Never an Ever After

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

ELLORA

When the class bell rings, I hurried out of the classroom. And when I looked back, he was already looking at me and wearing his infamous smirks and I rolled my eyes at him and left. I never saw him after that. And I thanked god. I don’t know why I became so scared of Ronan. Just when I see him, all I remember is that night he came back to Nashville with blood all over him, and the way he looks at me that faithful night is still engraved in my mind. His lack of emotions and void of feelings. That's how I felt that night.

Not until lunch break came.

Demi and I were minding our own business, chatting and eating. For years, Demi is still the one friend I have. Demi becomes more sociable than me, and it’s fine. I just want my circle small and private.

"I heard you and Ronan were fighting earlier in the hallway?" She smirks. She has always told me for a long time that she feels, Ronan likes me, but I know it’s just nothing and that will never happen. Ronan hates me for an unknown reason, and I hate him too. I hate his guts.

I shakes my head “I don’t know, I am just minding my own business when he came running after me and insulted me.” I shrug.

Demi scrunch her face “Insulted you in what way?”

“He told me that what I’m wearing is for me to gain some attentions.” I click my tongue. “So grumpy.”

Demi’s smiles grew and her brow quirks.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked her.

"Don't you notice?" She said still wearing her grin.

“Notice what?”

"He's being grumpy because he's being protective of you. Maybe he sees that other men are looking at you. That is why." She said so excitedly while sipping her ice coffee.

I raised my brow, I can’t even believe that she’s still in those dreamy facts she saying for years now.

I shakes my head “I cannot believe you.”

“What? Don’t tell me you still hadn’t notice that for all these years.”

“It is impossible, Dem. He hates me, I hate him. The end.”

"Then maybe you want to turn around and look at him right now." She raised her eyebrow so confidently and I slowly look behind me, that is when I see him already looking at me when he's in the table with his friends. We held our gazes for long. Long enough that it is so painful looking at him, so I looked away. Demi looks at me as if saying 'I told you so' but I still didn't believe her that maybe Ronan likes me, because of all the emotions that he drains that night all that is left in him is anger. Nothing more and nothing less.

I see that with my own little eyes.

I clutch my chest to steady my breathing. Demi chuckles.

“Nervous?”

“Maybe I did something to him that I don’t know about.” I told her.

“What could it be?”

I shakes my head “I still don’t know, just like how clueless I am eight years ago.”

Demi smiled sadly “Yeah, you two used to be friends.”

“He can be so cold when he wants too.” I add.

“And he can be warm when he needs to.” Demi said.

I looked at her.

“Believe me, Elli. I see how warm he is when it comes to you.”

I looked once again behind me, and he’s still looking at me. his eyes were full of something else, something I can’t quite comprehend.

Today, I know. This year will be painfully long and slow.

Because I know, Ronan Hawthorne cast his eyes on me.

I still need to figure out if it’s a good way or a very very bad way.

I am on the parking lot ready to go home when a loud beep makes me jump, that made my phone slip on my hold that it shattered on the concrete floor. I turn around to see a very familiar car is in front of me.

I looked at him who got out of the driver seat of his black sports car and made his way towards me that I couldn't get away because I was angry. What is he doing? Why now, when we will only be in Nashville for a few years, just when I thought my life would be quiet.

When he’s now standing in mere inches away from me, he looked at my phone on the floor and picked it up. He smirks and looked at me, I didn’t even flinched this time because I am so angry and looking at him makes me want to punched him straight in the face.

“I can buy you a new phone, don’t worry.” He remarks.

“I don’t f*****g need your money.” I growl.

He looks at me straight in the eyes before it becomes full brown staring at me. I can almost see my reflection in his eyes.

He holds my face tightly and close the distance even more. "Hold tight, Snow white. We're just getting started."

“Why did I do to you?” I snapped, because obviously he’s threatening me.

“What you did to me is beyond all this. Eight years ago.” He said in cryptic.

He turns around to hop in his car.

“What does that mean?”

He didn’t answer me and sped off.