Chapter 20: The BullyFERA FOUND herself alone in the morning with breakfast on her dining table and preparing herself for school. She also found a sticky note posted on her fridge. 'Good morning, honey. Have a great day ahead.' A small smile drew on her lips and she kept that note in her black notebook. She left the house earlier than she usually does. She avoid walking to school so she called a tricycle for a ride.She wasn't smiling but her mood was quite good as she started her life. She had changed her things, instead of using her old stuff with famous brands, she used her new clothes with the underrated brand and even fakes. She had been more careful this time, she remembered Nick staring at her branded school shoes once. It might be too late but she could still deny it. The school was still quiet and peaceful when she got there. She only saw four to six teachers and students so she walked to the school library and planned to spend her time reading while waiting for

Chapter 22: I Hate YouWHEN SHE got home, one thing came to her mind soon as she saw her calendar. "Mom," realization hit her when she remembered what day it was. She securely locked the door. "I am not crying this time," she declared. Her eyes had enough. But the pain was still the same since that day. After changing into nightclothes she was tempted to call Lora. But the thought of she might relay the conversation to Fred was holding her back. Yet she eventually dialed her and spoke her code soon as she picked up the call."I met mom's best friend today, she's my principal.""Miss, I have informed you about this. I gave you a document about the school, the principal, stakeholders, and its background, I have included its reputation and quality of its education based on surveys from another school." She said that made Fera went to the huge box near her bed. And she did find an envelope there. Lora had been that efficient to work, something details don't need to be specified

Chapter 24: The Party PreparationFred's Point of ViewHe carefully place his phone down and looked at it, he couldn't remove his gave from his screen. His cousin just did a surprising move, first, she called him and asked for permission to attend a party. A party of a boy. He was experienced enough to realize that this guy had an eye on his cousin and his cousin too. Truly, attending that party would be so much risk, he lied. He lied for her, he didn't want to ruin her mood this time. She had been through a lot, maybe he need to support her on this. She deserves to be happy. All he needed to do was to make everything safe, he stood and went to a corner of his office, where his secret room was. He pushed the wall and revealed a door, he opened it and went in. He sat on his chair across his computer with three monitors. He started searching for everything about Nick Hernandez. He got into his family tree. His father was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife and died in a

Chapter 26: Surprise Performance "You don't need makeup but she wants you to put something on." He only answered it wasn't offending to Fera since her makeup was simple for that kind of event. But she was confused about what was something special about this birthday. "How old are you again?""I turned seventeen today," he answered. "What is something very special on your seventeenth birthday?" she asked while Nick opened a door. He only chuckled and they got in. "Hello," a woman waved at her with a wide smile so she bowed slightly and smiled. "She's Jina, the makeup artist, and her team, who'll take care of you." Nick introduced the designers. She didn't know how to greet them, she usually doesn't talk in that kind of situation, she was wishing that she had many friendly words in her vocabulary to communicate with them easily. "This is Fera." Fera offered her hand for handshakes, that was the first thing that came into her mind. "Hello," her voice came out very l

Chapter 28: She's Bitter, Not BetterOn a fine morning in their room. Papers were distributed by Jade. Once she reach Fera she handed it but before Fera could hold it she already dropped it, then turned away after throwing a glare. She had been like that, she never talk to Fera or even avoided getting near her. She was still trying to sabotage her secretly, she couldn't accept that she was the only one who got the chance to dance with Nick on his birthday. It was their vacant class hour and Fera sat alone in the corner while Nick was not around. Jade sat next to her which was Nick's chair."You know what? I don't know what you did to Nick and why he kept sticking with you when he barely know you. I am sure you have something in yourselves." She bravely accused her with her alipores around her."You know what? I don't know why can't you move on and stop bothering me, I am sure you are very insecure," she spoke in her calm voice and tone. It was slow and teasing which made