Chapter 56: The Replacement RingFaith’s P.O.VThe feeling of someone’s fingers tracing my skin was the first thing that woke me up…the second being the soft kiss they planted to the base of my neck, sending a shiver down my spine.“Morning.” Brandon’s voice was husky, rough…and it brushed against my senses in all the right ways.Groggily, I opened my eyes to his room, the curtains all closed up to prevent even a single ray of light from entering his room. “Is it morning already?” I asked him sleepily, my voice all but a hoarse whisper.The room was still dark, even though there was some light that perforated the curtains, allowing me to see the contents of the room. The vanity was on the other side of the room and the wardrobe right next to it. I think the color scheme was blue, but with the lights down so low, I couldn’t really tell if it was actually a dark green or blue.“Ummhmmm…” Brandon made a rumbling sound in his chest, that I felt throughout my body since his chest was press
Chapter 57: Friendly Banters Faith’s P.O.V“That’s not your purity ring.” Was the first thing Nik told me as soon as I set my bum on the seat beside her.“W-what do you mean?” I swallowed nervously, trying to hide my hand, but Debby, the ever-scheming woman that she was, caught my hand and brought it to her eyes for closer inspection.“Damn! You have good eyes, babe!” She complimented Nik. “It you hadn't mentioned, I wouldn’t even have noticed it! The details are very similar!”“Indeed,” Nik continued like I wasn’t even there as the both bent over the table, placing my hand in the middle as the scrutinized the ring, while I drowned in my own perspiration. “The cross is replaced by a ribbon. Does it symbolize that you’re Bandon’s personal present?”“One that he unwraps with a lot of pleasure
Chapter 58: ‘The Talk’Faith’s P.O.VSoaking in the bathtub after almost 24 hours of not showering felt like absolute heaven.The warm water seeped through my skin, making a sigh escape my lips as I stretched out in the bathtub, letting the warmth relax my sore muscles and wash away all the exhaustion.Today had been a really busy day, both for me and Brandon, so it was natural that we hardly got any time to spend with each other.Since it was his first day back at school after more than a month, he had to spend the whole day copying his notes and going around the staff room to get the teachers to help him with all the study materials that had been handed out during his absence. At least that’s what Sagar explained to us during lunch hours.Since Brandon’s dad was one of the University’s trustees…I highly doubted that he had to work that hard. But since his leg wasn’t completely healed, so I guess it was one of the reasons why he didn’t show up at lunch and rather had Cole and Sagar
Chapter 59: It’s a DateFaith’s P.O.V“Taking Brandon to meet your aunt and George?” Debby’s eyebrows were literally on top of her forehead. “Are you serious?”“He doesn’t like that sort of thing, does he?” My face fell at the thought of it. “I won’t even dare to ask him…I just wanted to be sure by running it through you first.”“Faith, it’s not that he doesn’t like it…hell, even I don’t know if he’s into that kinda stuff or not! But I just wanted to make sure that you were sure you wanted him to meet your aunt and George.”I looked up at Debby confused as she brought her car to park at the University parking lot. “What do you mean?”“Brandon isn’t the type of type of guy that girls take to ‘meet their parents’.” Debby sighed. “He’s the type of guys that parents warn their daughters about. The dark and the dangerous kinda guy who make the father’s hide their daughters and run to the police for a restraining order.”“Come on, you’re exaggerating.” I frowned. “Brandon isn’t like that!”
Chapter 60: DisappointmentBrandon’s P.O.V“That should be all of it,” Sagar handed me a bundle of assignments to sort out within the next month or so, and the slight uptilt of his lips told me that he wasn’t feeling the least bit sorry for his friend.I let a groan escape my lips as I saw the growing pile of papers on the table. “You guys are enjoying this, aren’t you? Every fucking professor seems to be enjoying my misery right now.”I had been gone for a month! One bloody month! ...and 4 days, but that’s not the point!I was injured and fighting for my life at the hospital, but since my broken leg is all that anyone can see, everyone thinks that Brandon Wolfram is back to his old ways and since then, the assignments have been piling up high as if the professors are trying to punish me as if I had committed some kind of crime against them!Seriously! This was too much!No one knew what actually happened but people have been giving me looks as if I got exactly what I deserved…which…I
Chapter 61: Right HereFaith’s P.O.VI curled up in my seat, clutching the seat-belt in both hands with white-knuckled grip as the car flew across the streets, gliding past other incoming car with phenomenal speed that had my heart leaping to my throat.Brandon was going within the speed limit, but barely. I could see the little hand shift to beyond 65 before it zapped back into place at traffic interceptions, where those speed machines were located to record the speed of the cars.Brandon’s knuckles were white as the held onto the steering wheel with a vice grip. His jaw was set in hard lines and his eyes solely focused on the road.He hadn't spoken a word to me since he had dragged me out of the building and into his car. He hadn't even said a word to Sagar and Cole, who had been waiting at the parking lot with apprehensive looks on their faces.He simply took the keys from Cole’s outstretched hands and held the passenger’s door open for me to get in. That door had slammed shut an i
Chapter 62: The Truth and the MemoriesFaith’s P.O.V“I’m sorry…for hurting you.”Brandon kissed the top of my head, apologizing for the thousandth time tonight, as we both soaked in his humongous bathtub, the warm water helping to relax all my sore muscles.I wanted to tell him that he didn’t have to keep on apologizing to me, that it was all a spur of the moment thing and that I was fine…but I couldn’t say it.Tonight has scared me. Something about the way Brandon had reacted…it felt completely different from the Brandon I was used to. Or perhaps…I was finally getting tiny glimpses of the real Brandon that everyone feared and admired. The quintessential bad-boy that every woman wanted to tame.“What happened?” I asked finally, unable to hold onto my curiosity.Brandon’s hand stilled on my shoulders, his entire body going rigid as he paused. I held my breath, knowing that I was treading dangerous waters with him.But if I was to deal with his temperament from now on, I needed to know
Chapter 63: The InvitationFaith’s P.O.VI turned around to look at Brandon, his eyes felt like they were in a faraway place. He was no longer with me, but in the past, reliving all the horrible memories that he had gone through.I placed a hand on his shoulder, anchoring him to the present with me, but it didn’t seem like it helped.By now, the water had run cold, and the temperature of the water resonated with the chill in my bones.“Brandon…” I whispered, and he looked at me, an almost sardonic smile on his face.“You know what happened next already.” He told me. “I was lost. Utterly, completely lost. And that was when I realized that not everyone was beside me because they wanted to be my friends.”“Julia cheated on you.” I heard myself whisper, almost like I was reminding myself more than I was reminding him.“It wasn’t just Julia.” He let out a laugh that sounded foreign to me. “Everyone left me. My father was no longer himself. He started staying at home more often, but it was