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Lahat ng Kabanata ng PUCKING MY EX BOYFRIEND RIVAL FOR REVENGE: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

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Chapter 11

GIDEON’S POVThe cafeteria was a cavernous, echoing hall of clattering trays and low-frequency gossip. Usually, this place was my arena. I’d walk in with the hockey team, the guys flanking me like soldiers, and the entire room would fall into a respectful, slightly fearful silence. Today, however, the silence felt different. It felt heavy, loaded with the weight of questions I wasn't ready to answer.I sat at our usual table, a sprawling, dark-wood slab reserved exclusively for the VIP students, but for the first time in years, I sat alone. The rest of the guys were out on the ice, suffering through high-intensity drills under the watchful, unforgiving eye of the coach. I should have been there. I needed to be there to maintain the image of the invincible captain. But my body felt sluggish, anchored down by a fatigue that had nothing to do with physical training.I poked at a piece of chicken breast on my tray. It tasted like cardboard. I chewed once, felt the dry fibers scrape again

Chapter 12

TANYA’S POVThe silence of the dorm room was heavier than any textbook I’d ever lugged across campus. I had spent the last four hours staring at the cracks in the ceiling, trying to force my brain to shut down, but sleep was a ghost I couldn't catch. Every time I closed my eyes, the darkness didn't bring rest; it brought the face of Luna Victoria Blackwood.I could still feel the phantom chill of her gaze, the way her silver eyes seemed to strip away my skin and look at my very marrow. I could hear her voice, smooth as silk and sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, telling me exactly what I was worth in her world. A distraction."Get it together, Tanya," I whispered to the empty room.I rolled off the bed, my injured ankle giving a sharp, rhythmic throb that reminded me I was still very much broken. I limped over to my desk and flipped open my Advanced Biology textbook. Usually, the sight of complex diagrams and chemical equations was my sanctuary. But now, it made no sense. But today, the w

Chapter 13

TANYA’S POVThe mid-term break was supposed to be a relief. It was the first time since the semester began that the campus would actually be quiet, a reprieve from the whispers, the glares, and the suffocating pressure of being the "Omega" everyone was afraid of. The hallways were already buzzing with the sound of students dragging heavy suitcases toward the parking lots. Everyone was going home. Everyone except me.I sat on the edge of my bed, watching Gina and Jess pack. They were buzzing with excitement, their outfits laid out, their makeup kits tucked away, ready to vanish into the comforts of their parents' estates. I just watched them, feeling like a ghost haunting my own room."You're sure you don't want to come with us?" Jess asked, stopping as she zipped up her duffel bag. She looked at me, her expression uncharacteristically soft. "My parents’ car is big enough, Tanya. We can swing by and drop you off at your place. You shouldn't have to take the bus by yourself when you’re

Chapter 14

TANYA’S POVThe silence in the room was no longer heavy; it was electric. Gideon stood just two feet away from me, his presence swallowing the small space until I felt like I was drowning in the scent of cedarwood, rain, and that faint, metallic hint of his wolf. The orange glow of the setting sun hit the side of his face, highlighting the sharp line of his jaw and the stubborn glint in those golden eyes.He gestured toward the edge of my bed, his voice softening. "Sit down, Tanya. You’re shaking, and I know your ankle is killing you. You don’t have to stand on ceremony with me."I stayed exactly where I was, my back pressed against the cold wall. "I’m fine standing. Every minute we spend like this is a minute closer to someone catching us. Just say what you came to say.”Gideon didn't sit either. He shoved his hands into the pockets of his jacket, looking at me with a frustration that seemed to vibrate off his skin. "I went to the woods today. I went back to the clearing where we wer

Chapter 15

TANYA’S POVThe drive from the campus gate was a blur of shadows and streetlights. I sat in the passenger seat of Gideon’s Jeep, my hands folded tightly in my lap, trying to make myself as small as possible. The interior smelled intensely of cedarwood and rain, and every time the car shifted gears, the vibration seemed to rattle through my bones.Outside, the world was darkening, the trees of the surrounding forest flickering past like jagged teeth. I stared out the window, watching the campus disappear in the rearview mirror. I had survived the hostel, I had survived the confrontation, but I wasn't sure I would survive the next twenty minutes in this car.Gideon kept his hands firmly on the wheel, his knuckles white. He wasn't driving fast, but he was driving with a focused intensity that kept my nerves frayed. For the first few miles, nobody said a word. The silence wasn't comfortable; it was heavy, vibrating with all the things we were both trying not to say.I risked a sideways gl

Chapter 16

GIDEON’S POVThe drive back from the bus station felt like a funeral procession. The empty passenger seat, which still held the faint, lingering scent of Tanya’s shampoo, something like wild jasmine and something sharper, like winter air, seemed to mock me. She had walked away, and for the first time in my life, I hadn't followed. I had sat in that dark, grimy parking lot until my hands stopped shaking, watching the taillights of the bus disappear into the night.When I finally pulled into the circular driveway of the Hemisphere mansion, the house loomed over me like a fortress of glass and cold stone. It was a place designed to impress, not to live. I killed the engine and sat there for a long time, listening to the ticking of the cooling metal. I took a deep, shuddering breath, trying to scrub the image of Tanya’s tear-filled eyes from my mind.I needed to be composed. If I walked in there looking like a heartbroken boy, my mother would pick me apart before I even reached the foyer.

Chapter 17

GIDEON’S POVThe silence of my suite was deafening. It wasn’t the kind of silence that brings peace; it was the suffocating, heavy kind that made my chest feel like it was being compressed by a hydraulic press. I had stared at the ceiling for hours, tracing the intricate crown molding until the patterns began to blur into nothingness. My mind kept drifting back to that bus terminal. I could still see her walking away, her slight limp making every step look like a battle against the world.She was so fragile, yet she carried a spine of tempered steel. And I was stuck here, trapped in a gilded birdcage, surrounded by servants who were afraid to look me in the eye and a mother who viewed human connection as a business transaction.I couldn't take it anymore. The stillness was driving me toward the edge of a breakdown, or worse, toward a shift I wasn't ready to unleash. I needed to move. I needed to act.I hauled myself off the bed and made my way toward the dining wing. The mansion was v

Chapter 18

Tanya’s POVThe bus ride took forever. Just gray road and streetlights flashing past. I leaned my head on the window. It felt cold. My chest stayed heavy the whole way.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Gideon again. That hurt look on his face when I told him we could never be anything. It kept playing over and over.My hands shook a bit in my lap. I could still hear our talk from the car ride to the station."You think being an Alpha means I get to pick what I want, Tanya?" he said. His voice sounded tight. Hands tight on the wheel, too. "Everything I do gets watched. Every word I say goes straight back to my mom. She does not want me leading. She wants me to be exactly like her. All plans and no feelings. My life is her game. And she already decided you don't belong in it."He looked over at me. Really looked. Like he needed me to say something. "I'm not part of anybody's game, Gideon," I said. My voice came out small. "I'm just me. I have family. People who need me. I'm not someth

Chapter 19

Tanya’s POVSunlight slipped through the gaps in my old curtains, but that wasn’t what pulled me awake. I opened my eyes and stared straight up at the ceiling. There they were, the glow-in-the-dark stars and planets I stuck up when I was eight. The edges were curling now, the glow barely there anymore, but they still felt like mine. The first thing I saw every time I came home was A little piece of the girl I used to be, before mate stuff, Alpha rules, and all the heartbreak that came after.I let out a long breath and stretched until my back cracked. The bed felt small compared to the one at Moonstone, but it was soft in the right places. I rolled onto my side and looked out the window. From here, I could see right into the thick dark woods. Nothing but trees and quiet.I loved that view. Max made it happen. A couple of years back, I kept complaining about how cramped the house felt, how I wished we had one of those big places in the city. We couldn’t buy anything new, so Max just…

Chapter 20

Tanya’s POVEverything just… tilted.I stared at Gideon as my brain had short-circuited. This was my woods. My hiding spot. The place I came when everything else got too loud. Not Moonstone. Not some downtown bar. Home. And there he was, Gideon Hemisphere, hockey captain, fated-bloodline golden boy, nightmare-mom included, leaning against a birch tree as he belonged there.“What the fuck?” I said again, louder, voice cracking. “Gideon? How…why are you here? How do you even know where I live?”I braced for Max to lose it. For him to growl, shift, step in front of me, do anything a big brother should do when a strange Alpha shows up in the backyard. But nothing happened.I turned to Max, stomach dropping slowly, and sick. He wasn’t tense anymore. Shoulders loose. Face calm. Not shocked. Not mad. Calm. Like he’d been waiting for this.“Max?” My voice came out small. I took a step back, and my heel caught a root. “Max, why aren’t you saying anything?”Cold fear crawled up my spine. Did he

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