Chapter 22

Claire was a blushing mess, she closed the door of her room and sat down on the bed, she was way too embarrassed now to face anyone, "God, Austin is going to tease me a lot." Claire sighed.

But soon she composed herself when she thought about the earlier conversation, she knew within somedays the whole nation will know about the contest officially and who are the girls that are going to participate.

She was just worried about, her dad, what will he do when he will find out about her participating in the contest, and what excuse she will come up with, she obviously can't tell him she is participating for money. So, the only person who could help her was Jasmine.

Jasmine didn't come to meet her since the day they talked about Jake, Claire was now sure that something was wrong with Jake, he was behaving like a completely different person.

Claire dialed Jasmine's number, wanting to tell her about Jake and to find a way to deal with her dad. "What!" Jasmine shouted, making Claire confused, "What happened to you?" Claire asked, it was evident Jasmine was in a bad mood.

"Sorry, it's just that idiot is pissing, me off." Jasmine whined, "Who?"

"That Austin Jones!" Jasmine sighed, she was really irritated by him, Claire chuckled she has never seen Jasmine so irritated and angry on someone, "What did he do?" Claire asked curiously, "He keeps on calling me, asking to hang out and..."

"And what?" Claire was enjoying this, "He even asks me what he should have for his meals." Claire laughed loudly, she never thought Ausitn would do something like this, "Do you think this is funny!" Jasmine shouted, making Claire move the phone away from her ears.

"N-No, it's just cute." Claire said, trying to control her laughter, she completely forgot about what she was going to talk to Jasmine about. "How can you think what he is doing is cute?" Jasmine asked, in disbelief.

"Well, when you look at him, he looks like a flirty guy, but-"

"But you think he is not like that, right? Jasmien finished the sentence for her, "Yes." Claire replied, "You are definitely blind, Bella." Jasmien said, "he is a flirty guy."

"Okay, maybe you're right, but let's not talk about him." Claire said, when she recalled why she called Jasmine, "I have something important to tell you."

"What?"

"It's about Jake, did you know he has a sister?" Claire asked, "What, he has a sister, who is she?" Jasmine said, she was definitely shocked, Claire took a deep sigh and said, "Sarah Willams." Claire announced.

There was a deadly silence, none of them said anything, "Claire, I think I heard something wrong, did you just say Sarah Willams?" Jasmine asked, in disbelief. "You heard right J, she is Jake's sister."

"So, he belongs to a rich family, but he never told us." Jasmine said, making Claire hum in response, "But I never saw him in any parties." Jasmine said, "Maybe he never attended one." Claire replied.

"And I have a bigger problem than that." Claire mentioned, "Meet at the coffee shop within an hour we'll talk there." Claire said, "Okay." Saying that Jasmine hung up the phone.

Claire went to get ready to meet her friend, she realised that since she came here, she didn't go out of the mansion, it's not that they were not allowed to go out, but still none of the girls went out that much.

Claire wore a black crop top, with a white wide leg jean, she wore a black sneaker, she tied her hairs in a messy bun, did a bit of makeup, and was ready to go and meet Jasmine.

Claire went down the stairs she saw Jake was standing at the door with an angry look on his face talking to someone on the phone, she didn't know why but since morning Jake was making her feel a bit uncomfortable.

She walked towards the door, when she saw Jake noticed her and gave her a smile, she smiled a bit, when he stopped her and said, "Claire where are you going?"

"I'm going to meet J." Claire replied, and was ready to run from there, "Should I drop you?" Jake said, Claire was starting to get a bit angry, she was still upset, that he hid his identity from her and Jasmine, but here he was acting like it wasn't a big deal.

"Jake, I can go on my own." Claire stated, she thought of him as her friend and when a friend lies it's never a pleasant feeling.

"Claire, I know y-"

"Claire!" Jason said, he was standing behind her glaring at Jake, who looked equally pissed, Claire turned around to see Jason standing behind her, "Jason, what are you doing here?" She asked.

"I was going to drop grandma home, but she didn't let me."

"Oh." Claire said, she was feeling awkward standing between two people who were glaring at each other.

"So, where what are you doing here." Jason asked, "I was going to meet my friend." Claire replied, she was getting irritated by their questions, "And I was going to drop her." Jake declared, "I never agreed." Claire said, she didn't like how Jake was trying to show he was close to her.

Jason was about to say something but when he heard Claire's reply he smiled and kept quiet, "Should I drop you?" Jason asked, "There is no need, I will go on my own." Claire stated and without waiting for any of their reply she left from there.

"Don't you think you make her uncomfortable?" Jason asked, anger was evident in his voice, "What makes you think that?" Jake asked, gritting his teeth, "Everything! But didn't I tell you to stay away from her." Jason reminded him, "I never agreed." Jake said, Jason took a step towards him in anger, "Don't provoke me Jake, it won't be good for you!" Jason warned him.

Before Jake could say something, Austin came and took Jason away from there, "Don't worry Jason, this time, everything will be good for me." Jake smirked and sat inside his car.