Betrothed To My Bully

Chapter 16

LIAM.

It's Monday and I have to go to school before I can go to the hospital. I have to report that Niall is in hospital so that he doesn't get in trouble for not handing in his homework and I have to excuse myself for a as long as I'm going to be with him.

I walk out of the house and enter my car before carefully driving to school. Don't judge me, I'm stalling. I turn the radio on when I begin to get lost in my thoughts and then I laugh when I remember Twenty One Pilots' Car Radio. Silence is violence.

I parked in my parking space when I got to school and everyone immediately crowded around me and my 'girlfriends' began flirting with me. I still can't believe I did this to Niall and forced him to watch. I don't deserve him but I'm going to be selfish until he forgives me. I am not giving up on him and our child. I should have took a page out of my sisters' books. I should have talked to mom instead.

"Hey, Li. Wanna go to our spot?" One of them, Ashley, said seductively.

"No girls. Listen, what I was doing with you was wrong and it wasn't for the right reasons. I know I sound cruel but please forget we ever happened. I'm begging you." I pleaded with them.

"What? Finally realised what you had? Isn't it a little too late?" I heard a voice that belongs to my once best friend.

"It's never too late, Lou." I answered but he cringed.

"Only my friends can call me that. Take abit of advice from me; Greg is going to murder you if he sees you anywhere near his brother and your mother and sisters are there also. If you still want to live, don't bother show your disgusting face." Louis spat out.

"Don't you think that's a little harsh, Lou?" Harry asked from behind him.

"Oh so him doing all that to Niall is fine and we have to look up to him and worship him and when I tell the truth I'm being harsh? So we should respect him for driving Niall to suicide and look down on me for telling the truth and standing up for my friend? I hate you so much for what you did to him and i hope you burn in hell. And only my friends can call me Lou." He said before storming to his car and and speeding out of the school, probably heading to the hospital.

I looked at the girls around me and found that they had taken a few steps back, probably when they found out Niall tried to kill himself because of me. "Yeah, this never happened." Lisa said before turning around and the other girls followed her.

I looked at Harry and he just shook his head. "I did warn you not to even begin that." He said before turning around and going inside the school building.

I sigged and made my way into the school. I really wished I had approached this whole situation in a different way, a way that would've hurt no one.

"No but we shouldn't have agreed to it no matter how much money Liam has."

"I can't believe he tried to kill himself and we all played a part in it."

"We should have stopped when he left school. I can't begin to imagine how humiliated he must have felt."

"I'm never going to forgive myself for this. He is actually a really nice guy."

"What is everyone talking about?"

"Niall attempted to kill himself."

"With a husband like Liam, no wonder the gold digger tried to kill himself. He probably forced Liam to marry him."

These were some of the conversations I overheard. Some people actually thought he married me for my money! Well he technically did but he is not getting even a cent of it, his parents who don't even care about him does. He was forced into this and he had no way out.

I walked to the office and asked the dean to talk to the headmaster. She told me I can go in and I made my way to the office. I knocked and entered when I got permission to do so.

"Morning, Mr Jones. May I speak to you?" I asked.

"Go ahead Mr Payne." He gestured for me to set down and I did.

"Sir I know that Niall had an agreement with the school and I am here to report that he won't be able to hand in his assignments and homework because he is currently in hospital." I reported with my eyes on the carpet.

"We have already gotten the message, Mr Payne. Mr Tomlinson just left my office." Mr Jones said.

"Yes I saw him. I'm sure you wouldn't have a problem with me missing school for a couple of days until I am sure that my husband is okay." I said to him.

"Yes that wouldn't have been a problem, Mr Payne, if Mr Tomlinson didn't come here and tell me not to allow you to leave school grounds without consequences because you are not allowed anywhere near Niall." Why is he referring to everyone else with their surnames but not Niall?

"But Sir-"

"Niall is still unconscious and his brother as his next of kin ordered for you not to be near his brother. Mr Payne if I were you, I would stay far away from Niall. What you were doing to him is called domestic abuse and the police wouldn't even hear your side of the story the moment they see Niall's bruises. So go to class Mr Payne." He scolded me.

"No it's okay. I will be heading home. I don't think I'll be able to concentrate in class." I stood up and said my farewell before leaving his office.

The halls were empty since the bell had rung a while ago. I guess I have no one to blame for all of this but myself. Yes my father threatened me but I could have talked to Niall and worked this whole thing about with him.

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Short but school starts tomorrow and just enjoy the double update.