Mike thought about texting back and sending her a message, but he was clueless about what he was going to say. Mike thought about telling Nicole of his response to the message she sent earlier about celebrating, in person. Since it was lunchtime, Mike was considering asking Nicole to join him. Although he could only afford the food available in the school cafeteria, Mike was hoping Nicole would not turn down his offer to buy her lunch for now. There is one major problem with his plans. Mike doesn’t know where to find Nicole within the whole campus. Mike did not get a copy of the itinerary of her subjects list. ‘Come to think of it. I don’t even know her major yet!’ Mike murmured.It has always been Nicole finding him first. Whether she would ask her bodyguards to fetch Mike or demand him to meet her somewhere, it had always been Nicole telling Mike where to meet. Mike felt lost. He only has an hour break. ‘Think! Think!’ Mike closed his eyes to concentrate. He tried to recall if
After thinking about how Mike could execute his move without compromising Nicole's safety inside the room, Mike came up with a crazy idea. He quickly looked around as if in search of something, and when he found it somewhere in the hallway, Mike did as indicated in its label, and the fire alarm system activated. Then from where he found the alarm button, Mike started to bang on every door he passed by."Get out of here! before the smoke gets worse!"Mike kept screaming like there was a real fire in the building, banging every door as if knocking on them to inform the people behind it and step out of the building as soon as they got to hear his voice. Those that heard him fled, and the panicked footsteps of people running their way out of the building could be heard. "This is not a drill! I repeat! This is not a drill!" Mike kept shouting. There were only a few students left, so it was not much of a chaos. No one got hurt on their way out, and Mike saw some people running their way i
“Boss!” Fhadz exclaimed in horror as soon as he saw Nicole almost looking lifeless in Mike’s arms. The bodyguard feared more for his life. This was a total negligence on his part as the head of Nicole’s security team. No matter if it was a concrete fact that Nicole had clearly ordered him and the rest of her bodyguards to stand post outside the buildings wherever she would be taking her lessons, including when she went to Mike’s house, the employee’s housing building, that wouldn’t be enough to reason out to their bosses, Nicole’s parents, the parker couple, once they know about this incident at school. “What the hell did they do to her?” Fhadz murmured while assisting Mike to step out of the room. “Can you ask anyone to bring the vehicle right in front of the building so we do not attract too much attention while we move her out of here?” Mike asked Fhadz worriedly. Fhadz readily agreed. He dialed a number quickly and demanded to make sure the car arrived within ten minutes. Then
Not many people noticed that it was Nicole being carried like a princess in the arms of a male student as they walked out of the building and into the vehicle that was waiting for them upfront of the lecture building. The lunch break was almost at its end and students, along with school employees and everyone in the surroundings had started to return to their usual schedules and were not so mindful of the things they were not concerned about. Besides, the commotion ended when the vehicle where Charlie and his companions were told to get into left. Not knowing the beginning of the issue led people to feel less curious about it. To top it all off, those involved were infamous students in the campus. Those bullies do not deserve any concern from the school citizen, students or faculty members alike. Mike had Nicole’s face hidden within his embrace, so it was not easy to identify who the girl was in Mike’s arms. Even the car was not recognizable since it was a color black SUV. The model
“Boss….?”Fhadz was so hesitant to ask but he was fully aware that he had to swallow his spit, bite the bullet and ask away. As the team leader of Nicole Parker’s security team, Fhadz Ling had to report the incident to the senior bosses, after all. But asking his boss felt like digging his grave, because the mere thought reminds him of his incompetence to do his job. Kissing his high-paying job was the least of his worries right now, his career might end here aw well if the documents of his dismissal indicates the reason why he was fired from his last job was!“Are you worried you’ll lose your job because of what happened today?” Nicole asked as if it was not anything Fhadz should ever get worried about.“I’m sorry, Boss….”Fhadz Ling was even more horrified to think that Nicole was acting so nonchalant about it. Or, was he mistaking the young Boss’ reactions? Fhadz had no way to make sure what the answer could be, he could only assume things. And the more he was unsure, the more it
Despite Nicole’s orders, Fhadz Ling did not get to hold himself from reporting what happened to his superiors. He was ready to accept his faults and admit his incompetence even if it leads to getting fired. The ex-marine was not feeling comfortable that he was being paid handsomely and not able to do as expected of him to be doing. Fhadz Ling was regretful, yes, and he would have done better if Nicole did not give them the order to stand posts from a distance whenever she was in a lecture building. Nevertheless, Fhadz Ling did not want to put the blame on his immediate boss. He was a security personnel. His duty was to protect his client. That was all, and yet he failed to do so!Fhadz was afraid to lose his job, but the guilt was eating him. So, he wanted to come forward and confess about his shortcomings to his senior employers, the Parker couple. Fhadz dialed the direct line Mrs. Parker gave him to reach them directly in case of emergencies. “Fhadz Ling?” Mrs. Parker asked with
“Hi, there!” Jude Parker, Nicole’s dad, greeted with expressed enthusiasm. Mike was glad to hear the father greet him with a cheerful voice and tone, it comforted him somehow. Mike was not at ease to be in Nicole’s place, especially about being in her room as they spoke to her parents even if it was just over the phone.However, Mike’s gladness disappeared as quickly as how it came.“Mike Wilson, did I get your name right, Mike?” The lady who looked so much alike Nicole spoke with an aloof and a sense of demeaning behavior. “May I ask what do you want from my daughter?” Lisa Parker, the mom, asked coldly.Just like the smoke of steam when something is boiling, the good mood vanished. The ambience became chilly and uncomfortable.Jude and Nicole were taken aback by Lisa’s sudden change in tone and approach as she spoke to the young man, whom their daughter was friends with. “I do not want anything from Nicole aside from the friendship that we already have,” Mike replied in the same m
Nicole’s POVI wanted to knock my own head. I am acting impulsive again! I was angered by how my mom spoke to Mike over the phone earlier. Her shown behavior slapped me hard in the face. How could she think I would be friends with someone who would make fun of me?!It was the very first time I brought someone with me to my home. Even if she had any dislike about the person I was friends with, she shouldn’t have let her honest impressions of the person show without knowing anything about his background. I was feeling over protective of Mike, despite the fact that the person involved being my own mother. But as I think deeper, I weigh which one of them to keep my grasp on and which of them to drop in my hold. I hate the fact that they weigh both heavy in my heart. My mom is my mom. I cannot be so foolish to disown her just because of a man. But Mike is not just a man. He is a good man. I cannot visualize a life with a different person being this close with me. Maybe that is just for t