The Bully's Obsession novel Chapter 66

　　GRACIE.

　　I clutched the book firmly in my hand , still pondering on what had happened earlier. The woman had introduced herself as Melissa, if I wasn't mistaken she'd looked eager to speak to me, I had seen the look in her eyes, almost like she had found me familiar.

　　Strange.

　　We haven't met each other before today, also, she had looked like she was about to say more to me before another middle aged man had walked inside.

　　They had apparently came together came together and she'd addressed him as father.

　　It seemed they were close with Hayden's father because he had welcomed them himself. Just before they had disappeared inside the study she'd cast me a last lingering glance.

　　Was i just thinking too much about it? She was just some random stranger, for sure I would have remembered if I have ever met her.

　　With a small sigh I placed the book back on the shelf neatly , I still couldn't stop myself from wondering why she had introduced herself to me in the first place though.

　　I whirled around when I heard the sound of the knob twisting open, seconds later the door pushed opened and she entered, it almost felt as if she'd appeared out of my thoughts.

　　Had she followed me in here?

　　This was getting even more strange and alarming even.

　　I watched as she walked to one of the shelves to select a book and soon began to flip through the pages.

　　"What do you want? " I asked unable to conceal the uneasiness I felt.

　　She stared at me then, her gaze were a pair of coffee brown that didn't reveal anything , I couldn't even guess as to what she might be thinking.

　　"Why did you follow me here? " I asked again, more firm and direct this time.

　　Her gaze flickered with some unknown emotion ,it was gone so quickly before I could figure out what it was.

　　She closed the book in her hands and carefully placed it back from where she'd selected it.

　　"Why would I follow you here? Don't over think things " she said in a clip tone meeting my gaze.

　　After a moment she continued, if I wasn't mistaken I saw a bit of curiosity in her gaze.

　　"I was just wondering who you are, I haven't seen you here before, How are you related to them? "

　　"I could say the same thing, I haven't met you before either "

　　A huff escaped her mouth at my words.

　　Something about the way she spoke it made me wonder who she was and how she was related to this family, I only know her name and that she had looked eager to speak to me earlier , but it seemed that I had been mistaken .

　　The curiosity in her gaze vanished, replaced by a cold hard expression.

　　"You are the mother of that little girl? she's beautiful, you should take care of her "

　　I was taken aback by her abrupt change of topic and the sudden edge in her tone .

　　Was it just a casual spoken word, it sounded straight like a warning..... no, it sounded almost like a threat.

　　"What are you trying to say? "

　　She shrugged lightly but I didn't miss the slight hesitant look in her gaze.

　　"You just seem like a nice person , and nice people always get hurt isn't it? "

　　She walked out the door after that, I stared after the door that had been left ajar even though she had completely disappeared from view.

　　Her last words replayed inside my head , the warning in her tone had been clear....even though a little hesitant.

　　From the very first time she had approached me, then following me all the way here, there were so many questionable things about her.

　　She'd been weird but for some reason she hadn't seemed harmful.

　　My thoughts died down as Hayden walked through the door, I didn't miss the way his gaze scanned every portion of the room before it landed on me once again.

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　　HAYDEN