“Are you home?” I asked Greg as I was doing my night routine. I was video calling him that night. Thankfully, I was able to go to my room without being interrogated by my parents. I honestly do not know how Greg convinced them or what alibi did he use for them to believe, but it really doesn’t matter now. What’s important is that we weren’t caught. Gosh. “Yup.” He turned the camera around and showed me the corridor of his floor. Then I heard the elevator closing. I pouted and nodded as I continued to put on my serum. “Are you okay? I mean, are you not sore?” he asked. I almost dropped the bottle that I was holding. Suddenly, I felt my face reddening. Damn. “Uhh…I…” I bit my lip. My mind went haywire, and I didn’t know why I rattled to the point that I almost dropped my things. The hell?! I heard Greg chuckle. “Hey, are you really okay? Felice. There was an amusement in his voice. I immediately glared at him. “What?” he asked, on the verge of laughing.I rolled my eyes. “I’m fine.

“So, it’s the semestral break, huh? What’s your plan, Felice?” Mom asked while we were in the middle of dinner. I shrugged. “Enjoy my vacation,” I said and continue eating. I could feel my mother’s gaze at me. “And what is this news that you didn’t run for the student council for next year? Not even any position, why didn’t you tell me about this?” I rolled my eyes. And so, she knew. I sighed and looked at her. She was already creasing her forehead. “The election’s done, Mom. We already have a newly elected student council. You cannot do anything about that. Don’t worry, Mom, my term is still until the next semester. The election is just early,” I said to her. She gasped hysterically. “Still, you didn’t tell me, Felice!” I rolled my eyes again. “Mom, you were busy, and I know you’ll just push me into it.” I shook my head.My mom looked at my dad in disbelief. “Look at this, hon!” she said, asking for help from Daddy, but my father just shook his head too and continued eating.

Chapter 46“Are you coming today?” I couldn’t help but rolled my eyes at what Greg said. I sighed and looked at my phone on the dresser across from me. I was sitting on the bed and coloring my nails. “I am, but maybe later. I don’t know.” I heard him groan. I laughed a bit. “Okay, I’ll just see you, then?” he said. That’s when I looked up at him and smiled. “Yep, bye love,” I said. The call ended. I just shook my head before standing up. It was the day of his meeting with my parents, and I’m supposed to be there, but I woke up late, so I’m just gonna run there now. ‘I went to the bathroom and took a quick shower. After that, I immediately changed into a sleeveless beige jumpsuit and paired it with white sneakers. I got my small sling bag and take took one last look at my body mirror before I walked out of my room. When I got down, I saw our helpers cleaning and getting ready for lunch since it was almost eleven. “Felice, you’re not eating here?” one of our helpers said. I bit my

My mind was haywire. The bliss and happiness that I felt for the past months left like a blur. Everything was in chaos. I didn’t know how we were able to leave the company with all the chaos that was going on earlier. I still couldn’t believe it. It was like a nightmare, and I just wished that I could wake up already, but then no matter how I try to convince myself, the pain that I was feeling inside my chest was my constant reminder that everything was real. I couldn’t recall how Mommy and Daddy took me out of the building discreetly. I was crying the whole time, while my parents were arguing about how to stop the media from creating articles about this. Yes, it spread like a wildfire. In just seconds, our relatives were calling my parents already, saying that our family was on the frontline of some business blogsite. Wow. It’s amazing how the internet can grab this immediately. Just like that, we were trending in the business world already. Guess, we just have to wait for the broad

Just like what my parents said, they scheduled me a flight two days later. All the packing was done by our helpers, and my only contribution to be honest was my presence on the flight day already. My flight was at 12 AM, so it was impossible for the media to catch up to me. I didn’t know how my parents did it, but we didn’t even wait for boarding. The moment we reached the airport, we were escorted by security and staff of the plane. I was with Maia and my parents. “Thank you so much, Mr. Hales,” Mom said to the guy whom she was talking to earlier. I don’t know who he was or what his position was, but I guess he was the one who made this happen. “No problem, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel. No problem,” the man said and smiled. He then shook hands with my parents. I bit my lip and just stared at them. I slightly jumped on my feet when I felt a hand nudging me. I blinked and turned to Maia. She was smiling at me. She’s older than me, I guess mid-thirties. She’s just usually quiet in the house,