Ashley gasped in disbelief at her words. She stared at Niel and saw the change in his expression. He looked absolutely grim. But Haylee simply looked relaxed as if she was not even in trouble.'So, what would happen if Haylee fails the subject?' Niel thought. Surely, one thing led to another. She would probably deliberately fail the other subjects too so she would need to repeat the first semester. If that happens, she would be moved to a new batch of students next semester and she won't be in the same class with him anymore for the next five semesters. And if somehow Haylee refuses to repeat the first semester and quit Kingston, she could appeal to get into Hudson University for July intake. She was being clever to him. She knew how to threaten him now too. In short, Niel could not afford to kick her out of the group and make her fail the subject, or else he would be the one at loss here. Slowly he released her arm and let her go reluctantly."Exactly," Haylee said arrogantly and wal
Seeing her become speechless, Niel smirked and just walked towards his bedroom again. She was so frustrated that she grabbed an empty wine bottle and threw it toward the television in the living room. The cracking sound of the screen made Niel panic and he ran back to the living room to check on her. He saw her grab another few wine bottles and try to throw them on the television again, just like before. She was acting like a lunatic and so he quickly hugged her body from behind, locking both her arms from moving to stop her violence. "You don't know shit! You don't know what it's like to be me! You don't know shit about me! I'm fucking tired of you! I fucking hated you! I fucking hated living with you!" She shouted frantically while struggling to free herself from him. Niel grabbed her body firm and even tighter, slowly had his eyes reddened and his cheeks felt hot. He didn't know why he was so angry at her yet felt hurt at the same time while looking at her losing her sanity. Hayle
Upon seeing her leaving the open kitchen and entering the bedroom, Niel rushed to the elevator and went up to his penthouse again. He took his spare key card of the condo unit and went down again. He just left his laptop on the floor in front of the condo. It only took him less than five minutes to return and he quickly went into the house.The first thing he did was go to the open kitchen and grabbed all the knives and cutleries. He put them inside a black plastic bag and hid them inside a bin. Then he carried the bin and put it into a cupboard inside another bedroom. He threw a bunch of towels and a blanket inside the cupboard to hide the bin even more.Then he came out to the living room and slowly went to the bedroom that Haylee entered before. He carefully twisted the knob to check if the door was locked. It was and he just stood there thinking about what he should do next. There was not a single sound from inside and that made his heart race. He didn't know if she was okay or hu
After Haylee was done cleaning herself up, Niel finally brought her up to the top floor again. It felt truly uncanny when he saw her smiling, laughing and even making some jokes to him while they were inside the elevator. He felt horrible inside because he remembered what happened to her last night. The fact that she forgot all about it was clear proof that her mental health was deteriorating.They entered the penthouse again and Niel's eyes swiftly went to look at the living room. The television was gone and the mess there had been cleaned up. The food was also had been served on the dining table."Where's the TV?" Haylee asked. She was weird that the television was gone. She tried to recall what happened last night but her head felt hurt instantly. She cried out in pain while holding her head with both arms."What's wrong?" Niel grabbed her body from falling. The woman looked like she was about to faint."Aspirin..." she said and Niel helped her to sit at the dining table first befo
Haylee's POV:"Get out from my house! You stupid bitch! Don't come back here! You're not my daughter anymore! Such an eyesore!"I felt like that was the darkest day of my life. It was raining lightly and I was standing on the street right in front of the gatehouse looking at my furious mother. It was just a small old house inside the neighbourhood.She turned her back on me and closed the front door leaving me outside without anything. I cried my heart out begging her to let me back in. I called her out so many times but the door won't open. She left me there in the rain, to die.How did this day ended up so badly? This morning, my stepdad tried to molest me before I went to school. My mother had left the house earlier to do her cashier job at the supermarket. I was left alone in the house with my drunken stepdad. He was drinking last night.The living room smelled alcohol as I walked past it to exit the house. But my stepdad grabbed my hand and dr
Haylee's POV:Suddenly a cold breeze hit my face, my tears dried up and my vision became clear again. That's when I came to the realisation that the guy in front of me was not really a stranger to me.He was the hottest guy in our high school because of his good look, his broad shoulders, and his well-built body. Did I forget to mention it? He was also rich, but I didn't know how rich he was. He just looked rich from the way he dressed and acted.He was Nathaniel Anderson also known by his popular name 'Niel'. Niel was not just some typical rich boy who was dumb on the inside, wasting daddy's money sending him to school. No! Niel was the complete opposite. He was a smart kid and he was also very good at sports. The right word for him was 'Perfect Creature'. He was the complete package of a perfect creature."Why are you so sad to leave such an awful house? You should be happy," he said to me with his hoarse voice. To be honest, this was the first time tha
About half an hour later, they arrived at the mall. Haylee was embarrassed to get out of the car because she was totally drenched by the rain before. Her hair was wet and she looked miserable. But Niel forced her out of the car and dragged her around the mall. There were many eyes watching at them in puzzlement, Haylee was so shy that she just kept looking down all the time and let Niel led her way.He suddenly entered a luxurious clothes boutique. Again Haylee was hesitant to enter the shop, but Niel dragged her in."Good evening, Mr Anderson. What can I help you today?"A female shop assistant approached them in a hurry. She was smiling widely at them."Yes, Mary. Could you help this lady to find some clothes that suit her?"Niel talked so casually to the shop assistant as if he knew her before. Haylee was somewhat surprised. 'How could he call her by her first name? That shop assistant is obviously older than him.' She muttered in her heart, fee
Haylee blinked her eyes multiple times as if she couldn't believe what she just heard. Did he just say that he would buy her a house? 'This guy seems like having some split personalities. He wasn't like this when he was at school,' she thought.Niel dragged her out of the luxurious clothes boutique and then he stopped. He was scanning her again from top to bottom, then to top again."Right! You need some magic here," he said while pointing his finger to her face.He then dragged her to a beauty salon just three stores away from the clothes boutique just now. As usual, he entered the salon without hesitation and pulled Haylee inside too."Corry, help me with this one," He said casually to one of the men inside the salon. Apparently, this 'Corry' was the manager of the beauty salon."Mr Anderson, how rare! Who is this?" Corry asked with his face full of surprise."This is Baby Girl. I just came up with her cute name just now." Niel answered pl