Chapter 4
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Kiara rushed back to the hostel that she shared with Mary and Alora Adams.
"Kiara, what happened to you? Where did you disappear to last night? I searched the whole of the hotel for you?" Mary asked as soon as Kiara arrived.
Kiara was looking a mess. Her neck was plastered with kissing marks, and her lips looked red and swollen too.
Mary took a full glance at Kiara, who was sobbing and refused to speak, and she gasped, "No way! Did Bryan touch you? That ásshole! Did he sleep with you?"
"No, he did not," Kiara quickly denied it, as she remembered how Bryan had made it clear to her face that she was not of his level.
Kiara went to her own bed to sob, as they had finished their freshman year and were going to their second year. She had no idea that she would lose herself to Bryan too.
"Then if you did not sleep with Bryan, why do you look this messed up?" Mary asked suspiciously. Luckily, Alora was not in the room with them.
"I cannot explain it," Kiara said, sobbing as she refused to admit the truth.
"It's not Bryan. It's just some random man at the hotel," Kiara said as Mary stood in front of her.
"I don't believe you. Which random man would use you? For crying out loud, we were at the Anderson five-star hotel, and the Dean is well aware that we had our party there. Are you sure you are not lying to me? What's so bad about admitting that you slept with the hottest guy on campus?" Mary said as she came to sit beside Kiara.
Kiara shook her head.
"It's not Bryan. Do not go about saying it. I cannot be his girlfriend, and that's it. I have to pack my bag to go back home," Kiara said as she wanted to stand up and pack her things, but Mary stopped her.
"Are you drunk, Kiara? Take a look at yourself? You look a mess, like you were hit by a truck. What will you tell your family if they see you looking like this?" Mary asked, and Kiara's hand froze as she wanted to pack her bag to leave for home.
"I do not have a choice. The university has closed, and I have to go home," Kiara felt so ashamed that she wanted to leave the private university immediately.
"Do not worry. They will not send us away since we are now in our second year. Not many will be in a rush to leave for home immediately. So take your time to recuperate from this appearance before you leave," Mary was right, and Kiara ended up not leaving for home.
Kiara called her mother and told her that she wanted to spend the holiday in school.
"Are you sure about this, Kiara? Many students had gone back home. Why will you want to stay on campus? I hope you are not doing anything shady there?" Kiara's mother, Wendy, asked her.
"No, mother. I am fine. I just want to study ahead of my second year," Kiara said, and her mother sighed heavily.
"It's fine. I will send you 1 million cash. Ensure that you focus on your studies there, alright," Wendy said, and Kiara agreed with her mother.
After the call ended, Kiara was finally able to sleep on her bed, instead of packing her things to travel back to the North.
Mary watched Kiara's sleeping figure on the bed, like she lacked sleep the previous night.
"Why is Kiara not telling me the truth? What's so bad if she slept with Bryan? Is she too afraid to say the truth?" Mary thought, but she looked away from Kiara when she saw Alora Adams finally return to the room the three of them shared.
Alora went to spend the night with her boyfriend, Elliot.
"What happened, Mary? You got me scared last night when you called me to ask if I saw Kiara. When did she return?" Alora asked when she saw Mary observing the sleeping Kiara on the bed.
"About an hour ago. You also slept out? Why not tell me instead of allowing me to sleep here alone?" Mary complained, shifting the topic away from Kiara. She knew that Alora was a nosy person.
"I would have called you, but Elliot did not allow me to. He was all over me, and I did not want to turn him down. How about Kiara, where did she go, and when did she get back? I heard the rumors this morning that Bryan spent his night with a girl from our block. You cannot believe that some are saying they saw Kiara rushing out of the hotel this morning," Alora said, and Mary's eyes widened in shock.
"It's not Kiara," Mary wanted to defend her friend, but Alora brought out her phone and showed Mary the video of Kiara running away and not waiting to answer the hotel staff or to clear her name for the night she spent at the five-star hotel.
"What? Is this video real or AI-generated?" Mary asked with a look of disbelief when she saw the video evidence against Kiara.
"You're asking dumb questions like you forgot many of us were at the hotel. It was real. When Kiara left the room, Bryan came out next, and he looked scary. I assumed he might have regretted what they did," Alora cast a glance at Kiara, who was still sleeping soundly on the bed.
"Shut up. I do not believe you. Kiara said that she was not with Bryan, but a man she was meeting for the first time," Mary chose to believe Kiara rather than Alora.
"It's okay if you do not believe me. But many of our set saw them, and they are talking about it on the school forum. You can check it out for yourself. I need to rest before packing to leave for home," Alora left Mary and went to sit on her own bed.
Mary rushed to take her phone and opened the university chat forum for their set.
As Mary scrolled through the trending news on the group chat forum, many students were bashing Kiara Collins.
"I cannot believe that Kiara is so cheap. So she was acting like a decent girl when she actually spent the night with Bryan Anderson."
"I cannot believe that Kiara is so cheap. So she is a slut!"
"Oh my! Kiara is so lucky to have her first time with Bryan, while many of us aren't even fortunate to get close to Bryan!"
"I wish I was Bryan's girlfriend. He is so hot and handsome. How can Kiara, a fat bumpkin from the countryside, win his heart for a night!"
Mary was aghast as she saw all the news trends about Kiara. Even pictures of Kiara leaving the same room as Bryan.
Mary felt sorry for her best friend, and she couldn't defend Kiara at the moment.
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