Fake Dating the Bad Boy for Revenge novel Chapter 182

Chapter 182

A love that mattered, even if it looked selfish to others.

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He brushed a strand of hair from my face, his fingers lingering against my cheek. You’ve got a big heart, Princess. It’s dangerous.”

“Yeah, well,” I said, forcing a smile even as my heart pounded with so much love for him, “so’s yours.”

He huffed a quiet laugh, but his expression changed-softer, almost unreadable. You know what’s funny? I used to think love made people weak. That it was for fairytales, and the stupid, but watching you prove me wrong is the most irritating thing that’s ever happened to me.”

“That’s the nicest insult anyone’s ever given me,” I said dryly.

Ace leaned in until his breath tickled over my ear. “You make me want things I swore I’d never want again.”

The words sank into me like heat, my heart thudding violently as I stared at myself. I wanted to joke, to deflect again, but my voice came out smaller than 1

intended. “Like what?”

He smiled, but it wasn’t his usual arrogant smirk-it was almost reverent, like he was taking me in for the first time all over again. “Peace. Something I never thought I’d find….not until You.”

And there it was-the same kind of honesty I’d seen in my father’s eyes earlier, raw and unguarded. Maybe love really did make fools of us all.

I swallowed, my hand finding his. “You know, if my parents could survive twenty years of heartbreak and one awkward morning decide to finally say fuck you to the rest of the world, maybe there’s hope for the rest of us.”

He squeezed my fingers. “Don’t go getting sentimental on me, Amara. I like my chaos girl unbreakable.”

“I’m not unbreakable,” I said quietly.

He studied me for a moment, then leaned down until our foreheads touched. “Then I’ll just have to be the one who holds you together.”

Silence settled between us-soft, fragile, almost holy. For a long moment, the world outside didn’t exist. Just his breath, my pulse, and the quiet hum of

everything unsaid.

Then, of course, Ace ruined it.

“So,” he murmured, lips curving into that devilish grin again, “your parents inspired you, huh?”

I shoved him. “Oh my God, stop!”

He laughed, catching my wrist and pulling me back between his arms. “Admit it,incess. You’re already writing their redemption are in your head.”

“Maybe,” I said, trying not to smile. “But only because watching them made melise something”

“What’s that?”

“That love isn’t perfect,” I said. “It’s messy and loud and sometimes really inconvenient. But when it’s real, it finds its way back-even if it has to take a detour through hell first.”

Ace stared at me like he was memorising every word. Then, softly: “You’re dangerous when you talk like that.”

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Chapter 182

“Why?” I asked.

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“Because you make forever sound like something I could believe in.”

My throat tightened. For a boy who claimed he didn’t do softness, he sure had a way of slipping it into my bloodstream like poison.

He kissed me then and again, this time it was slow, deliberate, nothing like the wild, hungry ones he usually gave me. This one was quieter, full of

everything we didn’t know how to say.

When he finally pulled back, he whispered against my lips, “Guess I’m doomed.”

I smiled, breathless. “Yeah, but at least it’s mutual.”

He grinned. “Good. I don’t like suffering alone.”

We both laughed, and for the first time since the morning catastrophe, the image in my head faded-replaced by this one: Ace’s smile, his warmth, the way

he looked at me like I was both the fire and the match.

Maybe love really was madness. But standing there, wrapped in it, I decided some madness was worth keeping.

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FAKE DATING THE BAD BOY FOR REVENGE.