All Chapters of CRAVING THE BAD BOY: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

131 Chapters

121 - Your wish is my command.

Ariana POVEverything froze when she spoke. Not just me. Not just Nick. Everyone. The men holding me paused, their grip still firm but no longer pulling. Even the man in front of me turned his head slightly, his calm expression shifting for the first time since all of this started.Laura stood a few steps away, her posture straight, her eyes sharp and steady. She didn’t look scared. She didn’t look confused. She looked like she knew exactly what she was walking into. And that scared me more than anything else. "Let her go," she said again.Her voice was calm, but there was something under it that made people listen. It wasn’t loud or forceful. It was certain. The man in front of me studied her. "This doesn’t concern you," he said."It does now."Nick stepped forward immediately. "What are you doing here?" he asked.Laura didn’t look at him. Not even for a second. Her eyes stayed on the man holding control of the situation. "You’ve made enough noise," she said. "This ends here."A smal

122 - You were never supposed to know.

Ariana POVThe words on my phone refused to make sense. "She’s lying."My fingers tightened around the screen as I read it again, slower this time, like that would change something. It didn’t. The message stayed the same, simple and sharp, cutting through everything Laura had just said.My heart started racing again, not from fear alone this time, but from confusion that felt worse. I looked up. Laura was still holding my arm, her grip firm but not painful. Her face was calm, controlled, like she already knew what I was thinking. "Get in the car," she said again.I didn’t move. "You said I’m the key," I replied. "Now someone is telling me you’re lying. Which one is it?"Her expression didn’t change, but something flickered in her eyes. "You don’t have time to question everything," she said."I do," I answered. "Because this is about me."Nick stepped closer. "She’s not going anywhere until we understand what’s happening," he said.Laura finally looked at him again. "You still think th

123 - Don't look at me like I'm yours.

Ariana POVEverything Laura said settled slowly, but it did not sit right inside me. It felt like pieces were being forced together in the wrong way, and no matter how I tried to make sense of it, something kept slipping out of place. My chest felt tight as I looked at her, searching her face for something honest that I could hold on to."What do you mean I was not the only one?" I asked, keeping my voice steady even though my thoughts were racing. I needed her to explain it clearly this time, not in pieces that left more questions behind.Laura did not rush to answer, and that hesitation made things worse. She glanced briefly at the men around us before looking back at me, like she was deciding how much she could say out loud. The moment stretched long enough to make my heartbeat louder in my ears."It means there was more than one way to get to what your father hid," she said finally. Her tone was calm, but it carried weight that I could not ignore. "You are one part of it, not the

124 - Touch me like you still want me.

Ariana POVThe message stayed on my screen, and for a moment I could not breathe properly. It felt like everything had already been decided without me, like every choice I thought I had was already gone. My fingers tightened around my phone as I looked up slowly, my chest rising and falling faster than I could control."What does that mean?" I asked, my voice lower now but sharper. I was not asking anyone in particular, but they all heard it.Mark’s eyes moved quickly across the street again, scanning everything like he was trying to catch something we were missing. "It means they are already moving," he said. "And we are out of time."Nick stepped closer to me, his body almost touching mine as he tried to block me from every direction at once. "Then we stop standing here and move," he said. "We are not waiting for them to decide what happens next."Laura watched us carefully, her expression controlled but not as calm as before. There was a shift in her now, something tighter, like ev

125 - Say it again like you mean it.

Ariana POVThe message stayed on my screen as we moved deeper into the narrow path, and it felt like the ground beneath me was shifting with every step. I could not shake the feeling that we had just walked straight into something we did not understand. My chest tightened as I looked ahead, the space growing darker and quieter, like the world behind us had been cut off completely."They knew," I said quietly, my voice barely steady as I held onto my phone. "They knew we would come this way."Mark did not slow down, but I saw his shoulders tense slightly. "Then we stop thinking like we’re escaping," he said. "We start thinking like we’re inside it already."That did not make me feel better, but it made sense in a way I could not ignore. Nick stayed close to me, his hand brushing mine as we moved, like he was making sure I did not disappear in the middle of all this."This path leads somewhere," he said. "It can’t just end.""It doesn’t," Laura replied from just ahead of us. "I know whe

126 - Hold me like you're losing me.

Ariana POVThe figure at the end of the hallway did not move, and somehow that made everything worse. It was not fear or hesitation that kept him still. It felt like control, like he knew we would come closer anyway, and he did not need to rush.My chest tightened as I stared at him, trying to make out his face clearly in the dim light. The longer I looked, the more familiar he seemed, but I could not place where I had seen him before. That feeling sat heavy in my stomach. "Who is that?" I asked quietly.Laura did not answer immediately, and that silence made my heart beat faster. She stepped forward slowly, her posture straight, her expression unreadable. "You already know him," she said."I don’t," I replied."You do," she repeated.That did not help. Nick moved slightly in front of me, his body tense and ready. "We don’t go any further until we understand what’s happening," he said.Mark did not argue, but he did not fully agree either. His eyes stayed locked on the man ahead, calc

127 - Don't pull away when I need you most.

Ariana POVThe staircase looked darker than the hallway, and something about it made my chest tighten before I even took a step. It was not just the lack of light. It felt like a line, like once I crossed it, there was no going back to the version of things I understood before.I paused at the top, my fingers tightening around my phone as I tried to steady my breathing. The last message still sat on my screen, and I could not shake the feeling that it was not just a warning. It felt like a promise."You don’t have to do this," Nick said quietly beside me.I turned slightly to look at him, and the tension in his face made something in my chest ache. He was trying to stay calm, but I could see how much this was affecting him."I do," I replied. "If I walk away now, I stay confused. And I’m tired of that.""You could be walking into something worse," he said."I already am," I answered. "At least this way, I’ll know what it is."Mark stepped closer, his voice steady but low. "We go down

128 - Don't stop when I'm this close.

Ariana POVThe moment my hand touched the wall, something deep inside the building shifted. It was not loud at first, but I felt it more than I heard it, like a low movement running through the structure beneath my feet. My breath caught as I pulled my hand back quickly, my heart racing as I stared at the wall in front of me.For a second, nothing else happened. Then a sharp click echoed through the room, followed by a slow, grinding sound that made my chest tighten. The wall in front of me began to move, not fully opening, but sliding just enough to reveal a narrow space behind it.Nick stepped closer instantly, his hand brushing my arm. "Are you okay?" he asked."I think so," I replied, even though my pulse was still racing. "I didn’t expect it to actually work.""It was always going to work," the man said from behind us. His voice was calm again, like this was exactly what he had been waiting for.That did not make me feel better. The opening in the wall grew wider, just enough for

129 -Say my name like you still need me.

Ariana POVThe structure in the center of the room pulled my attention in a way I could not explain. It was not large or flashy, but something about it felt important, like it carried weight beyond what I could see. My chest tightened as I took another slow step forward, my eyes fixed on it while my mind tried to catch up."What is it?" I asked again, my voice quieter now.The man moved slightly to the side, giving me a clearer view. "It’s the core," he said. "The place where everything your father hid connects."That answer did not help much, but it made my heart beat faster. Nick stayed close behind me, his presence steady but tense. "You don’t touch anything yet," he said. "We understand it first.""I don’t think we’re going to get full understanding before something happens," I replied."Then we slow it down," he said."We’ve been trying that," I said, my eyes still on the structure. "It hasn’t worked."Laura stepped closer as well, her gaze sharp and focused. "He’s right about on

130 - You still look at me like I'm yours.

Ariana POVThe moment the door burst open, everything inside me froze. I did not just see a stranger or another threat. I saw someone I recognized, and that made it worse than anything else we had faced so far. My breath caught in my throat as my eyes locked on him, trying to understand how he could be standing there.It was Sean. For a second, my mind refused to accept it. The same Sean who had been around us, who acted normal, who never once gave me a reason to doubt him. He stood at the entrance now with a calm expression, like none of this was surprising to him."You look shocked," he said, stepping into the room slowly.My chest tightened as I stared at him. "What are you doing here?" I asked.Sean’s lips curved slightly, but it was not a real smile. "The better question is why you’re here," he replied.Nick moved in front of me instantly, his body tense and ready. "You don’t get to flip this," he said. "Start explaining."Sean glanced at him briefly, his expression unreadable. "

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