My Naughty Lover ✔️

Chapter 102

"Scarlette! Wait!" Zac says while chasing after me, outside the room. I ignore him as I head to the balcony and I try to process everything that just happened. Pain strikes directly inside my heart as I try to flee from  this nightmare. Please, let this be one of my many bad dreams. Please...

"Scarlette..." Zac says, while approaching me.

"So, you never loved me?" I try to smile but it's a cracked smile. Those false sour smile where you just force yourself to look calm and fine. Yes, these ones. He looks at me painfully.

"Baby..I love you. Please, believe me.." he says with a sad expression on his face that I immediately believe him. What is wrong with me? How can I feel sorry for him when he is the one who played me wrong?

"No.. You don't.." I cry. "I loved you, Zac. I really liked you. I thought I would have a future with you. Heck! I-I thought you loved me." I say. "Even though, I know you lied to me several times, I didn't care because I loved you. I would die for you!!" I say unable to retain these damn tears anymore. I'm broken. Completely. I never learned to cry with style, silently, the pearl-shaped tears rolling down my cheeks from wide luminous eyes. I wished I had; then I could have done it in front of people, instead of in bathrooms, in darkened movie theatres, shrubberies and empty bedrooms, among the party coats on the bed.

"I'm sorry, Scarlette." Zac says.

"Enjoy your birthday party. Good-bye." I say, leaving him there, outside in the cold as he keeps calling my name several time. Even though my heart aches to see him like this, I cannot muster the courage to turn back. He doesn't love me. He never did. I wipe off the tears as I head inside where I find Max smilling at me.

"Hello Scarl." he smiles but once he sees my face he looks at me worriedly. "Hey? What's wrong?" he asks as he approaches me.

"Hey..  Can you do me a favour?" I ask.

"Sure. Tell me." he says.

"Could you drop me at home, please?" I ask.

"What? But Zac is going to cut the cake soon. Won't you stay?" he asks, with a frown.

"No. I just want to go home." I say and he nods, no more asking me any question, as if he understood. We head outside and I enter his grey car and he starts the engine and we head off. A Jazz music starts playing.

"Oh god, sorry." he says turning off the music.

"It's okay. It's nice." I say.

"What's wrong? Did you guys fight?" he asks nervously.

After a while, I finally answer him,

"Did you also know that he was just playing around with me?" I say and he looks very nervous all of a sudden. So, he knew too..

"Scarlette.. Yes." He says with an apologic face.

"So.. Everybody knew except me?" I ask, unable to control this situation anymore.

"..I'm sorry, I know you don't deserve this." He says with an almost genuine sorry. I can't believe anyone now.

"This is so....Just Wow." I say as tears start rolling down my cheeks again. How could he!!?? What the hell is wrong with him? He brought me into this world of his, just to ruin it! How can someone be so heartless! How! I can't bear this anymore. Please, someone kill me. I can't now.

"Scarlette.." he says as he puts his hand on my thigh. "Please, don't cry for someone like him." he says. It's kind of surprising that he is not taking Zac's side. Maybe he is pitying a girl like me.

"Can you tell me what happened on that day? Please?" I say with my hoarse voice.

Flashback ( The day of the resumption party )