Chapter 62 Julian’s POV Ethan’s couch was starting to feel like home, which was a bad sign. I’d been sprawled there for three days, living off takeout and cheap whiskey. The only sound was the faint buzz of his TV and the occasional curse from him whenever his game lagged.
Chapter 61 Catherine’s POV After what I saw Sasha do to Tessa, I didn’t care about being close to her anymore. She was one mean girl, I couldn’t stand being around her. I made sure to avoid her for the rest of the day and luckily, she didn’t try to
Chapter 60 Catherine’s POV I got to the library and spotted Tessa. For a moment, I almost couldn’t believe it. She was sitting by the far window, her head bent over a notebook. A genuine smile broke across my face before I even realized it. I’d missed her energy, her
Chapter 59 Catherine’s POV It had been two days since Julian walked out of my room. I hadn’t seen him since then, so it was safe to say he was avoiding me. So yeah, another period of us not seeing or speaking to each other, pretending the other didn’t exist.
Chapter 58 Catherine’s POV I opened the door, half-asleep. The faint curl of smoke hit me instantly and I looked down to find Julian sitting on the floor against the wall, cigarette dangling loosely between his fingers. His jaw was tight in that frustratingly controlled way he always had. “What
Chapter 57 Julian’s POV Catherine didn’t open the door but I told myself I’d give it five minutes. When I glanced at my phone again, ten minutes had passed. At some point, I leaned forward, resting my elbows against the door. “I didn’t mean what I said earlier,” I muttered
Chapter 56 Catherine’s POV A knock came barely a minute after I tossed my phone aside. Three short, impatient taps. I laughed, already knowing who it was. I didn’t need a psychic to tell me that was Julian. He was obviously here to get me to delete the picture. Besides,
Chapter 55 Catherine’s POV The first day of the month already started with pure chaos for me. When I got to the dining room, Gabriel and Lucy were already seated at the long dining table. As usual, Julian walked in last. The sight of him nearly made me choke on
Chapter 54 Catherine’s POV The first thing I felt when I woke up was that my head hated me. It throbbed like someone had stuffed a drum inside and decided to start band practice. I groaned and rolled over, pressing a pillow to my face. My throat felt dry and
Chapter 53 Julian’s POV “Stop moving,” she continued to say, even after I carried her into her room and laid her on the bed. Before I could ask what she meant, both her hands clamped around my head hard. I froze. “Catherine, what the hell p> “You head keeps spinning,”
Chapter 52 Catherine’s POV I’d spent the whole day thinking of how the girls’ night would be. Why on earth had I agreed to be part of Sasha and her girls so-called “girls’ night”? Why did I even agree to let them use the Vaughn mansion? Now, with evening creeping
Chapter 51 Catherine’s POV “So girls?” she started after a while, flashing her queen-bee smile. “You know what day it is, right p> I nodded and answered in my head. “Friday p> Her girls giggled, exchanging glances like I’d just told the world’s dumbest joke, before saying it out together,
Chapter 50 Catherine’s POV Collins wasn’t in school today. He’d texted me earlier that morning saying he had something to do, something vague, so I was on my own today. I’d just picked up a tray of food from the cafeteria and was scanning for an empty table when someone
Chapter 49 Catherine’s POV I should’ve known Lucy’s kindness was a façade the moment she started smiling too much at me. That morning began like every other. I sat in the dining room, going over my class notes while sipping coffee. I had a test the next day, and my
Chapter 48 Julian’s POV That night, I couldn’t sleep. I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, the image of her body replaying over and over again, how she flinched at my touch, how she refused to kiss me. It all made me furious. The worst part was that no
Chapter 47 Catherine’s POV Since Julian had confessed that he couldn’t resist me and since he began to act like a jealous idiot every time Collins was around, I decided it was time for payback. He had this annoying habit of turning me on, making my pulse race, then walking
Chapter 46 Julian’s POV I left Ethan’s house that night with my sanity hanging by a thread. He and Tessa continuously had sex in loud, shameless ways. It may seem as if they were apparently determined to make the neighbors file a complaint. Every moan and every creak of the
Chapter 45 Julian’s POV I showed up at Ethan’s place without a text or call, and the surprise on his face when he opened the door said it all. His brows lifted in disbelief. “You’ve got to be kidding me. You know phones exist, right p> I brushed past him,
Chapter 44 Catherine’s POV We stood there like that for what felt like forever, his hands firm around my waist, our bodies pressed close enough that I could feel his heartbeat thundering against mine. My brain screamed at me to move, but my body refused to listen. Every inch of
Chapter 43 Julian’s POV Lucy’s voice cut through the darkness. “What are the two of you doing here in the dark p> For a second, silence stretched thin between us. Catherine froze on the counter, her breath shaky and uneven. I could still feel the ghost of her skin on