"Where is this place?" Kimberly whispered to Claire immediately they were alone.The man had led them to a dark room inside of the many buildings in the academy.She have never been there before."This is London's inner chamber, it's where he punishes students according to their crimes," Claire replied. "I've always heard rumors about this place but I've not been here before," she added.Kim suddenly felt bad, Claire is the kind of girl that enjoys staying hidden and not being a regular face anywhere.Now she has succeeded in bringing her out of her shell, and it's a shame that it has to be the worst place in the academy."I'm sorry Claire, this is not your kind of place, now my carelessness dragged you here," she muttered."Oh common girl, this is part of adventure, at least I can now contribute to rumors going round about this place," Claire retorted with a light chuckle.Kim spotted her not so bright smile, she could sense her nervousness, she knew Claire was just trying so hard t
Kimberly sat on one of the outside benches with tears welled up in her eyes as she stared into space.It was exactly one full month of her being in the institute and she haven't heard from her family, she couldn't help but wonder what would be going on with them since she disappeared without a trace, she knew her sick mom would definitely be crying herself to death, that's for sure.Kim felt bad for all the lies she told them about the whole thing, she wished she had been truthful with them from the very beginning, maybe they would have understood and maybe things won't have escalated to the point it was now.Then again, she also wished she never followed London to the Academy, maybe if she fought for a while longer, like maybe attempted running off despite his cold threats, if she hadn't given up so easily and crawled to her knees, maybe she would have still being with her family and not sitting there crying her eyes out, but it wasn't any of her fault too, London looked really dange
Kimberly's heart stopped beating at that moment. She felt her blood stop flowing and her lungs dried up immediately. The rate of her heartbeat kept on increasing as his cold voice pierce into her ears, touching the very depth of her soul. "Time up" he said again and immediately, crouched to the floor grabbing her leg and dragged her out roughly.She panicked as she stood in front of him, shivering feverishly.She heard him chuckle and then walked over to the mini bar and grabbed a bottle of wine without saying a word.He brought out a wine glass, pouring out a small amount of wine out and went over to the king sized chair, that looked more like a throne and lowered himself on it.He sipped gently from the wine while staring at her, still not saying a word.Kim stared back at him, directly into his eyes.For a moment, she was lost staring at his eyes, it held so much darkness, yet so be glamorous, she wondered how eyes that dark could be so captivating."Look directly into my eyes
Kimberly remained standing for a long time, thinking of what to do. How was she going to walk back to her room half naked?She looked around and discovered the area was still dark and quiet and there didn't seem to be anyone around. Slowly and steadily, she started walking away. She suddenly turned back to look at the window and she found him still staring at her."Perverted bastard" she cursed and continued her journey.She pretty much knew he's enjoying the view.Worst of it all, she didn't get to make use of her phone, so all the pain and humiliation has been dragged to the mud, she got nothing. She couldn't believe he would humiliate her that way despite knowing why she did what she did.He was the reason why she's there in the first place, if only he had let her work and pay him back, this wouldn't be happening.She increased her pace and tried walking faster, she was so scared of turning around to look at him again.She walked further a bit then took a turn, going out to a p
Kimberly and Claire walked into the training session."I will see you after the training okay?" Claire turned towards her and said."Sure," Kimberly replied waving her goodbye and proceeded to her own training group.She ignored all the eyes fixated on her and proceeded to her favorite row and stood. She had her head hung low to avoid getting into trouble with anyone.It had become their daily routine since her fight with Rebecca and also the group of girls.Kim had become a bit popular since then and it was a heavy migraine to her, it was more like almost everyone at the institute now knows her, the students will always murmur amongst themselves each time she passed by.The guys discussed mostly about her beauty and body curves while the ladies were all about her trying to be the best among them.Kim would always walk with her shoulders high no giving two shits about them, she needed to avoid troubles, she already had two strikes."Listen up everybody," the coordinator spoke up throu
They drove into the Academy premises screaming their lungs out.The students who were having their training sessions all abandoned their groups and ran towards them.The car halted and they all climbed down, screaming and jubilating while the students surrounded them and watched on in admiration.While the others celebrated their victory, Kim stood transfixed on the spot having recap of what went down few hours back, it was her first mission, she could vividly remember staring right at death, she wondered if that was what she will have to spend the next three years of her life experiencing."Kimberly!!" She heard Claire's blaring voice behind her.She rushed towards her and pulled her into a tight hug, she held her that way for several seconds."Claire, I can't breath," Kim stuttered tapping her lightly.Claire held on for few more seconds before breaking the hug."Kim, you have no idea how worried I was, I couldn't breathe well since you left," she said and Kim chuckled."So you love
"Boss?" She stuttered."No pretty, the twin." He smirked.Kimberly furrowed her eyebrows, staring intently at him.It felt as though she was staring at London.The had the same face, height, body physique, voice and that one thing that could never be taken away.The cold aura and the darkness in their eyes.Kimberly has never encountered such identical twins all her life.The only way she could differentiate them was by their clothes, London is always clad in white outfits no matter the occasion but the man standing in front of her was clad in an all black outfit.She wondered how the rumors always flying around the institute never mentioned anything about the boss having a twin brother.It was obvious no one knew about it.But why would anyone choose to hide the fact that they are twins? Isn't it something to brag about?And if it was such a secret then why was he revealing himself to her? So many thoughts ran through Kim's head as she stood transfixed on the spot staring directly i
"He...he...he said his name is Jayden,"Kim noticed a spark in his eyes as she mentioned the name. He held her hand, together with the paper and stared at the content.Kimberly also got the chance to peep in.It was a drawing of a woman tied to a chair, with the painting of blood all over her.She wondered the reason behind such message.She pushed it to the back of her mind as it was none of her business, all she needed that moment was a cold shower to relieve her stress. She suddenly gasped as she felt a dot of tear drop on her hand.She flinched and looked up at London and saw more tears rolling down his cheeks, his eyes still fixed on the image.Kim recoiled in horror as more tears flowed down from his eyes, his nostrils running too.It was a terrible sight to behold.She noticed the security guards were also moving away. She flinched back and tried moving away as well, but he held her hand firmly to the point he started hurting her. A sharp cry escaped Kim's mouth, she was to
Its been days since the incidence and Kimberly and London have moved on with their daily routine.But deep down, she wished they could talk about what happened, she wished he could come clean with his decision of not hurting her during his anger moment, he let her take care of him, complimented the soup she prepared for the first time and the one that took the cake.He pleaded with her to stay with him.If only he could say the reasons behind everything.And worst, her work duration with him will soon be coming to an end, she had about three days before her time working as his personal maid.And truth be told, she didn't want that, even with his grumpy attitude towards her, somehow, she still wanted to be around him at all times.And somehow, she knew that probably he felt the same way too.She was extremely glad for getting into trouble and that way working as his personal maid, it has been a roller coaster but at the same time, it was one of the best times of her life.She got to se
She was shaking in fright as she held onto him tightly, she felt him suddenly go stiff for a moment.Her hands around him were slowly slipping off, she was going to fall.Surprisingly, he raised his hands slowly upwards and wrapped them around her waist, Kimberly could swore she stopped breathing for a minute, London had his hands on her waist.But then, her excitement was short lived as he carefully carried her down and made her stand on her feet.She had expected him to walk out of the hall at that point, since he was almost soaked with blood, he had a cut on his forehead which was bleeding slightly.Kimberly watched him stagger to a corner of the hall and sat, his head rested on the wall, breathing heavily.She could still feel the anger boiling in him furiously.She couldn't stop wondering how someone could be so short tempered.Her eyes drifted to the cut on the corner of his face, the bleeding was intensifying.Kimberly thought of what to do to help him, she was hurt seeing him
"What is she doing sitting this close to you?" She roared.London breathed out heavily."Kimberly, go wait in my room," he suddenly said throwing Kimberly further off balance."What? Why?" Rebecca threw the question that Kimberly badly wanted to ask."Do you want her here?" He threw back at her."Of course not, but that doesn't mean I want her in your room either," she replied.Deciding that she has heard enough, Kimberly turned around and started walking towards London's room.She couldn't stand back and let them have a debate about her matter right in her presence. "And where do you think you are going?" She heard Rebecca shout after her.She ignored her and walked straight into London's room.*She walked into the room and leaned on the door, she breathed out heavily, her palm fisted angrily.Rebecca was getting on her last nerves, and if she wasn't stronger than her, God knows she would have bitten back.Then, the occurrence of eating out of the same plate with London suddenly fl
"Zoey, for goodness sake, stop following me!" Kimberly groaned for the umpteenth time as Zoey kept walking beside her."Not happening girl, you are the hot cake in this institute right now, I need my own share of your popularity." Zoey pouted.Kimberly sighed in frustration and hastened her steps, she knew if they got halfway to London's place, Zoey will have no choice but to run back."You know, I just hate that they don't pick me for missions too, I would have been really killing it and also making a name for myself in this institute just like you," Zoey suddenly blurted out with a pout.Kimberly chuckled and turned towards her."Trust me Zoey, it's not a fun experience, your life is gonna flash before your eyes, I did well in this past missions because of just sheer luck, nothing else.""Well, I'm a strong girl, I can do it," Zoey replied."That's true though," Kim nodded.She knew if eventually Zoey is sent out on a mission, she was going survive and come back victorious.Zoey is
Kimberly ran into London's apartment panting heavily."I'm so sorry sir, this is gonna be my last time," she bowed slightly."Let's go Kimberly," he muttered and started walking away.Kimberly turned around sharply and ran away towards him with different thoughts running through her head.Was he actually waiting for her? Cause she was sure she left her room ten minutes after her resumption time, adding up to her journey to his house she was terribly late.And surprisingly, he was already dressed up obviously waiting for her.Now her state of confusion was why she wasn't receiving any punishment.Except the grumpy look always on his face, he looked cool.**The walked into the field and as usual, all eyes turned towards them, this time their murmurs were distinct enough to their hearing."What is going on between boss and the new weird girl?" "I wish to be in her shoes,""She's so lucky.""I hate her.""How can she come to the Academy barely a month and she's already moving with Londo
Kimberly felt a soft tap on her cheeks as she slept deeply.She stirred slightly and peeked through heavy sleepy eyes.Right beside her, London was squatting, staring into her face.Her eyes quickly flew open and she jerked up in a high speed."I... I'm so sorry sir, I didn't mean to sleep off," she stuttered. The sleep in her eyes quickly disappeared.He straightened up and stretched out his briefcase towards her and she grabbed it.Then he started walking away, she needed not to be told twice.Hugging the briefcase to her chest, she ran after him.**Kimberly groaned inwardly for the umpteenth time as she walked behind London.It's been over an hour since the left the meeting room, and all he did was to walk around the academy premises, taking note of things that needed to be worked on or replaced and making calls about it.He turned back towards Kimberly once in a while but each time he did, she always puts on a hard cover, placing a smile over her worn out face."Let's go," he su
"I still can't believe this is happening, really," Claire said as she walked alongside Kimberly and Zoey with the intention of walking her halfway to London's house before leaving for their training session."I know right? I mean I feel like trouble follow me around or something," Kim pouted and Claire and Zoey bursted into laughter."But it's a good thing though, like literally, I will call it luck, look at you, you get to share the same space with London for hours, you get to stay close to him, see him all the time, touch him, inhale his scent which I know will be super amazing, for real look at it from the bright side," Zoey said."And further, Jason is off your neck forever, Rebecca doesn't have the power to hurt you anymore, girl you are free from all the nightmares of this academy," Claire retorted."Yeah well, maybe I will agree with you Claire, but not you Zoey, staying close to London is not all rosy as you think, he'll control the hell out of you, ordering you around like yo
Kimberly jerked up from her sleep in fright."Zoey!! She screamed out in the loudest voice she could muster."Why I'm right here, why are you screaming?" Zoey grumbled sitting up on her bed."I told you to wake me up earlier than usual, now London is going to punish me for being late!" Kimberly yelled."Well I didn't know you were being serious, hold on, you are serious? You now work for London as his personal maid," Zoey retorted."Seriously?" Kimberly rolled her eyes at her and rushed into the bathroom.She quickly rushed her bath, dressed up and ran out .She ran hastily towards the building, ignoring the look from students who were staring at her like she has gone mad or something. They weren't even the least of her concerns at the moment.Her only problem at that moment was facing London.She remember he'd warned her strictly to resume exactly 6 in the morning but here she was resuming at some minutes past 7.Kimberly felt like slapping her face hard, but quickly decided against
"What?" Kim found the words rolling off her tongue.His personal what? Maid?How is that even possible? If he had wanted a maid, why didn't he hire one for himself? Why does it have to be her? Despite everything that he's made her pass through? he still had more punishments coming. And she was beginning to think he's getting to be nice to her.Only for him to do this.Different thoughts ran through her head as she stood there staring at him, tears beginning to well up in her eyes."I believe you heard me, you can leave now." He said icily. "Please sir, I apologize for everything, please don't do this to me," she pleaded. "I've served all the punishments you issued to me." She watched him inhale deeply and sighed."Kimberly, I hate it when I repeat myself, go to your room and get ready, your work starts tomorrow, you will resume 6 in the morning, and leave whenever I permit you," he said calmly.Kim remained standing, staring at him with pleading eyes."Sir..."" Kimberly!!!" He gr