Claire walked inside the mansion, her heart almost dropped looking at the girls gathered in the living room, she wasn't ready to face them alone, but Jason was busy so he couldn't come with them. The moment she stepped inside, some of them glared at her while others didn't care.
Sarah was staring at her, it was the first time in a month that she has seen Claire looking that nervous, but when she noticed Austin as he entered after Claire, she got up and walked towards him, "Why are you coming with her?"
Austin stopped and looked at her, "Why should I answer you?" He said and walked away from her, he sat on the couch and signaled Claire to sit, Claire glanced at Sarah who was standing in front of her with crossed arms.
Ignoring her Claire sat beside Austin, he cleared his throat getting their attention and said, "Jason will be here soon, as we are going to give you girls a beautiful surprise!" He said excitedly, Claire widens her eyes at her statement, 'How can he say that?' She thought.
It has been an hour since all of them were waiting, but Jason still didn't show up, "Sorry, to keep you all waiting." Claire turned to look towards the door as she heard his voice, she looked and him and sighed in relief, it wasn't like she was scared of the girls, but she knew they were going to be shocked specially Sarah.
Jason glanced towards Claire and smiled, making her smile, which didn't go unseen by the others, but Claire's smile turned into a frown when she noticed Jake entering the mansion, Sarah was shocked to see her brother, "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Jason invited me here." Jake told her, which shocked them, Austin was looking at his friend who had a smirk on his face, "Yeah, I just thought it will be good if he was here." Jason said, he walked to the middle of the living room, which confused everyone, "What were you going to tell us?" One of the girls asked.
"I have to tell you guys something very important." Jason looked at Claire and smiled, "I'm calling off the contest!"
The second he said that there was a complete silence in the mansion, all of them were shocked to hear that, "Are you joking with us?" A girl shouted, "Do you think this is funny?"
Jason stared at her and said, "I understand that this is really shocking for all of you but there is no need for me to host a contest anymore." All of the were furious and confused, "Do you mean to say you found a girl?" One of them asked, Claire looked at Jason nervously and nodded her head.
"Yes, and that's why I don't feel the need to host the contest anymore." Jason glanced at all the furious faces, but he knew how to calm them, "But I will compensate you all, for giving your all in this contest." He announced, as soon as they hear it, most of them looked happy, as if they didn't care about him at all.
But the only person who had tears in her eyes was Sarah, she knew she once again lost the chance to have him, Jake looked at his sister and his blood boiled, now he understood why Jason called him there, "How can you do this? don't you care about other's feelings?" Jake accused.
"If that was the reason, I wouldn't have called you here." Jason replied, he knew he again hurt Sarah, "So, at least tell us who she is, the one who stole your heart?" One of the girls asked, Jason smiled and looked at Claire, to know if she was ready for it, she nodded her head with a smile.
Jason slowly walked towards Claire and stood in front of her, Jake was shocked, he was hoping that whatever he was thinking shouldn't happen, Claire got up from the couch and smiled at him, same way as he told her to, "She is the one who stole my heart."
No one expected that the person would be Claire, Jake knew why Jason was doing this, which made him furious, "What did you do to make him fall for you?" One of the girls asked, which made Claire angry, she wanted to give her befitting reply, but she controlled herself.
she couldn't possibly tell them that she and Jason are only going to pretend to be in a relationship, she smiled at her and said, "I didn't do anything, he was already head over heels for me since day one." Claire replied, which shocked everyone, Jason looked at her in disbelief he didn't expect that reply.
"Claire, are you really dating him?" Jake asked, he couldn't believe his eyes, "Jake I-" Before she could say anything, he came towards her and held her hands, Jason was standing beside her fuming in anger, "You can't possibly be serious about him, right?"
Jason held his arm and pushed him, making Jake groan in pain, as his wounds were still fresh, "Stay away from her." Jason warned as he held Claire close to him, Sarah ran towards Jake and held his shoulder as she saw a few stains of blood in his grey shirt.
"Jason how could you push him like that?" Sarah shouted, Jason was shocked to see her that angry but when he saw Jake's shirt's sleeve had some blood stains, he felt guilty and tried to apologise, "I'm sorry I d-"
"Why do you always behave with us like this, what have we done to make you hate us so much?" Sarah asked, "Sarah, forget it let it be." Jake tried to stop his sister, "Jake was your best friend but now you behave like he is your biggest enemy, why?" Everyone was shocked to hear that, Austin knew someday they had to face these questions by Sarah, she was the only one who had no idea about her father's wrong doings.
Jason was stunned to see her this angry, "Have we done something to make you hate us so much?" Jason fisted his hand to control his anger, "Your father, he is the reason behind everything!"