Shattered trust

Chapter#3

(6 years ago)

Both of them walked out of the class laughing hard. Victoria was clutching her stomach

with one hand and the other one was on the strap of her bag while she was almost choking

with the fit of laughter.

Suddenly she bumped into someone, her laughter died down in her throat as her head

touched the ground with a loud thud. She reached up to touch her head and hissed in pain.

"Ouch!" She winced, her eyes tightly shut and her hand still on her head.

"I'm sorry! Are you alright?"

She heard someone say as she felt a presence in front of her, she opened her eyes slowly

only to be met with a pair of stormy grey eyes filled with concern. She stared at him with

wide eyes.

His dark brown silky strands covering his wide forehead. His stone grey eyes fixed on

her. His perfectly pointed nose, pleasingly plump lips, a sweet deep dimple on the left side of

his face and a sharp jawline. Everything about him seemed perfect. The sheer force of his

presence was mesmerizing. Victoria couldn't tear her gaze away from his handsome face.

She felt a strange feeling as if she was drawn towards him.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when a strong pair of hands slightly shook her

grabbing her by the shoulders. "Hey! Are you hurt?" He asked. She nodded absentmindedly,

her gaze now downwards as she gripped at the strap of her bag tightly while he helped her

stand up.

"I'm so sorry for that. I didn't see you coming." He apologized. "By the way I'm Darren."

He smirked, extending his hand forward.

"Victoria." She said shyly taking his hand. She smiled at him as his warm hand wrapped

around hers.

"Well Victoria, I gotta run for my class. It was a pleasure to meet you. Hope to see you

again soon, bye." With that he winked at her, turned around and walked away. She was

about to walk away when a girl grabbed her arm tightly.

"Never try to stick your nose in my business. You better stay away from him if you

wanna be at peace." Then she roughly pushed Victoria back giving her a death glare and

left.

"What just happened?" She raised her eyebrows in confusion and asked Bryce who

was standing behind her. There was no reply from him so she turned around and looked at

her friend who stood still, dumbfounded."Hello?" She said waving her hands in front of his

face.

"O. My. God." He said adding some more to her already confused state of mind. She

scrunched up her face and was about to lash out on him when suddenly he spoke again.

"O my God! Did you see what just happened…" She rolled her eyes hearing his words

and slapped his arm. "That's exactly what I'm trying to ask you Bryce Carter!" She yelled and

he suddenly turned to her and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Are you kidding? Tori don't you really know the guy you just bumped into?" He said

with wide eyes and she shook her head.

"Oh silly! That's Darren!" She heard someone squeak behind her and turned around to

find Bryce's girlfriend Tessa walking towards them with a very excited expression on her

face.

"So what? I know his name too." Victoria said while folding her arms on her chest.

Tessa came near her and slapped her forehead saying "He's not some common guy

roaming around the campus Tori. His full name is 'DARREN SMITH'! " She said emphasizing

his name."He's the only son of Benjamin Smith. The sole heir to Smith Enterprises!"

"Oh I see." She said nodding to herself. "So what does this information have to do with

me?" She asked disinterestedly. Tessa and Bryce exchanged a shocked look and then

looked at her.

"Come on girl! What are you, five years old? The most freaking rich and handsome guy

on Earth was literally flirting with you about five minutes ago and you're asking me what

happened? Seriously Victoria? I mean it's been only a couple days since he got here and

he's already having a crush on you." Tessa said to her, amazement clear in her voice.

"O please. What the hell do I do to bring you both out of the la-la lands? He was just

being nice to me okay?" She said and was about to return when she remembered that girl

from earlier.

"Hey what's with the dark haired girl being jealous around me?" She asked, turning

around and they both shared a look before rolling their eyes. "Ugh!! Myla?" The two spoke in

unison with a disgusted face. She raised an eyebrow at them as a gesture of question. Then

finally Tessa spoke up.

"Ugh fine! Guess I'll have to explain the filthy character of that b***h. O my dear Tori

please do not mind my words used to praise her but the thing is I really really hate that brat,

in fact almost all the students here hate her alot. She's just a walking pack of problems who

drops one wherever she goes. And the fact that she calls herself Darren's girlfriend is the

worst part because everyone knows that's just a thing on her mind. Hell he doesn't even

throw a glance her way let alone be his girlfriend." She said with disgust.

"Trust me he doesn't even give a damn about her, every single person around them

would be aware of that but the reason he has to deal with her is that she is the daughter of

Gregory Martinez. He is a business partner and also a close friend of Darren's father. But now that she saw Darren looking at you with rosy eyes ugh! I hate to say but the fact is she's

gonna do everything in her power to make your life a living hell."

Victoria couldn't help but laughed at the thought of someone being jealous of her.

"Okay now you're joking. I mean does it matter? And I have nothing to do with him or her.

She can have her freaking so-called boyfriend all to herself, I don't give a damn about it."

She said waving her hand in the air dismissively. "Oh yeah? You really don't care?" Bryce

asked grinning mischievously.

"You know what Mr.Carter? You can either shut your mouth or go to hell. I won't mind."

She said, rolling her eyes annoyingly. She peeked at her wristwatch and turned to them.

"Hey lovebirds listen I gotta go. See ya later. Bye." She said waving at them and they smiled

before reciprocating the gesture.

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Victoria's POV:

As I entered the parking lot, my eyes landed on a blue Porsche 911 Carrera. 'Omg!

Whose might this beauty be?' I thought to myself as I got into my car. Actually the thing is

that I love cars too much and not to mention convertibles. That's why my father bought me a

Lexus RC convertible in red as my birthday gift two months ago. I call it my lady in red. Yeah

that's funny but I love it. I turned the key into the ignition and the engine roared to life. I hit

the gas and drove towards home.

As the door opened, I was greeted by my dad and as usual I stepped in and he hugged

me "Hey honey!" He said smiling down at me. "Hey dad! I stepped out of his embrace and

kissed his cheek. "Someone's in a cheerful mood today." I heard mom, coming out of the

kitchen as we walked towards the living room. "Hi mum!" I said walking past dad and kissing

her cheek too. "You hungry?" Mom asked and I shook my head. I'm not feeling hungry at all.

"I'm a bit tired. I'll have some rest, see you later." With that I left the room.

I closed the door behind me as I entered my room. I turned on the lights and put my

bag on the couch before I slumped on the bed and freed my feet from my sandals. I felt tired

so I went to my closet and changed into some comfy pajamas before heading to bed. I laid

there a while before the events of today flashed in my mind, suddenly a certain face popped

up in my head and a smile spread across my lips.

I felt some strange rush of emotions in my chest when he held me. His grey eyes filled

with concern looking straight through my blue ones. His charming smile and the dimple on

the left. His warm hand wrapped around mine, and O my God the wink. Everything felt so

right. That was the most perfect moment in my entire life. I do like him but I'm not gonna tell

my friends about it and besides I still don't exactly know what he thinks about me. What if

Bryce and Tessa were right? What if he already has a crush on me? But ugh! His s**t of a

girlfriend. Okay so-called girlfriend but still she is. But what if he also considers her as his

girlfriend? But Tessa said he doesn't. Okay that calms me down. Wait...but what if she's

wrong? Ughh!! There's a lot on my mind, so many 'buts' and 'what ifs'. I can't handle it, it's

gonna drive me crazy. And while all these thoughts were roaming around my head, I have

no idea when I drifted off into deep slumber.