Ruin the New Girl (King of Cruelty #2)

RUIN THE NEW GIRL

He destroyed me in front of everyone. Made me look desperate. Pathetic. Like I'd thrown myself at him when really, he was the one who begged me to stay that night. Called it a "pity fuck" in the cafeteria while his friends laughed.

I was supposed to disappear. Transfer schools. Let him win. But here's what Colt Thorne didn't count I document everything. Every text. Every threat. Every time his truck showed up outside my apartment at 2 AM. Two hundred forty-three photos of me on his phone. Drawings of my face in his notebook.

My schedule memorized down to the minute. He says it was love. I say it was obsession. Now his father's abuse has been exposed. CPS took him. His team abandoned him. His entire life imploded. And somehow, I'm the one showing up at his shitty motel room with groceries.

He says he's changing—going to therapy, facing his demons, learning to be better. But I've heard his promises before. Right before he shattered me. I should walk away. Choose the transfer. Choose safety. Instead, I'm setting boundaries he'll probably break.

Watching him grovel. Waiting to see if people can actually change. Or if I'm just setting myself up to be ruined all over again.

Because loving a broken boy doesn't fix him. It just breaks you both.

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RUIN THE NEW GIRL is Book Two of the King of Cruelty Duology—a dark high school bully romance featuring an obsessed antihero in therapy, a heroine who refuses to forgive easily, explicit content, real mental health representation, public accountability, and groveling that actually costs something.

Content CPS involvement, therapy scenes, suicidal ideation (non-graphic, character does not attempt), and a dark romance that doesn't shy away from the reality of trauma and healing.

Book One (BULLY THE NEW GIRL) must be read first. This is not a standalone.

If you need instant forgiveness, this isn't it. If you need a hero who crawls through broken glass to prove he's changed—keep reading.