Class Villainess

Chapter 210 – With Mason Hall (2)

__Phone call with Mom__

I swallowed my saliva hardly, knowing that I had fallen into a trap, whether Mason deliberately set it up or not, but I was definitely trapped to say yes.

"Yes, Mom. I will return home with my boyfriend's car," I replied weakly. 

"Oh, perfect! Then I don't need to worry anymore," Mom said on the phone. "Well, I will be waiting at home. It's quite late already. You two should return home soon. Uh… young man, your name is Mason Hall, right?" 

"Yes, my name is Mason Hall. I am Emmy's boyfriend," Mason claimed. I felt it was wrong because we weren't dating, at least not yet. But he had to claim to be my boyfriend to save my careless ass. 

"Oh, aren't you the same man who always brings a red rose for Emmy?" Mom asked again. 

This time, the confident expression on Mason's face gradually dimmed, and he looked confused instead. He frowned and glanced at me, waiting for an answer. I held my breath because this was where the story didn't add up. If Mason Hall claimed to be my boyfriend, that meant he also had to declare himself as the red rose man.

I found it very unethical since the red rose man was a creep who knew no boundary, and he was a very creepy guy. Unlike Mason Hall, who was basically the opposite, he was smart, very caring, and knew his boundary. Sometimes I wondered what was in his mind when he got angry or annoyed. 

He seemed to be a different person when he was angry at someone other than me. 

But that wasn't really the problem right now. I just found it unethical, but we were already deep in this lie about Mason Hall as my boyfriend, so I had to sacrifice him for now.

I whispered to him, 'Just say yes, I will explain it to you later.' 

Mason Hall nodded obediently and replied to Mom, "Yes, Mrs. Jones. I am that man as well, I—uh… I'm just too shy to show my face before. I'm sorry if it scares your family…."

"Oh, no, not at all! You've helped so much! Thank you for taking care of my daughter. I hope you two have a good relationship in the future," Mom said happily. She seemed to lean more towards this creepy red rose man than me. 

Maybe Grandma talked through her about it, and she was influenced. Because Mom was generally very protective of me because of the abuse we experienced together from Dad. 

But she seemed to be very lenient about this red rose man.

"Well, I will be waiting for Em at home. Would you mind taking her home now?"

"Yes, surely, Mrs. Jones. We will return home soon," Mason said. 

"Okay, bye~."

Beep.

__Phone call with Mom__End__

Mason and I stared at each other in the bus station for a while. We both had our lines of questions that needed to be answered. But since he only stared at me awkwardly without saying a word, I had to start the conversation.

"Mason, why are you here?"

"Ah, I thought you'd see me from afar. I'm eating in that restaurant—" Mason replied. He pointed at a restaurant directly facing the bus station, so anyone from that restaurant could see the bus station from the glass pane. "I've been watching you. I want to text you first, but you seem to be busy with someone on the phone, so I quickly finished my dinner and came here instead."

"Ohh… I see…"

Honestly, I had something more sinister in my mind. I thought that he might have been stalking me since the moment I entered this shopping district. He might be hiding somewhere, lurking while watching me from afar.

But that wasn't really possible, since I knew he had a lot of activities on the weekend. Unless you already made an appointment with him, of course. 

"Yeah, I finished my advertisement shooting about two hours ago, went here to have dinner, and planned to shop for groceries first before going home. But I found you here…" Mason glanced at me again and asked, "How about you, Em? What are you doing here alone? You know this place isn't the safest for… a beautiful girl like you."

"I—" I paused for a moment, trying to find a good reason that was less suspicious. "I have a shopping spree and dinner with my friends today. We had a blast since afternoon, my friends left first with their parents, and I'm here waiting for a bus, haha."

I wished that my dry laughs would cover the shakiness in my voice. Because I was goddamn nervous right now. 

Mason Hall was probably the only person in my circle who didn't know jackshit about anything I did. He was busy with his own life and probably thought that I was just a regular female student who happened to catch his eyes. 

But I had a sinister background in me. I had no intention of telling him about it, though, nor was I going to show him the sinister deeds I did to take down many students so far, from Kristen and Cerise, Leah and her gang, the three stooges, and now, Barbara and Natasha. 

'I think, for someone like Mason, all he needs to know is that I am just a regular female student. I think I've indirectly implicated him with so many things in my missions. All of my missions had directly or indirectly dragged him. It's better not to draw too much of his attention.'

"Really? You're going with your friends on a shopping spree?" Mason looked genuinely confused. He looked at my left and right and asked, "But where is your shopping bags? Why would you go on a shopping spree without buying anything?"

"Ah, that's—" I swallowed my saliva, every time I tried to lie to Mason Hall, I felt guilty. 

"That's because I don't have money. I accompanied my friends to go and shop.. I just look around and have lunch and dinner with them."