Chapter 13

**KAIA**

I grabbed the coffee pot, and just as I was about to reach for a cup from the mug holder, he suddenly blocked my way and glared down at me.

"Do you mind?" He asked with a cold tone, and I took a step to the side to move out of his way.

It's way too early for this, and yet, his behavior was already grating on my nerves.

I continued making myself a cup of coffee, and right at that moment, Amy had finally decided to get out of bed and grace us with her presence.

"Can I eat those?" She immediately asked while pointing towards the breakfast on the countertop.

"Help yourself," Nate replied while grabbing a plate of toast sandwiches and handing it over to her.

"Thank you." She replied excitedly before eating, and I smiled while shaking my head.

"Coffee, Amy?" I asked her, and she shook her head while biting into her sandwich.

"I'm good, thanks. I'll have one of those juices there. It looks pretty good."

Again, Nate reached for the glass of juice and handed it to her while smiling as well.

"Chew with your mouth closed." Adrian was scolded while standing next to his mother.

He was so tall that his mother's height barely reached his shoulder, and his head had reached past the top shelf behind them.

"I wasn't even talking to you, moron." Amy snapped back.

Adrian said nothing, and he suddenly reached out, aiming for the other sandwich on Amy's plate, but she quickly slapped his hand off before he could touch it.

"Don't touch my food with your disgusting hands."

He held up his hands in surrender and smirked.

"Oh, sorry, my bad. I forgot that apparently; I have STDs now." He immediately looked straight at me after saying that sentence, and both Nate and Amy's eyes followed.

"Adrian! Why would you say something like that?" His mother asked while turning off the stove and placing a plate of scrambled eggs on the counter.

"Oh, it wasn't me that came up with the lie, and now everyone in school is still talking about it." He quickly responded, his eyes still locked on me. "Someone did."

Mrs. Levont groaned in disgust.

"That is not a very good thing to say about someone if it's not true."

Adrian looked away and smiled down at her while putting his arm around her shoulder.

"Right? I'm glad we're on the same side, Mom."

"No, he actually deserved to be branded as a walking STD." Amy suddenly piped up. "You know why, Mom? Because he's a rude, arrogant jerk who treated a first-year student with disrespect while he was tutoring them. Did you know he's tutoring students now because it was his coach's punishment for starting a fight at his last hockey tournament?"

Mrs. Levont's eyes immediately snapped back at Adrian with surprise.

"Why would you end up doing something like that?

Adrian's face immediately fell while he slowly pulled his arm away from his mother.

"It wasn't a big deal. It's handled already." He said this before shooting a quick glare at Amy.

"Yeah, Mrs. Levont. Don't worry about it. We've already cleared out the whole misunderstanding." Nate added, and Amy whipped around and scoffed at him.

"It's so typical of you to take his side since you're his team captain."

"Amy-"

"Will you shut up?" Adrian snapped.

"Jesus, it's so noisy in here." Someone says from the back.

We all turned around and saw Gabriel slowly walking down the staircase, balancing a glass of red wine with one hand. I smiled while watching him in amusement as he tried not to trip over the steps.

"Gabriel, we've talked about this. No wine in the morning!" Mrs. Levont shouted across the room.

"We're already divorced, Joselyn. Which technically means you can't tell me what to do anymore."

He sipped his drink, and Mrs. Levont scowled at him.

"Real mature of you to be doing that in front of the kids right now."

Gabriel shrugged before sitting down on the couch in the living room area.

"I don't mind." Adrian says, and his mother glares at him.

"Of course you don't. You're just like him; now help me set breakfast on the table."

She walked around the counter and went to start setting the table, and I quickly followed to help.

"It's the French in him. Don't mind it." She whispered to me, and I stifled back my laugh.

"Hey Mom! Kaia and I will go swimming in the lake after breakfast. Are there any snacks we could take?" Amy asked loudly.

"Yes, but you're all grown adults with hands, and you can handle making your own snacks." Her mom replied, causing Amy to roll her eyes.

"You know I can't cook." She mumbled under her breath, and Mrs. Levont stopped and gave her a look.

"I'll handle it, Mrs. Levont." I quickly said, and she smiled at me again.

"Miss Levont." She corrected me warmly. "And thank you, darling. I can't rely on her to do anything at all these days."

I chuckled and pulled out a chair to sit down at the table, and Adrian did the same on the opposite side, making my smile slip away because of the way he was still glaring at me.

"I'm not sure it would be the best idea to leave them in the kitchen alone." He said to his mother. "One of them might actually burn the whole house down."

He glanced at me immediately, and I rolled my eyes and looked away.

If this was his first plan to annoy me the whole day, then I can handle it. I'm only mentally preparing myself for the dirty games he's about to play, and I'll make sure to beat him at them. Even if he ended up ruining this long weekend for me, it was okay, because I can handle arrogant jerks like him no matter what. If he think he can get under my skin with everything he does, well, you've got another thing coming Adrien Levont.