It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1504 The Fight (Part One)

Michelle was shocked. Did Luke like her? She didn't understand what was going on in his head. And she couldn't ask him either. Luke drove the car faster in his anger and disappointment. He regretted telling Michelle that. He shouldn't have.

When they reached home, he parked the car in the garage. When he was about to get off, Michelle said, "Luke, forget what just happened. You don't have to force yourself to make any change in our life. If it's forcibly done, it won't last. I won't beg for your love. Just be yourself and don't take my complaint to heart. We're good now, right?"

"Yeah, as you wish," Luke said through clenched teeth and slammed the car door. He had finally managed to make up his mind, and now, Michelle was asking him to give up instead.

Luke walked away from the car, without bothering to wait for her. She looked at his straight back and thought, 'This is for the best'. Michelle didn't want to force Luke to do something that he didn't want. She loved him, so she was willing to give up her dignity and cater to him. She would have left long ago if she didn't love him so much.

The relationship between the two didn't change after their first kiss. However, Luke's eyes often wandered and settled down on her sadly.

He thought that he wouldn't feel the pain if his feelings were burned to ashes, but he had underestimated their power to corrode the body and the mind. They had eroded his brain and his thought processes, leaving him with no place to hide.

"Michelle, I heard that a cool sports car came by to pick you up the other day," Hilda said, nonchalantly. After what had happened last time, Hilda didn't want to intrude Michelle's privacy, but there was a gossip going around the campus. It was a rumor that Michelle was a home wrecker, and her reputation had been greatly damaged. It was worse than before.

"Yeah, so?" asked Michelle. She knew what Hilda was getting at, but she didn't really care about the rumors. She was really busy doing her thing and minding her own business that she didn't have the time or the energy to waste on such insignificant gossips. "Was it your boyfriend?" Hilda smiled, embarrassed and prayed that her answer wouldn't be the same as the rumors.

"Yeah. You met him the other day." Michelle smiled softly. She felt that Hilda was being too careful with her.

Hilda's eyes widened. "Really? You mean the handsome man I met last time? He isn't your brother," Hilda said sheepishly as she realized that she had made a stupid mistake.

"Luke is the only man I love. So stop trying to hook me up with Bradley. That'll never work," Michelle said, solemnly. She had long decided to restrain her flamboyant personality so that she would stop attracting attention. She had only craved for Luke's attention in the first place, but now, even that didn't seem necessary. There was no need to let Luke know that she loved him anymore. She would just keep her feelings to herself. Even if they weren't close to each other, she could silently stay by his side.

"Sounds like you really love him. I wish you all happiness, Michelle, but haven't you heard the gossip going around lately?" Hilda asked, worried.

"I know that they're spreading the rumor that I'm a home wrecker. Let them be. My clear conscience can easily laugh at those false accusations." Michelle laughed. In this troubled society, it was impossible to avoid gossips.

"Michelle... The gossips, are they..." Hilda couldn't go on. She was afraid that Michelle would get pissed off and wouldn't want to be her friend.

"You want to know if the gossip is true? What do you think, Hilda? Do you think I'm a girl of easy virtue?" Michelle asked. She wasn't angry, but she looked intensely at Hilda.

Hilda looked at her earnest eyes and said, "Sorry, Michelle. I shouldn't have doubted you. They were speaking about it as if they knew the truth and I just had to ask you about it personally." As Michelle's friend, Hilda thought that she shouldn't have had misgivings about Michelle, but the rumor seemed well-grounded and reasoned, so she had begun to distrust her.

"I can understand," Michelle said, smiling bitterly. She didn't know what else to say. Their friendship was not that deep, and so Hilda couldn't trust her blindly. It took time to build mutual trust. She had to wait for Hilda to know her better. Just like her love... She was waiting for a turning point in her marriage, for Luke to recognize her love.

"Humph! You always act so aloof, but it turns out you're a bitch," Erin sneered. She had come from behind them and was standing with her arms crossed over her chest. Behind her was a large group of girls - her loyal followers. They looked arrogantly down at the two girls sitting on the grass.

"Bitch, who are you talking about?" Michelle asked with a smirk. Some people were afraid that they would be forgotten, so they appeared from time to time to show off their existence.

"I'm talking about you!" Erin yelled, exasperated. She didn't realize she had fallen into Michelle's trap.

"Ha-ha!" Hilda laughed out loud in an instinct, but then immediately ceased her laughter when Erin angrily stared at her.

"You know yourself so well. Good for you," Michelle said, not even bothering to hide her smug smile.

"You freaking bitch! How dare you make fun of me? Haven't you learned your lesson yet? This time I will tear your insolent mouth apart!" She was irrevocably depressed when Bradley had warned her to keep her distance from Michelle. She felt like she had lost him to her. She had been waiting for an opportunity to get back at her and finally, today she was going to vent all her anger on her. And to make things easier for her, Bradley wasn't at school. So she could do whatever she wanted and nobody would stop her.

"I think it's better to drop the idea. Although this is a remote area, we will still be punished if we fight here," Michelle said, lazily leaning against the tree trunk. It looked like her peaceful afternoon was coming to an end.

"Humph!" Erin scoffed, "You are the only one who is going to be punished today." Erin ran to Michelle and grabbed a lock of her hair, and her lackeys followed her.