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The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER TWELVE
"What's this date for?" I can't help but ask. I glance up and meet Luke's eyes glazing down on me. His eyes are darker, burning with deep blue embers that are now sending firecrackers throughout my entire brain. I catch the slight movement of his full lips as he presses them together.He doesn't say anything. Instead, he covers the tattooed area with his t-shirt and averts his eyes away from me."I might tell you if you decide to jump into the water with me."He points down to the roaring water below us."You are kidding right?"He shakes his head vehemently, at the same time smiling like some mischievous brat."There's no way I am getting into that water.""Come on Alicia. It's just going to be a quick swim. Just imagine the view of the cliffs when you get into the water, imagine how the water will feel on your skin—""I am not getting in there Luke. I might catch a cold." I protest."The sun is already out. The water won't be that cold. In fact, I bet it will be warm."He smirks. A
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When we poke our heads up from underneath the water, I sharply suck in a deep breath. The sunlight warms my face, and true to Luke's words, the water is warm. I slide my fingers down my water-dripping hair. Luke's face is adorned with a wide grin as he rubs back his wet hair with his hands."I can't believe I allowed you to lure me into this." The disbelief in my voice is evident.Luke says nothing, but instead, starts swimming closer to me. He stops few breaths away from my face, and I can feel our legs touching together as we both try to keep our bodies in balance and afloat on the water. The twinkle in his blue eyes shift into something deeper, and I feel my breath fading away.I want to swim back a little, away from Luke's intense gaze, but the tension between us forces me to stay put where I am."Alicia, I want to show you something beneath the water surface. Can I?"I find myself nodding my head. Too paralyzed and tongue-tied to speak."Alright. Take my hand and hold your breath.
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Luke and I swim a bend by his left, and we appear in front of a wide opening at the mouth of the rock. Large flat pebble stones form rocky stairs leading up to the rock's open surface above. Luke and I swim out of the water.The white wet sand underneath my feet feels coarse but smooth at the same time. My hands pull Luke's t-shirt down a bit. The water dripping from it makes it easier for the t-shirt to cling to the middle of my thighs, but the t-shirt is also clinging to my body curves, making it harder for Luke's eyes to stop raking all over my body.Luke manages to tear his eyes away from me and enters the rock opening first. I follow behind him. We begin to ascend the stairs.In silence.The pebble stairs is cold to the soles of my feet. Glittering green moss lines the roof of the rock above us, itching my hands to run my fingers over them.When Luke and I finally appear on the surface, we are greeted with warm sunlight on our skin and again, with the blue breathtaking view of th
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The weekend goes by way faster than I expected, and though Sarah seemed to have noticed my spaced out moments during our Sunday movie night together, I still kept my mouth shut about what happened between Luke and I at the river.Afterall, it didn't mean anything. It isn't supposed to even mean or result to anything. So there was no need telling anyone about it.I pack my notes into my bag and place my blue jean jacket on my arm. I just hope the bodycon black dress glued to my curves and the black boots on my feet doesn't give off the vibe that I am some gangster girl.My hair sways side to side as I hurry down the stairs towards the kitchen. I had promised Sarah that I will help her out in preparing breakfast today by making the strawberry smoothie we plan to have for breakfast in conjunction with scrambled eggs, mashed sardines and bread toast.I drop my bag and jean jacket on one of the sofas in the sitting room before I enter the kitchen."Good morning Sarah.""Good morning pumpki
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The hallway is crowded as usual, but it takes me just a few seconds to spot the braided auburn hair of Jungkook's most craziest fan on this part of the planet.She is wearing her black fishnet tights and black boots as usual, but her white t-shirt today doesn't have the 'DO NOT GIVE A FUCK' inscription on it. Instead, Jungkook's face is heavily plastered on it, smiling back at anyone who would love to have a glimpse at his adorable face.I open my mouth to call out her name, but I snap it shut when she spots me near my locker. She waves at me as she approaches, and I notice her fresh manicured pink fingernails as she adjusts her bag strap on her shoulder."Nice nails Reece.""Thanks." She answers, brandishing her fingernails in the air."So, are we having a Jungkook rally today or some sort of—""Alicia, stop being dramatic." She whines. "You know how much I love Jungkook and I can wear him any time.""Okay."I raise my hands in the air, faking a wince when Reece slaps my arm. After g
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
"Two hamburgers and a pack of strawberry yogurt please."I look at my phone screen again as Reece places her lunch order. Luke hasn't texted me back since morning, and to say that I am worried will be an understatement.I am literally about to go nuts."Hey Alicia, your lunch."I snap out of the chaos in my brain and collect my lunch of just two meat pies and a bottle of water. I already lost my appetite for lunch since an hour ago. I guess I will just have my lunch wrapped up later for me before I leave the cafeteria.Reece and I reach our table and settle down."Alicia, are you alright? Ever since Mr Gabriel left the class, I noticed you have been sighing a lot and staring at your phone like you are expecting a call or something.""I. . . .I am totally fine Reece." I grab the bottle of water in my tray, screw the cover open and take a gulp.I cover the lid of the bottle back and place the bottle of water back in my tray. I still don't have the appetite to touch my lunch.Reece clear
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
"Mr High and Mighty didn't come to school today."I ignore Reece's statement as I collect my lunch from her outstretched hand, averting my eyes not to look at her. I fear she might just see the truth of what I am hiding by just staring into my eyes.And she is really good at it."Hey Alicia, are you really ok? Why did you bounce off the cafeteria this afternoon? I couldn't even—""I am fine Reece." The edge is thick in my voice.I think I am fine. In fact, I don't know.Fuck! I hate this! I am used to having control over my feelings. Over my thoughts. Always willing them to do the right thing just the way things are supposed to be done.But right now, to be really honest, I don't know what the hell is going on with me, and it is driving me crazy.And I am supposed to hate Luke Evans, even if we agreed to be friends just for the sake of the project. I mean it's not like it's something serious or has any meaning attached to it.He is just so damn good at wrecking havoc into people's thou
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER NINETEEN
I alight from the car when it stops me in front of Shutter Pictures, Tyler's photography studio. I pay the driver my fare and without even waiting for him to drive off, I turn and hurry towards the door entrance of the studio.I halt when I see Luke's bike parked near the entrance, the bike's plate number giving it away.So he is here?!I steady my breathing as I continue to the door. When I reach it, I push it open and enter, coming face to face with Tyler.He pauses in shock when he sees me. A smile slowly wears off the surprised expression on his face."Hi Alicia. Glad to see you once again."We hug, and after few seconds of patting each other's backs, we pull apart."I am also glad to see you Tyler.""So, what brings you here?""Well, uhm, I am here to look for Luke. This is the only place I could figure out he could be in. He wasn't in school today, and I just saw his bike parked right outside. Is he here?"It takes a moment before Tyler says anything, and I wonder why the need f
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What?!" I gasp.The breeze whips through Luke's hair, blowing it across his face. His hand pushes it back."Yeah. There is this lady called Sienna that I started seeing quite often with my dad since like three months ago. She is pretty, jovial, and I thought she was just one of my dad's friends. But this week Monday, my dad came out to me about his true relationship with her. I was paralyzed with shock to the point that I couldn't do anything that day." "You said you found out this week Monday?" I interrupt, my mind going through a puzzle."Yeah."The dots connect. Shit. "So that was why you weren't in school that day?" I blurt out, my realization hitting me with a bang.He nods. "The news fucked up my head so bad that I couldn't bring myself to come to school that day. I spent most of that day at Tyler's studio. I wasn't expecting to see you there later that day. I also wasn't in my right frame of mind." He sighs deeply. "I still feel a bit pissed at myself that I reacted so bad towa
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER FORTY FOUR
This is cruel. This is so cruel. So cruel that I feel like dragging my fingers through my hair. So cruel that it reminds me of my own pain. So when Luke was grappling with his mum's death, I and Sarah were being whisked around from court to court to listen to my parents yell and throw curses at each other and to listen from judge to judge asking Sarah and I which parent we would want to stay with. Why do we have to suffer for the shitty things our parents did? We didn't force any of them to bring us into this world. The least they could have done for us was to try to be better for us."I passed the night at my uncle's place. I stayed in his house a couple more days, and then on the third day, in the morning, my dad showed up at my uncle's house, looking normal. He begged me to come back home with him. My uncle, who was his elder brother, beat him up so badly and had the police arrest him for trespassing his property. It was a tough, ugly scenerio to watch. During my mom's burial, my da
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He goes super still and silent at my question for a while, but just when I begin to think that he may not answer me or do anything, his hands on my back and face leave my body. He steps back a bit from me and lifts his t-shirt up over his head, exposing his naked torso to me. My eyes go directly to the tattooed date on the left side of his abdomen.15. 05. 2012.I am not given enough time to ogle at it because Luke turns around in silence, his inked back facing me as he walks to a space on the clearing a little bit far from the motorcycle. I watch his hard muscles flex with each movement. They flex harder when he settles down on the mowed grass. He drops his t-shirt to his bosom, staring afar at the blue water crashing its waves to the rocks.I wonder what is going through his mind right now, but I know that whatever it is must definitely be related to my question earlier. His silence lures me to join him there, and I do. I walk over to him and settle down beside him on the grass. His
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER FORTY TWO
I stare back squarely at him, gulping hard. "Even if you wish you could take it back, the sad news is you can't, Luke, because I love you too."My somersaulting heart gradually stops thumping so hard, and I feel like a huge burden has just been uplifted from my chest. Luke blinks hard at my confession, the action making a single tear drop from his right eye down to his cheek. He wipes it away quickly as his eyes squint back at me, crease lines appearing on the top of his forehead. He takes a step back away from me, shaking his head. A sad chuckle escapes from his lips."You don't have to fucking lie to me that you love me just to make me feel better, Alicia. I do not want your pity. What I want is your complete honesty with me, at least I deserve that."My heart shreds. Why is everything crumbling so fast? I love him. Why can't he see that? I know exactly what I feel for him. It is crazy. Exhilarating, and I know for sure that I did not leave my fucking house just to come all this way
The Badboy's Redemption CHAPTER FORTY ONE
The wind whips through my hair roughly, wheezing past me in sharp gusts as Luke races down the road with a speed that steals every of my exhaling breaths away. I love the cool sharp feeling of the wind blasting my face, but what I love more is how the blowing wind carries Luke's scent to me.Gosh I love this. I love him. I still hate myself for having to deny the truth to myself for this long.We race past various cars and road signs, and I feel my eyes nearly popping out of their sockets when I catch the view of a set of hills outside town.The truth is that they are not just some ordinary set of hills that I have never seen before. They are the same set of hills that Luke and I visited the day he showed me his art studio for the first time. The blue water waves are splashing at the thick rocks beneath the tall cliffs, their crashing beauty reminding me of the awe I felt when I saw them for the very first time that day.I know Luke is taking us there. I can feel it deep in my guts.I
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"Mr Douglas?" I croak out, still finding it very hard to believe my eyes.What the hell am I seeing right now?! What the freaking hell is going on here?!"Alicia what are you. . . . .what are you doing here?" He stutters back at me, his blue eyes bulging so wide that I can clearly see the shock and discomfort shimmering in them.Wait a minute.I turn my eyes away from Mr Douglas and place them right back at Luke, who is now staring at me like I just caught him gorging on a forbidden box of sweet milk candies. That is when I see it. Notice it. For the very, first, time.The resemblance is there. Fuck! It has always been there. In their identical deep blue eyes and perfectly sculpted jawlines. The rest of Luke's facial features look softer, feminine.And I figure out instantly that he may be sharing those softer features with his mom, who I am just finding out today, is dead.God. Why the fuck does no one in school know about them? Just how much don't I know about Luke Evans?The tensi
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"Hey Alicia, how are you?"Tyler's voice is the first thing that greets me immediately I step out of the cab that drops me in front of his studio, which was of course the first place that popped into my mind to go search for Luke.I just hope he is here."I am cool." I reply, looking around the premises. My doubt begins to poke my insides when I don't see any sign of Luke's motorcycle parked around. "Have you seen Luke? Is he here?" I hurriedly rush out the questions.Tyler shakes his head. "No. He is not here." He corks his eyebrows at me, looking me over, two thin lines creasing at the top of his forehead. "What is going on Alicia? You look. . . . . .tensed."Tensed is an understatement. He should see how torn apart and messy I look inside."It is just. . . . ." I take in a short breath. "I have been searching and calling Luke, but he has not picked any of my calls.""Yo, what happened between you two?"I scratch the back of my neck in impatience. "It is a long story Tyler. Please, d
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I climb out of the bathtub and wipe my wet body quickly with my towel. When I dash into my room, I glance at the clock.It is just 8:45am.Sarah must be very tired and probably asleep right now, so I will just drop her a note.I quickly go through my skincare routine of applying my body lotion and my facial cream and serum. Next, I throw on a black tank top and blue jeans shorts. The sun is surprisingly hot this early in the morning, and the last thing I need now is to feel sweaty in big clothes.I brush my hair and pull it up into a messy bun. After applying some powder and lip gloss with some perfume, I pick up a pen and tear out a sheet of paper from my rough book to scribble down a note to Sarah, to inform her that I will be leaving to go see Luke. Done, I grab my sling bag lying lazily on my bed and tuck in the note, my phone, my spare library key, and some cash from my drawer into the bag.I glance at the clock again. 9:02am.I look back at myself in the mirror and gulp in a bre
The Badboy's Redemption JUST A QUICK AUTHOR'S NOTE
To my Dearest Readers, Thank you all so much for coming this far with me on this story. Your support and perseverance with this book gives me enough strength to continue this story, and for that, I am really thankful. Sadly, it is with great pain and helplessness that I write to you all today to inform you guys that I won't be able to update this story for some period of time. My school exams are choking me right now, and in order to keep giving you guys the best of this story, I have to clear my papers first so that my brain will be relieved and stable enough to keep on giving you guys the best. I am so sorry for whatever inconvenience this may cause any of you, but I promise to bounce back and smother you all with lots of delicious chapters. I love you all, and I also value your feedbacks, ratings and endless support. I am really glad to be on this ride with you all. You guys are the real MVPs. With so much love, Lora Ashley.
