Chapter Nine

Vivian hummed happily to her favourite song playing on the background. She did bring her phone into the bathroom because she loved hearing music a lot that it seems like she can't do without hearing music for a day.

She washed her hair slowly and rinsed it with some warm water. She loves the hotel and her room. Everything is so beautiful.

She is currently on a business trip with her boss. She couldn't accept her cousin because she was busy at the moment. She could only wait to see him when she's back.

She has missed him a lot. His cute face and his lovely voice. He always call himself a man but she will always remind him that he's a baby. He should enjoy his time. She took her phone from the place she kept it and wrapped her towel around her body.

For some reasons, she felt the towel was not her size but her boss told her arrangement had been made. The towel looked smaller on her body. She shrugged off the dirty thought accumulating in her mind and walked out of the bathroom.

"Oh lord! Where's the drier?", She asked no one in particular and turned around. The screen of her phone kissed the tiles roughly as she managed to swallow the scream that ought to come out of her mouth. There he is!! Her boss.

She stood still lest she makes a mistake. 'Maybe he made a mistake in finding his room', she thought.

"Raymond", She called her boss who seemed not to hear her. He seems to have traveled to the world of fantasy on sighting her sexy

body. Like what the fuck did he just see?

"Raymond?", Vivian called out once more with a brow raised. He snapped out of his thought and looked at her while trying hard to keep his mind straight.

He looked away from her face and body and stammered, "I- I have something to say to you. I'll wait for you in the kitchen"

Vivian nodded and waited for him to go but he just stood there. She looked at him and he stared bavk at her.

"S-sir?"

"Oh! I'm sorry", Raymond said and left after cursing.

Vivian blushed as she recalled what happened with her boss. It was obvious that he was gawking over her body but damn!!

She wore her clothes and held a small towel in her hand to dry her hair when she remembered that her boss was waiting for her.

She dropped the towel on the nearby table and went to meet him in the kitchen.

He was cooking. Damn!!! She halted at the entrance and watched him cook like a professional. It was kinda good watching him cook personally.

Suddenly, he turned around and met her looking at him with an intense gaze. He smiled and Vivian froze. She just developed a heart attack.

"You could have announced you're here", he said and reduced the fire.

"Are we, by chance, going somewhere ?", Vivian asked him and he looked confused.

"You are in my room. The meeting is in two days right?", she asked.

"About that", he scratched his head and she knew he was nervous. He always did that whenever he was nervous. "The secretary said they made a mistake with my accomodation so we'll have to share this room. There might be a free room tomorrow but before then, we'll share this room", he continued.

"Ah! It's alright. You can take the bed and I'll sleep on the couch", Vivian said with a smile.

"You don't expect a beautiful lady to feel uncomfortable on the couch", Raymond stated and she blushed hard.

"Fine. I'll sleep on the bed", She said and sneezed.

"You didn't dry your hair. Let me help you with that", he offered turning off the gas.

"Don't worry", Vivian declined. "You can set the table. I'll be pretty fast in drying my hair"

"Let me help you. Then, we'll set the table together ", he proposed and she agreed.

She sat by the table and watched him take the drier.

"You should not worry about me damaging your pretty hair. I'll do an awesome job cause my sister made her her hair stylist when she was younger", he joked and she laughed.

They didn't say anything for some time except for the sound of the hair drier that was making some noise

"You look beautiful ", he complimented her and she thanked him. Her cheeks were hot for some reasons only her knows.

"So, what do you like doing? What are your hubbies?", he asked her as soon as their eyes met in the mirror.

"I love doing a lot of things. I love reading", she saud clampsing her hands together.

"Oh! I love it too", Raymond said softly.

"Not that type of reading. I love reading, you know, erotica novels", she said embarrassed.

"Oh!", Raymond said with a low voice. He wasn't expecting that either but whatever it is she is. He gotta respect it cause no one is the same.

"That's nice", he said and she was shocked. She wws expecting some condemnation from him and expected him to look at her in another way.

"That's nice?", she said fidgeting with the hem of her pyjamas.

"Yeah. That's nice. Don't tell me you thought I would say something bad", he said.

Vivian shook her head and got up. "Thank you", she thanked him and got up from the seat. This will be the third time that he will dry her hair. The first was when she visited him in his house.

She had gone to check up on him as his personal secretary. She had gotten drenched by the rain in the process. He then offered to dry her hair. The second was also on a business trip when she caught a cold. He offered to dry her hair too.

She was smiling and frowned after some seconds. She must be ridiculous to think what she just thought. What was she thinking? She can't. It's just not going to work.

"Let's go set the table", she spoke up and left with him to set the table to eat.

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"Hey you!! Get up!!", the advanced science teacher pointed to Cole angrily. He was sleeping in her class.

Cole sat up sluggishly and yawned. He looked around and looked at the teacher with a bored eyes.

"Come here. Solve this equation on the board. Thirty marks is gonna be deducted from your mark if you can't ", she said firmly.

Cole cursed and took his biro. He glanced at Zavier who was busy smiling into his phone. WTF bro!!

"Zavier!!!", the female teacher roared once more. Zavier heard her but ignored her.

"Try this equation out and tell me the result", She declared writing some questions on the board.

"Philip!!"

"Sarah!!"

"Abi!!"

"Elijah!!!"

"Y'all should watch how they solve it. I give you all three minutes to solve this", she knocked her marker on the board aggressively.

"I thought we were in the technology age. Why the hell is she making a fuss over the marker and board. Wish that was a projector. She's gonna spend some money", Cole muttered trying to rack his brain over the hard equation.

"The answer is….M-4.52-D+70", Zavier stated boldly to the joy of the girls. They watched him and chewed on the cover of their pen. They were already clapping for him when the teacher interrupted.

"Wrong!!!", She screamed and the clapping died down. The girls looked at him and felt something went wrong in his calculations.

"You!", She pointed to Luke. "Answer that question", she said and Luke replied her, "M+4.52+D-70"

"Correct!!", the teacher bellowed as a thunderous applause sent him high in his spirit. He looked around and locked eyes with an angry Zavier. Is he gonna murder him over some silly question.

Admiration was held in the girls eyes for Luke. He smiled as they laughed him their beautiful smiles.

"But Miss Maggie", Sarah stood up. "He got it right"

"Is that so?"

"Yes ma'am"

"I see. Answer this. Ten plus ten is equal to what?"

"Twenty ma'am", Sarah replied looking confused with her weird question.

"Good! Ten minus ten is equal to what?", Miss Maggie further asked.

"Zero of course. What the fuck are we getting at?", Sarah said angrily.

"I can now believe you're a dumbhead Sarah. I can't believe you were the one that asked me that dumb question. You have received the deduction of ten marks for Zavier. That's the result for being stupid and poke nosing ", Miss Maggie said.

"Cole, Abi and the rest. Find your way to my office to submit your answer. I'll see y'all in my next class. That's will be all for today", Miss Maggie said and held her books by her side before leaving the already noisy class.

"The fuck? It was just the sign", Zavier muttered annoyed that he didn't get the answer.

"I can't believe you're brooding over that stupid stuff. I have to go submit my answer unless I want to make up for my grades by fucking her once more. I'mma catch you later", Cole said and went out of the class.

Zavier's eyes traveled to Luke's seat. His eyes hardened on sighting him laughing with some girls that flocked around him like he was their shepherd.

"Fools", he mumbled and sent a mesage to someone on his phone.

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"What's up with that stupid teacher? She didn't find no one else to call except me to answer the damn question!!", Kim fumed as she told Tessa and Luke what happened in her advanced science class.

"That also happened in my class though. I got the right answer to the question Zavier failed. He was pissed off though", Luke boasted looking at Tessa.

She was having a video call with her so-called friend named Jun ho. He stared at her laughing with him over the video call and continued talking with Kim.

"You should find something better, Jun ho. Why will you waste three million dollars on that?", Tessa said. Trevor had shown her a sports car he wanted to buy.

This high-end sports car gleamed with a custom pearl white finish, had gull-wing doors, a handcrafted V12 engine pushing over 1,000 horsepower, and featured an opulent leather interior. It was a symbol of speed, luxury, and sophistication, now in an elegant white hue.

Tessa was feeling the vibes from the car but it was just too much. There was a time he bought a jewel worth two million dollars for his dumb girlfriend. She is not asking him not to spend money but he later told her it was his departing gift to her.

"She was a gold digger", he had said.

"I think you should buy it though. It's nice", Tessa finally concluded.

Kim continued her rant, "I mean, seriously, it's like our teachers have some sort of vendetta against us, always putting us on the spot."

Luke smirked, clearly enjoying one-upping Zavier, "Well, at least I could teach him a thing or two.".

As Tessa listened to Jun ho bragging about the extravagant sports car, she couldn't help but think of the absurd amount of money he was about to spend. It reminded her of the two-million-dollar jewel incident with his ex-girlfriend.

"Look, Jun ho, it's your money, and that car is incredible," Tessa said, thinking of the elegance and power of the car. "But just be careful not to make the same mistake as you did with that ex-girlfriend."

Jun ho smiled thinking of the so-called

girlfriend. "She will treasure if she owns it and mind you, she ain't a gold digger"

"That nice", Tessa said.

"I must be disrupting you from eating your food. I'll call later. Bye!", Jun ho waved.

"Alright", Tessa waved back.

"Is that your boyfriend?", Kim raised an eye brow to that question.

"Sometimes, I wonder if Trevor is your best friend of me", She mumbled.

"Oh come on. You're my bestie", Tessa hugged her tightly. Zavier walked by with his friends as girls were giggling. They were blushing no doubt. Sometimes, Tessa thinks thinks the girls exaggerate.

'What the hell usually run in their heads whenever they pass him by?', She always ask herself but doesn't have an answer to that.

All of a sudden, Kim leaned towards her and whispered, "I think he's falling for you"

Tessa pushed her away. "I don't think so. He hates me and I hate him too. He can't like me and I can't admire him. Understand?" Kim rolled her eyes at Tessa's statement. "You're gonna pay me $3000 dollars when he ask you out", Kim proposed.

"Enough", Luke spoke after some time of silentness. "We are all here to eat so let us eat our food", he added stabbing his meat. The two girls nodded in affirmation and ate their food peacefully.

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Tessa looked at her wrist for the upteenth time today. For some reasons she wanted to go homr quickly. Perhaps, it was to see Jun ho's new car. Or perhaps, she is tired and needs to rest.

When everyone had left the class, she raised her head from the table sluggishly, yawning and stretching her arms.

"Oh God", she muttered and packed her books into her bag.

She got up and walked towards the switch to put off the light. She also switched off the ceiling fan rubbing herself to keep warm. She slowly dragged herself to the door and closed it with a loud bang.

She turned around to go and hasn't even reached the stairs when she saw Zavier approaching. She wanted to take another route but that's impossible. The route was the only way to the open space that will lead to the final exit.

"Shit!", She mumbled and continued walking towards the stairs. He was looking at her but she didn't look at him. She also noticed that he had dyed his hair to black. She can't deny that he looks more handsome.

She had almost successfully walkes past him when he grabbed her arm. She paused and was forced to do some things. First, she inhaled his amazing body scent. Second, she looked into his beautiful eyes. Thirdly, she can't believe that he held her.

She can only wait to hear what he will tell her now. She watched as his lips parted to speak, "So, you're avoiding me now". "Yes", Tessa replied honestly.

He chucked at her blunt answer. He really was expecting a 'NO'. "Why? Did I offend you?", he asked her. "No", Tessa replied. "Or did Damon-"

"Damon didn't do anything", Tessa said and removed his hand from her arm. "I just chose not to speak with you or have anything to do with you. You know what? You did embarrass me. I was ridiculed because of you and then you expected me to run into your arms whenever I see you? Please avoid me because I don't like you", Tessa said angrily.

Zavier was so astonished to hear all that from her. She was so direct, honest and bold. He was stunned that she was confirmed to say that to him. A lot of girls won't have the boldness to do what she just did.

"I'm sorry", Zavier said calmly. She can't hate him. She can't despise him. She can't dislike him.

"What?", Tessa asked hoping that she heard right.

"I said I'm sorry Theresa", he repeated and she was surprised.

"You can't call me Theresa. You don't know me", She replied looking into his eye. Zavier could only smile as he watched her angry face.

"Perhaps, I should tell everyone that we slept together so I can have permission to call your name", Zavier stated and her eyes widened.

"What do you mean?", She asked confused.

"Me and you? On the bed? I was shirtless and you-"

"Shut up!! I just slept on yout bed. Stop saying it as if we has sex!!", Tessa yelled and ran her hand through her hair.

"You look sexy", Zavier whispered and she glared at him. She really looked hot. She was wearing a short skirt and a lovely top. In that, a clip was on her hair.

Ryan had put it on her hair in the morning saying that he loves her.

"By the way, was that your boyfriend? The korean guy that dropped you off?", Zavier asked.

"Yes!!", Tessa said without hesitating. "What do you want to do about it. Now that you know, stop coming around me. My boyfriend don't like other boys running around me cause you're giving some people the wrong idea. Bye", Tessa said and marched ahead.

"I'll see you later", Zavier voiced out.

"I don't see ugly things", Tessa yelled and finally walked out of his sight.