Teach me to sin II (Sins of the past) のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 161 - チャプター 170

Ruby is late. That’s the first thing I think, sitting at our usual study spot with my notebook open and my pen uncapped, tapping against the margin like it might summon her faster. The library corner we always claim is quiet, tucked between tall shelves and a wide window that lets in the afternoon light.It feels warm instead of lonely. I check my phone.One text. “Wait a little for me? Grabbing snacks. Love you” I’m halfway through rereading the same sentence for the fourth time when a shadow falls across the table. I look up, already smiling. It dies instantly. Luca. He’s standing there casually, hands in his pockets, posture relaxed.I smile at him. The little rouge that everyone keeps warning me about. “Hey,” he says. “Waiting for Ruby?” “Yes,” I answer immediately. “She’ll be here any minute.” He pulls out the chair across from me anyway and sits. “What kind of mischief have you been up to?” I ask and he chuckles.“What do you mean?”“Everyone keeps sayi

I’m lying on my bed with my eyes open. I’ve been doing this for hours. Every time I think I’m close to sleep, my body jerks awake like it doesn’t trust rest anymore. My legs keep shifting under the covers. My fingers keep twisting the edge of my pillow. No need fighting it, I am definitely not getting any sleep tonight and it’s all that asshole’s fault. I groan quietly and roll onto my back. “This is stupid,” I mutter. The room is dark, quiet, it’s too quiet and that makes my thoughts a lot louder than they should be. My phone is face down on the mattress beside me. I don’t touch it. If I flip it over and don’t see Ruby’s name, I might actually lose it. I was really hoping she wouldn’t block me everywhere before the sun came up. I bet Gabrielle and Lindsay would love that. I squeeze my eyes shut. No need imagining the worst case scenarios. Luca’s face flashes in my head and my stomach twists. The audacity. The utter nerve of him. The way he leaned in like I

It was a meeting that I had seen coming anyway. The headmistress had summoned all the class presidents and their vices to her office.All twelve of us stood before her while she spoke about safety precautions and how we can all help to keep ourselves and our fellow student safe.Even as she spoke, her eyes and that of the other students in the room glanced in Eloise's direction.I am in no way diminishing what had happened to her, it was a traumatic experience that one was for certain but I hated how the whole school seemed to bend over backwards to kiss her ass because of it.A few weeks ago, they all hated her and called her a drug dealer and treated her even worse when it got out that her mom was a drug addict and her father had no idea she existed.All this attention is just stupid.Call me crazy but I think Eloise may feel the same way about it too.I could tell that the whole attention and fake love was starting to creep her out.As a matter of fact, I may have been the only one

It didn't take as much convincing as I had thought to get Tristan and Alex let me attend the three day sleepover at the Palace. I don't think that either one of them were even in the correct headspace to try and dissuade me. Plus, I was right about them not wanting me to be around any kind of negativity. And right now, there was a lot of that going on. Alex and Tristan didn't even sleep in the same room anymore, didn't speak to each other and I was pretty sure that Marilyn was her at her wits end about the whole thing. Regardless of the energy in the house, everyone still did their best to be happy for me. Today was the day that Ruby was to pick me up but she had made the odd request that I don't pac any of my clothes and not to get ready yet until she arrived. So, here I was, in his sweatpants and crop top, waiting on my girlfriend. Eventually, she did arrive and like most times, Alex and Marilyn were around to greet her warmly. They had developed some type of bond over the ti

I knew that I had to bump into one of Ruby's friends, I mean I was currently moving around in their domian. I was just hoping that I would run into them later than sooner. I wasn't looking when I bumped into Lindsay in the hallway.I was too busy gazing at the chandeliers. Never in my entire life had I been in a place this grand. If my old friends from my old life could see me now their jaws would never leave the floor.That being said, you can't exactly blame me for being distracted and not looking at where I'm supposed to be going.Lindsay, hyowever, did not seem to be in the mood to understand.My eyes were quick to catch the annoyed expression on her face.She always looked annoyed anytime I was around.Then she gave me a once over and call me crazy but I think she seemed impressed.I suppose there is a first for everything.We exchanged the world's most awkward greeting and she told me to say hi to Ruby; basically rubbing in the sad fact that me being in a relationship with