my actions back.   When I left Luca that night, I called Luke to come pick him up after explaining to him and Tasha that I broke up with him. Tasha took my to her house where I sobbed to my heart content. I still haven't told her the real reason I broke up with Luca.  The following week at school has been awful. The whole school knows we're not together anymore and it hasn't been easy. Chelsea and her minions have decided to make my life a living hell and I cowered anytime I saw them coming my way. Tasha has been a great friend, she stood by me when Chelsea cornered me in the bathroom. She stuck with me when I refused to speak to anyone.  Luca hasn't been in school. And I was gob-smacked in the face when I saw him sitting on our table.  

IRIS' POV  I'm still strapped to the chair. I feel weak and dehydrated, due to the fact that I haven't eaten and I'm thirsty. My face hurts from the slap I received from Erik when he came back and we exchanged some harsh words. I can still feel the dried blood on my lips.  I look blankly at the door when it opens, only to present Asher.  "Great. Another asshole." I mumble even with the rag in my mouth.  He gives me a creepy smile. "That's funny."  He steps closer and trails a finger on my arm. I curse inwardly as his finger makes contact with my bare skin. I almost gag at the look on his face.  "You have such beautiful skin.."  I glare at him as I struggle on the chair.  He notices my struggle and he smiles. "Aw, po

(Author's note: This chapter and the next are mainly bonus chapters (because I love my readers so much). They are going to consist of Iris and Luca's lives after their high school graduation.)   FIRST SEX SCENE.  IRIS' POV  It's been months – a span of three months, precisely, ever since the Erik incident which landed me in the hospital. Within those months, Luca has refused to have sex with me.  Apart from the occasional touches here and there and lustful gazes from both of us, nothing. Well….I wouldn't really say we haven't done anything at all. We've engaged in other…... minimal sexual activities, that's just about it.   Anytime I ask him why he doesn't want to have sex with me, I get a "You're not ready, yet." From him and it makes my hand itch to whack him on his head.