All Chapters of Tempting The Bad Boy: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Andy I never understood why Claremont had a 24-hour Kmart; it seemed unnecessary to keep a store open all through the night, paying employees exorbitant amounts just to work after dark. Especially when there's no way you'd get that many customers coming in overnight, but now, here I was wandering the store aimlessly. I'd spent hours driving around Claremont, trying hard to take my mind off Claire and replaying our fight, when I saw the big, glowing sign for Kmart. It was as if I was being beckoned inside. Under the bright, fluorescent lighting, you could almost be tricked into thinking it was daylight outside, but my tired, heavy body knew better. I should be in bed, Claire's bed actually, snuggled in close to her while we sleep, but here I am, avoiding my problems by browsing a big box store. I'd grabbed a basket when I entered and had been throwing in random products so as not to look suspicious to the security guard who was monitoring the store. I stopped in the stationery depar

SamMy blood pressure was at an all-time high because all I could think about was the many ways I was going to snap Andrew Stephenson in half. I warned him what would happen if he broke my daughter's heart and he swore to me that he'd never do it. Now Andrew is going to learn what it means to break a promise. Did this kid not realise that who he was dealing with? I could tear his smug head from his shoulders and mount it to the wall above the fire, sending a warning to all other boys who dared to do the same to my precious baby.I was livid, my rage building with every waking minute that passed, my brain coming up with new and wonderful ways in which I could extract my revenge on the kid. The entire drive home from the hospital, I'd managed, somehow, to push my anger down, wanting to hide it from Claire, who was already upset enough, but once she had gone up to her room, I could no longer hide how I felt. The kitchen cupboard coped the brunt of it, slamming it shut with all my force a

ClaireThere was a small stack of gifts on my desk, put there by my parents while I was out. Each one a reminder of what my party had ultimately cost me, my boyfriend and now my best friend. I pull out the framed photo that Jupiter had given me, the picture of us smiling, our faces squished together. The picture was taken last year, at Mindy's 17th birthday, the same party where Jupiter and Seb got together. So much had changed in such a short amount of time.I run my fingers over the engraved lettering on the gold frame, 'Claire and Jupiter Best Friends Forever'. I felt like I'd been lied to. I believed that my friendship with Jupiter was stronger than anything, that nothing could ever come between us, and suddenly, the rug was pulled out from under me. She blames me for what happened last night, and I was starting to believe she was right.The previous attacks had been covered in great detail by the news; everyone was aware of the danger lurking around these parties, ready to strike

AndyA melodic sound filtered through to my dream, urging me to wake up. The melody played on a loop, like it was an alarm of some sort but it couldn't be coming from my clock radio, it wasn't blasting an airhorn that shocks the body into waking up, no, this was as if fairies were playing chimes and a harp, a beautiful, symphony that slowly lifts you from slumber.It took me a moment to realise that I wasn't in my own bed or even my own house, I was at Claire's. She shifts next to me, reaching her hand out to grab her phone from the nightstand and stop the alarm, but the alarm within me has just begun. I never intended to spend the night here; my parents must be going out of their minds, wondering where I am, and this will just give them another excuse about badgering me to get a phone."Cupcake, baby, I have to go," I whisper in her ear, her hazelnut hair covering her beautiful face, so I sweep it back and plant a kiss on her cheek before sitting up but she reaches back and pulls me

Claire The school day went by as usual, but with one very big difference: no Jupiter or Sebastian. I could understand Jupiter being off; she might not be ready to be among people just yet, but Seb being absent too just seemed odd. We dropped Heath back at home after school and headed to the mall to look at a new phone for Andy. I would have already had my mind made up on what I wanted, never really straying from the brand I love, but Andy wanted to see what was on the market. "Do you think it's weird that Seb wasn't at school today?" I ask Andy as we wander through the Claremont shopping centre, heading towards the phone store. "Not really," Andy says, taking my hand in his and intertwining our fingers together. "If you were in Jupiter's position, I'd want to be by your side, no matter what." "Surely your parents would make you go to school, though, right?" I couldn't imagine my parents allowing me to skip school just because Andy wouldn't be there. "You're assuming I'd actually