Chapter 21

I don’t know what I was thinking about dressing up for school today; everyone looked at

me differently. I don’t think that lever wore makeup to school before and today was a first. Now that I thought about it, when did I ever really wear any makeup on my own without someone intervening for me? I only did it today because my sister insisted, okay, that was a lie. I also did it because I wanted to see Adam’s reaction if he saw me all dressed up. This wasn’t even my dress; it was something my sister had picked out from her closet. It was slightly inappropriate for school, and I was lucky that my parents didn’t see me leave the house like this. That didn’t mean that they wouldn’t spot me going in later. I shake my head; I’ll study about that later.

I freeze when I see Adam walking down the hallway, and my heart stops beating when his gaze falls on me. His eyes don’t look at the dress. Instead, he’s staring at my face. He makes me feel very aware of the makeup there now more than ever.

He ignores some girls trying to talk to him and walks over to me. I gulp when he takes a

few more steps closer to me so that there isn’t much space between us.

He sticks his head to the side as he continues to study me.

“Are you wearing lipstick?” He asks while continuing to examine my face.

My face is red, and I can’t form any words on my lips.

“Did you put on makeup for me?” He asks in a teasing manner. I’m positive that all of the blood in my body has now traveled to my face from the embarrassment of his question.

How could he possibly know that?

My gaze goes behind him, and I notice that many girls from school have decided to stop

and stare at us. If I weren’t careful, everyone would start talking about us, and the news would go straight to my siblings. I couldn’t afford for that to happen. Noah especially will freak out if he sees us like this.

“I don’t think that we should be this close since my brother and sister are back,” I say to him, unable to look him directly in his eyes.

Adam places his two hands on my locker and leans into me. “Or what?” He whispers, his sweet breath fanning my flaming red cheeks.

I can’t think clearly when he’s standing so close to me and looking at me the way that he’s doing right now.

“Get the hell away from my sister!” Noah shouts from across the hall. I jump at the interruption, but it doesn’t affect Adam one bit. His tongue is pressed up against his cheek, and

“She had something on her lips,” he says to Noah. “I was only getting it off.”

With that being said, he turns and strolls away.

going after him. “Don’t get into a fight with him, please. We are already still in trouble from the last fight you

even so close

not know brother,” I lie; I couldn’t tell Noah I practically kissed his bare chest already or that I was in a shower all alone with him in his room. I shiver at the thought of my

that he’s just trying to mess with Bryan since he messed with Ashton.” While

not the only reason, I am beginning to

me more attention ever since the cheating scandal happened. Was

cafeteria, he stopped by my table only when he saw that Bryan was there. There may be more truth to this lie than I know. After being betrayed by Aria

intentions again.

the hell away from Adam Ashford. He’s not someone that you should even look at. He’s dangerous and manipulative. I don’t like what I saw

about my actions. I felt like I wasn‘t even sure who I was anymore. The girl who always played by all of the rules not only lied to her parents

two of you?” Belle asks as she

tells her as he

just me, or is Noah extra tensed these days?” She

she asked the question, I also realized that he was indeed extra tensed. Was something bothering him that we didn’t know about? Noah wasn’t someone that spoke to anyone about his problems; he loved handling everything on

surprised it took

you enter the classroom.”

can respond, I hear someone

you are!” Abigail shouts from a distance as she runs to catch up to

found a new friend,” Belle says with a pleased smile. “Just make sure this one isn’t a backstabber and boyfriend stealer like the

head as she walks away, just as

today?” she

that I went home by him. My brother is already becoming suspicious, and the last thing I want to do is cause him

that. How did your parents react to the fight yesterday? The whole

than an hour having to listen to their lectures. I keep disappointing my parents. It’s the last thing I want

feels like the moment that you make a

people close to you.

the point where I’m not sure leven want to be a good girl anymore. It’s hard to constantly watch

that.” She

and follow her into the classroom. I immediately spot Bryan and Aria once again at the front. They’re all

time that I see them together like this, I’m

I see both of their eyes widen. My look today was leaving an impression on everyone at school. Bryan looks at me from head to toe, almost as though he cannot believe that it’s

she saw as

in the class is as well. Not

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