Twice in a Lifetime (Zayn Malik)

Chapter 87. Nap.

Chapter 87

Mia's POV

After Zayn paid for breakfast, we were back on the road to London. It was quiet at first but it was the comfortable kind again.

And it felt .. Off.

I heard Zayn gently scoff at something, my head turning to him.

"What's wrong?" I asked, suddenly feeling cautious.

"Wrong? You just forgave me, that's what's wrong."

"I thought you wanted me to forgive you..why is that wrong?"

Why was he picking a damn fight for no reason?

"Because .. " he began but didn't finish.

"It was my decision," I softly told him, holding back my desire to grab his hand. "I finally see that you want to be with me .. Even though you said that you hated me .. I don't believe it. You said it because you were hurt and you acted out of emotion .. Why would you stick around someone you hate?"

"How do you know Jacob?" His question almost cut me off.

Jacob?

I knew it.

I should have known sweet Zayn was only an act. I should have known that something was up. He was being too nice not to hide something.

"Jacob? You think I have something going on with him?"

"You were flirting with him right in front of me," he spat and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Actually .. I could. I predicted this would happen.

"I was not flirting with anyone."

"Maybe not right in front of me but he doesn't seem like a stranger to you."

"You want to know how I know him," I waited for a response but he only kept his gaze on the road. "I was on the way to buy a toothbrush and I stopped at a restaurant to grab a bite, a busload of students came in and I offered him some help because I used to be a waitress. That's it, alright. End of story."

His jaw clenched and relaxed at least three times before he opened his mouth to say something...

"I'm sorry..." He muttered and I melted. His apologies always moved me for some reason, especially in that soft tone of his. His jealousy rages were really pushing me to the end of the cliff. "For assuming you and Jacob were together .. It's just the rumors online --"

"Rumors? What rumors?"

"There were pictures of you and .. Jacob, next to each other and my fans tweeted it to me .. I couldn't help but look at them."

His fans? The students.

"What'd they say?" I asked even though I already had an idea of what they were.

"Things .. None that I want to tell you right now.."

"Give me your phone," I motioned my hand for it.

"Why?" He asked, his back straightening.

"You know what? I could just look at mine," I pulled my cell from my purse only to be snatched away from a large hand. "Give it back!"

"You don't want to look.." He warned me.

"I'll be fine Zayn. You don't need to protect me from tweets." His lips formed a thin line, not wanting to give in. "I'm going to see them sooner or later."

He huffed out a breath and handed me my phone back. As soon as I unlocked it, I searched 'Zayn Malik Twitter' in Google and when I clicked on the link that led to his page, I rethought my decision to investigate.