The Bad Boy's Dirty Little Secret BL Chapter 81: Threats and Mistakes

Kai’s P.O.V

What if Night had already misunderstood the situation? I realized that the look of shock on Night’s face was slowly turning into anger as he started at the woman. Suddenly, that sense of dread in the pit of my stomach intensified until I was left grasping at straws for a few moments, not knowing what I could do to make this situation better.

My blood ran a little bit colder when I realized the implication of Night thinking I was getting on with this girl, so I struggled to voice out my excuse, forcing my voice past the lump forming in my throat. “Night! Thank god you’re here; you gotta help me get this drunk lady off my back. She thinks I’m her ex. She keeps trying to cling to me. I swear…this isn't what it looks like.”

For a second, I thought Night would laugh before helping me with the ridiculous situation I was in. Instead he seemed… angry.

He had his eyebrows furrowed, his jaw clenched so tightly that I was worried he would hurt his teeth. There was no trace of humor in his eyes and his hands were clenched by his side tightly, as if he was holding back his anger the best he could.

Something didn’t seem right. Even with Saya, Night wasn’t this mad…then why was he looking like that now? What made him this mad all of a sudden when he could clearly tell that I didn’t know this woman.

“Night…? What are you…?”

But I couldn’t even finish my question, because he suddenly lashed out at me, “You shouldn’t believe a single word out of this damn woman’s mouth, Kai. She is an acting major and knows how to use that degree very well. Drunk? Look again. There isn’t a drop of alcohol in her system. Does she really look fucking drunk to you?”

My mouth went dry as I stood there, stunned. I shifted my gaze from Night to Rosalie and saw that she had a huge smirk on her face.

What the hell? Who was this woman? And why on earth was she smiling like that? But then, realization struck.

“Wait…Night…how do you know she’s an acting major? Do you know her?” I asked, my stomach coiling in knots as I looked between the two of them.

Night hesitated, and his face suddenly paled as if he had said something he shouldn’t have. It was clear that he was hiding something from me. But Rosalie on the other hand, couldn’t even suppress her giggle as she looked between the two of us, an almost maniacal glee in her eyes.

Seriously, what the fuck was happening right now? First this atrocious woman tried to forcefully kiss me after stepping on my way, and now, Night seems to know something about this whole situation that I didn’t, and he seemed to have swallowed his own tongue as he hung his head in shame, unable to look me in the eyes any longer.

With each moment that passed without me getting any answers, I felt my apprehension grow. I hated being fooled. And most importantly, I hated getting dragged into a situation without knowing what the hell was happening around me.

Finally, Rosalie laughed out loud, and Night curled his fists tighter until his knuckles turned white. “You got yourself into this situation because of your stupidity,” she taunted. “Now, how are you going to introduce me to your boyfriend? Oh, how exciting!”

She clapped her hands together, and I turned to face her, my teeth gritted so hard that I felt my jaw ache from the force of it. But it seemed like she wasn’t done spewing her venom just yet. “Will you tell dear little Kai over here that I am a nobody or an old acquaintance? Or are you going to tell him that I am the daughter of your dad’s business partner?”

Night’s dad’s business partner? Was that who she was? But if so…then why was she suddenly making such a fuss? Why was she here, at this hour, and why was she trying to cause a divide between me and Night?

What the fuck was going on?

I looked expectantly at Night, waiting for him to answer. I tried to extend my patience, but he seemed almost scared as he met my gaze, still unable to speak the truth. “Well?” I prompted, a little harsher than I intended to. “Who is she? Tell me, Night.”

“Yeah, Night. Tell him,” Rosalie cooed.

“Shut up before I forget that you’re a woman and slap the shit out of you,” I snapped at her. She seemed taken aback by my vulgar language, but I paid her no mind. Instead, I stepped forward, getting closer to Night.

“Night,” I called out, softer now, hoping to coax the truth out of him. “You can tell me. Please. What is going on?”

“Kai…I…” Night sighed, rubbing at his temples before he finally spoke up. “She… She was my fiancée.”

I felt my stomach drop at his confession, the ground seemed to have been pulled from under my feet. But before I could even make sense of anything, Rosalie was quick to retort.

“Was?” she cackled. “You seem to have forgotten, Night. I still am your fiancée and the engagement isn’t off yet, so you should return home when you still have the chance, or your life will become absolute hell soon enough.”

Jesus Christ, a…fiancé? A fucking fiancé?

How come I never knew about her? Who was I going to believe in a situation like this? How? Why? When? What?

So many question were running through my mind, each possibility even more astounding than the last, that I couldn’t keep my thoughts in order. It felt like I was being ripped apart from the inside out and yet, no words left my lips, my voice all but gone as I stood there, flabbergasted.

Night looked guilty and ashamed, lowering his head, afraid to meet my eyes. Meanwhile, this Rosalie woman looked like she was scheming something, but at the same time she looked confident. So…which one of them was telling the truth?

“I can’t take this bullshit anymore,” I muttered, shaking my head. When I turned to walk away, nobody stopped me this time around and I thanked the heavens for that. I needed to clear my head. I didn’t like the thought of leaving them alone especially when they had such a confusing history, but I didn’t know what else to do.

I might do something that I would regret later on if I stayed, so it was best to walk away at that moment.

I looked back once and saw that they hadn’t moved; they were simply just standing there, like two little statues on the sidewalk. But Night looked stiff, almost like he didn’t want to be there. But I didn’t know what to believe in just yet, and I didn’t want to process this right now when my head felt like it was about to explode.

Was had Night never told me about Rosalie until today? Because he didn’t know if there was anything to say about her until she turned up unexpectedly at our school? Or did they share a past that I wasn’t aware of…

Ugh, I’m getting ahead of myself, looking for excuses and reasons without knowing the truth. I turned around, continuing my pace. I guess I was just scared that this was going to cause a rift between us and wanted to keep Night faultless in my eyes.

But now, it was too late for that.

What hurt the most was that until now, I had let him in, I had told him all of my secrets and my insecurities. I had never kept anything hidden from him. But it turns out…Night hadn't been comfortable enough to do the same with me.

Then where exactly did that leave us?

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Night’s P.O.V:

I turned to Rosalie, my hands balled at my sides. “Why did you come to my school, you—?” Whatever curse word I wanted to say died on my tongue. I didn’t want to anger her just yet, without knowing why she came here first, for fear of repercussions.

She had more power than me right now, after I had pushed away my own family. So I had to be careful when dealing with her since I had no idea what the situation was like at home. But that didn’t mean I was going easy on her.

“Did you just come here to make a scene?” I asked, forcing my voice to be calmer this time. “What do you want, Rosalie?”

Her signature smirk returned as she turned to face me, flipping her hair over she shoulders. “I only came to let Kai know the truth today,” she said with a casual shrug, like she hadn't just caused a rift between me and my boyfriend. “That’s just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. One secret before a whole bag of other lies.”

“Why are you doing this to me?” I asked when I could finally speak past the haze of anger. “I only wanted to be left alone.”

“Left alone?” She laughed. “Honey, you are the son of one of the largest tycoons in the country; that prestige comes with a price. One that you have to pay. Soon, your entire college will know your secret, and you will be the one at fault. Everybody will hate you, even your precious Kai. Scared yet?”

I was left at a loss for words, fear rooting me in place. I was torn and didn’t know what the hell I should do. For sure, Kai was mad at me. What will happen now that Kai had found out about the truth?

What will happen to us? Maybe if I had told him about this sooner, then this day wouldn’t have come. Maybe this wouldn’t have happened if I had been a little braver…

Rosalie must have liked the expression on my face because she reached out to pat my shoulders lightly. “Now, be a good boy and come back home and get married just like we are expected to. Or this is going to get much, much worse.”

With that, she turned and left, a car arriving at the side of the road just a few seconds later as she got into it and drove away, leaving me standing there like an utter fool.

As much as I wanted to curse out Rosalie and drag her to the depths of hell, I also had my fair share of mistakes.

And I had to fix them before it ruined what I had with Kai.