CHAPTER 4: THE APPALLING REVELATION!

Emily’s POV:

I was left with my mouth open while looking at Aiden Bryce, the billionaire’s son. I bit my lip and closed my eyes, hoping it would be a dream but no, it wasn’t a dream and he was there standing in front of me and I did offend him with my behavior. I wanted to bang my head on the wall then and there and wanted to cover my face and run away.

“What have you done, Em?” Melissa whispered in my ear.

“How would I know he was some billionaire’s son?” I whispered back to her. Aiden, who was leaning against the wall before, got straight and started walking towards me, making me gulp and move back while Melissa moved back along with me.

“Were you saying something?” Aiden asked, crossing his arms against his chest.

“Um… I…” I started but couldn’t think of anything.

“No, no Aiden. She doesn’t want to say anything. She – she did a mistake” Oliver scoffed while Aiden had his eyes constantly locked at mine and mine at his.

“No, no wait” One of his friends from behind moved forward. He was having blonde hair and rose white skin with green eyes. “She was saying something to us. Or I must rephrase it... She was going to order something to us” The blonde hair added.

“Um… no… She was just kidding” Melissa scoffed.

“Come Em, we got to go” Melissa said and dragged me away from there while Oliver followed us behind. We ran towards the classroom and entered in.

“What were you thinking?” Melissa raised her voice a little.

“I don’t know. Mel, I didn’t know who he was. I just got to know that he is some billionaire’s son” I defended myself.

“Where did you find them?” Melissa asked me in frustration.

“To my left” I said and bit my lip.

“What?” Oliver asked widening his eyes at me.

“You told me to find the freshers to my left. I walked towards my left and saw them. They were unfamiliar to me so I thought they might be the freshers” I said in my defense.

“But Em, from which angle they seemed freshers to you? They aren’t so young” Melissa said.

“I know… I thought about that for a while. But then I thought that maybe they joined school late” I said innocently. Oliver burst out laughing.

“She’s funny” Oliver said while laughing and Melissa laughed out too.

“Don’t laugh at me” I said resentfully to both of them.

“How did you guys come to know about him?” I asked them in confusion.

“Just some minutes ago after we all dispersed” Melissa said.

*HALF HOUR AGO*  

Melissa’s POV:

“I must find some freshers” I said to myself as I walked to my right as Oliver said and saw a bunch of senior girls looking into a girl’s phone. I walked over to them and tapped on Giselle’s shoulders.

“Hey what is going on here?” I asked her.

“We are checking out the I*******m profile of Aiden Bryce” She said excitedly.

“Who is Aiden Bryce?” I asked curiously.

“He is Kevin Bryce’s son. They just moved to Herington. They are billionaires” Giselle said.

“If they are so rich then why would they move to West Virginia? Why not California or Washington or some other?” I asked curiously.

“How would I know that, Melissa” She said and added, “Just look at Aiden. He is so hot and you know what? He is going to complete his senior year in our school. Can you imagine?” Giselle jumped up in excitement.

“Well, I can. Anyway, is he here yet?” I asked.

“Yes he is. As per my sources, some of the girls watched him entering into the building with his friends” She replied.

“I see… Let me take a look” I said and peeped through the girls, tip toeing and looked at his picture.

“He is worthy to look at” I said.

“I know, right?” Giselle said in excitement. “When he moved here he was having 1 million followers on I*******m and now he has 1.2. Isn’t it wow?” She added.

“Of course. What can you expect from Lincoln Park High girls?” I said and rolled my eyes. Giselle laughed and continued to look at Aiden’s pictures.

“I must tell this funny thing to Emily” I said and went away to find her.

*PRESENT*

Emily’s POV:

“And when I told you before that I want to tell you something funny… that was about him only” Melissa explained.

“Also Colin told me that one of them was asking him where the other seniors were going to gather and he told them about the roasting thing” Oliver said.

“Oh my God. How can I be so stupid? They knew already” I said and threw my head in my hand.

“It’s okay, Em. Actually it’s my mistake. I should have told you this before” Mel said.

“No. It’s not your fault. I must have been cautious. I should have asked them if they were freshers” I said in regression.

“What will he do now?” Mel said anxiously.

“Mel… why would he do something? It was a mistake. I didn’t do that intentionally. Anyone could have done such mistake. Is it my fault that I don’t stalk guys and when they appear out of nowhere, I am all unaware about them?” I said in frustration.

“You are right” She answered anxiously.

“Or will he do something?” I asked her fearfully.

Oliver stood quiet all this time, thinking about something.

“Oliver? You seem absent” I said to him. He didn’t reply and kept looking at the wall.

“Oliver” Mel jolted him.

“Yeah – Yeah” He said and came back.

“I need to tell you something, Em” Oliver said and gulped.

“What?” I got attentive.

“I heard from some of the girls that he is scandalous” Oliver said looking at both of us.

“What kind of a scandal?” I asked anxiously.

“A guy from his previous school fought with him and after a few days, that guy went missing. He was then found dead, a few days later. Reports says that Aiden was arrested but he got bail” Oliver threw this on us and we stood there in shock at this appalling revelation…

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