eyes flutter open slowly and I take in my surroundings, I gasp at the sight of Jace laying on the bed beside me stark naked with his morning wood poking me in the stomach. A deep blush makes its way to my cheeks and I shiver at the memory of what happened last night, we finally did it after being together for almost a year, we finally had sex and it was amazing. The way he held me after making love to me, the way he cuddled me till I fell asleep, it just felt right.

"Princess." His voice pulls me out of my reverie. I was lost in thoughts, I didn't even notice him waking up. "Are you okay?"

"Yes." Apart from the fact that I feel a little sore, I'm fine.

He pulls me on top of him so that I'm now straddling him and nibs on the skin on my neck.

"Can we do a little something before..." He trails off to check the time on his phone, I also lean to see what says the time.

"Shit." My eyes widen in surprise, the time is already after seven and I'm having a class by 8, I cannot miss this class. I try to climb off Jace urgently but he isn't having it, he pushes me to the bed and straddles me thereby pinning me down.

"Princess...we still have some time left." He groans as he grinds into me.

"Jace..." I let out a moan of protest which turn to a gasp when he rams into me.

"So how was your date with Jace yesterday?" Ashley asks with a teasing smile.

My face became red immediately as the images of what happened that night replayed in my head. "Fine, we went to an Italian restaurant, nothing much," I murmur while trying to walk ahead of them but they aren't having it.

"Oh my! You're blushing." Claire drawls with a giggle while exchanging a look with Ash.

"Is there something you aren't telling us?" Ash wriggles her eyebrows suggestively. "Huh, Sasha?"

"You guys should stop it," I say while trying to hide my blush behind my hair. I almost bump into someone in the process but I was able to sidestep whosoever it is with my head down.

Claire nudges me in the ribs and as I raise my head to glare at her, my eyes collided with someone, it is the person I almost bump into.

"Sasha?" He asks in surprise.

"J-Jason, hi." I stutter in surprise. What is he doing here?

A few days after what happened happened, after I got back my phone, I saw a lot of missed calls and messages from him. I called him back but didn't tell him anything and since then, we haven't been communicating.

"Hey, Hi Claire." He nods at Claire but knits his eyes in confusion when he saw Ashley.

"Ash, meet Jason, Jason this is Ashley, my friend." I introduce awkwardly.

"Hi, Ashley."

"Hello, Jason." They both shook hands and Jason turns to face me again.

"Hm...we will wait for you in the class," Claire says and drag Ash along with her.

"So...how have you been?" He asks while rubbing his neck nervously. The tension is so thick between us.

"I'm good, you? When did you come back from Australia?"

"I'm fine. I came back a few days ago, I tried to contact you but your line isn't going through, also went to your house but was told you moved out after what happened. Should have thought of coming here." He rambles. "What the heck happened Sasha?"

We both walk to a bench under a tree and sit down. "It's a long story."

"I have all day." He insisted.

"I don't want to talk about it, Jason." I don't think I can take it, bringing up what happened that day, it hurts just remembering let alone telling someone.

"It's okay." He nods in understanding. "I just hope you're alright Sasha." There is a hint of worry in his voice.

"I'm fine, thanks for asking."

"You're welcome." And just like that, the tension eases away.

"So...what are you doing here?" I ask in curiosity.

"Came to see my cousin."

"Okay."

My phone dings notifying me of a new text and I quickly open it when I saw that it is from Claire.

Met Jace on our way, he's heading your way...just telling you.

"Sasha." I raise my head just to see Jace towering over me.

"Jace, what are you doing here?" I ask while standing up.

"I need to speak with you." He says while glancing at Jason.

"Oh! Jason meet my...m-y boyfriend, Jace." I stutter. "And Jace...this is my friend, Jason. We haven't seen each other in a long time."

"Nice to meet you, man." Jason chuckles and stretches his hand for a handshake while Jace gladly returns.

"Same here."

I sigh in relief.

"Hm...I have got to go Sasha. See you later." He gives me a quick hug and starts walking away.

"Are you forgetting something?" I ask and watch as realization dawns on him.

"Oh, my bad." He raises his hand in surrender before stretching his phone to me, I quickly put in my new phone number and return it to him. "I'll give you a call. Bye man." He nods at Jace who is now glaring at him.

"Whatever." He mutters under his breath. "Bye." He later says grudgingly as we both watch him go.

"So...you wanted to see me?" I trail behind him. "Can it wait? I have a class in the next five minutes."

"No, it's very important." He states we are now at the parking lot.

"Now I'm curious." Jace opens the passenger door for me and I slid inside.

I watch him move to the driver's seat and start the ignition.

"Sasha." He calls while staring at me nervously. "I don't know how you'll react to this."

"What is it, Jace?" I'm scared of whatever he has to say.

'Is he leaving me?' I paled. No, no, he can't.

"Christ! Calm down, Sasha." He mutters and gives me a peck on the lips.

I take a deep breath of relief, oh! Thank goodness, he isn't leaving me. So...what is it?

"I found out who your dad is." He finally let out the bombshell.

My eyes widen in shock as I process what he just said. "Y-you...you know who my dad is?"

"Yes." He nods in affirmation.

"Really?" Tears fill my eyes as I ask the question I have always wanted to ask since I was a kid. "Who is he?" The tears start falling down my cheeks.

"You're crying." He whispers and wipes my tears.

"I'm just shocked. How did you..." I throw my hands around him and hug him. "Thank you, Jace."

He was surprised at my reaction but he returned the hug with a soft pat on my back. "Anything for you Princess, I know how important this is to you."

"So...who is he?" I ask again while disengaging from the hug.

Jason inhales and exhales deeply as if preparing himself for what he's about to say. "Damon Dillinger, Cassie's dad."