Chapter 2

Early the next morning Warren walked towards the room next door and knocked softly. 

There were giggling noises coming from within and Warren could feel his heart skip a few beats.

'It's best if I face the music now and get it over and done with,' Warren thought to himself. 

He was greeted by the familiar face of Claudia who opened the door. She wore her pajamas as it was still early in the morning. She rubbed her eyes a few times to make sure that it wasn't playing any tricks on her.

"I'm so sorry. Is Lloyd home, there is something I..." Before he could finish he was greeted with a loud slap across his face. Claudia couldn't wait to make him pay after the embarrassment she had to face the previous day.

"You have some nerve showing your face here again. Lloyd he's here!" she shouted. 

Within a few seconds a rather burly man appeared in the doorway. It was Lloyd Williams. The tank top that he was wearing exposed his rather bulky muscles and his presence alone could suffocate anyone. 

Before Warren couldsay something, his vision became blurred and altogether blank. Lloyd punched him right in the face and followed it up with a few kicks to the stomach. 

Warren could only lie on the ground. Luckily it was still early in the morning, so no one could witness the beating he received. Or so he thought.

A few students hurried out of their rooms when they heard the commotion. They were greeted by the sight of seeing Warren thoroughly beaten up by Lloyd. 

"Let this be a lesson for anyone who ever try approaching my girl. I will let you off with only this beating. If something like this ever repeats itself, I will not let you off as easily again." Lloyd warned as he spit at the Warren lying on the floor in pain. 

A few students already had their cellphones out, recording every single moment of the beat down that Warren received. He pulled himself to his room as he closed the door loudly behind himself. 

He took a shower and nursed his injuries. To think he didn't even get a chance to clear the misunderstanding. And on top of that, he wil become the laughing stock of the whole campus after the incident of this morning. 

'I guess when it rains, it pours," Warren said to himself. A teardrop fell to the ground. If it was only because of the beating he received, Warren wouldn't have felt so bad, but his heart was also aching immensely right now. 

'If only Jennifer was here...' Warren thought to himself.  

Right at that moment in the girls' dorm room ofthe Literature department, Jennifer was scrolling through her phone. She was going through a few of her friends' posts on social media when she came across a video. A student was being beaten miserably. 

She could only frown when she saw the scene. 

However, she was shocked when she realized the identity of the student who was beaten. It was none other than her ex boyfriend, Warren. 

Lisa walked over and saw the video that Jennifer was looking at. 

"He was peeping on Claudia when Lloyd wasn't home," Lisa said as she looked at Jennifer. 

"It's a good thing you dumped him. He's such an embarrassment," Lisa snorted as she waited for Jennifer's response. 

"Some people are really hopeless," Jennifer said. To think she wanted to get married to such a shameless person. He couldn't even wait for a day after he was dumped to start eyeballing other girls. He also did it shamelessly without the other party knowing. 

If only she realized he was this kind of person, she wouldn't have wasted 6 months on him. Luckily she got rid of him before their relationship developed any further. Imagine the embarrassment that she would have had to face if he did this kind of thing while they were still dating. 

'Charles is such a gentleman and he would never get involved in such a scandal,' Jennifer thought to herself. She found the perfect gentleman who, not only treats her like royalty, but can also buy her anything she set her heart on. Warren couldn't even afford to bring her to one of the decent restaurants in the city. She had to be content with lunch dates at the cafeteria. 

She shuddered as she thought of how her relationship was prior to meeting Charles. She had to settle for so little. If only she realized her worth earlier, she wouldn't have wasted time on a person like Warren.

Poor people will always be poor and there is nothing they can do about it.

Jennifer looked at Lisa and said "I should have dumped him earlier. He's only starting to show his true colors now. To think I was once associated with a person like him..."