Chapter 79
Jennie Wilson POV
Alex Rivet is actually a girl???
” A girl……” Everything in me felt cold as we looked at each other.
” Yes…… that…… that was my only reason. I… I was afraid that they will rip my dress off and expose me, degrade me in front of everyone. I was way too terrorised for what was happening and I had no choice but to leave you and run. ”
” I know that I was selfish, what I did was wrong, we could have fought this together but they scarred my mind too much that I couldn’t think properly and in fear they might actually do that I ran off.” She cried out holding my hands.
So that is why she ran away……!!
Our gazes met, and the intensity of her sorrow took me aback. She was letting me see it. She wasn’t masking her pain, and it was like an arrow straight through my heart.
” Hey are you okay?” I rubbed her cold hands as small droplet of tears shed through her eyes and she nodded but she was still crying.
She was definitely not okay. People walking passby looked at us strangely, sniggering because she was a boy in front everyone and she tried to wipe her face, trying her best to suppress her tears.
I didn’t know why a boy couldn’t cry openly in public. Either they found it amusing or pathetic, an insult to a man. That’s why many men hid their pain from calculative world wearing a fake masks.
Many young college boys walked by passed comments at us, some saying to accept her proposal thinking as a boy, some taunting her to man up.
I held her hand tightly and pulled her with me. I walked towards an empty stall that I could see from afar at the end.
We entered the stall and both squatted below the empty table to hide and have some privacy from all scrutiny of people.
I looked at her anxiously as she sniffed her nose. I had so many questions in my mind to ask but I didn’t know from where to start.
” If… if you are a girl… then why are you in boy’s disguise? ” I stammered a little because it was a little personal and a sensitive question and I didn’t wanted her to think I’m a nosy person.
She gripped her knees showing her vulnerability and insecurity unknowingly melting my heart away.
” That’s a long history…… but just know that I have very painful and a vile past which drove me to hide my identity. ”
” I can’t say it all in once but it…… it doesn’t mean I don’t trust you…… please just give me time…… to open up slowly. ” She said in her feeble shaky voice, as she sniffed her nose and I held in knees in understanding.
I was confounded that there was someone who was more introverted than me.
And of course I knew nobody would open up at first, everybody has their insecurity hidden, but I was happy that atleast she chose to trust me.
” Well I see you also got bullied and targeted by these bullies like me in the university. How did this all started?” I continued the conversation in order to know more about her.
” It’s all because of that b*tch Rachael…” Her tone contained suppress anger rendering me speechless.
” Who’s Rachael??? ” I shifted more towards her squatting, creasing my brows.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.
” Ivy’s sister…… I wanted to start a new life in this Hunsberg University, forget about past but she clung onto me like a lizard bringing a new headache to me.” She sighed circling her finger on the ground.
” She kept saying I’m her type, she likes cute puppy looking guys…… forced me to have a relationship with her, and I wasn’t interested in any, when I refused she started bullying me because her ego was hurt.”
” I couldn’t even say to her I’m a girl because I have hidden my identity for good and I wasn’t ready or wanted to reveal it to anyone.”
” I tried to avoid her all the way possible but she was reaching out off my limit, making my life hell. I had no choice but to snitch about her to our class teacher, hoping that everything would stop.”
” Class teacher warned her, gave advices and all…… But then I didn’t expect her to bring her sister’s gang to take revenge on me. Seeing them terrified my mind even more. I ran away…… but feeling way too guilty I did come back.” She said in her shrill voice and I looked at her confused.
” When they were forcing you to drink the beer bottles…… I thought of bringing a faculty member too but you know this university…… these seniors will escape somehow cooking up the stories.”
” I had to teach them lesson and catch them red handed. I videoed their cruel deeds on my phone for proof…… so that I can sue them with the proof. ”
” They have always gotten away without any evidences and I took that opportunity and videoed it. I found your phone somehow and joined it. It’s display was still working though it had many cracks.”
” I called the last number because it has many calls and messages. But…… I didn’t know it was Vincent from our university!!!” She shrieked out at the end, her face going pale.
” I thought he was your guardian or a close friend…… the way he freaked out yelling in tension so I assumed you two were super close. I copied his number in my phone and later sent him the video the next day too.”
So it was her who called him and videoed the bullying scene!
“I thought he must be your boyfriend or a close friend of yours…… because of ‘trouble maker’ labeled on that contact…… Only if I knew he’s the Vincent I would’ve never sent it to him……”
Haha! She was right though, it can be either a boyfriend or a close friend who are trouble makers…… in short all boys are trouble makers!!!!
” But I don’t understand what’s with you two?” She looked at me anxiously.
” I only knew he bullied you like crazy, making you famous all over the university, a buzzing topic. But it confused me when he reached out to help you and punish those seniors! Like how? Doesn’t he hate you? ” She said in astonishing tone.
My blush crept on my cheeks, when his memory popped into my mind.
” Aha…… it’s a long story between us. You won’t understand it…… we have a quite weird personal war going on between us.” I narrowed my eyes as I thought of him.
I couldn’t reveal it to her that Vincent had cyclothymia disorder and I actually looked like her ex, that nimrod takes revenge on me instead of her!
” Are you okay?” She gasped out as I was burning like a fire ball, all his deeds flashing up in my mind.
” Yeah I’m okay…… but everything’s alright now between him and me…… I guess…… I hope so. He apologized to me personally and regrets it so I let it go. ” I shook my head drawing circles around the mud.
” Oh that’s sweet…… how many apologize for their deeds anyway. Atleast he took revenge on them voluntarily even though it’s very scandalous in college. Those seniors faces though……”
She smiled at me for the first time and all I felt was happy because I could talk like this with someone without getting awkward or incapable of communicating with others.
” Yeah…” I eye smiled at her, my mood beaming up.
” JENNIE!!!?????” I felt like someone called me and I peeped out through the table lifting the table cloth.
” JENNIE!? WHERE ARE YOU??? JENNIE!??” Vincent was yelling out utterly mad, his eyes darting here and there in tension.
I looked at Alex amused and shook her hand. ” Let’s meet again whenever time permits…… my name’s Jennie!”
” I know…… ummm can I have your number? ” She smiled at me wiping her wet lashes and I typed my number on her phone.
” JENNIE!!!!?????” He yelled out walking here and there.
” Bye Alex…… I need to go.” I waved her getting up, coming out of the empty stall.
” Jade…… my actual name is Jade……” She said shyly, her blush creeping out and I paused for a second, my smile growing wide.
” Jade…… but I won’t call you that…… I will still call you Alex! Since you said it’s new you and don’t want you to remember your past.” I smiled cheekily at her and she let out a smile her tears dwelling up little.
” JENNIE!!!?”
” Bye Alex! Let’s meet sooner, remember you need to treat me!” I chirped out and a charming smile burst of her lips melting my heart.
” Okay!” She waved at me and I ran towards Vincent hurriedly.
” JENNIE!!!??” He raked his hair in frustration walking here and there looking through the stalls.
I bought a bracelet before I could reach so that I can say him some reason instead telling him where I actually was.
” JENNIE!?????”
” VINCENT!!!” I chirped out loudly waving at him to catch his attention and he paused looking in my direction, his eyes widening as soon his vision caught me.
He erased the distance between us in two angry strides and towered over me, the ice in his eyes striking a chill into my heart.
The anger rolled off his body I had to take a step back, shocked by a sudden change in his mood.
” STUPID GIRL!!! WHERE THE F*** WERE YOU?!” He barked at me making me flinch out by his sudden outburst.
” Can you stop yelling at me, people are watching us.” I frowned at him stepping back but he followed, not letting me put any distance between us.
” Stop yelling at you? Do you have any idea how tensed I was? Didn’t I f***ing tell you to not to wander off my sight!? ”
He held my arm tightly pulling me more towards him and he was breathing heavily.
The way he looked at me shook me to my core something unrecognisable in his eyes.
We stood in silence for a moment his eyes piercing making my skin erupt with goosebumps.
I shook the bracelet I was wearing in front of his eyes, smiling at him trying to lessen his blazing anger.
” Isnt it beautiful? ” I chirped out him in excitement and he creased his brow at it, glaring at it. ” I was so drowned in looking at colourful bracelets I couldn’t hear you…”
Vincent’s body tensed, his arm muscles flexing as he fought to keep his anger at bay.
” Don’t tell me you ignored me for this f***ing 2-3 dollar piece of shit? ” He barked at me rendering me speechless and I fumed up.
” PIECE OF SHIT!!??” I yelled at him almost catching people’s attention.
” What does a bloody rich lad like you knows the beauty of small small things ha!!!!”
” You f***ing rich lad might be surrounded be with pearls and diamonds and find this as a shit but for me this 2-3 dollar bracelet is greater than anything. ”
” We still see it with full excitement and feel happy no matter how cheap it is!! Who the f*** are you disrespect it!”
I blasted him fuming up and his eyes grew steely and dangerously towering over me, making me stagger a little.
” Since you find it so exciting, so amusing, you could’ve just waited for 2-3 minutes more, I would’ve f***ing bought the whole shop for you! But no, wander off here and there with no sense of responsibility!”
Buy the whole shop for me!!!
Who the f*** he think he is!!!!
” I don’t want it from a rich spoilt brat like you for sure…… who can’t even value a small thing, will buy me a whole shop itseems!”
” And yeah I will definitely wander off with no sense of responsibility, you don’t need to watch me okay! I will do fine without you for sure!” I blasted him lifting my toes up trying to match his height, eyeing him, dashing his forehead.
” Who the f*** are you calling rich spoilt brat!?” He overshadowed me, towering over me but I didn’t step back like a coward even though I was slight afraid of him now. I still tiptoed glaring at him.
” You…… Mr. Ain’t no worth. I-”
” Oh my god! XXX idol is here in this fair!!!? Ahhh I’m going die out of heart attack! ” Somebody shrieked, the whole ground crowding up all of a sudden at a point.
Within a second before I could even react someone pushed me from behind while passing through us to the crowd and I dashed straight onto Vincent as I had tiptoed trying to overshadow him, but accidentally slamming my lips on his!!!
Ahhhh!!!