All Chapters of Private Lessons With The Bad Boy Bully: Chapter 281 - Chapter 290

LenaEven Jake stopped his loud, obnoxious munching on Doritos at the sound of that statement. His hand froze halfway to his mouth, a chip suspended in mid-air. Meanwhile, my brain was just blank, spinning uselessly like a broken loading screen, unable to process what I'd just heard.Nicole leaned closer to the laptop screen, her brow furrowed with confusion. "What the hell does Allison's mom have to do with any of this? Why would she be asking about—"The video cut off abruptly, and the screen went black."Are you freaking kidding me?" Jake yelled, nearly dropping his bag of chips. "Is that it? Oh, come on! What kind of cliffhanger bullshit—"I couldn't breathe. The car suddenly felt impossibly small, the air thick and suffocating. I fumbled for the door handle with shaking hands and practically fell out of the vehicle, gasping for oxygen that wouldn't seem to fill my lungs properly.Behind me, Nicole was aggressively thumping on the side of her old laptop with increasing frustration

Lena"Looks like we got the band back together!" Jake said cheerfully from the driver's seat, his hands drumming against the steering wheel. "I'm just so happy that we managed to put all this Jace drama and revenge stuff behind us, you know? Fresh start and all that."Nicole's voice came from beside me in the back seat, flat and bitter as she looked up from her phone. “I bet you're happy. Why wouldn't you be? Jace and his friends aren't picking on you anymore.”“Huh?”“They basically just let you waltz right onto the varsity team without even trying out properly. Now you're one of them. One of the popular guys. Living the dream, right?"Jake sighed heavily, his shoulders slumping slightly. "I just meant that all that revenge planning was starting to take a serious toll on all of us. The constant scheming and plotting and obsessing over getting back at them. Plus, is it really even necessary anymore? Things are different now."Nicole just glared at the back of Jake's head with such in

Jace"Did you hear that?" Marcus startled from his position above me, freezing mid-climb on the narrow ledge that ran along the second floor of the mansion.I was below him on the same ledge, my fingers gripping the decorative stonework for dear life, when I heard it too: the distinct sound of a doorbell chiming from somewhere inside the house."Shit," I hissed under my breath."I think someone's at the door," Marcus whispered down to me, stating the obvious.I strained to listen over the sound of the wind rustling through the trees and the panicked beating of my own heart hammering in my ears. There were definitely voices coming from the front entrance; sure, they were faint and distant, but they were also unmistakable. Multiple voices, actually. Someone was talking to whoever had answered the door.I reached up and tapped Marcus's foot urgently, just above my head. "Move it! We don't have time to sit here like fucking statues. Go!""Alright, alright!" Marcus started climbing again.

She said "that girl" with such venom that I actually flinched.I fumbled for something to say, my voice sounding small and apologetic. "I can't even imagine what that must've been like for you. I'm so sorry your daughter had to deal with that kind of... competition."Meanwhile, inside my head, I was thinking, So the crazy definitely runs in the family; that explains a lot.Allison's mother smiled then, a cold, satisfied smile that didn't reach her eyes. "Needless to say, my daughter's only real competition has been properly handled. The poor girl tried to handle it on her own, but eventually, when she realized she needed a more experienced hand, she came to me, her mother, to make things better.”She went on, “No more will that street urchin get in the way of our family's prestige and reputation. She's been removed from the playing field entirely, just as should have been from the beginning.”“Right,” I choked out.Mrs Hargrave nodded, briefly inspecting her plant with one hand, befor

Lena“Me?” Jace stepped out from behind the curtain. “What are you doing here, princess?”I mumbled incoherently, my brain short-circuiting at the weirdness of this situation. “Um, I, um—you’re not going to be happy to hear this, but—actually, I—”Marcus emerged from behind the curtain too, looking between all of us with confusion. “You brought your nerd friends with you? What is this, a field trip?” His eyes landed on Jake. “And Jake? Aren’t you supposed to be at practice right now?”Jake’s eyes narrowed defensively. “Aren’t you?”“Look, Lena,” Jace said, his voice taking on that urgent tone I knew meant he was about to try to take control of the situation. “I’m sure we’ll have plenty of time to talk about all of this later, but right now we really need to go. I mean immediately.”“Uh, no.” Nicole crossed her arms stubbornly. “Not until we get what we came here for.”Jace’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Nicole, and I could see the mutual dislike crackling between them like electricit