The next day, Haylee went to school as usual. Since Niel put her in such an awkward situation yesterday by choosing her as his partner for the literature presentation, Haylee expected that he might find ways to try getting close to her today. Strangely, he didn't do that at all. He was still like how he used to be before. Being the hot guy who only talked with the popular rich girls. Meanwhile, Haylee was still that regular girl who was out of his league.
They only glanced at each other once in a while but never engaged in a direct conversation. Haylee got the impulse to approach him and talked with him casually. Yet, she couldn't find the guts to do so, not after Brianna attacked her verbally yesterday and accused her of seducing Niel. Her mind had suddenly been attacked by that perception as if everyone will think like that about her if she ever talk to Niel casually without any solid reason.
Niel on the other hand was enjoying his day as usual. He wasn't felt both
Niel's POV:It was a tiring day. Here I am inside my penthouse sitting in front of all these white-collar people that kept holding a business meeting for me. Since Grandpa Fred died, my whole daily routine changed. I used to have a lot of free time before. Usually, after school, I would play video games for hours without anyone telling me to stop. Why would they need to stop me anyway? I'm a smart student, my grades were great. So, no one actually told me what I should do or what's not to do with my free time. I could do whatever I want as long as I passed my school tests and examinations with flying colours.Unfortunately, the death of Grandpa Fred had turned my life the other way around and I was forced to enter the real adult world without having a choice. No more video games after school. Instead, I was forced to attend meetings almost every day. Actually, it was only from Monday to Thursday.Monday was the meeting for managers of all departments in the comp
"Why are you so late to open the door?! Are you harbouring some girls in there?!" Haylee was extremely annoyed that Niel took time to open the front door of the penthouse. She looked at him ferociously as her mind was filled with hatred with her own vile imagination about Niel. 'He must be hiding someone else inside,' she thought badly about him. Niel felt like his great reputation crumbling down before his eyes right at that moment. His forehead furrowed a bit, showing a clear frustration on his face as he looked straight at Haylee in the eyes. "Why are you here?" He whispered-yelling at Haylee in annoyance. "What do you mean? What are you doing in there? Who's with you? Who are you trying to hide from me? Let me in," Haylee spurred some nonsense questions at him. She tried to barge into the house but Niel held her body, stopping her from coming in rudely. "Stop! Stop! Baby Girl, stop it!" He hindered her from entering while cupping h
"Okay," Haylee agreed simply.Then, she lay down on the bed with her front facing downward and took her phone. She started playing video games on it and ignoring Niel completely.'Wow... look at this little brat. She became spoiled now that she had me. Indeed, she's such a baby girl,' Niel criticized her in his heart."I'll be over probably in one or two hours," Niel said more.Haylee didn't even look at him. She just gave him an okay hand gesture and continued playing with her phone in seconds. She intended to kill the time by just playing games while waiting for Niel to finish his job. She didn't even have any intention to leave the penthouse since she wanted to make sure Niel really didn't bring any other girls there after the meeting.Niel shook his head in disbelief. 'This girl really dare to disrespect me now. She didn't even apologize to me after humiliating me,' he muttered in his heart. He left the room and was about to go back to his meet
Haylee's POV:Did you ever have a crush on someone and you kept falling in love with him over and over again? The feelings got deeper each day that you felt extremely suffocated when you couldn't see or touch him. That's exactly what happened to me.Niel was someone untouchable by me at school. But when we were here inside his house, we had our little world where I could touch him and had him whenever I want. Nasty, wasn't it? But who was there to stop me anyway? To stop us? No one.I didn't even realise that I had a crush on him before. Probably because I didn't put my hope that high. I mean, why would a guy like Niel like me? Considering the difference between our world at school. He was a hottie and I was just the average like most of the others.Girls at school had this kind of perception, that if you want to get Niel's attention, you need to be or do something extra. A simple confession like 'I love you. Do you love me?' won't be enough. You had to b
The next day, Haylee went to school again as usual. But now, she felt a bit better mentally since she just met Niel last night. She entered the classroom and sat at her table. Helen and Melly were chit-chatting in front of her table while waiting for the study session to start. "Have you heard? Brianna gave Niel a Rolex Daytona Platinum watch worth eighty thousand dollars?" Melly whispered to Helen. Yet, Haylee could hear them clearly since they were just in front of her. Her eyes widen in shock. She speedily stood up and grabbed Melly's shoulder so that Melly faced her. "Really? Why would she give him that?" There was a clear dissatisfaction in Haylee's voice. Melly and Helen looked at her in confusion. "Why are you looking so angry? How am I supposed to know why Brianna gave Niel that watch?" Melly replied, feeling weird about Haylee's reaction. "Yeah. Why are looking so angry?" Helen asked her the same question too. "Well...
The day was indeed terrible enough for her from the early morning when she saw Niel was wearing the watch that Brianna gave him and Brianna throw a flying kiss to him. Then the numerous flower deliveries that came to the class for Niel added some salt into the wound inside her heart. She thought that was it. Probably no more, right? What else could be added up to break her heart more? It was recess time and after having their lunch, Haylee, Helen and Melly hung out at the back door of the classroom. They just stood there with their bodies leaned against the wall, watching over students who passed them by along the corridor outside the class. The love was in the air, everyone was walking side by side with their loved ones. "What the hell is this? What kind of atmosphere is this? Is today a dating day?" Melly complained as she saw another couple walk past them. "You know... They said that only those who are single will complain at a day like this," Helen said.
Haylee gasped in disbelief when she heard a male voice outside, asking her to come out. She knew that voice quite well. It was Niel's voice. "Come out now, Baby Girl. I don't want to destroy school property," Niel said again and knocked on the door a little. Haylee took a deep breath and slowly calmed herself down. 'Why is he here?' She wondered. "Haylee Johnson, open the door now. I'm not kidding," Niel was getting impatient. The sound of his voice turned serious as if trying to intimidate her. Haylee slowly unlocked the cubicle door and without delay, Niel pushed it opened and dragged her out by grabbing her shoulder harshly. "Oouuhh..." Haylee let out a cry. "What are you doing? Didn't you hear the bell ring just now? Why are you here? Why aren't you back to the class? Are you trying to become a delinquent now?" Niel snapped at her, feeling annoyed with her behaviour. "Why do you care anyway? Why are you even here?" Haylee r
A little gasp escaped her mouth and Haylee quickly pushed his body away from her. Niel scoffed at her as his body fell backwards to the other wall of the cubicle. He stood straight again and tidied up his shirt that wrinkled a little. "I want to go back to the class now," Haylee said speedily to him. "Good then. Just so you know, I didn't pay your school fee for you to slack off like this. How are you going to enter college later if your grade is messed up?" He lectured her again. Haylee just kept silent, didn't dare to talk back at him. She suddenly felt like she was being told off by her father. Niel got out again from the toilet cubicle and went to wash his hands at the sink. Haylee just followed him from behind, getting out from the toilet cubicle too. Niel stared at his reflection on the mirror in front of him and fixed his hair a little. Then he turned around to face Haylee who was standing behind him. "I'll come to the lakehouse tonight," he sa