The rich kid with a perfect life is challenged to make the bad boy with a bad temper fall in love with him - and things get messy when he finds himself enjoying the little imperfections this brings in his life.
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-Jax-
I was frozen to my spot with a horrible feeling growing inside me the longer Nic just stood there without even looking at me. I already knew it was bad. I knew I was about to get hurt. He'd stopped me from telling him I loved him, and now... The pained look on his face was mixed with a hell of a lot of guilt.
"What did you do?" I asked.
"You are the most important person to me in this world," he spoke quietly, then looked up at me. "Please believe me. I don't want to lose you. I can't lose you. I just can't."
"What did you do?" I asked again, my voice harsher than it was supposed to be.
"I was stupid. I was reckless. I was an asshole. I was a complete fucking asshole, and I didn't even stop to consider how you'd feel..."
"Nic," I spat out his name, almost unable to look at him.
"There was... a bet," he said, gritting his teeth together before he was able to continue. "My friends... challenged me... to make you fall in love with me in sixty days."
I froze to stare at him. I couldn't understand... A bet?
"What...?"
"Please," he said, grabbing me by my arms. "I fell for you almost immediately. And I paid already! Days ago! I didn't want to win anymore. All I want is you now. Please. You have to believe me. I didn't want to hurt you and I wish I could take it all back, and–"
I pushed him back. "You... You were challenged to make me fall for you?"
He swallowed hard. "Y-yeah... But I paid already. It's been over for days now. I chose to lose because I fell for you. I wish I never accepted that stupid bet, but I can't turn back time."
"How could you?" I whispered, stepping away from him. "What kind of person could do that to someone?"
"I know I was an asshole. I know that. I hate myself for it. I can't stand myself. But you have to believe me. I fell for you. I fell for you hard and fast, and now I can't even think about living without you," he spoke, everything about him begging me to believe him.
But did I...?
"I need to go," I said.
"Please, Jax..." he spoke when I walked past him. "Don't leave me! I love you!"
"I need some time alone," I told him without looking at him.
I refused to stay and listen. I felt like I couldn't even breathe at that moment. I didn't know what to think. What to believe... It explained so much... I'd kept asking myself why he wanted to be with me...
It was... Because of a bet.
"Jax!" Nic shouted after me, but I couldn't stay a second longer in his presence.
