He pulled her to a corner and mmed her body against the wall, eliciting a yelp from her.


    "It’s my fucking business," he snapped. He didn’t know why he’d said what he’d said, but he meant every word.


    Allison was quite shocked by his actions and her heart skipped a beat at his confession but she shook her head in denial, not wanting the words to sink in.


    "Just get out of here and leave me alone Kace. I have a boyfriend for goodness sa—"


    "A boyfriend that beats you up? Do you even love that lowlife scumbag you call a boyfriend?" He questioned her.


    The way she always reminded him of having a boyfriend made his blood boil for some reason.


    "So just because he’s your boyfriend, you are going to let him beat you up until you die? You are not going to fight back or break up with him?" He added.


    Tears streamed down Allison’s eyes as she shook her head.


    "I can’t... it’s not that simple," she mumbled, her lips trembling.


    Kace frowned slightly, not understanding what she meant.


    When he’d done his research on Allison, he didn’t find anything incriminating about her. She was just a simple college girl trying to survive in Radiantia. But Kace hadn’t bothered to check into Derek, considering him too insignificant to stress over.


    But from Allison’s tone, he couldn’t help but grow curious about the kind of rtionship she truly shared with Derek. It was clear that it wasn’t just a simple romantic rtionship.


    "What do you mean?" He asked her.


    Allison shook her head vehemently, refusing to spill anything.


    "I need to go for my next ss."


    She wiped her tears immediately, making sure there was no sign revealing how hard she sobbed just a second ago.


    Before Kace would ask her any more questions, she’d already slipped from under his arm and ran out. He quickly chased after her.


    "Do you perhaps know why everyone keeps staring at us?" He couldn’t help but ask. The stares have only gotten stronger as they pulled out their phone and took pictures of them.


    "That’s exactly why I told you to stop following me around. A picture of us was released in the university’s forum a few days ago," she replied, quickening her steps.


    "What kind of picture?" He frowned. He made a mental note to hack into the school’s forum and delete the pictures.


    Allison paused her steps when her eyes fell on the person in front of her.


    "So the rumors are true, huh?" Derek questioned Allison, ring at Kace, who stared back at him unfazed. Only Kace knew how much he wanted to punch the bastard until he had no teeth left to speak.


    "Derek..." Allison gasped.


    Kace frowned when he saw how shaken up Allison looked just by staring at Derek. He quickly made a mental note to research everything possible about Derek. He wasn’t going to wait anymore for Allison to tell him.


    "So, it is true you have been sleeping with Kace Wace?!" He bellowed in rage.


    Kace put two and two together and everything made sense. The stares they were receiving from the students, the murmurs. He’d only visited Allison a few times, but he’d never expected that people would start talking rubbish about them.


    "Derek, it’s not what it looks like. You see..."


    <i>PAK!!</i>


    Allison didn’t get the chance toplete her sentence, when she felt a hard palm strike against her cheek with so much force she nearly hit her head on the wall.


    Derek had never hit her in public. Since he did, it only meant that he was extremely furious with her.


    "You are such a slut!" He yelled at her. He turned to stare at Kace whose eyes were ring with anger. The intensity was so strong that Derek subconsciously gulped down his saliva in fear before he waved it off by taking a step towards Kace to scare thetter away.


    Unfortunately for him, that was one of the biggest mistakes he has made in his life.


    People passing by had already stopped to watch the unfolding drama.


    "You were enjoying my girlfriend so much you thought I wouldn’t find out? Just because youe from the Wace family, don’t think I will be scared of you—-"


    Kace delivered a punch that sent Derek flying across the hallway. Derek’s back mmed against the nearest wall with a heavy impact, and blood trickled down his cheeks.