Chapter- 15
Naomi didn’t utter a single word about what happened between her and Nickolas. She just wants that memory to die in her brain but at the same time, she keeps thinking about him and the way he confessed. It’s something least she expected to happen.
She just hopes she and Nick will forget this incident as time passes. Their feelings eventually fade away in life's run. That’s the best for her and Nickolas, Naomi huffs thinking about that while standing under the shower.
After a thoughtful bath, she came out and wore her pajamas. Looking at herself in the mirror, she asked this question, “Can I stay without minding his love life?”
“No. I can’t, then how could I keep my word?” she said, keeping her face sad.
Chapter- 16 It was raining heavily in the evening, Naomi is in the library as she wanted a private moment for herself out of all the confusion that’s happening in her life. She just looked at the rain through the window. It’s so beautiful outside and she wondered what Nickolas is doing now. God! Why am I thinking about him? She frowned and turned to the entrance of the library. Derek entered looking at her and she huffed to find him here. Why Lord? Why? She thought and plastered a smile across her face. She couldn't avoid him and at the same time, she couldn’t be with him. “Hey, I thought I must be here?” Derek said. “Yeah, I just came here to study,” she answe
Chapter- 17 “Hey, do you know what happened yesterday?” Naomi said on the phone, lying on her bed. “What?” Julia asked. “Yesterday evening, Derek came to see me and questioned if there's anything between me and Nickolas," Naomi said. “So what did you say?” “There’s nothing between me and Nickolas. That’s what I said to him but he didn’t believe me at all. Then he confessed that he’s getting hurt if I am sad. He’s so weird, Jules,” “Do you think he’s going to propose to you?” Julia asked. “I don’t know and how could I find that?” Naomi shrugged.
Chapter- 18 When Naomi was working on a math problem, she had doubts and she knew who would help her. It’s none other than her father, she went to her dad’s study room carrying her books. Her dad asked her to come in when she knocked on the door. “Hey, honey,” he smiled. It’s a very rare thing that he’s staying in the house at this time. He usually leaves to attend his meetings and other businesses but today he’s not at all working which is even more surprising. “Can you help me solve this problem?” she asks. “Sure,” he nods. “I thought you were intelligent enough to do these things and it's been so long since you came here as
Chapter- 19 When Naomi was walking to the class, she didn’t think about anyone. Her mind is blank on that beautiful afternoon. Today her mom dropped her in the school, as she woke up late, got ready slowly, and skipped the morning three classes. She doesn’t want to attend school today but at the same time, she can’t be at peace after skipping her important classes so she came to school with no other option. Her mom and brothers asked whether she’s not well but she just replied that she’s fine. What else she can say, tell them the truth that she’s now dating Nickolas. On one side, it kind of gave her relief but that she finally gave closer to her one-sided feelings but on the other side, she’s anxious t
Chapter- 20 Jorge was packing his stuff to leave, Naomi said. “I am coming with you,” “We were going to Nick’s match,” Jorge said. He maintains that he doesn’t know anything about her relationship with Nick. “Yeah, I know. I wanted to cheer him too,” she said. That’s surprising for both Derek and Jorge to see how much she has changed. “Okay,” Jorge nodded and they all came out of the class to meet up with Magnus. Julia, Leon, and Elijah will be picked up by the driver later as they weren’t allowed to cut classes. Today is Nick’s final match and he has to win this to get a sports scholarship for his college admission. Though he’s good at boxing, he’s not going to continue it for more days. In fact, this is his last match of this year, in a few more m
Chapter- 21Naomi came to Nick’s house along with her brothers and parents. She’s dressed up in a red and black polka-dotted dress and matched it with her red shoes. Her hair is braided neatly and today she took some extra time to put makeup on to look good.Her mother is wearing a red dress and looking young and beautiful as always. All her brothers and her father wearing a tailored white shirt and pair of black slacks. This is the dress code for the dinner party.The excitement she felt while entering is unexplainable. She does all this because she wants Nick to notice her and compliment her.
Chapter- 22 In the meantime, Julia is standing near the balcony and watching the evening sky. It’s so peaceful and calm. When she least expected, she heard Jorge’s voice, “Hey,” Her eyes widened and in the same surprise, she turned to see him and her lips eventually curled in a smile. Jorge has no idea why he came to her but when he saw her alone, he thought he won’t get a better chance than now. He wanted to tell her what he has decided because he knows that he’s avoiding her way more than usual. He can’t keep this anymore in his heart and just wanted to end it right now, r
Chapter- 23When Naomi is sitting in her class and listening to her lecture, she got a message from Nick. Usually, she won’t mind looking at the phone but nowadays she can’t control her hands.She’s slowly coming out of her comfort zone and doing things that she thought she shouldn’t do. Naomi secretly read the message from Nickolas, asking her to come to the playground.She can’t go now so she replied she’s in the class and he replied, ‘come after the class’Naomi sighs in relief but she lost her interest in the class and wondered why he’s asking her to come. She doesn’t know how to add up her love life in her already busy normal life. Nick’s thoughts fill in her head in whatever she does and she’s