My Fake Boyfriend Is the School Bad Boy novel Chapter 190

Chapter 190 He Vows To Destroy Her

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Ryder’s hands dropped from my waist. The warmth of his chest vanished, replaced by the freezing draft seeping through the window frame. He pushed himself off the floorboards. He did not offer a hand to help me up. He needed distance.

He stared at the stapled biology packet resting near my knee. The red ink marks mocked his silence.

He turned away. He walked to the narrow closet door. He placed his bandaged hand against the painted wood. He leaned his weight forward, bowing his head. His broad shoulders heaved with heavy, ragged breaths.

The silence stretched between us. The rain beat a steady rhythm against the glass.

“I will destroy her,” Ryder said.

His voice lacked the frantic panic from a few minutes ago. The tone dropped into a dark, terrifying rumble.

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“She took your transcript, he continued. He kept his head bowed against the door. She manipulated your loyalty. She backed you into a corner and forced you to butcher your own future. She watched you hand over the top rank, took the prize, and leaked the signatures

anyway.”

He pushed off the closet door. He turned to face me.

The golden flecks in his hazel eyes disappeared, swallowed by pitch-black fury. The Crestview delinquent surfaced. The boy who broke jaws in the student parking lot stood in my bedroom. The protective armor he wore for my benefit shattered, leaving raw, destructive energy in its wake.

“I will tear her life apart, Ryder promised.

He began to pace. The cramped bedroom lacked the space to contain his massive frame. He took four long strides toward the window, spun on his heel, and took four strides back toward the desk. He moved like a trapped predator.

I will go to her house right now,” he stated. His boots hit the floorboards with heavy, deliberate thuds. “I will wake her parents. I will drag her out to the street. I will force her to call Principal Miller and confess to the blackmail.”

“You cannot go to her house at two in the morning,” I said. I stayed on the floor. My muscles felt weak, drained by the emotional collapse.

“Watch me,” he countered. He did not stop pacing. “I know the security code to the Vance property. I spent years attending those miserable elite parties. I will walk through her front door. I will make her hurt.”

“She will call the police, Ryder.” I pushed myself up. I gripped the edge of the mattress and pulled my body to a standing position. “Her father employs the best defense lawyers in the city. You will end up in a real jail cell.”

“It is worth a jail cell to clear your name.”

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“No, it is not. I raised my voice. The raw scrape in my throat burned. “I did not fail my midterms just to watch you throw your life away

on a revenge mission.”

Ryder stopped pacing. He kicked the wooden chair tucked under my desk. The hard wood slammed against the side of the desk with a loud

crack. The stack of blank index cards slid across the surface and scattered across the floor.

“My life is a wasteland, Raisa!” he shouted. The volume filled the small room, raw and bleeding. I possess a massive disciplinary file. I possess a father who treats me like a corporate asset. I possess nothing of value. You possess a brilliant mind. You possess a ticket out of this neighborhood. You threw your ticket into a fire to save a boy who ruins everything he touches.”

“You do not ruin everything.”

“I ruined you!” He pointed a shaking finger at the ruined biology packet on the floor. “Look at that paper. Look at the red ink. You sacrificed your premed track for a boy with a rap sheet. The administration warned you. Your mother warned you. I am poison. I touch

pristine things and they rot.”

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