Chapter 2
My past life flashed through my mind him smoking outside the door, smirking while a dozen men held me down.]]
I shuddered and quickly backed away:
“Uncle, Aunt, I’ve got a ton of homework waiting for me. This is Jonas’s personal business – I’m staying out of it this time!”
Jonas froze.
After all, I’d always rush in to handle his messes at times like this.
Now I was turning around and running. He opened his mouth to say something, but I was already long gone.[]
Over the next few days, I heard from my parents that Jonas was being kept locked up at home by his parents. His phone had been taken away and he wasn’t allowed to contact Rachel.[]
I just smiled.]]
Looked like even without me, his parents would drag him back on track.[]
But whatever – I just needed to focus on myself.[]
If the SAT questions stayed the same, I figured this time the state’s top scorer is got to be me!
But I couldn’t afford to let my guard down. I did ten practice tests every day and going over math formulas on my walk home]
But while I was walking and studying, completely absorbed, a bunch of guys suddenly dragged me into an alley.
“What are you doing! Let go of me!”
They tore apart my backpack and ripped at my clothes.
My mind flashed back to those horrifying ten hours before I died in my past life.[]
Just as despair washed over me, seven or eight cameras clicked their shutters at me, and a familiar figure pushed through the crowd to stand before
- ne.
Jonas looked down at me, waving the photos in his hand:[]
“Say a word and your nudes will be all over TikTok by tonight.“[]
“Jonas… this is illegal!”
I hugged my knees to my chest, trembling all over.[]
Jonas just shrugged:
“So what? What’s the fun in living such a boring, predictable life?]
“Rachel told me that when you’re young and wild, you gotta do wild things.”
A trace of pride showed in his smile:[]
“Ruby, you’ve never truly loved anyone. You wouldn’t get it.“[]
Did I never truly loved anyone? []
I hugged my knees, curled up in the corner.
How could I not know?
I loved him…
*Yo, boss man, there’s nobody else around anyway, and this girl’s pretty hot, so how about…“]
Chapter 2
A dozen guys were eyeing me like they were already undressing me in their heads.]
“BAM!“]]
Jonas slammed his foot into the guy’s knee, dropping him to the ground.[]
“Say one more word and you can kiss that leg goodbye.“[]
The guy saw the look in Jonas’s eyes and immediately started slapping himself:[]
“I ran my mouth! I deserve to die!”
Jonas glanced down at me:
“I’m taking Rachel to Hawaii for a week. I better not hear you telling my parents anything you shouldn’t.”
A week?
That would mean missing the SATS completely.
A stack of photos landed at my feet as one of the guys flashed a disgusting grin:]
“Here, keep a copy for yourself. Shit, what a body.“[]
It started raining, and soon I was alone in the alley.
I picked up the photos with shaking hands and almost tore them apart.
But I stopped myself at the last second.
No….I can’t destroy them…![]
These are evidence.
No matter how much I hated it, I had to keep them![]
Gritting my teeth, I stood up and stumbled out of the alley, clutching the photos.
Once I became the state’s top scorer, these would be my evidence for the police!
I studied desperately for a week, and finally SAT day arrived.
As soon as I got out of the car, I saw Mr. and Mrs. Parker waiting frantically at the entrance, constantly making phone calls.
A few minutes later, another car pulled up and Jonas was dragged out by two bodyguards.
