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Chapter 62

Scarlet Wolff

"Hey! Are you alright?" He tucked his hands inside his pockets, his eyes boring into mine as I halted right in front of him.

"Hmm. I'm fine." I nodded.

"Where have you been? I came to your school but didn't find you. You didn't take my calls or return my texts, and your location was off..." He paused, his eyes shifted to my hand, then to my face. "Where is your bracelet?" His eyebrows creased.
Oh, yes! I was very much aware that he gave me the bracelet to track my location everywhere I go even though he never told me about it. I deliberately left it at home before leaving for school earlier.

Wait! Is he complaining now? What about the times that I had called several times but he never picked? The times that I had texted him and he never returned any of them? When he kept me up late. When he made me sleep here all alone. And now he is complaining that I gave him a dose of his medicine?

"I went out with a friend." I replied to him bluntly, ignoring the bracelet part, then walked past him inside. I only managed to get inside the living room when he followed me inside, holding my hand and stopping me.

"Don't you think I deserve an explanation for this action, Scarlet?" He turned me to face him, his eyes blazing with anger mixed with worries.

"No." I shook my head.

He exhaled, running his fingers through his hair. Obviously frustrated.

"I've been worried sick about you, Scarlet. I've been here, trying to reach your phone but couldn't. I went to your school, and you think that I don't deserve an explanation?" He said calmly, but his breath was rough. He was resisting the urge to yell at me.

"You are not my father, Lucien." I looked straight into his eyes and said to him before turning to leave, but he grabbed my hand and pulled me back. Roughly. In a way that I crashed against his chest, but I didn't allow myself to relax on it, as I quickly pushed him off and stepped back.

"Yes, I am not your father, but I am your guardian. Your fucking guardian, and you are my responsibility as long as you stay under my roof. Do you get that?" He raised his voice this time, and I scoffed.

"Okay." I just nodded, then threw him a glare before heading upstairs.

"I am not done talking, Scarlet!" I heard him speak, but I didn't stop to glance at him.

I threw myself on the bed tiredly once I stepped inside my room, exhaling deeply.

My mind wandered off to earlier, and a smile crept up my face. I think I will hang out more often with Derek.

I rested for a few minutes before stripping out of my dress, leaving for the bathroom to shower before I would go to bed.

About thirty minutes passed before I walked back inside the room. However, I was forced to halt abruptly in my tracks as I was welcomed by Lucien in my room, holding my phone with his gaze on it. His jaws were clenched tightly.

"What are you doing with my phone?" I spoke up after standing for a few seconds, getting his attention as he lifted his gaze to me.

"Derek? You were hanging out with him?" He raised his eyebrows and huffed.

I walked over to him and reached for my phone, but he took his hand away, a frown settling on his face.

"That is my privacy, Lucien. Hand me my phone!" I snapped at him.

"What the fuck is going on between you and Derek? What is going on between us and that bastard?" He snapped at me this time, his eyes blazing with anger as they bored into mine, and I flinched. My heart fluttered, and soon started to pound hard in my chest as nervousness washed through me. The look in his eyes was scaring the shit out of me.

"No...not your business." I managed to say, swallowing nothing as I turned my face away from him.

"I am an adult. I can have a boyfriend, can't I?" I lifted my gaze to him, managing to hold my voice together as I spoke. His eyes flashed with anger and disappointment as he stood staring at me with no words.

"Really?" He huffed, and I nodded, shrugging casually.

"Derek... he is your boyfriend?" He turned his gaze away from me, but for a moment, I could swear that I saw jealousy in his eyes.

'That's not true, Scarlet. There is no way he would be jealous. You two are just sex mates'
I reminded myself, slowly clenching my sweaty palms as I gulped down the lump in my throat.

"I didn't say he was my boyfriend."
I wanted to admit to it, but I ended up telling the truth, and he quickly snapped his face to look at me. His eyes brightened for a second before they returned to being blank.

"Hand me my phone. You have no right to go through my phone." I snatched my phone from him and tossed it on the bed before heading to the closet.

"Scarlet-"

"I am not ready to talk, Lucien..." I paused, then looked over my shoulder to him and continued. "Not until you are ready to tell me what you do." I insisted, and he huffed.

I picked out a robe and threw it on, then turned to him and said. "I am tired and want to go to sleep. Please excuse me."

He stared at me, then nodded and with that, turned around and walked out of my room, closing the door behind him.

I exhaled, throwing myself on the bed and running my fingers through my hair frustratingly. Why the fuck is he finding it difficult to tell me what he does? Is he an arm robber, or perhaps is he into other illegal stuff like money laundering or even drugs?

"That's not possible." I shook the thought off, although I wasn't so certain about it.

'You will find out eventually. Don't beat yourself too hard'.
My subconscious mind told me, and I sighed.

I reached for my phone and checked the text Derek sent to me that Lucien was reading earlier.

'Hey! Did you arrive home already? You didn't call, and I got worried about you. Thank you for today. I enjoyed every bit of it, and I'm looking forward to that again'.

My lips curled up in a smile as I read the text.

'Hmm. I'm home. Thanks for hanging out with me today'.

After I replied to his text, I noticed Alexa sent me a text too, so I went ahead to check it.

'Babes! You won't believe what happened today! My goodness! I can't breathe. I think I found him! I think I found the man that I'm going to introduce to my parents. Goodness! I'm so hot just thinking about him'.

"What is she blabbing about this time?" I scoffed, rolling my eyes.

'Hey! Sorry, I was in the shower when you called. What's up with all these?'

Her reply came in almost immediately.

'Let's talk about it tomorrow when you come over to school'.
After the texts, I dropped my phone on the bedside table, then covered my eyes with a blindfold before going to bed...