All Chapters of Private Lessons With The Bad Boy Bully: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

The question hung between us, loaded with all the scary thoughts about the future that neither of us was brave enough to say out loud.“Of course I have a plan… I mean I—"I trailed off when I realized I didn’t have an end to that sentence.Damn it, he was right. I guess I hadn’t really given it as much thought as I thought I had. Of course, I wanted to leave this place. I definitely wanted to go to an Ivy League school, all the way in a different state where my high school bullies couldn't follow. But which one? It had to be one with good financial aid and scholarships, right? And what exactly would I study in college? Something practical, because it had to lead to a career that would ensure that I made good money as an adult, enough to care for myself and my mother, so definitely nothing artistic or any social sciences. Maybe I would study…. I mean it definitely had to be… It…Jace’s hand moved to my shoulder, his fingers teasing the collar of my shirt, slowly pushing it down to e

LENA'S POVTick. Tick. Tick.The timer on my phone counted down relentlessly, each second bringing me closer and closer to my fate."Wait, Jace." I scrambled, "On second thought, I don't think this is such a good idea—""It's an excellent idea," he said without looking up, his pen never stopping. "Maybe the best idea you've had all day."My palms were starting to sweat. "Is that… is that the right page you're on? Maybe you should double check, or I could go get you a new textbook if—”"I’m sure. Already did the last page.""Already?" I grabbed my phone to check the time. Only ten minutes had passed since I started the timer. Ten minutes. “Oh, but an hour really is a long time to do all those questions.” Not at all, it was actually very short, but I was hoping maybe he didn’t know that “You don't have to rush. Instead, you could just maybe do the first page, then we can take a break. Maybe. If you want. We could—"He stopped punching numbers into his calculator long enough to reach o

LENA'S POVMy entire body went up in flames.I felt heat flood through me, starting at my chest, racing up my neck, exploding across my cheeks until I was certain I must’ve been glowing like a stoplight. My mouth opened and closed but no sound came out. My brain had gone completely offline, unable to process the question he'd just asked in that low, rough voice that did absolutely sinful things to my nervous system.Did he just… he can't have just… oh my God, he did."I—you—" I stammered, my hand flying up to cover his mouth. "Shh! Someone will hear you!"His lips curved into a wicked smile underneath my palm. The caught my wrist and pulled my hand away, staring right at me, "Not as loud as they're going to be hearing you in a minute.""Jace!" I hissed, scandalized, even as my body betrayed me with a shiver of want. "Please, that's… I have zero experience with this sort of thing. I'm a virgin, for God's sake."Why did I just tell him that? Why would I give him that information?"Ev

LENA'S POVAfter a few minutes of sobbing into his chest, I tried to pull away, to remove myself from his arms and salvage whatever little dignity I had left."I'm sorry," I managed, my voice muffled and shaky. "I ruined the mood. I'm just being silly, you know? Crying like this."But Jace didn't let me go. He kept his arms tightened around me, one hand still cradling the back of my head, while the other kept me pressed against him."You can tell me what's going on, love, if you want to." His voice was so gentle it made my chest ache. He pulled back just enough to see my face, his thumb wiping away the tears on my cheeks with light, careful strokes. Then he pressed a kiss to my forehead, soft and sweet and nothing at all like the heated kisses from earlier. "I'm listening.""No, it's okay. I've got it." I tried to sound convincing so I could pull myself together. "I can handle it. I think maybe I should go.""Stay. I don't want you to go back to your room like this," he said firmly,

JACE'S POV“What the fuck?”I jolted awake, blinking rapidly with confusion.Rather than the soft dawn light I was used to seeing so early, the brightness of the sun outside was practically blinding, and that could only mean one thing…I blinked hard, trying to clear the fog from my brain, and reached for my phone on the nightstand.8:47 AM."Fuck. Fuck!"I'd slept through my alarm, instead of stumbling about in the darkness all night, or staring at the ceiling and counting down the hours till daybreak, waiting for sleep that wouldn’t come. This time I actually passed out, which was something that hadn't happened in... I couldn't even remember the last time. And it was a deep, dreamless, peaceful sleep.It's because of her, I realized as the memory of Lena curled up against me flooded back to me. Because she was here, somehow she’d done something, worked some weird magic that got me so comfortable I knocked out cold and didn’t get up till almost nine.Speaking of Lena… “Where the h