111. BULLIES
CELINE’S POV
When I entered the gate of the school, I could hear murmuring everywhere, and I could see that some of the students
were looking in my direction. I expected this… so, I didn’t pay attention to them and continued walking to my
destination.
“Take a look… that’s the mischievous sister from the Lauren family right there!”
“No! She’s officially Mrs. Anderson now…”
‘She probably got that title with her seductive looks. Who knows?”
“Sssshh… keep your voice down. Don’t let her hear you…”
As I walked down into the hallway, I could hear more and more people talking about me behind my back.
Every single group of young women would sca tter as soon asid eyes on me, as if I were harboring some sort of
infectious disease. I acted as though I couldn’t see or hear anything going o around me and then went directly to the
office without further ado.
The most important thing for me to work on right now was boosting my academic performance. As a result of the fact
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that I will soon be graduating, I still had a lot of things to get ready.
I didn’t waste any time and headed straight to the school office to pick up my schedule and books.
I went to hunt for my ss, and as soon as I stepped inside, the students who had been chatting andughing quickly
became silent.
I sat down at the empty desk at the back, and pulled out my textbook
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from my bag to read.
“Hey! How could you be so shameless and steal your sister’s fiancé? And how dare you still show your face in public,
and manage to attend sses?” a girl with blonde hair asked as she mmed her palm on my desk with a banging
sound.
raised my chin to look at her more closely.
She continued by extending her middle finger in a condescending manner while making the
statement… “If I had you as my sister, I would have strangled you to death…
“You got that right! How dare youe to our ss? What did you do to Brylee?” A girl with
short dark hair and dark eyes came over.
I made the decision to pay them no attention and instead focused my attention on the book I
was reading.
“Hey! She’s asking you a question!” The blonde girl pri cked me on the temple with her finger.
“Where’s Brylee?”
I was aware that the other students in my ss were looking at if we were putting on a show for
them.
“Are you her minions?” I asked and they looked at each other, and that confirmed the answer to
my inquiry. “So, you two are her followers…? Then, you ought to be aware of the reason why
she has not been attending the ss, right?”
“What?” The young woman with the short hair eximed in a furious tone. “Who are you
calling a follower? Who do you think you are? Yeah
whoever you may be? If it weren’t for Brylee… I don’t know how. you’d make it through life in
New York! If I had the power to say so… the death of your mother was undoubtedly brought on
by your intolerable arrogance!”
The blonde responded with a “Yeah, right…” while smiling annoyingly
at me and tucking her hair behind her ear.
All of the other students remained silently seated in their respective seats as they observed the
scene. They gave the impression of being from a rich family, which was usible given the
serious nature of this institution. The students at this institution came from wealthy
backgrounds.
However, those two youngdies standing in front of me were
different. They wouldn’t let up until they saw me bawling my eyes out and pleading with them to
stop what they were doing.
I mmed shut the book I was reading as I stered a smile on my lips and stood up from my
seat.
“What did you say?” I asked. “I wasn’t able to hear you very well…”
The young woman with the short hair slouched forward, pressing both palms firmly against the
desk. “As I was saying, your mother passed away because…”
I didn’t let her finish her sentence. Instantaneously, my hand sho and smacked her across the
face with a firm blow..
“Ouch!” I muttered under my breath dramatically, as I gazed at t palm of my hand. “Your face is
so thick that my palm got bruised
“You….!”
“Ssshhh!” I snorted as I ced my index finger on her lips. “Keep your voice down. Should my
husband overhear you, I’m afraid that… he might do something you don’t like…”
She was taken aback, and a look of terror spread across her face.
As I looked around the ssroom, I could tell that everyone had been taken aback by what they
had seen regarding my behavior.
“I am well aware that none of you like me, but it is irrelevant to me,
and it doesn’t affect me in the least, because I do not require
anyone’s approval in any capacity. But I would want to take this opportunity to tell you that I am
now married to Sebastian Anderson, and that you have no doubt heard about the background
of my husband…”
I watched their reactions, and I noticed that some of them bowed their heads. This action
indicated that they were paying attention to what I was saying. But others, including the two
girls who had bullied me earlier, kept their heads held high and refused to lower their chins.
“I don’t care how you’re going to talk about me behind my back; I’m only worried that those
words will find their way into my husband’s ear and if it ends up involving anyone around here,
that wouldn’t be very nice, would it?”
After that, they began making eye contact with one another and exchanging looks. They are
now conscious of the fact that my statements posed an indirect danger to them.
“I don’t care-‘
“That’s enough!” The girl with the short hair was quickly halted by blonde girl. She signaled to
her by shaking her head that she sho refrain from making any furtherments.
“We’ll see how long you’llst…” she said instead, just before she shook her hand from the
blonde girl’s grasp and returned to her seat.
After I made my speech, no one of them had the courage to bring up the topic again in front of
me, despite the fact that everyone’s eyes were indicating displeasure.
The moment the bell rang, it was as if the students had all been let out of their cages at once, as
they dashed out of the building.
I caught up on the sses I missed recently, and I also got the instructor to bring me some old
tests to study from. And by the time I
hadpleted all of my work, there was not a single student remaining in the ssroom.
I was making my way down the hallway when I heard my phone ring inside the pocket of my
jeans. It was a message from my husband that read… “Wait for me in front of the school gate,
I’ll be right there to pick you up…”
I heaved a sigh as I stuffed my phone back into my pocket and started walking directly toward
the exit of the school. However, I was taken aback when I saw a ck SUV parked in front of it,
and it h o nked as soon as I stepped out of the building.
I didn’t waste any time and opened the door to the back passenger seat, and then I hopped
inside. “Let’s go…” I said in a rxed tone as I sat down, and ced the backpack on myp.
I didn’t even bother to look at the person who was driving. Because I didn’t feelfortable
getting too close to him, I decided to sit here
instead.
I waited with my eyes closed and my back arched back into the of my seat waiting for the car to
start moving, but it didn’t.
“Celine…” I was startled when I heard a voice that was strangely
familiar to me.
I immediately sat up straight and opened my eyes, only to be taken aback by the person I was
seeing with my own eyes.