All Chapters of Nightmare turned love : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Nova’s POV As I flung open the door and my eyes landed on Eli’s tear-filled ones, my heart shattered. “Am I welcome here?” he asked, still wearing that perfect smile through his tears. I didn’t respond, I just pulled him in, wrapped my arms around him, and shut the door behind us. He didn’t have to say anything. I already knew. Ty must’ve told him. And thank God he didn’t choose to go through it alone again. “You’re going to be alright, Eli,” I whispered, holding him close and letting him cry it out. That’s all I could do right now. I didn’t know how long we stood there, surrounded by silence and muffled sobs, but when he finally pulled away, his beautiful eyes were swollen. Arnold had been standing at the corner the whole time, watching us with an unreadable expression. When Eli stopped crying, he finally stepped forward. “You feeling better?” I asked, guiding Eli toward the couch. His legs were probably jelly at this point. He gave a soft nod and sat down. “I’ll get

Arnold’s POV Eli looked so peaceful while he slept. If I hadn’t been there, hadn’t seen him bawling his eyes out just a few hours earlier, I probably wouldn’t have believed it. His face was calm now, like none of it had ever happened. I didn’t know if it was selfish of me to bring him to my room, but I couldn’t just stand there and watch him break without doing something. If I couldn’t comfort him while he cried, the least I could do was make sure he got a good night’s sleep. It hurt to see him like that. I didn’t know why exactly, but it did. Standing in the corner, watching him cry over someone else… yeah, that stung. But my feelings didn’t matter right now. Honestly, I didn’t even know what they were. All I knew was that I wanted him to be okay. I wanted to help him get through this, even if that just meant sitting in silence or lending him clothes. If that was all I could do, then fine. I was okay with just that. He was too much of a sunshine soul for me to be okay with

Nova’s POV The moment Eli’s text came through, I didn’t even wait for Aiden to finish whatever he was saying, I was already halfway out the door. I’d been asking him why he showed up with Ty, but honestly, none of it mattered now. Eli needed me, and that was the only thing I cared about. If he was heading to the rooftop, it could only mean one thing: Ty had managed to crack him open again. But at least this time, Eli had texted me instead of just vanishing like he usually does. That was progress. I made it there in record time, or at least what felt like record time. While I was half sprinting up the stairs, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch, but I didn’t slow down. Guess I was skipping class today. When I reached the rooftop door, I pushed it open just a little, peeking in. And there he was, Eli crying. Not the quiet, hold it in kind of crying, but the raw, heart-wrenching kind that made my chest ache just watching him. And standing next to him, of all people was A

Aiden’s POVI knew something was off the second I saw Nova walking toward me in the hallway.I’d been waiting exactly where I knew she’d pass, ready to tease her about how slow she walks or maybe steal one of those smiles I’d been getting addicted to. But the closer she got, the more obvious it was, something wasn’t right.Her shoulders were slumped, her steps slower, and the spark in her eyes… gone.This morning she’d been laughing. Even before class, she’d looked happier than I’d seen her in days. And now?“Hey,” she said finally, giving me a tired smile that confirmed everything I already knew.“What’s wrong?” I asked, scanning her face.“Do I look like something’s wrong?” she replied, leaning against the locker like she could hide it.“Yeah,” I said without hesitation. “You do.”She huffed out a small laugh. “Well, I’m fine. Just tired, you know… from all the classes and stuff.”Yeah, no. Total lie.“You’re doing that thing again, Nova,” I said, crossing my arms.Her brow furrowed

Nova's POV;Weekends were supposed to be about sleeping in and eating questionable meals without guilt. But apparently, my heart had other plans, plans that involved a certain Aiden Cross.I’d spent the last two days pretending to be completely unaffected. Totally normal. Totally fine. Except now, standing in front of my closet like I was about to go to war with every single piece of clothing I owned, I wasn’t fooling anyone.“Girl, you’ll look good in anything. Can you stop staring already?”I turned to find Eli leaning against my doorframe, his arms crossed and an amused smile plastered across his face.“Why are you even here?” I asked, though I couldn’t stop the smile tugging at my lips.He raised a brow. “Did you forget you called me, almost crying—because you didn’t know what to wear?”“Oh.”“Yeah. Oh,” he replied, smirking as he got up. “Now pick something out of what I laid on the bed before I change my mind. And hurry up, your Prince Charming will be here any second.”He wasn’