Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 68

Violet’s P.O.V.

“Try to move your body a little”, Kyle instructed me, and I obeyed his command. I tried to move my upper body slowly on the other side. I hissed but the pain was bearable now. “I… I think I can bear that much pain”, I said to him while trying to finish my movement, but he stopped me immediately. “No… having a little pain and having a bearable pain… these are two different expressions. Tell me… the pain is little or less bearable?” he asked me in a firm tone and I huffed internally. He was always bossy and today was no exception.

“Pain is still there but less than it was earlier”, I told him about the pain in my ribs truthfully this time. The bruises on my thighs, arms, and back had turned darker but they were not painful now. The only pain that I had was in my lower ribs. But what I told him was true. The pain was bearable now. “Okay… try to flip your body slowly then”, he asked me again and moved a little farther on the bed to give me space. I nodded once again and slowly lifted my left side taking a slow flip. I shrank my nose in pain but it was really bearable. I managed to flip my body but straightened it again when the pain became unbearable.

“You are progressing well and I am sure that within three or four more days… you will be back on your feet”, he said with a small smile on his lips. I just stared at his lips while memorizing his smile. He really had a cute smile and I felt that I could watch his smile forever. “Hey”, he snapped his finger in front of my eyes, taking me back to reality. I saw his smile converting into an amusing smirk. I lowered my eyes immediately in embarrassment. God…. He caught me ogling him when he was sitting right in front of me. I heard him chuckle but didn’t look up this time.

“Now have some rest and do not try to move on your own when no one is around you. I am sending Maria inside and she will stay with you”, he instructed me again and I looked up at him this time. “Uhhh… Can you help me to sit? I think I can try to do my homework”, I asked him and he raised his brow for a few seconds and then nodded. “Okay”, he then came closer to me and slipped his hand under my shoulders. I wrapped my hands around his neck pulling him closer to me. Suddenly, he stopped and moved his face towards me. My breath hitched when I realized the distance between our faces.

His hot breaths fanned my face as we were so close that if someone would see us from a distance, he would think that we were kissing each other. “You know that you are a temptation, princess?” he asked me in a husky voice and my heart skipped so many beats in one second. I just blinked while looking into his eyes. His eyes lingered in between my eyes and my lips. Unconsciously, I parted my lips as my heart was now thumping aloud inside my chest. “Did you ever k**s anyone before?” he asked me again in a husky voice. I just shook my head a little because I was afraid that if I would make any big movement then our lips would touch. I guess the distance is only a centimeter?

He sighed and then move his head back to its previous position. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. He then pulled me up a little and then arranged pillows on both sides while holding me in his embrace tightly with one hand. He then slowly put my body on the bed in a comfortable position. “Don’t try to force yourself for anything if you really want to come back on your feet”, he instructed me and for the first time, a naughty thought crossed my mind. What if I didn’t heal soon? Will he embrace me like this every time when I need his help? Suddenly, he leaned down on me and I moved my head backward while looking at him in confusion.

“I would love to hold you in my embrace like earlier, princess… but not when you are sick. I would love to hold you when you will perfectly alright so that I can do whatever I want to do”, he said in a husky tone with a wicked devilish smile on his lips. My eyes widened in shock and I put my hands on my mouth to muffle my scream. How could he read my mind? He … he was only a normal boy, not a Warlock?

He laughed while shaking his head and then straightened up himself. At the same time, the door opened and Ethan with Dustin came inside. “What happened?” Ethan asked him while looking between us with an amusing smile. “Nothing… she thought something aloud again”, Kyle answered him and I lowered my head again in embarrassment. “Kyle… you should stop reading her thoughts… look at her now”, Dustin complained to him and I looked up again at him this time. “Then ask her not to think so loud”, Kyle made fun of me again and I just made a face. I didn’t think loudly, did I? It was he who always read my mind as if I was saying it aloud in front of him.

“Okay… okay.. I am going now… I have to meet someone”, he told Ethan, and that was when I noticed that he was ready to go out. Was he going to meet a girl? I jerked my head to shrug off this idea because I didn’t want him to read this thought of mine. I slumped down my shoulder when he gave me a knowing smirk. He read this thought too. I was really doomed. He then walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. I looked at Ethan who was still looking at the closed door.

Dustin came near me and sat down near my thighs at a safe distance. “How are you feeling now?” he asked me in a calm tone. “I am fine and better than before. I … I can move my body a little by myself but not much”, I told him truthfully and the smile on his lips go wide. “That’s great. It means that you will be back on your feet in the next three-four days, right?” he clapped his hands twice while squealing in delight. I didn’t know why they were happy but it felt so good. In the past few days, the whole gang took care of me with Mrs Parker. Noah and Justin also visited me from time to time and they also helped me with my assignments. I could say that this incident was a blessing for me in the form of a disaster. I have got a whole bunch of friends for me.

“Noah submitted your history and economics assignments. The teachers said that they will send your homework to your email”, Dustin told me while putting his hand on the bed on the other side of my legs. “Where is he today?” Ethan asked him while sitting beside me on the other side of the bed and I also looked at Dustin with a curious gaze. In the past few days, I used to their presence around me. “Uhhh …. he has some work in his father’s office. So, he went there”, Dustin told him about Noah’s whereabouts and looked back at me again. “Do you want to play some game?” he asked me and I shook my head. “No… I want to do some self-study right now”, I told him what I wanted and he shrank his nose in disappointment.

“O come on, princess…. it’s not like that you will fail if you won’t study. You are famous as a nerd in the whole school. One game and then we all will study, right Ethan?” he urged again and then looked at Ethan for support. “But what will she play?” Ethan asked me and Dustin frowned. I smiled and looked at him curiously. “Where did Kyle go?” suddenly Dustin ask Ethan and I raised my brows too. I didn’t know why but I also wanted to know about his whereabouts. “He has a photo shoot in the evening”, Ethan told him and my eyes widened in shock. “Photoshoot?” I asked him this time and Ethan smiled lowly.

“He has accepted some modeling assignments to submit his fee the next month. After what happened that day, he doesn’t want to have any connection with his parents. It’s really tough for him but he has to face all the challenges in front of him now”, Ethan told me everything truthfully then. I felt a pang of pain in my heart because Kyle’s present situation reminded me of my situation back then when I was forced to do everything for me and my grandmother. My grandmother had some health issues and that was why I had to learn everything to keep our lives intact. “He is also looking for a place to live after Violet leaves from here”. I pursed my lips into a thin line when Ethan told us what Kyle was planning.

“What? but why?” Dustin exclaimed in shock. Ethan sighed but didn’t say a word. I already knew the reason but didn’t want to accept this. “If this is about me then I can talk to him”, I said to Ethan and he shook his head negatively. “This is not really about you, princess. He has his pride and it’s me who forced him to stay here when he left his home. He doesn’t want his parents to taunt him any time in the future that he was dependent on his friends and their parents to feed him and they give him shelter when he left his home”, Ethan told me Kyle’s reason for leaving this house. I was really surprised to hear it and, to be honest, I really admired Kyle now. It needs a lot of courage to face the cruelty of the world when you are raised in a safe environment. Kyle spent seventeen years of his life under his parents’ protection but still, he wanted to do everything on his own to prove to them that he could take care of himself on his own without their support.

“Don’t think too much, Violet. There is no way that we will leave our friend alone when he really needs us. He doesn’t need our money. He needs our moral support”, Ethan comforted me and I smiled weakly this time. Kyle was really lucky to have them as his friends. Their friendship didn’t revolve around money and their status. They were friends because they understood each other and supported each other in everything. “I really envy your friendship, guys”, I blurted out the truth and my eyes widened in shock. Both Ethan and Dustin gasped at first while looking at me with wide eyes and then they burst out into laughter turning me into a blushing mess.