The Bad Boy Falls in Love novel Chapter 2

Halsey’s heart stops beating for a moment as Nathan kisses her full on the lips. Her eyes widen in shock but her body cannot react. He presses his lips against hers and his strong musky scent is drowning out all her thoughts.

Nathan is surprised by the girl’s reaction or lack of one. Her lips feel soft, making him deepen the kiss. She slightly puckers when his tongue brushes against her lower lip and Nathan can feel her tremble.

He slightly opens his eyes to study the girl he’s kissing. Her bright chocolate eyes are covered by a pair of thick rimmed glasses. She has a sweet vanilla scent and her lips taste like honey. Her heart shaped face is terrified and she’s scared stiff.

“You sick son of a b*tch!” Lydia’s screams break their kiss. Both of them are a little breathless. Halsey lowers her head, unsure of how to react to what happened while Lydia is furious at Nathan.

“You dumped me for this…THIS?” She yells and points at the plain jane. Halsey feels even more embarrassed.

“I…I…” Halsey stammers but Nathan is indifferent.

“Yes, I dumped you for her,” he claims and puts a hand around Halsey’s shoulder, his grip too tight for her to escape. “You got a problem?”

“You…you’re that nerd from 12B, right?” Lydia demands.

“I-I…”

“I’ll get you for this!” Lydia yells. “You’ve embarrassed me you little sl*t-”

“Get out of here, Lydia,” Nathan yawns. “I’m not interested in this bullsh*t.”

Halsey is too shocked while Lydia fumes. The latter stomps on the ground and storms off, secretly vowing revenge on the nerd.

Once Lydia is gone, Nathan coldly pushes Halsey away. Up close, Nathan is even more intimidating.

But Halsey has to admit that even in the middle of a crowd, Nathan Jacobs will stand out. His dark hair is messy but it only enhances his charm. Playing long hours of basketball tanned his skin a little and yet, he is still quite handsome. With a towering height, he is one of the most popular boys in the school. He is only a few weeks older than Halsey and they even share a few classes together.

They’ve never spoken to each other but she is terrified of him. Nathan has a fiery aura which intimidates everyone else around him. Despite his popularity, Nathan is cold hearted. He and his friends are notorious for looking down on others and even bullied people to the point that many left school. His father, Daniel Jacobs, is a multimillionaire so Nathan gets away with everything.

“Listen here, nerd!” He calls her in a scathing tone. “If you tell anyone that I kissed you, I’ll make your life miserable in school. Got it?”

Halsey lowers her head and mumbles something.

“The f*ck did you say?” Nathan scowls. “Speak up, would ya?”

“That…was my first kiss…” Halsey mumbles in shame. She imagined her first kiss to be with someone she loved. In her mind, she wanted her first kiss as something special and sweet. The man who’ll kiss her will be the man she’ll be deeply in love with.

Now, her first kiss has been cheapened by the notorious bad boy of the school. Every time she will think back to this moment, she will only feel shame and ridicule.

“You should be glad then,” Nathan says warily. “Your first kiss was from the most popular guy in the town.”

Halsey’s head is lowered in shame and embarrassment. She wants to retort, hit this man for taking away something so precious from her but her hands are shaking. He is gazing at her with wariness and disdain.

“Don’t ever tell this to anyone otherwise I’ll not spare you,” he warns again. “Unlike you, I’ve got a reputation to protect. I don’t wanna be seen with someone as pathetic as you.”

Nathan loathes weak people. He treats such people with disdain and feels nothing but disgust for them. If one can’t have an iota of self-respect, he doesn’t give a cr*p about them.

With that, he walks away from the weakling, leaving her alone in the dark.

For a long time, Halsey tries to re-collect her thoughts. Tears sting her eyes and the image of their kiss won’t go away. She stands there, crying alone.

DING!

Her phone rings, interrupting her thoughts. Halsey quickly wipes her eyes and takes out her phone to see that it’s her best friend, Lincoln.

“Hales, where are you?” Lincoln’s voice comes from the other end. “I’m here at the cafe! Let’s go home.”

“Uh…I’m coming!” Halsey says and quickly hangs up. She quickly dashes to the back kitchen, washes her face and wipes it dry. Reaching for her locker, she slowly changes into her t-shirt and jeans while trying to wipe the memory of the kiss.

Lincoln can’t find out about this, she tells herself. He’ll freak out.

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“Who’s that hottie?” One of the girls whispers at her friend. She points at a boy with strawberry blonde hair who is sitting at a table. He is barely eighteen with tousled hair and a smooth round face which exudes a boyish charm. His long, lanky legs are partly exposed because of the basketball shorts he’s wearing. Even though he’s wearing a hoodie over his jersey, his muscles are bulging and visible.

“That’s Lincoln Wright!” the girl’s friend giggles. “He goes to school with us.”

“How come we never see him around?”

“That’s coz he’s always hanging around at the library,” the girl’s friend explains. “He plays underground basketball and is really good but he refuses to join the school team.”

“Why?”

“Coz of his old rival, Nate Jacobs.”

Lincoln ignores the chatter and idly scrolls through his phone as he waits for Halsey.

“Linc!”

He looks up to see Halsey. She forces a smile, hiding her anxiety but he senses something is wrong.

“What’s the matter, Hales?” He frowns. “You don’t look so good.”

“Uh…” She fidgets her fingers. Lincoln’s eyes fall on the blisters on her palm which she sustained earlier.

“You burnt your hand?” he exclaims.

“Y-Yes…A customer spilled coffee and it splashed on my hand.”

Lincoln stands up and pokes her on the head. “How many times have I told you? You gotta stand up for yourself! Mom is gonna freak out about this.”

“Don’t tell her!” Halsey mumbles, looking at him pleadingly with her large eyes. Lincoln sighs.

“You know I can’t say no to you when you look at me like that!” He smiles. “But I’m taking you to the pharmacy first.”

“Okay.”