All Chapters of Off-Limits Puck: Daddy's Best Friend is my Ruin: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

GAVINI barely heard the sound of the glass shattering at my feet. The broken pieces scattered across the floor like tiny diamonds, and a few guests turned to look, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Melanie.What the hell was she doing with Reynold?Seeing her arm linked with his made something dark and possessive rise inside me. After everything that the bastard had tried to do to her, tearing at her clothes and trying to force himself on her, she was standing there beside him like they were a real couple?Had she lost her damn mind?“Oh my God, Gav, look what you’ve done,” Cassandra hissed next to me, clearly annoyed.Her voice pulled me back for a second. I glanced down at the spilled champagne and broken glass. A waiter was already hurrying over with a cloth.“Yeah, sorry,” I muttered, not really caring.My eyes went straight back to Melanie. She was looking everywhere in the room except at me, deliberately avoiding my gaze. Then she leaned in close to Reynold, whispered something i

MELANIEI thought I heard him wrong. I whipped my head around so fast I nearly got dizzy, staring at Reynold like he had grown a second head, my heart already hammering wildly in my chest.“What did you just say?”His smirk grew wider, clearly loving that he had my full attention now. “You heard me, Mel. You’re hooking up with my coach.”My jaw dropped. My lips parted, closed, then parted again like a fish gasping for air. Then I let out a really strange, flat laugh that sounded like it came from someone else. “Have you been drinking?” I tried to brush it off, but I knew the denial was too weak.“Hmm.” Reynold tapped a finger against his cheek, pretending to think deeply while looking at the wall. “So… was Gavin the reason you didn’t want to sleep with me? Or did it start after that night?”“I—” “Another thing,” he cut in, his voice suddenly deadpan. “I’ve been wondering who helped you that night, but I didn’t want to bring it up…”I felt like my heart was about to burst out of my c

MELANIEThe moment Eva walked in holding Silvio’s hand, my whole body tensed up. She had tried calling me several times after the fight at Derek’s house, but the hurt still felt too fresh. I couldn’t bring myself to pick up.“Damn, Eva got herself a rich boyfriend,” Reynold muttered beside me, staring at the couple as they made their way through the room like they were the main celebrants.I ignored him and looked away, just in time to see Gavin walking through the crowd. He passed right by us without even glancing in my direction. Not a single look. Not even a small change in his expression, or even, I don't know, a subtle wink.He just kept walking as if I were a piece of rented ballroom furniture.My jaw clenched hard. Did he only want me when we were behind locked doors? Was I just a secret to him, someone he could fuck in hidden corners and then pretend didn’t exist? The thought burned in my chest.Reynold tried to get his attention, but Gavin didn’t even acknowledge him. He just

MELANIE“How on earth do you intend to take his phone from him and delete the video?” Eva asked urgently, her eyes darting left and right to make sure Reynold wasn’t close enough to hear.I shook my head, still trying to figure it out. “I don’t know yet. But I’m not just going to sit around and let him use that video against me.”I turned and noticed her giving me a strange look. “What?”“I don’t know,” she said, making a face. “I’m just trying to picture how he even caught you two. Were you doing it with the door open again?”“No,” I denied immediately. “Reynold is a fucking weirdo. He actually went all the way to the fire escape to record us through the transom window.”“It's a lie!” Eva covered her mouth in shock as she let out a series of loud, disbelieving laughs.I shoved her shoulder. “That’s not funny!”“I’m so sorry.” She tried to stop laughing but kept failing, her hand still over her mouth. “But it kind of is.” The words had barely left her lips when a loud crack of gunsho

MELANIE“Sir, that was an amazing decision to blame the opposition,” I overheard my father’s shameless PA, Jake, gushing as I walked into the house that night.Jake turned toward the door, his face still glowing with excitement, when he noticed me. “Your father is a genius, Melanie,” he continued, practically beaming. My plan was just to grab my power bank from the center table and disappear upstairs to my room. Now I was roped into a conversation I had zero interest in.I stopped moving, leaned my weight against one of the chairs, crossed my arms, and just stared at Jake. His smile faltered, suddenly looking uncomfortable under my gaze.My father turned and saw me. He shook his head, already knowing this wouldn’t end well. “Jake, you can leave. Go home. You’ve done well tonight.”“Thank you, sir.” Jake gave a quick nod, picked up his bag, and headed for the door.He was about to pass me when I stopped him. “Jake, you must be so proud.”The huge grin returned to his face instantly. “Y