My Hot Forbidden Neighbor
img img My Hot Forbidden Neighbor img Chapter 4 Girl Like me
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Chapter 8 Official girlfriend img
Chapter 9 Special enough img
Chapter 10 Asexual img
Chapter 11 Potluck img
Chapter 12 Open gallery img
Chapter 13 Old Place img
Chapter 14 Injustice img
Chapter 15 Radio silence img
Chapter 16 Hot new transfer img
Chapter 17 Ask Norris img
Chapter 18 Coco img
Chapter 19 Romantic Getaway img
Chapter 20 Bath... together img
Chapter 21 Cock Block img
Chapter 22 Dirty Thoughts img
Chapter 23 Butterflies img
Chapter 24 Bad neighborhood img
Chapter 25 Tuxedo img
Chapter 26 His first kiss img
Chapter 27 Night Out img
Chapter 28 Shhh... img
Chapter 29 Sex Saga img
Chapter 30 Girl space Friend img
Chapter 31 Rejection Stings img
Chapter 32 Win Natalie img
Chapter 33 Mocktail img
Chapter 34 Horrified img
Chapter 35 Coming out img
Chapter 36 Grandma's Ghost img
Chapter 37 Dopamine img
Chapter 38 Ask me something img
Chapter 39 Long-distance img
Chapter 40 PTSD img
Chapter 41 Poison img
Chapter 42 Rebel img
Chapter 43 First Date Night img
Chapter 44 Christmas Miracle img
Chapter 45 Piggyback img
Chapter 46 The Bully img
Chapter 47 Apologies img
Chapter 48 Science Experiment img
Chapter 49 Ten pounds lighter img
Chapter 50 Deflower img
Chapter 51 Torment img
Chapter 52 First Night img
Chapter 53 Blissful Night img
Chapter 54 Go-to approach img
Chapter 55 First Freaking fight img
Chapter 56 Trust img
Chapter 57 Blood on my hands img
Chapter 58 Don't you dare! img
Chapter 59 Loopholes img
Chapter 60 Trouble img
Chapter 61 Complicated img
Chapter 62 The match img
Chapter 63 Birthday Party img
Chapter 64 Dismay img
Chapter 65 After Kiss img
Chapter 66 By the lake img
Chapter 67 The Camp img
Chapter 68 After Care img
Chapter 69 A Letter img
Chapter 70 Anticlimactic img
Chapter 71 Premonition img
Chapter 72 Night with West img
Chapter 73 Chaos img
Chapter 74 Privacy img
Chapter 75 Ride back home img
Chapter 76 Promise img
Chapter 77 Hopelessness img
Chapter 78 Over img
Chapter 79 Dont hate me img
Chapter 80 Jacket img
Chapter 81 Confession img
Chapter 82 Sorry img
Chapter 83 Sorry - II img
Chapter 84 Future img
Chapter 85 Future - II img
Chapter 86 Confused img
Chapter 87 That Day img
Chapter 88 –Present Day– img
Chapter 89 Make it work img
Chapter 90 When she went missing img
Chapter 91 Epilogue - I img
Chapter 92 Epilogue - II img
Chapter 93 Epilogue - III img
Chapter 94 Sneak Peek - Riley - Hookup img
Chapter 95 Dick Tease img
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Chapter 4 Girl Like me

🤍🖤🤍 Natalie 🤍🖤🤍

The next few days go in a blur. I am too numb to process things or talk to Riley. Completely confused if I am supposed to warn her or If West is right and I was just expecting a relationship when he didn't want anything from me.

Shit has hit fan in school too. I have been isolated. I am still avoiding West & Riley for the last three days. I understand Riley's confusion. But I don't understand why the hell West is still approaching me. I am giving him the fucking space he often asked for. Why doesn't he just enjoy it?

As I sit in my room just blankly staring out the window, a chime from my phone breaks my trance. Both of them have been texting me a lot. I am reading her messages, but avoiding him. I will probably have to talk to them. Both of them. I need to make sure he doesn't use Riley as he used me.

Riley: 'You have no idea how much I am missing you. Can we please talk? West isn't telling me anything.'

Riley: 'I hate it when you guys fight.'

Me: 'Come home. I want to talk.'

Me: 'Alone.'

Me: 'Don't tell West.'

When she comes to my room. I am still confused about what I am supposed to say or ask her. She had a bad breakup a few months ago. I do not have the heart to tell her how West has tricked her, too. Then again, his words from that night echo my mind.

'I like her, Nat. I have always liked her. I have been trying to tell you about it.'

"Will you please tell me what happened that night?" She breaks my train of thought.

It's shameful. But I tell her anyway. I tell her I got drunk and almost slept with someone I didn't know. The more I think about it, the angrier I become at myself. For being so hasty. I feel even more pathetic about belittling Norris. I could have apologized to him, but I have no words. When I feel better and find words, I will apologize.

Riley is kind. She tells me I should be careful next time but not beat myself about it. She doesn't realize I was being impulsive on purpose and hugs me.

"How was your summer break?" I ask her after a while.

I can see her cheeks redden. I cannot help but smile.

"Is there something I need to know?"

She tries to avoid my gaze, but nods. A realization hit me. I was so self-absorbed with West and his troubles. I didn't notice she was finally being herself again. This is why she was so chirpy that night. My chest tightens again. We made numerous efforts to make her feel better after her breakup. Now she is finally her cheerful self again.

West did this.

Probably he is happier too.

"Care to share?" I try to coax out of her.

"I am not supposed to tell anyone yet, but West and I are kinda seeing each other." I scoff internally. He is trying to keep it a secret too. So fucking original.

"We started getting closer after that picnic we had before the summer break."

As soon as I hear it, tears shimmer in my eyes without my permission. After shedding so many tears, I thought it won't happen again. It's like I am watching them getting into the car backseat all over again. I shared so many moments with West during that time. Was he sleeping with both of us?

Riley looks at me mortified, "I know we should have told you. But West was reluctant about it. He said he wanted to be sure."

She can be really dumb sometimes. She thinks I am hurt because they didn't tell me.

"I didn't realize it would hurt you," she adds. It's a relief that she doesn't ask me why I am crying. But relief itself is short-lived.

She looks at me warily for a while and asks, "It's something else. Tell me what it is?"

I don't have the strength to tell her. But I don't have the strength to hide my tears either. So I stay quiet and hug her.

"You like West, don't you?" She asks in a meek voice. "I always thought you guys might hit it off, that's why I always gave you two space."

I nod and laugh while wiping my tears. I swallow and tell her, "It wasn't meant to be."

I want to tell her West was in a relationship with me when he started pursuing her. But his words from that night still linger in my head.

'We never were in a relationship, Nat. Wasn't it clear?'

I have been questioning myself constantly If I really mistook this fling between us to be a relationship. I am not sure anymore if I was delusional before or I am delusional now.

"We were kinda close... I mistook it for something else." I tell her instead. Apart from his attempt to kiss me that night, we didn't sleep during or after the break. I guess I shouldn't make a fuss about it.

Her expression is indecipherable.

"I need some time, Riley. Will you guys give me some space?"

Her expression turns frantic. "Please..." I tell her before she can say anything.

As she leaves, I wonder if I should tell her not to keep it a secret. Part of me is so jealous that not a word of warning spits out of my mouth. It's petty, but it doesn't stop me from being envious of her beauty. Giving all of me all my attention and love to West wasn't enough. All she had to do was bring her flawless face in distress in front of him and he is gone.

I don't tell her it's probably my goodbye. They can be happily ever after, but I cannot sit around to watch it. It would be enough torture to see them in school.

.......

"What did you tell her?" West corners me at school the next day and asks me in a hardened expression I have never seen before.

I shrug. "She is your girlfriend. Didn't she tell you?"

He sighs and looks away from me. "I had no idea you mistook this thing as a relationship. The way it happened..." He trails off and continues as he looks at me again, "It was supposed to be a secret, Nat. What did you tell her? She is being-"

I cut him in the middle. "Your dirty secret is safe with me. If that's what you are concerned about." He looks offended at my choice of words.

"You were sleeping with her even before summer break." I take a shot and he doesn't object.

I shake my head in disbelief at his mute confirmation and say, "All that time we spend West. I thought we were something."

"Don't start that again." His expression hardens again. "Don't tell me you expected that I would consider being with a girl like you."

I raise my eyebrow. "Girl like me?"

"You were an easy fuck, Natalie. That's all you were..."

He brushes past me, leaving me in shock. His comment feels like a slap on my face. I tell myself he is deliberately saying this to hurt me. To shut me up for good. To his credit, he has done it. My mind wanders to the night of the party.

'Why do you care? It might serve you some purpose.' I had told that guy.

Of course, I am an easy fuck.

I offered myself to that guy so easily. It was a miracle that Norris interrupted, and things didn't go worse that night. I also wish I hadn't snapped at him and had gone to that park where those boys were looking for a chance to molest me. Now everyone thinks I fucked them all.

.......

For the next few weeks, West and Riley leave me alone for good. So it shocks me when I see a notification from West on my phone.

West: 'We could still be friends, Nat. I miss you. Riley misses you too... what's point of ruining our friendship for a misunderstanding'

I chuckle humorlessly at his audacity. Sometimes I sincerely wonder if he is deranged or something. I was quite handy, you see. I am sure he misses the privileges, not me.

Me: 'I guess you miss fucking me. Don't misinterpret your feelings West'

He doesn't reply for a while. I smirk thinking I caught him off guard.

West: 'That could be true. Maybe we could meet for a quickie tonight.'

Me: 'Sorry I have a long list to fuck and you are not on it West.'

If someone would have told me a few months ago that this is how we will treat each other, I wouldn't have believed them.

Despite all the pain, heartbreak, and anger, I really regret not telling the truth to Riley when it was time. Now my repo is so terrible at school I doubt she will believe me.

I have been labeled The School's Slut. Boys have been asking me if they could get a blow job very often. Some tried to corner me in groups. They said they can show me a good time if I let them cluster-fuck me. I should probably be worried. Because these offers don't upset me as if I have lost the ability to feel emotions.

            
            

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