Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 80

Kyle’s P.O.V.

I saw her eyes glistening when she came out with the others. I narrowed my eyes because it meant that she cried. What happened inside the kitchen that made her cry? I asked her later but she just brushed that off. I couldn’t confront her because there were so many people. When we sat down to have dinner, she sat beside me on the other side and Justin was on the other. One thing which was clear in my mind was that she had an effect on me. She just put her hand on mine and squeezed it, only to tell me that I should accept their gift and I gave in. I didn’t know what I was thinking, but I agreed to take the gift from Ethan’s parents. I didn’t go closer to her after yesterday when she was at Ethan’s house. So I intertwined our fingers when she held my hand. When did I start craving her?

I didn’t know the answer and I didn’t want to know because the mere question scared me like hell. We couldn’t be together. We both belonged to two different worlds and her life would be worse than hell if anyone came to know that I had feelings for her now. I couldn’t see her with anyone else. I was never the jealous type, but she made me jealous. I knew I shouldn’t be jealous when she talks with Ethan, but hell I was. I wanted to be with her and didn’t want her to come close to me at the same time. What was wrong with me? Why was I having two different desires at the same time? I knew the answer but I didn’t want to accept that.

“I am leaving her with you in a hope that you will keep her safe, Kyle”, Victor said to me in a calm tone this time. We were standing at the front door waiting for Sam to come out. They were going back tonight right after my birthday party because they had jobs to go to tomorrow morning. “I know, Victor… and I promise you that I will do everything to keep her safe”, I promised him with all my sincerity. He gave a tight smile at me and then looked back inside the house. “Her mother, Nathalie, Sam’s elder sister…. She was an ambitious woman. She always has big dreams to achieve”, he started talking about Violet’s mother in a distant voice still looking inside. I never liked her because she always encouraged Sam to go after her dreams and leave her family and her love, me, behind”, he paused and looked back at me.

I just blinked while listening to him because there was nothing for me to say there. “She hurt so many people, including her daughter, only to achieve what she wanted, and now I don’t want to see my girl hurt again by anyone”, this time he looked at me and I just blinked baffled because I couldn’t decipher his gaze. “You two are young and are going to live alone. You already know that she is naïve and innocent and it is easy to take advantage of an innocent girl. But”, he paused and his gaze hardened on me. My heart was beating furiously now in anticipation. I was trying to stay calm in front of him but he was really intimidating. “One wrong move on her and you will be dead”, he threatened me in a cold voice that was cold enough to send shivers through my spine.

“Don’t try to say that you are not attracted to her or you don’t have any feelings for her, because I can clearly see that you have feelings for her. You can fool anyone else, young boy, but not me, because I am a father with daughters. I have to keep eyes on the people around my daughters, especially the boys. I saw how you asked her with concern when she came out of the kitchen, there and her eyes were watery”, he said in a cold, threatening voice, and I gulped hard this time. He was really sharp in his observations. “Stay here for as long as you want… but … I ever hear that she has tears in her eyes because of you, I will beat the s**t out of you”, he threatened me again and I immediately nodded while looking at him with a fearful gaze. This was the first time I was confronted by a girl’s father and the irony was that girl was not even my girlfriend.

“What are you two talking about, huh?” I immediately looked in Sam’s direction when I heard her asking us in a light tone. I couldn’t tell how relieved I was when she came near to us with a small smile on her lips. “Nothing… it’s just man-to-man talk”, Victor immediately replied to her in a gentle tone and wrapped his hand around her shoulder. “Is it, Kyle?” Sam immediately asked me while eyeing Victor. “Yes… yes, Sam.. it’s nothing serious”, I immediately defended Victor but my heart was still beating furiously. Violet was also looking at me curiously while standing beside me. “Okay.. I believe you, Kyle… shall we go?” she spoke to me first and then asked Victor in a light tone again.

“Yes… it’s about time”, he said softly and then looked at me one more time with the coldest gaze which he could give to me and then they both walked away towards their car. I stayed at the door with Violet. “Bye, honey”, Sam waved her hand to Violet after settling herself on the passenger’s seat. She had a genuine smile on her face. She waved at me too and I waved a little to return the gesture. After Victor drove away from us and moved back. I stopped breathing for a few seconds when I realized that the same deafening silence had embraced the whole house which I had witnessed at my house my whole life.

Only I and Violet was now left here. This was the first time I realized how will Violet feel whenever she came back here after school or after her job. I had the butler and maids all around me but she had no one. “What happened?” I came out of my stance when I heard her meek voice asking me something. “Uhhh… nothing… let’s go inside”, I immediately answered her and then ushered her to go back inside. After she walked inside the living room, I closed the door behind her and locked it properly. It was still some time to go to bed but we had to ensure that every door and window is locked properly.

I went straight to the living room and slumped down on the couch. I got a brand new car, a brand new laptop, and a few more things as gifts from my friends and their parents but I didn’t get even a call from my parents. It seemed that they had forgotten about me. I didn’t want to ruin my day that I had spent happily with others still it hurts a little that my parents were the ones who were absent again. They never cared about my birthday or anything related to me but they never forgot to throw a huge party on my birthday to show off and to build up some new business relationships. This was the first time that the party was all about me.

“Do you want something before going to bed?” I opened my eyes when I heard Violet’s meek voice again. I saw her standing in front of me on the other side of the table. “Come here.. sit with me for a while”, I patted the place near me on the couch and ordered her. She gulped hard and then slowly walked towards the couch. She sat on the next end of the couch, a little far away from me. I huffed and then grab her arm. She flinched but I didn’t care about her reaction and pulled her onto my lap. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw our position while looking down at my lap and then at my eyes. She was now sitting on my lap straddling me. Her legs were on either side of the couch.

She tried to stand up immediately but I held her at the same position from her waist and pulled her closer to me. I wrapped my hand around her waist and her head. I pushed her head towards the crook of my neck. She was stiff and resisted that push, but I was stronger than her. Her resistance annoyed me but I couldn’t blame her for her reaction. I was once again forcing her to do something without her will. I put her head on the crook of my neck and put my face on the top of her head in a resting position. “Just stay with me”, I whispered to her and closed my eyes again. To be honest, I didn’t want to be alone right now. The deafening silence that I witnessed again after Sam and Victor’s departure scared me once again.

This time, she didn’t move and stayed still in that same position. Her hands were on my chest and she was fidgeting with the cloth of my shirt. It was her habit to fidget with anything that is close to her fingers. We both stayed in the same position for a good few minutes. Now the silence was peaceful and I felt that I could stay with her like forever. “Why did you cry at that time?” I asked her in a calm tone the same question that I asked her earlier. She stayed silent and I waited for her answer. I knew that she would answer me but would take her time to think first about whether to answer me or not.

“It’s .. it’s about Ethan’s mother”, she finally answered me in a timid voice. “What about her?” I asked her while stroking her back gently. She relaxed in my embrace now and it made me smile a little. “She is so caring and loving and…(her voice cracked once again and I stopped stroking her back for a few seconds but started again because I knew whether her answer was going on)… why aren’t our moms like her”, she asked me in the same timid voice but her voice cracked badly and she clutched the cloth of my shirt tightly. She always said that she didn’t miss her parents but deep down I knew that she missed them badly. I didn’t answer her because I really didn’t have any answer to her question.

“But you have Sam and Victor… they love you like their own daughter and trust you so much that they leave you to stay here according to your wish. They know that you will never do anything which can bring shame to them. Sam is… she is a great mother like Ethan’s mother… it doesn’t matter whether our mothers are not like them… we are still lucky that we have them”, I finally spoke in a calm tone while trying to comfort her but I felt that I was comforting myself too. She sniffed and I took a deep breath.

“Sleep now, princess… we have so many other problems to face than think about those useless and insignificant people”, I coaxed her while stroking her back gently. This girl was making me do so many things that I never thought I would do for a girl. She sniffed again and moved her head a little at the crook of my neck. Having her in my embrace was comforting for me. I smiled when I felt her breathing even at the crook of my neck. She really fell asleep in my embrace while sitting on my lap in this intimate position. Victor was right. She was really naïve. I kissed the top of her head gently and then stood up from the couch with her and wrapped her legs around my waist. She whimpered a little in protest but wrapped her hands around my neck and snuggled into my neck again.

I walked upstairs and gently opened the door of her bedroom. I gently made her lie down on the bed and tried to remove her grip on my waist and my neck. She whined again and tightened her grip on me, making me put my hand beside her head as I was hovering over her now. I felt my breathing become heavy when I realized that our faces were so close to each other. I blinked while looking at her cute, innocent face. She suddenly licked her lips in her sleep and I gulped hard, still looking at her lips. Without thinking about what I was doing, I leaned toward her lips and pecked them lightly. That was just a feather touch but my whole body shuddered hard.

My heart was now pounding hard inside my chest and I knew how much self-control I took to k**s her lips again. They were so soft and so tempting. I wanted to k**s her badly but couldn’t because she was sleeping and was in her most vulnerable position. She whimpered and parted her lips right after I lifted my lips up from her lips, making me resist myself impossible. I slowly removed her hands from my neck. She protested again but let me put them on the bed. I then slowly removed her legs from my waist and tucked her inside the duvet. I kissed her forehead. “Sleep now, princess… I will make sure that you will never miss them again”, I whispered to her in a soft voice before standing up straight. I looked at her once for a few more seconds and then slowly walked out of the room with my racing heart. I really needed to keep my distance from her or else it would hurt both of us.