Broken Bad Boy

HAILEY

It's Monday. Since I spent my Sunday with my parents, I hadn't seen Percie asides from video calls. I was excited to see him.

Percie said it was better for me because if I stayed with him last weekend, he couldn't keep his hands to himself. As if I ever complained. Considering that I was still sore, it wasn't good for me, as well, to stay closer to him for the past twenty- four hours.

I met Victoria and Megan on my way to the building when a commotion suddenly appeared around us. "What's going on?" I asked with pure shock.

All I could hear was my name. I looked around. I found students taking pictures of me some took selfies even if I didn't give them my permission, even this feeling social media influencer that I thought her posts were nothing but nonsense. "Hey, guys. This Eve, and I'm with Hailey Ward right now. You know her, right? Guys, don't forget to tweet #womenempowerment. Bye!"

I was pinned in the middle of the students with their phones snapping to take my pictures. I felt like a deer caught in the headlights as the flashes flared at me. I wanted to dash out of the crowd. I was suddenly terrified. I realized that every action I did, came with serious consequences.

"Hailey, how did you do your hair?"

"Hailey, what's the lipgloss you're using?"

"I like your shirt." That girl. She winked. I remembered her with one of those bitches who kept clinging to Remy.

Ugh, this is too much.

"Guys, leave her alone." Victoria and Megan grabbed me in my arms as they tried to pull me out of the crowd. "What the hell was that?" I asked when we finally made out of those students. My heart was still in my throat.

"Your video had been trending on Twitter. You know that-how you—"

"I don't wanna talk about it. That was not the best of my character."

"Actually, it was," Megan said. "You mean the best version of you?"

I rolled my eyes. It was ridiculous.

"She doesn't have any idea." Victoria shook her head in amusement.

"#ExpelledAdrian and #AdrianTheBully along with you #HaileyGirl Power are still trending. They've been asking for your Twitter account."

"Well, glad that I don't have one because I don't like people checking out my life, watching my posts like a creep."

"But when you started going against Adrian, you should know the consequences, but the good part is, you stopped that stupid games, and you stop Lexie from getting humiliated. And you stopped them from doing any further damage to the students." Megan stared at me, admiring. "I was shocked, and I'd never even imagined that you have that in you. "I'm so proud of you, Hailey. Whatever made you do that and brought the inner strength you have, I'm just glad it did, and you just saved our friend."

"So who did the fire?" I asked out of curiosity. I was planning to ask Percie, but we never got to that questions part.

"No one knows," Victoria replied.

"Really? It's not Remy?" I whispered.

Megan narrowed her eyes at me. "That's impossible. What made you think he'd burned down his friend's old warehouse?"

"I saw him leaving the warehouse. Who else" I stopped. I felt a bucket of cold water just thrown down on me. "Oh, my god." I covered my mouth with my hands

"Hailey, are you okay?" Megan nudged me.

"Yeah. Why?"

"You just froze, and you looked pale."

"Nothing." I released a deep breath.

"Where's Percie?"

"His class starts after an hour."

"So, how's the two of you?" Victoria asked. There was something in her question that made my face flood with heat.

"We're good." I tried to put an act to it. I didn't want them to know that I already slept with Percie.

"So no fight then?" victoria's perfect brow arched.

I gazed at her. "Why would we?"

"Well, considering how protective and possessive Percie is, and he's like carrying the world around his shoulder, and he just watched you getting the punch by one of his mortal enemies, he would punch everyone he came across with." "A little dramatic scene happened like don't do that again, Lee. I thought I'd lost you. What the frog were you thinking?" I mimicked his voice.

"I surely don't sound like that."

When I heard his voice or sensed him behind me, I instantly froze, and my heartbeat was erratic. This time, it still beat like a horse galloping inside my chest, but I had this feeling of excitement and contentment.

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I turned around, and damn, he looked hot in his blue shirt and jeans. His eyes twinkled. The broody that I knew seemed to have loosened a little bit. "Hey," that's all I could say. My mind went blank. I guessed Percie still made me speechless in a freaking good way, despite we should pass through that phase. "Hey, you. You were talking about me." He kissed me on my nose before he whispered, "You're a sight for sore eyes."

"Miss you too," I murmured. "Thought your class is not in an hour."

"I came early to see you."

"Thanks." My smile wouldn't obliterate from my face.

"I wish I have someone who would do that."

Megan laughed at Victoria. "Wait for your turn, and maybe you should have stopped ignoring when guys start to make a move."

"I have tastes with men, you know. Who's not just interested in getting into my pants."

"Don't set your standard as high as the Everest, Victoria."

"Well, she's the Queen," Percie reacted.

"Where's Lexie, by the way?" I asked.

Megan just blushed. "I don't know."

"We knew, Megan," Percie replied.

"You knew what?"

"Oh, my God!" Victoria rolled her eyes. "Jeez, this is not the 18th Century. Who cares if you like Lexie? What matters is what makes you happy." "Whatever."

"Girls, can I borrow Hailey before your class starts?"

"Thought you'd never asked. Bye!"

They left us. Percie held my hand, and I followed him wherever he wanted to take me.

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"I missed you, sweetheart."

I glanced at him. "I missed you, too."

"How are you feeling?"

I stopped and stared at him. "I'm good. Why'd you ask?"

"I just wanna make sure you're okay." He stared at me. His gaze penetrated through and through that made me squirm, my skin tingling everywhere.

"We're talking over video calls. We chatted and texted. We talked over the phone, too."

"I just found out about the tweets. I thought you already knew."

"I don't care." I looked down. "I'm not gonna check it out whatever it is, Percie. If that's why you're worried."

"You can't stop me from worrying about you, Lee." God, his voice, so filled with concern and sincerity.

"I'm okay. You know me well. If something's bothering me, you will be the first to know."

"Good."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure. Anything."

"Do you happen to know who burned down the warehouse?"

He looked at me for a while, narrowing his eyes at me. "Wait. You think I did that?"

"Well " I swallowed hard. Guilt choked me up.

"Considering that I burned my parents' house, my reputation precedes me. And you think I have something to do with burning the warehouse?" He averted his painful gaze and huffed. "I was only asking, Percie. You can say no if you didn't do it."

"Thank you for your honesty, Hailey." He shook his head before he left.

"Percie!" I called out urgently, but he didn't stop. He just walked out on me and never looked back.