I open my blurry eyes to find Ren smiling at me. She leans in to kiss my lips, which causes my eyes to widen.

It's a new day, and the sun's rays have streaked through the window, casting a golden glow across the room.

"Good morning, handsome," She says with a smile.

I smile back and say, "Good morning, beautiful."

"Did you even get any sleep?" I add as I was worried that she had a hard time falling asleep last night before I came over.

We had a steamy moment last night, and I remember being so exhausted from my climax that I fast asleep.

Now I woke up to find her staring at me.

"Of course, I was awake not long ago," She responds. "Your antidote is always effective,"

I can't help but chuckle at this.

"You were now watching me while I was asleep," I remark to her, biting my lower lip.

"You can't even begin to imagine how hot you are in your sleep," She retorts and I flush while looking up at the ceiling.

She then rests her head on my chest just below my shoulder and uses her finger to begin softly stroking my hairy chest.

After a few minutes of silence, I start toying with her kinky bun hair as well. As I am merely thinking about us, I wonder what is going through her thoughts.

I have no idea where this is heading with what is going on between us, but my heart can't stop falling for her and I wish I could wake up next to her every day.

The sound of her phone ringing on the nightstand near me breaks the silence, and she raises her head above my chest as I reach for the phone.

While giving it to her, I notice that Nicholas's face is visible on the phone's display, indicating that he is the one who is calling.

"Hey," She says as she sits up, picking up the phone.

I sneer a little as I'm so annoyed that he's talking to Nicholas in my presence.

"I'm fine" She continues.

I shake my head sadly.

I slide out of her bed, reach for my clothes, and put them on by wearing my boxer brief first.

"Can I call you back?" I hear her saying.

"Mickey, what are you doing?" She asks as she crawls out of bed, wrapping the blanket around her body.

"Leaving." I shrug.

"Does this have anything to do with Nicholas?"

"What do you expect?"

"I'm not getting back with him,"

"And what about us? You and me?" She scoffs in confusion as I argue.

"I thought we were okay as friends?"

"Even after I expressed my feelings to you?"

"The last I checked, you don't do long-term relationships," She retorts and I shake my head in shock.

She is twisting my words to her advantage.

"What if I'm ready to commit to a long-term relationship with you?" She looks at me with shocked eyebrows as I speak.

I groan in despair as she nods "no" and turns her attention away from me.

"So none of this means anything to you?" I claim.

"It means something to me," She responds, her gaze returning to mine. "But we should enjoy these with no strings attached," She adds, and I smirk.

We then hear a knock on the door out of the blue.

"I don't just want to be your fuckmate," I tell her, before glancing around for my cross bag as she swerves to open the damn door. I rise after bending down to pick up my bag and am startled to see Tobi enter. She maintains her confused expression as she stares at Ren who is wrapped in a blanket.

Anyway, I have to get out of here.

"Hey," I say as I get closer to Tobi.

"Hello," she says as I pass past them and out of the room.

I keep thinking about it as I quickly make my way downstairs. I'm not sure if I am being unreasonable since I am hiding a dark secret from her. It's just hard for me because I've never felt this way about any lady before.

I exit the block and proceed to the warden's office to get my ID card. What gives me the guts to desire to do this, I have no idea. Fortunately for me, I couldn't locate the woman, her shift may be over.

Do I even need it anymore? I'm done with college. The only thing left for me here is graduation.

Instead of returning home to confront my father about his lies from the governorship debates, I dash to the parking lot to grab my motorbike and ride off to Scott's hostel.

When I get to Scott's hostel, I check the time on my phone to see that it's already past 9 a.m. Since I'm starving, I stop by the hostel's cafeteria to get something to eat because I know my buddy might still be sleeping off the sleep he lost over the exam period.

Imagine having that peace of mind and sleeping soundly for the first time in your life after finishing your papers.

I later run into Nicholas who is clutching a loaf of bread as I make my way to the counter to order fried sweet potatoes and plantain with egg sauce.

As we walk approach each other, I strive to remain cool.

As we get close, He utters, "Hmm, I can see how you are trying to drag that baby with me." I decide to ignore him by moving on but he continues by shrugging me off.

"Don't you think she needs to know that you visited her father in jail?" I pause, clench a fist, and turn to look at him. Even if he is right, his remarks are repugnant to me and make me feel sick.

"This makes me wonder if you are concealing something else. If you love her, you should tell her." He proceeds, and I lose control, raising my fist to smack him in the face.

He takes a small step back while holding his face, and I quickly kick him, causing him to fall.

"How dare you?" I remark as I go closer to him, and he mockingly smiles and tries to stand up.

People are swarming all around us.

I push him back as he tries to stand up and he murmurs, "What a coward you are."

I hit him so hard while grabbing his collar.

"Security!" I could hear shouts but I just kept going. I'm only demonstrating my cowardice to him.

Although my eyes are filled with resentful tears and I'm breathing heavily, while he is already bleeding from his nose.

My waist is abruptly touched, and I'm being pulled away from him.

As I glance around the entire restaurant and saw some people are already recording with their fucking phones, the officer announces, "You are under arrest,"

He then shackles my hand with handcuffs.

I groan helplessly and turn back toward the direction I was walking in.

I get into the police car as soon as we are outside and am driven to the college police station.

My belongings, including my phone, were taken away, and when prompted to provide a statement, I declined.

Knowing that my school has a zero-tolerance policy for violence, I could potentially face being kicked out of college for violating their code of conduct.

I asked to call my lawyer, Jeff and was handed my phone back. I then dialed his number.

He picks up and says, "Hey, guy, what's up."

"Can you meet me at the police station at my school?"

"Why? What happened?"

"I fought,"

"What! "Who did you fight with?" When he asks, I roll my eyes.

I ignore his question and say, "It doesn't matter, just come,"

He scoffs a little.

"I was just shown the video of you punching Karen's ex, you are unbelievable Mike," He lets out before hanging up.

I can imagine how this video of me will go viral, again, Shit!

I returned my phone to the cops, and then I was locked up in the holding cell.