Wrapped in His Arms (Julie and Lucian) novel Chapter 11

With a face filled with rage, Zayn chased after Julie. He pulled her arm back once he reached her.

"Did I say you could leave, Julie?"

Julie scowled as she shook his hand off of hers, saying, "Let go."

Zayn mocked coldly, "Why? Are you scared that your new boyfriend will see us like this? Do you even know who that guy is, Julie? Even if you try to seduce him, do you think the second son of the Chandler family will let you play him around like a fool like you did with me?"

She shot him a glance with a poker face and just calmly said, "And is that any of your business?"

"Why wouldn't it be? I'm your ex-boyfriend, after all."

Julie never expected Zayn to be so shameless that he would even use the term "ex-boyfriend". 

She wanted to laugh.

"Ex-boyfriend? Since when were you my ex-boyfriend?"

Zayn's countenance froze as he recalled the words he said to Julie back in the VIP room. He felt a tad guilty, but only for a split second.

"Julie, Blaine's not someone you can afford to play with. You can stop putting on an act."

Julie just stared at him silently. How odd. She used to think they resembled each other. But now, he looked completely different. Especially now that Lucian was back, the difference was even more apparent.

"Zayn, we're strangers now. You said it yourself that you've gotten sick of me." 

His expression froze. A trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly straightened his neck and said, "Don't you know what kind of person I am? You're trying to make this a big deal now?"

Julie was about to speak, but before she could say anything, she saw Anna coming toward them.

"Zayn."

Zayn's face stiffened, and there was some panic in his eyes. He seemed to have come up with an idea as he stretched his arm to pull Anna toward him. 

"Let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Anna Fuller."

When Zayn said these words, his eyes were locked firmly on Julie's face, as if hoping to catch even the slightest crack in her expression. But there was none. There was not a single shift in Julie's expression.

"I just find you repulsive now, Zayn."

Her words sucked the air out of Zayn's lungs, and he felt strangely panicked. He opened his mouth to say something, but Julie had already turned around and left.

Zayn released Anna's hand and just said indifferently, "Feel free to leave first. I won't be sending you off."

Anna was stunned for a moment and probed cautiously, "What about tomorrow's movie?"

"We'll see. Something came up. I have to leave now." After he was done speaking, he did not even check on Anna and just headed straight for his car.

Once Zayn was already inside the car, his mind kept replaying what Julie said earlier when she was leaving. 

"Repulsive?"

How dare she?

Could it be that she really no longer cared about him anymore?

The possibility of her no longer having any interest in him got him feeling some pain in his chest. He whacked the steering wheel so hard that the car's ear-piercing alarm went off immediately.

Suddenly, his phone rang. Zayn took a glimpse at his phone and saw that it was Megan who was calling. He answered the call and said, "Hello?"

From the speaker, Megan could be heard choking back on her tears as she said, "Zay-Zay, I was wrong. Please don't break up with me. Please?"

Zayn let out a loud sigh and said in a distant tone, "Megan, you definitely did me wrong this time."

"I know. I won't do it again. I really love you, Zay-Zay. I don't want to break up."

Megan's voice was soft and sweet, tugging on Zayn's heartstrings. He felt like Julie had never spoken to him with such tenderness before. She was always so poised. 

Thinking about Julie got Zayn feeling agitated again. 

"Will you be obedient from now on?"

"Yes. I'll be extremely obedient." Megan's voice was still sad and whiny. 

"Okay. Stop crying, will you? We won't break up."

"I didn't want to cry, but I just feel so sad whenever I think of how I won't get to see you again."

"I'll be busy with work these two days. Once I'm done, I'll come find you at your campus. Be good," Zayn coaxed patiently.

What was there to be angry about anyway? She was still young. What was wrong with her throwing a little tantrum?

When Megan heard this, she smiled through her tears. "Okay, I'll be good. You should also not push yourself too hard at work, or I'll be sad."