Semua Bab Fake Dating my Ex's Worst Enemy : Bab 41 - Bab 43

Astrid’s POVThe moment the door clicked shut behind Ocean, the house became quiet. It was not the comfortable kind of quiet. Instead, it was the kind that stretches too wide, settles too deep, and leaves too much space for thoughts you don’t want.I stood there for a second, staring at the door like he would decide the game didn’t matter and that staying with me did but he didn’t.And I knew he wouldn’t because I was the one who asked him to go.I wrapped my arms around myself, exhaling slowly as I turned away from the door and walked back into the living room. The couch still held the faint dip from where I had been sitting earlier, the mug of cocoa resting on the table like proof that everything that happened today wasn’t some horrible dream.I sat down slowly, leaned back then immediately sat up again.No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t get comfortable as my mind kept wandering back to everything that had happened. My chest tightened as the verdict of the committee floated

Reis’s POVI didn’t answer immediately.For a second, it felt like someone had reached inside my chest and twisted my heart, leaving me hollow and off balance. Ocean’s question hung in the air, heavy and offensive, echoing louder in my head than it should have.Was I the one who planted the drugs?The audacity.My jaw tightened as I stared at him, searching his face for any hint that he was joking, that this was just another one of his mind games but there was nothing.Just that same cold, steady gaze that always made it feel like he was ten steps ahead of me. “What the hell do you mean by that?” I snapped, my voice sharper than I intended.Ocean didn’t flinch, he didn’t even blink.“That’s exactly what I asked,” he replied calmly, sliding his phone back into his locker like we weren’t standing on the edge of tearing each other apart. “Did you do it?” He repeated with a firmer voice. A humorless laugh slipped out of me, low and bitter. “You’ve actually lost it.” I bit out but even