(Desire POV)
I came back to the room and walked towards the chair and all of them were present beside me. I was feeling so nervous that my hands were shivering.
“Disaster…I am sorry…I mean, Desire! You didn’t have to feel so nervous around us,” Declan said, and everyone shot him a glance.
“You can shut your mouth if you don’t know how to run your mouth around,” Damien reprimanded him, and I smiled sadly.
“There is no need to yell at him. Actually! I am so used to hearing my name Disaster that I almost forgot, my real name is Desire,” I answered before starting eating breakfast, but all my hunger vanished just now and I barely ate a few bites of my food.
“It all happened to you because of us. Don’t worry! We were the ones who caused all this and now, we will correct our mistakes,” Daniel said and I sneered after hearing his words.
“Oh really! Can you bring back all the times when I cried to sleep because of the bullying and torture I have to endure during the day because of you? No!!! You can’t do this and there is no need to make empty promises to me,” I said before getting up from my chair and was about to leave the room when Dominic grabbed my wrist.
“Desire! We know what we did with you was wrong but at least give us a single chance to atone for our sins please???” The sincerity of his voice almost made me stunned for a second, but when I recalled all the bullies, pain, and torture I have to endure in the past years then it was really hard for me to forgive them just like that.
“I-i need time,” I answered and he nodded in agreement.
“We will not force you to do anything which you don’t want to do, but please give us a single month to prove our sincerity to you. If you still find it hard to move on like this and decide to break up with us, then we will not bother you anymore,” Daniel said, and I gulped hard after considering his offer. After all, it was just a month. I just have to pass this month and then, I can go wherever I want. Well! It was not that bad an offer, by the way.
“I will give you my answer tomorrow,” I said before heading towards my old and wretched room. I quickly picked up my bag and shoved the books inside before coming out of my room.
“We can give you a ride, Desire,” Dominic offered while showing his car keys, and I shook my head in no.
“It will do nothing but draw unwanted attention to me. I don’t need any more commotion now…I just wanted to have peace of mind,” I answered and none of them forced me, even though they were looking a bit disappointed after hearing my words.
“Thank you so much for your understanding,” I thanked them and started walking towards the high school. It was not new to me because I used to go to my high school on foot from day one. I am happy that Alpha Charles allowed me to attend high school, so I can easily find a job when I will move out of this pack. I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn’t even notice that someone was present in my way and I bumped directly into the person.
“Are you f*cking blind, b***h?” Violet snarled and I pressed my lips in a thin line. Why do I have to bump into her out of all the people?
“I am sorry, I was not paying attention,” I said to avoid complicating the situation further, but she was not in the mood to let go of everything this easily.
“Huh? You think that you can offend me like this and I will not do anything to you and will let you go this easily…In your dreams, disaster,” she said while pushing me hard, and I stumbled a few steps back.
“Look at the coward, who couldn’t even hold her own place, haha!!!” She mocked me while grabbing a handful of my air. I was trying hard to free myself and not attract the attention of anyone, but they started having fun while pushing me around.
“Let me go!!! I was wrong, okay? I am sorry,” I tried to solve the situation by saying sorry but they didn’t even hear. All of a sudden, Violet pushed me to the ground and kicked me hard on my back. I wasn’t ready for this and fell on the ground face-first.
“Haha! Look, It is the right place for you…Lick my shoes clean and then I will think about letting you go otherwise. You are not going anywhere today,” Violet laughed and I cursed myself in my heart for not looking, and bumping into that b*tch early in the morning.
“I will not do it,” I yelled at the top of my lungs and everyone stopped and looked towards me with shocked gazes.
“Ah, ah! Suddenly, got your voice back, wh*re? Let me show you your real place,” Violet said, and lifted her feet to kick me in my face. I covered my face with my arm and was ready for the harsh blow of the kick, but it never came. I slowly lowered my arm and turned around to see what had happened.
Violet was looking towards Damien with a shocked expression, who stopped her foot midway, and before anyone could he react he pushed her hard and let her fall on the ground beside him.
“If anyone tries to bully Desire from now on, then it will be considered against us, the quads, and he or she will have it from us,” he warned everyone before walking towards me. I was dumbfounded after hearing his words. Not even in my wildest fantasy have I ever thought that there will come a day when The Quads will stand up for me. I thought, although they wanted to make amends to me, they wanted to do it in private, so the public would not know about our relationship, but they announced it in public without any reluctance. Are they really sincere about this bond? Should I really give them a chance? I was thinking about everything when he stretched his hands in front of me and I looked toward him. There was a tender look etched on his face and he was looking toward me with nothing but love and care. I was baffled to see this many emotions in his cold eyes and slowly put my hand on his hand. He picked me up and quickly started patting my dress to remove dust.
“I can do it by myself,” I tried to stop him and he didn’t listen and continued dusting my clothes.
“Are you okay?” He asked and his words made me tear up because not even a single person in the whole pack asked me ever if I was okay or not, except for Naomi and Adolph.
“I am okay,” I answered before taking my bag from his hand and rushing towards the washroom to wash my face. Tears were rolling down my cheeks which I barely controlled a few moments ago. They are the ones who made my life like this and they still have the nerve to ask for a chance. How could I give them a chance by forgetting all this? No! I will not let them off the hook this easily.