Chapter 26

|| Savannah's POV ||

It was refreshing last night. Ares and I both ended up sleeping in laughter. He cracked some lame jokes, s, later on, to make me smile. Then we both just cursed together about Finn and slept in our own space. I felt bad for occupying his room but it was necessary to stay together since Aria wasn't known about our dating plan. Besides, I didn't want her to get a bad impression of us.

I attended University from their house with Aria together. We heard a lot of students, talking about Finn and his upcoming play. Well, we all knew that Finn and Ares were going to play arrivals again. Probably, they gossiped more when I was around.

Ignoring their bullshit comments, Aria and I headed for our classes when I spotted Finn, talking over the phone inside the men's washroom. Well, I didn't have any bit interest of in overhearing his conversation but something halted my track unexpectedly.

" Yeah! Fuck, I know that I will be kicked out of JK if I can't win this time. You need to make sure that Ares doesn't get favored by PK at any cost. He must feel down. This will be the only way to ensure my win this time."

I gasped, almost slipping my books from my grip. Luckily, I clutched them in time before Finn could notice my presence. Just when he spun around to look behind his back, I slipped behind the wall, hiding my body from his sight. I was panting hard in my hiding spot as if I was a thief who was going to be caught red-handed. But a few talks from Finn had strongest a lot of my gut feelings.

Did he take some malicious actions to get into JK's team? What was he talking about Ares feeling down?

Swallowing, I peered my head outside to look over at Finn who was now walking back to forth anxiously. His face was contoured in nervousness and anxiety. He seemed to dissolve into his thoughts. I bite the corner of my lips, already settling my mind to spy over Finn today. He wasn't going to be spared after breaking my heart, not with Ares. Even my best friend, Kelly had to pay for their mistake of betraying me.

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The walk back to Aria's house was entirely silent from my side. Aria seemed to have a lot more to say as she couldn't keep her mouth shut while I navigated into my thoughts. After stalking Finn for an entire day, I found that he had a meeting with someone this evening. If I wasn't entirely wrong, it had something to do with their club issues.

Should I inform Ares before following Finn?

" Hey, are you even listening?", Aria's whining voice slapped me, out of my thoughts. Jerking back to reality, I sent her an embarrassing smile and tugged my hair nervously,

" Yes, what were you saying? Sorry, I was..a bit

lost.."

Aria puffed her cheeks dramatically, snorting without sounding offensive,

" Yeah, yeah. Now that you have my brother in your hand, you forget your best friend. I get it. By the way, I was talking about Lucas. I have a feeling that he is going to propose to me for marriage soon."

I stared at her in disbelief. We were only in our second semester and had a long time ahead to complete graduation. I didn't want to sound too noisy but I couldn't just help from asking out,

" Is... Isn't it.. bit too fast? Are you sure about him, Aria?"

She beamed into a happy smile and I was glad that she didn't mind me asking. Shaking her head, I heard her strong, confident voice,

" Nope! I could feel that we are soulmates. I don't mind saying 'yes' if he proposes to me now. Besides, I am done depending on my brother always."

I sighed heavily with a pitiful smile. I knew that Aria had been long waiting to become self-independent. Ares had to go through a lot for supporting a family all alone. In this part, I admired him. He was the best big brother that I had ever seen.

Maybe, I could ask Aria to come with me today!

Hesitating, I finally asked Aria who was still talking about Lucas and her yesterday's date,

" Aria, are you free today? I need you to go with me somewhere."

Aria nodded, sending me a suspicious glance,

" Yeah, sure but where to?"

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" This entire bar is looking like a fuck session!", Aria muttered lowly, swearing at Finn for the hundredth time of the day. She was convinced as soon as she learned from me that It had something to do with JK's team member selection. I was a bit relieved that she accompanied me here. Honestly, I didn't like this place at all. Although it appeared like a mini bar, most of the things looked like a sleepover only. I couldn't understand how on earth Finn chose this place to meet someone.

We arrived together secretly. After hours of waiting in front of Finn's house, we followed his track to come over here. I only overheard his timing schedule and had zero ideas about the place where he was going for the meeting. I must admit that he dressed nicely as if he was going on a date.

Aria tapped on my shoulder to point at the doorway from where a lady was walking inside in her high heels. Taking Aria's advice, we changed our usual outfits and changed into a tomboy with a hat on their head. People would think that we were reckless girls who liked partying with boys. That's what we wanted! Distraction!

Finn knew both of us for a long time. It would be easier for him to recognize us in a single glance if we were in our casual outfits.

Following Aria's eyes, I saw the young lady, walking over to Finn and crashing right beside him. Without a single word, she first bent down to kiss his cheeks.

What the heck was that?

My jaw dropped including Aria who didn't expect this scene. I knew that he was a scum but when did he become such a big scum without my knowledge? Now, I was even ashamed of calling him my ex-boyfriend.

Did Kelly know about his real character?

Speechless, we both saw how the girl was all over his body. Finn seemed completely okay with her touch and didn't bother to distance himself from her. They seemed to know each other for a long time. If it was in the past, I would have gotten jealous but looking over at Finn, all I felt was disgust for this man for whom I wasted my time.

" Fuck! What a bastard!", Aria muttered, taking a sip from her beer. I bet that she was fighting with her urge to not punch Finn's face. After observing their faces for a while, I understood that they started to have a serious conversation. But it was already to distance between us. It was impossible to hear their words from this place. Besides, understanding through facial expression wouldn't be any benefit to Ares.

We needed proof!

Aria grumbled glancing around aimlessly,

" What do we do? We can't hear anything from them. Are they only fooling around or there's some serious conversation going on?"

I wrecked my brain hard quickly until an idea popped out of my mind. Without wasting a second, I called the staff over to our table and paid generously before handing him my phone. The stuff left after hearing out my instructions.

Aria muttered staring at me like a hawk,

" What did you say to him?"

I smirked, reaching out for my beer,

" Just wait and see! We will get to know everything!"

I observed as the staff went over to them carefully, spending his quality time, according to my order. The young lady looked like a rich heir. The outfit that she wore looked expensive even the handbag around her arms. Everything didn't seem simple as it appeared to be. For some reason, I felt like I never knew Finn after everything. It was clear that he was having some sort of dirty affair with this woman.

Then what about Kelly? Did she know anything?

As I dwelled my thoughts over Kelly, I missed a few moments between them until everyone including me heard Finn's piercing voice,

" What the fuck, dude? You dropped this shit all over me!"Snapping out of my thoughts, I looked over them to find the stuff, bending down to clean his shirt. Shit! He dropped wine over him but Finn's reaction was a bit too rough. Since when did he become an asshole?

Thinking that nothing had gone wrong with my plan, I attempted to pull back my eyes from them until I froze, noticing something beside Finn. The staff had dropped my phone, right after Finn's sitting spot. It happened probably when she knocked on him accidentally.

Shit! Finn would recognize my phone easily!