Chapter 19: The Truth

Lex's POV.

After washing off the blood on my face when she punched me, the classroom became so hot that I couldn't stay anymore. I asked Nick to call my driver, and immediately he arrived, and I was on my way home.

When I first stepped out of the classroom, I met Selena at the door, but I couldn't spare her a moment; I was too confused to speak at that moment. It was still like a dream to me that Melissa really attacked me.

"Come on, Lex, I came here to see you; you can't just leave," she said to me, trying to press on, but I pushed her off myself, walking out through the back exit route.

I had a lot of thoughts playing in my head, but one of them lingered too long. How exactly was this happening?

I mean, no one has ever hit me; no one has ever done that. But she not only slapped me, she also punched me in the face on the same day?

As we drove out of the school gate, I suddenly began to feel amused. At first it was not something to laugh about, but then, thinking about it from the first day I met her on the first floor, how she challenged me, and how she tried to fight me on the balcony, it felt funny to me.

Was she really thinking she could beat me, or was this her own strategic way to get my attention?

I got home to meet my father having a conversation with two men in our living room, and without saying a word to them, I passed them into my bedroom.

I just entered into my room when Nick and Landon began to call me on FaceTime.

"I'm just trying to check on your buddy; I hope you got home safe?"

Nick said to me, and I could hear the sarcasm in his voice as he spoke.

"Why, what? You think she's going to attack me again?" I asked for the camera to be placed on the table as I took off my shirt.

"I still cannot believe that a girl can do that to you, Lex; this is completely insane. I mean, she really did punch you; look at your nose."

Nick joked again even though it wasn't funny; I walked over to the mirror and checked my nose.

"It's not so bad, Lex; it looks like what a girl would do. I mean, it would be worse than that if it was a guy who punched you in that manner."

Landon finally spoke up, his voice steady and cold.

He was my best friend, but sometimes we were not in agreement about certain things. He was always trying to play the cool guy, which was good except that sometimes it was not the right thing to do.

"I guess you must have been very amused, Landon." 'I said, turning the camera this time as I stared in his direction.

"I was really, Lex, I was very amused and entertained, I must say."

His Queen's English always made him stand out.

"Bro, that's not cool," Nick fired.

"No, Nick, if he truly did touch her like that, I think he deserved that and more. I mean, what were you even thinking? I mean, you could get any girl you want willingly, but you decided to fuck this one that'll stay on you like a stain?"

For a few seconds I was staring at the camera in silence, not sure exactly how I was supposed to respond to Landon's query.

"We all need to be calm here, okay? "I am sure Lex did not take advantage of her; she must have consented to it," Nick said, breaking the awkward silence.

"She did not really consent to it. I mean, she did, but it was way after I had already made her feel everything. The only thing she's guilty of is not pulling away or screaming or fighting it long enough to push me away. For a second I could swear that I felt something real deep for her; it was beyond my control to pull away, I swear."

My voice was calm now; I was being as honest as I could be because that was exactly the truth.

"When you say you feel something deep for her, could it be a bond?" Landon asked.

"Fuck you, Landon, she could never be his mate," Nick fired.

"What if she could be? I mean, it's one of the signs when your blood has not yet come in contact; the pull is always there. It's the connection at first. I mean, I can't say for sure because I have not found my mate yet, but she could be, and that could be the reason you couldn't control it."

I was listening to both of them argue, but my mind began to wander even wilder.

That wasn't possible; I was supposed to be fated to Selena. I mean, it was said since we were children that we were going to be together and she was my fated mate. Even though I really wasn't in love with her, she wants it more than anything, and our family wants the connection too, especially for business' sake.

"Yeah, I agree with Nick on this one; she's not. I admit that it was rare, but she's definitely not my mate."

I said, running my hand through my hair as I turned my back against the camera.

"We can't really tell for sure. I mean, I have never seen anyone humble you so much like she does, Lex, and I know that you would want to fight it, but you hesitated more than once. It's unlike you to not take action immediately. Things like this happen; it's almost as if you feel a thing for her."

His words were getting into my head so fast that I couldn't process them, and I didn't want to hear anymore.

"Stop it, Landon, stop! You can go ahead and mate her if you want to; I don't give a fuck!"

I yelled at the top of my voice, facing the camera in rage.