Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 169

Violet’s P.O.V.

I chuckled dryly and looked in the other direction. We were sitting on the bleachers in the playground. “I am sorry, Violet. We didn’t mean to hide anything from you, but your condition is not good,” Ethan said to me apologetically. I slowly moved my head towards him and smiled weakly. “You don’t need to apologize, Ethan. You meant well to me,” I replied to him, indicating that I was not angry with them. In fact, I was grateful to them that they hid everything and let me enjoy my vacation with a free mind.

I felt Kyle’s hand on my shoulder as he pulled me into his side embrace. He lightly rubbed my arm, trying to comfort me. “Don’t worry about my father, guys. I am not going to give a single penny that my grandmother has left for me,” I assured everyone in a light tone. “We don’t let him come near you,” Noah said in a determined tone, and I smiled at him this time. “Let him come to me. If I want to live my life peacefully, without any fear, I have to close this chapter of my life too. Let him come to me. I can’t run away from my problems. I may be weak in strength, but I am not a coward,” I answered him in a firm and determined tone.

“That’s my girl,” Dustin chirped, and Kyle’s grip on my arm tightened immediately. I grinned at Dustin. “Dad talked to Mr. Westfield, and he said that Mr. Carter doesn’t have any chance to get anything from you legally. Everything that you have is a gift from your deceased grandmother, and he can’t put his claim on a gift. Your grandmother was really an intelligent woman. If she has named you the sole owner of all her property, your father can challenge your claim, but she gifted you instead,” he said, and my chest swelled with pride.

“My grandmother was indeed a smart woman. She didn’t gift me everything in one go, but she gave me everything in six parts. She gifted bit by bit on my birthdays,” I told them in a proud tone with a wide smile on my lips. “I must say that I missed meeting a wonderful woman like her. I mean, which mother would think something like this against her son? But she did it to teach him a good lesson of life. It shows that she knew that your father would come back to put his claim on the property in the future,” Justin said, praising my grandmother.

I was still smiling widely, and looked at Kyle when he tightened his grip on my arm again. He had a calm face, but I knew what he was thinking. “Anyways…. Enough chit-chat about my so-called father. Let’s go for the next period,” I ushered them in a calm tone. “Yeah… it’s almost time,” Ethan said while looking at his wristwatch. We all stood up, and Kyle took my bag. “I can carry my bag,” I whined and he smiled. “I know that you can but I insist,” he said in a loving tone, making me pout. I knew that it was futile to argue with him.

We all started walking back to the main building. “We have to go to the hospital right after school. Our appointment with the doctor there is around 4 o’clock,” Ethan told me while walking beside me. I nodded and pursed my lips. I was now worried about my visit to the hospital. “What’s wrong?” Kyle asked me in a soft voice. “They will remove the bandage today,” I told him in a low voice. “I brought my cap for you,” Noah spoke this time in a light tone. I looked at him in surprise.

“Yeah… you can wear a cap until your hair grows to a good length,” Kyle said in a light tone. I nodded while thinking about wearing a cap. “Yeah… you can make a high ponytail, covering that area with the rest of your hair, and put that ponytail inside the cap. It will look good on you,” Dustin said while giving me something to imagine. I have seen girls wearing a cap with a high pony. I imagined myself in the same situation. “Okay… let’s give it a try,” I said with a small smile. Kyle chuckled while shaking his head.

“What?” I asked him in confusion. “Nothing,” he answered, but kept looking at me teasingly. I blushed when I realized the meaning of his gaze. He always reads my thoughts. He was still so mean. We reached our next class, and I entered the classroom with Kyle beside me. I felt so many gazes on me, but it didn’t bother me anymore. They could stare at me all day long. None of them could approach me now as I was now Kyle’s girlfriend and Ethan’s sister. “Hey,” Rein waved his hand at me while greeting me in a cheerful tone.

“Hey, Rein…. Did you finish your homework?” I asked him while greeting him back and we sat down behind him. He moved towards me and pouted innocently. “You don’t care about me anymore, Violet,” he complained innocently while giving me puppy eyes. I heard Kyle scoff at his tantrum but didn’t look at Kyle. “You know this is not right,” I answered Rein, and he immediately shook his head, indicating that he didn’t agree with me. “I called you last night… twice (he pointed two fingers)… but you didn’t answer me. You went on a vacation without me,” he complained, giving me a fake hurtful expression.

I laughed and leaned towards him. “I am sorry… next time, I will definitely ask you to come with us,” I answered him, and he immediately raised his pinky finger towards me. “Promise?” he said, still looking at me innocently. I intertwined our pinky fingers immediately. “Promise,” I said, and he grinned widely. Kyle muttered something incoherent that I didn’t catch clearly. His jealousy was now at its peak. The teacher entered the room, and Rein moved back.

“Call everyone so that I can’t get some time alone with you,” Kyle complained in a low tone. I grinned and took his hand in mine on the desk. “I have my whole life with you,” I replied to him, trying to comfort him, but he grimaced. “Yeah… the whole life where I have to wait for my turn,” he whined, and I felt like laughing hard. I sighed and squeezed his fingers. “Let’s resume this conversation after the class,” I said and he shrank his nose before looking to the teacher. I shook my head gently and then started listening to the teacher.

To be honest, I was not surprised when Ethan mentioned my father’s whereabouts around me. The thing that surprised me was Augustus’s involvement in this. I was surprised to hear that he was the one who called Ethan and told him about my father’s plans. He provided some information that he got from his investigation. He called me the other day to wish me well, but he didn’t mention anything to me. I have to call him now to get the details. I decided to call him when both Kyle and Ethan will leave the city the day after tomorrow. I didn’t want them to stay alert all the time. They were literally spinning their lives around me instead of living their lives according to their ways.

Kyle stayed all the time with me in the school. We never did anything too out of line in front of the boys. Still, it felt awkward to be glued to him all the time. He practically kept me in his side embrace all the time. After finishing school, we all went straight to the parking lot. Noah and Dustin wanted to come with me to the hospital. Justin had to go to his father’s company to attend a meeting after school. Suddenly I remembered that I hadn’t seen David the whole day. “Do you know where David is? Did he not come to school today?” I asked Kyle in a concerned tone. “Uhhh… I don’t know about his whereabouts. In fact, I also didn’t see him today,” he answered me in a calm tone.

I saw Axel walking towards his car. He was with two other boys. “Hey, Axel,” I waved at him while stopping in my tracks. Kyle g*****d again but I was not used to it. Axel looked at me, and smiled. He jogged towards me, leaving the boys behind him. “What is it?” he asked me while stopping in front of me. We met in our two classes earlier, but he didn’t mention anything about David. “Do you know where David is?” I asked him in a concerned tone. “Yeah… he went out of city to attend a business work with his father. He will be back by tomorrow,” he told me and I nodded.

“I didn’t see him the whole day. That’s why I asked,” I told him genuinely. He smiled and patted my cheek lightly. “You can call him at any time,” he said in a light tone, and I smiled. “I gotta go now,” he said, and I nodded. I looked at Kyle when Axel jogged back to his friends and sighed helplessly. He had a scowl on his face now. “You will age soon with this rate of scowling and frowning,” I teased him and he twisted his l*p. He immediately cupped my face which Axel had touched earlier, and rubbed the area with the pad of his thumb.

Why does everyone need to be touchy with you, huh? Only I can touch you,” he threw a tantrum again, making me stare at him helplessly. “Kyle, Violet…. Let’s go… we are getting late,” Ethan yelled, making me thank him internally. “Let’s go,” I ushered Kyle who still had that scowl on his face. It was still a relief to me that he only threw tantrums whenever any other boy approached me, but never tried to pull me away in that situation. He never let me feel awkward or embarrassed. I still had this freedom, and I really wish that everything between us would stay like this.

We hopped inside the car, and as usual, I was in the back seat. “Here,” Ethan gave his phone to Kyle while buckling himself in the driver’s seat. I didn’t pay attention to them and opened my phone to kill time. “What is this? Are you going to wear this?” Kyle suddenly yelled and I looked up at him questioningly. I sighed and glared hard at Ethan’s back. He secretly took a picture of me when I was trying on the dress with Mom. “You took the picture?” I asked Ethan in a cold tone, ignoring Kyle’s question. “Yeah… your boyfriend should also see what you are going to wear in our absence,” he answered me in the same sarcastic tone that he used earlier in the morning.

“You are not going to wear this,” Kyle whined, and I looked at him flatly. “Mom selected this dress for me, and it… it’s not revealing,” I was not into dresses but that dress was a replica of Mrs. Parker’s dress and the dress would still be called a conservative dress as my back was completely covered and the neck was also not deep. The only problem was the slit, but Mom said that it was okay to wear it when everyone was in the same pattern. It was not as if I would be the only one in a dress. “Not revealing? You will move your leg forward, and your whole leg would be on display,” he whined and I really felt like hitting them hard.

“Mom is also wearing the same dress. I will not be the only one in a dress,” I answered him in a pissed tone. “In fact, Mrs. Knight will be there with me too. She is also wearing a dress with the same design,” I defended myself and Kyle scowled darkly this time. “You don’t know anything about these kinds of parties, Violet,” Kyle argued back, giving me a headache now. “Yes… you are right that I don’t know anything about them. But if I want to survive in this world, I have to understand how to survive in these parties too. I… I can’t run away all the time saying that the dress is not comfortable,” I argued back while putting my stance in front of him.

“I have to adapt to your world without losing myself and this can happen only when I try to fit myself here. You know very well that I don’t like wearing dresses, but this is not my choice. I can wear anything that I want to wear in future according to my preferences, but I have to create my space first,” I finished what I wanted to make him understand. He opened his mouth to say something to me but closed it. He moved back while slumping his shoulders. Still, this is so revealing,” he muttered, making me smile this time. I was glad that he understood me.

I took a deep breath and leaned on the backrest. I looked out of the window at the running traffic. I didn’t tell him what my mom said to me before giving me that dress. I couldn’t deny that I was not comfortable wearing that dress but Mom said that wearing something different from time to time enhances your beauty in others’ eyes. The clothes must be comfortable according to your taste but according to the occasion. I would be the center of attention if I wore a top and jeans when every woman at the party would be in a dress or a gown.

The car stopped at the red light, and I looked at the next car stopping beside us. I narrowed my eyes when I saw a familiar figure hiding in the back seat of that car. I smirked and threw a mocking gaze in his direction. If he wanted to see a shocked reaction or fear in my eyes, then he didn’t see what was coming his way. He ducked down to hide from our gazes, making me smile bitterly. Let’s see what he had in his sleeves this time. I was not that timid Violet anymore, and he had to realize it now.