C13 - Cold cash.

"Hey, Ally!"

Allison abruptly stopped from her quick pace.

Why wouldn’t she, when it was Ethan Montenegro calling her?

"Ethan!" She acknowledged him with a huge smile on her face.

The young man approached and immediately took her hand.

"Let’s walk together," he said with a smile.

"If I remember correctly, we don’t have the same class next period," she playfully frowned at him.

"Then I’ll just walk you to your class."

Allison remembered Atty. Sandoval. Was she really a threat to Ethan, which is why they wanted her to stay away?

If they had done their research on her, they should have realized that she couldn’t be bought. What they did only challenged her to fight even more for whatever she had with Ethan.

"Lunch later, okay?" Ethan said as they reached her classroom.

"Yes, sir!"

"Oh, one more thing," he put his hands behind his back and started to chant as if performing a magic trick. "For you," he suddenly handed her a rose.

"Wow..." she whispered, impressed by his magic trick. "How d