“I have nothing to say,” Nicole answered without hesitation. “I might admit to some of them but some are just made off. They know I don’t waste any effort to clear their thoughts about me, so some are taking advantage of it. And honestly, I don’t really care. I know the truth, I find peace in it. I can’t be too greedy, can I?”Mike just chuckled at how Nicole responded. He did not insist, he did not pry and he was even more amused at how Nicole shrugged her shoulders about what people thought about her.Nicole did not justify her actions either. She may have her reasons, but it was not sensible enough to defend her behavior towards others. Because she was retaliating against her parents when she started expressing her ill-natured way of behaving. They stayed a little more and waited for Mike’s breaktime to end, chatting about random topics. Mike asked about her birthday.“I don’t know what to give you for a present so, I haven’t prepared one,” Mike bashfully stated. “I am sure you ar
Nicole watched Mike walk away. Fadz Ling was worried his little Boss would be the campus' bugs and mosquitos' dinner blood for that evening, so he dared to call for her attention when he was sure the guy who sent Nicole to her ride was almost unrecognizably far from their location as the darkness of the night ate him in. "Boss?..." Nicole sighed as she turned to look at her bodyguard, who sounded too worried about her. "Fadz Ling, I need to know where the Dean is right now. But before that, I need something to offer as a bargain he won't get to refuse. Can you handle that for me? Or do I have to ask someone else to do the task?" Nicole did not beat around the bushes. She wasn't going to conceal anything from her security team leader. She needs something, and if Fadz Ling cannot provide that service, he only has to tell her honestly, and she will deal with finding someone else. "Boss, may I ask what kinds of bargains we have to find?" Fadz Ling was astounded, but he did not show
"He is in his office right now; as far as I can see, he is not in a very good mood. I thought I have to give you a heads up," the guy informed Nicole after a few minutes upon letting him know the name of the person he needed to find first. "Now find me the Dean," Nicole did not even wait for Justin to say anything before she decisively cut the call. Nicole was confident Justin knew the second person she had asked to be found. It wasn't the first time she asked Justin to monitor where the Dean was to make sure her wild antics did not get witnessed by the Dean himself. It would be easier for her to handle her issues if the Dean was out of the picture. So, as much as possible, Nicole does not move blindly when she knows she is going to get into trouble. Nicole stepped out of the car to head to where Mister Chadwick Gibson was. The moment she opened the car door, Fadz Ling hurriedly ran to her side to assist his Little Boss. "Boss, my man said the Dean is at a Chinese restaurant havin
“You mean to say, the General Ipkiss of the Secretary of Defense?” Chadwick Gibson asked with widened eyes in astonishment and a triumphant smile. “Is there any other General Yussef Ipkiss in this country? Please educate me,” Nicole made her face look worried she was mistaken. “If you can ask for his help, I am very sure no one would dare threaten my department and make any of my staff lose their jobs,” Mister Gibson clapped his hand as he answered. “What do you want me to do?” Chadwick Gibson may be older than the student right in front of him, but with how powerful this girl’s background can be, she is untouchable and it would be like hitting one’s head into an unbreakable wall if anyone dared to go against her. “Well, I guess we have to deal with the issue lightly first. If our efforts fail, then that is when we call for backup. What do you say, sir?” Nicole answered politely. Mister Chadwick used to be a swimming athlete. According to the school’s introduction of its swimming
“I don’t know how to do that right now,” Mike answered. “I don’t know how to slow down. Because I am worried I’m in facing homelessness. And it might even happen sooner than I could ever dare to imagine, so bear with me. Please….?” Mike gave his friend a pitiful look then he chugged the left of the beer in his bottle and finished it, bottoms up.“Man, if your brother knew you’re here,” Justin worriedly uttered. “He will think I am dragging you to my wicked ways. Not that I mind when people misinterpret or judge me, but not your big bro, man, you know that, right?” “I am sure he wouldn’t even notice this….” Mike sighed. Then, he glanced at Justin and mumbled. “I just wish he has somewhere or someone he can go to and share his thoughts with, just like I have you….”Mike shook his head and was about to chug on his drink but realized it was already empty. Mike looked at the cooler. It was a few steps away from where he was slumped on the floor and the need to get up to get another bott
“What the hell are you talking about?!” Mike asked indignantly. “Who’s into men?!” “You!” Justin replied in the same tone. “Aren’t you?” “Not that I am against anyone who has their preferences with genders, but I am happy with being into women. I don’t have any idea what makes you think I am into men,” Mike chuckled as he tried to clarify whatever misunderstanding his friend Justin had in mind. Justin was confused. He stared at Mike for a while and when he noticed his friend was not fazed at the words he just said like Mike was more than confident he knew what his gender preferences are. Justin cleared his throat and made his thoughts known to Mike as if he was confused himself. “Well, you mentioned earlier that a friend of yours saw what happened, right?” Justin started. “Yes, and?” Mike answered after a gulp of his beer. “And you said that you knew this friend did not want you to touch someone else’s lips, right?” Justin eagerly argued. “Yes. Because I know my friend is a po
Nicole was not sure she heard the other person on the line correctly. It was a name only one person called her and still does, actually. It was a nickname only Mike dared to make for her, and hypocrisy aside, Nicole loved to hear Mike call her that way. The boldness in the man’s action to ignore Nicole’s words of rejection to be called by that name amused her, thus making Nicole tolerate Mike’s disobedience. And disobedience is something Nicole does not tolerate at all until Mike came to the surface of her bratty lifestyle. She tried to focus on listening, but two men’s voices were audible from the other end of the phone call, so she was having difficulty admitting that the person who called her “Nicky” was the same person she had in her mind right now. Unable to identify the person by listening to his voice, the two guys seemed to be arguing about who to speak with Nicole over the phone to clarify both their sides to the lady; they both groaned in frustration when the line was sudd
“Why would he drop dead?” Justin asked in astonishment and disbelief combined. Justin was somehow pretty aware that Nicole Parker can do so much, such as hire someone to assassinate anyone she might wish to disappear in the face of the earth. He was excited and aghast to witness such capability, even through words alone. The power she possesses in Justin’s eyes and understanding is overwhelming. ‘Pack!’“Fuck!” Justin groaned when he felt another slap had landed crispily on the back of his head. Unlike earlier, when he first felt the slap on his head, he did not see who lifted a hand to do so. This time, he had his eyes on Nicole as if he was too eager to see her reply to his query, so he saw everything. From the moment Nicole raised her right arm to when her hand swung open, and her palm landed on Justin’s head, Justin and Mike saw all of them. Bu Justin did not even get the moment to think about avoiding Nicole’s hands. He seemed to be taken by great surprise that he was only a