My Fake Boyfriend Is the School Bad Boy novel Chapter 189

Chapter 189 Crying On The Bedroom Floor

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“It was the wrong choice.” He shook his head. The raw agony etched deep lines around his mouth. “I watched you study for four years. I saw you fall asleep at the library table holding a highlighter. I saw the exhaustion in your mother’s face when she worked double shifts to

pay for your supplies. You bled for that transcript.”

“The transcript means nothing if you disappear.”

“I possess a massive trust fund.” His voice cracked, fracturing under the immense weight of the confrontation. “Even if my father cuts me off, I survive. I always survive. You possess one single path out of this neighborhood, and you set it on fire to save a boy who brings

nothing but chaos into your life.”

“You brought me out of the shadows, I countered. The tears flowed fast now, hot and relentless. “You bought me the midnight silk dress. You gave me the courage to walk down the main corridor with my head held high. You kept my discarded yellow pencil in a box because you cared about my existence when nobody else did. I love you.”

The confession hit the center of the cramped bedroom.

I loved him. I harbored a deep, consuming devotion for the boy standing in front of me. I loved him enough to butcher complex equations. I loved him enough to hand my greatest rival the ultimate victory.

Ryder dropped his hands from my shoulders. He stared at me. His chest heaved with uneven, jagged breaths. The confession did not offer comfort. It amplified his guilt.

“You failed the exams this morning,” Ryder deduced. He pieced the final, brutal tragedy together. “You walked into Mr. Harrison’s classroom and you ruined your grades.”

“Yes.”

“And then Trent blocked us in the hallway. Miller called us into the office. The administration issued the suspension.”

“Chloe lied,” I sobbed. The remaining fragments of my composure shattered. The adrenaline from the argument faded, leaving a hollow, crushing despair in my stomach. “I gave her the rank. I followed her rules. I handed in the ruined tests. I sacrificed the scholarship. And she leaked the photograph anyway.”

My knees gave out. The sheer weight of the double betrayal pushed me down. I collapsed onto the cold wood floor. The denim of my sweatpants offered zero protection against the hard surface. I curled my arms around my stomach, trying to hold my broken pieces

together.

She took my future. She took my pride. She took my sanctuary. I lost everything for nothing.

Ryder dropped to the floorboards. The heavy thud of his knees hitting the wood echoed in the quiet room.

He did not hesitate. He pulled me into his massive chest. He wrapped his arms around my shivering frame, crushing me against his

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leather jacket. He buried his face in the crook of my neck. I felt the dampness of his hair against my cheek. I clung to his black t-shirt,

gripping the cotton fabric with trembling fingers.

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The loud, wretched sobs tore through my throat. I cried for my tired mother. I cried for the ruined biology test resting on a teacher’s desk.

I cried for the terrifying injustice of the affluent elite.

“I am sorry, I wept. “I tried to fix it. I tried to save you.”

“Stop, Ryder whispered. His voice shook. The steady, unbroken armor of the Crestview delinquent cracked open, exposing the raw,

bleeding heart underneath. Do not apologize. Please, do not apologize to me.”

He held me tighter. He rocked me back and forth on the hard floor. He absorbed my pain, taking the brunt of the emotional collapse.

He realized the full scope of the morning.

When we sat in the sterile leather chairs facing Principal Miller, I already knew my academic record lay in ruins. When the principal handed me the white suspension envelope, I harbored the secret knowledge that my sacrifice meant nothing. I walked down the A-wing corridor, enduring the cruel insults and the mocking laughter, carrying the devastating truth in total silence. I let him believe I possessed a flawless transcript to fall back on.

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