All Chapters of My Accidental Boyfriend: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

I couldn’t breathe.The words I’d said at the park kept replaying in my head, echoing so loud they drowned out everything else.“You’re fire. And I don’t know if I can handle that.”I hadn’t meant to blurt it out like that. It wasn’t rehearsed, it wasn’t even thought through—it just spilled out, raw and messy and too real. And the look on Jason’s face afterward—the way his whole body went still, the way his eyes burned hotter than anything I’d ever seen—was burned into my brain.Now, hours later, lying in my bed staring at the ceiling, I felt like my heart was trying to rip itself in half.Alex was safe. With him, everything made sense. He was steady, kind, predictable. The type of guy who remembered your favorite snack, who carried your books, who made your mom smile when he said hello. He fit into my world like he belonged there.Jason… Jason was chaos. He was unpredictable, infuriating, impossible. But he made me feel alive. Like the ground might disappear from under me at any seco

I’ve been called a lot of things—cocky, reckless, loud, obnoxious.But never scared.Until now.Because Lila’s text sat on my phone like a ticking bomb: We need to talk.I read it once. Twice. Ten times. And every single time, my chest got tighter.That phrase is never good. Never. It’s what people say before they dump you, before they break your heart, before they tell you something you don’t want to hear.And the fact that it was from her? Yeah, I’d take a punch to the face over this any day.I paced my room, running a hand through my hair for the hundredth time. My reflection in the mirror looked back at me, messy and restless, and for once I didn’t recognize the guy.This wasn’t the Jason Cole everyone knew—the guy who never cared too much, who laughed off anything serious, who always had another joke locked and loaded.This was a guy who was terrified of losing someone.Her.All day at school, I’d felt it. The way she’d been quieter, distracted. The way she avoided meeting my eye

There are a million little signs people give off when they’re in love. Most don’t even realize they’re doing it. The way their eyes linger too long. The way their voice softens when they say someone’s name. The way their laugh comes easier, freer, like the world suddenly weighs less.I’ve seen it before. With strangers. With my sister when she got her first real boyfriend. With Ava, whenever she’s got some new crush she swears she’s not serious about.But I never thought I’d see it with Lila.And I sure as hell never thought it would be because of him.Jason Cole.The cafeteria was loud, buzzing with chatter and clattering trays, but I barely heard any of it. My attention was glued to Lila, who sat across from me, nodding absently while I rambled about some new coding project. She wasn’t listening. Not really.Her eyes kept drifting. Not to me. Never to me.To him.Jason was a few tables over, shoving fries around his plate like he hadn’t slept in days. And every couple of minutes, hi

Sometimes I wish life came with a giant pause button.Not a rewind, not a fast-forward—just pause. So I could catch my breath, figure out what my heart is screaming, and maybe, maybe stop making such a mess of things.Because right now? I feel like I’m running on a treadmill that’s speeding up every second, and no matter how hard I try, I can’t keep up.And the two boys standing on either side of me aren’t helping.Jason.God, Jason.He’s a storm in human form. Loud, reckless, impossible to ignore. He gets under my skin like no one else, infuriating me one second and making my stomach twist the next. Every time he’s near, my pulse skips.And then there’s Alex.The steady one. My childhood friend, my safe place. With him, everything feels calmer, softer. Like maybe the world isn’t so overwhelming after all.Except… when he looks at me now, there’s something different. Something I’m not sure I’m ready to deal with.And that’s the problem. I’m caught between fire and earth. Between dange

I swear, if boys were diseases, Jason and Alex would be the two deadliest viruses to ever infect a high school.And my best friend? She’s the unlucky host.Honestly, sometimes I think Lila doesn’t realize how visible she is when it comes to them. She can act like she’s annoyed by Jason, roll her eyes at his smirk, pretend like his cocky little “princess” nickname doesn’t secretly get under her skin. But I see it. The way her pulse quickens when he’s near. The way she stumbles over her words when he pushes too far.And Alex? Don’t get me started. The boy’s basically been in love with her since they were twelve. It’s been obvious to literally everyone but her.And now?Now it’s a full-blown war.I found out about Alex’s confession before she even told me.News travels fast in this school, and someone swore they saw him on the bleachers with her, looking all dramatic like a rom-com poster boy. By the time I cornered Lila at lunch, she looked like she’d been hit by a truck.“So,” I said,