All Chapters of CRAVING THE BAD BOY: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Ariana POV"Five minutes."The words stayed on my screen. Like a countdown. Like something was already moving. I looked up at Mark. My chest was rising and falling too fast. "They’re serious," I said."I know.""They’re inside my house.""I know.""And we only have five minutes.""I know."I stared at him."Stop saying that."His eyes met mine. Then he nodded once. "Okay. Listen to me."Finally. Something clear. "We don’t go in the front," he said."What?""They’re watching the front.""How do you know that?""Because they want you to walk into it."My chest tightened. "So what do we do?""We use the back."I blinked. "The back?""You said your house has a back door.""It does but—""Then that’s where we go.""This is crazy.""Yes.""And you’re still doing it.""Yes."Silence. Then, "I’m coming with you," I said."You are."That surprised me. "You’re not stopping me?""No.""Why?""Because if I try, you’ll still go."He wasn’t wrong. Not even a little. We moved fast. Out of the hotel.

Ariana POVThe door handle turned slowly. No one moved. No one spoke. The sound was small, but it filled the whole room. My chest felt tight as I watched it move, inch by inch, like time itself had slowed down.Mark stepped slightly in front of me again, his body tense. I could feel the shift in him now. He was no longer calm in the same way as before. He was alert, ready, like he had been waiting for this exact moment.The man in front of us didn’t move. He just stood there, watching the door, a faint smile still on his lips. "Looks like the rest of the night just got interesting," he said.I swallowed hard. My hands were shaking again, but this time I forced them to stay still at my sides. I didn’t want them to see fear. I didn’t want to give them anything.The door opened. Slowly. Then fully. Another man stepped in. My breath caught. He was taller than the first one, broader, his face serious and unreadable. His eyes scanned the room quickly, taking everything in. When they landed

Ariana POVEverything moved too fast. The door was already broken, and men were pushing inside like they owned the place. Their steps were heavy and sure, like they had done this before. My heart was beating so loud that I could barely hear anything else.Nick stepped in front of me without thinking, his body tense. Mark moved at the same time, positioning himself slightly to my side. For a moment, it felt strange standing between both of them, like I was caught in the middle of something bigger than I understood."Stay behind us," Mark said in a low voice. His tone was calm, but there was something sharp under it that made me listen."I’m not leaving you," Nick added, his voice tighter than before. I could feel his hand brush against mine again, this time holding on just a little longer.The men who entered did not rush forward immediately. They spread out instead, moving around the room with purpose. Some stayed near the door while others stepped closer, forming a loose circle aroun

Ariana POVThe sound still echoed in my head, but everything after it moved too fast for me to hold onto. My body reacted before my mind did, pulling back, trying to understand what just happened. The air felt thick, like something had shifted in a way that could not be undone."Move," Mark said sharply, his voice cutting through the confusion. His hand caught my arm, steady but firm, guiding me before I could even think.Nick was still close, his grip tightening for a second before he let go just enough to move with us. His eyes scanned the room quickly, alert and tense. Whatever had just happened, he was already focused on what came next.We didn’t stay in the hallway. Mark pulled me toward a side door I had barely noticed before. It led into a smaller room, darker and quieter, but it didn’t feel safe. Nothing felt safe anymore. "Inside," he said.I stepped in without arguing. Nick followed immediately, shutting the door behind us. The sound of movement outside didn’t stop. Voices w

Ariana POVMy legs stopped moving on their own. Not because I wanted to stop, but because there was nowhere left to go. The street ahead was filled with cars, and people stood beside them like they had been waiting all along. It was too clean, too planned, too controlled to be a coincidence. "They knew," I said under my breath.Mark didn’t reply, but I saw it in his face. He had already realized it before I did. This was not us finding a way out. This was us being led into something. Nick’s hand tightened around mine. "We go back," he said quickly."There is no back," Mark replied.Nick turned sharply. "There has to be something.""There isn’t."The words were simple, but they hit hard. The people ahead of us didn’t rush forward. They stayed where they were, calm and still, like they had all the time in the world. That made my chest tighten more than if they had started running at us. "They’re not even hiding it," I said."They don’t need to," Mark answered.A car door opened slowly.