Chapter Two
SENIOR YEAR I
It’s the first day of senior year and I’m going to be late. I woke up early today and have been excited about going back to school. I had plans for my final year and couldn’t wait to be done with Kingsville Academy.
But things aren’t going the way I expected them to go.
My car's tires were currently slashed, My front and back mirrors broken, the seats were stained with wine, and a sharp metal was used to write “ugly bitch, die ” boldly on the four sides of the car, plus some other profane words. I had a good idea who the culprit was, considering the fact that Kevin threw his 19th birthday party yesterday night.
It was huge and a whole lot of personal were invited. I had an official invitation from his father as a resident of the house but decided not to go. It would have been fun seeing him scowl at me during the party but my fear of him somehow finding me alone had prevented me from going. Instead I had curled myself in bed with my ‘good novel’ app.
Anyway, back to the car, I knew it wasn’t Kevin since he was too high and mighty to do it himself. He might have ordered some minions of his to do the dirty work. Probably the cheer squad. They seemed validation from him too much and he was voted most wanted in their cheers secrets round table.
They do those silly things.
Since that first day that he had declared me an outcast freshman year, he had never talked to me again.We will just glare at each other from afar until I gave in and look away. I could never match that intense chilling dark eyes that was specially reserved for me.The snide comments, Public humiliation, False rumors and locker thrashings were left to his minions. I never ever went to the main house on no account for fear that I may meet him alone. Who knows what that psycho was capable of?
He would probably strike me dead on sight and say he thought I was a robber.
Wanker!
I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and took it out.
Uncle: Sorry Sweetie . Something urgent just came up at work. I can’t come to pick you up. I already asked Hunter if he could come pick you and he said yes. I’ll have the mechanic come to check your car later. Xoxo
Me: Sure I’ll do just that.
Don’t worry
Aunt Rosa didn’t know that Hunter and I were far from friends. I didn’t want to tell her about the bullying and all that because she was working for his dad after all. What was she going to do ?
Ask him to stop and if he doesn’t she’ll quit the Job ?
Yeahhh No, thank you.
I can’t afford to jeopardize our source of income by antagonizing Hunter in her eyes. I hadn’t told her my car was thrashed by Hunter’s minions.
I'd only told her that, I’d gotten a puncture and it wasn’t starting.
I’ll find some way to pay the mechanic the extra cost for spraying, buying new tires and all that.
But for now I’m just going to have to make do with the bus.
Because this was a rich neighborhood, the bus scarcely passed here. I had to walk all the way to the junction in hopes of catching it.
Scarcely had I taken a few steps out of the mansion before a black Lamborghini came to a screeching halt in front of me.
Hunter’s Car. The limited edition 2021 Lamborghini. He got it for his birthday yesterday. The lucky jack ass.
Leave it to the asshole jerk to drive a fast Italian car.
“Get in !” His deep hoarse voice said smoothly giving me goosebumps. I have managed to avoid Kevin during the whole vacation by going out of my house if only he was inside the mansion. That was hard because he was always at the pool with Xander and another of his friends, Asher.
He was wearing the school Uniform with the tie hanging loosely. The shirt hugging his muscles like a second skin. His collar was up And his hair was looking like he had just rolled out of bed. Well, even if I hated him I had to admit he was one very good looking bastard.
He was hot for sure.
Stop checking out the enemy!!!
I internally chastised myself.
“See something you like ?” he taunted with a smirk, feeling cocky.
Damn it. He caught me checking him out. I used to look down at girls who drooled over him and I was just doing the same thing just now. I could feel the heat coursing up my cheeks.
Don’t you dare blush. Kayla“No.In fact, I was thinking of what bleach to use to wash the disgusting image of you out of my eyes.” I lie.
“Sure you were. I totally believe you.” He said sarcastically.
He was acting too calm. I expected him to run me over with the car for saying something like that to his face.
CHAPTER THREESENIOR YEAR II“Are you getting in or not ? I don’t have time for games with you.Young lady.” He growled at me when I I made no movement of getting in.Wait a minute. Did he just call me ‘Young lady?’ Just because he turned Nineteen recently doesn’t give him the Audacity. I would be turnin
Chapter 5Merry Mack Jim’s ‘ride with the wind’ plays in her car to make the silence less awkward as she drives us to school. When we got toschool, Janeljust
"As I was saying beforeMs frisks unmannerly behavior," he fixed his glare on me."We would be doing the project in groups of two.Let's continue with the pairing.Shall we?" He asked,picking up the register and mentioning names.“Clara Trumple
Chapter Seven.CAUGHT EAVES-DROPPING IHow long has it been since I saw Hunter and Xander on class. They were have both been absent in class, and
CHAPTER EIGHTCAUGHT EAVES-DROPPING II
CHAPTER NINEHUNTER’S POV
CHAPTER TEN HUNTER II“Stop it now, the two of you. That’s enough.” My grandfather and the principal stood at the door with stern looks. My grandfather was clearly disappointed in us whilst the principal looked anywhere but at us.
Chapter ElevenTAKEN ADVANTAGE OF?I woke up with a headache in a dark room with. I couldn’t see clearly because the curtains were closed and the lights had been turned off. I felt nauseas.
EPILOGUE !The Christmas ball was soon beginning and I’d be expected to be beside my father as we were the hosts. The ball room was the former basement which had been renovated into a ball room. It was first my mother’s hideout but now it was a ball room. I didn’t want the memory of Hannah to dampen my mood today.I stand at my balcony with the glass of champagne I’d grabbed downstairs before coming up, watching other people from above. Maybe I wasn’t really watching them, I was more of looking for someone, Kayla.It’s been hours already and she wasn’t coming. I’d gone in to the theatre room several times to check on her.Okay fine, I meant to spy on her, but her blinds were down and I couldn’t see inside her room. This year, I had a reason to buy her a gown. The previous years I just had to watch Jonathan buy her gowns as gifts but this year I told him to not buy her gowns and that I’d give her a gown for the ball. A knock comes at my door and I go to open it. It’s Martha. “Youn
Chapter Hundred and oneHunter’S POV.I throw my phone against the wall in my fit of anger. I felt powerless. I was Hunter King. I wasn’t supposed to feel powerless but I did.I called Kayla and asked her if we could talk about everything that happened but she just said she needed some space to process everything by herself.By herself.Which meant I had to stay away. She doesn’t know this but, I needed her to breathe to survive. I almost went berserk when I was told she wasn’t pregnant. I refused to believe it and when the doctor tried to convince me, I had lost control and punched him in the face. Security had to come and throw me out.I told her to use the child as an excuse to be with me but now she could leave me at any moment. We weren’t tied together anymore.It hurt.I couldn’t lose her and our child. Losing one already drove me berserk. If she left me this time, I don’t even know if I can survive.My house bell dings and I run downstairs like a giddy teenage guy. Fuck, but i
Chapter HundredHow long has it been since I got out of my room and lived? How long has it been since I came back from my coma and shunned everyone out and locked myself up, depressed and crying for the child I never had?I don’t know. Janel, Xander and Asher came to see me at the hospital but apparently they have a grudge with Hunter so they haven’t been to the house since then. Aunt grounded me when she heard about the false pregnancy and gave me the whole responsible sex talk. After that, I was taken to the hospital and placed on birth control.Hunter must be having it worse than me. He found out about his mom and the child. For Hunter to resort to violence when adults were around and ruin his golden boy image, he must be taking the news harder than I was. I should go and see him and stop telling him I needed space to process everything. What’s there to process again? We were both not okay and needed each other. Everything is finally over. No more secrets. Nothing. The least I can
Chapter Nintey NineI hope you can forgive my rush decisions. I’m sorry I made you worry. I know you cared for me. Please forgive me.It’s black and nothing and I’ drowning. Several gunshots are fired. But I don’t feel a thing. Am I dead already? Is that why I don’t feel a thing?Crap, I wish I had another chance. I don’t want to die without making him pay first. I don’t want my child to die with me. I can’t regret coming here. I had no choice while my father was watching. I had no choice but to follow his orders. I didn’t know his emotions will take over that he would choose to kill me so quickly. I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to launch a surprise attack but I didn’t get it. You’re right, Hunter. I am weak.Nothing I feel nothing.I hear nothing.What is nothing again?........Nothing is a black unawareness of everything. “Kayla, Kayla wake up.” I hear someone’s voice. It’s familiar. It’s distant. It’s inviting me back to something. Back to someone. Back to what
Chapter Ninety EightA screen lights up and a video begins to play. It’s a recording of my father and a lady talking. He seems to be hiding the camera from the lady, so I don’t get to see her face.“Do you regret what we did?” the lady asks my father. Her voice is disturbingly familiar.“I don’t know. Do you?” My father replies.“Of course not, that bitch had it coming after she betrayed me. She pretended to be my friend and used me. I took her out of the trash and gave her a life. How does she repay me? By trying to take Jonathan away from me. She knew he was mine from the beginning but she steal dug her filthy claws into him. She deserved a more miserable death.”“I agree, although Rosa interfered and took the girl so she’s still alive.”“Fucking Rosa. I took them both out of their wretched lives and this is how they repay me. I was wondering when you were going to tell me you were incompetent and that you let Kayla live.”“I didn’t know you had it in you to murder a child, Hannah.”
Chapter Nintey SevenMEETING MY FATHERI grab my hair on my head and refused to cry, instead I gnash my teeth with anger. I was not a victim. I was no longer the girl he kept locked down in the basement as he hit her mother upstairs. I could now defend my loved ones. I won’t let them be like mom. I won’t let him hurt anyone any longer.I couldn’t protect mom from him then, but now I can protect Hunter and Aunt from him.This time round, I won’t let harm come to anyone I can protect. And if all I have to do to prevent that is to face that devil, then so be it.Car lights catch the corner of my eyes, the gate opens to let him in. At first, I think its Hunter, but then I notice it’s not his car. It’s not my father too because he wouldn’t dare come in. He’d be dead by now not driving towards the worker’s quarters. It’s my opening to get out without being caught. I recognize the driver. He was part of the workers in the garden this morning. He drives into the mansion and towards the wor
Chapter Ninety six .Rosa OR Hunter?I gather a few clothes into my bag. Since I’m only going to the mansion for just two weeks, I don’t need a lot of stuff. I can just come back here when I need anything. My phone dings on the bed and I go over and pick it up. Hunter returned it to me yesterday when we got home. It had been with him all this while. I slide the screen to unlock the phone. There are missed calls from Janel and Xander from when I run away. I really have to see them and explain.I open the latest message from a contact saved as ‘my boyfriend’, yep that’s Hunter indeed. Of course he would temper with my phone. God, he has kept it with him for so long that it doesn’t even feel like mine any longer.“When is your pretty ass coming over?”“Shut up, lewd pervert” “Or do I have to come and get you myself? If I do, we’d be doing a lot more than that, my slut.”“I told you not to call me that.” He is back to his old arrogant self after being extra sweet yesterday. I guess Hunte
Chapter Ninety fiveA STARRY NIGHTAunt, please don’t let me have my way. Please insist or say something to convince me. Please..... There’s a moment of silence before she sighs. It looks like she is going to agree with me. NoMaybe I should just pretend to throw a tantrum like I’m begrudgingly accepting it and then go upstairs to do my happy dance.“Kayla, I know you’re refusing to go because of Hunter but I’ll talk to him. This is very important and leaving you here on your own is out of the question.”As it should be. I do a happy dance in my head but fake a groan and sigh dejectedly.“I’ll go. I’ll go. I’m not afraid of him”Of course you aren’t“He won’t bother you. The mansion is big enough so you don’t have to even see him once during your stay. I know you guys were together and it’s difficult to accept this but please endure for the mean time.”“It’s fine” I say. I’m beginning to feel a little guilty for lying.“Okay then.” she says.I’m watching a movie on my laptop, curled u
Chapter Ninety fourBRINGING BACK MEMORIES?I wake up in the morning half expecting him to be gone somehow, realizing I’m not worth it but the thought vanishes immediately I feel strong arms curl around my midsection, pulling me further into him.It seems too good to be true. Maybe this is all a dream. It wouldn’t be surprising since it’s not the first time I had this type of dreams before.His arms tighten around my midsection further and drags me into him. My mind is in a spiral. I’m refusing to fully analyze the situation. I’m afraid that it’s a dream and I’m trying to stay in dreamland a few more minutes at least before reality kicks in. At the same time, I’m hoping it’s real and there’s no need to be in dreamland to feel this sensation. That’s when I feel something hard against my ass. It twitches against my naked back.It’s definitely not a dream then. It feels too real to be. Too good to be a cruel joke my mind would play on me. I open my eyes and sure enough, it’s Hunter’s str