"Actually, I don't have feelings for both of them. I just consider them as friends," Haylee gave a natural answer, didn't want to heat up the situation since she could sense Melly preferred her to be with Mike instead of Niel.
They chatted more and after a while, Melly fell asleep first. Helen checked on Melly if she was still awake by waving a hand in front of her face. The girl didn't budge a bit, thus Helen assumed that she had gone into a deep slumber.
Helen slowly moved closer to Haylee and lay down beside her. That girl was staring at her phone for a while now.
"What are you doing? Are you two-timing at the same time?" She teased Haylee.
Haylee scoffed and put down her phone. She felt like Helen had some kind of magic to be able to see through people. She was actually texting with Niel and Mike at the same time just now. Haylee exhaled sharply as if sighing at her life.
"You like Niel, aren't you?" Helen asked slowly.
"I don't know. I'
"F*ck sake!! God damn it!!" Niel shrieked in anger at the sight of the lies written in her text message.Ben was truly stunned by his sudden curse. He stared at Niel worriedly from the rearview mirror inside the car. He didn't dare to utter a single word.Niel felt his whole body was trembling as intense anger was filling his inside. He took out the medicine bottle from his pocket and swallowed two depression pills with Ben still watching him.Ben was truly bewildered at the sight of Niel taking in the pills. He thought Niel had stopped consuming those pills years ago. It had been more than two years since he stopped depending on that pills. 'Why did he take it again?' Ben was anxious. He didn't want Niel to become that kid who used to be so violent and angry all the time again.The bitter taste of the pills spread inside his mouth. Niel could feel his lips trembling while he crushed the depression pills using his teeth."Stay here. I'll go in for
Haylee felt like she was drowning. She couldn't do anything as her hands were locked in his grip. Niel didn't choke her hard. He only did it hard when she was trying to say something, she noticed it. Yet, that didn't really reduce the terror she felt inside."So what did he offer you after taking you to this crappy place?! What did he offer you, Haylee?! He offered you his d*ck, didn't he?! That's the first thing he offered you after taking you to this crappy place!! Is that how little you worth?!"Haylee felt humiliated when Niel said those words in front of Ben. She raised her legs and tried to kick Niel away. Unfortunately, Niel acted faster than her. He grabbed her legs and sat on them. Then he pulled her body and forced her to lay down on the backseat. He went on top of her and hindered her from moving."Tell me..." he said while breathing heavily."What did I offer you when I first approached you?!" He asked, forcing her mind to remember the past. Y
"Miss Johnson..." Ben called out slowly and Haylee turned to look at them with a faint smile on her face."I'll behave. I won't cause trouble again. I'm sorry I made it hard for Niel," Haylee said softly.After hearing that, both Ben and Martha felt guilty at her instantly. It was obvious that Haylee had heard everything about their conversation before."Miss Johnson, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend..." Ben tried to apologize but Haylee cut him off."It's fine. You're right. That's the least I could do to repay Niel. I should be grateful that he provided everything for me. So, I'll behave and won't cause him trouble again."Ben turned speechless. Martha also lost her words. They stared at Haylee with mixed emotions of guilt and sorry. They felt like wanting to comfort her but she looked fine. She handled the situation maturely."You guys can return to the guest house if you wanted to. There's no need to stay here. Niel was asleep now and
"No. Never mind. Just forget it," she said sullenly. A faint smile formed on her face but it was clear that her eyes were welled up with tears."I'm just kidding," Niel said, sensing her vexation over the topic."Hmmm..." Haylee just responded with a nod and then just ate without talking again. She had lost interest to have a conversation with him.'We're just fine this morning after waking up. How did we suddenly end up fighting again while eating breakfast? It's not even half of the day yet,' Niel sighed heavily inside his heart.Honestly, he felt tired of having to coax Haylee all the time. He exhaled sharply as if trying to show her his frustration. He then just ate silently too, didn't try to engage in any conversation with her again.After breakfast, Niel went to the living room to watch the television while waiting for Ben to return. Meanwhile, Haylee went into the bedroom to have some personal time alone. He knew she deliberately did that b
All the other girls were stunned by her words. They didn't really expect her to notice that they were checking out on Niel."Oh, and one more thing. Let's ask him. Niel, do you think I'm ugly?" Haylee deliberately asked Niel that question in front of the girls.Seeing her getting angry as the other girls were checking him out, Niel felt like his ego got boosted a bit. He stood up and helped Haylee stand on her feet too by manly grabbing her waist."You're not ugly. They are the ugly ones," he savagely humiliated those girls and tilted his head to give Haylee a kiss.Those girls quickly left them and went into the ice rink, fleeing due to embarrassment. They didn't even dare to look at Niel again."Why are you being so sensitive today?" Niel asked after the kiss. His face looked delighted as if he loved it seeing Haylee getting jealous again when the other girls showed interest in him."I'm not," Haylee said with an annoyed gaze."Forg
'I'll never let you go out of my sight again,' he murmured inwardly while staring deeply into her eyes. This girl was someone he couldn't bear to lose."Why did you post our video at the ice rink before in your Inst*gram?" Haylee changed the topic out of a sudden."Why can't I?" He replied quickly."That video showed that you hugged me and kissed my head. You're not dating me. What would the other girls that you date feel if they see that video? They might attack me later."Niel chuckled instantly after hearing her words."Honey, do you think there are girls at school who dare to mess with you again after you silenced Brianna the other day? Brianna used to be the queen bee of our school. And now she didn't even dare to run into you.""But we still aren't dating.""It doesn't matter. I'm telling all the other guys at school that you're my girl. If they want to make a move on you, they'll have to face me first. You're mine. That's final
"Oh, no. Not exactly. I'm just trying to find my friend again," Haylee replied nicely."Oh, so you did go out with someone right now.""Yeah...""That's a shame. I'm just about to ask you to join me if you're alone," he said and looked back at the children inside the indoor playground."Do you know someone inside?" Haylee asked since he looked as if he was waiting for a child to finish playing."Not really," he chuckled."Do I look like I have kids or something?" He asked a moment later."Oh, no! I didn't mean it that way. I mean, maybe your niece or nephew," Haylee was worried he might feel offended by her words previously. Truthfully, Patrick wasn't really looked that old."No. I don't have one currently. I'm just twenty-two, by the way. You're seventeen right?""Yeah...""Are you Niel's friend at school?""More like it. I'm actually his classmate.""How was he at school? Is he doing fine?" There w
Niel only let her go again after almost two hours and they stayed at the penthouse until dinner time. After dinner, Niel brought her back to the lakehouse and he spent the night with her again there.Haylee stared at the ceiling as she lay down on the bed that night. Niel had been in a deep slumber already at that time. She turned her head to the right, staring at his face who looked so calm when he was asleep."It felt so weird, you're treating me like your wife and you're acting like my husband right now. But we're still not dating," she murmured to herself.***The next morning, Niel gave her a ride to school. In the eyes of the others, she really did look like Niel's girlfriend right now. But she knew it well enough that Niel would never want to date her. It felt suffocating when the other students assumed they were a couple but Niel still went around flirting with the other girls at school. Even though Niel had posted that intimate video of them at t