❣️LOVE IN THE ELITES’ WORLD❣️
🌏🌏Her new world 🌎 🌏
📖📖CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR. 6️⃣4️⃣
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❣️❣️The nightmare ❣️❣️
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HOLLAND HIGH^^^
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Paulina sat on the rooftop with Sophia, they finished having lunch, and Sophia started talking about Stanley.
“Do you think the news is true? You are close to him, so you should know,” Sophia said.
“Who knows… I wonder if he is doing ok,”
“How will be? His family is falling apart, how would he be ok?”
“Why didn’t Sage join us, you said you will inform him yourself,”
“That m0ron,” Sophia grumbled, rolling her eyes.
“Did you two fought?”
“I wish we did!” She yelled.
“Hey! Why are you raising your voice? Did something happen happened between you two?”
“I don’t know, Lina. This has never happened to me in my live before, I don’t know, I don’t even know how to handle it,” she cried.
“Hey, why are you suddenly crying?”
“Lina, can you really be friends with Sage? Like… just friends? He confessed to you, and you rejected him, he was really heartbroken when you did, but now he is trying to act cool… he is trying to get over you. Do you think it’s possible?” Sophia asked, and Paulina looked away.
“Why are you asking me this,”
“Just because… because I am curious, I was wondering if you two can really be friends if our friendship won’t fall apart again,”
“You should be asking Sage that instead,”
“Yes, you are right… but… how about you? Do you see the friendship working? Can you be alone with Sage in a room, a dark one… and locked up together?” She asked, and Paulina hit her.
“Hey! Why should I locked up in a dark room?”
“Ok, let’s say it’s not dark… there is visible dim light,”
“Stop it, Sophie. Stop whatever you are imagining. Even sibling of opposite gender don’t share a room, so why would I be in a dim light room with Sage? Are you trying to traumatize me? Did you forgot that I was once locked up?”
“Oh… babe, I’m sorry, I have forgotten that,”
“That’s enough. Amend whatever conspired between you two yourselves! I am nit getting involved anymore,” she shouted.
“Are you angry?”
“Being locked up in a room…” she grumbled, with clenched teeth.
“I’m sorry, ok? What can I do? I don’t know what’s wrong with me? This has never happened before! How do I control it? I feel like I am going lnsane…” she screamed.
“What? What can’t you control? You share it and know if I can be of help. That’s what friends are for!” Paulina blurted.
“Paulina… what do I do?” Sophia cried, and embraced her.
“What? What really happened?”
“I think I like Sage,” she muttered, and Paulina pushed her away immediately.
“What?” Paulina exclaimed, in disbelief while Sophia was unable to control her tears.
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Stanley left first when school dismissed, heading to the parking lot when Jessica approached him in the hallway.
“Are you ignoring me? Or what’s this supposed to mean?” She blurted, glaring at him.
“I’m sorry, Jess “
“Sorry? Is that your excuse for ignoring my messages, and didn’t even care to look at me at school. What’s this exactly? Is this how relationships supposed to be?”
“Let’s breakup “ he muttered, and her eyes widened agape.
“Did I mishear you?”
“Let’s breakup, Jess. You also saw the article… it’s real. My family is falling apart. I will be a taint to you, and I don’t want that. We can’t be together, so let’s just end it,” he said, and walked past her.
“I am really going to lose it this time!” She yelled, and he stopped on his track to look at her. “What? Breakup? Is that how you end things with your ex? I’m different from them, Stan. I am Jessica Lockwood, the heiress of Haven group, you can’t mess with me!” She blurted, and walked past him.
“Gosh, I should’ve known better. How can I think of dating the heiress of Haven group, when I already lose everything?” He thought, staring at her retreating back.
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He pulled over at his father’s hotel, and his phone signaled him that his father was there. He stepped out of the car, and looked around, he can’t remember the last time he was there, probably when he was a toddler.
He headed to his father’s office, and the head secretary informed his father of his presence, before letting him in.
“Are you that impatient, that you came all the way you to ask for mercy?” Chairman Hewlett teased.
“I came here to persuade you to let mum go,”
“Why would I? I didn’t ask to marry her, she was given to me, so why should I let her go? I made a vow… till d£ath separate us,”
“Is that why you want to klll her?”
“Stanley, I will brung down that article, and sue the reporter that started it to confirm its source, and I’ll call a press conference, your mother and I will set things straight. Worry not, everything will be sorted soon,”
“Have you lost it?” Stanley lashed, hitting the table.
“Not here, young man,”
“If you won’t let her go quietly, I will file a divorce lawsuit against you,”
“Go ahead and waste your time. Do you think you can beat me?”
“Who am I to think of beating you? Instead, I’ll crumble you down, destroying that public image you uphold so much,”
“Do your worst. File your lawsuit, and I’ll file a counter lawsuit for damages
“I’ll file the divorce lawsuit against you, and you will hire all the best divorce attorneys to represent you in court, you might not even show up in court, and end up winning, but I won’t let that happen,”
“So you want the divorce so badly? Your mother won’t get anything if we separate,”
“Just leave her quietly, and don’t stir up things. Mum and I don’t care about your asset, just let her go,”
“They call you a genius, although it has no use to me, but I’m alway proud when people hall me for rasping a genius. So let’s see how you will make your mother a free woman. Prove to me that you are indeed a genius, let’s see how your mother will win the lawsuit you plan to file,”
“I’m not planning to do this because it will also tarnish my Image, incase you don’t know, you aren’t the only one who has an image to protect,” Stanley said.
“Give it your best try,”
Stanley chuckled and scrolled through his phone, and a message beeped into his father’s phone.
“Check your phone. I just sent you how I plan to crumble you,” he said, and his father chuckled before checking his phone.
His eyes widened after seeing the message—there were videos of him hitting his wife, and making out with other women.
His hands trembled in fear, as he looked at Stanley. “How… how did you get these?”
“Who knows… you destroyed all the cctv cameras at home, and I even have videos of you with other women, how did I get them? Let’s say your genius son is at work. I have been preparing this for a while, and I’m glad to be able to shake you up ,”
“Do you plan to win the lawsuit with this?”
“No, I’ll send it to the media, now that our family is the top search. First, the billionaire divorce, second, Hewlett falling apart, third, chairman Hewlett family,”
“Don’t try anything funny!”
“I also don’t want to, I want you to leave mum as quiet as possible, but you are pushing me. I don’t know much about your company, but I’m sure you are going to lose a big deal of investment if this breakout either you divorce mum or not. I’ll crumble you, and you will wish you divorced her instead,”
“Bring the d@rm paper!” He yelled, and Stanley chuckled, handling the divorce paper to him.
He signed without hesitation, and Stanley smiled in relief.
“This means a lot, dad,”
“Are you sure about this? You are really going to lose the life you are used to. You will become a peasant the moment you leave with your mother, even your friends won’t acknowledge you anymore,”
“Who cares? It’s better than living a miserable life as your son,”
“We both have something in common you know… The parking lot is very wide because we both love luxurious rides. Can you live without that? This is a piece of paper, I can tear it now, if you plead for mercy,”
“I love luxurious rides… I admit, I can’t imagine living as a peasant, I can’t imagine being broke, but the more I think about it, I can trade it all to be free from a m0nster!” He blurted, and chairman Hewlett hit the table.
“You made your choice, there will be no mercy even if you plead now. Those videos, I want them deleted,”
“I have no use for them, I was also hoping you sign this so I won’t have to embarrass my not-so-good family to the world,”
“I’ll never acknowledge you as my son again,”
“I stopped acknowledging you as my father the first time I saw you hit mum,”
“From now on, you won’t have access to any of your cards,”
Stanley chuckled and dropped the credit cards with him.
“You don’t have to block them, I’ll give it up. They were useful while they last,”
“The car key, that phone, you got that with my money, even that necklace around your neck. Give it up now!”
“I might end up leaving here n@ked, so allow me leave with my uniform at least,” with that, he dropped the car key, his phone and jewelries before leaving.
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He went out and started thinking of how to borrow a phone to call Austin to come pick him up when he felt someone tap him, he spun around, and was surprised to see Jessica.
“Are you ok?” She asked.
“Am I ok?” He asked back fighting back tears, and she embraced him.
“Everything will be fine. Don’t stress over your family’s problems. Let the adults handle their own affairs,” she stated, patting his back.
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MR. ALEXANDER’S MANSION^^^
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Alicia picked on her food, and exhaled heavily. Having a meal with her parents have always been hectic because all they do is talk about the election.
“Alicia, do you see the man around Ava often?” Mr. Alexander asked, showing her a picture of Leo.
“You asked me to stop hanging out with her, so how would I know?” She grumbled.
“Take a closer look, you might have seen him around since you still hang out with her,” he said, and she looked at him before looking at the picture.
“Isn’t this her bodyguard,” she muttered.
“What bodyguard? How can Leo be her bodyguard?”
“How do you know him?” Alicia asked.
“Honey, is there something about him?”
“He is the man in the scandal with Grace,” he said, and Alicia picked up the picture immediately.
“No wonder he looked familiar,” she muttered.
“Alicia, you havw to do something for me. This time, I really need the favor. I know you care less about my election, but I beg you to make this contribution,”
“Dad, I can’t abandon my friend because of your election!”
“Even if I lose to her mother?”
“Dad, you also have zero confidence, so how will my being friends with Ava be the obstacle to your election!”
“Alicia!” Mrs. Alexander cautioned.
“What if there is something that can guarantee the success, would you do it?”
“What?”
“Ava’s hair sample, I want you to get it for me by tomorrow,”
“Why do you need that?” Alicia blurted.
“Honey, what’s this about?”
“I need to verify something before the election,” he muttered, and Alicia rolled her eyes.
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Stanley managed to relax after spending all day with Jessica, and she offered him a ride home.
“Thank you so much for today, I was stranded back there, and needed comfort. Thank you for being there,”
“After you tried to break us up when our relationship isn’t even up to 24 hours,” she said, rolling her eyes.
“Are you going to keep on sulking over that?”
“You call this sulking?!” She yelled, and he kissed her.
“Thank you for taking me back,” he muttered, in a high whisper.
“Never try to do it again, because there might not be a second chance!”
“I understand,” he said, and kissed her before alighting from the car
He went in and was surprised to see his mother by the gate.
“Mum, were you waiting for me? It’s cold, you should be inside,”
“What happened between you and your father?”
“Nothing to be worried about. I get him to sign the papers, the annulment can be completed now,”
“Really?” She asked, a little down.
“I know what you are thinking, mum, but you shouldn’t worry about it. As long as you fine, I’ll be fine too,”
“I have been waiting here since noon,”
“What happened?”
“Your father sent his secretary to escort me out,”
“What? Then you should have call…- opps, I don’t have my phone,”
“He collected mine as well. We are denied access in. What do we do, son?”
“I thought we were prepared for this, but I was wrong. He didn’t even let the divorce be finalized before taking this step. It’s fine, mum, we should leave. I will file a petition go get my school belongings later. We should leave for now,” he said, and held her hand, giving her a reassuring smile.
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Ava arrived at school, and the few people at the parking lot pointed fingers at her, she ignored them wondering what was going on when she saw Lia, Alicia, and Rae together.
“Look at the loser we have here. Remember, I told you Ava, you are not a queen if your mother lose to Alicia’s father!” Rae blurted.
“What nonsense?”
“You could still talk? If I were you, I would hid face in shame!” Alicia added.
“How dare-…”
“A fans can never be real! Lia blurted, and they all left.
“What are they talking about?” She thought, and took her phone to check if someone was up about her, but someone pulled the phone from her.
She looked up in anger, and was surprised to see herself surrounded.
👤”you were fake, and dares to call yourself a queen?”
👤”you were fake and dares to break Mike’s heart?”
👤”you were fake all along, shame on you!”
👤”get out of our school, b@stard!”
The students yelled, and started throwing things at her.
“Enough!” She heard Micheal shout, and they all composed themselves.
“Is he here to rescue me from them?” She thought.
“You all don’t have the right torture here, only the real Stanford can!” He blurted.
👤”the real Stanford?”
👤”is there another Stanford heiress?
👤”who is the real Stanford?”
“She!” Micheal muttered, and Ava shook her head.
“No, I’m the only Stanford, no, I’m not a fake. Nooooo….” She screamed, and sat up from bed immediately.
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She started panting heavily, and began to sweat. She opened her window to look outside, and saw her father in the garden.
“He is my father, only him… I don’t have another father, I’m the only heiress,” she muttered, sniffing in tears.
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She joined Paul later in the garden, and he spun around surprised to see her.
“Ava, you are still up,” he said, and she embraced him.
“Dad… when I was younger, I always run to you whenever I have a nightmare, you were the only one that can scare away my nightmares, and comfort me to sleep comfortably, but what if my whole life crumble into a nightmare, will be you able to protect me?” She cried, and he disengaged to look at her.
“Ava, you are my daughter, and I will always protect you,” he assured.
“Dad, you have to keep your promise, ok? Never forget this promise you made to me,”
“Did something happened? What’s making you this way?”
“Dad, you will always be my father, and I will always be your daughter,” she muttered, and embraced him.
“Yes, my love. You know how much I love you. You will always be my little princess,” he said, patting her back gently.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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