"Good morning!" Cruz greeted, finally dropping his gaze. "Morning, how…" "Brother, don't you know we're studying? You will make me confused!" Cade complained, purposely interrupting Jessica. "That's why you should just concentrate on studying rather than gossiping," Cruz complained, rolling his eyes at him. "Why are you here anyway?" Cade asked. "I just wanted to let you know I'm going to wor…" "Okay! Just leave already!" Cade yelled and Jessica could tell something was wrong between the two of them. Cruz hesitated before leaving as he feared Cade might tell Jessica all about his plans and therefore make him lose the bet but it's not like there was anything he could do about it. "Did you both have another argument?" Jessica asked once Cruz was out of sight. "Of course not. I just told him a bitter truth but he refused to agree with me. I don't have any problem with him except he thinks otherwise." Cade explained and even though Jessica didn't understand what he meant,
"Jessica…I can explain." Cruz stuttered, racking his brain for the most convenient lie to tell. "Cade is just…(he paused and rolled his eyes at Cade)... being childish and…" "What are you talking about?" Jessica interrupted, confused by Cruz's confusing explanation. "Uhmm…" Cade hissed and stepped out of the room with his books. "I thought you…why will you stop coming to our house?" He asked as it dawned on him that Cade might not have told her anything. "That's because we happened to finish our classes earlier than expected. Cade is doing perfectly well now and he requested that he'd want to spend the rest of the week revising what he'd learn and I felt it was a good idea. I didn't want to insist on coming before he'd become suspicious again but what were you talking about?" She asked after explaining herself to him. 'I got worked up for nothing!' He released a sigh of relief before thinking of what to say to end the conversation. "Actually…he told me about his plans." He
Jessica moved her blurry gaze around the dining table in search of a response. "And so? Can't I do that much? Or are you going to tell me what and what not to do now?" She flared up, her face contorted with rage. "Jessica, can we just talk like two adults without you flaring up? It's not like anyone can control this but the fact that you kept moaning Cruz's name only meant you've been thinking about him. It's worrisome. This guy is getting into your head and I can swear he's just using you. I know Cruz and…" "You know what? I'm done pretending. Yes! Cruz and I are in a relationship. I never imagined it but it somehow happened. But you know what? He's never asked me for s*x nor has he ever tried taking advantage of me for the few weeks I spent with him." She declared openly, at this point, unconcerned about what Leah thinks of her. "You keep going on and on about how much you know Cruz just because of how he lives his social life, but have you ever lived with him? NO! So why judge
Cade remained mute as he tried to gather his thoughts and be sure he hadn't misunderstood her. "I don't know what is going on in your head but, I'm not in any relationship with your brother. Didn't I tell you that before? Why do you always have to doubt me? If you don't like me being in your house or around your brother then that's fine by me but stop talking down on me and stop your endless suspicions!" She yelled at him, making him feel guilty as he was beginning to think his suspicions were wrong. Jessica merged her palms in front of her face, "Your exams are coming right after the weekend, Please! Concentrate on that!" She begged before finally marching out of the room and the house as a whole with so much satisfaction in her ability to turn Cade against himself. As she hopped into the taxi she had ordered, she brought out her phone and put a video call through to Cruz. "I just met with your brother!" She reported to Cruz who was in his surgical clothes as he answered her c
Early the next morning, Jessica decided to wake up early and prepare something for them to eat. As soon as Leah came downstairs, Jessica quickly invited her to the dining table and served her a big bowl of lamb shanks. Leah ate the food slowly even though she felt there was something strange about the nice treatment she was receiving from Jessica and immediately after she finished the meal, Jessica decided to help her reveal the reason for the nice treatment. "This is a peace offering from me to you. Please! Don't tell Tyler about Cruz and I. I don't want him to ruin things for us." Jessica pleaded before walking out of her. Upon getting to her room, she met her phone ringing and the caller turned out to be Cade. She allowed the call to end and then she went through her call history to see that he'd been calling all morning. "I will have to ignore you until we're back from our trip or else you might catch up with my lies again!" Jessica mumbled as she dropped down her phone a
A familiar ringing tone rang disrupting their conversation briefly. "I hope you understand now. Have a nice weekend. And just so you know, I had no fever." Cade said, looking at the direction of the door where Jessica was standing with bloodshot eyes. Cruz and his friends also traced the sound of the ringing phone towards the door and Cruz's knee went weak as he saw Jessica shooting daggers at him with her eyes. "F*ck!" Cruz exclaimed with clenched teeth and fist. "Game Over!" Daniel chuckled before slumping into the couch. "Guess I'm riding a Ferrari outta here!" He added, still chuckling. "Daniel! Can you just be serious for once in your life?" Micheal asked with crinkled nose and curled lips. "What? Should I sympathize with her? She was going to find out sooner or later. Cruz is the only unlucky one here because he didn't get to shoot his shot after putting on an act for so long, he is the one we are supposed to sympathize with." Daniel made his point known and the sat
In a few minutes, Cade was now seated at the rear seat of the cab and was finally free from the fear of getting caught and also from those loud girls. "It is so nice to be handsome. Those girls' destination was actually farther than yours but they left the cab for you just for clicking a picture with them." The Cab driver said and even though Cade heard him clearly, his mind was too far away to give a response immediately. The cab driver honked his car just to get Cade's attention and this only provoked him. "And so? What do you want me to say? It's not my brother's fault! It is all their fault! They have made themselves so cheap that it becomes so hard to identify the decent ones and…" Cade's voice trailed off as the Cab driver stared awkwardly at him through the mirror. Cade sighed and looked away as he quickly wiped out the tears that were smearing his cheeks. ★★★★★ Jessica didn't go straight home after the heartbreaking conversation she overheard; rather , she went to the
"Lora! What do you think you're doing?" Cruz who was still standing on the stairs yelled at the lady who was drinking a glass of milk in front of the refrigerator in the living room "Come on, Cruz! You drained me out last night, I'm just drinking a glass of milk to replenish…" "I have no business with your drink but why are you not wearing anything? What if my brother saw you like this?" He asked with bloodshot eyes as he flung her dress towards her. Lora Moore is a star pianist and obviously one of Cruz's numerous girlfriends. She didn't really consider being in her lingerie as naked but she was in Cruz's house and had to follow his rules. "Ok, I'm sorry. Cade will be an adult soon then he will be able to make choices for himself. I'm sure he'd also love the things you…" "Don't ever speak of my brother like that!" Cruz interrupted with a scream before he quickly looked back to see if Cade wasn't out yet. Lora quietly wore her dress as she didn't want to have any confrontati