Lahat ng Kabanata ng His to Ruin: Breaking Chelsea : Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

NORMALCY{Playlist Suggestion: "Until I Found You" by Stephen Sanchez / "Lover" by Taylor Swift}~CHASE POV~I was sitting across from Emma Chen in a cracked red vinyl booth at this cheap retro diner that smelled heavily of fried onions and vanilla milkshakes.My brain was basically malfunctioning because I had absolutely no idea how normal teenagers were actually supposed to do this dating thing without a nurse coming in to check my vitals every fifteen minutes.We had just gotten out of the movie theater where we watched the absolute worst, most predictably terrible horror movie ever made, and I was so hyper-aware of everything my body was doing that I felt like I was vibrating out of my skin.I was trying so hard to make sure I wasn't breathing weird, or looking too pale, or acting like the fragile sick kid, but Emma wasn't even treating me like that—she was just sitting there stealing my french fries one by one, dragging them through a puddle of ketchup and smiling at me like I wa

THE THREAT{Playlist Suggestion: "Blood // Water" by grandson / "Animals" by Architects}~KOLT POV~I was standing on the second-floor balcony looking down at the main floor of The Mirage, nursing a glass of bourbon that I didn't actually want to drink, just obsessively tracking Chelsea as she moved between the VIP tables with Zoe trailing a few feet behind her like a neon-haired bodyguard.Everything was supposed to be completely normal tonight. I had doubled the security at the front doors and explicitly told Antonio that if any of Kade's little high school friends tried to get in they were to be immediately turned away. But all the security in the world doesn't mean a damn thing when the devil already has a VIP black card.I saw the flash of blonde hair first.It was near the edge of the bar, moving smoothly through the crowd with that arrogant, untouchable swagger that comes from knowing your family is worth three billion dollars. And the absolute second my brain registered tha

THE PROM{Playlist Suggestion: "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift / "you should see me in a crown" by Billie Eilish}~CHELSEA POV~Crawford Elite clearly didn't just have their Senior Prom in a hot gym with paper decorations and a cheap disco ball. They booked the whole grand ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton downtown. Walking through those big fancy doors felt like entering a coliseum, where everyone was just waiting for the lions to come out.As soon as we entered, the loud music became background noise while many people looked at us. Whispers quickly spread through the crowd of teens in fancy tuxedos and custom dresses.I wanted to shrink, I wanted to hide behind the huge floral arrangements or just turn around and run back to the limo, but Kade didn't let me.He stood up straight and didn't try to hide his injury or the big black knee brace under his nice suit pants. He held his stylish black cane in his right hand and gripped my fingers tightly with his left. He looked so tall and proud

THE TRAP{Playlist Suggestion: "Blood // Water" by grandson / "Mount Everest" by Labrinth}~CHELSEA POV~I didn't mind that the hem of the pretty emerald green silk dress Kade bought me was getting dirty in the muddy puddles of the industrial area. I just paid the taxi driver with shaking hands and practically ran toward the huge, rusted metal doors of the empty warehouse Zoe had told me Kolt owned.I needed to see him, I needed to look into those intense green eyes and tell him that I had finally stopped lying to myself, that Kade had let me go, and that I was completely, irreversibly entirely his.The warehouse was very dark, with just a few blinking yellow security lights near the ceiling. It smelled like dust and wet concrete. My silver heels made a lot of noise in the big, empty space as I walked in. I wrapped my arms around myself because it was really cold inside."Kolt?" I called out, my voice trembling slightly as it bounced off the folded metal walls. "Kolt, it's me, Chels

BROTHER TO BROTHER{Playlist Suggestion: "Brother" by Kodaline / "Let It Go" by James Bay}~KADE POV~I was limping down the brightly lit hallway of Mercy General Hospital at five in the morning, leaning heavily on my black cane, and honestly I felt like my entire body had been thrown into a blender and run over by a truck.But my tiredness was absolutely nothing compared to the chaotic, deep storm of emotions ripping through my chest.Everything had happened so fast over the last few hours that my brain was still struggling to process the fact that Reed Mitchell was currently sitting in a jail cell.My father had been completely stripped of his empire by Knox, and the girl I loved had been hiding the most traumatic, devastating secret of her entire life from me because she thought she had to protect my feelings.But the thing that was messing with my head the most was the truth about my brother.I reached the door to room 402 and pushed it open without knocking, stepping into the hos