All Chapters of The Captain that was never mine: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Shirley's POV "Janine." I was a little confused by the unfamiliar name, but I still reached out and shook her hand politely. “Nice to meet you, Janine. How can I help you?” Janine’s smile widened. “No, no, nothing exactly. I’ve just been fascinated by you, you know… the recent news.” Oh. My mind immediately went on alert. The recent news about me was anything but good, third-party accusations, the party scandal, the endless forum posts. This girl clearly had some ulterior motive. I kept my expression neutral. “Well, is there anything I can help you with? Or something you want to know about me?” “Actually…” Janine leaned in slightly, her voice dropping with eager curiosity. “I heard you were tutoring Sebastian Hale.” I raised an eyebrow. “Yeah…” “Are both of you like… really close pals?” she asked, eyes sparkling with anticipation. The intensity of her stare gave me the creeps. Nope. I am not doing this. “Actually… it’s none of your business,” I said firmly, keeping

Shirley POV My phone buzzed on the bed beside me. I glanced down and froze when I saw the name on the screen. Sebastian: You coming to the party later? I blinked, genuinely shocked. Why was he texting me about the party? We weren’t close enough for casual invites like that. Kayla, who had been rummaging through her suitcase, immediately noticed my expression. Before I could react, she snatched the phone from my hand and read the message herself. Her eyes widened, then narrowed suspiciously as she looked up at me, raising an eyebrow. “You and Sebastian have something going on that you’re not telling me,” she said, already starting to type a reply. I quickly grabbed the phone back from her. “No, Kayla. We do not have anything going on apart from our tutor and student relationship. You need to get your dirty mind cleaned up.” Kayla stared at me for a long second, clearly not fully convinced. Then she clicked her tongue and shrugged. “It’s all right. Whatever you say.” She turned

Sebastian POVJason looked at me from across the room with a small smile “There’s no need to raise our voices here,” he said. “Like I said, it was just a prank. You’re ruining the fun.” He paused, eyes flicking down to Shirley in my arms, "Unless she's your girl?" then back up to my face as if searching for a reaction. My expression stayed ice-cold. After a second he answered his own unspoken question.“Nah… I don’t think so.”I tightened my hold on Shirley. "There was only one way this was going to end. I’m walking out that door with her,” I paused meeting Jason's eyes. “And you guys aren’t going to do a damn thing about it.”Stacey stepped forward with that her fake smile that makes me want to jab her, she should be thankful that I was man.“Don’t you think you’re overreacting?” she asked. “She’s just drunk. We didn’t drug her. She simply couldn’t handle her alcohol. And compared to what she did to me at my party, I believe this is a much lighter punishment.”I almost laughed. Do t

Brad POVSplash!Water cascaded down Jason’s head and soaked his entire upper body. For a second I just stared.That was Shirley.The Shirley Patterson I grew up with. Damn… she had changed. The last clear memory I had of her was that awkward girl with the geeky smile that used to send an uncomfortable shiver down my spine. Now she looked like a complete hot baddie. The way that bikini and the thin cloth around her waist hugged her body was almost unfair. Just looking at her was enough to get me hard. And watching her strut away after putting Jason in his place? Damn. It had been a while since I’d seen a girl with that kind of confident, bad-ass energy.“Goddammit!” Jason cursed beside me, wiping water from his face. “I’m gonna get that bitch. The actual nerve—”I couldn’t help it. I laughed. He was completely drenched.“Are you seriously laughing, bro? We gotta think how to get back at her.”I was definitely thinking about her… just not in the way he meant.“Do you think it’s a good

CHAPTER 26Sebastian POVI was just as shocked as she looked.Shirley stood in the middle of the motel room, frozen, staring at me like I was the last person she expected to see, well I technically was, this is a motel.I had only gone to the girls’ lounge earlier because I needed to study. No matter how many times I tried to force myself to focus on the notes, my brain refused to cooperate. At some point I had realized something: I could only really concentrate when she was the one teaching me. So when I saw her sneaking around outside the resort, acting shady as hell, curiosity got the better of me. I followed her. I told myself it was just to make sure she was okay after what happened last night. That was the only reason.And now here I was.Standing in a motel room that had clearly been prepared for her.“What are you doing here?” Shirley’s asked in a low voice. “You’re not supposed to be here.”My eyes subconsciously drifted around the room again Normally I would turn around an