Chapter 52: Chapter Fifty-Two.

"Oliver," she called out, her breath catching. He asked her out on a date. This caught her off guard because they still had a student-professor relationship and Sylvester College didn't condone it, even though he was the new owner.

"Say yes, Hastings." He demanded and she wanted to with every fiber of her being but the way she and Oliver were moving meant that there was something more between them and both of them knew it. They said they hated each other but in reality, were to hide something that ran deep and it scared her. What she felt for him was too much and now knowing about his past was crossing a territory. His territory.

Then there was the case of her illness but when she saw how his whiskey eyes shone with hope and expectation, her heart couldn't beat properly. He asked her out! Out of all the girls in the entire motherfucking world, he asked her out!?