Fake Dating the Bad Boy for Revenge novel Chapter 80

Chapter 80

སཾ ཏྟཱ, 63%-

‘No, I said, my tone hard, as I steeled my shoulders and stared Eldric in the eyes

“Miss Bishop,” the principal interjected, his tone sharp as he spat from behind m. “Do you understand the severity of what you’ve done? Do you understand the stain your actions have placed on this school?”

“Yes,” I whispered, my voice barely audible, as I turned to him. My hands clenched in my lap, shaking as I tried to ground myself against the two forces digging into my mind and subconscious.

Eldric leaned closer to the screen at my refusal, forcing my gaze away from the pincipal back to his, the coldness in his grey eyes intensifying as he spoke the words that steeled me again. “You remind me of someone, you know… my late wife. She was… weak,” He spat, as his lips curled in a hateful snarl, as her weakness offended him. “She was manipulated by addiction, and it made her destroy my family from the inside. And now,” he leaned back, the smirk twisting his face, “I see the same chaos in you. Don’t think for a second that you are safe You are exactly like her.”

I gasped sharply, the words hitting me like a brick to the chest. My mother’s past had been a shadow I had carried quietly, because of shame, fear, anger, and the urge to hide from the chaos she brought with her, but for him to twist it against me, to compare me to someone who had destroyed his family?

My vision blurred with tears, as shame burned hotter than my fear ever had.

I felt my chest tighten for a moment as I tried to breathe. For a moment, I almost believed him, I almost let his words sink into my skin. It felt like he was right, that maybe I was destined to ruin everything, including Lucien.

Maybe I didn’t belong anywhere near him or his world.

But in that moment, a voice filtered in my mind, and added to my confidence, blurring away my fears and worry, as Lucien’s earlier words echoed in my

mind,

Touch her, and you burn.

His earlier words droned in, and a flicker of courage flared in my chest as I sat straighter, stared at the trillionaire, and the force that is Eldric Ravenscroft.

“I…” I started, but stopped as my voice trembled, betraying my earlier confidence as I stared at him. ‘I will not-

“Okay then.” Eldric interrupted, as he rubbed his jaw and tilted his head. The coldness of his gaze is still present, but with a new note of mockery as his voice dripped with what felt like a false calm. “You may stay… for now. But remember this, your place is beneath us. One more scandal, and your privileges, everything will be gone. Let Lucien play with you, I’ll allow it, after all, a boy must have fun. But remember, my son is engaged to someone else, and when

the time comes, you will be abandoned, just as you were picked.”

The screen turned black immediately as Eldric ended the call. I sank back into the chair, as my body trembled, and my stomach twisted. I felt raw, exposed, and humiliated, but at the same time, I felt strangely alive in a way that fear and Lucien’s protection intertwined into something I had never felt before.

My mind raced, and my hands itched with an urge. I wanted to call him.

I wanted to tell him everything, to collapse into him, and let his strength envelle me, to beg him to save me.

But I knew I had to be strong; I had to survive this without breaking completely

I clenched my fists, letting my nails dig into my palins until the pain anchored . And I swore silently under my breath, fiercely swore, that whatever came next, whatever this school, Eldric, or the world threw at me, I wouldn’t falter, no with Lucien by my side.

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FAKE DATING THE BAD BOY FOR REVENGE.