“Hey, mum! Dad!!” I shouted, running down the stairs with one strap of my school bag hanging on my shoulder without even breathing heavily.I rushed into the dining room and picked toasted bread from Dad's plate.“Hey! I was just about to enjoy that,” My dad grumbled with a snap, while I smiled teasingly at him.“Good morning, Dearie,” My mum greeted, wiping the water off her hands with the blue napkin as she walked over to dad and placed the napkin neatly on the table.“Ready for school?” She asked, scanning me over with her eyes.“Yep,” I answered biting a small portion of the toasted bread before chewing then adjusted my rectangular framed silver eyeglasses.“When will you get to dress like a girl?” Dad asked me while I rolled my eyes.Honestly, there's nothing wrong with what I'm wearing. Oversized baggie gray trousers and black gray crop hoodie jacket were just okay for me and definitely my style.“Dad, there's nothing wrong with the way I'm dressing,” I told him, finally finishi
JADE's POV.❥❥I've used almost three days in this school and so far so good, I haven't gotten any problem from anyone except for the near-to-be one, I almost encountered with those girls on my first day. I waited patiently for the class to end as the bell came ringing, and I hurriedly packed my books into my bag and waited for the teacher who taught us Finance to leave the class before I made any move.It was break time as the students began chattering among themselves while I just stared at them.Too bad, I hadn't made any friends, since no one bothered to come to meet me even after having to introduce myself to the whole class as instructed by the English teacher… Even in my previous school, I had no friends. I was always to myself.I was sitting at the extreme end of the class, which was good for me because no one would bother to disturb me. Likewise, I will just stay mute there like I don't exist in the class and go back to my dear home without having any issues.The teacher had
JADE's POV.❥❥I was taking a book from my locker when I felt someone behind me as I closed my eyes, breathing in before opening my eyes and continued searching for my morning subject notebook.“Hey!” I heard a deep voice say behind me and when I didn't answer him he leaned on the side of my locker, I glanced at him and noticed he looked familiar, but I couldn't remember where.“Do you just decide not to talk to anyone or what?” He asked when I didn't say anything and still, I didn't reply to him.“I'm Kayden, what's your name?” He asked, making me close the door of my locker in frustration with a bang, making him jolt back slightly with a peal of alluring laughter as I held my books in my hands and faced him squarely as he smirked at me.I blinked my eyes staring at this handsome tall guy staring at me, he was the kind of exact guy I always fantasized about.You know, every girl thinks about how their dream guy should be, I also had my fantasies too about a person I would like to fal
JADE's POV.I was eating my sauced spaghetti in peace when the girl with the same gray eyes as mine who I'm starting to get curious about knowing her name approached me with a tray of food in her hands followed up by her three friends as I clearly remembered the blonde girl among them as they all stared at me disgustingly while I gave the gray eye's girl a suspicious look guessing she has to be the gang leader of those girls behind her.I wondered what was going on and why they were disrupting my peace when I decided to ignore them and continued eating since they didn't look ready to say anything on time, especially the gray eye girl gazing venomously at me.I saw she and Kayden walk in the class earlier together, and no one needed to tell me the two were a thing.No wonder, I kept thinking of where else I saw Kayden's face, he was among the group of guys when I got to push this bitch head to the ground yesterday.It was an excellent thing, I cut him off with his conversation earlier
I continued with my punishment the next day, immediately after I got to school, and started picking dirt that littered the whole school.I saw no sign of Athena and I least cared about where she was, I wasn't going to report that she didn't partake of the punishment. It was completely none of my business.I finished my task by noon after everyone had gone back to class during break making sure I was not the center of attention by everyone, and headed straight to the class, feeling tired and exhausted.Everyone was chattering and making noise and when they noticed my presence they all got quiet staring at me while they whispered among themselves, I ignored them and began making my way towards my seat.I glanced to the side and saw Athena sitting on her seat, with her legs crossed on her table and her three friends laughing and speaking with her as she smirked at me while I annoyingly dragged my gaze from her face and went to my seat.I got to my seat and the terrible sight got me choke
The bell rang for closing as everyone scurried out of the class, I didn't feel like going home earlier, so I waited a bit in class while everyone scooted out. Kayden stood up, purposely brushing my shoulder with his hand as I shot him a sharp scrutinizing gaze while he smirked in return then gave me a wink.I almost blushed, staring at him, thank God I had rolled my eyes and looked down at my book, after realizing he was out of class. I suddenly remembered that I'm supposed to say a 'Thank you,' to the girl who risked reporting Athena and her friends.Honestly, she should have kept her mouth shut… I had a bad feeling those nasty girls won't let her go scot-free.I scanned the entire class with my eyes and noticed she wasn't in class, so, I stood up packed my books into my bag, and headed out of the classroom.Likewise, I decided to have some little exercise to myself, wondering where the basketball court was as I started walking, glancing everywhere as the school began to get quiet an
I parked my blue bike at its spot in school as I backed my school bag properly, and wrapped my hands firmly around my bag straps.I yawned a bit slightly as I began walking towards the school building when I bumped into someone again, I shot up my gaze to the person.“We meet again,” Kayden's deep voice echoed in my ears while I frowned at him.“Are you making this a habit to be coming in my way, so, I will bump into you?” I sneered at him while he smirked.“If you are looking for my attention, then you are terribly failing at it,” I spat at him as his countenance fell as he growled at me and then made a funny expression on his face.“Me? Your attention?” He scoffed, eyeing me as he let out a taunting smirk, while I just stared at him.“You think I want your attention?”“That will be the last thing I'll ever want to do, Jade,” He smirked, making me shoot him a surprised look.'My name!''How did he?' I thought curiously.“How did you know my name?” I asked him nervously… I haven't kep
“Me?” I anxiously asked the P. E teacher, while every other eye was fixed on me.“Yes, you!” He confirmed, I swallowed the lump in my throat when I turned my gaze to Kayden who was staring at me, with a slight smirk on his face.“She?” Athena asked annoyingly as she glared at me.“Yes, do you have a problem with it?” The young man asked her while she sneered at him.“She can't even barely meet with Kayden,” Athena scoffed, shifting her gaze to mine while I frowned at her.“We will know when she races with him,” The man, who seemed not to be interested in what she was saying anymore, replied curtly.Athena huffed and started walking closer to me, I didn't move from my spot, ready for any crazy attitude she was about to display.“You!” She started pointing her finger toward me while I jeered at her.'Crazy bitch!' I thought, knowing, she would be telling me not to get to her boyfriend.“I see you are trying in every possible way to get closer to Kayden, but let me tell you one thing,” Sh
Jade's POV.I smiled as I remembered what happened in those past weeks. Kayden woke up and his Dad fainted because he was overjoyed, and he was admitted too in the hospital. The doctors were surprised when Kayden woke up, they confessed that they thought that he wouldn't wake up til maybe a year or two since he was so cold and lifeless, he was already like a dead man and they thought he would never make it. He was shot in the chest, the shoulder, and the back, which pierced through to his stomach. He was so dead, he lost almost all the blood in his body and it was a miracle that he was alive and I can't stop being thankful.When he woke up, he refused to let me leave his presence and I was not ready to leave too, I wanted him closer to me as much as he did me. I wanted to be in his arms and never let go. When the doctors saw that we both were not letting each other go, they had no choice but to admit us into the same ward and they would treat us on the same bed, inject us with our me
Jade's POV.I found myself in a dark open space, but I was not afraid, I was walking hand in hand with Kayden. Though the place was filled with darkness, I could feel the wetness of the ground, which felt like flowers around. It must be a flower garden, but I couldn't see it. How did I know that it was Kayden I was walking with? Because I was feeling the same way I always feel anytime I was with Kayden and his hand fit rightly in mine.I glanced at his dark and he chuckled like he always does. I stared away and walked more. Suddenly a bright light showed around and I gasped. The light began to pull me closer and I was willingly following it, it was calling out to me, but I noticed that Kayden was not following me anymore and his hand was slipping away from mine. I wanted to shout his name but I couldn't, it was like my lips were sealed. I took hold of his hand with my both hands, not ready to let him go, but his hand eventually slipped off from mine and the light took me away, and th
Author's POV.Kayden was surprised to see his uncle standing right behind Jade, what was he doing there? And in a place like this. He thought."Uncle Theodore?" He had to ask again to confirm that he was not seeing in twos."Kayden, Kayden, Kayden, my favorite nephew." Theodore spoke in a singsong and with each word, he was pulling himself closer to Kayden while Kayden's eyes rose in confusion. "Did you miss me?"Kayden couldn't reply to him, he had his mind clouded with the same question. What is Uncle Theodore doing here? Though the answer to his question was glaring at him he didn't want to believe it. Theodore was his uncle for Christ's sake, the only child of his grandparents after his father!"Why aren't you talking? Still, I'm shocked. Oh no! That is not nice!" Theodore's voice was laced with mockery."Why? I mean, what are you doing here? I... I wasn't planning on seeing you here!" Kayden's eyes went to Jade and saw two hefty men holding her tightly. He returned his eyes to Th
Jade's POV.I felt myself awake but my eyes were closed, I was hearing some disturbing voices in my head, and I almost thought that it was Mom and Dad who were planning a prank on me. I tried to lift my hand to wipe the dizziness off so that I could be able to open my eyes but I couldn't raise my hands, none of them was raising and I feared, what's happening to me? Why are my hands stuck? I didn't have answers to my questions so I decided to pick the words the people around me were saying.".....she is still asleep, why the hell is that?!" One of them thundered and I almost shivered, the voice was so loud and daring. Dad's voice cannot sound like that and I began to put meaning to things around me.The event in the restroom rewind in my head and I got it, I was sedated and kidnapped. Damn! That person that flirted something on my face, how couldn't I notice it? One person cannot come to the school to take me, I should have thought of it very well before walking out, I could have peepe
Uncle Henry's POV.I should have known that something like that was bound to happen. I should have known that he would not give up, he would find something to pull Kayden out of the mansion and I should have known that the target would be Jade, my poor niece.I know that since it happened that way, we couldn't have been able to prevent it. If Jade was tightly secure like Kayden was, I was sure that he would use another method like maybe kidnap any of Jade's parents to lure her out, just the same way he was using Jade to lure Kayden. I stood before my sister's house and I sighed. I didn't know how they got to know about the kidnapping, but here I was trying to stand before them as a shoulder, I had to come here first before going back to the mansion to see that kid, Kayden. He is going insane and his father has to lock him into the room so that he won't leave to go to the location of the kidnappers without a proper plan. He would just get himself killed.I entered the house and just a
Kayden's POV.I was tired of staying indoors as it has been days already, but what can we do? Even Uncle Henry, who never finds it difficult to find a culprit, according to Jade, was finding this difficult. Nothing was leading us to him and all the people Dad was remembering were so out of the line, that they had nothing to do with the attacks after George, Dad's private investigator, and Uncle Henry investigated them. They were as clean as anything and I had a feeling that we would not be seeing the culprit soon.After the call Jade. I called Brandon, "Hey man.""My guy, what's up?" His voice was facetious, he was not expecting my call at least not that in the morning, but I was dying of boredom, I needed someone to keep me company before Jade arrived, and then I would chase all of them away to be with only Jade."I'm bored," I told him, "Are you up for some games?""Sure, will be up in a minute or two. You're calling me from my dream." He joked."Lazy ass. Don't keep me waiting, you
Jade's POV.It was another day of school and I was in my room, dressing up for school as I was on a video call with Kayden. He was in his room, under curfew. He was to hide himself from his attackers til he or she would be found.I had taken my bath and brushed my teeth in the bathroom. I had also dried my body and a long towel was tightly fixed around my chest."........are you telling me that you will be in there without coming out til the coast is clear and you're free to leave for anywhere you are?" I questioned him, already knowing his answer."Yes." He replied. "Dad is trying, I'm beginning to pity him," Kayden said to me."I thought you hated him. Remember you said that he is paying for his sin and for being the very worst father ever." I knew he had said that without thinking and now, he was regretting it, I just want him to laugh and be happy. I mean, he is not even attacked yet, so he deserves to be happy.He growled childishly, "I was a fool when I said that, though I will
Jade's POV.We were at the airport, waiting for our new helper to show up. Uncle Henry. I had told them that I knew someone who could help us to find the culprit and had called Uncle Henry, who was my uncle and also a military man. He was the same person who trained me on self-defense and that was how I was able to survive among those spoilt brat in school.Uncle Henry had spoken with Mr. Walters and they had bonded well on the phone we were at the airport to pick him up, Mr Walters was with us too with more than twenty guards.Mr Walters had appointed ten hefty men to follow Kayden and me about in school, There was no breathing space, and even inside the classroom, they were there and the teachers had no choice. Before we eat a food, the seller would taste it, before we drink a drink, the guards would sniff it to know if it was poisoned. There was no more fun and Brandon with the other guys did not cease to tease us with it."Uncle Henry!" I opened the car's door and ran to him as I
Jade's POV.I laughed when Kayden told his Dad to leave, but that did not even hurt the man, he entered anyway even without Kayden's concept. "Son, we need to talk."I stopped what I was doing, ready to get up and give them some privacy, but I was stopped by Kayden. "Continue what you're doing Jade, it's more important." He didn't even mind his Dad's presence, he spoke sultrily."You're embarrassing the lady, come on." Mr Walters said and my embarrassment rose to its highest level.Kayden turned his head to look at me and he must have noticed that his Dad was right. He motioned for me to get up from him, which I did. I watched as he stood up and flexed his muscles and wiggled his waist."Thanks, babe, I feel so good." I nodded, I couldn't talk the way I wanted to, his Dad was present and I didn't want to offend him. Kayden frowned and turned to his Dad, "Leave Dad, you're making her uncomfortable."My eyes widened when I heard that. He shouldn't have said it, because my nervousness r