Chapter 12

NATASHA'S POV

For some reason, my body shook in regrets and pain. I know i shouldn't take this to heart because what we did was just foreplay,no sex involved. But I can't seem to accept the idea ringing in my head.

Oliver is the first person ever to see my nakedness and touch it. If that does not mean anything to anybody else,it is fine,but it means a lot to me.

Lois was busy with Oliver in public - haven't she got any shame left? The people in the cafeteria did not seem to care about them. But every ounce of my body wants to scream out loudly and say it to Oliver face what the hell he was doing.

But I couldn't.

Sarah held my hand and pulled me away from the entrance

" You've been staring at them for too long. It is getting suspicious," she said as she found a seat for me.

" Have I?" I asked the obvious, and she nodded

" Look, Nats, I don't know what happened between you and Oliver last night,but I guess you should just let it all go," she said after a while

" Nothing happened between us," I counterattack her loudly, but she did not say anything else as she just looked at me with sympathy

" Okay. Just don't look at him too obvious. He is an asshole. And also, remember he has the upper hand here in this school, " she said

The last part of her sentence stuck to me like a bedbug, and for some reason, I am regretting hiding my real identity. He has the upper hand here in this school for fuck sake- not the entire universe.

This feeling swirl in me, and I remembered our first encounter ever. I mean, I could have been that outspoken- don't give a fuck girl. But here I am, eager for his touch and getting angry at him because he was kissing another girl.

To make matters worse, I have a wet dream about him.

" Nats?" Sarah called me out, and by the way she was looking at me, I knew she had been calling for a while.

" Yeah, sorry," I said to her, and she made a sound with her teeth

"It's okay," she said, and I really wanted to counter her word - it is not okay, and it can never be okay,not like this.

I was about to talk when Oliver and his girl laughed out loud - the thought that I was calling Lois his girl wanted to make me punch her in his face.

" Really, you are meeting with Hardin Royce? Can I follow you?" Lois said out loud, and everybody looked at them

They got the whole attention of the people in the cafeteria, including me. He is talking about my father here

" No, I can't do that. You know, it is some elite party," he said, and he looked at me after that sentence

" Not everyone can gain access to that party. Even the ones that have Royce as their last name," he said without breaking the eyes contact.

" Really?" I said out, asking no one in particular, and I can feel everyone's attention on me

"Oh yeah. Having the name Royce doesn't make you one," Lois said this time around, and I can feel the second episode of the revelation of my identity getting closer

" Nats, I think it is best we leave," Sarah said quietly while she held my hand

I allowed her to touch me while I was just staring at Oliver and Lois interchangeably, and I really wish one of them could say just one more word - because it won't really go down well.

" Yeah, sure," I said and stood up from my seat,followed by Sarah

" See you guys around," I said my final piece before leaving the cafeteria with Sarah

I won't allow anyone to say shit to me like some gabbage girl. Deciding to live my life this low doesn't mean I will allow insults. I'm kind of happy at this moment that what happened between Oliver and I yesterday doesn't pass that.

What if we had sex? Is this how I will be humiliated? Hell No!

He said he is meeting with Hardin Royce tomorrow, which is Saturday, I make up my mind that he won't even get the chance to. I will make it known to him that one can't just eat his cake and have it at the same time.

" Oliver is a total nuisance," I said

" Definitely," Sarah said

" And a total jerk!" I said again, and Sarah affirmed

" Did you believe that he has had sex with almost all the elite girls here?" Sarah said, and my heart beat accelerated

" But why?" I asked the obvious

" To have them under him, of course. Do you know that he is a handsome dude and everybody, I mean, literally everybody will want to have sex with him," she said

"Including you?" I asked while stopping in my tracks

"Well, I don't know," she said, and I formed my mouth into an o shape

" Hardin Royce won't come to the party Oliver is anticipating," I said, and Sarah felt confused.

She has been the only one who has believed me all this while, apart from the proof that she knew my father, there is no other proof to connect the dots and she has never asked about it before

" How? I mean, if it is a really elite party, as he said, you know only the stinking wealthy people will be there. In fact, you can go as Hardin daughter," she said

" I won't, and my father won't attend that party," I said, cutting her short of her sentence, and I saw her swallow an invisible gulp down her throat