Hollywood Zenith

After few weeks when Kate finally managed to return to school but it was enough time for the man to make up lies about what happened. He still had a clean image in front of everyone and told everyone that she was the one that threw herself on him.

What about the clear bruises on her body? He made up lies about it too, telling everyone that she tried to frame her so that she could exploit him for money. The public ate it all up at face value almost deeming her as a gold digger with a promiscuous past!

She was being ostracized no matter where she went bombarded with dirty comments from his so called friends while he enjoyed watching her suffer. In his mind it was only her fault for not giving it up!

Bella along with some of her friend tried to defend her but they were also lumped up together with Kate effectively making them a outcast group only good at scamming the rich for money! It was so bad that even they began to distance herself from Kate, only Bella remained by her side until the end.

Kate saw what it was doing to Bella, months passed without any clear light at the end of the tunnel and that's when she decided enough was enough. She decided to transfer back to her hometown to continue her studies there.

Bella tried to stop her but she had made up her mind. She felt it was best for everyone that she left this godforsaken place for good.

" I went back to countryside and eventually graduated from high school without any hindrance. There was always a fear that they would find me there or what my grandparents would think about it when they find out about it but thankfully that never happened."

" Did you find out what happened to him?"

" No...I don't think I will ever be able to face him again. Just remembering his face gives me chills." Kate whispered. Samuel nodded, at least he had something to do this holiday.

" Since then I kind of feel discomfort interacting with any man but somehow I don't feel that about you. I dated few people and tried my best over the years especially in college when I reunited with Bella again."

She told him that Bella acted like her matchmaker but not before going over their entire history with fine comb which was already off putting for Kate. She didn't want to live her life living in fear but that's the hand that she was dealt with.

She began telling funny stories about how Bella would react whenever someone showed interest in them. It was the first time Samuel saw her chuckling knowing that she had long since come in terms with her past.

She felt a little regretful that Bella would fret over small matter concerning her that would often result her not having her own private life. They were like two peas in a pod at this point but Kate didn't want her to waste her life away always thinking about her well being.

Even when they got into the serving business together, Kate somewhat thought she was only doing it because Kate's passion in this industry. They both worked under previous owner of the bar but that was only a part time job for them to pay for their tuition at first.

It was only after Kate's grandparents passed away that she decided to invest all her inheritance to become the owner herself diving head first in this industry.

" So you were acting weird earlier because?" Samuel asked. He somewhat could guess the reason but he wanted to hear her say it.

She thought for a second before saying," I knew that you would find out about me later down the road. With Bella practically spilling everything earlier, I thought I was deceiving you. Even when we were...you know... I felt quite guilty about withholding such a secret. I have seen enough of this world to know that most people wouldn't want to associate with someone like me." She paused for a second.

" Beside I like spending time with you. No one ever made me feel like you do. I might have went crazy there for a second but I thought it wanted to experience everything if you decided to not continue seeing me." She blushed heavily while pouring her heart out without any barrier.

Samuel didn't know whether to smother her with kisses because how alluring she looked or act like a gentleman but he knew one thing, he would always protect her because how pure her heart was.

" I was thinking about it too but if you think that I will leave you because of your past then all I can say that you don't know me very well. Beside we compare each other's past then I might be far worse than you."

" How?"

" Didn't you know that I am somewhat of a player in real life? There are quite a lot of speculation going on that I change girlfriends every week." He chuckled but Kate only smiled hearing him talk bad about himself. She felt like he was doing it to cheer her up because there was no chance that people didn't hear about his shenanigans.

His face was plastered weekly in tabloid, most of them were conspiracy but few of them also had pictures to back up their claims.

" I am not afraid of a little competition." She said confidently. Samuel smiled and started cleaning her messy face. She stayed still enjoying his touch, there was something about his hands that instantly calmed her down.

" You know no matter how much you try to hide it, i can feel it twitching under me right?" She asked with a cheeky smile. Samuel might be a master in controlling his upper brain but his lower head had the mind of it's own. There was no chance it would calm down when there was a beautiful naked woman sitting on his lap!