CHAPTER TWO

VALENCIA'S POV

After half an hour we reached home as we walked inside the house. I saw a man sitting in the living room and jumped in excitement.

"Dada!!" I immediately hugged him, he also hugged me back.  "I missed you so much." I said pouting sadly.

"I missed you too, my princess." He says kissing my forehead.

He's our father Asher De Von Cruz. He's 38 years old and Chairman of 'De Von Cruz' company. The ex-king of 'Dark Knights' of the underworld mafia. 

"Dad, you were going to come tomorrow." Adelio asked and hugged him. Dad patted his back.

"I finished my work early." Dad said and hugged Archer.  "How are you all?" He asked.

"We're good, dad." Archer said.

"Go and freshen up then we'll have dinner together." Dad said, we nodded and ran towards our rooms.

I quickly freshen up and change my clothes into nightwear and go to the dining room. Brothers also came back after freshening up.

We sat in the dining room as maids served dinner. We started to have dinner while talking about random stuff.

"Good night, kids." Dad said and kissed our foreheads.

"Good night, dad." We said together and went into our bedrooms. I lay down on my bed looking at the ceiling silently.

We didn't tell dad about our accident because brothers already handled that. I put my palm over my heart, if Archer didn't come in the way that time, I might not have survived.

Brother Archer was the one who hugged me and threw us on the ground to protect me from gunshots. That person, who tried to kill me, was one of our enemies.

Brother Adelio was fast enough to find and kill them. I was a little scared because they could have hurted my brothers. 

I closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep, with a mind full of thoughts.

I woke up from my sleep in the middle of night, breathing heavily. I tried to control my breath but failed and crawled towards my bedside table.

I opened the drawers and found a 'Paroxetine' medicine, I put one tablet in my mouth and gulped it down with water.

My hands trembled as I waited for the pill to start working. Soon the pill showed his effect and I breathed calmly.

My eyes caught a photo frame on my side table as I picked it up and walked on the balcony, sitting on a swing.

I hugged the picture as a tear rolled down on my cheeks.  "I miss you, mumma." I muttered and closed my eyes.

Suddenly I felt a presence around me as I immediately looked around. I saw a dark figure lurking around the house. I jumped out of the balcony and climbed off the boundary of the house.

As soon as the figure saw me, he dashed towards the dark street, I ran after him.  He took turns and threw things in my way but I kept following him. 

He stumbled over something and fell down and tried to run again but I caught him and threw him on the ground again, punching him in the face and stomach.

"Who are you?" I asked, he pushed me away and tried to run but I kicked him on his back knees, I again launched at him beating him badly.

He screamed in pain and struggle. Suddenly I felt a kick in my stomach as I fell backwards. He got up and ran away. I searched for my gun but didn't find it.

"Ahhh." I screamed in frustration. I walked back to my home and climbed in my room through the window, without letting the guards notice me.

After taking a shower, I fell asleep because of the medicine effect. The next time I opened my eyes it was morning.

After freshening up and having breakfast with my family, I left for my boring school. 

I know, some kids bully others in my name. Everyone also believed them because of my background, they thought that I bullied students but I didn't.

And I didn't interfere because it's good for me. I don't need to talk to anyone like that, nor have they tried to talk to me.

I don't need anyone.

I've my dad and brothers, who love me the most. So, I don't need these fake kids in my life, who come to me only for money and publicity in the school or outside.

I went towards my class, sat on the very last seat and took out a fictional book and started reading. I felt these kids in the class stare towards me. I tried to ignore them but their intense gaze left me restless.

I looked up and glared at them, they immediately turned away, scared to offend me in any way. I sighed and started reading my book. 

I love reading books, that's why I always carry 1-2 books with me. so I can read anywhere I want, even in class. No one can say anything to me.

The bell rings, students come into class followed by the teacher. I ignored them and focused on my book. The epic scene in all enemies to lovers book came. 

I saw a quote about this book on reels and immediately told my brother to get me this book.

It's not in the market till now, but my brother bought me this book from the author, the limited edition with the author's signature.

Suddenly my eyes went to new faces beside the teacher.  "Students, please welcome your new classmates." Teacher said but my eyes were only on one boy.

He's chubby!! His cheeks look so cute and chubby. He's not totally chubby but still he looks handsome. 

He's the one I saw back in the market. He was playing with puppies on a roadside footpath.

His ash brown soft hair, his black eyes, a cute small nose, his thin lips and a small mole on his jawline. Coincidence-ly his eyes met mine, he stared at me without blinking. I pretended to roll my eyes and looked down on my book.

My cheeks feel burning, I touch my cheeks and feel my temperature. Why do I suddenly feel hot? Do I've fever? No!! 

I ignored them but heard them. Other two boys introduced themselves.  "Hello, I'm Noah." Black hair boy said.

"Hello, I'm Luke." Golden brown hair boy said.

The third boy hesitated before introducing himself,  "He..hello, I'm Aaron." Chubby boy said and looked down.

He's so shy!! Why is he so shy? It's just a simple introduction.  "Okay, kids, you can choose your seats." Teacher said, those kids looked around and walked towards the back seats.

"Hey, don't sit with her. She's rude." A student whispered to them but I heard and didn't react. Because I also don't want them to sit anywhere near me.

I looked down on my book, I felt those boys gaze but ignored it. They took seats two benches ahead of mine. It's not like I care.

Teacher started her class, I again started reading my book, ignoring everyone. The classes are boring, my book is important because the spicy scenes just started. I can't stop reading in the middle.

Soon it's lunch time, I put my book in my bag and walked out with headphones in my ears, music blasting in my ears. I walked in the canteen and took the farthest seat, next to the window.

The canteen manager came and served me my lunch as I liked. Where students have to line up to get food, my food is always delivered by the manager so I don't need to stand in line. My dad is the best.

I quietly eat my lunch, while going through my social media profile. I don't post regularly but still I've 3.5M followers. I've no friends, not in real life, not on social media apps. 

The blonde girl came into the canteen followed by her two butterflies. They walked towards the lunch counter, those three new boys were ahead of her.

They had an argument about something but I just focused on my lunch. Suddenly a shout echoed in the canteen. I looked up and saw a blonde girl raising her hand to slap the chubby boy.

A loud crashing sound echoed in the canteen and Suddenly the blonde girl fell down, with her head bleeding.