Great! So, I'm the bad guy now, I never even wanted to come to this stupid party. This is what happens when I do things I don't want to do, I murmur to myself. I leave the mansion a few minutes later after struggling past drunk teenagers, trying to find my way to the exit. Let me tell you, it was one hell of a mission. Having to watch drunk teenagers throw up here and there was never among my list of 'things I must accomplish before my senior year ends'. Seriously it isn’t funny, it is just straight up gross. I don’t know what to do, with no ride home I as practically screwed. Robyn has disappeared, Cassie has stormed off angry, and my brother is nowhere to be found and is probably too busy screwing a girl to answer if I decide to call him to ask for a ride. I’m about to start shedding tears for the frustration when a shadow approaches me from behind me. I quickly turn scared its someone here to hurt me and turn my already bad day, worse. Thankfully, its not a dangerous strange
The rest of the weekend days goes by pretty fast. I don’t hear from Cassie after our "fight" on Friday night. I called and texted lot of times but not once did she bother respond. Soon, I stopped trying because obviously I was trying too hard and if she wasn't ready to reconcile, I wasn't going to force her. Early on Sunday morning Leo and I have to attend church service because we promised mom we would and we also know that if we don’t show up, Mom would find out somehow. My mom was a very dedicated churchgoer who never misses Sunday service and always made sure to drag her poor children along with her. The Reverend, Father Octavio is also a good friend of our family, and he is one hell of a gossiper. Mom probably told him to keep an eye out for us and tell him to inform her if he doesn’t see us during the service. After church is over, Leo and I are on our way home. Leo is driving and I'm bored sitting idle at the passenger seat so I decide to check for phone for any notificati
My Uber arrives at Rodneys at a minute after seven and I pay and walk into the eatery. I glance around for Collins but can't see him. There's a few empty spaces and I take a table by a window and sit myself. A waitress comes to me. "Welcome to Rodney's, what can I get you?" She asks me with a smile She's polite enough which lifts my mood. "I'll have a glass of water please" I don't want to order yet although I'm hungry but it'll be better I wait until Collins gets here. The waitress leaves to go get my water and I check the time and see it's nearly ten minutes after seven and Collins is obviously late. There's also no text from him and I’m beginning to fear I might have gotten stood up. The waitress comes back with my water a few minutes later and Collins is still disappointingly absent. With all this is will be pretty easy for my date with Roman last week to stay the best yet. I guess he wasn't kidding when he promised it will be undefeated. I'm angry at Collins for proving R
"Roman, he warned- no threatened me to stay away from you" Collins explanation leaves me baffled. What the hell does he mean by Roman threatened him to stay away from me. "This is ridiculous Collins. Are you making this up to draw attention from your mess up tonight?" "Nah, I did wrong by wasting your time, I agree and I'm apologizing again. But what I just told you about Roman, it's true. You should be careful of him. Words out is that I'm not even the only one he warned off you. He's told all the guys in school to stay away from you" I'm completely speechless. I don't know if it's from shock or confusion but I burst out in laughter. Collins stares at me like I've gone insane. I'm just laughing at the absurdity of my situation. I agreed to go on this date with Collins to spite Roman and now I'm hearing he has warned all the boys in our school to stay away from me. Collins flips put at my laughter, "I can't believe you're laughing abou
“Then congratulations love, you succeeded”His words are not what I was expecting. He is too honest and I’m not used to someone like him being venerably honest. His blatant confession confuses me.“What do you want from me Roman? Why are you chasing me when you can have any girl you want? You're rich, handsome and I can not fathom why you would bother with me when I'm only insulting you every time I see you” Truly, If every girl worships the ground Roman walks on, I do the exact opposite. So why me?He looks frustrated now as he speaks, “I want you. I've wanted you since the moment I saw you stretching on your toes to reach the top shelve in your desperate search for a cookie in the grocery store. I'm been intrigued by you since the moment you threatened to assault you with your taekwondo skills. So, no, I don’t want any girl I can have, I just want you” His expression conveys so much honesty I have no choice but to believe his words.I am utterly speechless. I remember all that he sa
“Say yes to being my girlfriend” He answers. I gasp out in shock. He really is serious about this. He is making his intentions clear. He is not asking for a hook up or any thing similar. He wants a relationship. I must not look too convinced because he speaks again, “We can start easy. Let's just see how it goes, we will take it slow, to see how we fit” His voice is filled with conviction like there is no iota of doubt from his side. He sounds so sure of what he wants and by his words, what is wants is me. I take a deep breath, “If we do this-“ “Yes!” Roman excitingly cuts me off. I roll my eyes at him without malice but humor, “I haven't agreed yet” He nods, “Go ahead, cookie. it honestly doesn't matter what you ask of me, I will accept whatsoever terms you have” He sounds so certain, but I’m not so sure. “Really?” I ask, with my eyes narrowed with suspicion. “Yeah” He answers, spurring me along. Hmm… okay. “And if I ask for your favorite car?” I smile at him, I want him to
Roman's POV I offer to drive Lindsey home after our conversation and she agrees. I just start the car after we settle into our seats when a loud noise breaks out. I'm a bit startled because it sounds like a wild animal growling. I look beside me and see Lindsey tensed, I would think she was scared due to the sound but she seems to be avoiding my gaze as if she were embarrassed. I narrow my eyes at her, "Was that your stomach, Cookie?" I ask her. I'm still in doubt because I've never heard such a growl come out of a person so small before. Lindsey rolls her eyes at me feigning annoyance but I can see she is just trying to hide her embarrassment. "I didn't eat before you interrupted Collins and I. Why can't you just ignore things, Roman?" She asks, truly annoyed. I find it cute. "You don't have to be embarrassed about your stomach growling, it happens to everyone" I explain lightly, amused. "Well, I wouldn't be embarrassed if you hadn't pointed it out so blatantly" She complains
Roman's POV After dropping Lindsey off I drive home. I'm reeling from different emotions and thinking about what has happened this evening. I had been pissed when Damon called me and told me Lindsey and Collins were on a date together. I felt betrayed, not by Collins but my Lindsey, and I had even started to doubt if I read her wrong and maybe she never liked me. My mind kept going on and on that maybe she doesn't feel the same and I've been blinded all along by my ego and feelings for her. When Damon had called me to pass along the information (gossip), I had been in the process of a virtual meeting with a few managers of our real estate companies. Normally I'm not supposed to even be involved in business dealings because I'm not eighteen yet and can't even make a legally binding agreement but I'm a majority shareholder and will be getting fully involved in a few months when I clock eighteen. Once in a while and usually for big deals or where serious decisions need to be made, th