Do it right!

Do it right! 21

Chapter 21

Ray wanted a minute private with me and my heart nearly exploded. I am caught red handed as the heir of Roger industries, in a dance, with a dress which showed my guts even though I was a nerd.

Time to save myself.

Good luck, Jean.

He took me away, till the garden outside which was eerily deserted at this point of time. The fresh breeze was chilly and goosebumps rose on my skin.

There was a silence between us, a tension, and we could only hear the muffled music from inside the hall.

"So," Ray decided to break the silence.

Time to put on the timid act!

"Y-yeah?" I looked down at the ground, fiddling with my fingers.

"You are rich," he raised a brow and paused before saying, "filthy rich."

I nodded.

"You are supposed to be a nerd, right? Then..." he frowned.

Uh oh!

I looked at him expectantly.

"Then how come you have this outstanding persona?"

"Huh?"

"I saw you back from your car," he smirked, "from the moment you got out of your porsche. Your stance, your attitude, your walk, the talk, its all... different!"

I stayed still.

"You are the nerd of the school. You are always clumsy, timid, reserved and silent! You never even dress right for what I have seen! But look at you now! That dress and-" he stared at my chest and legs for longer than appropriate, "I never ever thought that you could ever take a little step in heels! Just- just, what are you?"

I knew it! He was gonna point all these things! But I never thought he thought that bad of me ever! I mean, yeah, I put on heck of a show of being a nerd but being thought so lowly by a crush? It stung!

Now that he is showing his true nature to me, I feel like I was losing my crush on him. Yeah, I know that he is the player of the school from a very long time but, getting him in a closer look like this is a little unsettling. I know that he is very confused about my personality but he could have put it a little more polietly!

I have a huge ego. I know that for sure.

"What am I, you ask?" All the last bit of the timid act washed away from me. Oh no, I was not gonna let a douchebag from my school question me like that; not in my dance! "I am Jean Scarlett Roger, the heir of the Roger empire. Anything else you wanna know, Cunningham?"

He looked mortified for a second as his face paled.

"You called me Cunningham?" he asked for reassurance.

"You want me to repeat myself?" I raised an eyebrow, showing no signs of humour anywhere.

"Wow, Jean, I never expected you to turn out this way," he said amused.

"And I never expected anything of you," I smiled merrily.

"You are seriouly freaking me out, Jean! Are you the nerd that I've always known?"

"You've never known me, Ray. You didn't even know that I existed till Ian showed up. So stop acting like all these things matter to you," I sighed.

This was turning into something unexpected. My badass attitute was kicking up and I won't even hesitate to kick his ass right now. And I don't want the Cunninghams to think that I am some sort of a cavewoman!