Lahat ng Kabanata ng Craving The Enemy: Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 84

CHAPTER 81I’d called Tyler ten times. Ten. Each one straight to voicemail. By the fifth, my chest had already started tightening; by the tenth, I was pacing the retreat lounge like a caged animal.“Pick up, Reyes,” I muttered into the silence of the ringtone. “Please.”The guys were sprawled across the couches, tension thick in the air. Avery kept glancing at me like he wanted to say something but didn’t dare. Liam was bouncing his knee so fast the table shook.Then some idiot—one of the extra players brought in to “observe,” I couldn’t even remember his damn name—snorted. “He always acted like he was too big for this team. Guess he got what he deserved.”I froze.Before I could even take a step, Malik was already on his feet, towering over him like a storm.“What the fuck did you just say?” Malik’s voice was low, dangerous.The kid swallowed. “I didn’t mean—”But Malik wasn’t hearing it. His fist connected with the guy’s jaw so hard the sound echoed. The kid stumbled back, clutching

CHAPTER 83TYLERI wasn’t fully asleep. That in–between state where your body drifts but your mind still clings to fragments of the world around you. Tyler’s body was warm against mine, his breath uneven against my chest.And then I heard it.Soft. Shaky. Broken.“It’s over.”My eyes snapped open in the dark, but I didn’t move. My chest tightened so hard I thought it would split.Tyler’s voice cracked, so low I almost thought I imagined it.“I love you, Mason Williams Grant.”Every muscle in me froze. The words I’d begged for, dreamed about, clung to. And he said them—only when he thought I was asleep. Only when he thought it was safe.My throat closed. Tears burned behind my eyes. God, it hurt—because the way he said it wasn’t a beginning. It was an ending.I wanted to grab him, pull him back down, kiss him until he admitted it to my face. Until he believed we weren’t over. But I stayed still.I stayed still because I knew—Tyler Reyes never said something like that unless he was abou