TWISTED ELITES: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Wexley Prep Exclusive High Book 3)

by Ana Slash

  Henry smiled and said, " Your lady is something, she has gotten in your heart sir."

  I smile inside. I said to him, "yes she really is part of me I can't explain how I feel but it is just so magical I know it sounds crazy but it's the truth."

  He laughed and said, "yes I had a woman like that once, years ago. I was so involved with my work I didn’t pay her any attention, she left and I didn't see her again.”

  I noticed sadness in his eyes.

  I folded my arms and said to him “tell me more?”

  Henry told me about his real love at a time, he was adventurous.

  He claimed before becoming a bodyguard he had a great lady.

  “Good women are hard to stick around. She had no choice. She was getting older and I was still playing the field. My biggest regrets today.But you have found the one, Boss."

  And with that I said, "yes I definitely have found one I like her a lot, no scratch that I love her."

  Henry said “Yes sir, well you might as well make your party a grand one because who knows how much then he passed...” He paused realizing he said too much.

  I asked him, "Take the watch Henry?" He said maybe another time sir."

  “No.”

  He thanked me and accepted the watch.

  And with that, we got into the car and drove to the store. I noticed things were being rationed Henry added, “sir I think you should stay in the car while I go in.”

  I said to him, "no I want to go along with you. He raised an eyebrow and said to me, "are you sure about this Sir?

  I said to him, "As sure as I'll ever be. Let's go in together.”

  He said, "OK sir but it might be really hard to protect you. I turned to him and said protect me from what? What are you wearing expensive shoes in expensive watches and everything and this is probably in time so I know your Dad's not oh my God your Dad will be upset at me for telling you this."

  I said “well you can have the watch then."

  He looked at me like are you insane?

  But then I nodded and said to him, “Henry I insist you wear the watch.”

  His eyes widened, he smiled and said, “Why, thank you sir.”

  And with that we walked into the store and what I saw was devastating to my soul.

  There’s nothing on the shelves, everything is gone, people are panicking and things are being rationed. I wondered if it was a great idea to have a huge party.

  Henry said to me, "Looks like they are out of a lot of items, but no worries sir, we will special order the items you need.”

  I nodded.

  It all seemed so surreal, a few weeks ago everything was normal, nothing is normal now!

  We bought the things we needed and returned home. I felt forever changed from that experience.

  I walked into my room and to my surprise, Samantha was on my bed completely nude. Shocked, I looked at her and said, “what are you doing here?“

  She smirked and said to me, “what does it look like? With all that’s going on out there I thought I could come in please you.“

  I found and placed my hands on my hips and said to her, “get your clothes and get out of my house right now.“ She snickered and shook her head. She said to me, “you’re making a big mistake, if you think that Bella is the girl for you, Then I’m sorry. Well I guess you’re used to sharing things, pity because you had me at hello.“ I said to her, “get out of here now. And with that she grabbed her clothes and reluctantly stepped out of my room.

  She scoffed at me prior to leaving. She said, “Oh you have no idea what you are missing. You really don't. I guess I’ll have no choice but to do what I have to do. Bella will never have you or Maxim or Killian. Don’ t forget she’s not from your social class. I suggest you practice social distancing with her.”

  I shook my head and let the door slam the moment she stepped out. Who did she want? She acts as though she wants Maxim and now she’s making moves on me? Samantha is insane. I love Bella. I don’t want anyone else!

  17

  Bella

  Things have been moving right along but as time moved on, I often worried about the changes in the world. I still see the clock but I can’t get past it. I still wonder about that night. My step father has been really quiet since that night. He seems to understand he cannot hold me back.

  I got ready for Matteo’s party. My step father walked up to me and asked, so what are you doing? My mother walked in and said, “Oh she’s just going to her friend’s party. Doesn’t she look lovely, darling? Hmm?” I turned to my mom, glad to have her in the room. My step Dad frowned and said, “I was not asking you dear, I was asking Bella.”

  “Oh come of it dear, she’s almost done with school and we should be proud. Dear Bella, I really hope she gets a great guy from school.”

  “She does not need the boys or have you forgotten she needs someone experienced.”

  I lifted my eyebrows, thinking what? Have they been talking about me all this time? That's crazy. I wanted to tell my mom once and for all about Susan’s relationship but my step Dad shot me a look that said reveal nothing if you want to go to this party. Mom was sober today. She really appeared to want to connect with her husband. Her romantic partners were nowhere to be found.

  Mario, the yoga teacher? Gone. The doctor? Well, he travelled on sabbatical around the world somewhere and no, he can’t return because of the situation. So now. Mom realized she needs to focus on her marriage? I hate to tell her but her relationship is hanging on a string. She is the only one oblivious to that fact.

  Well, I don’t care about that. What you are talking about, I want her to be safe. She needs to…

  “Let her go. We have things to discuss.”

  I raised an eyebrow; I Have never heard my mother speak to step Dad that way. It’s as nice to see her stand up. I turned and noticed a glint in her eyes. My step Dad frowned and looked at her in disbelief.

  My mother was nice enough to make sure I got away from my step Dad. I can’t wait to see what Matteo had planned.

  Maxim pulled up and I got into his car. I smiled at him and leaned closer and gave me a kiss. He said to me, “are you ready for the party of your life?” I nodded and with that we drove off to his Matteo’s father’s yacht by the San Francisco pier.

  We got there and I could see everyone in an exciting mood yes as we drove along we saw lines but it was late. We heard discussions about a pending shelter in place, so I decided to make the most of my time going with Maxim at the party. Yeah, I didn’t know what to expect. Mateo’s parties were always fun, fun and exciting, at least that’s what I heard.

  As we drove up to the party venue, I marvelled at the bright lights.

  I thought, wow, what a way to end the year with a pre-graduation party. I turned to Maxim and said, “If he’s doing this for pre-graduation, what is he going to do when we graduate?” Maxim laughed and said, “you know how Mateo is.”

  And I know I asked Maxine How things were going with his case. He smiled and told me everything is going great so far there’s been no action on it and since there were no witnesses, he’d just probably going to get a slap on the wrist.

  Then he added, " I don’t know what you did, but your stepfather has left me alone. How’s it going with you at home?”

  I rolled my eyes and said to him, “it’s OK, I kept my distance. I think things are working out for my Mom and Step Dad, they’re going out on a date tonight.”

  He raised an eyebrow and asked bewildered, “your mom and step Dad are going out? I thought you said she was dating the yoga instructor or the doctor?”

  I placed my hand on his lip and said, “Shh, stop talking about them tonight. Lets have fun”

  He smiled and said, “Well, let’s go on in then, shall we?”

  I nodded and turned to Killian.

  Kylian said how about I take you by the arm on the side and Maxim on the other?

  I beamed and thought my God, this is so fun.

  But then why to my surpri
se, when I walked in, Jessica and Samantha stepped up to us and asked, “Hmm, why are the elite boys sharing one girl? Is that insane or what?”

  Maxim had enough, he put his foot down and said to Jessica and Samantha, “you know nothing about caring deeply for someone, so I suggest you stay away from our relationship or you will have to deal with us, besides Jessica how are your grades?”

  Jessica rolled her eyes and said, “fine I have to take two exams again, it’s not a big deal, besides I will get done before graduation and then you will be sorry because you lost out on the best thing that happened to you Maximilian!”

  Killian tried to defuse the situation.

  He said, “Hey, we’re here to party either you behave or you are out of here!”

  The girl snickered and folded her arms while we walked away from her.

  The party was already in full swing, people were drinking and having a good time just waiting for Matteo to show up.

  Of course, Matteo made a grand entrance!

  Matteo walked in dressed impeccably in a dark tailored suit and honestly he looked incredible. He turned to notice me and made a beeline towards where I stood. He held my hand and started dancing with me.

  And of course the other guys came forward, and each took turns in dancing with me. It was magical, and it left no one in doubt of how they felt about me.

  They made it clear to all that I was their girlfriend. I turned and noticed Samantha and Jessica frowning. They were clearly upset that the guys were all into me. But they knew there was nothing they could do about it.

  We loved each other; I thought well they might as well forget about anything going wrong with our relationship because we planned on being together, yes us three for a very long time. But boy was I wrong. The situation was about to change, like lightning hitting the ground.

  As I danced, flashbacks started filtering through my brain.

  Oh gosh, I started seeing myself holding on to Maxim’s hand in a bid not to fall off the ledge. I saw my stepfather smirking, watching and not doing anything to save me. Maxim wrapped his arms around me.

  Overwhelmed by my emotions, I pulled back.

  He looked at me and asked, “What’s wrong?”

  I palmed my face, unable to respond, and dashed out the room towards the balcony.

  I placed my head over it, gasping for air.

  Maxim ran after me with Matteo and Killian in tow.

  I didn’t want to ruin the party, but I really wanted to go home at this point.

  “Are you alright Bella?” Maxim asked.

  I looked down the balcony and became anxious.

  I felt as though oh no, if I am not careful I will fall off the ledge again.

  Yes my crazy mind felt that way.

  Gasping for air as though I couldn’t breathe, Maxim pulled me close and wrapped his hands tenderly around my body. I sobbed on his shoulder and blurted out, “I remember, I remember what happened that night. I remember falling over the ledge.”

  Stunned by my revelation, Maxim, Killian and Matteo looked directly at me.

  They seemed pleased to see my memory had returned. They asked if I wanted to go home, I barked at the idea and said, “no. Let’s have fun. Who knows when we’d have this much fun again.”

  I didn’t want to ruin Matteo’s party.

  “Are you sure Bella, it’s okay, God it’s great to have you back? I can have another party at some other time?”

  “No Matteo, it’s okay. Let’s party.” I said in a triumphant voice. The guys laughed and the party continued. Maxim was ecstatic. He said, “I am glad you remember, Bella. You should stay the night here.”

  But then I said to him, “No, I want to go home.”

  Concerned, Maxim protested and said, “You shouldn’t go home. You know the truth now, I don’t think it's safe for…”

  “Guys relax it’ll be fine, I won’t say anything to my step Dad now that I know, but he will suspect something is wrong if I don’t show up!”

  “Okay fine, but you must keep your phone on,” Maxim said.

  “Are you sure about this?” Killian asked, trying to ensure I was making the right decision. I told him, “Yes.”

  And with that we began dancing and having a good time to the chagrin of the elite girls. I got a little thirsty and asked for something to drink, Matteo held my hand and got me something to drink. Moments later, I felt a little light-headed, my stomach hurt, I turned to Matteo and said, “I want to go home.”

  He nodded and the guys milled around me. Matteo offered to drop me off, but I said, “Matteo, you need to enjoy your party, Maxim and Killian can take me home.”

  He nodded and placed a tender kiss on my forehead. Maxim and Killian led me out of the party and into the car. And with that, we drove over to my place.

  Once we got there, Killian said, “I can stay with you tonight.”

  I refused and said they needed to get back to the party and that I’d be fine. Maxim sighed and shook his head, “I don’t know about this.”

  I smiled and said, “Don’t worry guys, it will be fine trust me. I have to go.”

  I acted fine and it worked. They said, “Okay, Bella, if you insist. And with that I got out the car and walked into the house.

  I know I said I won’t ask my stepfather about that night, but I guess I couldn’t stop the urge to ask.

  Triggered by the memories, I promptly walked into find my stepfather standing in the foyer watching as I walked in. His sleeves folded to his elbows. He wasn’t the nice-looking Dad waiting for his daughter, no, instead he was seething.

  He said, “you are still hanging out with Maxim, I see.”

  I didn’t respond.

  “Well, are you?” He barked. I swallowed and thought, Bella, go to your room, you promised the guys you wouldn’t trigger him. I said, “I have to go to bed.”

  His eyes watched me for a second then he said, “oh no young lady you are not leaving. That guy hurt you and….”

  “No you hurt me, Dad!” I drawled in pain. God what’s going on with my stomach, did I have food poisoning? I don’t feel well.

  I heard him say, “What are you talking about? I did nothing.”

  “I remember Dad, I remember everything!” I said, clutching my stomach in pain. I looked up once more to see him frowning and blacked out!

  18

  Bella

  I woke up and found myself in a strange place with white walls with pictures of doctors and nurses all dressed in white.

  Holy fuck —

  Am in a mental institution? Oh no, this cannot be real. Why am I here?

  I tried to move my arms, freaking hell I can’t move my arms. Why is this happening? I looked around and noticed they strapped me in a straight jacket. What the hell, I am not crazy? This is insane. Who would do this to me? I cried out, “is anyone there? Help?” No response. I tried to get out of the jacket, but I couldn’t. This was insane. What the hell is happening? I heard a voice say, “Subject is awake.” I turned to see a pair of eyes looking through the glass peephole in the door. Moments later, I watched as the doctors and the nurses all dressed in hazmat suits and masks walked into the room. I gasped and said, “What’s going on?”

  “Subject is infected, stay here.” I heard one doctor say to the others. “She will be quarantined here just like the others to stop the spread of the virus.”

  I raised an eyebrow. “What are they talking about? How did I get infected? I told them this was all my stepfather’s plan to keep me from speaking up against him, but they ignored my words. They said, “hallucinations happen with this virus. I gasped, are they saying my memory is a lie? I struggled and one nurse said, “Struggling will not help you need to stay still and focus on your treatment.”

  I asked, “what are they talking about treatments? I am fine, aside from my stomach ache earlier. I tried to ask what happened when I blacked out, but they were busy talking between themselves. I thought about the guys. Did they know I was locked up in here? How did I
end up here? Where’s my stepfather?”

  “Relax Bella, this wouldn’t hurt at all. I heard one of the doctors say and then I looked up and there it was just like in the movies a large syringe with an even larger needle! I watched as the nurses held my arm out and the moment the needle got stuck in my arm I cried out and fell into this deep sleep.

  When I woke up I assumed I had a pretty bad nightmare because I woke up in a bed, no longer strapped in a jacket but no it was no dream, it was reality. I had been transferred to a bed in the facility after they deemed I was no longer infectious? Or that I will harm myself. I looked up at the television screen blaring about how the pandemic was under control. I frowned and thought that’s not possible, I don’t know why I thought about this but I was certain the epidemic hadn’t passed just yet. Then the next thing I knew, my step Dad got on the screen and made a statement claiming the guys had infected me and he has proof. He claims he wants them held indefinitely. I struggled to understand what was going on. The guys loved me there’s no way they would do something so devious. But then another voice said within me, “don’t be so sure Bella you don’t know that for a fact. And that’s a moment the nurses walked in and said, “you are doing great. The doctor said you’re a candidate for discharge in a few weeks or maybe a month.” I looked at him and said, “I can’t stay here for another month. I’m not even supposed to be here. I should be back home. They laughed and shook their heads and exchanged words. This fair beautiful nurse would long flowing hair said to me, “you don’t understand how lucky you are it’s because you’re a billionaire his daughter that’s why you were even having this experience do you know how Many people out there that can’t even get this treatment? Just consider yourself lucky my dear because it’s not often that anyone would have this much care.”

  She then moved over to my bed and tried to make me feel more comfortable. The other nurse walked around and checked my chart, saying the doctor would see me now. And that’s the moment the doctor walked in. He looked like a kind man with kind eyes but then I couldn’t be sure because he looks tired like he had been fighting battles out there. I swallowed and struggled to say something, but the words did not come out.