Betrayal

Chapter 23- '...it's like you're challenging me'

Reagan POV

"Sam said that for every week that we keep adding, it's another £1,000."

Rolling my eyes at Taylor, I shifted my legs in the water. Taylor wanted to postpone the wedding for another week to continue getting Zayn situated, but I didn't see the need. Yeah, Zayn needed some time to adjust. But, it had been over 2 weeks already. And, it's not like he was an infant. Also, it was a fake wedding. Who cares when you have it anyway? Personally, I think that Taylor is postponing the wedding because of Emma and their incessant fighting. Considering the fact that I was still considered a guest in this house, I kept my mouth shut.

"Okay, that's fine", I said turning my back on her, "I'm sure Josh doesn't mind anyway."

I'm sure he didn't mind money-wise, but I think that he wanted to go ahead and get the wedding over with. They were definitely dragging it out. Or rather she was. Taylor nodded in my direction and walked out of the room.

I was in the room with the pool, just dipping my feet in. It had been a stressful couple of days for me. Niall still hadn't returned any of our calls, and it was going on 12 days that anyone had heard from him. I was beyond worried, and I no longer cared about the deal I made with the boys to not go over there. First thing tomorrow, that's exactly what I was doing.

Also, I hadn't told Josh about my new discovery concerning his dad. And, to be honest, I didn't plan to. He hated talking about his dad, and as of right now, so did I. That affair/relationship/tryst whatever you want to call it ended a long time ago. And, I'm sure bringing it up to Josh would only weird him out. So, I was going to keep the information to myself and just hope that Andrew didn't decide to make an impromptu visit in his son's life.

He may be beyond gorgeous, but I'm sure he would still be pissed that I was the reason that he got fired. Granted, I wasn't the one that let it slip that we were together, but I still felt like he thought it was my fault. Even though he was only 34 at the time, I had been 19, and I'm sure he thought I was just a dumb kid that couldn't keep a secret. I could, but the stupid girl that had come back to the classroom to grab her Psych book obviously couldn't. The cunt.

Since I was trying to get my mind off of everything, I had changed into my bathing suit and was relaxing in Josh's pool. Other than Taylor, no one had come and bothered me, and that's how I liked it.

Obviously, I spoke too soon.

"What are you doing in here?"

"Solving world peace obviously", I rolled my eyes.

I didn't even need to turn around to know that Josh wasn't amused, but since I was annoyed at the fact that I had lost my peace and quiet, I had also lost my ability to care.

"Very funny. Why are you in here?"

"Trying to get away from everything. That includes you."

"Well, this is my house, and you have yet to pay any rent. So, there's a fat chance of that happening."

Ignoring him, I didn't even bother turning around. But, I did hear a shirt being pulled off and shoes kicked to the side. Now, he was going to go for a swim also? Ugh. I can't catch a break.

"Wanna tell me why you're running my 'me time'?" I asked as I stood up.

"I was just-."

Suddenly, his words were cut off, and when I turned around, I found out why. Shamelessly, he had his eyes on me, and they weren't budging. From head to toe, he scrutinized every single inch of my body, and I was suddenly well aware of the fact that I was scantily clad in a revealing bathing suit. Subtle.