Page 51 of Loving Bad

We had a stare down for a few seconds before my brother stalked off. I sat down on the sofa and let out a sigh. I rested my head back against the sofa as I closed my eyes. All I could see was the indifferent look Sin gave me before he told me he would see me around. My chest hurt; it sucked. I just needed to hold it together until later when I was alone. Then I could cry and try to heal my bruised heart.

Connor and I were looking on the Internet at apartments to rent when my phone began to ring about an hour later. My brother had managed to calm down from our previous argument. I looked down and felt my heart sink when I saw it was Jordan. I had been hoping that it would be Sin.

"Hey," I answered as I put my phone to my ear. I stood up.

"Are you okay?" she asked, sounding concerned. She'd been told about last night.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I assured her as I held on tightly to the phone and walked over to the window of the hotel room. Connor remained at the table, looking at his laptop.

"Sin told me about the attack and all the other stuff," she told me. I could hear the bewilderment in her voice.

She paused.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked softly. I felt bad that I hadn't confided in her.

"I didn't think they were that serious until the attack," I replied as I peered out of the window. "Until the underwear, I thought it had been my imagination."

"You should have told me," she said, sounding a little upset.

"I'm sorry. You're right, I should have," I apologized.

"I heard that your brother came to pick you up," she informed me. Slater and Sin had brought her up to speed on everything she'd missed.

"Yes," I sighed. "He was worried and he got the first flight in this morning."

"Is he going to make you go home?" she asked. She knew how protective my brother was.

"He wants to, but I'm not going anywhere," I told her. "I've agreed to a bodyguard and a rented apartment instead of staying at the dorm. It will be big enough for the both of us."

"Both of us?" she questioned, unsure of what I was saying.

"They've tightened up security on campus, but I don't think staying in the dorm will be safe, at least not until they catch this guy," I reasoned.

"Okay," she agreed.

A few moments of silence settled between us.

"He is only doing it because he cares," she said unexpectedly.

I paused for a moment. I knew that, but it didn't make his protective ways any less annoying.

"I know." I turned and Connor walked up to me. He signaled that he wanted to say something.

"Hold on for a sec," I told her.

"Okay," she said. I held the phone away from my ear as I looked at my brother.

"Tell her I'll send a car around to pick her up. He'll take her to the dorm and go with her to get some of her stuff," he whispered. I nodded my head at him.

"My brother says he'll send a car to pick you up," I informed her.

"Okay. See you soon," she said as she ended the call. I told my brother she was also at Sin's house and he called his driver.

In the time it took for the car to leave and pick up Jordan, my brother had already organized a fully furnished apartment close to the college. He was on the phone in the process of organizing me another bodyguard when Jordan walked into the suite.

"Hey," she said as she dropped her duffel bag and pulled me into a hug.

"Hi," I replied as I hugged her back.