Chapter 4

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Melissa was in a state of losing consciousness nearly. Eyes squeezing shut, she forgot to take a proper breath during the time. She pressed her back against the wall as much as possible. Mouth parting apart to breathe in and out occasionally, she was visibly shaking, sweating like the day that she was punished to stand under the scorching heat of the sun.

Unfortunately, all of her fears became true and lived when her powerful nostrils smelt the familiar scent of cologne.

Mr. Hale?

As if she had watched a terrible dream, her eyes snapped open in a shot only to find out the most expected man in an unexpected situation. His grey eyes found her with complex emotions running through his mind.

What was she doing here? Above all, why was she hiding herself here?

Drake questioned keeping his eyes stuck on her pale skin that turned white like shit after he made his king-like appearance,

" Miss Carter, May I know what you were doing in my office room?"

Then she felt her heart sinking into the depths of the ocean. Not only her heart, but her mind was eternally crying like a lost child who wanted to return home. Melissa gulped, pinched her palms together nervously, and replied stammering in her own words like a patient,

" I..I.. was.. actually..aah..I came.. to find..you..for..for.."

She kept stammering, unable to make a proper excuse then she saw the most dreadful part was coming in.

Drake looked down at the scattered papers that were lying by her feet. As the front page was opened widely, one look at it was enough to clarify that those were his question papers.

It took less than a moment to see a permanent scowl on his expression. The grey balls in his eyes grew darker in the shade and his voice rang out like a death warning,

" You were stealing my question papers?"

Melissa held her urge to not fall on his knees. Fluttering her long lashes repeatedly, she picked up the last attempt to save herself from the man that she hated the most on this earth,

" No..Sir.. What are you talking.. about? I mean, who saw it?"

Melissa retorted before pressing her palms over her sweaty forehead.

Damn it all! She couldn't even make up a few lies!

Drake's eyes rested on her nervous face for a while, silently admiring her guts to state lies on his face. Drake replied after crossing his arms together,

" Then I should check on my CCTV footage. What do you say, Miss Carter?"

A shudder ran through her spine as she looked up at Drake horrifiedly. She didn't expect him to put a camera inside his office room. I mean, it was common to use cameras in other fields of the school but inside the office, she didn't expect to come at all.

Melissa parted her lips to say something but an unexpected voice came out from the doorway with a little thud of opening the door,

" Drake? Drake? Are you here?"

It was none other than their other rude teacher, Maze Cooper who hated her for no reason. Until now, Melissa couldn't figure out why that Blondie's short-haired Maze Cooper, her history teacher hated her so much. In her memory, she never misbehaved with that woman but still, she always showed a deep displeasure towards Melissa. Melissa was quite sure that if she was discovered by Maze not Drake, she would have been taken to the Principal's office without listening.

Melissa's eyes dialed in fear. She was already in danger now heaven had sent another one to rub salt on her wound. She panicked shifting her eyes between the entrance and Drake who was still waiting soberly for her response.

Melissa muttered through her ragged breathing,

" Si...Sir.. Please..."

Drake rebuked pulling his lips up into a smirk,

" Please what, Miss Carter?"

Melissa swallowed down her saliva. Biting on her bottom lips nervously, she blurted out pleadingly,

" I..I don't want to be.. found out..by Miss Cooper..Can..can you please tell..her to go away?"

Drake huffed scornfully. Not caring about Maze's repeated callings, he continued his interrogation,

" So is it your indirect confession that you came to steal my papers, Miss Carter?"

Melissa closed her eyes shut guiltily. Even if she didn't admit that Drake would be able to find out through the footage.

Reading through the hesitation that was running inside her mind, Drake resumed his conversation this time in a bit threatening voice,

" Melissa Carter, if you think that you won't spill out the truth to me, Maze Cooper will be leading you straight towards the Principal's office."

Melissa brought her hazel eyes up to glare at Drake horrifiedly. Pushing away all the hesitations and fear, she admitted in a breath,

" Yes, Yes, Sir...I came to steal the papers..Now please take her away from here. I am ready to give you an explanation later on."

She added the last sentence in a plea and watched his face turning calm slowly.

Why did he seem better after hearing her truth? Did he mind that she didn't confess the truth earlier?

Drake disengaged his folded arms. Shoving his fists into his pockets, he muttered lowly,

" If you had paid attention to my classes rather than fooling around with your boyfriend, Stefan always, you wouldn't have to become a thief here Miss Carter. Stay here until I ask you to come out! "

Drake huffed before going out to greet Miss Cooper who was about to walk in behind the shelf in a minute. Surprised by his sudden appearance from the back of Shelf, Maze stifled a half smile,

" Drake, you..you were here.. Why didn't you respond to me?"

Drake retrieved his calm composure. Walking over to sit across his chair, he replied with a shrug,

" I just don't feel like answering to you. What brought you here early in the morning, Miss Cooper?"

Maze frowned hatefully at the way that he addressed her. She had asked him several times to call her by his name but he just didn't listen.

Maze forced a smile, trotting slowly over the shelf while speaking,

" I need to borrow a few books from you. Can I check on your shelf? "

Drake who was momentarily forgotten about the person that was hiding there replied nonchalantly,

" Just don't disarrange my staff. I hate to see my staff scattering like trash. Pay attention to this."

Maze hummed with a smile, glad that she had figured out a mastermind plan to spend time with him finally.