Thought I found a safe haven

~ Zayan's room

Annie was seated on the sofa, waiting for him to come out of his inner room.

" Pudding, mind watching a movie with me? " Zayan asked loudly as he walked out of his inner room, dressed in black pajamas.

" A movie? " Annie asked, her brow creased.

" Yeah, I can't find anything good to do " Zayan said with an awkward smile.

Annie however, felt something wrong. No matter how much she tried to believe that he's just being friendly, her conscience still tell her otherwise.

' How can the richest young master in college be friends with her? what exactly does he want from her? is he trying to use her for fun? ' her thoughts wandered without a home for answers.

She was still in a trance when Zayan snapped his finger in her face, dragging her out of her imagination.

" You're so lost in thoughts, what are you thinking? " he asked.

" Did you also make a deal? " was the absurd question Annie asked.

" A deal? I don't understand " Zayan faked innocence.

" All my life, no one has being willing to be my friend without an ulterior motive, my best friend, my mom, my ex boyfriend as well as my stepdad. They're all after what I could do for them " Annie stated.

" I've heard it from someone while I was in the clinic that you seems to fancy Linda, that you even called her to your room " she continued.

" So? " Zayan's face became even more confused.

" How does it switch from Linda to me? stop using my injury as a facade, it's not worth what you did for me " Annie replied.

Zayan's face suddenly turned cold, " So what are you implying? "

" If I'm part of the deal you made with Linda, then please take your mind off it. I'm just a piece of bad luck the devil threw away, I've got nothing good to offer " she replied.

Tears have already lined up on her eyelid but she was still trying to hold it in. She doesn't want to cry in front of him.

" Ain't you concluding too soon? what if i actually made no deal with Linda? " his face brightened up again as he snuggled up to Annie.

" I'm not born yesterday, I knew my life more than anything else. No one has ever been kind to me willingly, talkless of a prince " Annie scoffed.

She stood up and dust her dress, " If you feel agitated, your highness, come at me. I'll tell the school director to find me another room. You don't have to take away Linda's new dorm mate "

She was about to walk out when Zayan grabbed her wrist.

" Do you think I'm to be used and dumped? " he asked, his voice was chilly and hoarse.

" In this college, I'm not nice and I don't smile much, they call me the ruthless prince, and you're here toying with me." he said.

" But you remembered that you toyed with me first, you took me as a fool and decided to shoot your shot at me, to see if I'll take the bait " Annie said.

" I'm not after your motive and I don't care what you're really after but stop getting in my way, I'm already fed up with my life, don't let me mess yours up " she continued.

She shook his hand away and walked out of the room, leaving Zayan to his own problem.

~ Outside his room

Annie stood at the front of his door, her head hung low.

Tears dropped on the ground as she sobbed quietly, she continued crying without anyone to tell her sorry.

For once in her life, she thought someone is finally going to be her safe haven. She thought she could finally have a friend in her new place but the bad luck that always befall her haven't disappeared.

Both her new friend; Linda said Zayan. None of them could be her safe haven.

' Would I ever have a safe haven? would someone finally tell me it's okay? ' she continued to think.

" Click! Click! " the camera shutters, the person earlier took the picture of Annie crying.

" Beep! " the person's phone sounded, notifying him that the photo is already posted.

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News spread like wild fire through the whole college, everyone was talking about the current rumors in school.

~ Cafeteria

Students sat in groups, on different seats. They didn't come for food, they all came to gossip.

" Have you guys seen it? " a girl rushed inside the cafeteria, panting like she's been running for many hours.

" The anonymous post about the prince? " one of the girls seated asked.

" Yes, who's the poster? " the girl asked.

" Mina, do you think we'll be here if we know? " the second girl said.

" I mean who knew that Annie girl could be so promiscuous " Mina scoffed.

" She thought the prince would like her if she offered him her body " the second girl said.

" The prince would just use and dump her, he's not after some lovey dovey relationship " Mina said and they all laughed.

~ Annie's room

Annie could not get out of her room, she read the post also and she realized that it has escalated far.

Even people outside the school have known that she had an affair with the people. They all thought she's the one that offered herself to the prince.

She's being pointed at anywhere she went in the college, she's about to die of shame.

Someone deliberately frame her up, someone deliberately tarnish the reputation she's trying to build.

She curled up on her bed as more tears flowed down her face, she couldn't explain the type of emotions she's feeling right now.

All she knew was she's in pain, she needed comfort but no one is there for.

She thought found a safe haven but this haven ruined her.

Just then, a knock sounded on the door. She didn't bother to raise her head up, she just laid on the bed.

The door pushed open, revealing Zayan. He was panting very hard, he seems very worried like he had been looking for her for a long time.

He rushed into the room hurriedly. He bend down on the bed and pulled the already surprised Annie up.

Without a second thought, he pulled her Into his embrace.

Annie was dumbfounded.