Chapter 135
Kace couldn’t help but scoff.
“You’ve got to be kidding me. People are scared of that little weiner?” he asked, scoffing as he glanced at her. Noticing a single tear rolling down her cheek, he added, “Do you love Derek p>
Allison froze when she heard his question. She quickly wiped the tears that pooled in her eyes before she answered, “I do p>
“Now?” He asked, propping himself to sit on the bench properly. “Even though he beats you up? That’s some love,” he mumbled under his breath, feeling a pang of jealousy he never expected himself to feel.
A sad smile tugged at Allison’s lips. She could see why Kace was curious about her feelings for Derek. It was clear that no man should ever raise his hand to a woman, and, like every woman in her situation, she harbored deep resentment toward him.
Her hatred for Derek was all-consuming. She despised him so intensely that she fantasized about taking her revenge the moment an opportunity presented itself. She longed to repay him for the assistance he had once offered her, but more than that, she wanted to disappear from his life entirely—never to be seen by him again until the day he finally met his end.
Her mother had been sick, severely sick and she needed to be operated on as soon as possible else she would die.
Her father had left them in debt after he gambled away all their money, succumbing to depression after losing his job.
Now, Allison has to take care of her mother’s surgery which was difficult since she had no money.
Allison was left with no other choice than to go meet Derek who was already pursuing her from high school until coincidentally, they got into the same college. She sold herself to him just to pay her mother’s fees, with a few conditions laid out for her. E.g, she had to be his girlfriend. He never asked her to repay his favor by giving her the money she needed to pay for her mother’s hospital bills.
But when he started becoming violent with her, she wanted to run away.
Unfortunately for her, Derek had a sex tape when he fucked her, and she had no idea about it. He threatened to release it if she didn’t pay him back. But she doubted if she paid him every cent and penny, he would delete the sex tape and let her be.
But Allison couldn’t tell Kace about anything she was thinking at the moment.
She knew for sure she was in deep trouble after what had happened. Derek was going to beat her up again after he woke up, and her so-called mother, whom she’d sold her body for would only yell at her for disobeying Derek.
Even though she was aware of what would happen once she stepped foot into her house, she wanted to stay at the park a bit longer.
Although, it was only her face that was slapped, her whole body ached as if a boulder had landed on her. She sipped her juice, completely carried away by her thoughts while Kace stared at her as he tried to know what she could be thinking about.
“Can we stay a bit longer?” She asked him, staring at him with her baby-blue eyes. He felt his heart tighten when he saw how hurt she was; he could see it just by looking at her.
“Sure. If you don’t want to go home, I can arrange a place for you to stay tonight,” he suggested, ready to dial someone’s number as soon as she gave her consent.
His shoulders sank in disappointment when she shook her head.
“We are not friends, Kace. I will also need to go home if I don’t want to cause any more trouble,” she responded.
Kace sighe, but still hummed in understanding.
A couple of hours passed, it was already dark and Allison was finally ready to go back home.
Kace stopped the vehicle in front of her house, taking in the other vehicle that was parked opposite his.
Allison flinched slightly when she saw Derek’s car.
“He’s already here,” she mumbled. Fear wrapped around her heart before she stepped down from the car.
“Do you want me to come with you?” He didn’t care if he made things worse, but he wouldn’t sit comfortably in his car and let people he didn’t know maltreat Allison however they liked, even though it was her boyfriend.
His tongue turned bitter each time he recalled that title belonged to a red-headed jerk who smelled like he only took a shower once in a blue moon.
’You can do better, Allison,’ he couldn’t help but think for himself.
Allison shook her head.
“It’s okay. I can take it from here. Thanks for taking me to the park, Kace p>
She smiled at him, revealing her pearly white teeth. It was the first time she’d smiled so brightly at him, but sadly, it wasn’t a genuine smile.
It was more like as if she was reassuring him she would be alright, but he couldn’t bring himself to believe her.
But he nodded in his head nonetheless.
He watched Allison wave him goodbye, waiting for him to go before she would step foot into the house.
Sighed, he did what she wanted him to do.
Allison’s smile faltered when she saw Kace’s car disappear into the street.
Taking a deep breath, preparing herself for the inevitable argument.
She walked into the house and sighted Derek, with his father seated on one couch. While her mother and her younger sister were seated on the opposite couch. There was so much tension in the air, that Allison nearly gave in to the temptation of turning her back and leaving as if she never appeared there.
But it was already too late. They turned their heads to glare at her when they felt her presence.
“Look who’s back after spending some time with her sugar daddy p>