Do I Kneel Too?

My legs were sore after kneeling with my bestie, Scarlett Fox, for two hours, but the ache in my heart felt even worse.Amid the cars coming and going in the villa district, I could even hear people mocking us for being gold diggers.I had mixed feelings about that.On one hand, I was glad that someone finally recognized my hobby of being a gold digger. That made me happy.On the other hand, my secret was going to be out of the bag even before I managed to dig any gold. That felt terrible.Scarlett’s ex-boyfriend was in fact my ex-online boyfriend whom I had never met. He certainly didn’t need the pittance we were offering.Although he was no elite prince of the capital, he used to be a big shot in our street kids circle.Too bad he had since cleaned up his act. Dressed head-to-toe in designer clothes, he now exuded an air of unapproachable nobility.I met this hunk on a livestream. Since neither of us had a dime to our name, both of us turned to the internet to beg and hustle

I didn’t block him.Since we were now in an official alliance, I couldn’t do anything to go against my group.But then again, how was I supposed to look Scarlett in the eye?I finally decided to meet Scarlett anyway, because Charles suddenly had a stroke of conscience and delivered a peace offering which he paid for out of his own pocket, and I wanted to eat my share of the peace offering.Honestly, after rolling with Dannie and the gang for so long, I still hadn’t gotten used to the lifestyle of being broke as a joke.I ate an apple in my left hand and took a bite of an egg that Scarlett had fried for me with my right hand.She hugged me tight, bawling her eyes out like a banshee.“Bestie! I heard all about it! Charles and his lackeys actually came to make peace and apologize, but you charged right in and beat up their chief for my sake! You wouldn’t even accept their peace offering! Girl, you’re a real one! So badass!”In reality, Scarlett had only gotten a tiny scrape on her

Charles showed up, not from inside the mansion, but from outside the main gates.Had we been kneeling for nobody all along? He wasn’t even home this afternoon.The night wind howled as he approached, clad in a sleek black suit that made him look tall and well-built.I knew all too well exactly how massive his muscles beneath that dress shirt was.After all, he was relentlessly seducing me through his phone.The scar on his face had faded, and he was looking coldly at me.I didn’t know which of my sins was most severe: Hitting him in the face, falsely accusing him, and ruining his kind intentions? Or was it deception, by letting Scarlett take my place to meet him in real life?I didn’t dare to let him know the truth. I’d rather smash my head into a bowl of marshmallows and pay for my sins with my life and end it all.“Charles, we were wrong. This is all the money we have. Please get back tougher with me!”Scarlett immediately pounced on him and kept shooting looks at me. I lo

[Now that things have come to this, I won’t hide it from you anymore. I’m one month pregnant.]I didn’t even know what I was questioning her about. This was all my idea in the first place, after all.But I genuinely could not accept her answer.It was bad enough that my online boyfriend didn't belong to me. Was my bestie going to betray me, too?She even had a baby with him, for goodness’ sake.No wonder she had agreed so readily back then.Give me back my hard-earned money!Wait, the baby was one month along?It had only been a month since she met him in my stead.Did Scarlett completely forget the rules of our group?We could throw hands in a fight, but never touch anyone of our own. That was the law.We could flirt with any guy, but never touch each other's. That was the principle.You could talk trash about me, but leave my parents out of it. That was the bottom line.My chest felt tight. Perhaps that was how being heartbroken and devastated felt like.Those of us who

Every word he said pushed my limits. My entire body felt weak, and I had to fight to hold onto my sanity.The air in the room was so thick with tension, and no amount of explanation would be able to clear my name if somewhere were to walk in on us.“You’re going to be a father! Even if my bestie’s man were to strip naked and stand before me, I’d only be concerned about whether he was cold or not!”“Is that so? Silly child.” He stood up and forcefully held my hand, guiding it to touch his bare body.I panicked, whipping out my modded phone and threatening, “I’m going to call for someone!”“Who? Scarlett or Finn?”He smirked and hooked his fingers under my chin to force me to meet his gaze. Yet, all he did was to hold me as he pulled the hem of his hoodie from his chest to just below his abs.If he looked refined and flamboyant during his early days, he right now gave me an air of pure, innocent charm, which somehow made this entire situation feel somewhat forbidden.“An ultimate