29 I Hate That I Love You

Marco’s POV I was sitting in the back seat of my car, working on some business while waiting for her after school. But instead, I got an unexpected visitor.

Joseph, his face bruised, looked a bit dazed. I internally scoffed—what an i.diot. I raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you want?"

"I need to talk to you." He still had that dumb look, and the smell of antiseptic was clinging to him.

"Oh? Changed your mind? Or did you mess up and now you need my family to clean it up?" The more I looked at him, the more annoying he seemed.

"I'm leaving the country," he stuttered out. "I haven’t told Harper yet, but I wanted to talk to you first. My mom found out I’ve been in fights a lot recently, so she applied for a new school for me. I’m moving to the UK soon. I wanted to ask you, do you even know Harper is getting bullied every day?"

The mocking smile on my face froze. "What do you mean?"

"Today, her ex-boyfriend and her so-called best friend called her a homewrecker. I got into a fight wit