LOGIN°Amy's POV°
It took all my strength to keep my composure when I saw him again. How dare he show his face after everything I had told him? He stood there, grinning from ear to ear, as the tired driver sped off leaving a trail of dust, as he was already exhausted about the fact that I wasn't complying and then this… With a smug expression, he pulled out a handkerchief and offered it to me as if I was in desperate need of help from the dust. I scoffed loudly and slapped his hand away. “You don't give up easily, do you?” I shot back, folding my arms tightly across my chest. His chest rose and fell slowly, and a cheeky smile lingered across his lips, which only made me angrier. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he insisted, as he casually slipped the handkerchief back into his pocket, completely unmoved by my annoyance. “Hell yeah... how would you know?” I retorted, shrugging and turning away from him. I tried to leave him behind, but he wouldn’t quit, he kept following me like a pesky fly buzzing around a stale meal. I couldn't stand him. “What do you want?!” I yelled, spinning around to face him. He just stood there, calm and unflinching, as if he didn’t notice my anger, or my frowning face. It was unnerving to meet his gaze, I felt as if he was looking right into me. Maybe I didn’t hate him entirely, perhaps I liked him a little. “I want you,” he replied, his voice soft, his breath warm. “Dreamer,” I muttered under my breath, rolling my eyes dramatically. What did he take me for? “My dreams always come true,” he said with a smirk, as if he found everything amusing. I scoffed again, shaking my head in disbelief. “And what makes you think I would ever date someone like you? You know, someone with a public third leg,” I said, arching a brow. I watched him flinch slightly at my words, but he quickly recovered, chuckling as if my insult was just a joke. Well, it wasn’t funny to me. “You really are something else,” he whispered, stepping closer. My heart raced for reasons I couldn’t quite understand. Even though it was chilly that morning, every where felt hot…it was just like burning in a cold room. Before I knew what was happening, the distance between us closed, as he leaned in, his lips just inches from mine. I could easily slap him or kick him and teach him not to act like the bad guy around me, but then again, I felt helpless…like I wanted more of him. “What’s the matter? Can’t resist this?” he murmured, as he stretched out his arms wide, making his shirt a little bit tighter as the lines of broad chest and abs could be seen through it, “Now hop in the car or things will get worse for you.” I swallowed hard. Worse? What in the world could he possibly mean? I scoffed, “And what could be worse than sticking around with you?” I asked him as I fixed my gaze on him. “Well, you’re going to be missing out on a great ride in my Porsche unless you agreed to come with me,” he shot back. “Is that so? You think I’d prefer to squeeze into that filthy car of yours?” I back fired. The surprise on his face made me smile mentally—I wanted him to know I wouldn’t back down. “Porsche is not filthy,” he replied, a grin spreading across his face, though I could see the annoyance bubbling just beneath the surface. “Well, as long as you’re in it, it sure is,” I said, turning to walk away. If avoiding his annoying advances meant I had to trek to school, then so be it. I’d rather walk under the sun than suffocate in that car with him! And then it happened—I sprained my ankle. I missed a step entirely, and before I knew it, I was falling to the ground with a painful thud. A sharp pain shot through my ankle, making it nearly impossible to get back up on my feet. Jeremy approached me slowly, looking down at me with a mixture of amusement and something else, maybe concern. It made me more angry to see that smirk on his face as if he thought I was some kind of puppy who had just tumbled down. “Looks like someone is going to need my filthy Porsche,” he said with a playful tone, with a trace of satisfaction in his voice. “Or would you prefer to miss the school test today? I suppose that would be tragic for the school’s genius.” His eyes sparkled with mischief, and I found myself wishing he would just disappear. Before I could fight off whatever offer he was making, he already scooped me up the ground like picking a floating feather from a pond. I was surprised by how warm and strong his arms felt around me. For a split second, I thought about resting my head against his sturdy chest, but I quickly shook that idea away. “Let me go!” I struggled to wriggle free, annoyed at my own weakness. “Say it again and I’ll drop you right here,” he warned, his voice dipping into an annoyed tone that sent a shiver down my spine.Amy's POV.I smirked.Not because I was winning or because I felt powerful or any of that nonsense people like to attach meaning to. I smirked because Claire looked like she’d rehearsed this moment in her head all night… and it still wasn’t going the way she wanted.She stood there at the bottom of the stairs, still flanked by her three suitcases like backup dancers that had missed their cue. Her shoulders were stiff, her face calm in that brittle way people get when they’re holding themselves together with spite and caffeine.I took one more step down, slow and unbothered.“Did you need help with those?” I asked. “Because I’m not great with luggage, but I’m excellent at moral support.”She didn’t laugh. “I’m not here for jokes,” she said.“Pity,” I replied. “They’re free.”She turned fully toward me then, her eyes sharp, scanning me like she was looking for cracks and I let her. I wasn’t in the mood to hide anything this morning.“You stayed,” she said.I nodded. “Seems that way.” I
° Amy’s POV °The knock didn’t come.The door just flew open like whoever was on the other side had misplaced the concept of manners entirely.“Where the fuck is she?!”The voice was sharp.The kind of voice that had never been told no and clearly didn’t expect today to be the day.I straightened slowly, fingers still curled into fists , as my reflection stared back at me ….. the towel secure in its place on my body, my hair damp, and my eyes steady.Jeremy’s fiancée stood in the doorway like a headline.Tall, perfect posture, hair that looked like it had never met humidity. She wore white , not soft white, but the aggressive kind that screamed I belong here.Her eyes landed on me.Paused.Then flicked down.Then back up again.Oh.I smiled.Not a big one. Just enough to be annoying.“I’m guessing you’re not looking for the towels,” I said.I didn't know who she really was, but in that moment, so much dislike for her had grown within me.Her brows pulled together. “Excuse me?”Jeremy
°Amy's POV °The shower felt too good… too calm… too unlike the chaos in my head.The warm water, soft steam, and expensive soap that smelled like flowers I couldn’t even name.I stepped out slowly, still thinking about, Grandma Lydia and how disappointed she'd be if she found out I'd left, she'd called me ungrateful maybe, and about Mia…. and Christian, I thought of the happy look on Eli’s face as he ran upstairs with the maids, I thought about this mansion, about Jeremy, about the stupid way my chest tightened whenever he looked at me like he still owned pieces of me.I wrapped myself in the towel the maid had left for me earlier…..it was fluffy and warm, almost swallowing me.But my hair was dripping down my shoulders, little drops of water trails sliding down my back.Everything felt… too open, and for a moment, too exposed.I was reaching for the robe when…..The door clicked.I froze, spinning around like if I didn't I was gonna get harmed or something.Then Jeremy stepped insid
° Amy's POV°The mansion was massive.Not just “big”… but the kind of big that makes you stop for a second and question whether you’re supposed to walk inside or admire it from a distance like a tourist. The walls looked too clean, the windows too shiny, the steps too polished. I wasn’t sure which one made me feel smaller …… the size or the perfection.I held Eli’s hand tighter than usual. He didn’t mind. He was staring at everything with the kind of wide-eyed excitement only a five-year-old could have, taking it all in like this was the Fairy Land he always talked about.Honestly… I couldn’t blame him.The servants swung the huge doors open at the exact same moment, like they’d practiced it a hundred times. Even the sound of the door opening echoed softly through the entrance hall.Jeremy walked in first.Of course he did.He loosened his tie as he moved, not even bothering to look around like the place wasn’t trying to scream “look how expensive I am” in every direction.He paused h
°Amy's POV ° I blinked twice, but she still wasn’t there. Honestly, no one was. Just the echo of my own thoughts doing laps in my head like they had nowhere else to be. Maybe I was paranoid. Maybe I was scared for her. Maybe both. She had people though she was an orphan, cousins, aunties that showed up with too much perfume and too many questions….but somehow I always ended up being the one who actually got her. The one she’d sit with in silence without feeling weird. The one she didn’t hide things from. Or… apparently she did. And I could’ve forgiven a lot of things. I could’ve swallowed the truth, even if it tasted like burnt betrayal. But telling me now? Telling me at the exact moment when believing her became the hardest thing in the world? Too late. Way too late. I hated the fact that my chest actually hurt thinking about it. And yeah, some tiny, messy part of me wished something awful would just happen to her so the anger would make more sense. So it wouldn
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