CHAPTER 16

(Three years ago)

"Hey Mae! I heard your fam would be out of town this weekend?! Let's have a house party!!!" A friend of Mae told her while they were walking through the school lobby.

"Eh, I'm not sure," she replied

"Oh c'mon! It's our last month before graduating! Besides, I heard Alice is dying to brag her boyfriend! This is the perfect opportunity for her!" Her friend said and convinced Mae to push through the house party.

Mae finally agreed and invited her batchmates. They could bring a plus one she noted, they all obliged and were just excited.

Mae is not someone they know personally. They only know here as a smart lady and a consecutive dean's lister. Her few friends are the same, they make it a friendly competition between them and are good at what they do. It was actually no surprise to her friends that she can close deals and make designs even if she didn't finish university yet.

Weekend came quickly and Mae has already asked her friends to help her set up the house, the party started at 8pm and she's already having fun, she may be private but she also has a fun side, something that most people never see because she's always seen in the library studying.

"Mae! Meet my boyfriend Jayce! He's the guy I was telling you about!" Alice said as she emerged from the crowd while dragging a handsome looking man. Every girl actually turned around to get a glimpse of him.

Jayce Conde., the hottest bachelor of the city is dating a fourth year Fashion Designer Student. Who knew?! Everyone knows him of course, his family is well known after all. And he's like a prince, he could get any girl he likes. His charisma makes any woman fall head over heels for him.

"Hi! Mae Pearson, nice to meet you," Mae said in a jovial way and handed beers to the couple.

"Jayce Conde, nice to meet you too" he said and gave a toast to Mae.

"Well have fun! Oh Ali! I have something to say," she said and whispered on Ali's ear, "my room is ready for the two of you. If you need help, there's pepper spray in the side drawer. Okay?" she said. Ali was so happy and gave Mae a hug, she then introduced Jayce to a lot of university friends.

At around 12 midnight, Mae's sorority friend decided to make the night more exciting by playing games.

"Mae! Get over here!" she called and got everyone's attention. "Everyone, this is our last month together so let's make it count! Let's thank Mae for giving this to us!" they cheered and Mae laughed, Jayce was focused on her, something Ali noticed and made her feel jealous. Jayce never looked at her that way.

"So Mae, as the host of the party, I will give you the chance to get a partner, for the games," Mae thought for a while.

"Okay, hmm. I don't have a particular person in mind right now, so... anyone who's wearing a blue necktie?" Mae said, no one of course was wearing a tie. This is a party! she thought... WRONG!

"OMG! Over here!" a girl shouted while pointing at Jayce. Jayce was already smiling and the girls were shrieking with delight. Jayce went over Mae and smiled at her,

"F*CK! I thought no one was wearing a tie. I thought I'm safe," Mae said and everyone laughed.

The sorority girl collected people to play the games.

"Okay first game! The best kisser game..." Oooohh a lot of the students were looking at them, "So the game is simple, ladies, you have to drink a shot of tequila ...no lime or salt, then transfer the liquid to your partner, without spilling the drink, the game is over once the tequila is consumed by the pair.

Mae looked at Jayce and apologized in advance. Jayce smiled.

Mae drank the tequila and kissed Jayce, he leaned closer to her as he felt the tequila transfer into his mouth. Mae was careful not to spill any and the tequila was successfully consumed by the pair after a minute.

They won the first game! Everyone cheered. "Wow Mae! I didn't know you're a good kisser!" her friend said and Mae laughed.

"F*CK YOU!" Mae said and laughed.

"The next game is again a kissing game! Okay! stand one meter apart," sorority girl started, "Now, you have to kiss your partner without touching them, this is for thirty seconds, Let's see who can last!"

Once again, Mae apologized. This time Jayce took control and kissed her passionately for thirty seconds without touching her.

"Wow these two!" the sorority girl cheered them, Mae was so red in the face. But Jayce wrapped his hand around her waist, which of course shocked Mae. She's not drunk at all, she has extremely high tolerance so she could tell that half of the people in the room are already wasted. And Jayce was totally wasted.

"LAST GAME!!! Winner takes MAE!!!" sorority girl shouted,.

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"WHAT?!" Mae looked at her surprised.

Mae asked, the girl nodded and looked at the 5 men in front of her. "Don't worry, no one ever wins this game," sorority girl whispered at Mae.

This is called the seven minutes of heaven. Girls, you could touch them anywhere and men should NOT by any means you know..." she said, two from the 5 men lost already, they already have it 'up'.

"Three left!!! So quick!" The men were led inside separate rooms and were blind folded, the ladies began their game and three became two in under 2 minutes! 5 minutes left...

Mae and Jayce were in the study room, Jayce was still blindfolded while sitting on the chair.

"Are you not going to do anything?" he asked Mae.

"What am I supposed to do?" Mae replied, Jayce removed his blindfold and saw Mae standing on the opposite side of the room.

"Are you afraid?" he asked, Mae looked at him blankly and he cornered her between the wall and his arms.

"I'm drunk," he said and just laughed. He grabbed Mae and sat her down the chair, "Do you trust me?" he asked Mae.

"No, I don't even know you," she replied straightforwardly, Jayce laughed again.

"Just trust me" Jayce said and he stood in front of Mae,

"What are you doing?!" Mae asked,

"Shhh, 2 minutes!" Jayce said and he opened his shirt button exposing his chest, Mae gulped. He then placed his neck tie on Mae's neck.

Jayce held Mae's hands and placed them on his pants like she was removing his pants. He then looked at Mae, kissed her and placed the blindfold back on.

The timer ended and the door opened,

"THEY WON!!!!" The guy who checked Mae and Jayce shouted, everyone cheered for the two. Mae didn't even know what happened,

After the game the party went on like normal, Jayce went back to Ali who was certainly unhappy, Jayce ignored this and was still having fun. Mae was already sending some people home,

"Jayce, let's go up!" Alice said, Jayce went up with her and they went to the room Mae said.

Alice played a stripping game with him and she was decided that no one will ever have the chance to flirt with her man. NOT EVEN MAE!!! So she devised a plan and laced Jayce's drink with drugs. He was already too drunk so she knows he wouldn't even remember anything from this night.

Her plan was just to let him sleep and take advantage of it, but she miscalculated. Jayce passed out after an hour of playing and drinking. Alice got mad and left him in the room, she didn't even get the chance to kiss him or do something to him. She was so pissed and just went down stairs and partied.

At around 3 am, almost everyone went home already and Mae with some of her friends were already cleaning the house to make it look like nothing happened.

Mae went up and saw Jayce unconscious on the floor,

"Hey, wake up! Party's over," Mae said and shook Jayce, he didn't move, he didn't even open his eyes, Mae thought Jayce just passed out cold due to alcohol.

"Alice help me here, your boyfriend passed out in my room! I think you really had a good night huh?" Mae said, Alice was just smiling and lied that they did, but Mae could see that Jayce was still wearing his pants, so it's not possible. Who would have sex with pants on? She thought.

When Mae was about to pull Jayce, she realized that he's not moving, let alone a breathing motion.

"Alice... what did you do?" Mae panicked and looked at Jayce's eyes, they were dilated.

HE OVERDOSED!!!

Red flags started ringing on Mae's head but she managed to give Jayce CPR, and call an ambulance.

"What did you do?" Mae asked once again while giving Jayce CPR.

"It's your fault! If you didn't flirt with him I wouldn't have done this!" Alice said and looked at her in surprise! It was just a party! How could she say this as flirting? Was she flirting? She was just having fun! She thought, but that didn't matter,

After a minute of CPR and mouth to mouth resuscitation, Jayce vomited and Mae turned him on his side.

"Hey! Hey! Can you hear me?" Mae looked at Jayce and Jayce's eyes opened slightly... a teardrop fell from his eyes.