The Bad Boy Falls in Love novel Chapter 5

Halsey is completely stunned and scared. Her hands are shaking at the sight of him. Memories from last night and that morning are swirling in front of her eyes, making her very nervous.

Nathan approaches the deck and stops right in front of her. Halsey feels like a tiny mouse in front of a giant as he looks down at her.

“Your friend joined the team today,” he states. “Did you know?”

Halsey fervently nods her head. Her heart is beating too fast and for a wild moment, she’s afraid that he’ll kiss her again. What if he does?

“Tell him to quit,” Nathan orders. Halsey slightly looks up, surprised by his demand.

“Tell him to quit the team and I’ll tell my friends to lay off you,” he offers. “Lydia’s the one who wrecked your locker, right? I’ll tell her to stop if you tell your friend to quit the team.”

“No.”

Nathan blinks in surprise. Even Halsey is shocked by her own audacity but she couldn’t stop herself from saying it out loud.

“What did you say?” He whispers in a dangerous tone.

“I-I won’t tell Lincoln to quit,” she stammers. “H-He loves basketball and I won’t take that away from him.”

Nathan doesn’t say anything for a while. Suddenly, he yanks the guitar from Halsey’s hands.

“H-Hey!” She protests as he holds the guitar above her head, out of her reach. “Please, give it back-”

SPLASH!

He casually throws it into the water much to Halsey’s chagrin.

“Why did you do that?” She cries.

“If you want it, then go and get it,” he taunts her in a steely tone. “Hurry up. The lake is quite deep.”

Halsey is on the verge of tears. The guitar is floating in the lake, going towards the deep trench. Nathan is grinning at her helpless state. Halsey is in a dilemma but she has no other option left.

She sprints towards the lake and jumps right into it.

“What an idiot,” Nathan mutters. “Wasting her time over a mere guitar.”

He’s about to leave when he notices that the girl is coughing and splashing in the water. She’s drowning!

“F*ck!” He snarls and rips open his shirt before jumping into the water.

Halsey is wheezing as the water fills her lungs. She cannot swim but she tries to edge towards the guitar which keeps on slipping away from her. The deep water is pulling her into its midst and she cannot breathe. Her glasses also float away and her vision goes blurry. In that state, she manages to hold the guitar but the force is too much for her.

Am I going to die? She thinks as she is pulled deeper into the trench.

Suddenly, a pair of hands grab her and forcefully wrench her out of the grasps of the fiendish water. Still keeping her grasp on the guitar, she lets her savior pull her out of the water.

As soon as they reach the shore, Halsey throws up all the water she swallowed.

“ARE YOU F*CKING MAD?” Nathan yells at her. His dark hair is wet and he’s shirtless.

Both of them are completely wet and cold. Halsey’s uniform is sticking to her body, her hair drenched. She cannot see anything properly because her vision is blurry.

“Why the hell would you just jump into the water for a worthless guitar?” He shouts at her.

Halsey mumbles something which is incomprehensible.

“Just speak up would ya?” Nathan snaps.

“It’s Charlotte’s guitar,” Halsey whispers. “She sold it to someone. That money is her hard work.”

She looks up at him, her doe-like eyes teary. “I can’t let her hard work go to waste.”