LOGINRyker's POV
I tried calling Leo again before I finally stepped into my dorm.
Again.
The call rang until it went straight to voicemail.
I stared at my phone screen, my fingers tightening around it. I had already called him twice, and both times there had been nothing.
No answer.
No message.
Nothing.
I stood outside the dorm door for a few seconds longer, my mind running
Leo's pov I had successfully made the video.I sat staring at my phone screen as the uploaded video continued collecting views by the second.Thousands.Tens of thousands.Hundreds of thousands.The internet was eating it up exactly the way the media team predicted.Every carefully rehearsed word.Every controlled expression.Every calculated smile.Every lie.Especially the lies."I'd like to address what happened during my wedding ceremony."I could practically hear my own voice playing in my head."The name I called out at the altar was simply the name of someone I had spoken to recently."Lie."I had also had a bit too much to drink."Lie."It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue."Lie."I deeply love my wife."The biggest lie of all."I would never intentionally hurt her or embarrass her."Lie.Lie.Lie.Lie.Every single word that came out of my mouth had been carefully manufactured.Packaged.Polished.Presented to the public as truth.That was what media control meant.Lying
Ryker's povTen minutes had slowly turned into several hours.The room had long since gone quiet, the sounds of students moving between classes fading until only distant footsteps occasionally echoed through the hallway outside.I sat there staring at the floor.Then at the desk.Then at the wall.Then back at the floor.My brain kept replaying the same things over and over again.I groaned and buried my face in my hands.What was my life?Seriously.What was my actual life?A few days ago, I had been worrying about how to get over the one person I loved more than life itself.Now somehow I was apparently the mystery person whose name had been called at a billionaire's wedding.Wonderful.Absolutely wonderful.I leaned back in my chair and stared at the ceiling.For once in my life, I wished things would just go smoothly.No drama.No heartbreak.No emotional disasters.Just one normal week.Was that too much to ask?Apparently it was.Because every time I thought things couldn't poss
Ryker's povI was losing my mind.There was no other way to describe it.I paced across the empty classroom so many times that I was beginning to wear an invisible trail into the floor. My thoughts kept circling the same question over and over again until it felt like it was carving itself into my skull.How?How could he do that?How could he stand at the altar in front of hundreds of people and say my name?My name.Not Catherine's.Mine."Ryker."Derek's voice came from somewhere behind me.I ignored him.I couldn't stop moving.My chest felt tight. My breathing felt wrong.Everything felt wrong."He said my name," I muttered.I dragged both hands through my hair."At the altar.""Ryker, you need to sit down.""No."I turned sharply and started pacing in the opposite direction."Who does that?" I demanded. "Seriously, who does that?"Derek remained leaning against one of the desks.His expression was careful.It somehow annoyed me even more."He married her."I laughed.The sound c
Ryker's POVI was in a very good mood.I'm not even sure why.Since Oliver and Chris walked in on me and Ronaldo that morning, I'd had this strange sense of comfort sitting inside my chest.It wasn't happiness exactly.It wasn't excitement either.It was just... peace.For the first time in what felt like forever, everything felt quieter.The constant ache that had been clawing at my chest for weeks wasn't gone, but it wasn't screaming anymore.It was resting.And I'd take that, any day over the usual chaos.I adjusted my bag on my shoulder as I made my way across campus.Students hurried in every direction.Some were heading to classes.Some were sitting beneath trees.Others were gathered around food stalls laughing loudly.Life move
Leo's POVMy brain was hurting,really badly too.Not just from the alcohol I had consumed earlier.Not just from the migraine that had been threatening to split my skull in half since morning from all the drinking.Everything hurt.My chest.My thoughts.My conscience.Exactly as my father predicted, the news about me saying the wrong name on the altar spread like wildfire, and it was already on every tabloid there was.Every.Single.One.The moment I opened my phone, it was there."Leonardo Rizz Calls Another Name During Wedding Vows.""Mystery Person Interrupts High Profile Wedding.""Who Is Ryker?"I couldn't escape it.Ryker's name was out there in the open, free for any and everyone to figure out his identity, free for anyone to do whatever they could to him.And I was over here.Powerless.I couldn't protect him.It wouldn't take long.In fact, I could already picture my father's face as he realizes that Ryker is a real person, and as he realizes my true interests, my sexuality
Ryker's POVComfort was the first thing I noticed.Not the sunlight pouring through the curtains and splashing across the room. Not the dull ache lingering behind my eyes from the alcohol. Not even the unfamiliar weight pressing gently against my back.For a few blissful seconds, I stayed exactly where I was, half asleep and wrapped in comfort.Then reality slowly began creeping back in.I blinked.The room came into focus.My dorm room.My bed.Someone behind me.My entire body stiffened.Leo?.The thought came automatically.My heart jumped before crashing just as quickly.No.Not Leo.Leo was married now.Or at least he should be.The realization hurt more than I expected.Slowly, I turned around.Ronaldo.My eyebrows immediately knitted together."What..."My voice sounded rough.Ronaldo was asleep, one arm draped loosely around my waist.I stared at him.Why was Ronaldo in my bed?Then pieces of yesterday started returning.The tequila.The sadness.The conversation.The distract
Leo’s POVThe ride back home felt longer than usual, and boring because Ryker wasn't here to bring his colour into everything or maybe because my mind refused to shut up.The helicopter blades had barely stopped echoing i
Leo’s POV“Come here, baby. Let daddy make you feel good.”The words left my mouth low and rough, thick with want, and the effect they had on Ryker was immediate.The look in his eyes nearly ended whate
Ronaldo’s POVI had never been this angry in my entire life, my whole body practically shook with the weight of my anger.I couldn't get over this.How could anyone get over this?I fought back the tears as I took in a deep breath before taking an even bigger chug of my father’s brandy.The liquid
Ryker’s POVThe closer I got to Ronaldo, the further away he stepped.Like even breathing the same air as me suddenly disgusted him.My chest tightened painfully.“Ronaldo…”He laug







