Chapter 168: Chapter 168

168 Being Careful

So Cassie threw them under the bus, Arianna learnt from the story. No wonder the girl wasn’t as pissed as she thought she would be at her when she returned.

Cassie came out unscathed.

“Even at that, I’m the one who’s to blame here. My running away put all of you in a difficult spot,” Arianna acknowledged her fault, “Not everyone is as brave as you are and that might as well have been Cassie’s own way of ensuring her survival, ”

“Yeah, real low way of survival,” Ashley sneered, “You’re too kind for your good,” She told her, “No matter what kind of trouble I’m in, I would never betray my innocent friends to save my ass. That’s lesson 101 on the friendship booklet,”

“Exactly!” The other girls supported and from their tone, it was obvious they held sheer disdain for Cassie’s action.

But Arianna was not quick to judge the young lady. Now she thought about the issue, it became clear to her why Cassie had been working usually hard to please her. Cassie was trying to pay for what she did. At least she shows remorse – that’s a good sign of repentance.

“You know, what makes me pretty mad is the fact Kenith saved her head, leaving us to the wolves,” Chelsea chuckled mirthlessly, “I guess that rumor about them isn’t far-off,”

And that piqued Arianna’s interest because her brows grew higher and her ears perked up. She was not a gossip but Arianna knew whatever information the girls were about to release was crucial.

She turned to Chelsea, trying not to seem all fixated on the issue, “What rumor?”

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“Rumors about the two of them together,” Ashley was the one who answered from behind, drawing her attention to her. Sometimes the way they spoke and worked in unison as if they had psychic powers scared her. They weren’t even twins.

But the secret was out and it was so heavy that it actually sounded like bells were ringing in Arianna’s head. For a minute, she didn’t say a word, just stared up at nothing and tried to digest what they just fed her.

Kenith and Cassie were a couple? She found it hard to believe. There was nothing to suggest the two were remotely interested in one another so thinking about it made Arianna feel like she had just been played. There was an uncomfortable feeling in the bit of her that grew worse with each passing minute.

“That’s impossible,” Arianna breathed out, her voice weak from the intensity of the shock she just received, “She’s just merely one of his people....”

And now she mentioned it with her mouth, Arianna felt incredibly stupid. Oh God, the uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her belly increased and that was because of her discovery.

If Kenith was Cassie’s boyfriend and she – Arianna – had him put in the dungeon on the count of rape, yet Cassie still didn’t blame her? That only meant she didn’t love the guy and was overly stupid or she was a good pretender and was biding her time to strike back at her.

Arianna chose the latter.

It was as if the scale covering her eyes finally fell and she was able to see the truth in front of her. Cassie had the patience of a panther and the will of a tigress, those two virtues were important assets for a woman out for payback.

They said hell hath no fury for a woman scorned and Arianna could relate with that because she would do everything to avenge Elijah if anything were to him – notwithstanding he wasn’t even righteous. So yeah, she guessed, Cassie would want a chunk of her body notwithstanding her boyfriend was in the wrong for trying to r*pe her.

Arianna didn’t believe Cassie would have a change of heart and stop pursuing after her because she learned from her uncle’s family. When you love someone sometimes, the line between wrong and right becomes blurry and you become a reflection of that person. It’s your loved ones before others – So yeah, Cassie definitely chose Kenith before her.

“No wonder,” Rose said, “I always thought she got off easily on a lot of things here. Not to mention that arrogant look in her eyes as if the rest of us are mere ants in her sight. Who knew she was dating the boss’ right hand man?”

She rolled her eyes, “It’s a good thing you had her boyfriend locked up, now she won’t have .....” Rose trailed off, a sudden emotion in her gaze as if she just realized what Arianna stumbled upon.

“Wow,” Rose whistled low in her throat, “Bitch won’t be pleased by that,” She turned to Arianna questioningly, “How are the both of you able to get along after you had her boyfriend locked up and demoted?”

She added almost immediately, “Not that it’s your fault – you didn’t ask Kenith to behave like an animal. But no matter how much I like you, I’ll be pissed as hell serving you if that were to happen to me,” The woman said truthfully.

That was exactly the problem, Arianna didn’t know how Cassie felt because she never knew in the first place that she and Kenith were an item until now. It was shocking how people could hide their emotions for a long time.

“I don’t like this feeling,” Chelsea said, “What if she harms you?”

“That’s the problem, If Cassie wanted to harm her, I think she should have done it already before Arianna discovered the truth. Certain killers like telling the victims the reason for their death moments before they end them,” Ashley opined.

“Or maybe you guys are taking this too far,” Arianna looked up at them seriously, “Maybe her form of revenge is just a prank or something,” She wanted to believe Cassie was reasonable and not just love struck.

She went on, “Why would Cassie go to the extent of ending my life knowing Big Joe would hunt her down afterward. That plan is suicidal and the Cassie I know values her life so much she was willing to throw you guys under the bus to preserve it.” Arianna pointed out.

There was a small pause as the girls thought over her words and saw she was right. No matter how much Cassie hated Arianna, she would not touch a hair on her for the fear of Big Joe.

“You’re right,” Chelsea nodded her head, “But you have to be careful from now on because there are many ways to end one’s life without going physical,”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Yes, I would,”

Arianna didn’t need to be told twice because unlike before when she would have accepted death, Elijah was busting her out.

She had to live!