All Chapters of IN BED WITH HER : Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

LUKE’S P.O.V“So, did you see anything? Anything suspicious? What faces did the suspects have on?”The moment Ian drops into the seat opposite me in the cafeteria, the questions come hauling out before he can even settle.Ian raises an eyebrow, shoving a forkful of rice into his mouth. “Just the judgey looks and side gossip from the girls; no one said or did much,” he mumbles around the food. “A couple people looked shocked when you left with Dre, but mostly it was just whispering. You know how this school is.”I lean back in my chair, scanning the cafeteria like I have been all lunch period. I wanted to kiss Dre, and I swear if the teacher weren’t in class, I would’ve. So I settled for pulling her out of her seat and guiding her, fingers intertwined, out of the class. I made sure to make it obvious — and according to Ian, it couldn’t have been more obvious than that. If the sender is watching, they know we’re together. No more hiding or giving them the satisfaction of thinking they

DRE’S P.O.VThe door clicks shut. I stay rooted on the edge of my bed for what feels like forever, staring at the floor. My hands are trembling. My whole body feels wrong, exposed and dirty, like I’ve been stripped raw and left for everyone to pick apart.Everyone knows.Westfield High knows. By tomorrow morning, the entire school will have seen clips of me having sex. Luiton’s bound to find out. I can already picture it—the admissions office getting wind of it. Composing a concerned email or a quiet withdrawal of my invitation. Who wants a future doctor who’s now known as the girl in the leaked sex tape? They wouldn’t want me at that place ever again.Mum is going to find out.The thought alone is gut-wrenching. She’s going to walk through that door, screaming about how the school called her about her daughter’s most private moments circulating like cheap porn. The shame burns so hot behind my eyes that I press the heels of my palms into them until it hurts.And Luke… He knew for m

DRE’S P.O.V“What do you mean, Luke did that?” I ask in utter disbelief. “You’re lying. That can’t be right.”Silver’s eyes are full of sympathy. “He turned himself in to the principal this afternoon, he admitted everything. Said he had the tapes and that he was the one who distributed them. The police took him right after school. TJ’s still being questioned, and he’s definitely facing consequences for the original recording, but the mass leaking… they’re charging Luke for that.”I feel like the floor has dropped out from under me and I’m now suspended in mid-air. Luke? My Luke. The one who promised he was protecting me. The one who looks me in the eyes and tells me he loves me. He’s the one who did this?Bile rises in my throat. I press a hand to my mouth, fighting the urge to be sick.“Luke would never. It’s an obvious lie,” I choke. “Why would he admit to doing that?”Silver looks heartbroken. “I don’t know what was going through his head. None of us does. But the school is saying

LUKE’S P.O.VI drive around for what feels like hours, eyes burning from exhaustion while I look for a place to sleep for the night.But the nearest motel is way out of town, and I’m not allowed out to exceed my fifty-kilometre radius. I don’t even bother checking in. I have no money, no ID that the police didn’t take, and the last thing I need is someone recognising me as the disgraced star player who just confessed to leaking his girlfriend’s sex tapes. Eventually, I give up, and so does my car, because the gas tank is empty. With what’s left of the gas, I find a quiet, poorly lit spot behind an old warehouse on the edge of town and kill the engine. I climb into the backseat, folding my tall frame as best I can, and use my hoodie as a pillow. The leather is cold against my skin. Sleep doesn’t come easy, but eventually the exhaustion wins.The sharp sound of an alarm cuts through the silence the next morning.I jolt awake, disoriented, banging my knee against the seat in front of me

DRE’S P.O.VShortly after, Silver told me, Luke was at the door, I hear his voice.“Hi, Silver...can you give us a second?”"Sure," Silver responds.I grit my teeth, furious with, Silver. I told her to send him away if he came to come see me, but she's doing the exact opposite.The mattress shifts as Silver climbs off the bed. I stay rooted in place under the thick covers, sweating bullets. I could die of heat under here if I wanted to; it’s better than the conversation I’m about to have with Luke.The door closes and I hear footsteps moving to my bed. I feel his hands in my arm through the sheets. The covers start sliding down slowly. Luke is tugging them off. I grip the edges tightly, trying to keep them over my head, but he pulls them away with almost no effort.The cool air hits my face. I keep my head buried in the pillow, refusing to look at him.I can’t. The room is silent for a long moment. I can feel him sitting on the edge of the bed, close but not touching me.Then his vo