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CHAPTER 18

Tessa's POV:

Hunter's hugs are amazing. Now that I think about it this is our first hug. It's weird because we had our first kiss before we had our first hug. "I made breakfast." Bradley says interrupting the best hug ever. Bradley turns around and walks out of the room. Hunter takes my hand and we follow Bradley.

We walk into the kitchen and see waffles with cream on top and covered with chocolate sauce and different kinds of berries.

Yum.

"Oh you can cook too." I say in a flirty tone. I keep my eyes on Hunter so I can see his reaction. Bradley is shirtless so I might as well mess around with Hunter. I would never cheat on Hunter especially not with Bradley. He's nice and he looks hella good without a shirt but he did help Chris kidnap us.

"Well yeah I'm really good at putting frozen waffles into the oven." Bradley says with a smile. I smile back at him.

"Let's eat." Hunter says interrupting. "What's up with him?" Bradley asks confused as we watch him walk to the dining table. "Who knows?" I simply reply.

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Hunter's POV:

"Ok so this is your room, the bathroom is just down the hall." Bradley says pointing down the hall with a smile. "Thanks Bradley." Tessa says to Bradley who is leaning against the door frame. "No problem." Bradley says winking at Tessa before turning around and walking out of the room.

"Being kidnapped isn't that bad after al." Tessa says laughing. I say nothing while Tessa sits down on the bed and I stare out of the window. "Why are you being like this?" Tessa asks irritated. I should be irritated not her. She is the one that keeps flirting with fucking Bradley who is against the existence of shirts.

"Why am I being like this? Do you really want to know why I'm being like this!" I snap. "Don't yell at me and keep it down. My name is Ava remember?" "I don't fucking care if Bradley hears me. The whole world could hear me for all I care. I don't give a Fuck about badly and I sure as hell don't give a Fuck about you!" I say to Tessa. As soon as the words left my mouth I regret them. Tessa's eyes are glossy and it's all my fault.

Fuck.

Tessa's POV:

"Don't yell at me and keep it down my name is Ava remember." If badly finds out I was lying about my name my whole plan is ruined. "I don't fucking care if Bradley hears me the whole world can't hear me for all I care. I don't give a Fuck about Bradley and I sure as hell don't give a Fuck about you." Hunter's words cut like a knife. I feel my eyes tearing up.

How could he say something like that? I risk my life for him by not running and he does this to me. I turn around and walk out of the room without saying anything. Maybe I was right about him he is an ass hole and now I'm probably going to die because of him.

"Ava?" I hear Bradley say.

Shit.

I haven't even notice that I started crying. "What's wrong?" Bradley questions. Should I be honest? "Oh it's nothing, I'm fine." I lie while whipping my tears away.

"Come on I know this by now. Girls always say they are fine but deep down their not." He says. It's true but it's not like we are just going to tell guys that. "I don't know Bradley when you left the room Hunter started flipping out on me." I tell him.

"Are you ok? Did he hurt you?" Bradley asks concerned.

Physically, no.

Emotionally, yes.

"No he just said something that I didn't expect him to say and it really hurts." I admit. Tears are rolling down my cheeks as Hunter's words keep replaying in the back of my head. "...I sure as hell don't give a Fuck about you." The more I think about it the more it hurts.

"What did he say Ava?" Bradley questions. "He said he doesn't ... he doesn't care about me." I say brushing into tears. Bradley grabs me and wraps his arms tightly around my body.

I may seem like I'm overreacting but I'm very sensitive when it comes to these kinds of things. "That's messed up. Who even says that to a girl you love? I know it's not my place to say anything about your relationship but he's an idiot who doesn't deserve a girl like you. You need somebody who loves you and cares about you not somebody who gets you kidnapped because he owes a stupid rich guy money for drugs he bought when he was in high school." Bradley says.

What?

Drugs?

Hunter bought drugs?

"Are you sure all of this is about drugs?" I ask Bradley confused. I can't believe we are here because of drugs. "Yeah you didn't know? Basically all Chris does for a living is sell drugs. Didn't you know?" Bradley asks confused and with a raised eyebrow.

"No, I never thought Hunter would get involved with these kinds of things. I never even saw drugs as a reason for this." I say. I can't believe it. When I get out of this... if I get out of this I'm going straight to New York. I'm going to start a new life there where no one knows me and I'm going to apply for NYCU.

"Let's show Hunter what he's losing." Bradley suddenly says. "What?" I ask confused. "Let's show him how great you are and that he's going to lose you if it keeps on acting like an idiot." he says smiling. "How are we going to do that?" I question. "We should give him the idea that we like each other." Bradley says smiling.

"I don't know I-" "Don't worry I don't really like you. I mean I do like you but not in that way. I have a girlfriend." Bradley states. "You do?" I ask shocked.

Why did I just assume that he's single? "Why do you look so surprised?" he asks laughing. "I don't know I just assumed that you don't have a girlfriend." I confess.

"Oh so you think I'm not hot enough to have a girlfriend?" He asks with a smirk. "Trust me that's not what I meant." I say. Obviously that's not what I meant. He's hot... really hot. "So now you're saying that I am hot?" He asks, making me read from embarrassment.

"I know I said I don't like you in that way but now I don't know if I can say the same about thing about you." Bradley says with a smirk. "Oh please." I say while playfully punching his shoulder.

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