❣️LOVE IN THE ELITES’ WORLD❣️
🌏🌏Her new world 🌎 🌏
📖📖CHAPTER EIGHT. 8️⃣
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❣️❣️The broadcast❣️❣️
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Story by: SUC WRITES
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Ava barged into Lia’s suite at school – Holland high is very accommodative, they prepare suites for few prestigious students from the supreme class worthy of it. Lia and her friends were able to secure the suite thanks to Ava who was there during their first year. but the MASS suite was extravagant among others.
“Who asked you to post that nonsense?” She shouted, and threw her phone at Lia.
“Relax, Ava. It wasn’t us.” Alicia said.
“Then who?” Ava uproar.
“It was Mike. I don’t know why he posted it, but it could only be him.” Lia rants.
“How did he get the footage?” Ava asked.
“He requested for it.” Lia muttered.
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FLASHBACK to last night***
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Lia and Alicia were both on their phone after Rae and Ava left they divert their attention to their phones. They were engrossed on it when a maid came to inform them that Michael and Austin are there to see them.
“What? Did they forget something?” Lia wondered.
“Let’s go find out.” Alicia said.
“Just a minute.” Lia muttered, and started applying her makeup.
“What’s the fuss about?” Alicia said.
“Didn’t you hear? Mike and Austin are here. I can never be caught un-fresh.” Lia said, and Alicia rolled her eyes.
Lia took her time before going out to join them accompanied by Alicia.
“Hey, boys. Did you forgot something?”
“Kind of.” Austin replied.
“The footage from the room, I want the copy.” Micheal said, and they looked at him confused.
“What footage are you talking about?” Lia asked.
“Don’t play dumb. We merely came to a party, and you had me recorded. Why is a spy cam in the guest room? Would you mind to explain that in court?” Michael asked calmly, and they both batted their lashes nervously.
“What spy cam?” Alicia asked.
“Are we going to keep up the act?” Austin asked smiling broadly.
“Mike… I can explain. The camera was not meant to record you. I wouldn’t dare do such, I… it was meant for…”. Lia shuddered.
“I don’t care. Since I’m already recorded there, I need the footage and all the copies erased.”
“I’ll do that now.”
“Do you know expect me to trust your words?” Micheal asked, and Austin chuckled.
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Lia went to get her laptop and erased the footage after sending it to Mike.
“Is that the only copy?” Micheal asked.
“Yes.”
“It should better be.” He said, and his words almost sounded like a threat to her.
“That’s the only copy. I’ve no use for that anyways.” She blurted.
“Did you just raised your voice?” Austin asked, and she flinched.
“No, I was just trying to clear off the misunderstanding.”
“I wonder what they plotted.” Austin grumbled, and the boys left.
“Gosh, that was close.” Lia lament.
“Should we have sent that to him?” Alicia asked.
“What? Do you expect me to go against Mike? We have no use for it anyways.” Lia blurted, and left angrily.
“Gosh, don’t pass your aggression on me.” Alicia shouted, trailing after her.
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FLASHBACK ENDS***
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Ava stormed out after Lia narrated everything, she made her way to the elevator and was surprised to see students gathered there, but they all paved way for her immediately they saw her, and she made her way to the front to see the shocking scene – Michael and Paulina hugging.
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Paulina wanted to pull away when she realized hat she was doing, but Micheal hold her still to her surprise.
“Why? Did you suddenly regret it?” He whispered in her ears, and she flinched in fear. She wanted to pull away, but he held her tighter. “Mikey? I told you never to compare me with your childhood friend. How will you take responsibility for that?” He whispered, and she finally succeed in pulling away.
“I… I…”. She shuddered, and started to hiccup.
Everyone gasped, and Ava was equally stunned as well.
“Lina.” Sage called, and dragged her away.
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She allowed him drag her to a quiet place as he pleased, before he released her.
“What’s between you and Mike?” He asked, and she shook her head.
“Nothing.” She muttered, and he let out a sigh of relief.
“That’s a relief. So why were you two together last night?”
“It was a long story.”
“Are you gonna share?” He asked, and she looked at him. “It’s fine if you don’t want to share it. See you around.” He said and intend to leave but she held him back.
“I’ll share, but I’m late for class now. Can we discuss this later?” She asked, and he smiled.
“Yes, let’s discuss later.” He said all smiles.
“Your card.” She said, and wanted to take the card from her bag but he stopped her.
“When we meet later, I’m also running late.” He said, and she nodded. “See you.” With that he left, and she kept on staring at his retreating back.
“What a gentleman.” She thought.
“Are you ditching me for him?” She heard Michael’s voice from behind, and she gasped before she looked at him.
He threw her a glare and she looked away immediately.
“What… ditch…”. She shuddered.
“You speak comfortably with him, but stammer when you are with me, even after we spent the night together.” He said, and her eyes widened.
“Don’t emphasize it that way, we didn’t spend the night together.” She said.
“But we were both locked up in a room together, and A.L.O.N.E.” He said, emphasizing his last word.
“Come on, we both know it’s not the way it seems.”
“So, how exactly was it? Do you mind to explain?”
“Goodness, Mike. So you talk this much?”
“You will get to know more about me later, but for now, let’s go to class.”
“Who says I’m going to class with you?”
“But we are heading same way.”
“No, we aren’t. I’m heading to the principal’s office.”
“To explain the situation?”
“What situation?” She shouted, and ran off.
He laughed staring at her retreating back, and his friends joined him.
“Mike, what have gotten into you?” Stanley asked.
“I’m also stunned, man. We went to get the footage from Lia together, he told me he was going to get back at Ava with it somehow. I didn’t even ask how, but he posted that instead, and here he is playing lovey-dovey with Miss Scholar.” Austin said, and Stanley patted Micheal’s shoulder.
“You know you can trust us, man.” Stanley said.
“I’m simply getting back at Ava.” Michael muttered staring at Paulina’s retreating back till she was out of sight.
“How is this getting back at Ava? You are just fllrting with miss scholar.” Austin shouted.
“Did you see the look on Ava’s face earlier?” Micheal asked.
“You stole the show, I didn’t even see Ava.” Austin blurted.
“She was pissed.” Micheal muttered.
“So?” Austin asked.
“Ava loathe Lina for some reasons, and want to get her out of her way. If Lina is under my shield, Ava won’t succeed. How does that sounds?” Michael asked.
“Stupld! It doesn’t make sense.” Austin blurted.
“I second Austin.” Stanley added.
“I was the one who was heartbroken, I was the one who got dumped, so I’ll get back at her the way I see fit.” Micheal said.
“I don’t think that’s what you are doing. I think there is more to this.” Stanley said, and Austin let out a sigh.
“Austin, we don’t want to be late.” Michael said, and Austin let out a sigh before they all went after him.
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Jayden (the scholarship student) went to the principal’s office with his transfer letter, and the principal looked at him.
“Mr. Rodriguez, are you sure you’ve made up your mind?” The principal asked, and he nodded.
“You are the longest scholarship student in this school, so it’s a shame that it will end this way when you only have less than a session left.” The principal said, and he bowed slightly.
“I’m sorry, sir .” He said, and the principal shook his head.
“If you’ve made up your mind, I’ll process your transfer.” The principal said, and the door slugs opened – they both looked back and saw Micheal.
“Mr. Russ.” The principal called, and stood up immediately.
“We won’t process the transfer, Jayden.” Micheal said, and they both looked at him.
“Sir… it seems like he has made up his mind.” The principal said.
“You can’t run away, Jayden. I won’t let you. You have always known your place, that’s why you could last this long here. But since you decided to cross the line, you should take responsibility for your actions. We won’t process your transfer, so if you want to run, you can drop out instead.” Micheal said, and Jayden looked at him.
The principal returned the transfer letter and Jayden collected it in fear.
“That will be all Mr. Cruz.” With that Micheal left, and the principal bowed till he was out of sight.
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The students gossiped about Micheal and Paulina dating, and Paulina tried to ignore them all with believe that they would forget about it in due time.
The first teacher left the class, and two girls went to Paulina.
“Hi Pauli, we’ve been classmates but I don’t think we have introduced ourselves officially. I’m Laura Henshaw.”
“And I’m Cherry Kim.”
They introduced, and Paulina exchanged greetings with them. They were part of the girls who wanted to attack her earlier, and she started wondering what made them change their mind.
They kept pestering her with questions, and blabbering on what she wasn’t interested in until the MASS entered the class and everyone composed themselves.
Austin waved at her, and her eyes widened in shock wondering why the notorious Austin would wave at her. Even if everyone started acting friendly because they thought she was dating Michael, his friends should be an expectational.
The rest of the classes went on, and she hurried out of the class during recess as usual.
She went out of the elevator, and was startled to see Sage.
“Hi, Lina.” He waved all smiles, and she smiled back.
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Paulina led him to the cafeteria rooftop and he looked around before going to sit.
“Seems like you had your hangout as well.” He said, and she chuckled.
“Your card.” She said, and wanted to take it from her bag but he held her hand.
“Let me hear the long story first.” He said, and she nodded.
She sat next to him, and narrated everything that happened in the room leaving nothing behind.
“What? They did that? Are you sure you are fine? Did Mike hurt you?” He asked touching her worriedly, and she held his hand.
“I’m fine, Sage. You don’t have to worry about me.”
“Those girls are really something else. How could they do such to you?”
“They h@te me that much. But I’m really ok.” She assured
“That’s a relief.” He muttered, and embraced her.
“Lina, were you waiting for me?” Sophia shouted joining them, and they disengaged immediately. “What’s goi…”. She was saying when they heard a broadcast.
🎤”Hi everyone, this is Mike. The purpose of this announcement is to address the pictures posted on the bulletin board. I’ve already taken measures, and the post has been removed so I request our cooperation to cease the rumors completely. Paulina and I were victims of the spy cam, and there is nothing more to the pictures spreading around. Meanwhile, I’m also going to press charges against those behind it. For those who have reshared the pictures to their personal blog, I advise removing it within 12 hours before I take legal measures, and all rumors must stop. Whoever talks about this again will face the school panel and be punished accordingly. I will round up my speech with this; there is nothing between Paulina and I, but she is a very special person to me.”
With that the broadcast ended, and Sophia hanged her month opened looking at Paulina who was also taken aback by the announcement.
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<<<<YEARS AGO>>>>
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Paul took Charlotte to his house because it was closer to the place they were.
As they arrived she looked around, and Grace rushed downstairs wrapped only in a towel.
“Paul, who is she?” Grace blurted, and they both smiled.
“Grace, it’s me, Charlotte.” Charlotte said, and Grace eyes widened.
“Oh, Charlotte.” Grace called, and they both embraced each other. “What a wonderful surprise.” She added.
“I’ve missed you so much, Grace. How’ve you been?”
“I’ve been good, but I doubt if you actually missed me.”
“Come on, I’ve missed you all.” Charlotte said and embraced her again.
“Grace, what are you doing here?” Paul asked, and Grace looked at him.
“Is that the way to speak to your friend?” Grace blurted.
“I’m just surprised. You didn’t tell me you were coming.” Paul said.
“My water pipe broke.” She replied.
“So?” He asked and she was taken aback.
“So? Is that all you can say? My water pipe broke how do you expect me to survive without water?”
“You could simply get it fixed. And you should change your engineer, it also broke three weeks ago.”
“Yeah. I already ask a friend to get me a reliable engineer. But I’ve to leave till it’s fixed.”
“You could simply lounge in ahotel.”
“Why should I when my friend have a big house?” She shouted.
“You know you are always welcomed here, but people are getting the wrong idea.”
“Who cares about what other people say? And I doubt if I’m truly welcomed. I should just go to a hotel now.” She blurted, and intend to leave but Charlotte held her back.
“Why are you taking this the wrong way?” Paul blurted.
“Why? Is there a new girl? You are always this way when you get attracted to a new girl.” She shouted.
“You really know how to start an argument.” Paul blurted.
“I will go to a hotel since my best friend of almost two decades can’t accommodate me because of what others will say?” Grace shouted, and intend to leave but Charlotte stopped her.
“Come on, Paul we could just have a reunion dinner together.” Charlotte said, and Paul smiled.
Grace rolled her eyes, and forced a smile. “Come with me Charlotte, we’ve a lot of things to catch up on.” Grace said, grabbing charlotte’s arm and dragging her along.
“We all have things to catch up on.” Paul shouted, trailing after them.
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Charlotte went to boyfriend’s house when she left Paul’s house the following day. She had a long night chattering with Grace and Paul. Although Grace was a little distant but they all shared a memorable night together. She had to leave early because her boyfriend that kept on pestering her with calls so she left to pay him a surprise visit.
She entered his apartment and wasn’t surprised to see the house messy – his house is alway a pigsty whenever she didn’t drop by to tidy it up, and she had been busy with school work. She let out a sigh, and started putting everything in place when she saw female accessories on his cabin.
“Who owns this?” She thought.
She went to the bedroom and gasped when she saw her boyfriend on the bed with two women- obviously wh0res that he picked up from the club.
“Kelvin.” She called, and he turned on the bed before looking at her.
“Charlotte.” He called reluctantly and she stormed out without uttering a word.
She left his house when she phone started ringing, and she picked up immediately without checking the caller ID.
📲*Charlotte, where are you? Did you left already?*
📞*Paul?*
📲*Charlotte, are you ok? What happened to you?*
📞*He cheated on me.*. She cried, and her phone fell off her hand.
She broke down in tears, and the passerby began muttering words to themselves but she ignored them all until Paul showed up.
“Charlotte, are you ok?” He asked rushing to her.
“Paul.” She called in tears, and he embraced her.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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