Chapter 291
Chapter 292
~SCARLETT~
“It was all just a dream,” I whisper to myself. I hadn’t been able to sleep the entire night ever since
Carter left my room. I refused to believe anything happened.
It was time to get dressed to leave for the Academy, but I was still trying to convince myself thatst
night was only a dream and nothing to worry about.
The tingling sensation in my chest, neck, and lips said differently, however. I could still feel his lips on
my body. They were warmer and softer than I expected.
“It was only a dream; why are you thinking about how soft his lips were?” I asked myself; I was
annoyed. Very annoyed.
I angrily climb out of my bed and walk into the bathroom. I pull the drawer open and remove some
products. I’m busy organizing everything for my bath when something in the mirror catches my
attention. I pause midway and slowly walk toward the vertical mirror before me.
I blink once, then twice, before a scream escapes my mouth. I couldn’t believe it. This wasn’t
happening to me!
It wasn’t possible; my eyes had to be betraying me! That was the only exnation for this madness in
front of me.
I hear a knock on my bathroom door, “Scarlett?” I hear ra’s panicked call. “Is everything okay?”
“It is!” I shout back. “I was just practicing to sing. You know I have a horrible voice!”
I could hear herughter behind the door. “We’rete! Hurry up!”
When she’s gone, I move even closer to the mirror. There were love bites on my chest. Love bites! I’ve
never had one of these in my life! And now I had more than one on my chest, and every single one
belonged to Carter. He did this to me!
Carter Prince gave me freaking love bites! This isn’t happening! It must still be a crazy dream. I pinch
myself and wince at the pain.
How could I have let something like this happen to me? I’ve always cringed at the things he’d done to
other women openly in front of everyone. Was I just like the others now?
I couldn’t let ra see this; she would freak out!
What am I supposed to do? She had already chosen an outfit for me today, which just happened to be
a top that showed off my chest area.
I couldn’t wear that. I had to hide these marks until they disappeared on their own.
After showering, I angrily grabbed a turtle neck sweater and threw it over my head. Then I grabbed a
short skirt so she didn’tin about my outfit.
The second I step into the car, she’s already ring at me.
“That is not the outfit I chose for you, Scarlett.” Sheins.
“I know.” I point out. “But I think this also looks good.”
“It’s not his favorite color.” She says.
“I know.” I snap. “But believe me; he will like this.”
She sighs, “It’s fine. I know I’m pushing you too much. I’ll let you wear what you want, at least for
today.”
I fake a smile, “I’m so lucky to have such an understanding sister.”
She rolls her eyes and shoves me yfully.
I wouldn’t know how to react if I saw Carter today. I had to be prepared for it. Nothing aboutst night
made any sense to me. It felt unreal. He didn’t speak a single word to mest night, and yet he did all
those things. I shivered at the reminder.
“What do we have nned for today?” Jenna asks the second we exited the car. She was already early
and waiting to start another day of torturing me. She was enjoying my torture a little too much for my
comfort.
“I want to find out if we’re making any progress,” ra answers her while deep in thought.
“How do you expect to do that?” I ask her. “There’s no way to tell exactly what Carter is thinking. Why
don’t we avoid him for the rest of the day?”
I didn’t want to give him any ideas that I’d enjoyed what he’d donest night.
I’m suddenly reminded of his words from yesterday.
Keep your windows closed.
I stop walking. He knew he would do that to mest night, right? Why else would he have asked me to
lock my windows? But that wouldn’t make any sense. If he wanted to sneak into my room, he would
have asked me to open my windows.
Unless he knew I would do the opposite of what he wanted me to do.
I’m so confused.
“What’s wrong with you?” Jenna asks me. “You haven’t heard a word ra just said to you.”
I frown, “I think I have a lot on my mind this morning.”
“He’sing,” ra whispers next to me.
This is from N?velDrama.Org.
I freeze. I couldn’t stop myself as I looked for him in the hallway. She was right, he was approaching us.
I expected him to walk over to ra, but he shocks all of us when he stops right in front of me.
“Did you do what I asked you to dost night?” He asks me.
My breath gets stuck in my throat.
Does he not remember what he did? How could he not know I’d done the opposite? Something about
the fear in his eyes made me numb inside.
My lips parted, and all I could do was nod once. He seems to rx a bit and, without saying anything
else, walks away.
“What did he mean by that?” ra asks me. “What did he ask you to do?”
I roll my eyes, “something dumb.”
“What is it?” She asks again. “And why didn’t you tell me anything?”
“I thought he was making a stupid joke,” I confess. “He told me to lock my windows. I don’t know what
the hell that was supposed to mean.”
“And you did as he asked?” She frowns.
I shook my head. “I lied to him. There’s no way he could know if I’d left it open.”
“Is that all, or did something else happen?” she asks me with concern.
I shook my head. “No.”
I’d just lied to my sister again. Ever since she asked me to help her get revenge on Carter, I’ve been
lying to her. I felt horrible, but I didn’t want to hurt her.
I didn’t understand how Carter didn’t even remember what he’d done.
Was it possible that he had a twin brother none of us knew about?
I immediately dismissed that thought.
I knew it was him. It was most definitely Carter yesterday. I knew him. I knew his eyes, his dark gaze,
his lips. . . His scent. It was definitely him.
Then why doesn’t he remember what happenedst night?