End the Stupid Bet, Win My Stage

Caden was clearly shocked by that news and his momentary distraction gave Alora the time to pull away from him.

As she made to open the door and get out of the car, he grabbed hold of her hand.

"Rara."He called.

"Alora."She corrected, firmly.

"I thought you liked me calling you that."

When he started chasing after her, he called her Rara.

Everyone called her Alora.

But overtime, she grown to loved hearing him call her that.

Like a person nickname that only the boy she loved calls her.

But now, after seeing that the feelings were one-sided.

She was the only one who loved him while he was manipulating and playing with her heart.

She hated that name.

She hated his presence.

She wanted to hate him too.

She didn't want to have anything to do with him.

"Don't call me that anymore."

He pulled her back to face him.

"Are you breaking up with me? Did anyone tell you anything?"

Alora looked up at him."Is anyone supposed to tell me anything?"

"Then why are you transferring schools?"

"Did I tell you that this document is for me? It's for my friend." Alora lied.

She still wanted her disappearance to take him by surprise since up until now, he still felt like playing with her.

He looked relieved to hear that.

"Then why don't you want to compete for the Tisch position. With your skills, you're sure to get in."

Alora felt like punching him on the face.

Didn't he say Brielle was more deserving of that spot?

Now he was saying this to her face?

"I just never had any interest in that competition."

He looked taken aback again.

"Caden, I have to go."

Alora wasn't in the mood for his usual confusion game.

"Rara, I want things to return to the way they used to be between us."

Alora stared at him in disbelief.

Hadn't he done enough?

Shouldn't he be happy that she no longer wanted that position?

Shouldn't he jump for joy and go tell Brielle the good news?

Why was he still pretending to like her?

"I should."

Before she could complete that, Caden held her tightly and pressed his lips against hers.

He kissed her, deeply. His tongue traced the seam of her lips until they parted.

Alora tried to fight him but he was intoxicating.

His tongue delved into her mouth, played with hers and she made a small sound in her throat.

He deepened the kiss and slid his free hand over her body.

She moaned into his mouth.

Her mind was almost clouded with a haze of lust and then she suddenly recalled, the words, the humiliation she's had to endure for the past few days.

He didn't love her.

He just wanted to use her body as a cum-dumping site.

He loved Brielle.

She didn't deserved this.

With all her might, Alora pushed him away from her body. She got down from the car and hurried away.

*********

As soon as Alora got to her dorm room, she started to arrange her belongings. She had just finished packing up when her phone rang.

She grabbed a hold of it and saw that it was Caden.

She ignored it. She had to block him. Or better still, she had to get rid of this particular phone number of hers so he'd have no way of contacting her ever again.

She made up her to get rid of it on her way to the airport tomorrow.

Her cellphone beeped, it was a text from him.

Caden: Rara, I know you said I shouldn't call you that but I want to. I feel like I owe you a lot, and at the same time, I do not want things to end between us.

Alora sat on the bed.

What was he up to this time?

He sent another text.

Caden: I really care about you, Alora.

Was he love-bombing her now?

Was having sex with her that good? He was willing to continue this charade even after she had made it clear to him that she wasn't interested in Tisch!

Caden: I've been keeping a lot of things away from you while trying to maintain this image of myself. I realize now that it might not be worth it.

"He just wants to humiliate you even more, Alora." She murmured to herself.

Caden: Please meet me at the lakeside tomorrow, I have something important to say to you. I don't know how you're going to see me after that but you deserve to know everything about me.

Was he going to tell her about the bet?

Alora shook her head.

She didn't want to think about it.

She didn't want to be dragged even deeper into this game of his.

She laid on her bed, trying to sleep and prepare for tomorrow's flight.

Almost an hour later of unsuccessfully getting any sleep, her phone beeped.

She reached for it and stared at the screen.

Surprisingly, it was Brielle.

Brielle and her had each other's number but they rarely communicated on phone.

Curiously, she tapped on the screen and saw that it was a video.

The video captured Brielle, Caden and their friends all having fun at a club.

And then Brielle and Caden started actively making out while the others cheered.

It was the same outfit Caden wore earlier that day when he kissed Alora in his car.

Under the video was a text.

Brielle:I'm back with my boyfriend now, stay away from him, slut.

At this point, Alora wasn't surprised, she had already been disappointed too much by that boy already.

But she couldn't say she wasn't hurt.

She felt hurt and disgusted.

Disgusted with herself for ever getting involved with Caden.

But never again.

They were never going to see each other again!