"Kace," he corrected. "I’m not trying to prove anything. Besides, since we are friends now, it’s only normal that I drop you off at college a few times." He smiled, his grin stretching onto his cheeks.


    Allison huffed. After consistent reasons why they should be friends, which happened after Derek’s disrespect towards Allison, thetter had already agreed for the both of them to be friends, even though she didn’t want them to be one.


    Sighing in defeat, Allison got in the car, and the both of them arrived at Aurora Heights University in no time.


    "Are you excited for the Wee Fair?" Kace asked her to break the silence that had enveloped the car since they left Allison’s home.


    Allison stared out of the window, her eyes settling on the students who came in and left the university.


    The university was holding a wee fair, where seniors and professors would wee the freshers and inform them about a few things regarding the university.


    "Of course I am," Allison replied, excitement evident in her tone and Kace smiled at her, his eyes on her face. "I’m super d the professors decided to hold the fair after our exams," she added.


    When Kace hadn’t said anything yet, she turned to look at him, finding him already staring at her, his ck eyes staring deep into her blue ones. She blinked and gulped down her saliva before tapping him on the shoulder.


    "Stop looking at me like that. Let’s go."


    She stepped down from the car while Kace stared at her back with an unexinable look before he followed suit.


    Kace and Allison parted ways since Allison was a senior herself and needed to assist other seniors in the arrangements of the wee fair.


    In the middle of working, Allison’s phone dinged with a notification. She pulled out her phone from her pocket and red at the messenger. Her eyes red at the text.


    "Everything alright?" Natalie asked from behind Allison when she saw thetter ring into her phone as if she wanted to throw punches at the messenger.


    "Everything is alright," Allison replied, dropping the balloons in her hand that would be used for decoration. "I need to go somewhere. I will be back soon," she added.


    Allison left the backstage to search for a particr person. When she found the person, she walked towards him.


    "Derek wants me to meet him," she told Kace. Instantly, Kace’s gaze darkened at the mention of that name.


    "Don’t tell me you are going to meet up with him?" He asked, his eyes narrowing as he waited for her answer.


    ’I have to, else he would release the sex tape,’ she thought to herself, but she couldn’t tell Kace that, else he would know, which was something she didn’t want him finding out about her. It was embarrassing.


    "I will go, just to hear what he has to say," she answered.


    Kace simply stared at her, many words he wanted to let out but he held himself back. After all, Allison and Derek were still in a rtionship.


    He’d told her to break up with him, but she kept lying to his face by saying she loved him, which always left his tongue bitter with the urge to disfigure Derek’s face.


    "I will text you every five minutes when I go see him. If you don’t receive a text from me after 5 minutes...."


    "I will look for you, and if he did something bad to you, I will turn him into a punching bag," Kace finished, while Allison’s heart skipped a beat.


    The way he defended her when Derek pped her in college still lived rent-free in her memory. She shook her head, not wanting to focus on that part of her memory.


    "Thanks," she appreciated. Kace gave her a smile that didn’t reach his eyes at all. His smile faltered as he watched her leave.


    "Allison can’t possibly be in love with this guy. He must be holding something against her or something," he thought out loud.


    Allison entered the empty ss where Derek asked for her to meet him. She sighted him leaning on the wall as he red into his phone with a frustrated look.


    When he heard her footsteps as she entered the ss, he raised his head—his red hair following suit as his eyesnded on her.


    "You came?" He chuckled. "I guess whenever I want to talk to you, all I have to do is threaten you with that sex tape."


    Allison didn’t react to his words—she stared at him with a nk expression which made it difficult for him to read her mind.


    "Aren’t you going to say anything?!!" He barked, making her flinch slightly but she stood her ground. "Did you forget we are still in a rtionship?"


    "I didn’t, which is why I came here to end everything. I want us to break up," she answered.