Chapter 76 The Empty Drawer
~Authors POV~
"Gabriella's father. It's all over the school by now. Someone knew and leaked it to the school group."
Vanessa's phone had been buzzing all morning with messages, the same three words repeated over and over across every group chat she was part of. ‘Cut brake lines.’ She sat frozen...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Crash & The Slap
2. Chapter 2 The Face-Off
3. Chapter 3 The Ultimatum
4. Chapter 4 The First Session
5. Chapter 5 The Carter House Rules
6. Chapter 6 Sophie
7. Chapter 7 Cracks
8. Chapter 8 Diner Girl Goes Viral
9. Chapter 9 The Deal
10. Chapter 10 Pretend To Be My Girlfriend
11. Chapter 11 Terms and Conditions
12. Chapter 12 Going Public
13. Chapter 13 First Game, First Kiss (On the Cheek)
14. Chapter 14 Vanessa's Warning
15. Chapter 15 Noah
16. Chapter 16 What Noah Knows
17. Chapter 17 Digging
18. Chapter 18 Sophie's Secret
19. Chapter 19 The First Letter
20. Chapter 20 Hacked
21. Chapter 21 Second Letter
22. Chapter 22 The Talk
23. Chapter 23 What Ethan Found
24. Chapter 24 The Truth, Half-Told
25. Chapter 25 Noah's Mother
26. Chapter 26 Uncle Victor
27. Chapter 27 Watched
28. Chapter 28 Game Two, Rising Pressure
29. Chapter 29 Vanessa's Fear
30. Chapter 30 The Lawyer's Warning
31. Chapter 31 Suspicion Grows
32. Chapter 32 Cracks in the Act
33. Chapter 33 Missing
34. Chapter 34 Everything On the Table
35. Chapter 35 We Won't Miss
36. Chapter 36 Followed
37. Chapter 37 The Name
38. Chapter 38 Confronting Vanessa
39. Chapter 39 The Almost-Confession
40. Chapter 40 Arthur
41. Chapter 41 Bringing Her In
42. Chapter 42 Emma's Absence
43. Chapter 43 Game Three, The Rival Match
44. Chapter 44 Real
45. Chapter 45 Vanessa's Folder
46. Chapter 46 The Grandfather's Study
47. Chapter 47 My Father's Letters
48. Chapter 48 The Hospital
49. Chapter 49 What He's Sorry For
50. Chapter 50 We Can Reach Anyone
51. Chapter 51 The Photo
52. Chapter 52 Under Review
53. Chapter 53 Dinner With Victor
54. Chapter 54 The Spare Key
55. Chapter 55 Something's Off
56. Chapter 56 Just the Two of Us
57. Chapter 57 Derek
58. Chapter 58 Dead Ends
59. Chapter 59 The Question
60. Chapter 60 The Distance
61. Chapter 61 Watching From Across the Room
62. Chapter 62 Another Piece
63. Chapter 63 A Glimpse
64. Chapter 64 Cagey
65. Chapter 65 The Black Car Again
66. Chapter 66 Proof
67. Chapter 67 The Room
68. Chapter 68 Tied Down
69. Chapter 69 The Call
70. Chapter 70 It's Too Late Gabriella
71. Chapter 71 Did You Know
72. Chapter 72 What's Coming
73. Chapter 73 Waiting
74. Chapter 74 Not an Accident
75. Chapter 75 Not Me
76. Chapter 76 The Empty Drawer
77. Chapter 77 The Confession Begins
78. Chapter 78 The Second Source
79. Chapter 79 Suspicion Spreads
80. Chapter 80 Suspended
81. Chapter 81 She Didn't Do It, Again
82. Chapter 82 A Bigger Trap
83. Chapter 83 Someone Else
84. Chapter 84 Interrupted
85. Chapter 85 The Storage Unit
86. Chapter 86 What Grandfather Left
87. Chapter 87 One More Time
88. Chapter 88 Check the Merger
89. Chapter 89 You're Next
90. Chapter 90 Days, Not Weeks
91. Chapter 91 Cracking
92. Chapter 92 24 Hours
93. Chapter 93 Worth It
94. Chapter 94 It's Time
95. Chapter 95 Victor
96. Chapter 96 The Same Mistake
97. Chapter 97 Tomorrow
98. Chapter 98 Gone
99. Chapter 99 You Should Have Let This Go
100. Chapter 100 Rigged
101. Chapter 101 The Panel
102. Chapter 102 Leashed
103. Chapter 103 The Search
104. Chapter 104 Found
105. Chapter 105 What They Wanted Her to Say
106. Chapter 106 What Actually Happened
107. Chapter 107 The Vote
108. Chapter 108 New Shapes
109. Chapter 109 Come With Me
110. Chapter 110 Still No
111. Chapter 111 Reconsidering
112. Chapter 112 Holding the Line
113. Chapter 113 The Meeting
114. Chapter 114 The Armband
115. Chapter 115 Dress for the Part
116. Chapter 116 Inside the Mansion
117. Chapter 117 The Photograph
118. Chapter 118 Same Eyes
119. Chapter 119 What Liam Said
120. Chapter 120 Held
121. Chapter 121 Down a Captain
122. Chapter 122 What Her Father Believed Destroyed
123. Chapter 123 Bloodlines
124. Chapter 124 Paper Trails
125. Chapter 125 Countdown
126. Chapter 126 Heard You
127. Chapter 127 What the Land Remembers
128. Chapter 128 The Recording
129. Chapter 129 The Notebook
130. Chapter 130 The Size of It
131. Chapter 131 Done Being Patient
132. Chapter 132 The Stage
133. Chapter 133 Same Booth
134. Chapter 134 Collision Course
135. Chapter 135 Last Days
136. Chapter 136 Fear Dressed as Love
137. Chapter 137 Before Tomorrow
138. Chapter 138 Game Day
139. Chapter 139 The Hour
140. Chapter 140 Walker Essence
141. Chapter 141 After
142. Chapter 142 Distance, For Real This Time
143. Chapter 143 Noah's Confession
144. Chapter 144 Don't Waste What I Can't Have
145. Chapter 145 Graduation
146. Chapter 146 Two Continents
147. Chapter 147 The Program
148. Chapter 148 Time Zones
149. Chapter 149 Something We Don't Have to Hide
150. Chapter 150 What's Left of the Name
151. Chapter 151 The First Homesick Night
152. Chapter 152 Behind the Glass
153. Chapter 153 The Gap Starts Small
154. Chapter 154 Madame Rousseau's Approval
155. Chapter 155 Captain Material
156. Chapter 156 Building Something Ordinary
157. Chapter 157 The Space Conversation
158. Chapter 158 Small Batches
159. Chapter 159 What Emma Chose
160. Chapter 160 The Injury
161. Chapter 161 First Client
162. Chapter 162 The Quiet Stretch
163. Chapter 163 The First Real Order
164. Chapter 164 The Armband, Again
165. Chapter 165 Talking About After
166. Chapter 166 A Name in Print
167. Chapter 167 Checking In
168. Chapter 168 Building Something Real
169. Chapter 169 The Group Chat
170. Chapter 170 What Mason Already Knows
171. Chapter 171 Before
172. Chapter 172 The Bottle/Second chance
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