Semua Bab ON MY HOCKEY BULLY'S BED (BLACKTHORN ELITE): Bab 1 - Bab 8

Chapter 2 Mae’s POV“No.”The word barely escaped my lips.There was absolutely no way.The boy I remembered had warm eyes and a gentle smile. He had stepped in front of me on a playground while everyone else laughed. He had whispered, “It’s okay,” like he actually meant it.The person walking through Blackthorn Elite’s hallway right now looked like he had never said anything gently in his life.Cole Ashford moved like the academy belonged to him and he still hadn’t decided whether the rest of us deserved to exist in it.The hallway responded accordingly.Girls straightened without realizing they were doing it. Guys shifted aside to clear his path. Even the two teachers standing nearby suddenly became very interested in anything that wasn’t him.I watched it all happen in the span of ten seconds and felt something cold settle at the base of my spine.This was not the boy from the playground.This was something else entirely.Slowly, I became aware that my feet had taken a step toward

Chapter 4 Cole pov “Marlowe happened.”I already knew that.News spread through Blackthorn faster than wildfire, especially when humiliation was involved. I had been at the hockey field when a few guys suddenly stopped practice just to stare at their phones, laughing under their breaths like they had discovered free entertainment.The video had already reached the academy group chat before I even stepped into the building.Marlowe dragging the new scholarship girl by the hair.Students recording instead of helping.That was Blackthorn Elite.Nobody cared what happened to you here as long as it was entertaining enough to watch.I exhaled quietly and leaned back against my seat.The new girl was screwed already.“Are you seriously not going to say anything about it?” Jason asked bluntly beside me.I didn’t look at him.I already knew what he wanted.He expected me to defend her. Or maybe confront Marlowe. But Mae Lawson wasn’t my problem.She wasn’t my type either.Just another schola

Chapter 6Marlowe pov"She is my girlfriend!" Cole announced.Well, that was it.The universe had officially declared war on me.Somewhere in the distance, I could practically hear a sad saxophone playing as my soul slowly left my body.I let out a brief, disbelieving giggle and staggered backward, reaching for something to hold onto because I was literally about to fall."What the hell did you just call this... thing?" I asked, pointing at the silly girl Cole had just referred to as his girlfriend.My face twisted in rage. My heart raced so hard it hurt, and I could barely breathe.In all the years I had known Cole, he had never claimed anyone. Not once.And now he was claiming Mae?His girlfriend?I rushed toward him and grabbed his arm, but he immediately shrugged me off."What's wrong with you, Marlowe?" he snapped.He turned to Mae and pulled her closer to him."You're making her uncomfortable, and I don't like it."His voice was harsh, and his eyes burned with anger.I looked at

Chapter 8Cole's POVI should not have come to her house but I had no choice. That was the reasonable conclusion. The logical one. Mae had made herself clear in the hallway , made herself clear at the door, at the planning meeting, in every clipped syllable she aimed in my direction like she was sighting a target. She didn't want me in her space. She didn't want me softening at the edges of the life she'd built carefully around keeping people like me out.And yet.I stood outside her front door on a Saturday afternoon with absolutely nothing in my hands and no excuse prepared.No textbook,no manufactured reason she could clock from three feet away and dismantle before I finished the sentence.Just me.Her aunt answered before I finished knocking."Cole." The warmth was immediate, uncomplicated, the same as last time. Like I was someone who belonged at this door. "What a nice surprise. Come in.""I won't be long," I said. "I just … I wanted to check on something. With Mae."Her aunt s