All Chapters of Unrequited : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

I bent down right away and wiped the mess with the edge of my shirt. When I looked up, Olivia burst out laughing. “What’s funny?” I asked. “It’s all over your face. Kae is really something, huh?” she said. I managed a smile even though I’m still not used to how casually she says his name, like they’re close or something. “Sit still,” she said, pulling out this cute pink handkerchief from her bag. She poured a little water from a bottle onto it and, before I could react, started wiping my face. One hand was on top of my head like I was a little kid. When she finished, I thanked her and she smiled, tucking the handkerchief back in her bag. Honestly, I was suddenly kind of grateful Kae wrote on my cheek. Otherwise, there’s no way Olivia would’ve come that close to me. The thought alone made my ears heat up. Then she pinched my cheek out of nowhere, and I looked away—only to realize half the class was staring. “They just think you’re cute,” Olivia laughed. I bent down and prete

The moment I punched in the door code and pushed the door open, I was met with Kae standing there in nothing but a pair of shorts.He was smiling like he’d just won the lottery, in this suspiciously good mood that instantly made me smile back. Mostly because I’d been bracing myself for the grumpy, dead-eyed look he had this morning before I left for school.He looked like a completely different person. For a second I was wondering if someone possessed him or if I’d walked into the wrong building.“Hey, I figured you’d be hungry so I made you a little something,” he said, way too cheerful, and my smile dropped.Kae does not cook. He only hangs around the kitchen to bother me or chop onions dramatically. I’m the one who actually makes our food. And when I’m not around, his butler magically appears to take over. So the fact that he was in shorts, smiling, and cooking? Yeah, that was enough to make me suspicious.And of course, he hadn’t noticed Lloyd, who was half hiding behind the doo

I was halfway through scrolling on my phone when it hit me—what Kaelin wrote on my cheeks this morning before I left for school. I tossed my phone aside and turned to where he was lying on the bed, eyes half-closed, earbuds in. He looked annoyingly peaceful for someone who’d made me feel embarrassed earlier in school. “You wrote ‘Kae with a heart’ on my cheek, you psycho.” He let out a small laugh, the kind that made my blood boil even more as he caught onto what I was talking about immediately. “You just recalled? I thought you liked it.” I blinked at him. “Liked it? I had to find out from Olivia, and she wiped it off for me in the class! Everyone saw, Kaelin!” He propped himself up on one elbow, looking way too amused. “Aw, Olivia wiped it off? Jealous.” I threw a pillow at him. “You’re unbelievable.” He caught it effortlessly, smirking wider. “You’re the one who let me draw on your face while you’re fixing your hair.” “I didn’t let you—!” I started, stepping fo

When things start feeling too quiet, I run. Not literally — I just go where the noise is louder than my head. So, I ended up at The Vault, my club. Legally mine. The lights were low, the bass was heavy, and the air smelled like perfume and bad decisions. Perfect. Max spotted me the second I walked in. He was leaning against the bar, drink in hand, smile ready as always. “Didn’t think I’d see you tonight,” he said, clapping me on the shoulder. “You look like a man trying to forget something.” “Maybe I am,” I said, sliding onto the seat next to him. He laughed. “Don’t we all? You want your usual?” “Yeah.” He nodded to the bartender, then leaned closer. “So what’s up? Girl trouble? Guy trouble? Midlife crisis at twenty?” I rolled my eyes. “None of the above.” He gave me that look — the one that says liar. I ignored it. A drink slid in front of me. I took a sip, then looked toward the dance floor. People were pressed close together, bodies moving in time with the music, m

I could tell the moment Elian started acting weird. the glances, the sighs, the awkward laughs whenever Olivia walked by like she held the answers to his entire life.Yeah, he liked her. He thought he was being subtle — he wasn’t.I could practically count how many times his eyes drifted to her during class.Didn’t bother me. Not really.I didn’t like her-never did. She had this fake sweetness that only showed when she wanted attention. But for some reason, Elian couldn’t see it and he refused to listen to me.He was sitting beside me that morning, pretending to focus on his notebook while his eyes kept darting toward her.The funniest part? Every time he looked, she somehow met his eyes too.He probably thought it was fate. I just thought it was pathetic.“You wanna go say something to her?” I asked, pretending not to care.He nodded. “Actually yeah, but I don’t know how she’ll feel about it.”“What’d you wanna tell her?”“I wanna ask her out. On a date.”That one hit harder than I