FAKE DATING MY EX'S RIVAL HOCKEY STAR のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 51 - チャプター 60

MIA'S POV“No. I know it's painful, and I know all you care about is money, so I've compensated you well for breaching the contract and more.”Something caught in my throat. For a few seconds, I couldn't breathe. So that was what he thought of me? That I had only stayed because of his money? My fingers slowly loosened around the railing. He wasn't completely wrong. The first time I accepted the arrangement, I had been desperate. My mother had been abandoned at the hospital after Logan refused to help with her treatment. Gerry needed a roof over his head. I had bills I couldn't pay and nowhere to turn. I had needed Ryan's money. But that was before. Before I started looking forward to his footsteps in the hallway. Before I started smiling whenever his name appeared on my phone. Before I started noticing the little things about him. Before last night. Before I had spent the entire morning rehearsing how I would tell him that I wanted to be his real girlfriend. He could call the beginnin

RYAN'S POVI didn't know where I was going. I only knew I needed to get as far away from the estate as possible. Far away from my parents. Far away from their cold eyes and their threats. Far away before I completely lost myself.My hands tightened around the steering wheel as I drove through the streets without a destination.Mia. Her voice was still inside my head. Y-you're joking, Ryan. Then that laugh. That horrible, broken laugh. I could still hear it. I swallowed hard and reached for my phone. Her name was still on my screen. Mia, My thumb hovered over it. I could call her. I could tell her everything. I could tell her that I loved her long before the fake dating and everything. That I hadn't wanted to hurt her. That every word I had said was a lie. That if she could just give me a little more time, I would find a way out of this. My thumb moved closer to the call button. Then I stopped.“No.”I shook my head. My parents would know. They always knew. If I warned Mia, they would

RYAN'S POVThe moment I realized what was happening, my fingers loosened around Logan's collar. Phones. Everywhere. Dozens of them. Some were raised above people's heads. Others were pointed directly at my face, recording every second. My blood turned cold. Logan wasn't scared. That bastard was smiling. As if this was exactly what he had wanted. I slowly released him.“You set me up.”Logan adjusted his collar, his smile widening.“What are you talking about?”“You followed me.”My chest rose and fell as anger crawled beneath my skin. But Logan raised his eyebrows innocently, as if I had just accused him of something ridiculous.“Did I?”“You knew exactly what you were doing.”“I came here for a drink.”“Bullshit!”My voice thundered through the club. The music had stopped. Nobody was dancing anymore. Every face had turned toward us. And every damn phone was still recording. Mason grabbed my arm.“Ryan.”I yanked it away.“Don't.”“Bro, calm down.”“Calm down?” I spun toward him.“Do

RYAN'S POV"Don't you dare go against me, Ryan."My father's threatening voice followed me through the hallway, and when I slowly turned around to look at him, I couldn't help but wonder how a man who was supposed to be my father could look at me with so much hatred, as though I wasn't his own flesh and blood but rather an enemy who had spent his entire life trying to destroy everything he had built.But I didn't move.I stood my ground with one hand resting firmly against the black door in front of me, my fingers tightening around the handle as memories I had spent years trying to bury slowly crawled back into my mind.The same black door, the same room, same room where he had died. And now my little sister was inside there."If you dare open that door..." My father's voice came again, colder this time, but I slowly turned around and faced him fully."What will you do, Father?" I growled, my chest rising and falling heavily."What else can you possibly do to me that you haven't alrea

MIA'S POVThe first thing I felt when I opened my eyes was pain. Not the kind of pain that came from falling or hitting my body against something. This one was deeper.It sat somewhere inside my chest, heavy and stubborn, as though someone had placed a stone directly on my heart and forgotten to take it away.For several seconds, I didn't move.I simply stared at the ceiling above me. And suddenly, everything came rushing back.The phone call with Ryan.The way he had told me that everything between us had been fake.My throat tightened as my heart sank to the pit of my stomach.Yes, technically, he was right. Our relationship had started as something fake. I had signed those papers because I wanted to save my family, and Ryan had needed someone to pretend to be his girlfriend.But what about everything that happened after that?What about last night? Was that fake too?My throat tightened painfully as my heart seemed to sink even deeper.I slowly pushed myself out of bed and walked to