Jace, stop!

My pace is swift as I make my way through the hotel, followed by Gerald and his crew of men in black suits, who were actually security personnel my father had hired ever since I was a child. I feel like I should get the hell out of this place soon because the stress and anxiety from the whole incident are starting to get to me. Tears are right behind my eyeballs and regret pangs in my chest

Suddenly, as we near the lounge, a voice comes from behind us.

“Please, Jace, stop!”

Kayla.

Anger and despair war in my heart as I debate ignoring her and continuing on, but she calls my name again and again. As much as I don’t want to talk to her, I don’t think I can ignore her.

After all, she is right next to me. She looks as panicked as Stone was, her eyes stormy, her cheeks flushed.

The security personnel move to keep her away from me, but I raise my hand, signaling them to stop.

“What?” I growl at her.

“Jace, please, you have to undo what you did to Stone’s father,” she pleads, and my heart sinks. Here I thought she was coming to apologize for the pain she caused me, “Please, you don’t understand, he won’t even be able to continue his studies without his father’s help. You can’t ruin his life like this.”

Sadness unlike any other cuts through the anger I feel, and I close my eyes shut. God, how I wish I’d never taken a liking to her.

be undoing what I did for Stone. This is the world I come from, you fuck with the wrong person,

you talked to me, I thought, ‘finally, here is someone who might be my friend at

purses her lips

done this, I could’ve given you everything you could’ve ever wanted. I could’ve made you the happiest

of all, you betrayed me to Stone. You’re despicable. Don’t ever contact me again,

Kayla standing in the lounge of the hotel, we leave

grey in color with the surface gleaming as if it had just been bought. Gerald opens the door for me, and I sink into the interior with a sigh of nostalgia. In all honesty, I’d missed cars like these in the last few years. The interior is warm, with light cream-colored padding and seats covered in original leather,

I get settled in, the pleasant feeling of

to me, and the lights in the interior of the car

the hotel parking lot, Gerald awakens his voice. I turn to catch his tender gaze, “Can I finally take you

SUVs driving behind us, all containing security personnel. It feels like I’m

pay a visit to my father and somehow get the live-streamed prank sorted. I think that

why my mom left the family when I was very younger and took me with her. I haven’t been back home in years, not even when I was struggling. I

ready to go back. But did

give him

the highway en route to Clandestine

my father, a modern villa that reflects his wealth, his business empire stands, awash with gleaming lights, looking like some Hollywood star’s dream home. The automatic gates open as we near the estate, and I feel my conflicting emotions clashing

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