Chapter 7 - REGRET

Luke is making his speech in front when I noticed someone is staring at me. There are 4 rows in the center of the auditorium with 20 seats each. Our seat is in the front of the second row, and I am in the last seat across the third row.

I looked on my left and saw a few girls looking back at me. One of the girls is Cassandra, she is close to Luke, and I saw them hang out a few times. She is very vocal in expressing her affection to Luke. I remember she confessed to him and promised that she will wait for Luke to love her back. The students in campus thought that Luke will eventually end up with her, but it obviously didn't happen.

No one expected that the rumored Ice Princess is now engaged to the most popular and richest guy in school. Well, I didn't expect it either. And I'm not sure if we will get married after college, I mean we have 5 years more before it happens. We don't know what the future holds. What if after a few months, we both realized that this is really a bad idea. Then we will go on our separate ways and forget about this.

Cassandra still has 5 years to make Luke fall in love with her. Wait! What am I thinking? Is that really okay? Is it fine with me to see Luke with another girl? I can't tell. I don't even feel anything towards the guy.

"To my fellow senior high school students, let's enjoy our last year in campus and I hope we will all be successful in our chosen paths after. Thank you and again, welcome to Golden Oak School of the Elite." After saying his final statement, Luke bowed to the principal and other teachers before going back to me.

All eyes are following him while they continue to applaud him. When he was about to sit down, he bent down and kissed me on my left cheek. I was shocked and unable to react. What was that for? Didn't he realize that everyone is looking. This shameless guy is really annoying.

I looked at him and he's smiling. That smile again. I hate it. But somehow its warm. At the back of my mind, that smile seems familiar. Where did I see it before? That gentle smile, it makes my heart at peace.

The opening assembly ended, and the students were given an hour to rest before their class starts. I was about to leave when Luke grabbed my hand.

"Hey, let's go somewhere. Let's talk before class starts." Well, I also need to talk to him about something, so I nodded. He pulled me out of the auditorium and didn't care if everyone's eyes are following us.

He brought me to the building separated from the classrooms. We went directly on the fifth floor. This is his private resident in school. Here in Golden Oak, the students who belong to the top 5 richest family has their own place. The building has five floors, and each floor belongs to those students. The fifth floor is the biggest room and has 4 more rooms inside. Mine is on the third floor but I rarely use it.

"I'm sorry for bringing you here. They've been looking at us and I know you don't like being the center of attention. At least no one will be able to follow us here." True. This building has tight security that people cannot enter easily without permission. The security here was designed by none other than this guy here. He's a technology addict and one of his creation was this campus security system.

"Its fine. I also want to talk to you about something." He looked at me and waited. "Can you stop touching me in front of so many people? If you already knew that I don't like attention, why are you showing everyone that we're together? They already know about it; I don't think we should do the couple thing in front of them." Luke sighed and pointed on the couch, asking me to sit.

I slowly walked and sit then he followed to sit beside me. This closeness is making me hard to breathe. Calm down, Alora.

"Alora, I know you don't like it, but can't you see that they're not just looking at me? They're looking at you. Those guys out there, do you know how they look at you? I want them to know that you're off limits. That you're mine." I can't process his words in my head. I looked at his eyes and tried to read it. Is that jealousy, desire, lust, love? I can't tell.

"Why do you care? I don't care how they look at me and I'm not sure why they look at me either." I blurted.

"You don't know? Look at you! Look at how you dress. This is a school Alora. You dress like a -" He cut off his own words while looking at me.

"I look like what? A whore?" I finished his sentence. He put his palm in his face and sighed.

"Alora, I don't care about what you wear. But I don't like the way they look at you. If you don't want me to touch you in front of them, then wear something proper."

"So, what if I didn't? Are you going to sexually harass me in front of them? What will you do? I don't care what you think. Do you really think that when I agreed to be your fiancé, you can order me around? We didn't even sign anything yet. I can still do whatever I want and if a guy I like showed up I might break up with you."

He might think I'm already vulnerable because he knows my secret. He's wrong, I would never let him control me. His face and eyes suddenly changed. Pain and anger. With that he grabbed the back of my neck and kissed me. I was shocked and froze.

His kiss was different from the first time we did it. His mouth is moving hungrily and angrily. Heat rose from my whole body. Without knowing I put my arms around his neck. Luke got more excited and slipped his tongue into my mouth. His tongue playfully explores the inside of my mouth. I copied what he's doing and moved my tongue to meet his. His lips mashed against mine and I pushed back. I worked my mouth against his, our tongues battling like wrestlers.

Luke released me to gasp some air. Putting his forehead into mine. "God, Alora. You're making me crazy."

I didn't say a word. He kissed me gently into my forehead. Then to my cheeks and softly kissed my lips. His scent is giving me a sensation that I can't resist. His body smells like vanilla. And I wanted a taste of it. He gently kisses my neck and put his hand under my shirt. I was surprised but didn't resist.

But Luke suddenly let go. I was shocked and confused.