Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48 Gift (2)

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"That's not all?!"

"I can tell you, but you have to promise not to let it affect your judgment. We were 17 back then and Syl's… Sylas' way of doing things is different from most people.

"This isn't high school drama, this is life and death, okay? Don't bring it out of these four walls."

Olivia's eyes widened instead of answering.

"… That bad?" She eventually said, her tone softening.

Cassarae smiled bitterly in response.

"Cass, it's okay. You don't need to tell me. I wouldn't have pressed so much if I knew that—"

"It's fine, it was a long time ago. I've gotten over it."

It didn't look like she had, but Olivia didn't expose her. At this point, she felt that the situation had changed from her really wanting to know, to Cassarae finally wanting to tell someone about it. So, she promised.

"I promise… Short of rape," she suddenly said fiercely after starting quite level-headed.

Cassarae sputtered. "Girl, I just said we never went that far."

Olivia pouted, unwilling to take her words back.

Cassarae smiled before her eyes became somewhat distant.

"He's a little younger than me, his birthday is a month and a half after mine and right in the middle of summer.

"I wanted to get him a birthday present, but he already has everything he needs and I didn't really know what to do. Back then, one of my close friends, Melinda, made a joke about just giving him my body wrapped in a bow."

Olivia's brows raised, guessing some things.

"I brushed it off as a joke, but as I thought more about it, I thought it was a good idea. We had only been dating for two months, but I had known him practically my whole life and I only really thought about losing it to him.

"So when his parents were off at work, I came in early with my little get up." Cassarae tried to make it sound cute and lively, but her eyes were already watering.

Olivia moved her stool to her side, wrapping an arm around Cassarae as she muffled her sobs.

"When he saw me wrapped up like that," Cassarae laughed a little through her tears, "you should have seen his eyes. They got as big as saucers."