Chapter 4

"What do you mean?" I was shocked.

"Am I wrong? You're the only guy among us, but you refuse to do something simple like serving up drinks to the girls here. What's with the high and mighty attitude? I've never noticed this before, but after chatting with Mr. Enders, I realized you're just the typical guy who tries to brainwash me into giving you babies. Don't you know this is modern times? You have no right to decide what I do with my body!

"That's not your only problem. You're always so possessive of me. All I did was go drinking with a few good friends who happened to be men, and you threw a huge tantrum because of such a small matter. It's my freedom to be friends with whoever I want. Who gave you the right to control me?

"If you still want to marry me, you need to prove yourself by changing your attitude. Only then will I consider talking about marriage with you."

Yvette listed down all my wrongdoings matter-of-factly, and her words made me laugh with anger. Who gave her the confidence to be so full of herself?

"Do you think I want to marry you? Well, we're over!" With that, I turned to leave.

Yvette did not expect me to react this way, and it stunned her.

That was when Howard kicked me to the ground. "What the hell! You're asking for it, you jerk! How dare you hurt a great girl like Yvette? You're too much!"

Yvette snapped out of it when she heard Howard yelling at me. She grabbed me by the shoulders angrily. "How could you say such an awful thing? Don't even dream of ever marrying me! If you dare walk out of here, I won't ever forgive you, even if you knelt at my feet and admitted your mistake!"

"All right!" I patted invisible dust off my shoulder and walked out the door after pushing her away.

"Nathan Sanders!" She screamed at me.

That was when the lights suddenly turned off, and the classroom was in complete darkness. The air-conditioning stopped working, and not long after, the cool air was replaced by burning heat.

"What happened? Why isn't there electricity? It's getting freaking hot! I thought I could get a free massage, but I guess I should go to bed."

"Go to bed? How are you supposed to sleep without air-conditioning? Not to mention as well, there are mosquitoes everywhere."

I grabbed the opportunity to rid myself of Yvette. Just as I was about to leave, Howard turned on a flashlight and blocked my way. "I'll give you a chance to make up to Yvette. Go to her hostel, fan her to sleep, and make sure the mosquitoes don't get her. You should take care of her until she falls asleep."

"What did you say?!" I said in surprise.

"Is there a problem? I'm teaching you how to win your woman's heart! Treat her well, and she'll marry you happily. You should learn from someone experienced like me."

I was about to object when an idea popped into my head. "Fine. I'll do it."

Howard threw Yvette a gleeful, yet sleazy glance. "What do you think, Yvette? I'm pretty good, aren't I?" He looked just like a concubine trying to please her man in a conservative society.

"You should learn from Mr. Enders, Nathan. That's how a man should act, but it's fine. It's good enough that you're making up for your mistakes. Come on, let's go." Yvette held my hand gleefully and walked out with me.

Not long after, I arrived at Yvette's hostel.

"Wow, Yvette, that's impressive. All you need to do is beckon, and you have your boyfriend wrapped around your little finger!" Yvette's roommate said.

I could see Yvette's delighted face as the moonlight shone on her.

"Of course. He might be stubborn about it, but he loves me to death! He can't bear to leave me."

"You're really popular. I noticed how close you are with Mr. Enders as well. You aren't going to marry two husbands, are you?"

Laughter echoed in the hostel. Yvette did not deny it but smiled wider. After that, she gently stroked my face and said, "This is how you should act to be good enough to be my husband, Nathan."

"I know…" I replied softly.

It was not long before everyone in the hostel fell asleep. I quickly got up and glared viciously at Yvette. After today, she would never be attended to by any man.

I started searching her hostel while thinking about this. I packed all their food and drinks for myself and threw away everything that I could not take with me. After I was done, I quickly returned to my hostel to open up my box of bottled water.

This was the big surprise I prepared for everyone. I wanted to see if they could survive the apocalypse with whatever was in the box, which was more than twenty bottles of hot sauce.