"I didn’t want to leave with him at first, I just..." She paused. "I left with him because I wanted to, is there a problem?" She rephrased.


    Derek stood up from the couch, together with his father who’d been quiet since she arrived. Her mother walked towards her with a piercing re.


    "How dare you talk to him like that? Have you forgotten all that he and his father had done for us?! Don’t be ungrateful, Allison," her mother spat in her face.


    Allison had always appreciated what Derek had done for her.


    Besides, without him, her mother would have been gone, and they would have lost their home and their ability to eat three square meals a day. She would be forever grateful for his help, but she was exhausted by the constant mistreatment she endured.


    Since she was dating Derek, no opposite gender in college dared toe close to her. She didn’t have many female friends. Only Olivia, her best friend, and Natalie.


    But Derek had crossed the line when he pped her in public. She was sure videos of the scene Derek created would be uploaded to the school’s forum the next day. Then, everyone would start avoiding her all over again, and gossip about her would circte everywhere.


    Allison couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret for asking Derek for help in the past. If only her father hadn’t gambled away all their money and left them in debt, or if her mother hadn’t suffered from a heart condition, she might not have found herself in such a dire situation.


    "I’m talking to you!!" Her mother yelled.


    Allison stared at her mother with a nk face, readying herself to get smack on the face. But it seemed her mother decided to use her words instead of her hand tomunicate this time around.


    "Derek pped me in front of everyone. It was humiliating, so I left," she answered.


    "You left with Kace Wace after what he did to me and my friends!" Derek reminded her. Allison frowned slightly when she saw saliva flying out of his mouth as he spoke.


    Allison’s mother’s eyes lit up in surprise when she heard about Kace Wace. She was well aware of the family and their influential status. She grinned when she realized her daughter was involved with someone richer than Derek’s family.


    "You do realize that we can sue Kace Wace for what he did to my son, right?" Derek’s father finally spoke.


    "I doubt you would want to do that Mr. Williams. You wouldn’t want to lose your career now, would you?" Allison questioned him back. If he thought he was going to threaten her like that, he was greatly mistaken. "And you..." she turned to Derek who was fuming so much, his chest raised up and down. "I have let you hit me however you like, call me whatever names you want to call me. But I must remind you there’s a limit to everything. I will repay you and your father for everything I owe you but don’t ever hit me like that again. Else I might...."


    "Else you will what?" Derek questioned her, taking a threatening step towards her while Allison instinctively took a few steps back. "What will you do Allison? Will you call the police?"


    "She wouldn’t dare do that," her mother intervened.


    Allison stared at Derek, his red hair seemed to have darkened even more due to his anger.


    "Else you will do what, Allison? Can’t you talk anymore?" Derek yelled in her face, his saliva flying everywhere which disgusted her. "I’m going to beat you up so badly, you will wish you’d never been born."


    "Is that so?" They suddenly heard someone at the entrance of the house finish. "Looks like your screws are still loose. I thought that punch would have fixed up your brain but sadly, it didn’t," Kace added.


    Allison’s mother stared at Kace in awe.


    ’My daughter has caught a big fish this time around. Fuck the Williams, I will push her to be with Kace. The Wace family is richer,’ the middle-aged woman thought to herself as she admired Kace’s presence in her living room. He was so tall his head neatly reached the roof of the living room.


    "You little..."


    "I would advise you to think beforepleting that sentence, Derek. I’m sure your father here wouldn’t want to lose his job at the college, am I right, Mr. Williams?" Kace asked the older man who was starting to sweat profusely since he arrived.