The moment Tyler dropped Emily off at home, she dashed into her room to get ready for the night. She stripped her old clothes off and got into the shower, taking her bath as quickly as possible. She had only one hour. An hour to get herself ready for whatever Giovanni had in mind for the night. In no time, she was all dolled up for the night. Our outfit was nothing extra with leather short skirt reaching her mid thigh and a crop top on. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail and she had light make up on, immediately plopping into one of the sofas in the living room to wait for him. Exactly fourty-five minutes had passed, Emily rubbing her palms together as she began to mentally count down till it was finally an hour. She had two guesses- either he texted her one more time or decided to just show up at the door and announce his presence. It seemed to be the latter as after a couple of minutes, she finally heard the doorbell ring. Immediately jumping to her feet, Emily took out her p

“Drop me at the next bus stop.” August let out a groan and tapped on the steering wheel, immediately turning to face Tyler. Seated in the passenger’s seat he still had his frown on his face- the same frown that had been on his face ever since he managed to drag Tyler in his car with him. “Why?” August asked him, glancing at his watch. “It’s getting late already. Let’s just go get something to eat then I’ll drive you back home.” “No, you won’t drive me back home,” Tyler stood his ground. “And in fact, you won’t be driving me anywhere. I only got in because of Emily and because you dragged me so drop me off now. I’m not going anywhere with you.” “Come on, Ty-” “Don’t call me Ty,” Tyler immediately glared at him. “No one calls me Ty and I won’t allow you be the first. So stick to my normal name- Tyler.” “Fine,” August groaned again then suddenly pulled over right at the express. “Tell me, Tyler. Why do you seem to really dislike me?” “Because,” Tyler hesitated. “You’ve not given

“Thank you for your help yesterday.” An excited glint appeared in August eyes as Giovanni uttered those words to him. Excited, he quickly plopped into one of the couches in Giovanni’s office and crossed legs, ready to squeeze words out of him. “You’re thanking me for my help yesterday?” August repeated. “And by help, you mean getting Tyler out of your way with Emily?” “Yes,” Giovanni nodded. “It was necessary and proved useful.” “Did something happen between you two yesterday?” August peered at him. “Something happened, didn’t it? Of course it did. There’s no way you’d be thanking me if there wasn’t an actual positive response.” “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Giovanni furrowed his brows. “We had dinner and yes, it went well. That is if that’s what you’re referring to.” “Giovanni-“ “That’s enough about me,” he adjusted his jacket and rose to his feet to join August on the couch, sitting opposite him. “What about you? Don’t you have a couple of things to tell me?” “M

On normal occasions, class free days were Emily’s opportunity to sleep in and spend the whole day to herself, recharging and preparing for her next class. But that day was different and it was all because it was a day to Giovanni’s birthday. She got up earlier than usual and got herself freshened up. Took her bath, stepped out of her room to have breakfast made by her mum and by the time she was done and home alone, she returned to her room to pull out the 100 things about himself list Giovanni had given her weeks ago. Never had she imagined the day she’d be voluntarily going through that list again would come but there she was, flipping through the pages out of hopes for any answer of some sort. Answers relating to the whole mystery around his birthday and what she could get him for a birthday gift since she had concluded she was celebrating it. He had literally everything and that wasn’t an exaggeration. At least, literally everything money could buy so what cheap gift coming f

The ride to Emily’s majorly consisted of Emily singing loudly and off key more than half the entire time and Giovanni on the other hand, left with no choice but to sacrifice his eardrums for the day. She shuffled from playlists to playlists, enjoying herself more than she probably should have. To be fair, Giovanni couldn’t deny he was also entertained as he drove slowly on purpose so he could catch enough glances of her enjoying herself. She was bubbling with excitement and it was almost like it was her birthday and not his. He couldn’t complain anyways as her laughter and excitement were contagious, slowly finding their way to creep towards him. More often than not, he found himself smiling and at her every attempt to catch him smiling, he straightened his expression. She must have caught on though as every time that happened, her smile grew wider, followed by her singing even louder. It lasted a good while and after the Giovanni’s most chaotic drive, he pulled over in front of