Chapter 2

　　Louisa's POV 　　I was shocked. 　　That was like a straight blow to my face. 　　"This dress belongs to my sister's mother. She asked me to wear it for tonight. And Justin did ask me to come here. I just can't find him right now." I said in a calm voice. 　　I wasn't afraid of bitches like her. 　　Jessica rolled her eyes at me and said, "No kidding! It seems that you've got a saying for everything." 　　Then, she took out her mobile and showed me a picture of the dress. 　　"Bitch! Take a look! This is not an average dress. This is fucking haute couture! Do you even know what it means?! This fucking dress is unique because I asked them to add embroidery of my family's emblem on it! It cost 200 thousand dollars and I bought it in Paris at Atelier Flou last year! I asked the maids to take it to the dry cleaning store the other day. How come you're wearing it now?!" 　　One of her minions said, "Her stepfather has a dry cleaning store! She must have stolen from it!" 　　Jessica shook her head and said with a vicious look on her face, "You're such a shameless liar!" 　　My face turned red. 　　Laura was lying to me! She took the dress from the dry cleaning store! This dress didn't belong to her mother! 　　Jessica continued, "And about Justin..." 　　"Who's calling me?" 　　I looked up and saw Justin walking down the stairs with a cruel smirk on his face. 　　"Jus, this bullshit telling dress-stealing young lady here claimed that you invited her instead of me to this party. I need to verify it." Jessica said. 　　Justin held Jessica in his arms and said, "Babe! Me? Asking a nerd to the party?! Seriously?" 　　He took a pause and asked, "Babe, why is she wearing your dress?" 　　Everyone in the Grand Ballroom looked at me with despise. 　　Nothing was more embarrassing than being put under the spotlight like this. 　　I was embarrassed and furious at the same time. 　　Justin must have collaborated with Jessica in this scheme. Justin pretended to ask me to this party, so Jessica would humiliate me in front of everyone. 　　Jessica had always hated me because I had better grades than her. She would do everything to defame me. Apparently, that included sleeping with Justin. 　　I knew that no matter how hard I explained, people still wouldn't believe me. 　　Feeling annoyed, I threw Jessica's hand away, trying to walk away. 　　To my surprise, she deliberately leaned forward and poured the whole glass of cranberry juice all over me! 　　I took a few steps back and couldn't believe what was going on. 　　"Oh, mine! My dress!" Jessica exclaimed. "It's my fucking haute coutour dress! It's fucking ruined because you've pushed me! You have to pay for it!" 　　"Yeah! I've recorded everything!" One of her minions waved the mobile in her hand like it was a weapon or something. 　　"Pay for it! You fucking loser!" 　　"Pretentious bitch!" 　　"Thief and liar!" 　　In the humming voice, I clenched my fists. 　　"Everyone shut up!" I raised my voice. 　　The whole ballroom was silenced. 　　Even the band stopped playing. 　　"I will pay for your dress," I said to Jessica in a calm voice, even though the only thing I wanted to do was to bash her fucking stupid blonde head against the wall. 　　"It's fucking 200 thousand! How are you going to pay for it?! By selling yourself in a nightclub or something?!" Jessica rolled her eyes so hard that she could see the back of her head. 　　"I've said I'm going to pay for it. This is the only thing that matters." I said while walking out of the door. 　　"Wait a minute." A deep, husky voice appeared out of nowhere. 　　I looked around and saw a tall, muscular guy with dark hair walking out of the shadow. 　　I recognized him. 　　He was the captain of the school football team, a blazing sports star that was famous across the country, playboy number one, and practically a male whore. 　　Lucas Sigler. 　　He was wearing a tailored suit, which fit him perfectly everywhere except the part of his upper arms. 　　It took me a while to figure out that Lucas Sigler was actually talking to me because he walked straight at me in front of everyone. 　　"You..." He lowered his head and stared at me, looking intense. 　　His flawless, chiseled face was like a masterpiece of some famous Greek sculptor. 　　His piercing blue eyes were filled with a mix of confusion and passion. 　　The way he stared at me was like there was no one else in the world. 　　I had never been stared at by another man like this ever in my life, so I lowered my head immediately as I got burnt. 　　"Leave her alone, Justin." He said in a deep, assertive voice. 　　What does he mean? I thought to myself. 　　Was Lucas Sigler, the most notorious guy on campus, going to... stand up for me? 　　Lucas Sigler leaned forward, getting even closer to me. 　　I could feel his warm breath next to my ear. 　　And then I realized that he was actually... 　　Sniffing me! 　　Lucas Sigler was sniffing me in public at the homecoming party! 　　What the heck? 　　Is he a pervert or something? 　　"Take off your dress." He said in a plain, commanding voice. 　　What?! 　　I raised my head to look at him. 　　His face seemed to be serious. He wasn't joking at all. He really wanted me to take off my dress in front of everyone! 　　The most awkward thing was, I felt a sudden flush of warmth in my body. 　　It must have been adrenaline or hormone or something. I couldn't figure it out. 　　It was so humiliating and rude for him to say things like this with everyone staring. 　　But at the same time, the way he looked at me and the way he asked me to strip for him turned me on. 　　The idea of me following his command, getting stripped naked in this party full of people... 　　It was so wrong that it almost felt right. 　　Am I losing my mind?! Is he casting some dark magic on me? 　　What's going on with me?! 　　I grabbed the last straw of consciousness in my mind and asked him, "Excuse me?" 　　"You've heard me, loud and clear. Take off your dress now." He looked very determined. 　　Jessica added from the side, gloating, "Yeah! What Luke said was right. That dress belongs to me! You need to take it off right now!" 　　"Yeah! Take it off!" Justin followed. 　　"Do it right now!" Jessica's minions joined in. 　　They expect to see me trembling and begging. 　　But they wouldn't get what they wanted. 　　I took a cold glance at Lucas Sigler and took the dress off. 　　Everyone was petrified. 　　I was wearing nothing but my underwear at the homecoming party. 　　Lucas Sigler was the first one who made a move. 　　He stepped forward and took the dress from my hands. 　　Before I could react, he had already torn it into two halves. 　　It seemed that he was very good at ripping girl's dress. 　　"Oh mine! What the fuck are you doing, Luke?!" Jessica exclaimed. 　　Lucas replied with a naughty smirk on his face and said, "I'm tearing your dress into pieces." 　　Then, with everyone watching, he took out his phone and fiddled for a while. 　　One moment later, Jessica's mobile beeped. 　　"200 thousand has been wired to your account, Jess." Lucas put his mobile into his pocket and said. 　　"What the...?!" Jessica looked at the screen of her mobile with eyes and mouth wide open. 　　Before I realized what happened, Lucas Sigler wrapped his arms around my waist, pulled me towards him abruptly, and lowered his head to stare at me with a mysterious smirk on his face. 　　"Now, Miss Falco. You owe me 200 grand." He said in a deep, husky voice.