Hate You: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Bella King

Author:Bella King [King, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Scarlet

Maddie didn’t seem too mad at me now that Jonathan was distracting her. She didn’t even seem to notice me as we all sat by the creek, dipping our toes in the water and sipping on fruity drinks as pop music played over the large speaker someone had brought down.

It was Saturday evening, and the sun was just beginning to dip below the trees. I wouldn’t be out too much later because I was afraid of the dark, but I estimated that I had about an hour before I needed to head back to my car situated about a half a mile through the woods in an old parking lot.

I had hoped that Dylan would show up, but I was also a little relieved that he didn’t. I felt so stressed out about him, and the mystery that he brought with him. It wasn’t that I thought he was a terrible guy, but he had a lot of issues that he needed to work on. It would have been nice to see him relaxing by the creek with everyone else, but I guess he didn’t need to be here. I could have fun without him.

I had painted my toenails black, and they seemed to disappear when I stuck my toes into the water. All I could see was the pale skin glowing around them in the murky water. I was so fixated on the water and how my feet looked in it that I didn’t notice someone come up from behind me until they spoke.

“Hey,” a deep voice said from behind me.

I snapped my head around and jumped. It was Dylan.

“Hey Dylan, I wasn’t expecting you here today,” I said, leaning with my hand on a rock and looking up at him.

He sat down beside me, pulling his heavy work boots off and placing them down beside himself. “I didn’t think I would be here either, but work was pretty short today,” he said.

“Oh, that good,” I said, nodding.

“It is,” he said, smiling pleasantly. There seemed to be an edge of something strange in his smile, but I brushed it off. He was a strange guy, after all.

Dylan scooted a little closer once he had his shoes off, taking a deep breath before speaking. “Listen, I want to apologize for my behavior earlier. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and I was totally wrong about you.”

I blinked my eyes a few times to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating this. What on earth had managed to change his mind so quickly? It wasn’t that I didn’t like it, but that I was completely confused as to why he had made this turnaround.

“I know what you’re thinking,” he said, reaching a hand out and patting my leg. “You think that I’m a bit crazy to be switching up my story this quickly, but you proved to me that you weren’t the type of person I thought you were. I was acting like a victim, when in reality, I’ve been the bad guy this whole time,” he said, shaking his head.

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