Chapter 10: Colour me impressed.

Three years ago.

Jace's POV.

Diego and Blair insist we go somewhere more fun but I'm not in the mood and Cassandra's mum keeps ringing her phone so we both end up declining.

They both go ahead without us, taking Diego's car. Cassandra offers me a ride back to Olivia's house, where I left my bike.

She's headed in that direction anyway since the Richardson mansion is right after Diego's neighborhood.

I've never crossed the Richardson's gates but Diego and I used to ride our bikes right passed the estate when we were younger and every time, we'd stop to stare at the mansion, it just made me feel like my parents were doing something wrong with their lives.

Weirdly, I feel like that right now.

Cassandra Richardson looks like money, hell, she even smells like money. Her hair is golden silk, she's wearing diamond stud earrings, I know her matching outfit was designed by some expensive designer and she's wearing sneakers but even they look fucking expensive.

Why did I ever think that I'd ge