Chapter 21: Public Exposure

Chapter 21: Public Exposure The rumor moved faster than the photo ever had. By the next morning, the private fighting forums were full of it. Screenshots of the fake messages Marcus had planted were being shared with captions that grew uglier by the hour. Some called Noah a parasite. Others called him a snake who had been feeding information to the other side. A few of the more vicious posts suggested Zach had been too blinded by sex to notice he was being played. Noah felt it first through his work. A client who had been enthusiastic the week before suddenly “needed more time to review the proposal.” Another asked, with careful politeness, whether the recent online speculation would affect Noah’s ability to deliver on time. A third simply stopped answering his emails. He sat in his studio, staring at the unanswered messages, the weight of the lie pressing down on his chest until it became hard to breathe. Zach felt it in the gym. The usual easy respect had shifted. Conversati

Última actualización : 2026-09-29

Chapter 22: Damage Control

Chapter 22: Damage Control Ryan arrived at Noah’s studio late in the morning with a laptop under one arm and a six-pack of energy drinks under the other. He looked like he hadn’t slept much either. “I pulled every version of those screenshots that are floating around,” he said, dropping the laptop onto the large drafting table and flipping it open. “The metadata looks clean if you only glance at it, but the timestamps don’t line up and the message bubbles were clearly built in an editor. They’re fake. Marcus got greedy and sloppy.” Zach leaned over his shoulder, arms crossed tightly over his chest. The cut on his knuckle from the near-fight earlier in the day had already started to scab. “Can we prove it in a way that actually matters? Or are we just going to look like we’re making excuses?” “Clean enough to plant real doubt with the people who control money,” Ryan replied, fingers already flying across the keyboard. “Sponsors. Promoters. The ones who decide whether doors

Última actualización : 2026-10-04

Chapter 23: Family Confrontation

Chapter 23: Family Confrontation The Rivera family home looked the same as it always had. Two story brick. Neatly kept front garden. The same heavy wooden door Zach had walked through a thousand times as a boy. Today it felt like walking into a trial. Zach had insisted on going alone. Noah had argued about it in the car the entire drive over, his voice tight, hands clenched in his lap, guilt written across every line of his face. Zach had kissed him once, hard, and told him to wait. “This is my family. I need to face them first. Stay in the car.” So Noah sat in the passenger seat of the black SUV parked two houses down, heart hammering, watching the front door close behind Zach. Inside, the air was already heavy. Elena Rivera stood in the center of the living room with her arms folded tightly across her chest. Silver streaked dark hair pulled back. Blue eyes... the same shade as her son’s was sharp with hurt and anger. Antonio Rivera remained silent near the fireplace, the sa

Última actualización : 2026-10-08

Chapter 24: The Rival Threat

Chapter 24: The Rival Threat Noah was alone in his apartment, half-heartedly reviewing a set of revised floor plans on his tablet when he got the message, around 11:47 pm, when his phone lit up with an unknown number. He almost ignored it. Then he opened it. 'Unknown:' I gave you a chance to be smart but you refused. Now both of you will pay for it. Rivera won’t always be there to protect you. Sleep light. — D Noah’s blood ran cold. He stared at the screen until the words blurred. Damien. The same man who had approached him weeks ago with a false offer of protection. The same man who had made it clear he was watching. He should have told Zach everything from the beginning. Instead he had tried to handle it quietly, convinced that involving Zach would only pour more fuel on an already dangerous fire. That decision now sat unsettled in his stomach. He was still staring at the message when the front door opened. Zach stepped inside, still in his training clothes, gym bag ov

Última actualización : 2026-10-15

Chapter 25: Rescue and Rage

Chapter 25: Rescue and Rage Noah didn’t remember falling. One moment he was trying to shield his head from the next blow; the next, the concrete was cold against his cheek and the taste of blood was thick in his mouth. Damien’s boots shifted in front of him. Another kick was coming. Then a roar cut through the parking garage. Zach hit Damien like a freight train. The two men slammed into the side of a parked car hard enough to set off the alarm. Zach didn’t give Damien a chance to recover. He drove a brutal right hook into his jaw, then another into his ribs. Damien staggered, swung wild, and caught Zach across the cheek, blood sprayed. Zach barely seemed to feel it. He shoved Damien back, followed him, and kept hitting him...short, vicious, controlled punch meant to disfigure him totally. “Zach...!” Noah’s voice came out broken. Zach’s head snapped toward him for half a second. That was all Damien needed, he lunged but Zach pivoted, caught him in a tight clinch, and drove him

Última actualización : 2026-10-22

Todos los capítulos de Best Friends Shouldn't Crave Your Moan: Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 25

Chapter 21: Public Exposure

Chapter 22: Damage Control

Chapter 23: Family Confrontation

Chapter 24: The Rival Threat

Chapter 25: Rescue and Rage