I sneeze and Liam glares at me while driving. I give him a cheeky smile, he shakes his head in disbelief and continues driving. We both are soaked, the water dripping down our clothes is ruining his car seats but that guy doesn't care and wrapped me in his coat as I am shivering due to cold
Luckily his coat was in the car and didn't get wet. It's still raining outside as Liam drives me back to the dorm. After I pulled away the umbrella making him drench in the rain , he has been silent since then. When I apologized he said it's not because of it but something else. Now he is avoiding eye contact with me . He mumbled many things yet I couldn't't hear properly when I asked he refused to repeat
The heater is on, I am buried in his coat yet I am cold. My feet got dirty and Liam helped me clean them and also my heels. I had to tie up my hair and wash my face, fortunately it was water proof or else I would be looking like a ghost. But I don't regret it, I love dancing in the rain. It made me forget all my worries.
I sneeze again
Liam sighs and passes me a small pack of pocket tissues, I thank him and take the tissue. "You have exams from Monday and here you are sneezing" this words seems like he is scolding but his voice is really calm and soft
"Oh, come on. I will be fine. Don't worry" I reply making him shake his head in disbelief again "I hope so"
The amount of times he signed tonight is uncountable
Liam stops the car in front of my dorm and being the gentleman he is , he opens the car door again for the 5th tonight. I get down from the car a bit unstable as I try to balance my tired feet. Liam holds my hand helping me stand still "Are you okay?"
"Except for the cold and tired feet? Yes" I try to be sarcastic but he is in no mood to joke around. "Thanks for tonight, It's been a while since I smiled so much and I will be honest I enjoyed the sundae and rain more than the party"
He chuckles at my words and nods "I am glad you did, thanks for being my date tonight"
It has stopped raining, the road is still wet and there are few puddles of water, I lift my dress a bit to protect it from getting any more dirty than it already is.
He walks me towards my dorm's entrance, it's past 11 already and we don't have curfews so it's fine.
I step on a few stairs as he stands below me. Liam's hand is still in mine, I try to control my laugh at his state, messy and wet hair, soaked clothes clinging to his torso. It was so hard not to look at his abs when his shirt turned translucent standing under the rain, It's a bit dry now unfortunately but it was a sight to watch back there
Why am I thinking so shamelessly?
How cares? It's my thoughts anyways.
And how would he know?
I smile at him as it's time to say goodbyes "Goodnight Mr. Williams" I say playfully calling him by his surname
He grins at my words , he slowly lifts my hand up and places a gentle kiss on the back of my hand and looks up to me. Heat rises through my cheeks as I look away trying to hide it
"Goodnight Freckles" His voice sounds so genuine unlike how I tried to tease him.
I enter the building while he remains outside, his hands in his pocket as he watches me, I glance at him one last time and head to my room.
I knock on the door, It's night already and most of the Students have already gone to sleep. Jasmine opens the door in her pajamas and her hair is braided together. She gives me a welcoming smile but as she looks at me from up to down at my state her smile drops. Before she speaks , I move her aside and walk inside and remove my heels and put them aside
I sigh in relief feeling my feet on the soft carpet and just lay on my bed feeling exhausted
Jasmine closes the door and walks towards me. She stands at the edge of my bed and makes me sit up holding my shoulders. I try to wiggle away but she makes me sit straight
"Stella, what did you both do?" She raises her eyebrow scanning each part of me. I roll my eyes "we did nothing, we just got caught up in rain"
She doesn't believe me, well I am telling the truth but she is not easy to convince, she crosses her arms and sits beside me "As much as i remember, he brought a car and the party was indoors so how come you both got wet?"
She won't let me rest until I tell her everything.
"It's a long story" I sigh
She smirks at my words, her eyes filled with curiosity "I need every detail"
The next morning
It's Sunday afternoon. It's a bit warmer than last night's rain. I sit on a bean bag near the window of our room, the sunlight making the whole room light to yellow color, as I study in peace. My exams will start tomorrow and last for two weeks as there are few gaps in between, I am well prepared but who will calm my nervous nerves?
Last night I spilled what all happened at the party from that Leonard incident to the rain incident. She listened to me like a kid watching their favorite cartoon. She was eating every detail and loved every minute of it. He messaged me last night and even, this morning asking about my health and reminding me to take some medicines if I am not feeling well. But I am fine, I didn't catch a cold or fever
It was really considerate of him
"Stella?" Jasmine voices me
"Hm?" I look up from my book and look at her, she is sitting at her desk as her open leg hangs down and the other is folded up as she is looking at something on her laptop
"What was the guy's name that misbehaved with you, last night?" She asks, turning her chair to face me
"Leonard Aurther, if I remember correctly. Why do you ask?"
She signals me to come to her. I keep my book aside and stand beside her chair as she points at her laptop's screen. I frown and turn my attention to the screen
My eyes widened
"No way" I gasp
The screen displays an article, with the picture of Leonard Aurther 's picture with the caption-
'Leonard Aurther, the owner of many restaurants and event venues has gone bankrupt'
I scroll the webpage down to read further, there is too much information for me to digest, It says that he is a well known person in the society and rich too but this morning all of his properties and assets were seized by the Government . Apparently his black money was caught by the officers this morning and there are many more illegal activities which were going on under his name
"That's not all. He is also charged by many of his employees as they claimed that he harassed them too" Jasmine gives out the information "and he is missing since last night, he was last seen at NYX'S after party"
I back away from the screen and take a deep breath. This is really quick with everything that happened, in just a few hours he got bankrupt? He has an arrest warrant too? How?
I sigh "Well he got what he deserved , I am happy" Jasmine looks at me and grins while eating chocolate. She raises her hand up for a high five and I accept it "This is actually satisfying but shocking too, Karma is unpredictable" I say
She nods, after a few minutes of Jasmine staring at her screen, she Burt's out laughing while patting her desk in between, I frown at her actions. Looking at my face she stops laughing and sits back leaning on her chair and says
"Damn- karma is really your boyfriend now"
After dropping Stella to her dorm, I sit inside my car, thinking about everything that happened. It's been a minute and I miss her presence already. I groan and rest my forehead on the steering wheel, I glance at my coat laying on the passenger seat which was worn by her
I really need to confess
After settling my thoughts , I drove to Jeff's place, he texted me that he needs to talk to me urgently even though I am in a really bad condition
I park in front of his house, it's big and classy, I have been here only once when I had to sign a racing contract with him. As much as I remember he lives here alone. As I walk towards the entrance one of Jeff's bodyguards stops me and gestures to me to follow him.
He takes me to the garage of the house, he opens the door instead of the shed and asks me to enter. As I enter the door shuts behind me. Jeff stands there at the center of the space , his back facing me
"Why did you call me here?" I ask walking towards him. He notices my presence and turns around and moves left from his previous position making me stop on my step
I raise my eyebrow as I see Leonard tied to a chair in the middle of the garage in the same attire from the party. I sigh, I knew Jeff would do something like this . His state looks bad, bleeding nose, it appears a bit crooked. Blood drops on his collar and shoulder and his jaw swollen as he struggles to break away from the chair. But looking at the ropes Jeff tied him with it's useless to even think about escaping. He is literally over 50 years old but his behavior is so disgusting, even looking at his face makes me angry
"Why did you do this?" I also Jeff
He opens his hands "Because you told me to take care of him"
"What I meant was to keep him there not to beat him up and kidnap him" I snap at him. He crosses his arm and moves closer to me "I did kidnap him BUT I didn't hurt him. that?" He points his index finger at Leonard and continues "Is done by you" he moves his finger to point at my chest
I sigh and look at Leonard again who isn't dating to speak at all. "I know I let my anger carry me away"
"It's because you haven't been racing to relieve your stress , come back to it and you will stay in control" and there he goes with his manipulation again to bring me back . It's useless to debate with him, I have already promised him another race which will take place soon but I know he wants another long term contract
"So what will we do with him? I have many ways you know?" Jeff smirks but not in a playful manner but in a more cruel and brutal manner as he is actually going to hit him. Well he can , he has always been that violent type. Leonard's expressions change from anger to fear even though he knows Jeff's manic behavior
"What? Scared already? I didn't even do anything" He mocks Leonard, and does something I didn't expect. Jeff removes a gun from the back of his coat and unlocks it and points it at Leonard's direction . He trembles in fear seeing the gun
"Why are you Carrying a gun?" I ask
"You are talking like you don't have a gun" he answers
I sigh in frustration "I do, but I don't carry it around ready to unalive anyone" Yes, I do have a gun but with a license at my home just for safety reasons ,I never used it . Whereas Jeff always carries one around, well he is at a bigger position and with the amount of crazy things he does carrying a gun is reasonable but no one can predict when he will shoot someone randomly
"Put the gun away"
Jeff groans and glares at me, I give him a serious expression. I am not joking, I don't want him to kill someone like this . "You are no fun" he grunts and puts the gun away
"I have another way, which doesn't include unliving people"
He looks at me suspiciously, I take out my phone and forward him a file "Release that data, it's about all of his dirty work" I say. He checks his phone and nods in approval, he doesn't have that manic expression anymore
As I was already on the phone, I send a quick message to Stella
How are you feeling now?
Freckles:
A bit better Dr. Williams
I Chuckle, since her rain dance she is behaving in a more playful manner. And I am enjoying her calling me with all those names
"Tskâ¦tskâ¦.tskâ¦.. it's so pathetic to see you in love" Jeff mocks
"Shut up"
I ignore him and text Stella back, as Jeff leans towards my phone trying to read the chat. I take a deep breath to not snap at him, I turn my phone off and put it inside my pocket. My action makes him scoff "You aren't even denying that you love her"
"One day when you fall in love, I will rub the same words on your face" I mock him in return. My sentence makes his teasing smirk go away as he looks down at his shoe and then at me again
I shouldn't have said that
"Too bad, it already happened and won't happen again" He replies with sarcasm even though I made him remember his old memories.
I have known him for more than 3 years now, and during this time i didn't understand anything about him but one thing he never tried to hide was his love for his girlfriend. I never saw her but I knew about her, I noticed him many times behaving like a lovesick once , years ago just for her. But she died, it's been 2 years already since then Jeff's behavior turned more violent and heartless. He looked calm and composed but many times he lost it because he lost her. He never talked about her but I saw him being in depression when she died
"I am sorry I didn't mean to-" He cut me off "Oh shut it, and what should I do with this shit now?" He changes the topic
"Do whatever you want but remember to release the file" I walk towards the door to go back. He doesn't stop me "Got it, but I will do more!" He yells
"Whatever!" I yell back as I exit the garage and walk back to my car
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Author's Note
Get ready guys!! The confession is coming in a few chapters
And tell me why am I thinking about Jeff's book when scent of Love isn't even finished and Jasmine's book hasn't even began yet ððª
Anyways it's just a thought not considerions , as I said before Jeff is an element of this story so be careful ð
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