"Just hear me out, yeah?" I heard Jason's deep, arrogant yet worried voice immediately when I came down stairs. He looked fretful and distracted.

"Jason? What are you doing here-" Before I could complete, he came near me and hugged me tightly.

"I missed you." He mumbles against my shoulder.

I sighed and pulled back.

"You have a lot to explain, Jason." I said.

Was I angry? No.
Why? Because seeing him after two months made my anger dwindle.

He nodded and was about to say something when his eyes travelled past me, making him growl in annoyance.

"What- what are you doing here?" A shocked Logan asked, dressed up normally in jeans and black shirt, sleeves folded with wet hairs.

"I don't owe you an explanation that why I came here." I could hear the immediate swap in Jason's voice. I watched the irritation in Logan's face, even though he was trying to avoid me.

"No, actually you do. Her dad has appointed me to protect her and secondly, you're standing in my house so I guess, you definitely do owe one." He stated angrily.

He still didn't look at me once, which brings me go the conclusion that he is still angry about last night.

"Well, I don't." Jason deadpanned and pulled me closer to him by keeping his hands on my waist. "I am here to see my fiancée and I have all the rights to come and visit my girl."

That was it. Logan's mood took a 360° turn. He opened his mouth to say something but immediately stopped himself and didn't say anything.

I somehow moved away from Jason as he turned to me.

"Just hear me out, please." He spoke and I nodded.

"As soon as I came to know that you have a friend here named Max, I just started to research about him for your safety. That's the only reason why he was with me." He stated.

"He was with you?" I pointed out.

"I mean.... I was with him." He averted his gaze.

I nodded. I hope he's not lying.

"And you believe him?" Logan interrupted and looked at me.

"She knows I don't lie." Jason's voice immediately changed from soft to the most arrogant one.

"Yeah, right. Tell me about it." He rolled his eyes. We both got to know what he was hinting to.

"You..." Jason took a step forward towards him angrily.

I came in front of him and stopped him.

"Please don't make a scene." I said being calm.

"What about the phone related to Rodger Theodore, which was with you." I questioned.

"I already told ya, I just found it and-"

"Seriously man, you think we'll believe in that shit?" Logan barged in between.

"Veronica, can we please go out and talk about it, alone? Jason said loudly.

"I..." I didn't know what to say.

"Yeah please leave. I'm not in a mood to hear your so called story." Logan said imperiously.

Before I could say anything, Jason held my hand and dragged me out of the house. He took me towards his car and opened the door for me.

"We can just talk outside the house?" I mumbled.

"No, I don't want to be in his property." His tone sounded rigid.

I sighed. What am I gonna do with these two?

***

"So are you over your fetish of not talking in the car?" Jason uttered as he started driving.

"Nah. I still stand by the rule of not talking serious matters inside the car." I said being superior.

Serious conversations in the car makes everything awkward and I hate it. Therefore, I never talk severe matters in the car.

I heard him sighing. I shrugged and switched on the radio.

And now I can't stop thinking that I can't stop thinking
That I almost gave you everything
And now the whole thing's finished and I can't stop wishing
That I never gave you anything

The radio started playing "100 letters".

"Damn it, Halsey." Jason cursed.

The lyrics. It exactly described mine and his relationship. I sighed. When some things happen to you personally, the each lyrics of the song hits different.

"Don't say anything about the queen." I snorted. "She makes the most realistic music, which relates too much in real life." I taunted. He chose to ignore my words and simply changed the radio channel.

Love you so bad, love you so bad
널 위해 예쁜 거짓을 빚어내
Love you so mad, love you so mad
날 지워 너의 인형이 되려 해
I'm so sick of this fake love, fake love, fake love
I'm so sorry but it's fake love

"Perfect song by BTS, isn't it?" I jeered while he stayed silent.

I let the the song continue because, why not? It was literally their best song. So meaningful, so painful and so awesome.

"So you're sick of my love?" He broke the silence as he pulled the car near the park, connected to a lake.

"Correction: Fake Love. And yes, I'm sick of it." I remarked rudely.

I stepped out of the car and closed the door with a bang. He sighed and got out of the car too.

"Veronica, you know the reason why I...." He trailed off, not wanting to continue.

"Can we just talk about the main thing and get over it?" I said folding my hands.

Who said without a proper conversation in the car, things can't go awkward? Well, it just did.

"I really found out that phone somewhere and just took it. Nothing else, really." He said, with a worry written over his forehead.

"Then why were you stumbling with your tongue that day?"

He looked at me and sighed, "I just got nervous, Veronica."

I averted my eyes and looked at the flowing water in the lake. I felt a hand on my chin. Jason made me look at him and came closer to me.

"Veronica, you don't trust me, I get that. But you know that I never lie." He spoke softly.

I gave him a look.

"Ah, yeah I did lie that day but it was-"

"I don't want to talk about it, Jason. Don't you get that?" I said shaking off his hand.

"You and I both know that it's not over. We're not over-"

"Yes we are." I said angrily. "Everything is over, Jason and I'm over that shitty phase of my life."

I stepped back and went towards his car.

"Veronica....." He tried to say something but failed miserably.

"Take me home." I ordered.

He closed his eyes and sighed. He came towards me and got in the car. We drove off the lake and of course, without talking.

We stepped in the house and my breath immediately stopped, looking at the scene in the Hall.

My eyes flashed a tint of jealousy when I saw a girl clinging onto Logan's body and laughing with him, while he had a bright smile on his face. My eyes shifted towards his side and saw a guy of his age itself, sitting on the sofa.

I stepped forward, keeping my eyes on that girl who was still sticking to him like a glue. As we moved further, the three of them noticed us.

I saw the smile on Logan's face immediately fading away as his eyes interlocked mine.

Great, he's still angry.

"Hey, you're Veronica right?" The other guy asked, looking at me.

I nodded and he gave me a bright smile while forwarding his hands.

"Hi, I'm Andrew Romanaoff! Natasha Romanaoff is my-"

"Seriously?" I asked giving an unbelievable look. He smiled sheepishly.

"Nice to meet ya!" He forwarded is hand.

"Nice to meet you too." I shook his hand and gave back the smile.

Our eyes turned to the girl, standing beside Logan. I expected her to introduce herself but she stayed quiet.

"And this is Melissa Tarquinio." Andrew spoke from her side. She didn't give a damn about us and was looking at her acrylic long nails.

Have I ever told you that I hate long nails? Like with those acrylic nails, you can't even do a damn thing apart from showing off.

"Who are you both?" Jason spoke.

"They're my high school friends." Logan opened his mouth for the first time. He didn't look at me even for once.

"And you allowed them in the house?What about Veronica's safety?"

"Dude calm down. I talked to her dad and he is okay with it. Plus they're not staying here so it's not a big deal." He said, shoving his hands in his jeans pocket.

Jason looked irritated.

"Who are you, man?" I heard Andrew asking in a cool voice.

He looked at him with a look which only God knew. He turned towards me

"I'll leave now and will contact you soon. Take care, yeah?" He hugged me while I nodded.

Soon, he left from there, leaving the four of us.

"What an asshole." Andrew muttered.

"Please don't mind him. He's just..."

"-an asshole. He definitely is." Andrew cut me off.

"Why a beautiful girl like you was with that jerk? Are guys like me dead?" He asked, faking to look heartbroken. I chuckled looking at his drama.

"Shut up, man." Logan rolled his eyes.

"What? I'm like literally WWH." He said, with a proud look.

"WWH?" Logan asked being confused. Melissa had the same look.

"World Wide Handsome!" I and Andrew shouted together, referring to the BTS reference.

"You like BTS?" He asked looking at me.

"Like? I love them. Him and Halsey and Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift and Shawn Mendes-"

"Seriously?" He squealed. "You officially have the best music taste. We're gonna get along as fuck."

"Yeah." I smiled back.

"Are you guys done?" Melissa asked rolling her eyes, while Andrew hit her head slightly.

"It's okay, Mel. Not everyone have good taste in music." He acted as if he was trying to sooth her.

I already like him.

For a split second, Logan looked at me but his eyes immediately turned towards the other two.

"You two can stay here for dinner, okay?" He said.

"Of course, Logan. How can I deny your wish?" Melissa said in a seducing sweet voice.

Logan smiled and left from there, without looking at me. I bid bye to just Andrew because of course, Melissa didn't care. I went to my room and took a bath again. Everything was so messed up. I didn't like the conversation happened between me and Jason today. And then, Rodger is dancing on our heads.

I hope all this ends soon.

***

"Have you seen her dressing sense? It's fucked up, bro." I heard Melissa talking to Andrew, as I descended the stairs.

"What? No, of course not. She looks awesome." Andrew stated.

"Of course, a flirt like you would always like anything a girl wears. But as a girl, I can't believe she looks like that. She's not even that beautiful and look at her luck, living with that hottie. I'm dead sure she might be dying to be in his bed-"

"Excuse me?" I interrupted her. I couldn't hear her shit anymore. She can't talk like that about my character.

"Are you talking about me? If yes, then you should say that on my face." I roared arrogantly.

She looked at me and gave a 'not caring' look.

"I wasn't talking to you."

"But you were talking about me."

What's wrong with her? Is she dumb?

"Girl, stop giving yourself so much importance. I don't talk to people like you." She got up to leave.

"Melissa, that's enough." I heard Andrew's voice.

"What? She thinks if Logan is her bodyguard, we're gonna obey her or shit, then that's absolutely not true. I won't ever listen to a girl like her." She flipped her hairs backward.

Andrew's phone started ringing. "I'll be right back!"

He left the Hall, leaving just me and Melissa.

"Yeah right, a girl like me huh?" I folded my hands while she nodded.

"This girl only, can end your whole life in seconds. Look, I don't give a fuck about who you are, but Logan is here in Mexico, due to me. So it would be better if you just keep your mouth shut and leave after dinner, before I call my dad and let him vanish your entire existence." I said in a calm voice. Her eyes showed rage.

"How dare you talk to me like that? You know what, I'll tell Logan and-"

"Wait, you seriously think that complaining to Logan is gonna work? Dude, I'm the boss here. Secondly, I don't care what Logan says, but if you again talk about my character like that, then I'm capable of ripping your throat apart." I threatened her, directly.

She was about to say something when Logan came down.

"What's wrong?" He questioned.

I immediately saw the change in her face from bitchy to the clingy smile.

"Hey, nothing. We all were just getting along." She said with a bright smile.

What is this? Grade 6? Where you try to impress the hot guy in high school by being all sweet and shit.

"Um that's great I guess." He muttered softly.

I stayed silent as I was fuming in anger from inside.

"Hi, I'm back. Are you two good now?" Andrew asked, looking at us.

"What happened to us, Andrew? Nothing. We both are good." Melissa said with a smile and went towards Logan, clicking her hand around his arm.

"Hey, I was thinking that we should eat dinner outside." Her irritating voice was irritating the fuck out of me.

"Yeah, that's a good idea." Andrew chimed in.

"Okay so, we should go to Wellias. They make the best Chinese food." She said picking up her phone. She held Logan's hand and dragged him, while he silently went with her.

"Veronica? Let's go?" Melissa looked at me with a smirk, as if she won Olympics by taking over Logan to go with her.

"Well, I don't think we should go." Her smirk immediately fell when I said these lines.

"Why?" She asked being annoyed.

"Because, I don't want to." I shrugged.

"What? Are you serious?" She gave me an unbelievable look. "Logan, ask her to come. I wanna eat Chinese badly. Why am I supposed to stop just because someone doesn't want to go?"

She looked at me and was about to gave a victory smile when her whole face fell on the ground as Logan shook off her hands from his arm and moved away.

"Logan what-"

"Melissa, she said she doesn't want to go so we can't." He said in a normal tone.

"What? Why?"

"I'm supposed to obey her, Melissa. What are you talking about?" He sounded a bit annoyed, at this point.

"But-"

"Veronica said she doesn't want to go, so we won't go. Period. I'll ask the chef to make the food." He said in an 'end of discussion' voice and went from there, leaving a shocked Melissa.

The feeling when he listens to you, over that bitch, is truly what we should call as victory.

Hey potatoes!!! Hope you all are good and safe.

So two new characters, yayyy!!!
Temme your opinion on Andrew and Melissa, would love to know that.

I'm so not satisfied with this chapter coz I have some stuff going on at my place but I'll try my best to do better in future.

I love you all. Please stay safe and hydrated <3
Amelia.