Tainting Her Innocence
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made Hailey drop the towel she
ld react, the
cilia yelled
nd herself before her aunt stormed into the room, her
e the whole house is a mess?" Cecilia barked, h
d. She had done the
ey said softly, keeping her voice ca
" She took a step closer,
outside? And why is the sitti
ing for them to dry before bringing them in. As for the dust, she had cleaned the sitti
ut
alk back to me!"
u got that scholarship, yo
ight, too nervous about starting Hillsworth College today. The scholarship had been her only
ined to make her life hell before
g this house until every single
day of school ahead of her, and now she was
choice di
you're not planning to st
sidering it. Staying on campus would mean f
k you can just run off and leave everything behind? You better throw that i
ed hard, her s
ship covered accommodations, that staying on
ready knew
wouldn't
s spotless before you leave" Cecilia said b
ammed shut
aring at her refle
. I'll find a job, save up,
forward, she quickly got dre
o be late on
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ublic bus, gripping the str
massive, the buildings tall and elegant. Luxury cars lined the parking
n't bel
hat's what
mpared to the rich students who walked with confidence, their
shoulders. She ear
ike everything Brielle got. She worked for this, stayed up
forded Brielle's exorbitant school fe
itten. Even though Cecilia refused to let her stay in the hostels, she still had to visit to
U
ne else's, sending her
ing, scholarship girl"
twisted before sh
ie
ir falling perfectly over her shoulde
here so soon" Brielle co
beg your way in
lenched
way in" she
ake laugh. "Right.
st because you got lucky with that sc
er head, eyeing
before flipping her hair and walking off, h
ly, pushing down th
uncomfortable pressur
to find a
dl
for a sign, but the school was hug
r hallway, she spotted a do
she hurr
ond she pushed the door open. The air was dense,
usly hand
ing toward her. Tattoos curled around his arms like inked secrets, and silver rings glinted f
with a smirk, raking her wi
ounded. This was
lazily against the sink. The cigarette dangled between his fingers,
hould
ht
ason, her legs
his head as he took in
r way, princess?"
d to say something...anything...
-" she s
r leaving her face. Up close, she noticed more details-his tousled dark hair, the
ng
irst thing her
diate
eet still
rette ash into the sink, his tongue p
re ne
nodded
ike he was entertaine
n her sweater and jeans...simple, modest, so un
cigarette, exhaling slowly b
e you gonna run off before someone el
ped her o
mbled backward, her hand
ed out, quickly turning
her as she practically b
mbled into the hallway, pres
ust ha
was
toos, the piercings, the cigarette-the smirk. He was exactl
r head, inha
Just find t
h her dorm assignment and checked the
he muttered, tracing th
toward the dorms, a loud voice
Xavier,
froze m
he turned
e he
d into his pocket, the other tossing the half-burned c
on his lips as his sh
without knowing who I am" he ad
me in han
te
an on seeing
urned around and walked fas
l his eyes on her b
did she let out the breath she did
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lighter, watching the small flame dance before he snapped it shut. Over and ov
l from
o pure. So
ù
f hers? It was d
sperate, eager, willing. They threw themselves at him
t
s world. And that made
e silver piercing between his lips, the ta
ified in that restr
est damn thing h
wanted to see her i
Breathle
n't even touched her yet, but fùck, the idea of corrupt
ugged at
ea what she ju
ed her.
lways got wh
fore exhaling. His tongue flicked over the cool metal of his piercing, his mind replaying t
le rabbit in a world full of wolves.
pping his cigarette to the ground
e jeans...everything about her screamed innocence,
He had even toyed with it.
ing at being good. This was a g
to be the one
g her shatter under his touch. He wanted to see her fall apart, to strip away
e best
t him. E
he ones who thought they
alway
needed the
rk pulled
able to run fr
d in his pocket. He already knew who it
, ri
e screen for a long second. The buzzing felt louder, more
ion, he smashed it ag
attering across the ground. The ringing d
o fists, his chest ris
they'd c
alway
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front of her as she absentmindedly poked at the fries. She had just finished h
this se
irl was standing in front of he
sure" Hailey replied, gesturi
hair, setting down her t
eople" She chuckled, glancing around at the busy ca
e you could u
Yeah... just trying to get
way. We're in the
ed, trying t
t...um, the intro to En
t, but you've got that... serious vibe.
e plan " Hailey
t me know, I'm still trying to figure out where everything i
ut it was locked" Hailey said, pu
ll be coming fro
taying there' s
ith loud conversations suddenly
vi
the pockets of his black jeans, he
ike he was gravity itself, pulling them in effortlessly. Some whisp
ed Hailey
Knight, the guy ever
gripping the edge of the table
lread
f smoke, the way his gaze had raked over her like he was seeing s
...he w
he was unimpressed by the attention, used to i
s breat
he had just found so
irk tugged at the
fted besi
she asked, sensing the st
r gaze away, her heart
she
ightening around the fork, but it was useless. The ene
ething about a professor and an assignm
uddenly jer
table in one swift motion. The cafeteria spun for half a se
Poss
afeteria wen
tilted her head up only to find
If anything, it tightened, his finger
with amusement, like he
each other again, p
move, but his ho
or. Girls were glaring, enviously. Others were watching with
asn't h
ldn't be
o" she
d over his lip piercin
ke
ing. And the worst part? She
d even breathe properly, he leaned down
e when you'
ailey's neck, spr
ortlessly as he had g
thrown the entire
flipped her entire
irk still playing on his lips. Then, without another word, he turned and wal