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Chapter 06

TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN RUTH WAS 17

"Ruth, just how long is it gonna be before you leave? I'm running late princess."

"Two minutes dad. I gotta just choose my outfit."

"Huff! You girls take so much time getting dressed!"

Mr Walker squats down before his twelve-year-old son while Noah, just played with his tab laid down against his stomach on the floor of the living room

"Just a suggestion to you Noah, whenever you have a girlfriend in the future, never tell her the exact time of your departure, tell her a time an hour before the actual one, that would just save the day for you!"

Ruth pouts angry, "Hey! I don't take that much time!!"

Noah chuckles

Ruth putting on her earrings, showing off to Noah, "Do I need a change?"

"You look pretty with whatever you wear sisso."

"Yeah, you look pretty now, come on let's go." Mr Walker yelled.

Ruth scoops her bag but then suddenly realises she forgot something.

Ruth slams her palm on her forehead, "Shit! I'll just come, give me two minutes."

And she ran upstairs to her room again. Both father and son watched her leaving like that as Mr. Walker sighed and Noah chuckled, "There goes another half an hour!"

RUTH'S POV

I head to college feeling confident. I know I was pretty, and my looks just pull it off pretty well for me, always.

Besides, My dad was supposed to be the principal of this college. Back in LA, my dad used to be the Vice principal of the school I studied in, and I used to be the queen bee. Now, it won't be a bother too I guess.

I sighs, staring at the college entrance gate, "Finally in college. Four years more of this studying shit and then, I'm going to do some earning and have a proper job. Ahh."

Mumbling in my head, I was happily walking inside when suddenly a boy about my age came towards me and suddenly grabbed my head for a kiss.

"What the-" I was shocked and froze on my feet, but then I pushed him away with all of me and looked at him in a mess, "THE HECK IS YOUR PROBLEM DUDE?!"

I shouted at him, and he looked at me scared.

"I'm so sorry. But that was the dare, to kiss the first fresher entering through the gate." He pointed over a group of guys behind him and I took a look at them. He turned around in order to leave when I patted his shoulder.

"Yup?"

I slap hard across his cheek. He looked at me stunned

"Dare or not, I don't allow just anyone to kiss my lips like that and get away with it."

I glared at the senior bully who was supposedly the one to give him the dare. I may have slapped him, but it was an indirect answer to him. He understood what my glare meant and jumped off his car's bonnet

Nick: (She dared to challenge me?!)

"Interesting!" The bully mumbles smirking at me.

I walked over from where he was standing giving him the cold stare throughout the way I was walking. He was too full of himself too to break his eye contact with mine and so, as soon as I walked behind his sight he made a sound

"STOP!"

I know it was for me, but I was the daughter of the principal of this college and so, I was not the one to be controlled and messed with by this bully.I kept walking, ignoring him through. Although he never called out to me again but I'm sure I was on his radar from here on.