Back to School

Naya's POV

He hates me, I can tell. He was staring at his phone the entire time that I was with him and he left after five minutes.

But his mother said that he and I were supposed to get personal, we were supposed to get to know each other. We are supposed to be married for goodness sake!

My eyes water in the car as I am being driven home. Was it something that I did that has made him mad? Do I call his mother and ask for her to beg her son for me?

After a long drive , the car pulls up in front of my house, the door opens immediately and mother steps out with eager eyes. She is going to be horrified when she learns that I did terribly and the Alpha doesn't like me.

“Excuse me, miss. The Alpha said to give you this. Consider it as a small token to get yourself something nice.” The driver says.

He is handing two bundles of money to me. I don't understand, why is he giving me such a huge amount of money?

“What? The Alpha asked you to give this to me?”

“Is there a problem, miss? Do you think that it's too small? I can make a call–”

“No,no,no, that's not what I'm saying. I've never seen so much money in my life.” I confess.

He smirks as he looks at me through the window. “Miss, you are now engaged to the Alpha of this city. I'm sure this will be the smallest amount of money you will be handling for the rest of your life.”

He gives me the money and since I'm still in shock, he advises me to put it in a small bag that he gives to me.

He opens the door for me and as we walk to my mother, he introduces himself. He is Lance and from today henceforth, he is going to be my personal driver and bodyguard.

I like Lance because he is different from the rest of the guys. He smiles, he speaks to me, and he relates to me like we have a lot in common. He is the only good thing that has happened on this long, weird day.

My mother pulls me to a hug as soon as I get close enough. I feel her hands shaking as she holds my cheeks and asks if I am okay.

I don't know what she was thinking was going to happen to me. I was going to meet with the Alpha, I wasn't going off to fight in some war.

Lance bows as he says goodbye and then he leaves. My mother pulls me into the house before the neighbor peeks out of the window to see us.

She shuts the door and goes around the house to shut all the windows.

“Once you left the house, I started to get this weird feeling.” She murmurs. “What if the Bloodton family deceived me and took you away to torment you so that you could break under pressure and accept the alpha's rejection.”

I hold my hand over my mouth as I laugh. “What, mum? That's the craziest thing that I have ever heard.”

She doesn't laugh, her face is still with seriousness. She sits down close to me and our knees are touching.

“So, how did it go?” She asks. “You spend hours there, so I assume that you people talked about a lot of things.”

“We didn't talk about much, mum, in fact most of the time that I spent, I was waiting for him. He came, asked for my name and then gave me this ring.”

I raise my hand to show her the giant rock that he has placed on my finger. My mother gasps as she takes my hand, as if it has turned into a divine body part.

She stares at the ring with her jaws slightly apart. These are the kind of rings that one sees only on the television. Even the richest people can't afford this. Only the mega billionaire, like Erus Bloodton.

“This is very expensive, Naya, I'm even scared to check the Internet. I don't think it's safe to wear it to school. What's going to happen if you misplace it?”

“Mum, you are just being paranoid.” I chuckle. “Besides, I now have a bodyguard, remember? I will be fine.”

My mother inhales deeply as she stares at my face. It's like she can't believe how drastically our life has changed.

She pulls me into a huge, I can hear my fighting the tears.

“I'm so proud of you, Naya. You are going to bore the Alpha heir and you will become a Bloodton family member.”

“But what about you, mum? What's going to happen to you?”

“I will be fine.” She assures me. “You are my main concern and if you are fine, I can take anything.”

Tears fill my eyes. I hate when my mother speaks like that.

*****

I have to go back to school after a few days of recovering.

I wake up very early in the morning and put my uniform on. After I stare at my ring before putting my bag on my back.

My mother has made lunch for me, she has put it in a paper bag. When I step out of the house, Lance is waiting for me by the car.

He greets me and we are both on our way to school. He fills me up on what to expect.

He will give me privacy, he won't be following me around like a hawk, but he will keep his eyes on me at all times. Erus heard about what that girl, Brie, did to me, so he doesn't want that to happen again.

I stare out of the window and gaze into nothing. It's strange to know that Erus cares for me in that way. Since he is the one who placed a bounty on my head the first time….

When I get to school, it's strangely empty. I say it's empty because I don't see the rushing in of students trying to get through the doors before eight o'clock.

I glance at my wristwatch, am I late already? What's happening?

I rush into the school and when I enter the hall, my heart drops to the ground. The entire school is there, gathered in the hallway, tightly packed against each other so that the center was empty.

The teachers are there too, smiling friendly at me. They are waiting for me!