Semua Bab Falling For The Bad Boy Captain: Bab 1 - Bab 10

LEAHMr. Romano hadn’t come home last night.I lay awake longer than I meant to, staring at a ceiling that wasn’t mine yet, turning that fact over until it lost its edges. He’d been out somewhere in this city while his son’s face sat framed in a hallway downstairs, and I still hadn’t found the nerve to ask my mother a single question about it.Asher. My stepbrother now, apparently, in whatever twisted math this new life ran on. The thought sat in my stomach like something I’d swallowed too fast.I pushed myself out of bed before it could settle any deeper and was dressed in twenty minutes.My mother was waiting outside my door when I opened it, hand raised like she’d been about to knock. “I was just about to come knock on your door," she said, her voice dripping with amusement. "It seems you are enjoying your new home so much that you have completely forgotten you have school today."I rolled my eyes. She’d always had a flair for the dramatic that never quite matched the moment.“I’m

LEAH“I—I—” The words wouldn’t line up.“Look at me,” he said.Slowly, against every survival instinct demanding I turn and run, I lifted my chin. My gaze traveled up the broad expanse of his chest until my eyes finally met his.“Enough pretending, Leah.” he said, stepping closer until the heat radiating from his body reached mine. “Enough acting like we don’t know each other. You wanna talk or something? Just say something Leah. How’s life?”“This isn’t the right time to talk about this.”“Then when?” His voice didn’t rise, his jaw tightening as he challenged my avoidance. “When, Leah?”I glanced past his shoulder and my stomach dropped. A small crowd had already gathered near the lockers, phones half lifted, that particular hush that meant people were watching something they’d repeat later. Of course. I was standing in the middle of a hallway with the school’s golden boy, hockey captain, the guy half the student body had a running crush on, and I’d basically just been rescued by h

LEAHThe words tangled in my throat, emerging as nothing more than a broken, breathless stutter. My silence was the only confirmation he needed. The horrific truth hit him instantly, washing over his features in a wave of dark, violent comprehension. I was the daughter of the woman his father was marrying.“Fuck it.” The words came low, then louder, ripping out of him. “Fuck this.” He spun toward me, his chest heaving as he point a trembling finger directly at my face. His eyes were wild and locked onto mine as his mouth twisted over the words. "Fuck—fuck—"He stopped, unable to even finish the sentence, the venom behind his intended words hanging in the space between us. He did not say it, but the air sizzled with the impact of what he wanted to spit out. The MF wanted to curse me. He turned and stormed off down the hall, footsteps hard against the floor, and I stood there watching his back until he rounded the corner and was gone.I was completely frozen. My hands were shaking so vi

ASHER"Man, that is crazy," Caleb said, his voice dropping in disbelief as he sank onto the opposite cushion, staring at me with wide eyes. "What the hell are you going to do now?"I rested my elbows on my knees, my fingers threading through my hair at the chaos of the situation, "I do not know man. Dammit," I muttered, "Because right now, I am completely pissed."Caleb shifted forward, sliding down into a chair directly in front of me, his posture loosening. "It is not that hard," he said smoothly.I lifted my head, my jaw tightening at the casualness of his tone. "What the hell do you mean by that?"A slow smirk spread across Caleb's face, his eyes glinting with a dangerous sort of amusement. "All you have to do is break the marriage. Find a way to completely ensure it does not happen. That way, you can finally be with Leah."A harsh bitter scoff tore from my throat before he could even finish the thought. I leaned back into the sofa, my knuckles turning white against the leather ar

LEAH"You are going to get us killed!" I shouted back at him.He did not slow down. The trees outside the window remained a terrifying blur of green and gray, as he took another curve with an aggressive, fluid precision. My fingers dug deeper into the leather seating as my knuckles ached from the force of my grip. I braced my feet against the floorboards.Goodness, this guy was going to kill us both. If he wanted to end his own life, he should at least do it by himself. Not involve me. I’m not even a nurse yet. The violent momentum finally broke when he slammed the brakes, the Mercedes screeching to a sudden halt right in front of the school entrance.My breath came in short gasps as I tried to steady the dizziness in my head. I spun in the seat, my face burning in anger as I glared at Asher. He sat completely still, his hands resting lightly on the steering wheel while his eyes remained fixed straight ahead on the crowded courtyard."This is the absolute freaking last time I am ever