Lucas had a smug look on his face. "Aha! So you're admitting to it?"Stumped, Cordy turned pale; however, she quickly decided to change the subject. Since she couldn’t beat him, she simply gave up, not wanting to suffer him any further."Where were you going? Why were you in such a rush?" she demanded.Lucas, however, was suddenly dumbstruck.Cordy frowned—wasn’t he supposed to be perfect at debates? How did such a simple question stump him?He eventually sighed and muttered, "I…I needed to pee.""Aren't you heading in the wrong direction?""I was still dazed from sleep, okay?" he snapped, his voice a little loud just."Why are you getting so upset?" Cordy was angry too—it seemed they just had to argue with every other exchange. "I…" Lucas was stumped again while Cordy pressed him, "Are you kidneys really that good? Go relieve yourself already!"Lucas flushed; as he left, he snapped in displeasure, "My kidneys are perfectly fine!"With that, he turned around and ran int
Cordy and Lucas rode the same car back to the hotel.Neither of them spoke along the way, staying silent as if they were two strangers sharing a cab.They kept their distance when they returned to the hotel as well, heading inside one after another.Even as they got in the elevator, they looked like they would rather die than talk to each other.Arriving on her floor, Cordy arrived at her room and was about to open the door when Patrick suddenly opened it, exclaiming, "Surprise!"Cordy was left stunned even as fresh flower petals rained down on her.The man was supposed to be more mature than this! Why was a political elite behaving like a little boy around her?!Seeing that she was speechless, he asked tentatively, "Don't you like it?""Nope."Patrick's tone turned wounded. "I was thinking that it'd be a waste to throw those flowers I bought the other day, so I plucked every petal to prepare a gift celebrating your discharge from the hospital."Cordy actually imagined him
Cordy denied it right then. "Nope."John's personality was not as rotten as his. "Yeah, I thought so too." Patrick sighed in relief then. "At least you won't hook up with him and dump me because of who he looks like.""I would never," Cordy said bluntly—that was never going to happen.With that, Cordy and Patrick returned to her room and had lunch together before getting in the hotel's car to get to the airport. They both had first-class tickets, but Cordy was not sitting with Patrick because their tickets were not booked together. Patrick waited for the one who would sit with Cordy so that he could ask to trade seats.However, both him and Cordy were stunned when they saw who it was.It had to be the mother of all coincidences! -Naturally, it was none other than Lucas.Why on earth would he go to North City instead of staying at the capital? Cordy actually wondered if he was tailing her.On the other hand, Lucas's expression darkened when he saw Cordy as well, looki
Cordy sighed grumpily. "He refused to.""Then, how about I change seats with you?" Patrick suggested.Cordy blinked.Why did she not think of that?!Thank goodness Patrick was sharp!"Okay." Cordy agreed to it right then.Patrick eagerly got up and went straight to Cordy's seat.When Lucas turned to see Patrrick sitting down beside him, his expression clearly darkened. Patrick was suddenly in a good mood, since he had been quite annoyed by Lucas' conceited bearing, but he clearly won this round.Cordy was in a good mood as well. Still, she never did expect to have her mood so heavily affected by such a trivial man.The plane soon took flight toward North City.While Lucas was reading a local paper and appearing quite serious about it, Patrick asked, "Can you read Zidonian?"Lucas ignored him, but Patrick ignored his indifference and pressed, "You might be able to understand and speak it, but it doesn't make you literate." "My father is from the capital," Lucas growled im
Patrick shrugged. "I'm just telling you. Don't upset Cordy, or I won't be kind.""You're nuts," Lucas snapped, and put on his headset and eye mask for some shut-eye.Patrick smiled evilly in turn.Did Lucas think Patrick would not be able to mess with him?!That said, the man did look good. Even as he took a nap, huffing, he was a little…'Alright, let's stop there.'Patrick turned away right then.Right now, he loved Cordy more.-Their flight arrived at the airport after two hours, and Cordy left with Patrick first.Lucas was behind them, but once Cordy and Patrick got out of the airport, they left right away. Cordy was convinced that they would never see each other again, especially since North City was a big place.In the capital, they had an intermediary in Maron and happened to stay at the same hotel. It was why they seemed inseparable.On the other hand, she would never stay at a hotel in North City, and since they did not have anything connecting them, they defini
Meanwhile, Cordy made her way toward Jay and sat with him, since she thought better of him in comparison to the others.Jay greeted her in turn, and they both made small talk.When his phone rang and he got to his feet, Cordy quickly moved to help him."I'm alright, thanks." Jay turned her down politely, and limped on his crutch to another corner.Although his life was saved thanks to the treatment abroad, his right leg was still crippled after that accident. Though it was fortunate that no limbs needed to be amputated, he was still denied a normal life.He returned to Cordy after answering his call, and she did not ask who it was—they were not that close. Still, Jay asked casually, "Do you usually watch variety shows?""Why?" Cordy asked in surprise. "I've just received a notice that North City Channel is planning to organize this variety show called Actors on Set. Actors and actresses would be invited, and I was invited as a judge too—their production team just called, bu
Cordy could not help asking Jay just then, "Have you thought about looking for Zoe?"Jay shook his head.After Zoe left all those years ago, Cordy actually asked Jay what on earth was happening between him, Zoe, and Bob Davis—and why Zoe would break up with Bob.Jay told her the truth then: Bob's mother had gone to Zoe, after which Zoe asked Jay to stage an act with her and break up with Bob.That begged the question: why did Jay not stay with Zoe after she broke up with Bob?Jay stayed silent, but he did not answer that question even now or ever go to Zoe.Cordy actually had the feeling that Jay was still in love with Zoe. However, he also knew that he would never get Zoe back because she had really given up on him, and he therefore simply allowed her to leave.Or maybe he was just calling it quits because of his disability?!"Zoe has found her own happiness," Jay said evenly then, as if he utterly and genuinely got over her.Cordy nodded in silence—one could also tell if a r
Richard asked curiously from the backseat, "Mommy? Who was that?""Nobody important," Cordy replied flatly."But he just said that you're the only person he knows in North City.""Impossible." Cordy was utterly skeptical.How was he able to stay in North City for a whole week if that was the case?"I don't think he's lying," Richard said seriously then.Cordy frowned slightly in turn—her son usually never pried into other people's affairs.In fact, over the last three years, she slowly noticed that Richard's personality was different from what she previously imagined. While he might be sweet, energetic, talkative, and adorable when around her, he was indifferent toward people who were not close to him.Whenever she sent Richard to school herself, she would notice many girls sliding peeks of infatuation at him, but they would never get close.Later on, she spoke to a class teacher about it, and only then did she find out that Richard was dubbed the Ice Prince, since he basicall