CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE           **MARIANNA**     Despite having taken a car to school, we were still twenty five minutes late because of the morning rush. Mrs. Hathaway stopped the car at the front of the school and both Vanessa and I got down from the car.   "Have a good day at school girls. Bye!" She said and we nodded our heads as we waved and watched her drive off. Vanessa and I turned towards the school and walked in through the school gate.   We first went to our lockers to get the necessary books we will be needing before going to the direction our classroom was located. Vanessa and I breath out nervously when we got to the door of our classroom. I opened the door and walked in first with Vanessa behind me. All eyes fell on us immediately we stepped in, including that of the teacher who was kinda glaring murderously at us for coming l

   CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE     **BRIANNA**   After eating breakfast with Mr. Adrian, we went over to where some cars were parked and I was surprised about how many cars he actually has. I mean he could actually start a car selling business with the amount of cars he owns. He picked the car he wanted to go with and I've gotta say, it looks cool and expensive. They all look cool and expensive, one day, I hope I'll have cars and mansions I'll call my own. "Mr. Adrian, will I be the one driving you?" A man who I have now recognized to be his driver asked. I hadn't even noticed him. "No, I'll be the one driving." Mr. Adrian replied. He unlocked the door of the car and slid into the driver's seat. I opened the door to the back seat and was about to sit but Mr. Adrian's voice stopped. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked.

   CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE       **MANUEL**   Adrian parked the car and we both alighted. We started hearing whispers from the mouths of the people lingering around the premises.  "Aren't those Manuel Collins and Adrian Carter?" I heard someone whisper, not so quietly. "Wow! They look so handsome!!!" "This is the first time I'm seeing them in real life and they both look so hot. What are they doing here tho?" One asked her friend whisperingly. "This is a public restaurant and don't you know that Adrian Carter owns this place?" Her friend answered her.  I smirked as I listened to the different comments coming from the mouths of various people as we walked into the restaurant. Adrian looked unaffected by these comments and compliments.  We got in

   CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN   HONEY CROWN RESTAURANT ** MANAGER'S OFFICE**       **ADRIAN**  "Good afternoon Sir." Mrs. Williams greeted me timidly. If I had not known her, I would have thought she was a gentle woman but in reality, she is not gentle at all and that is why she's still working for me. "Good afternoon Mrs. Williams. I came to see how everything has been going. How is everything going?"  "Everything has been fine Sir. Lots of customers have been coming daily and sales have been going smoothly. We even had to restock the food items twice last week." She said smiling. "Wow! That's nice. Are the employees performing their duties well enough?" I asked. "Yes, they are doing great. But there are some of them that comes late sometimes and alw

   CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE    FEW DAYS LATER**#EVENING         **MARIANNA**   We are finally through with our exams and I am feeling so excited. The twenty students that won't the scholarships will be announced tomorrow and I can't wait to find out who the students are going to be.  I came back from school and hour ago and did the necessary things I had to do before I got dressed to go to work. Mom was taking a nap while Brianna was still at work. I left a short note on mom's bedside table to let her know that I have gone to work so that she won't be wondering where I went to when she wakes up.  My workplace is twenty minutes or so away from here so I chose to walk there instead of wasting money to take a bus. It would also be a sort of exercise for me. I got to work some min