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Amelia
My eyes blinked a couple of times and it felt more like I was in a dream because things were happening too fast and I hated it. But, Chase was supposed to separate Zachary and Andre who were clawing at each other but he ignored them as he kept telling me about how much he would protect me.
He led me to his car and I was at a loss for words to say. Most especially, I was shy with the fact that not only were people’s eyes on me but their cameras as well and it was going to cause a lot of trouble for me.
In fact, I was going to be the one that would be heaped with the blame!
As if he knew the thoughts running through my mind, Chase stopped on his track as he turned to look at me and my heart skipped a beat instantly.
“I know that right now, you are scared. I know that you don't trust me and you might hate me now. That is clearly understandable considering what we have had in the past but now I am going to make things up to you by fulfilling my promise of protecting you” Chase said with this glint of reassurance in his eyes.
I swallowed the heavy lump that formed in my throat on hearing the words that he had uttered. I didn't know how to feel because unlike Zachary and Andre, he was the only one who apologized for the wrong that he had committed against him.
Although I couldn't clearly say that I have forgiven him, hearing him apologize for what he did in the past made my heart warm towards him slowly.
Chase jolted me out of my thoughts. “Everything and anything that might be of implication to you would be surely taken care of. Just trust me and let us go to school, I am sure that you don't want to be late to school” Chase shot me a smile.
I didn't know what to say. His smile was genuine, his words were genuine and he was the only one who had apologized for his past deeds.
I didn't say anything as he opened the car door and motioned for me to go inside the car. I nodded curtly, sitting in the car while I fiddled with my fingers. My heart pounded in my chest as I lowered my head.
Why did everything feel so different around Chase? Why did it feel like he was someone that I could talk to and confide in? Maybe Chase has always been like that, he had always been less evil than Andre and Zachary. It was more like their company was what corrupted his good side but still, I couldn't forgive him easily.
All the years of bullying, sadness, and castigation were something that I would never be able to erase from my memory no matter how much I tried to. It was a memory that was stuck in my head and it would linger on for the rest of my life.
Maybe I was putting much faith in Chase because if we were rational about things, the only reason Chase was being nice to me was that he found that I was his mate. If not, he would have treated me like the trash that he had always treated me.
I raised my head as my lashes swept up. I swallowed the heavy lump that formed in my throat while mustering the courage to say the words that were in my heart.
I stuttered. “A-Alpha Chase, are you doing all of this because you found that we are mates?” I mustered the courage to say even though I instantly regretted that I shouldn’t have said anything and I should have just kept quiet till the entire drive was over.
A deafening silence enveloped us and it made me wish that I could swallow back my word. What if he strangles me for talking to him in that manner?
But, I was taken aback when I felt his fingers brush through my face as he tugged the strands of hair that fell on my face behind my ear.
My eyes met with his and my heart almost jumped out of my chest in shock as he beamed with a smile.
“Well, I wouldn't say that it is because we were both mated to each other but for all I know, I am a changed person now. For all the years that I have been away from home, I have reflected on my past”
“I am not proud of what I have done to you and everyone that I have hurt with my actions in the past. I just want to be a better person now” He smiled, taking my hands in his as he squeezed me on the hands softly.
He added further. “I know that you are in a dilemma right now, wondering who you should choose as a mate, and maybe because of the way you have been mistreated, you must be contemplating rejecting the three of us but whatsoever your decisions are, I am in full support of it”
My mouth slackened as my eyes twitched. Was he for real right now? Was he the same Chase that I have always known?
“What you are saying is that I can choose anyone as my mate?” I asked because Andre and Zachary got into a fight because of me and here he was telling me that I could do whatever I wanted.
The car came to a halt and I looked out the window. It was Gleo high school, the beautiful gigantic buildings and the tall trees around the school were still the same. Nothing changed except for the fact that it was repainted.
All the memories about the way I was humiliated in this same school flashed through my head.
“What if they start to pick on me again? Of course, they would pick on me since they must all be hating me right now for being the cause of Andre and Zachary’s fight when they didn't even know the full story” I thought to myself, heaving an exasperated sigh.
I came out of the car and my legs wobbled because of the wave of anxiety that rushed through me but Chase was quick to hold me as he slowly whispered in my ear.
“Now that I am here, no one would dare lay a finger on you.”
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