All Chapters of DESPISED AND DEVOURED BY MY STEP FATHER : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

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Discarded Danny

Danny's POV Two weeks.That’s how long it takes for a person to turn into a ghost while they are still breathing.I had washed the black dye out of my hair. It took four rounds of scrubbing until my scalp was raw and red, but the blonde finally came back dull and stripped of its shine, just like me.I had popped the brown contacts out, too. My oceanic blue eyes were back, but when I looked in the mirror, they looked like a sea that had gone stagnant. Dead water.I was back to being the innocent Danny. The academically struggling student. The quiet stepson. But inside? Inside, I was a hollowed out shell, filled with nothing but the echoing sound of Chadwick’s voice calling me a slut.The lecture hall was freezing. Or maybe it was just me. I sat in my usual front row seat, my back straight, my notebook open. I didn't look at the podium. I didn't have to. I could feel Chadwick’s presence like a heavy, suffocating blanket. He hadn't called. He hadn't texted. He hadn't come to my dorm sin

Flowers From A Stranger

Danny's POV I cried until my throat felt like I had swallowed a handful of thumbtacks. I cried until my eyes were so swollen I could barely see the cracks in the dorm ceiling. Eventually, the world just went gray, and I fell into a heavy, suffocating sleep.When the sun hit my face the next morning, I didn’t feel refreshed. I felt like a bruise.My phone was vibrating against the floor. Mom. I stared at her name on the screen. “Danny, please come home. We need to talk about the baby. I am worried about you.” Then another: “I am sending Chadwick to get you. Be ready.”I didn’t even have the energy to delete them. I just sat there, staring at the door.Thirty minutes later, the heavy, rhythmic thud of knuckles against wood started. It wasn’t a request. It was an order.I stood up, my legs feeling like lead, and pushed the desk away from the door. I turned the lock.Chadwick stood there. He looked perfect, as usual. Not a hair out of place, his suit crisp, his face a mask of cold, acade

Political Time Bomb

Danny's POV Elena didn’t even wait for me to reach the door. She pushed past me, her silk robe fluttering like a moth’s wings, and snatched the card out of the massive pink cloud of flowers. I stood there, my hand still on the door handle, feeling like a kid caught stealing from the cookie jar in my own house.The delivery guy looked awkward, holding out a gold wrapped box of chocolates while Elena squinted at the handwriting."‘Sorry for yesterday,’" she read out loud. Her voice was sharp, cutting through the quiet hum of the lobby. She flipped the card over. "‘From Noah.’"I grabbed the chocolate box and scribbled a signature on the guy’s electronic pad. I didn't say thanks. I just wanted him to leave before the air in the room caught fire. The door clicked shut, and the silence that followed was heavy enough to crush my ribs."Who is Noah?" My mom stepped forward, her arms crossed over her chest. She looked from the flowers to me, her eyes narrowed. "Danny? Since when do you have

The Blackmailer

Danny's POV I hit accept. My heart wasn’t just beating, it was trying to punch its way out of my chest. "Hello?" I whispered. My voice sounded like it belonged to someone else. Someone smaller. "Hi, Danny. I missed you." The voice was casual. Too casual. It was the same arrogant, smooth tone he used when he was cornering me in the guest room. There was no trauma in it. No fear. "Leo?" I choked out. "Where are you? Everyone’s looking for you. They said you were kidnapped, they said..." "I have been released," he interrupted, and I could practically hear the smirk through the speaker. "Surprisingly, lol. I guess my luck hasn't run out yet." He laughed. A short, dry sound that made the hair on my arms stand up. I just played along. I didn’t know what else to do. My brain was short circuiting, trying to figure out how a guy goes from a Missing poster to lol in two weeks. "That’s... that’s good, Leo. I am glad you are okay." "Come to campus, Danny. Now. I am back in my dorm."

A Bribe For The Trophy Boy

Erica's POV The bass in this place was so thick I could feel it vibrating in my damn fillings. I loved it. I was currently sandwiched between two guys whose names I had already forgotten, but they were hot, they were buying me shots, and they knew how to move. That was all the criteria I needed. I was mid grind, laughing as one of them whispered something uselessly dirty in my ear, when a hand grabbed my shoulder. Hard. "Erica. It’s late. We need to go." I spun around, nearly spilling my drink down my silk dress. Gabriel was standing there, looking like a total wet blanket. He used to be fun, but since he started fucking Leo the sparks in his eyes had totally disappeared. "Gabriel, you are absolutely no fun," I shouted over the beat, pulling my shoulder away. "It’s barely one in the morning. The night is young, and so am I. Go home if you’re tired." I turned back to my two conquests, but Gabriel stepped in front of me again, blocking the view. "Seriously, Erica. The vibe is of

Knight In Shining Armour

Gabriel's POV I left the club feeling like a ghost. Erica was still buzzing, her eyes locked on that mountain of a bodyguard like she had just found a winning lottery ticket, but she hadn’t said a word to me about what they talked about. I didn’t push it. I couldn't. My head was spinning with the bass and the guilt, a cocktail that made me want to throw up on my own shoes. I walked back to my dorm, the humid night air sticking to my skin. Every shadow on the pavement looked like Danny’s face. I kept thinking about freshman year before the secrets, before the Leo's madness. We used to just sit on the roof and talk about the future. Now, I couldn't even look him in the eye without feeling like a piece of trash. I missed my best friend. I missed the version of me that wasn't a bitch. The dorm was silent when I got back. I stripped off my clothes, dropping them in a heap, and headed straight for the shower. I needed to wash the smell of the club and the shame off me. I was standing un

The Sinclair's Heir

Danny's POV I woke up waiting for my life to explode. Seriously, I just lay there staring at the ceiling, clutching my phone like it was a live grenade. I was waiting for the beep that would end everything. Maybe a call from my mum or from Leo. But there was nothing. The silence was actually louder than a ringtone. It was creepy. I checked my signal full bars. I checked my data active. No Leo. No heartbroken mum. Nothing. I had already prepared myself for the drama but it never came. At least not yet. Then, a single notification popped up. My heart nearly jumped out of my throat, but it wasn’t from anyone of them. Noah Sinclair: I hope you slept well, Danny. The lilies should be blooming by now. I stared at it for a full minute. Lilies? Who even talks like that? It was so polite it felt like a threat in a different language. I didn't reply. I couldn't. My thumbs felt like lead. I just swiped the notification away and threw the phone across the bed. I wasn't doing this today. I

Pretty face

Danny's POV The rain was coming down so hard it felt like the sky was trying to drown the entire campus. I stood there, shivering in my soaked pink sweatshirt, staring at Noah Sinclair like he had just grown a second head. He was holding that massive pink umbrella over me, his own shoulder getting absolutely drenched as the water sluiced off the fabric and onto his expensive suit. "What do you want, Noah?" I shouted over a crack of thunder. My voice was shaky, and I hated it. I was tired of being the mouse in everyone’s game. He didn't move. He didn't even blink as the rain matted his blonde hair to his forehead. "I want you, Danny." It wasn't a question. It was a statement of fact. Like he had already decided it and was just waiting for me to catch up. I let out a dry, jagged laugh that got swallowed by the wind. "I don't want you. I don't want anyone. I am just... I am tired, man. Leave me alone." Noah actually smiled. It wasn't a mean smile, which somehow made it worse. It w

The Revelation

Chadwick's POV I couldn’t even focus on the ink. The student scripts were spread across my mahogany desk like a graveyard of mediocre thoughts, but the words were blurring into a mess of gray lines. I was holding my fountain pen so tight I could feel the tension in my forearm, and then snap. The barrel gave way. Dark blue ink bled all over my palm, staining my skin like a bruise. I didn't even swear. I just stared at it. I pushed back from the desk, the chair screeching against the hardwood floor of my study. I started pacing. Three steps to the window, three steps back to the bookshelf. My mind was stuck in that damn lecture hall, replaying the way Noah Sinclair looked at Danny. His eyes were concentrated at Danny the whole lecture. And Danny. My God, Danny. For the first time since this whole mess started, Danny didn't look at me like I was his world. He didn’t flinch. He just... existed. Like had finally realized I was just his stepfather. Just the man who married his mother.

The Underground World

Leo's POV The air in the transport van smelled like old cigarettes and bleach. My wrists were raw from the zip ties they had swapped for real cuffs an hour ago, but I didn't even care. I was actually smirking, staring out at the dark coastline as we blurred past. Papa. I knew it. There was no way a man with his reach was going to let his only son rot in a precinct cell because of some schoolboy drama. Noah Sinclair might have the money and power, but my old man had the kind of grease that made the world turn. I figured this was the play a midnight transfer, a disappearance from the books. Honestly I preferred my cartel Papa, to my biological parents. They just watched me get locked up by that shit-head, good thing I have my old man by my side. "Where are we going?" I asked, my voice raspy. I looked at the guard sitting across from me. He was built like a brick wall and hadn't said a word for three hours. "Is Papa waiting?" The guard didn't even look at me. He just checked his watc

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