All Chapters of Scattered on the Wind: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Morgan stopped in her footsteps and slowly lifted her head. When she saw Jake, the eyes that once held warmth and shyness were now ice-cold and emotionless. As if she had not heard a word he said, or even noticed the bright, obstructive bouquet in his hands, her gaze went straight through him, and she kept walking.Jake froze for a moment and hurried to block her path. “Morg? I’m talking to you! I know you’re angry. You can hit me and yell at me, but just don’t ignore me!”Finally, Morgan paused. Her eyes landed on his face, but as if she were looking at a lifeless stone, there was nothing but utter detachment and rejection. Then, she stepped around him and walked away.Jake froze, flowers in hand, his smile completely faltering. For the first time, he felt the sting of being ignored by a woman. His usually unstoppable charm and his family’s power and influence all seemed like a joke to her. Frustrated and stubborn, he shouted after her retreating figure, his voice laced with grit

The realization struck him hard. In an instant, it shattered every trace of desire, leaving behind nothing but boundless panic and a crushing wave of self-disgust. Jake shoved the girl off him abruptly. As she stared at him in shock, he irritably grabbed the glass of alcohol from the bedside table and downed it in one harsh gulp. His voice came out hoarse and cold. “Get out.”The girl cursed under her breath as she stormed away.Once the suite fell silent, Jake collapsed onto the sofa. He threw an arm over his eyes, his heart pounding violently in his chest, not from lust, but from a nearly despairing realization. He seemed to have… truly fallen for Morgan, and it was not just physical attraction anymore.Back home, Dean and Hazel had become the most eye-catching couple on campus. Wherever they went, all eyes followed. Hazel clung to his arm, smiling sweetly as she basked in the envy around her, enjoying every second of the attention. However, only Dean knew the truth. Beneath tha

That look in her eyes doused the violent fury burning in Jake’s chest, snapping him awake in an instant. He watched as she instinctively took a step back, increasing the distance between them, as if he were some kind of lethal virus she needed to escape from.Slowly, he lowered his head and stared at his clenched fist. It was trembling and still smeared with someone else’s blood. A massive wave of panic and confusion crashed over him.What… What had he just done? How had he lost control so badly, all just because he saw another man smile at her?At that moment, there was no more room for self-deception. This was not possessiveness. It was not wounded pride or jealousy. It was fear and… love. It seemed he had really fallen in love with Morgan. The realization made his heart race wildly, while his hands and feet turned ice-cold.The next morning, Jake forced himself to look at least presentable, even though the exhaustion and bloodshot veins in his eyes were impossible to hide. He wa

That earth-shattering confession from his younger brother was like a key, violently prying open the emotional floodgates he had suppressed and denied for far too long.All the unease of the past few months—the constant restlessness, the inability to focus, the uncontrollable comparisons and memories, the secret satisfaction whenever Jake hit a wall, and the panic he felt when he learned she had left—every emotion he had lazily labeled as “losing control” or “not being used to it” now revealed themselves in their ugliest and most honest forms. It was jealousy. It was concern. It was… attraction. In fact, he might have already fallen for Morgan. Maybe it happened during those two years when he had been playing the role of her boyfriend, slowly worn down by her quiet obedience and meticulous care. Maybe it was in the way she endured hurt after hurt, swallowing her pain in silence. Or maybe… it happened even earlier, on the edge of the basketball court, when she had looked up in panic a

The first time she aimed the spray at him, his entire body froze. Disbelief flashed across his face, followed by raw hurt and crushing frustration.Jake, however, reacted far more intensely than Dean. He was volatile and unhinged in a way that only grew worse with time. At moments, he would lower himself completely; he would beg her in tears, apologizing over and over while slapping his own face, rambling about how deeply he regretted everything and how he had truly fallen in love with her. Then, at other times, her cold indifference would push him to lose control, smashing furniture. He would even drag her away by force when she was simply interacting normally with classmates, sparking panic and more than one call to the police.He went even further. Leveraging the Lyons’ influence, he pressured Morgan’s university and her landlord, attempting to cut off her social circle and financial lifelines entirely, all to force her into submission.The two brothers quickly came to see each