THE CONQUEST LIST

CHAPTER ONE

FAST CARS

LOVERS NIGHT CLUB, NEW YORK. 9PM

The smell of booze and sweat dripping off the youngsters on the dance floor hit Drew's nose as he stepped into the night club with Jenna Lincoln, his latest girlfriend at his side. Jenna hated parties, but Drew loved them.

They had been dating for a month now and Drew was fed up with her likes and dislikes, she had insisted on not coming but Drew had forced her to as it was his best friend, Evans Black's twenty first birthday party and everyone present was ready to get wasted and party hard till midnight. The club was filled with drunk and energetic young adults grinding against each other in tune with the music blaring from the speakers.

He had arrived later because of a business dinner he had to attend with his father at their family hotel, The Grey Hotel And Suites. The dinner was extremely boring and he couldn't wait to get to the party, having left the gathering with the excuse of a headache he quickly drove to Jenna's apartment and picked her up to attend the party.

Each time he came here, the girls reacted the same way, batting fake eyelashes at him and flaunting all of their assets for his attention. But Drew liked it all, being the centre of attention and having everyone under his control, after all he felt he was the most important person in the club.

With his good looks, fame, intelligence and money, one could say he had it all, but that wasn't quite so. He had grown up with a void in his heart, losing his mum at the tender age of six had been too much for him to bear with his dad pushing him away and the once happy family of three which they had was ripped apart. He hadn't known exactly what happened to her or how she went missing, but one morning, he woke up only to find both of his parents nowhere to be found.

It was the servants at the mansion who told him that his mum had gone missing the previous night and was nowhere to be found. He had cried himself to sleep that night wishing he could see his mum once again to feel okay, but that was years ago, he liked to believe he wasn't that naive six year old anymore.

His mother, Christina Theresa Grey, had been a writer and had written several books for children, though she was quite popular in the city, it had never kept her from spending time with her son nor reading bedtime stories to him.

Now, Drew felt like he certainly didn't need anyone tucking him to bed or for anything else, he felt like he had it all. Being rich and famous and one of the most intelligent students in College, he was popular among the girls and boys and everyone wanted to be on his good side. No longer was he the boy who needed his dad to be with him after his mother's strange disappearance.

His father, Silas Grey, the billionaire CEO of the Grey Business Empire, was a money hungry and ruthless workaholic with several chains of hotels and restaurants across the continent, he only cared about making profit, and had time for little else.

He hardly ever spoke to Drew ever since Christina left and only did so when extremely necessary and never talked about her, so Drew out of fear never questioned him concerning her.

Though he was only twenty, everyone around him did as he said, with fear of being destroyed by his father who had a reputation of crushing his business rivals and ruining the lives of those who dared to go against him.

Never having anyone to counsel him asides from the pressure his dad placed on him to achieve better and excel in everything, Drew strived to be as untouchable as his dad and often did whatever he pleased, just like his father did.

He stepped into the VVIP section of the club with Jenna where they spotted Evans, the birthday guy and his best friend from high school, staring at a leggy blonde at the bar and then he and Jenna made their way towards him.

They both studied the same major, Computer Engineering at their second year at Achievers University Of Technology, a school only for the prestigious and highly influential students, Evans was also a member of the school's gaming club, The Braves and Drew was currently the President of the club.

They hugged and Drew replied with a grin, "Hey man, I'm really sorry I had to deal with my old man first, you know. Happy birthday." Evans stared at him and looked at Jenna in surprise, while Drew let out a laugh.

"Hello, Evans. I wish you a happy birthday, though I don't even care to be here. I only came because Drew baby asked me to come," Jenna said with a frown.

"Hello to you too Jenna and thanks I know you don't want to be here, so I'll let you leave after an hour. You don't expect my best pal to miss my big day, do you?"

"Whatever, this isn't my style of party. There's too much light and the sitting arrangement and drinks are definitely not right," she replied while scowling at the drinks carried in a tray by one of the waiters to show her disapproval.

Jenna was a perfectionist and the most beautiful girl on campus, a title she had won twice in a row with her large hazel green eyes and shoulder length dark blonde hair, she had lots of boys chasing after her.

But she had a habit of finding a fault in almost everything. She was the daughter of the dean of her faculty and currently in her first year of studying Fashion Designing in the same college as the both of them. Drew was already used to her attitude by now. He had been blinded by her beauty and thought he was in love with her before, but realized she was just convenient for him as they were equals in everything especially in their wealth. He had been trying to get her since they were both abroad in boarding school and during their first year in University, she finally accepted him.

He was surprised to find that after they got together, he still felt empty and realized she wasn't as perfect as he thought she had been, with her tendency to demand expensive gifts all the time. So they broke up last semester and just got together a month ago.

"Babe just relax, come let's dance, excuse me man I'll be back, I can see you've got something or should I say someone on your mind," Drew replied with a mischievous grin as he led Jenna out to the dance floor.

After an hour and thirty minutes, Jenna took her leave as she had an early lecture the following morning but not before giving Drew a lingering kiss and a warning to not talk or dance with other girls.

Evans came to his side at the bar where Drew sat drinking. "Hey man, why don't you guys just break up already? I wonder how you stand her annoying voice and attitude, I couldn't possibly do that."

"That's my girlfriend you're talking about, she might be annoying but she's nice if you get to know her. Why do you think I got back with her, she's really good for me. And we've decided that we can still fool around until we finish college and move in together."

"You're really serious about her, I thought you were just playing around."

"There's no point in running away from destiny, my old man likes her. Our parents schooled together, so obviously my old man wants us to get married. At least she's beautiful what if she was ugly, you don't need to feel sorry for me. I'm happy with her. I mean I can still fool around for another three years right?" He clinked his bottle of beer with Evans bottle and they both laughed.

"Anyways where's Joe and Miller? They are supposed to be here, we have to celebrate my win this month and also your birthday. I won the bet, you guys said I wasn't gonna last this long with Jenna, but I did."

"Relax man, it's not like you need the car, you can buy yours if you wanted to, anyways Joe had to use the restroom and you know Miller he left like two hours ago with some brunette, but he'll be back soon. Damn, check out that hot blonde over there, I can assure you, she'll be going home with me tonight, what do you think?" Evans queried, still eyeing the blonde while combing his finger down his sandy blonde hair and sending her a wink.

Just as Drew was about to reply, Joe and Miller walked in and they all exchanged greetings. They were all members of the board of directors of the school gaming society, The Braves and Drew had always considered them as his brothers and they had a lot in common starting from their absentee parents. Evans Black, the son of the wealthy and popular divorce lawyer, Zachary Black, with a big law firm, he himself having gone through four divorces and currently on his fifth wife, Tia Black, a spoilt heiress who was only five years older than Evans. Joe and Miller Anderson, the twin sons of the current governor of the state and wealthy business tycoon, Seth Anderson and fashion designer mother Mia Anderson, who was always too busy to notice her sons.

Drew had met Evans while in his first year of Junior high in a boarding school in England and they immediately became friends as they were also roommates then and later on, Evans introduced him to Joe and Miller in their second year. They had been through a lot and learned to live as a family after seeing how much they had in common. He trusted only his brothers, as they all loved each other deeply and had each other's backs.

When Evans had fallen in love with one of his father's business associate's daughter, Clara Peters, who was also their classmate in Senior high and got dumped after she left him to New York with no explanation, it almost destroyed Evans and after he recovered, and Jenna had rejected Drew that same year, they all vowed never to fall in love with any girl which led to Miller inventing The Conquest List, a game they all played every three months, by writing down the names of all the girls they had conquered and slept with and the winner of the season, being the one with the highest number of conquests of the quarter year or the one who won a bet getting expensive gifts from the others and whatever they bet on.

Miller was the biggest playboy of them all, with his delicate and handsome looks with India ink blue eyes and dirty blonde hair and his good flirting skills, he usually had all the girls swooning due to his charms.

Drew was the second biggest playboy, with his steel-grey eyes, tall and slightly muscular physique with a chiselled face and jet black hair, he was handsome and fancied by every girl. He was followed by Evans and lastly Joe, who was the most reserved out of the four of them, with a mysterious aura and good humour.

Miller won the bet almost every time, he had no type at all and was really reckless in his style of living, he usually claimed that girls were made to be enjoyed and worshipped and not left alone. They never dated any girl for more than two weeks.

"Guys, Drew has finally got Jenna back, which makes him the highest scorer this season with twenty conquests. I bet my Ferrari on this so you can have it, but only for the week of course. Here's the key man. You deserve it, that girl is gorgeous and I wish you guys luck this time." Evans said.

"Damn man, I can't believe this. Jenna seemed like a hard nut to crack after you guys broke up, it seems like you're finally learning from me, anyways I taught you well. So how is she?" Miller asked with an evil smirk.

Sometimes Drew felt bad for treating the girls that way, but he usually convinced himself that he never promised anything to them, so there was no commitment and therefore no pain and he always made it clear that he had a girlfriend. It was all just a sick game they liked to play.

"Right now, I just want us to have fun, drinks on me, let's party. Happy birthday Evans once again."

"Thanks, champ. I'll need your car since I'm giving you mine for the week. You guys can continue partying and I'm just gonna say hello to the hot blonde over there, so bye. She's definitely going home with me," he said while snatching Drew's car keys from the table. And they cheered as Evans made his way towards the girl.

The rest of the guys discussed school and projects, girls, and apps and games and Drew's weird relationship with Jenna and some of the other members of The Braves were also in the bar, they kept playing games and drinking vodka. Eventually Evans and the blonde left with Evans sending the guys an "I told you so" look.

"Okay I think we should all call it a night and go home, it's almost midnight, Evans sure knows how to plan a party," Charles, one of the gamers in The Braves slurred while staggering as he left with the others who were leaving the club.

Drew and his friends made their way out of the club to Evan's car, a sleek red Ferrari of the latest make and Joe who claimed to be the soberest out of the three, sat behind the wheel.

But after almost colliding with a lamp post within a few minutes of driving, Drew dragged Joe from behind the wheel and sat there himself.

And he being too wasted to drive, with Joe and Miller sleeping at the backseat, hit the brake with alarm after colliding with what seemed like a person and hearing the sound of a girl's scream.

He quickly sat up with fear, thinking he had killed someone. Getting out of the car with a scowl and with his blurry vision, he noticed what seemed to be the figure of a guy probably in his early twenties, he wasn't sure due to his spinning head. He was on his knees with blood oozing out of his head next to the car. And all of a sudden the voice of a girl's scream from the other side of the road filled his ears. He turned to look at where the sound came from and sighted a girl of around eighteen or nineteen running from across the street.

"You bastard, can't you watch where you're going or do you wanna ruin my car. Why don't you get the fuck up and answer me, hey get the fuck off the ground, damn it!" Drew yelled as he kicked the guy on his side, but instead, he fell on his side to the ground. Drew realized that he had to get out of there before the girl or anyone else saw him, he quickly turned to get back into his car but halted when he heard a voice yelling behind him.

The girl had crossed over, she had ginger red hair packed in a high ponytail with blue or green eyes, he wasn't so sure what colour it was as his head was spinning, she was in a red crop top with some faded black ripped jeans and he couldn't make out her features properly. The girl kept screaming for help.

"Hey you, can't you drive and if you can't, then get off the fucking road, my brother is lying here unconscious because of you and all you can do is try to run away? Do something, help me get him to the hospital or call the ambulance for God's sake," She cried.

"Drew what's going on? Just give them some money, let's get the hell outta here, my head hurts like crazy, man!" Miller yelled from inside the car.

"What do you mean? You guys are so irresponsible, you go around drunk driving. You think that money can solve just everything, I pity your rich asses. I swear to God, if anything happens to my brother, I'll hunt you down and make you pay."

"Oh please, I know you poor people, you and your so called brother probably staged this whole thing up, just for money but don't worry I'll give you what you want, gorgeous, " he slurred while reaching into the car, and taking out a chequebook, he scribbled fifty thousand dollars on a cheque and flung it at the girl who kept crying.

"I know your type, you're obviously acting, you knew I and my friends were driving past, so you guys ran into us just to get our attention, well you've got it now, so take this cheque and get lost."

He staggered back into the car without giving a second glance at the girl who kept screaming about how she'll get her revenge from them all and laughed to himself as he wondered how she was gonna do that. He and his friends were seriously feared by every student in college and they had just enough influence and power to crush any problem in their way.

"Hey man, what the hell happened, did we hit someone?" Joe asked as he woke up due to the noise. "It's nothing, just a damned bitch and a guy faking an accident, I just paid them off don't worry about it."

"What do you mean, what if the guy was badly hurt? We should have assisted her to get him to the hospital, damn my head hurts," Joe slurred, with his eyes totally red from the excessive drinking.

"I told you to forget about, it was all an act I'm sure, and even if he was seriously hurt, the money's enough for his medical expenses, he shouldn't have come in our way."

They drove into the garage of the expensive condo where they lived outside of campus. It was kind of pointless to say they lived there because they spent most nights in The Braves Club thinking of new gaming ideas and also in clubs partying and sometimes in school studying as they were all straight-A students.

When they moved in together, for the first time since the disappearance of his mum, Drew had felt at home and like a member of a family with his three friends as his brothers, they always had each other's backs, no matter what.

After taking long gulps of water, due to their serious dehydration after the heavy drinking, Joe and Miller finally fell asleep on the floor of the living room, but Drew was unable to sleep due to the voice of the girl crying earlier on. He felt extremely bad about what he did to the guy, but with the pounding ache in his temple, he had to succumb to a deep sleep where he dreamt of the pretty girl with blue-green eyes, yelling and cursing him with the guy bleeding on the ground, next to her.

CHAPTER TWO

THE DARE.

ANDREW'S HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, 7:00 AM.

The sound of his cellphone ringing had Drew waking from his deep slumber. With his eyes still closed, he answered the call with a swipe across the screen without checking the caller info.

"Yes, Andrew Grey speaking," he answered with a dull voice, his head was aching and he was extremely hungover.

"Hey Drew, why aren't you in class already. Professor Baldwin is extremely mad," came the voice of his assistant, Harry.

Harry was a serious-minded and total nerd kind of guy with the glasses and everything but Drew liked him because he always helped out whenever he screwed things up, he guessed he could call him his lifesaver.

With that Drew stood up in alarm, he was the course representative of Programming 202. No matter how much he partied, he never missed a class.

"Just tell him I'll be there soon. I and the guys went out last night for Evans party and we had too much to drink." He could just imagine Harry frown as he said that, he had never been the party type and even after being invited to the party, he declined.

"Whatever man, just get your ass here right now!" He yelled and then the line went off. Sighing, Drew wiped his eyes and registered the state of the living room.

Across from him was Joe lying on the rug and Miller on a love seat, they looked so hilarious but Drew knew he had to get ready for class rather than laughing at them and if he missed that lecture, his clean reputation of always being present would be tarnished.

Getting into his room in the apartment, he dashed for his closet and took out his signature black designer skinny jeans and a red designer polo. Despite being so rich, Drew was never the type to wear too much jewellery asides from a smartwatch which he always had strapped on his wrist, though Miller was the opposite, he liked flashy things and was a show-off kind of guy.

He quickly took the shortest shower ever, which did nothing to help his pounding headache.

After taking some Advil with little water, ate some fruits before leaving the apartment.

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ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, 11:30 am.

After the lecture, where Professor Baldwin gave him an earful of warning, Drew and Harry came out of the lecture room.

"Thanks, man, you saved my butt once again."

"It's nothing, I mean I get paid, so it's no stress. I'm sure you must be starving and you don't look so good let's head over to Penny's, what do you think?

"Yeah, let me just ask Jenna and the guys to join us."

He took out his phone and called Jenna first and she answered on the second ring.

"Hey babe, good morning," came Jenna's chirpy and excited voice.

"Good morning babe, I'd like you to join me for brunch at Penny's Cafe, are you free now?"

"Awww, I'm sorry babe. I have to make some more sketches for the new designs needed for the school's fashion exhibit but don't worry I'll come over for dinner and spend the night at your apartment. Does that sound good?"

"Yeah, sure babe. I'm looking forward to being with you tonight," he answered with a smile. Though he usually slept around with other girls, no one else made him feel the way Jenna did when they were together.

He endured their fake relationship because he knew that Jenna was also forced just like he was. She was quite cool also, they had been friends since high school and this reason complimented all of her other faults. He called Evans who just got home after spending the night with the blonde from the previous night and then called the other guys.

When he got to the cafe, Joe and Miller were already there. Miller was eating a large slice of cake, he was a food lover and when he wasn't flirting with girls, he was usually found eating.

He shook hands with them and sat down to discuss a new arcade game Drew was working on as they ate and after an hour of testing the game, their attention was caught by the sight of a beautiful, slim but curvy redhead in a red shirt and ripped jeans, she looked furious as she yelled in the cafe in a loud voice, "Where is he? Andrew Alexander Grey, I dare you to come out and face me if you've got the guts."

Hearing this, Joe asked, "Is she one of your conquests? She seems mad, this must be serious. What the hell did you do to her?"

Looking astonished Drew replied, "I don't know her, maybe she's one of those girls chasing after me."

The girl walked up to their table after being directed there by one of the waiters. She was tall for a girl, at about 5ft 10 or 11 he thought to himself while checking her out. He noticed a pair of bright blue-green eyes which reminded him of the ocean, but there was so much fury in there and he wondered what he might have done to provoke such a reaction from her.

She scrunched her cute little nose and pointed at him saying, "You Andrew Grey, are going to regret this, you're going to regret messing with me. I'll ruin you for what you've done to me."

"Hey, lady can you calm down a bit, you can't just storm in here and make threats, at least tell us what Drew has done now will you?" Evans asked.

"What has he done?" She sighed and then a crease of worry stretched over her forehead.

"Your almighty friend has done something I'll never forgive. My brother came to visit me from NYU and something came up that delayed his journey so he got to my lodge at midnight and then I heard some noise from the entrance, so I went to check it out only to see my brother lying on the road. You and your stupid friends hit him!"

"And do you know what's worse? Instead of helping me out to get him some medical attention. Your friend here threw a cheque of fifty thousand dollars at me!"

When she said that, Drew recalled the ocean eyes that had been haunting him before he slept. He remembered how he ran over someone but refused to acknowledge it.

"Look miss whatever your name is, I don't know you and I don't even wanna get to know you, so if you're saying this just to get my attention, then let me tell you I don't do desperate. I certainly have nothing to do with your brother's accident," he replied with his lips curving in a smug smile.

With that statement, Joe looked at him and tried to speak because he remembered what happened, but Drew stopped him with a hand.

"What? Do you know what you've caused? My brother hasn't regained consciousness and is lying in the hospital because of you. Do you even know what my brother means to me? He's the only family I have left," she cried.

"How the hell did you know I was gonna be here? You must be one of those stalkers right? Don't worry I'm used to this just leave your number, I'll surely spare you a call later. Though you lack the reasonable fashion sense that I like in girls, but I guess your looks are good enough."

And with that statement, her hand connected with his face in a tight slap that echoed in the cafe.

Holding his hand to his face Drew and his friends stood. "How dare you bitch? How dare you hit me?"

"I'll hit you once again if you don't take responsibility for your actions, you need to admit it already. I won't rest until everyone gets to know how you are, see this is the cheque. You can have it back, in case you don't know, I'm not one of your cheap bimbos. I have a higher class and despite your looks and fame, nothing can ever make me fancy someone like you."

Taking the cheque and flinging it in the air, he said, "You know what? You can go to hell girl, I dare you to do whatever you want to do. Just know that, I own this school, everyone listens to me only and I don't think I can sit still and keep listening to this nonsense. Let's get outta here guys, this bitch is crazy."

They all followed after him, while the girl kept screaming about how she would have her revenge.

"Dude, I think you should have just apologized. What you did was too bad. Even if you don't want to apologise, I'm willing to do it on your behalf," Joe said when they got out of the cafe.

"What? You mean you're on her side? Didn't you see her hit me? I can't believe this."

"I don't know what happened, she might have gone too far by hitting you, but I think you were also wrong," Evans added.

"You too Evans? Great, just great. Just with a stupid accusation, she has been able to turn my friends against me."

"But is it true, did you hit her brother and give her a cheque to shut her up?"

"Well I was drunk you know? I can't even remember correctly."

"Just leave her to me I'll deal with her myself, you know you can trust me. I remember her from this morning when we hit her, but I don't understand what else she wants even after you gave her the cheque. So many girls have done extreme things like this just for my attention, these girls are all the same, they've got no shame," Miller said while taking a sip of his coffee.

"Harry listen, I need you to get every detail about that girl. Find out where she's from, what she's studying, her contact details and especially which lodge she stays in."

"Sure, I'll do that right away and get back to you tomorrow morning," Harry replied and walked away.

They all went for their respective lectures and when Andrew got home, he found himself still thinking about that girl. He felt sorry when he saw those tears in her eyes and how angry she had been but he just had to make her shut up before she went around telling everyone what had happened.

His father Silas Grey had always been clear on one thing, he wanted Drew to graduate with no bad records and he had made sure he stayed out of trouble so as not to get into the news for the wrong reasons.

As he picked up his laptop to create a storyline for his new game, he found that he just couldn't concentrate and could only think of the girls' words, "I won't rest until everyone gets to know how you really are, see this is the cheque. You can have it back, in case you don't know, I'm not one of your cheap bimbos. I have a higher class and despite your looks and fame, nothing can ever make me fancy someone like you."

"So she isn't into me huh? We shall see about that" He said to himself as he thought of her ocean coloured eyes and wondered what her name was and decided to wait for Harry to give him her profile the next day.

His chain of thoughts was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell, the guys had gone out to watch football and Drew had stayed behind because he was expecting Jenna.

He figured it was definitely Jenna at the door and the thought of her being around brought a smile to his face, at least she would be able to get his mind off things.

He quickly jogged down the stairs and opened the door. "Hey babe," he said while drawing her closer for a kiss but was surprised as Jenna remained unmoving and she looked angry.

"What's the matter, did anyone upset you?" He asked, it was a rare thing to see Jenna in that mood. She was usually cheerful all the time.

"You, it's you who's made me upset, can't you see."

"Me? What did I do?"

"You don't know? You are all over the school's gossip platform, haven't you seen it?"

"Jenna, you know I don't check such childish platforms, so tell me what is it?"

"Well I do, look at this," she stretched her phone to his eye level.

"What the hell is this?" He exclaimed.

CHAPTER THREE

APOLOGIES

GREEN HOSPITAL, 8 PM

Robin Jane Stevens sat beside her brother who remained unconscious on the hospital bed in the ward where lots of other patients were receiving treatment.

She couldn't help but feel angry at herself for making him this way, if only she was fast enough to come out of the lodge to receive him at his arrival, he wouldn't have been at the mercy of that egotistic jerk.

Thinking of Andrew Grey made her blood boil, he was extremely obnoxious and insufferable. She had never met anyone who had no regard for others like him before. He treated the accident as though he had merely stepped on an ant and not almost killed her brother, her only close relative.

The fact that Jack had almost died brought tears to her eyes and she wondered how long he was going to remain unconscious and how she was going to cover the hospital bills.

"There was no way she was going to make use of that bastard's money, she had dignity and would get her revenge, nobody messed with her and got away with it," she thought.

Jack was her older brother and despite the three years gap between his twenty-two years of age and her nineteen, they were pretty close and had each other's backs. After their parents died when Jack was sixteen, the only money available in their trust fund was a hundred and fifty thousand dollars for educational welfare, which was to be supervised by their father's brother Thomas Stevens, a money lover, who found a way to manipulate the whole thing and took all the money for himself as soon as Jack turned eighteen which was the requirement for access to the money.

The both of them had to depend on part-time jobs, which they took up at cafes and convenience stores and the little money Jack got from taking photographs of people. He had always been good at photography and had taken pictures of many people in their neighbourhood before he realized that he had talent in it. And after graduating from high school, he passed the entrance exam for a scholarship to study Software engineering at NYU.

A supportive neighbour of theirs, Mrs Stacks, had housed them after their uncle deserted them and had taken care of Robin while Jack was away in school and now that she was in her first year in college, he just wanted to check up on her and how she was handling her studies. He had always been overprotective, just like a father figure.

A snap of fingers interrupted her chain of thoughts and she looked up to see a tall guy with ice blue eyes and dark blonde hair staring at her, he looked about twenty or thereabout with a grey T-shirt and black jeans on, he was quite lanky and she wondered where she had seen him before as he looked very familiar.

"Hi, sorry to just come in here like this, we met at the cafe this morning. I'm Joe Anderson, Andrew's roommate and friend, I just..."

"Hold it there Joe or whatever the hell your name is. I don't wanna hear anything else from you. So you've come here to mock me, to insult me just like your rich friend already has? If that's it, then please get out of here I don't wanna see you, and if you don't leave, I'll call the doctor to see you out!"

"It's alright okay? I simply came to apologize. Drew is my friend and I know sometimes he does some rash things but he's a nice person when you get to know him."

"Well, I don't care to know about his character. All I know is he treated Jack and me like crap. Just as though we were beneath his designer shoes. He thinks he's almighty. I'll make sure to ruin him, do me a favour and pass that message to him okay? Now please take your leave."

"I can understand your anger, but you can't just conclude on his character without getting to know him. Last night it was our friend, Evans birthday and we went out to celebrate, but we had a little too much to drink and Drew was the soberest one out of the three of us, so he took the wheel. I'm sorry for all the trouble we caused, it wasn't intentional. I promise to pay all the medical bills necessary for treating him."

"That's not necessary. Please leave right now, she said gesturing towards the door.

Joe turned to leave but stopped and asked, "I didn't get to know your name yet, can I know what's your name at least?" He asked with a smile, his pearly whites teeth on display.

"I'm Robin, now can you leave?"

"It was nice meeting you Robin, I'm Joe once again. I'll get the bill, please let me pay it's the least I could do, I'll check on him tomorrow, I'm sorry once again, bye," he said and took his leave. While Robin kept staring at Jack, lying on the bed.

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ANDREW'S HOUSE, 8 PM

"Drew, I can't believe this, this is the same reason why we broke up before. How could you harass a girl like that and the news is everywhere. I don't want to ruin my clean reputation in this school by being linked to a pervert. I only permitted you to flirt with other girls but not to sexually harass them for God's sake Drew!" She yelled as she pointed at the picture of Robin pointing at him in the cafe earlier that morning.

"Would you calm down and listen to me first? You know very well and last time, it was also a lie and Jenny had framed me, I thought we've moved on from that and I don't even know this girl, she just stormed into the cafe this morning and accused me of running her brother over. Someone must have shared those pictures and changed the story, babe it's not true okay. You know me, I've never been aggressive with any girl before, you've got to believe me, babe."

"Drew, my father is not going to like this, you know very well by now, the nature of our relationship. We agreed to come together to unite our families because of business. My father's not going to like this at all. I've worked so hard and avoided parties and clubs, so I can graduate with no blemish on my family name. But, I'm afraid you are going to drag me down too."

"Yes, I admit I hit her brother, but I gave her money for his treatment, okay and I promise that was just it. You've got to trust me. I and the guys were wasted and I can't even remember everything clearly. It's all a blur."

"I'm sorry, but I think we need a break to straighten things out. I'm getting mixed feelings here."

"Fine, you don't believe me then let's break up right now. Let's end it already, let me do the needful and break this off."

"Okay, goodbye Drew," Jenna said as she sashayed her way out of his room and his apartment. For ten minutes, he waited to feel a void in his heart, but there was nothing instead he felt extremely free. Jenna had been a pain most of the time and he had only tolerated her nagging and insecure attitude because of his dad, but now that they had both broken up on a mutual basis, he was sure he could go back to his previous lifestyle.

Damn, he had missed playing the Conquest List with his friends, sure Jenna was a steady part of his life almost like a responsibility to him since high school when his dad had introduced her to him as his business associate's daughter when he was fifteen.

She had been really pretty, but that wasn't enough to ignore her selfish attitude. As he sat studying for the upcoming semester exams, his phone rang showcasing his father's contact ID and he knew something must be wrong.

Silas Grey never called him unless there was a problem or a new business function to attend. He picked the call and his father's thundering voice came bursting through the speaker.

"What is this that I just heard Andrew? Did you harass a young lady in the university? Is that what I sent you to school for?"

"No father, it's not true. I'd never do anything like that, it..."

"Listen, I don't care if it's true or not, all I want is for you to do whatever it takes to take that post down, now!" Silas yelled and then the call ended.

"I'll deal with you ocean eyes, just wait and see," he said to himself.

He went to bed later in the night and was awoken early at 7 am the next morning by the sound of his phone ringing. It was Harry calling and he was sure that it must be with news concerning the girl.

"Good morning Andrew, I got her profile and I'll send it to you via email."

"Thanks, Harry," he said and ended the call, within a few seconds he received the mail.

The document read:

Name Robin Jane Stevens.

Nationality: British.

Parents: Jane Stevens And Harvey Stevens.

Sibling(s): Jack Stevens.

Hair Colour: Ginger red.

Eye Color: Aquamarine.

Height: 5ft 10 inches.

Sexuality: Straight.

Religion: Christian.

Birth Date: Wednesday 22nd Of May, 2001.

Disability: None.

Education: Currently In Her First Year Of Studying Graphic Designing.

"Well, well, well, so her name is Robin, huh?" he said to himself and laughed.

"Robin, I will ruin you, it's a promise, you just wait and see," he said while looking at the photo attached to the mail.