It had been almost a week since Ria and Gabriel spoke last and people began to notice that there was tension between the two.“It’s just sex Ria, it’s not like you are a virgin,” Penny said and Ria shrugged.“I can’t even get into the mood. So we are supposed to have sex when I can’t have fun or pleasure. Can you have such sex?” Ria asked and Zara shook her head.“You guys can talk it out anyways,” Zara said and Ria chuckled.“Trust me, Zara, I tried but he wouldn’t listen,” Ria said as she ate her snack.“It’s so annoying,” Ria said rolling her eyes as Janet folded her hands and turned to Ria.“If you think you can’t handle him any longer or you feel he’s getting annoying; then break up with him,” Janet said and the table went silent.“Janet, you can’t just say it like that,” Zara said with a scoff.“Yes, people experience bad times in their relationships. Just because times are bad doesn’t mean, they should break up. You’ve never had a boyfriend so you wouldn’t understand” Zara adde

Ria touched her head as she looked around. She looked around and still couldn’t find Damien. She sighed as she turned and saw him walking towards her.Ria stared at him as he walked towards her. Today Damien was wearing jeans pants ripped at the knees and a baggy top. His dark eyes were bottomless as usual as he stopped in front of her.Ria couldn’t forget the sweet feeling that spread through her heart when Damien supported her a few minutes earlier. She wanted to run into his arms and hug him. She wanted to run her hands through his hair and slam her lips against his.“Hey,” Ria said and Damien blinked his eyes as he slipped his hands into his pockets.“I heard you were looking for me,” Damien said and Ria smiled. She liked hearing his cello-like voice a lot. It just somehow smoothened her nerves.“It’s the second time you are helping me even when I didn’t ask for it” Ria said and Damien shrugged.“Just because someone doesn’t ask for help doesn’t mean that they don’t need it. Somet

It didn’t take long for the takeout to arrive. Damien had gone to shower so it was Ria who collected the delivery and signed it. She placed the takeout on the table and took her own out.Just as Damien had said; she was always getting hungry. By the time Damien came out of the room in his pajamas and wet hair, Ria had eaten a quarter of her food. She watched as Damien sat on the rug and started eating.Damien ate slowly and both of them ate in silence. After they finished eating, Damien packed the plates into the dustbin and sat down on the rug again after giving Ria a bottle of soda.“I never met my mom. I don’t if she’s dead or alive. I don’t know who she is either” Damien started and Ria listened as she sipped her soda.“My dad and I lived a comfortable life except that he liked gambling. I talked to him about it and he minimized it or so I thought. He also didn’t tell me he had stage three cancer” Damien said as he swallowed the lump in his throat.“I got home one day to receive a

“Ria, you are the cheerleading captain, you shouldn’t have given to Zara just like that,” Janet said with a frown and Ria smiled.“I intentionally let her have it,” Ria said with a sinister smile.“I took her as my friend and she got jealous instead of getting envious. Let’s see how long she’ll last shall we?” Ria asked and Ava burst into laughter.Ria smiled widely as soon as she sighted Damien from afar, he was talking to Hazel with a frown and Ria pouted.“What’s the relationship between the two of you?” Ava asked and Ria turned to her.“Who and who?” she asked.“You and Damien” Ava replied and Ria smiled.“Nothing. I like him so I’m chasing him” Ria replied and Janet and Ava’s mouths dropped open. They watched as Ria walked through the crowd and latched herself unto Damien.“Did I hear Ria well?” Ava asked as she brought out her pen and tried to use it to clean her ears.“I need to talk to him, are you saying anything important?” Ria asked Hazel who looked at the two with a surpri

Ria watched calmly as Damien wore his gloves. She had watched Damien fight two times after the first time he brought her to the underground ring and she knew how good he was. But considering that after today he wasn’t going to be fighting again; Ria felt weird about it.She knew these people weren’t going to let him go just like that but Damien had assured her that he was going to be fine so she couldn’t do anything about it. She could only pray in her mind.“Don’t look like that, I’ll really be fine” Damien said and Ria nodded as she dropped a small peck on his lips.Damien tapped her nose as they walked out of the room. Everyone was yelling at top of their voices. He walked into the ring and raised his hands at the referee who checked him and Damien turned to his opponent. It was a young man who was a few years older than him. Merely looking at him, Damien knew he was the real deal. He chuckled lightly; these people had finally pushed him to the wall.He walked at Ria who was lookin