Pregnant For My Bully
Chapter 54

He's not worth it. Jason Davenport is not worth it. He's not worth it. I refuse to react. I refuse to give him another reason to pick on me. I repeated this in my head as I walked through the gates and out of his mansion.

Two hours.

Two hours working on OUR project. All on my own. And he didn't even offer me a single drop of water.

I knew he was an a*****e. But this... it was inhumane.

I didn't expect him to be nice to me or anything. But this was something else.

And I was famished, I felt like I would drop anytime soon.

Just 4 days and it'll all be over, I reminded myself. I just need to finish on time.

I checked my phone. 4pm. Nana would be worried.

With that thought spurring me on, I walked faster.

As I got to a street sign-from there a 15 minute walk to my house-I heard someone call out my name.

Huh? That's weird. I don't really know anyone around here.

I'm probably just hearing things, I concluded, slapping a hand to my forehead.

I doubled my pace. Desperate to get home, I ignored the sharp pain in my knee every time I took a step. "Mel!"

This time it was loud and clear.

I paused in my tracks, turning to catch a glimpse of whoever it was.

My eyes landed on the tall approaching figure of Adrian.

His smile faltered as he approached me.

"Mel. What's the matter? And why are you walking alone?"

Oh no.

Jason had warned me before to stay away from his best friend.

But somehow, Adrian was the one who kept finding me.

"Mel, I asked a question," He repeated. "Why are you walking alone? What about Jason?"

I swallowed. I had to come up with a reasonable explanation.

"Well, uh, we finished early. But I-I felt like walking home. To clear my head, you know?"

His face relaxed and it looked like he believed me.

Slowly I let out a breath of relief.

"Oh, uh, ok. I'm walking home too. You know, because Jason has my car?"

He smiled.

How could one person be so adorable?

"So, uhh, do you need company?" He asked, touching the back of his head.

Was he asking to walk with me?

Without hesitation, I nodded vigorously. I hated walking alone, anyways. Plus it was getting late. I really could use some company.

"Sure," I said, giving out my first real smile in days.

As we walked side by side, chatting about everything from school to food to hobbies to football.

Yep. Football.

Remember that time I lied and told him my favorite team was Barca?

Yeah I may or may not have cleared him on that.

As he spoke-cracking his knuckles every few minutes-I watched him, marvelling again at how someone as good as him could be best friends with an a*****e like Jason Davenport. It was beyond me.

The more I thought about it, the more confused I got.

Shaking my head, I concentrated on my conversation with Adrian instead.

After walking for a while, Nana's house came into view.

"We're here," I announced, halting the conversation.

"Oh, um, right." He gave a small laugh, touching the back of his head.

That, I noticed, was another habit of his.

"Okay then," I stated, still standing awkwardly.

I'd had such a good time walking with him. Not like I would tell him that...

"Um, yeah." He turned away.

"Wait!" I called out.

His beautiful blue eyes looked at me, waiting.

"Would you, um, like to come inside?" I asked.

Did I just invite Adrian Goldfield into my home?

I swallowed, waiting for his response.

He smiled. "I'd love to. But it's getting pretty late. I should head home."

Goodness. I wasn't even considering that. Why am I so dumb?

"Right. Of course. I'm so sorry. You should go."

"It's fine," He smiled. "I'll see you later?"

I knew I wasn't supposed to but I said, "Yes, sure."

"Okay. Cool."

Still standing at my door, I watched his nice b**t as he retreated into the distance.