Chapter 27

**•KAIA•**

I quickly ran up the steps and hurriedly made my way towards the elevator. My class starts in less than five minutes, and I started to panic because I thought that I wouldn't make it on time.

I was always the punctual type. I hate getting late to any event; I don't believe in all that crap about 'arriving fashionably late'.

But to be honest, it's the embarrassment that I can't stand. I don't like showing up late to any place and earning myself unnecessary attention from people who had made it there on time.

That's what drives me insane. I cannot live with myself if that happens. I just can't. I don't like it at all.

I'm one of those people who would literally pass out on the spot or wish that God would just open up the ground for me and swallow me whole so I could disappear.

So, I was rushing to my class, hoping that I wouldn't get myself into that nightmare situation. The worst part was that the classroom was located on the third floor, which means the only way to get up there is by getting into the elevator.

But my heart dropped when I looked up and saw the doors about to close. I wasted no time in rushing towards it, hoping I'd make it before it fully closed.

"Hold the door!" I shouted at the person inside.

But, of course, they didn't hear me. Or they chose to ignore me. Both were still worse because I missed the elevator, and the doors closed right in my face when I finally got there.

"Son of a bitch." I swore under my breath before bending over with my hands planted on my knees to catch my breath.

But to my surprise, the doors slowly opened, and I immediately looked up in relief.

What I didn't expect was to see Adrian standing inside with one hand on the button, his eyes narrowing at me.

"Can't this day get any worse?" I voiced the first thought that popped into my head the moment I saw him.

"You're welcome." He remarked with a forced smile.

I quickly stepped inside and shifted right to the corner, leaving a great amount of distance between us. He finally released the button, and a couple of seconds later, the door closed again.

"Did you just call me a son of a bitch?" He suddenly asked, and my eyes widened with surprise.

He chuckled while leaning back against the wall, and I slowly turned to the side to face him. He tilted his head in my direction, and I caught the cold look in his eyes.

"I held the door for you, and that's what I get as a thank you?"

I swallowed the tight knot forming in my throat and quickly looked away, on the floor.

"I didn't mean to say that. It just came out."

He scoffed loudly in a sarcastic way, and I frowned at him.

"You, Kaia Lilian, always seem to find a way to do a lot of wrong things, and yet, you can never apologize for it."

I quickly folded my arms and narrowed my eyes at him.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

He tilted his head forward and did a little shrug with his shoulder while shoving his hands inside the pockets of his blue varsity jacket.

"And that just proves my point. It seems like you always love to run away from your problems; you tend to forget about them too."

I took a step forward and glared at him.

"If you're still mad about that video, then let me remind you that I have already apologized for that. So stop dragging me back into that mess."

He suddenly lurched forward and punched the red button below the numbers, and the elevator shook beneath my feet, causing me to hit my back against the wall.

The realization of what he just did suddenly hits me. I stared at the button and then glared at him.

"What the hell did you just do?"

"Setting a few things straight." He snapped back with a cold tone while stepping closer towards me.

My heart suddenly dropped to my stomach. I really have a bad feeling about this.

"You know what your problem is? You never care about the consequences of your actions; you just do what you do and move on. Like shit never happened, and you expect people to just forget about it the next day. And then, when things finally started to quieten down, you decided to make trouble once again."

I struggled to keep my composure. I didn't think this sudden confrontation would hit me like it was a punch to the gut.

Damn, was he right? Have I always been like that?

"I really thought you were going to stop." He continued. "But it turns out, it seems like you were planning to fuck me over again by hanging out with the one person that loves to get under my nerves during every hockey game."

He placed his hand on my shoulder and shoved me back, his eyes glaring harder at me now.

"Are you planning something with Callum? Huh? Are you two siding with each other now and planning to come up with something to publicly embarrass me again?"

Another shove.

"Was the video and the rumor not enough?" He started yelling. "Fucking answer me, goddammit!"

I clenched my fists by my sides and glared back at him.

I was right about him suspecting something between me and Callum. But he had no right to corner me like this and confront me for answers.

"Do you think the world revolves around you, Levont?"

"So what if I'm hanging out with that one guy you hate? That's none of your business."

I was getting pissed, and despite the height differences, I still didn't care that I was fighting with a six-foot-tall man that could easily yeet me across the wall and I would easily pass out.

"I don't need to answer anything to you. What I do with the people I hang out with is none of your concern, Adrian. Not everyone talks about you or would want anything to do with you."

He slowly leaned back against the wall while looking down at me. His face was fully expressionless, and I frowned with confusion.

"And get this straight," I tell him while closing the distance between us and glaring up into his eyes. "I never run away from my problems. People have different ways of dealing with them, and I'm not that type of girl you've got all twisted in your head."

I paused, and a long moment of silence stretched out between us. Our eyes locked in this intense staring contest, and my heart skipped a beat when I saw the smirk forming on his face.

"You think this is funny?" He quickly shook his head.

"Nah, I just didn't expect to see how hot you look when you're angry."

His response threw me off guard, releasing a handful of butterflies from their cage to flutter around in my stomach.

I took a step back and shook my head in disappointment.

"That's a typical response from Adrian Levont during a situation like this."

"I was being honest."

"Go fuck yourself."

I started to turn around to move back in my little corner when I suddenly felt a cold hand wrapped around the back of my neck, forcing me to look back, and the next thing that happened...put me in shock.

His lips slammed on mine before I even got the chance to think or say anything. My eyes widened in shock as he roughly kissed my mouth while shoving me back against the wall.