"I don't know... Just look at them. They were like a married couple. It's really weird that they still aren't dating till now," Melly replied with her eyes fixed on the couple who was still not over with their argument.
"Haylee! Haylee! Calm down! Stop resisting. Just stop moving for a while. Listen to me!" Niel was struggling to get her attention.
"It's all your fault! It's your fault! It's your f*cking fault!" Haylee shouted at him. She looked truly inorganized with her hair messed up and covering half her face.
"Okay. It's my fault. But calm down for a while. Look... everyone is looking at us. Cut it out. If you want to vent out, then vent out at home. Don't do it here in public," Niel said while pointing his hand everywhere, making Haylee realize how many people were there being spectators around them. He hoped she gained her conscience again.
Haylee stood there motionlessly and had herself burst out in tears. She really lost it that day. She didn't m
That guy covered his mouth to reduce the sound of him chuckling. He untied his robe and then deliberately opened and closed the front part a few times, showing Haylee his naked body. Haylee walked to him hastily with an annoyed gaze. She tied his bathrobe again properly and hugged him to stop him from doing what he did before. She pushed him to enter his bedroom again but that guy didn't want to budge a bit. He just stood there like a stump and hugged her back, leaning his face to hers and trying to kiss her."What are you doing? Chef Kevin was there," Haylee whispered-yelling at him, avoiding the kiss.His kiss landed on her cheek and his mouth slowly moved down to kiss her neck. Haylee pushed his chest a few times and no longer hugged him. But that guy didn't even want to release her body this time."Honey, you smell so good. Sleep with me tonight," he whispered huskily."What kind of nonsense are you talking about?" Haylee got annoyed.
They both stared at Haylee, waiting for her response. But Haylee just stayed silent, having her eyes fixed on her phone only. When she realized the two were expecting her response, she slowly put down her phone and shifted her focus to them."Oh, I don't think I'm going," Haylee said simply."What? Why?" Helen was devastated to know it."Yeah, why? Just come. The three of us could hang out together. We don't need any men to become our plus one," Melly was also disappointed by Haylee's decision."Come on, Haylee. Come to the prom. Let's dress up like a princess for once. It's the last day of our school..." Helen persuaded her to change her mind.Haylee exhaled slowly, feeling a heavy heart to do it. It was not that she didn't want to go. It was just that if she ask Niel to become her plus one, she had a hunch that he would reject her. So it would be much better for her not to come than see him being a couple with some other girls."Let me thi
Silent filled the car and about half an hour later, they arrived in front of the Marriott Beauty Spa and Salon. "We're here, Miss Johnson," Ben said. Haylee straightened her back and looked out of the car window, scanning the big modern two storeys building painted in black and pink colour. Ben got off the car and swiftly opened the car door for her. Upon seeing her arrival, a woman in her thirties came out of the beauty spa and greeted her. She approached Haylee and observed her face then looked at her phone as if checking something. Then she nodded lightly and quickly greeted Haylee politely. "Hi, you must be Miss Haylee Johnson, the one that Mr Anderson requested us to adorn tonight for the prom, isn't it?" Lady Lilian asked. She was the manager of the spa. Haylee just nodded awkwardly, feeling shy to be there. She never really entered such a place before so she felt slightly uncomfortable that Niel booked her some sessions there. "Yes, this is her. Please take good care of he
Seeing the cold expression across his face, Morra became timid instantly and she carefully removed her hands that were holding his arm. The guy insulted her indirectly by brushing off the part of his arm that she held before as if she had made his suit dirty by her touch. Moments later, the principal was done with his speech and another teacher, Miss Miranda came forward to the stage to give Mr Houstan the result of the voting for Prom King and Prom Queen. He chuckled as he saw the result because the winners were exactly what he had expected. "I'm sure everyone must be excited to know the results," Mr Houstan remarked on the microphone and everyone instantly made a cheering sound to respond to him. "It seems like it was obvious enough who would win Prom King tonight," he added and the crowd cheered even more especially the girls. And slowly almost everyone had their eyes glanced at Niel because he was the top candidate for that title. Truthfully, no boys would stand a chance to win
"Did I scare you?" She joshed. He instantly chuckled and nodded lightly. His gaze went down to look at her left hand and he took out the corsage from its box. Then, he deliberately threw the box behind him and it accidentally hit someone's head. "Ouch!" A guy shrieked, getting hit by the box and everyone let out a laugh including Niel and Haylee. "Sorry! I didn't mean it. I just lost my mind for a while just now," Niel joked while turning his head towards the shrieking boy. "You're so beautiful..." he then whispered as he turned his head to look at Haylee again. He grabbed her left hand gently and tied the corsage around her wrist and he led her to the centre of the hall to have the first dance. "Look how pathetic you are, only able to get a partner minutes ago. I thought there were supposed to be girls lining up to dance with you," Haylee satirized him as they both took their dancing position. The guy giggled and the smile on his face was seen by all the girls in the hall, makin
"Well... no one can deny it that Niel really treated Haylee well," Melly remarked having her eyes seeing the couple left."Apart from him dating and flirting with the other girls, of course... Other than that, he did really treat her like a princess. I can understand why Haylee stayed and put up with his behaviour," Helen added."Let's just wish them well. I hope he figures out what he really wants. It's pitiful enough for Haylee to wait that long for him to commit with her...""I hope so..."Outside the school hall, Niel opened the passenger door beside the driver's seat of his black Lamborghini Aventador."Get in!" He shoved Haylee in there and pretended like he was trying to kidnap her. The girl giggled at his action and she started laughing when Niel had trouble getting the whole skirt of her dress into the car."Why are you wearing this dress?" He started to complain while laughing as well. "You're the one who chose it," Haylee retorted playfully."It didn't look this big when I
"What's there to think about? I want you to stick by my side forever. We're taking the same course so later after we both graduate, you can work at my company as my secretary and my personal assistant," he seemed to have it all figured out inside his brain."Niel, you already had a secretary. His name was Mark..." Haylee whispered to him. Her mind was thinking that he might need to fire Mark if he wanted her to be his secretary or personal assistant. 'Poor Mark,' she thought."Well... it's not going to hurt to have two," he replied with a chuckle."But still... there's going to be hundreds or even almost thousands of students applying for the business course at Kingston University. I don't think we would be able to have it like in high school. We're probably going to be in different classes. In fact, I'm not even confident being able to enter there. They set the bar so high only the best students in the country got in there."The guy chuckled again as if her concerns were not a proble
"Who's that? Is that grandma?" Haylee whispered to Niel's ear slowly."You bet. Of course, this is grandma. Who else would be a grandma in this house? Certainly not you. You look absolutely seventeen," Madam Rosella replied to Haylee in a witty way while winking at her.She approached Haylee and the girl stood still motionlessly, did not even dare to make a single sound. She observed her from top to bottom and then she turned to Niel, shooting him a playful glare."So, when can I expect some great-grandchildren?" Madam Rosella asked and that made Ben who was standing by the car almost burst into laughter. He covered his mouth quickly when Niel glared at him."Grandma, you're going to scare her," Niel replied languidly."Oh, come on. I need a little one to hold before I die. The last time I held a baby was like seventeen years ago," Madam Rosella still went on with her sense of humour.The baby she referred to from seventeen years ago was actually Niel. She only had one child, William
After Haylee was done cleaning herself up, Niel finally brought her up to the top floor again. It felt truly uncanny when he saw her smiling, laughing and even making some jokes to him while they were inside the elevator. He felt horrible inside because he remembered what happened to her last night. The fact that she forgot all about it was clear proof that her mental health was deteriorating.They entered the penthouse again and Niel's eyes swiftly went to look at the living room. The television was gone and the mess there had been cleaned up. The food was also had been served on the dining table."Where's the TV?" Haylee asked. She was weird that the television was gone. She tried to recall what happened last night but her head felt hurt instantly. She cried out in pain while holding her head with both arms."What's wrong?" Niel grabbed her body from falling. The woman looked like she was about to faint."Aspirin..." she said and Niel helped her to sit at the dining table first befo
Upon seeing her leaving the open kitchen and entering the bedroom, Niel rushed to the elevator and went up to his penthouse again. He took his spare key card of the condo unit and went down again. He just left his laptop on the floor in front of the condo. It only took him less than five minutes to return and he quickly went into the house.The first thing he did was go to the open kitchen and grabbed all the knives and cutleries. He put them inside a black plastic bag and hid them inside a bin. Then he carried the bin and put it into a cupboard inside another bedroom. He threw a bunch of towels and a blanket inside the cupboard to hide the bin even more.Then he came out to the living room and slowly went to the bedroom that Haylee entered before. He carefully twisted the knob to check if the door was locked. It was and he just stood there thinking about what he should do next. There was not a single sound from inside and that made his heart race. He didn't know if she was okay or hu
Seeing her become speechless, Niel smirked and just walked towards his bedroom again. She was so frustrated that she grabbed an empty wine bottle and threw it toward the television in the living room. The cracking sound of the screen made Niel panic and he ran back to the living room to check on her. He saw her grab another few wine bottles and try to throw them on the television again, just like before. She was acting like a lunatic and so he quickly hugged her body from behind, locking both her arms from moving to stop her violence. "You don't know shit! You don't know what it's like to be me! You don't know shit about me! I'm fucking tired of you! I fucking hated you! I fucking hated living with you!" She shouted frantically while struggling to free herself from him. Niel grabbed her body firm and even tighter, slowly had his eyes reddened and his cheeks felt hot. He didn't know why he was so angry at her yet felt hurt at the same time while looking at her losing her sanity. Hayle
Ashley gasped in disbelief at her words. She stared at Niel and saw the change in his expression. He looked absolutely grim. But Haylee simply looked relaxed as if she was not even in trouble.'So, what would happen if Haylee fails the subject?' Niel thought. Surely, one thing led to another. She would probably deliberately fail the other subjects too so she would need to repeat the first semester. If that happens, she would be moved to a new batch of students next semester and she won't be in the same class with him anymore for the next five semesters. And if somehow Haylee refuses to repeat the first semester and quit Kingston, she could appeal to get into Hudson University for July intake. She was being clever to him. She knew how to threaten him now too. In short, Niel could not afford to kick her out of the group and make her fail the subject, or else he would be the one at loss here. Slowly he released her arm and let her go reluctantly."Exactly," Haylee said arrogantly and wal
Haylee could feel her cheeks turn hot due to the embarrassment. The hall turned silent for split seconds with a lot of eyes staring at her. Niel boldly beckoned her to come to him. Haylee slowly walked down the stair pathway to go to the front. But then she noticed the mad looks Ashley and Linda gave her. She stopped unconsciously, reevaluating her choice whether she should go to Niel or not. It was obvious he wanted her in. In fact, it was not just Ashley and Linda who were looking at her hatefully right now. Haylee noticed that some other students were looking at her disdainfully too, probably those who had asked Niel to take them into his group before but got rejected."Why are you just standing there? Come here," Niel rebuked her gently, beckoning her to come to him again."Niel, how about if we just take Linda? Haylee didn't seem like she wanted to be in our group," Ashley suggested bravely."Why are you deciding for her?" Niel rebuked her coldly, totally a different treatment co
"Do you really think that I won't have a spare key card?" He ridiculed her and took out another key card from his pocket.She scoffed at him instantly. 'I knew it. He would never let me have my own privacy,' she muttered inwardly and just put the key card inside her backpack."That's not fair. I thought it was supposed to be my own place," she said deliberately to show her dissatisfaction."How is that not fair? You had access to my penthouse as well," Niel replied with a chuckle."Is this mean that I'll be living alone for real now? Can Martha live with me?" Haylee asked. Deep down inside, she was anticipating for that to happen for real. "No. I never said that. You're going to still be living with me, in my penthouse, our house. That condo unit was just for emergency. We're going to be studying here for three years. I'm sure at some point your friends or my friends would want to visit our place. So we need a split residence for that. Aren't you the one who didn't want people to kno
"Anyway, your food looked tasty. How long had you known Haylee?" Lily asked more. Her questions were all over the place, non-relating to each other."Hmm..." Niel was about to speak but the woman asked him some more."Haylee said her brother was rich. You're close with her, so you must know her brother too, right?""Brother?" He knitted his brows in confusion and instantly looked at Haylee. She met his eyes and made a poker face at him, silently sending a signal to that guy to go along with her lies."Yeah. Haylee brought a lot of expensive makeup to class, so we asked her how she was rich. She said she had a rich brother," Lily explained cluelessly."Right..." Niel nodded while giving Haylee a playful glare. 'So now I become her rich brother,' he muttered internally."Of course, I know her brother. We're partners," Niel added the lies."Partners?" Now Lily and Haylee said in unison."Yeah. Haylee's brother worked with me. I sent him abroad to handle some projects. He won't come back
"He was the one I'm talking about before. He's my former classmate during high school," Haylee said."Damn, girl! You got into the wrong gang. We're obviously out of your league," Bruno quipped at her and the rest just chuckled in agreement."Are you together with him? He seemed close with you," Lily asked. She suddenly turned into this kind of over-friendly girl to Haylee."We're just normal friends," Haylee avoided telling them the truth."Bring us together for lunch. Introduce him to me please..." Lily begged. She never would have imagined it getting an opportunity to know Niel in person."You don't even want to know his name first?" Haylee teased her and the girl laughed shyly."His name was Nathaniel Anderson. We called him Niel during high school," Haylee said deliberately to let them all know.A while later, the lecturer came into the lecture hall. He was Professor Damien, an old man in his late forties. As soon as he entered the hall, he went directly to Niel and had a handsha
Weeks passed and they finally started college at the end of February. After the orientation week ended, all the undergraduates at Kingston University started their first class the following week. Haylee and Niel pretty much acted like strangers at college. Niel drove by himself to class even though they were going to the same destination because he sometimes would need to go to the company during his free time if his presence was necessary there. So, Haylee too was the same. She drove by herself to classes using the red Ferrari car that Niel gave her during Christmas last year.After coping with her depression about not going to Hudson for a few weeks, Haylee slowly learned to accept her fate of going to Kingston. She tried to look at the bright side. Home was not far, so she didn't need to think about paying to live in a hostel. And surely, if she was somehow in trouble, Niel was around to help her fix it. Her life was easier that way.She attended her first lecture wearing designer