Uncle Kelvin, I'm Your Nephew's Girlfriend

Julie shuddered. Her name rolled off his tongue terrifyingly yet still sounded electrifying in her ears. Thankfully, she had long hair that could hide her redness, or she wouldn't be able to live past this embarrassment.

She retreated awkwardly, but Kelvin pressed her further onto the seat.

"Are you pretending to be naive or..." he trailed off purposely and tucked her hair behind her ears.

"Pretending to be slutty?" he continued, letting out an incredulous chuckle upon seeing her red as a tomato.

Julie wanted to deny everything. She hated pretending to be pure, but Dylan's grandfather liked her that way, and Dylan and all of the Andersons drove her into the act. As for being promiscuous, she noticed how Kelvin was staring at a particularly hot woman the day they first met and only assumed that he was into that type.

Perhaps in that sense, she and Kelvin were alike. She jumped the gun at the first sign of opportunity she saw to get by.

While Julie was musing about how to answer, Kelvin moved away, nonchalantly fixing his coat, and frigidly said, "I'm warning you. Don't bite off more than you can chew."

He delivered that so casually that it sounded a bit like concern. But Julie knew him better, and she heard the dark connotations of his words loud and clear.

"Don't mess with me, Julie."

With her hand clenched tightly into a fist, she subtly took a deep breath and slowly held her head high.

"I'll keep that in mind," she dryly replied.

"Also, I'm not interested in my nephew's woman," he added impenitently.

Julie looked at the man beside her snappily and stiffened upon seeing his frigid countenance. Kelvin was looking far ahead and giving her the cold shoulder.

She knew this wasn't the right time for spacing out, but many things had jumbled on her mind. Still, she understood what he meant. Irritatingly so.

She looked away and swallowed hard before nodding slowly,

"Yeah, I got it."

Julie waited for a moment, but he didn't say anything else. She opened the door and got out of the car as though nothing had happened.

When Jimmy saw her, he smothered his cigarette on a pocket ashtray and asked, "Miss Jones. Are you going back now?"

But Julie just walked past him toward her dormitory. A little lost in her thoughts.

Jimmy watched her get further away and got into the car, confused. He didn't want to pry into their business, but tonight he somehow risked asking, "Is Miss Jones alright, Sir?"

He glimpsed at his boss in the rearview mirror and found him looking at the window, following the direction Julie went.

"Drive." Kelvin only flatly ordered.

With that, Jimmy said no more and started the car.

As they drove past her, Kelvin caught a glimpse of her figure before disappearing into the building.

'She was so slim, and her waist was so thin,' thought Kelvin, reflecting a bit on his previous actions.

Perhaps he had been too harsh on her, but Julie withstood it all despite that.

"She's quite gifted. What a pity," Kelvin mumbled and then averted his gaze.

Jimmy glanced at him through the rearview mirror, reading his mood. After a pause, Kelvin gave another order.

"Delete all of her contacts."

It was subtle, but Jimmy flinched in surprise. Julie, after all, was the partner Kelvin was most fond of, or at least that was Jimmy thought.

Jimmy didn't overthink it and just nodded.

"Yes, Sir."

When he stopped the car, he quickly deleted all of Julie's contacts, including her phone number.

Meanwhile, Julie stormed into her dorm room, walking straight to the window and shut the blinds. She dug into her drawer, pulled out a notebook, and then flopped onto her bed. Her roommates had already turned the night in, but her little ruckus woke Leah up.

"Julie?" Leah asked.

Julie jerked and quickly glanced at her roommate. Leah was peeking at her under her sleep mask, concerned.

"What's got into you?" Leah asked again. "You looked mad as a bull," she added.

Julie faintly smiled and gently shook her head. "Nothing. I just took a jog on my way back. Sorry for waking you up," she reasoned.

Leah stared at her for a second and covered her eyes back. "Alright, have a good night."

"Yeah, good night."

Julie then exhaled deeply. She briefly looked at the window and flipped through the pages of her notebook, counting all the money she had earned.

The money given by Kelvin and Dylan's grandpa should be enough for a while.

However, she had one problem looming before her. Breaking up with Kelvin meant that a large amount of her income would be gone. She had to think of other ways fast to keep a living.

Julie closed her notebook and crashed onto her bed, looking at the ceiling with tired eyes.

'Tomorrow's the fifth day of the month. It's visitation day again.' She wearily sighed. Whenever Julie thought of it, her body turned numb.

Erin Lewis, her biological mother, was an extremely disturbed person. Julie had her currently receiving treatment at a psychiatric hospital. But that cost her a lot.

Her mother frequently suffered from severe manic episodes, and she'd beat people up on top of smashing things and cussing, making it hard for the hospital staff to take care of her.

And last month, Julie wasn't left unscathed. Even now, she could still feel a tinge of pain in her forearm after Erin dislocated it. If it wasn't for the timely arrival of hospital security, Julie feared Erin would have beaten her to death at that time.

Still, Julie couldn't leave her mother alone despite Erin causing her trouble endlessly. She could only hope Erin would tone down a bit.

A heavy sigh escaped Julie as she closed her eyes and drifted asleep.