parking his car beside us, Jace comes out of the car while holding a white umbrella.

"I have been worried about you." He says while giving me his umbrella which I quickly collect from him.

"I'm fine, Jace."

Bryan clears his throat loudly and Jace turns to him.

"Who is he, Sasha?"

"Hmm... this is Bryan. He is helping me with his umbrella."

I see Jace clench his fists tightly and his jaw ticks in anger.

"Get in the car." He tells me while giving Bryan a deadly look.

I hesitate, I wanted to argue with him and tell him he has no right to tell me what to do but something in his eyes makes me run into the car.

I'm so angry right now and I'm dying of jealousy here, I don't like the look this guy is giving Sasha. He is practically undressing her with his eyes! And apart from that, there is this weird feeling I'm getting just looking at him. I don't want him near me...my what exactly?

I resist the urge to punch that smug look out of his face but clench my fists tighter.

"Thanks for helping her out."

"You are welcome."

"But stay away from her, she is mine." I snarl at him. Saying that she's mine feels so right.

I smirk at the surprised look on his face and walk away.

I stay at the window of my room every day just to watch her pass by in the morning and the same thing in the afternoon. I stalk her every day but she doesn't know, I'm fucking obsessed with her.

I will stop at nothing until I have her all to myself and I will eliminate anything that stands in my way of having her. Even if it means eliminating that arrogant boy also. I watch the car zoom off and memorize the plate number.

Jace is going to explode anytime from now, steam is literally coming out of his ears and his knuckles are turning white around the steering wheel he has been gripping hard.

Looks like someone is really mad, I bring out my earpiece from my wet bag and I plug it into my phone. Then I remember that the earpiece is no longer working, I leave it like that and pretend to be listening to music.

"I don't know why the hell she didn't wait in school when she knew that it was raining. Like the stubborn girl she is, she walks under the fucking rain. Who does that!" I hear Jace say all of a sudden and I bite back a laugh.

"And then that idiot has the guts to act like a fucking Good Samaritan!" He huffs.

I notice that he cusses a lot whenever he is angry and I smile at how childish he is behaving right now, is he jealous?

He presses the brake all of a sudden and the car stops moving.

"Remove that earpiece from your ears, Sasha, I know that you can hear me."

I blink rapidly in surprise and remove the earpiece. How did he find out?

"I don't understand why you're angry Sir," I say calmly.

He leans close to me and pushes the wet hair covering my face to the back of my ear. "I told you to call me Jace."

"Jace," I whisper breathlessly.

"I'm angry because you hurt yourself intentionally and..." he gazed into my eyes deeply and holds my chin in his palm.

"A-and?" I stutter with a slight quiver in my voice

"I'm jealous."

"J-jealous?"

My eyes widen in surprise when he palms my face and places his lips on mine.

"Tell me to stop and I will stop." He mutters against my lips while waiting for me to decide.

His lips feel like heaven against mine, it's so soft, how can I say no? I'm not thinking rationally and I know that.

When I didn't say anything for a long time, he kissed me. It is a slow and passionate kiss, he kisses me like his life depends on it and I kiss him back desperately.

He sucks on my lower lips slowly and I comb my hand through his soft but thick hair.

"Jace..." I moan in his mouth and shiver slightly.

He jerks back all of a sudden and removes his denim jacket, he wraps it around my shoulders.

"Wear it. You're shivering."

Did he stop just to give me this? I pout sadly while staring at the jacket dumbly.

"What? Stop looking at my jacket like that and wear it." He chuckles, starts the ignition, and continues driving.

Just like that?

I'm blushing red as I stare at the jacket around my shoulder that smells just like him.

I park at the parking lot and spot my mother's car, which means she is back from where she traveled to. She doesn't have time for us, not her or even dad. They are always running up and down for the sake of the family business, my mother owns a lot of hotels and suites all over the world which Ash is going to take over whenever she is old enough whether she likes it or not.

I get out of the car and rush to the other side to open the door for Sasha but like the stubborn girl she is, she beats me to it and runs inside the house while glancing at her wristwatch-like she did every second in the car. I spot another familiar car beside my mom's car and I feel a massive headache developing instantly, she is back just when I thought she has finally given up on me.

I enter the house sluggishly and I see Ash yelling at Sasha but keeps quiet the minute I come in. What did the poor girl do now? I wonder as Sasha walks up the stairs.

Cassie is staring at the jacket I gave Sasha before with an unreadable expression on her face.

Cassie has been a bad influence in my sister's life the moment they became friends, Ash now does a lot of things she never did before I traveled out of the country. I'm afraid of whom my sister is now becoming.

"Jace, where are you coming from?" Cassie asks while making her way towards me.

"It's none of your business." I snatch my jacket from her and throw it over my shoulder.

"I asked because you came home the same time Sasha did and she was wearing your jacket." Her hands are now resting on each of my shoulders.

I ignore her and remove her hands from my shoulders, her perfume alone makes me what to throw up. Unlike Sasha who smells of roses.

I hate the fact that Cassie forces herself on me even when I don't like her, I think the fact that our parents are already in support of this makes her bold enough to make her moves.

"Oh Jace, you're wet. Didn't you take an umbrella?" I do not even notice that my mother is already downstairs.

"Y-Yes, you're wet," Cassie says also as if she just remembers that she should have said that first.

"I'm fine. Cassie, why are you still here? The rain has stopped for a while now." I wait patiently for her to say that she is about to leave.

"Jace! Be a little nice." My mom cautions me. "Well.. her mom is out of the country for business purposes and she doesn't want to stay alone with the maids."

"So...?" I ask curiously.

"So she will be staying with us for a while." She drops the bombshell.

The expression on everyone's face tells me that they are waiting for me to flare up and argue. I don't surprise them because that's exactly what I did.

I see Sasha peeking through the stairs from my peripheral vision. "You've got to be kidding me." A headache starts with full force and I massage my forehead slowly while trying to process what mom said.

"I know that love sometimes takes a while to develop but you have to start getting closer to her now so that it'll be easier for you when eventually get married."

"Mom isn't too early for us to be discussing this? She is just eighteen for crying out loud!"

Cassandra snorts and glares at me but I ignore her.

"I got married to your father at the age of twenty and we have been engaged to each other since birth."

"But not everyone is like you," I argue although I already know that it is pointless.

"Enough of this argument." My mother says sternly and with a lot of authority. "She is staying and you'll be nice to her. That is final."

Sasha slowly makes her way to the kitchen while I walk to my room furiously.

After having dinner with everyone at the dining room, I retired to my room, I'm still mad at mom for letting Cassie stay here. I'm sure she is going to pester the hell outta me and I don't think my sanity can take any of it. I pick up my laptop and bury myself in work, I review my schedules for this week and also check my mails, then I replied to the ones that needed replies and deleted the unimportant ones. Half way through my work, I hear a knock on the door.

"Come in." I say wearily thinking it's Ashley.

The door creaks opens and I am surprised to see Cassie walk in. She is wearing a red skimpy night gown, it is too short and it shows a lot of cleavage, her nipples are also pointing out through the thin material of the gown. I set my laptop aside and cross my arms around my chest with my head resting against the headboard.

"What do you want Cassie?" I ask impatiently.

I wait for her to tell me why she's here and get the hell out of my room but instead she climbs onto the bed and started making her way towards me seductively.

"Can I sleep here with you?" She asks with a pout.

"What happened to your room?"

"I don't feel like sleeping there." She shrugs and settles beside me.

There is no point in arguing with her, I'm too tired to do that right now so ignore her and pick up my laptop instead. I became engrossed in what I was doing that I forgot Cassie is in my room until I felt a hand on my crotch. I jump in surprise and look down just to see Cassie massaging my cock through my trousers.

"What the hell?!" I yell and push her hand away.

But she isn't having it, she pushes my laptop aside and climbs on my laps.

"Why are you doing this Jace?" She places her hands under my shirt and rubs my abs.

"Get up Cassie." I warn with a growl.

"And if I don't?" She whispers and grinds into my crotch.

That is it! I push her away harshly and get up from the bed. "What the fuck is wrong with you Cassie?"

"You." She yells suddenly.

Wow. Why the sudden outburst?

"Can't you see that I love you Jace? Why do you keep on pushing me away?"

"That is because I don't love you damn it!" I pull my hair in frustration. "You know what? You can have the fucking room to yourself."

I walk out furiously, why won't she leave me the hell alone? Before I know it, I'm standing in front of Sasha's room. Even my legs knows what I need right now and they took me there.

I yawn sleepily as I pack my books into my bag, I glance at the time and see that it's already midnight. I walk into my closet and change into my pajamas, pin my hair on top my head in a tight bun and lay on my bed preparing to sleep when I suddenly hear a light knock on my door. I groan into my pillow and pray it isn't Ashley or Cassie before walking to the door.

My eyes widen in surprise and I bite my lips to hold back a gasp when I see a smirking Jace standing in front of my room, an image of him kissing me in his car flashes through my mind, I shiver and shake my head to get rid of the image.

"J-Jace?"

"Hmm" He hums.

I look down the hallway and sigh in relief when I see that there is no one there. I drag Jace into the room quickly and shut the door.

"What are you doing here?" I whisper in panic. Does he wants to implicate me?

"Chill, no one is going to find out." He shrugs.

"What..." I was about to ask again what he wants at the middle of the night but trailed off when I see the look on his face as he takes a step towards me. I know that look, it was the same look he has on his face before kissing me in his car earlier, it is a look filled with hunger, desire and want. That look does a lot to me... a lot more that I care to admit.

Suddenly my back is against the wall with Jace's arms caging me in and in an instant, his lips are against mine, sucking and nibbling. My hand automatically went to his head, pulling him closer, my subconscious tells me to pull away now but I'm far too gone to stop. I bite my lip to contain a moan of protest when he starts pulling away.

He takes a step back and pull his hair in frustration. "Fuck."

And I watch in daze as he storms out of my room.