The nerd that attracted the bad boys

Chapter 11

"I see you brought a plaything with you." the man chuckled causing Damien to almost growl.

"I'm only here to give you the rest of what I owe you and then leave."

The man turned serious.

"You have it all." He asked, " 25 grand."

25 grand. What was Damien doing owing this shady guy 25 grand?!

"All of it." He stated. As he reached into his jacket and pulled out a black plastic bag. He then tossed it toward the man, who I assumed was Jace.

The girl that sat on his lap reached for the bag and opened it. She counted the swabs of cash and just nodded.

"Ok Damien our business here is done. I was wondering if you would do one last job for me. I will pay you generously." Jace stated.

"I'm done Jace, I'm out." Damien stated.

"Fine you may go." Jace gestures with his hand for use to leave. Dismissing Damien as he was a fly on his wall.

And as before Damien placed me in front of him and held on to me tightly making sure that I stayed close to him. We walked out of the building.

Once out I let out a breath that I didn't even know I was holding.

We were finally at the mechanics. Walter the older mechanic with a bald spot was changing my tire. Damien stood next to me the whole time. I wanted to ask him why he owed so much money to those people and who those people were.

Before I could speak up my phone rang for the 4th time today.

Chase.

That's who has been calling me. I wanted to answer don't get me wrong and explain to him everything. But how exactly was I going to explain to him that I was with Damien? I couldn't! That's how.

"Aren't you going to answer your boyfriend?" Damien said as he glanced at my phone over my shoulder.

"Why does everyone assume he is my boyfriend?"

"Isn't he?"

I debated whether on saying yes but truthfully, he still hasn't asked me to be his girlfriend.

"No... We are just friends." I looked down to the ground.

"You know...." Damien lifted my chin with his finger so that I could look at him. "I would have made you mine if I had the chance with no hesitation. Butt face over there is stupid for not doing that."

A small smile made its way onto my face.

"Hold still."

Damien reached to my face with both hands. In an instant my glasses were off my face. I blinked a couple of times before my vision adjusted.

I looked into Damien's eyes.

"You look very pretty without your glasses."

Technically I didn't need to wear my glasses all the time. I guess over time I found comfort in wearing them. No hiding behind them.

"Thank you." I whispered.

Damien was leaning down slowly. He was looking at my lips.

Hey, Brittany
Why are you messing with me?
Is your boy on your mind?
Is your boy in the car, or are you alone?
So why does everything I say make you upset?
I'm not here to bring you down
Lift you up, lift you up

So yeah, yeah, yeah
Go ahead and lower it down
Lower it down just a little bit
Just a little bit lower it down....

My phone rang.