Everywhere was dead silent. There was no music, no chirping of the crickets, no croaking of the toads or hooting of the night owl. Ore was sure the only sound that could be heard was the heavy thumping of her heart.

Everyone was as still as a statue, only Philip held onto her steadily. From the corner of Ore's eyes, she saw a guy who was drenched with water, his teeth clattering together. His hands were crossed at the edge of the pool and his gaze was concentrated on the scene in front of him.

Tami was beaming with smiles from the vantage point she stood with her arms wrapped around a handsome guy's waist. It was the same dude from before. Enough sex for her, Ore snickered silently in her mind.

She gulped as she watched Dami. Sweat coated his forehead and dripping down the sides of his face. His hand was shaking and his eyes looked like that of a puppy begging for food.

"Look, I am sorry I treated you like trash Ore, I did all sorts of mean things I wasn't supposed to do when I knew you had feelings for me. I acted sordid and bashed your head on the wall quite literally but I want to make up for it. I want to make up for those precious moments I threw away, I want to be a good guy for you. I don't ever want to let you out of my sight, I want you solely for myself, do you understand that?" Dami asked earnestly, his voice breaking close to the end.

Ore teared up, her lower lip quivering ever so slightly. This was the guy she had done all sorts of things to gain his attention. She went crazy, took drugs, went to parties, tried to be the appear bad by hanging out with people who were no good for her. Her studies were suffering, her grades were almost dropping and she was barely scaling through the semester.

But despite that, she knew she still wanted Dami. Some people would say that Dami didn't have any good character trait and that he was a bad influence on her but he wasn't going to stay that way forever. He was obviously striving to be better since the past few days.

Texting her, calling to check up on her, caring for her and being gentlemanly in handling her. Dami was all she needed in a man. Ore sighed and wiped her salty stream of tears quickly. She cleaned the moist from her nose with a cone shaped handkerchief and forced her legs to move.

Standing in front of him, she held out a hand and with a wide smile, she nodded her head in acceptance to his proposal.

Author's note: The sequel to this book titled Lies, Love and Deception is out now on my profile. Do check it out ❤️