A Dare To Kiss The Bad Boy novel Chapter 8

"Hey Phillips! Where is my mom?" I asked my mom's boyfriend as I walked inside our living room.

Phillips and my mom have been seeing each other for a few months now. It's becoming something serious and I kinda liked Philips too, he used to treat me as if I was his biological daughter.

"She went to get some groceries, she should be back soon,"Phillips replied.

"Okay. I'll just take a shower"

I'll be meeting Romeo's mother in the evening. I'm really nervous. Even though this is not a real thing, I still feel nauseous. Romeo will be picking me anytime soon.

Calling Joey made me feel better. She gave me the encouragement I needed.

When I came downstairs, I met Philips and Romeo.

Oh God no! This is no good. Why did you come early?

"What's going on?"I queried them.

I took in the scene before me. Romeo was sitting between my mom and Phillips laughing off to only what God knows.

My mom winked at me."You look hot in that dress girl, right Romeo?"

"You didn't tell me you have a date,"Philips muttered.

I gave a half shrug."It slipped my mind, Phillips."

"Let's go."I dragged Romeo up from the couch and pulled him towards the door.

"Bye!"I waved at my mum and her boyfriend.

When we got outside, Romeo leaned and planted a kiss on my forehead.

"You look stunning, babe."He complimented me.

"Thanks."I smiled shyly.

"My mom would be so thrilled to have you."He smiled back at me.

By the time we got to his house, I realized it was not as far as I thought it would be. It was a few minutes drive.

His house was so big and beautiful. The front patio was cool and well furnitured. Well, the inside was more enormous than the outside.

"Mom, we're here,"He announced.

Almost immediately, a young woman came out from the adjoining room of the sitting room. She was tall and had a slender figure. I'm sure that she was Romeo's mum, they had the same eyes. God! She was so beautiful.

"You are Ivy, right?"

I wasn't given the chance to reply when she pulled me into a warm hug.

"I'm so happy to have you here."She told me.

" My pleasure ma'am."

We disengaged from the hug.

"It's okay. You can call me Sarah."She smiled.

"Okay Sarah."

"You can have dinner now before it gets cold,"she said before disappearing into the kitchen again.

"Your mom is cool and nice."I whispered to Romeo as he led me to the dining room."I'm wondering where you get that bad act from."

He lifted his shoulder in a half shrug."I'm just me."

He winked at me, then settled into the seat next to me.

Sarah joined and sat down opposite me.

"So Ivy, what are your plans for the future?"Sarah asked me.

I cleared my throat."Go to college first, I guess."

She smiled as usual. She was just nice and perfect. I wondered how Romeo's dad will look like, he has never talked about him before.

I spent some more time with them before going to my house. I enjoyed my visit to Romeo's house.

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Slowly, ever slowly the days crept away. Days turned into weeks.

Finally we have a full month before us. To me, it meant so much. I would finally be breaking up with Romeo. Our one month relationship is now at its end. We both don't need to tell each other that it has ended.

For that one month, I could say that it was my best ever. The beautiful moments we shared together, the worse ones and the wonderful ones. My mom is fond of Romeo, she liked him as if our relationship was real. Similarly, Sarah liked me, she is just so nice. I wondered how she would feel if she found out that it was a dare.

Romeo hasn't shown up in school since last Friday which got me worried. I kept glancing across the cafeteria hoping that he would show up. Jake won't tell me anything about him and when I checked on him at home, I couldn't find him.

I called him several times and left him a message but he wouldn't return my call or message. I could only think he was avoiding me, but why? If he was avoiding me, why would he avoid his friends also?