All Chapters of THE DEVIL'S BOY TOY: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

  Ryker'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 in circles. What if paying my tuition was his way of saying goodbye?What if this was his grand farewell gift because he knew he couldn't stay? The thought made my chest ache.Because knowing Leo, that was exactly the kind of thing he would do. He would rather destroy himself quietly than look me in the eye and admit that he couldn't keep doing this.But this wasn't some small goodbye gift.This was my entire future.I

Catherine's POVI should have followed my first instinct.I should have mentioned Padrino from the very beginning.The moment Leo started acting like he suddenly had a choice, like he could just throw away months of plans and expectations because of some stupid obsession, I should have reminded him exactly who he was dealing with.But maybe it was better this way.Because now, the fear in his eyes was real.Leo could be stubborn. He could be arrogant. He could be impossible.But he wasn't stupid.He knew what happened when someone crossed Padrino.The last time Leo tried to challenge him by refusing to give that speech, he disappeared for weeks.And when he finally came back, he had an injury and a story about some accident.I remember how worried I was when I couldn't reach him and how I asked so many questions. Questions that I never got answers to, and I stopped pestering not because I didn't care.But because I eventually understood the rules.There were things people like us were

Catherine’s POVI lay comfortably on the bed, staring at the ceiling.My body ached in places I didn’t even know could ache. My back hurt, my head was pounding, and I felt like I hadn’t had a proper night’s sleep in weeks.I shifted slightly.Then I froze.I needed to use the bathroom.With a small sigh, I pushed myself up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom.The apartment was dark. Leo was still asleep, his back turned towards me.I looked at him for a second.Even now, after everything, he still looked peaceful.It almost made me angry.How could someone look so calm and yet be so stubborn? I turned away and entered the bathroom.My eyes landed on the small bag sitting beside the counter.My heart tightened.I had lost count of how many pregnancy tests I had secretly taken every week.Sometimes more than once.For four weeks, I had watched that tiny little stick like it held the answer to my entire future.And every time, nothing.Nothing.I had started wondering if maybe

  Ryker’s POV The night air clung to me as I left Vanessa behind.Her words still echoed in my head, looping like a scratched record I couldn’t fix no matter how many times I replayed it.You keep choosing someone who doesn’t keep choosing you back. I shoved my hands into my pockets and kept walking.The campus felt too quiet for a place that used to feel alive. Maybe it was because most students had already left for break, or maybe it was because I was just noticing silence differently now. Vanessa should’ve come with me.I hated that she didn&

   Ryker’s POV I woke up to a dull, heavy ache that seemed to settle into every part of my body like it had claimed ownership of me.My fingers twitched slightly, and immediately something beeped beside me. A machine. I was at a hospital. My eyes slowly opened.The ceiling above me was white, unfamiliar.For a few seconds, I just stared.Then everything rushed back. The walk.Warren.Ryan.The pain.The sound of someone yelling stop. I tried to move, but my body immediately protested.A sharp pain traveled through my arm.I hissed. “Ryker?” Vanessa.Her voice was soft, but the panic underneath it was obvious. My eyes moved toward her.She was sitting beside the bed,