Chapter 4: "See you soon, Love"

I was walking towards my classroom when a hand covered my eyes. I panicked at first until I heard her voice "Guess who?". I smiled and turned around hugging her tightly. It was Ashley my best friend who has always been more of a sister than Cordelia could ever be. Last life I had lost connection with her, Cordelia made sure of that. She too didn't like Liam and warned me about him time and again. I had it coming after how I had treated the people who genuinely loved me and looked out for me. I promise I'll cherish it this time. As soon as we turned around to head to our class I bumped into Liam. I immediately took a step back and pulled Ashley towards the class without sparing him another glance. Even though I put up a strong front, my heart was

beating fast, if I would have been around him another minute I would have smacked him. Ashley however was stunned, she didn't expect me to behave this way. She knew how crazy I was for him but little did she know that the same craziness led me to my demise. 

The rest of the week went uneventful as I was trying to get a grip on my life. I had made a mess behind a guy and I felt disgusted with myself. It took my death to realize how stupid I had been all this time. 

It's been a week since I last saw Liam or Cordelia. I was avoiding her like a plague at home too. 

I was in my class when Mrs. Fisher, the designing professor made an announcement "Your attention, please. There's going to be a designing competition this year and the winner will get a chance for an internship with the country's best designers. This competition will be held in two weeks so put your best foot forward." With that, she went away. It was finally here, I was waiting for this opportunity. I had taken part in the competition in my last life too but during the finals, Cordelia informed me that Liam wanted to meet me and like the naive and stupid girl I was, I went running to him without a thought. 'Oh Anastasia why were u so lamentable' i thought to myself. But I was determined to win it this time and both of them would be foolish to get in my way.

Suddenly an announcement was made through the speaker asking us to get to the auditorium for a seminar and a special guest was coming to do the same. 

I sighed, I was missing Ashley. She didn't even bother to inform me that she was not attending classes today and I continued sulking till I reached the auditorium.

As soon as I entered I again bumped into Liam 'why was this guy everywhere' I gave him an annoyed look before passing through. He suddenly grabbed my hand and turned me towards him. "What do you want?" I wanted to get as far away as possible from him but his grip on my hand tightened. I was about to give him a piece of my mind when a voice startled me "Leave her". I had heard this voice before. Liam released my grip and I turned towards the direction of the voice 'oh it was that arrogant jerk' I looked at him and rolled my eyes. His gaze was on me throughout and I guess he was annoyed by the eye roll. He walked towards me but his gaze landed on Liam burning holes in his head. If looks could kill he would surely be six feet under the ground. Before anyone could say anything I rushed forward to grab a seat. What a day! I sighed with relief. But why did Liam grab me? It's as if he's purposely bumping into me again and again. And what was that arrogant jerk doing here? I don't think he's a student here, I've never seen him here before. I was lost in my thoughts when the principal welcomed the guest of honor. It was Hades Shaw and I couldn't help but go in a state of shock when I saw the person on the stage. He was Hades Shaw! I composed myself. That's the reason why he was being so full of himself I thought. His gaze piercing me throughout his speech but the most unnerving part of the seminar was Liam's gaze on me. It was calculating and I could feel a shudder run through my spine and it didn't feel good. I wanted to leave as soon as possible. As the speech ended I stood up to leave but then the principal called out my name "Anastasia dear, would you be kind enough to walk Mr. Shaw around the campus and be a wonderful guide" I was about to object but Mr.Shaw grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the exit. "Leave my hand Mr. Shaw I don't want to go around showing you the campus" I huffed. He turned a deaf ear to my rambling and continued walking. He stopped after we were outside and turned towards me "Ms. Kimberly it wasn't a request but an order and if you don't comply then I'll make sure you don't participate in the competition held next week." This man is crazy and his arrogance annoys me to the core. I was about to retort when I heard my name "Anastasia!" Liam got closer "Are you alright? Do you need any help?" His eyes darting between me and Mr. Shaw. I was extremely perplexed by his sudden change of attitude towards me. Just last week he couldn't stand the sight of me and now he was acting as he cared about me. I wish I could give him and Cordelia an oscar. I rolled my eyes and crossed my hands in a defensive stance "Thank you for your concern Mr. Arden but it's none of your business. I don't recall being acquainted with you for you to show me such concern." My voice was curt and emotionless. I turned around, grabbed Mr. Shaw's hand, and walked in the opposite direction. I didn't realize I was holding his hand the whole way and he didn't object to it too. When I reached the door to the library I realized we were still holding hands. I jerked my hand from his and created a distance. His eyes were on me the whole time as if trying to figure something out. I ignored it and continued showing him around. It was annoying how he was attracting so much attention from everyone around us. Once I finished giving the tour I looked at him "This is it Mr.shaw...." he cut me off "It's Hades! You can call me Hades" I raised an eyebrow "I'm sorry Mr.Shaw but I don't know you well enough to start talking with you on a first-name basis" it's not like we'll be meeting again anyway I murmured but I guess he heard it "Fair enough! But we'll be meeting soon Ms. Kimberly" he moved forward towards me and I stepped back and hitting the wall. He took the strand of my hair that was flowing freely around my face and tucked it behind my ear "See you soon, love" and with that, he walked away. I was in a daze my heart beating fast and my eyes wide. "Urgh! That arrogant jerk" I huffed and walked to my car.