All Chapters of My Accidental Boyfriend: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

The thing about people was… they saw what they wanted.Most of them, anyway.The cafeteria kids saw me as a cocky new face with a smirk and a wink sharp enough to cut glass. Jason saw me as an annoyance. Alex saw me as a rival. Half the girls saw me as a walking dare.And Ava…Ava saw too much.My twin had that way of looking at me like she could peel back all my layers with just one glance. It used to annoy the hell out of me when we were kids. Now, it was dangerous. Because she was getting close.Too close.I leaned back in my chair at lunch, one ankle propped lazily over my knee, while Jason’s knuckles went white from gripping his fork. It was almost too easy. Every word I tossed at Lila was like gasoline on his temper.And yeah, maybe that was cruel. But it wasn’t about Lila. Not anymore.She was my anchor once, when I needed someone safe, someone steady. But those feelings had burned out years ago, and all that was left was friendship — and maybe a touch of guilt.Still, I let th

There was something about Ethan I couldn’t shake off.He wasn’t like Jason, who wore his emotions like armor—anger blazing whenever he felt threatened, fists ready before words. Ethan was different. Slick. Polished. His kind of danger didn’t come in punches; it came in smirks and distractions, the type that made you forget he was moving pieces behind the scenes until the board was already his.And for reasons I couldn’t name, I hated the way Lila looked at him.Not like she wanted him—no, it wasn’t that. It was worse. She saw him. Saw beneath his act in a way that gnawed at me, because she had never looked at me like that.The cafeteria was louder than usual. Ethan had chosen his stage again, lounging across from Lila with his chair tipped back, spinning an apple between his palms as if he had all the time in the world. Jason sat rigid on one side of her, his glare sharp enough to slice steel.I sat on the other side, quiet, watching.“You’re too tense, sunshine,” Ethan drawled at Lil

The cafeteria was still buzzing from Ethan’s performance.I hadn’t been sitting close enough to hear every word, but I’d seen enough—the swagger, the grin, the way Lila had stiffened when he called her “sunshine.” That nickname had scraped down my spine like broken glass.I didn’t know who this guy thought he was.But the worst part? Everyone else seemed to think they did.Ava, for one, hadn’t even looked shocked. Just… tense. Like she’d been waiting for this moment, dreading it. And Lila—God, Lila had looked like she was caught in some old memory. She hadn’t smiled back, but she hadn’t snapped at him either. That silence had spoken louder than any reaction she could’ve given.And me?I was left sitting there with my fists tight under the table, wondering how the hell a stranger had managed to wedge himself into our orbit like he belonged.By the time I caught Lila in the hall afterward, my chest was tight.“What was that?” I asked, sharper than I meant to.She blinked at me, surprise

People always said I walked into a room like I owned it.Truth was, I’d perfected the act long before I ever knew what it cost to wear a mask that heavy.The cafeteria stunt? Calling Lila “sunshine,” smirking like I didn’t have a care in the world? That was the easy part. Flash a grin, tilt my head, lean back in the chair like life’s just one long joke, and everyone buys it. They always do.What they don’t see is what happens when the grin fades.What they don’t know is how it feels when the person you teased—the one who used to laugh every single time—now looks at you like you’re an intruder.And Lila? She didn’t just look at me that way. She cut me with her silence.I should have expected it.I should’ve known the nickname wouldn’t land the same way. That she wasn’t thirteen anymore, sitting barefoot on the back porch with Ava, rolling her eyes while secretly fighting back a smile.She’s older now. Sharper. Stronger.And I? I’m just the ghost who disappeared.So when she turned on m

The first time I saw him, I knew.Not what exactly—I didn’t have words for it—but I knew Ethan wasn’t someone I could relax around.He had the kind of presence that made rooms tilt. People noticed him the second he walked in, not because he tried too hard, but because he carried himself like he owned the place.And maybe he did. Or maybe he just wanted everyone to think so.Either way, I didn’t trust it.In the cafeteria, he’d walked in like he was the lead in a movie and the rest of us were extras. A grin plastered on his face, lazy confidence dripping off every move.I didn’t know him, but the way his eyes landed on Lila first made my blood heat instantly.And the way he called her that ridiculous nickname?Yeah, I nearly broke the table in half from clenching my fists too hard.Not that I was jealous—at least, not in the way people might assume.This wasn’t just about another guy hovering too close to the girl I—Stop.I forced the thought away before it finished forming.It wasn’t