Todos los capítulos de Rejected by One, Wanted by Another : Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 60

The lilies Adrian had given her were still sitting on the desk when Lucy returned to her room, their white petals beginning to curl at the edges. She walked to her bed and lay down, staring at the shadows moving across the ceiling.Her mind was far away from the flowers and the campus gossip. She was thinking about Jonathan. She imagined what it would feel like to walk into the university ballroom with him. In her mind, there were no cameras and no grand speeches. There was just the way he looked at her in the library and the steady warmth of his hand. She imagined dancing with him in a corner where no one could see them,she smiled slowly as she drifted into the fantasy.Her phone rang and shattered the silence.Lucy stood up and picked up the phone. "Lucy!" Her mother’s voice was a high, broken scream. "You have to come back! Your father—he was talking to me, and then his face just... he couldn't speak. He collapsed. They’ve taken him to emergency.""I’m coming, Mom. I’m coming righ

The library was almost silent, the few remaining students were huddled at the far end of the floor, their backs turned. They were completely hidden in their shadow-drenched corner.Jonathan turned his gaze back to Lucy. His hand was still resting on her arm, his thumb tracing small circles against her skin. He didn't just lean in. He stopped, his face inches from hers, his eyes searching hers with a raw, quiet sincerity."Can I kiss you?" he asked. His voice was so low. Lucy didn't reply with words. She couldn't have found them if she tried. Instead, she leaned in, closing the small gap between them. When his lips finally met hers, the rest of the world simply evaporated.Jonathan’s mouth claimed hers slowly. His hand slid from her arm to the back of her neck, fingers threading into her hair as he tilted her head just enough to deepen the kiss. His lips were warm, soft yet insistent, moving against hers with a deliberate rhythm that made her stomach tighten and her toes curl.Lucy g

Lucy groaned as she woke up, her neck stiff and her back aching. As she blinked her eyes open, she realized she wasn't in her bed. She was still sitting at her desk, her forehead resting on the open pages of her art history textbook. She sat up slowly, rubbing her sore neck. Across the room, Zoe was standing in front of the full-length mirror, blotting her lipstick with a tissue. She was already fully dressed in a stylish knit dress and tall boots."Zoe?" Lucy’s voice was thick with sleep. She glanced at the clock on the wall and her heart stopped. It was 8:15 AM. Her test started at nine. "Why didn't you wake me up? "Zoe didn't turn around. She adjusted her hair in the mirror, her expression neutral. "I saw you passed out pretty hard, Lucy. Honestly, you looked like you really needed the sleep. I figured ten more minutes wouldn't hurt, and then I got distracted getting ready. I thought your alarm would go off eventually.""My alarm was set for six," Lucy said, grabbing her phone. T

Lucy sat at her desk, trying to focus on her notes, but the silence of the dorm room felt heavy. Zoe had left early, claiming she had errands to run for her "mystery man." Lucy took the opportunity to check her hidden folder one last time, sending a quick "I miss you" to Jonathan before deleting the trace.Someone suddenly started banging the door aggressively. Just before she could stand up, the door swung open. Adrian stood in the doorway. His eyes looked bloodshot and he wasn’t wearing his usual polished suit. He didn't say hello, he just barged into the room and kicked the door shut behind him."Give it to me," he said, his voice a low, dangerous growl.Lucy stood up, her legs trembling. "Give you what, Adrian? What are you doing here? You can't just burst into my room.""The phone, Lucy. Now." He held out his hand, his fingers twitching. "I’ve been watching the logs on the family plan. You’ve been active at odd hours. My father’s security team flagged several long outgoing calls

The University Gala was only three days away. The air on campus had changed; students were talking about nothing but their outfits, their dates, and the guest list. For Lucy, the countdown felt like a tightening rope. Every time she checked her phone, the red tracking dot reminded her that Adrian was watching her every move, she couldn't risk a phone call or a text message to talk to Jonathan. She walked toward the university library, her movements stiff. She knew the security guard was likely watching from a distance, and she knew Adrian would see her location update on his screen. The library was one of her safe zones, so she stayed within the lines. Inside, the library was crowded with students cramming for midterms. Lucy didn't go to her usual desk. Instead, she headed for the bank of public computers near the reference desk. These machines were old and slow, used mostly for looking up book locations in the archives. She sat down at a terminal in the middle of a row. She ope