Sophia could not help but to laugh at Navier as he told her his encounter with Miss Minchin.
He was telling her how he first wanted to surprise her, but then got lost for all the most random reasons. First was that he did not know where her department was. The solutions were so funnily obvious that he did not think of any of them. One, he could have looked into the huge university map available in the parking lot, literally in front of the space where he parked his car. Second, he could have asked anyone or could have called his uncle AKA her department dean. Another reason was that out of all the things he could do, it was to approach anyone who merely mentioned her name; hence, meeting Miss Minchin by accident.
Sophia forgot to tell Navier about her task with guiding and assisting Lindon Williams. It slipped out of her mind and now she is making a mental note to call him about this. She knows that she does not need—and Navier is not requiring her—to tell him everything that she must do at school, but it is her own decision to inform him about this. Lindon is still a man, and Navier is the best example of not being the calmest around other men.After excusing themselves to Cleo, she and Lindon went on their way. She plans to tour him in their department area first, then they can move on to other areas of the whole university. She still cannot move on from the fact that she ran for her life to not be late, but she now rea
Navier has been trying to call Sophia for the tenth time now, but she is still not answering any of his calls. Is she this busy? He already double-checked her schedule and it clearly says that her lunch break should be at this hour. She is not even answering any of his text messages.“What’s with that sigh, baby bro? Is the world ending?”He did not even notice that Nicole, his big sister, is already in his office. “Hey, sis. Aren’t you supposed to go out with Sage today for lunch? Why are you still here?”
“Come on, Sophia! Please, please, please! I promise I will pay your lunch for the next week or two! Please, Sophia, say yes!”Sophia is suddenly on all alert when Cleo literally just offered her that. Free lunch for the next week or two will save her a lot of money. The offer is very tempting but…“Please, Sophia! Make it three weeks!”Just holy guacamole! “O-Okay! Okay! Three weeks,
When Miss Minchin insisted that Sophia should go home to be able to call Navier as soon as she can, she knew that somehow, someway, something is about to happen—and she will not necessarily like it. She did go home earlier and immediately charged her phone. She must talk to Navier before she goes to the club.All the bad feelings she had came to reality when she finally opened her cellphone, she was bombarded with all the notifications from Navier—from missed calls to text messages. She facepalms and breathes deeply. She needs to get all through these one by one, before she can even think about calling him.
“I wouldn’t go inside anymore, but you already have my permission to go in and the passcode to his unit. Everything’s going to be fine, Sophia. Call me if you need anything, okay?”Sophia can only nod and bid goodbye to Nicole. Nicole was supposed to come with her and “kick Navier’s ass”, but an emergency call came where she was needed immediately. Breathing deeply and hugging herself, the cold night breeze is already making her shiver. All that is left for her to do now and enter this very building and see Navier.Like what Nicole
Sophia never really pictured how her first kiss will be. She knew she would have hers eventually, but she would not mind how she would have it or even to whom she would have it with. She read enough moments about first kisses and she just knew that those moments are just too unrealistic to have in real life… or so she thought.“I never asked anyone this question before, Sophia, but will you let me kiss you?”Perhaps another thing that she never pictured is Navier asking her this question. If there is anything she expected of Navier, she thought he would be the one who would simply go for it and will not ask for pe
Navier never knew that listening to reason was an easy thing to do as long as he is in his calm self. He never really liked hearing explanations and other reasons for what he already saw or found out, well at least except for his sister Nicole and his best friend Sage. Nevertheless, listening to Sophia really cleared everything to him.“I know I should have told you about this at some point, but I kept forgetting about it because it was not just a big matter to me. I was even actually thinking of him as one of my clients at the club, which brings me to my reason why I was not able to answer any of your calls or your messages…”
Sophia would always shoulder things on her own especially when her mother Mrs. Diwa died and left her all alone to herself. Even if she has Jaylene, Cleo, and Miss Minchin, she would always prefer to keep all her issues and problems because she does not want to worry them. She would always be scolded about it, but it is her own thing that she always has a hard time changing. She would prefer not telling them anything until they notice it and force it out of her. She appreciated them very well for being in there all the time for her.But for the first time, she had the urge to tell her fears without worrying that she might bother anyone.&n
Today is a Sunday which means day-off for Sophia. She already finished all the things she needed to accomplish with her class requirements. Now all she has to do is to find an alternative for her problem with Mrs. Diwa’s “niece”. She still does not know who that woman is, but she is still on the verge of losing her home because of whoever she is.Her salary from working at the Soul’s Secret is what shoulders her daily expenses; and just by computing how much it would cost for her to have her own private lawyer, she will need to cut down at least three-fourth of what she will have this month. That is almost equivalent to having a single meal every day plus all her transportation fees. She forbids herself to take anything from her medical emergency fund because she can never be sure of her health. She does not want to die early without properly helping her loved ones.She only has less than three weeks to have her solution ready. In
Sophia has been staring at her shoe for at least over half an hour now. She feels tired from the number of clients she needed to face this night, but this is only the time she can have to talk with their big boss, Mr. Vlad. Going home is not an option because she cannot prolong this anymore.They are not banned from having relationships as long as it does not affect their work here in the club. Other personal problems cannot also be brought into their workplace and it definitely includes school work and being depressed for something that has to do with one’s relationship problems. Work is work and you have to be the hostess mode of yourself outside your personal being. You are a hostess of the club and not whoever you are outside the club.Relationships with the clients of the club are different issues to tackle and that is exactly why she is here. Even though there are no formal nor written rules about the hostesses being involved with anyone&mdash
“Did you know about this?” Nicole did not mean to use her business voice, but she already did. Clearing her throat, she hopes she will not sound as brute as she did the first time. “Did you know about Navier and Miss Sophia Diwa?”Sage chuckles, clearly having the that-is-what-I-thought look when she corrected her own tone. “What exactly did you find out about them?”She lets herself inside his home—yes, she drove almost thirty minutes just to invade this man’s privacy and trespass his penthouse like the thug she is just to confirm what she found out. It is also a yes that she trusts her brother in telling the truth, but she still needs assurance and confirmation; especially from this very man. She immediately made herself comfortable on his soft sofa and sighed in satisfaction. She has done this a million times now that it feels more like a muscle memory. She did not know that her feet hurt from driving unt
Navier is feeling very good that all his research did a great job with his and Sophia’s first date. Yes, he really did a lot of research because he does not want to mess their first day. He was thinking that it would be a great move for him to actually know things on his own first and then have Sophia experience it with him. It was very fulfilling to him to say the least.He never really pictured himself enjoying meeting new people; in fact, he hated meeting other people before and that was his main reason for just letting his sister Nicole do all the outside of the country work and meetings. But today was a little different given that he met Sophia’s family.That was the first thing that popped up as results to his research. Dating someone does not necessarily mean that they would just involve the couple. Some article said that it would be better to “date officially” and by official it really means having your loved ones to know t
Sophia could not believe how smooth Navier is. He handled their situation by answering all of the orphanage’s sisters with so much ease and naturality in him. He is just basically stating facts yet even she felt like they have known each other for so long.The only lie that Navier made is that he mentioned that they met a year ago, but the rest is pure facts and their actual reality. He told them how they met at her workplace; she was a hostess in the Soul’s Secret and how she took care of him when he was drunk. He effortlessly gave them the truth and cut off more questions into saying that the rest was history and that this is their first day as an official couple.The sisters were just saying how happy they are that she thought to tell them about him first. They said that they feel special and they are glad to be a part of this chapter of her life. She actually expected that she would feel guilty or something like, but nothing came. After al
When Navier said that he paid—he literally paid for whatever Sophia and Jelly was having, and he almost meant that he paid his side of their deal. She was so stunned that she only finally realized what was happening when she got in Navier’s car and Jelly was waving one last time before going her way.“W-What…?” She blinks a couple of times.Navier chuckles and pulls her own seat belt to buckle it in for her. “Did it finally sink into you that you’re with me now?”She is really back from reality because she finally had her strength to slap Navier’s arm.“Aw! What was that for?!”She was flustered because he looked really hurt, but it is not time for her to regret her actions. “How did you even know I was in there at that exact café? In fact, how do you know where I was in the first place, Navier?!”Instead of just answering her, he shows her hi
Breathing deeply, Sophia said the nth “thank you” to Miss Minchin that already made the sweet librarian laugh and told her that one more “thank you” and she will be banned in the library for the rest of her stay in the university. That just finally made her laugh, too.It took her a hot moment to sink everything in her and understand that she was already having a mental breakdown and it was also Miss Minchin who helped her calm down. Now, they are outside the university having ice creams and she did not attend her classes anymore as per the librarian’s order. She was very reluctant at first, but she showed her an announcement that there is an emergency university-wide meeting for all the professors.Finishing her ice cream, Miss Minchin stands up and dusts all the cone crumbs off her skirt. “Are you feeling better now, sweetheart?”“Yes, miss. Thank—” She remembers what she has been warned
CHAPTER 55: END OF BOOK 1SOPHIA’S POVLast night was one of the best sleeps I had and I know that it had something to do with Navier. Yes, Navier slept beside me because I insisted that it was too late for him to drive back home. He could easily call his driver to fetch him and I know he can perfectly do just that, but I am really glad that he did not. He stayed in and wore one of the largest shirts that I had so he could change.I remembered that we slept in the position where he was pillowed on my chest and as he hugged me as if making sure I would not leave, but I woke up in the opposite position because I was the one who was in his position and he was in mine.Leaving his side as I make sure that he would not wake up brings me back the memories that I had as our first moment together. The moment he got drunk at the club where I was working and that I had to stay by his side to somehow take
NAVIER’S POVI am evil for having this plan, but I will not apologize for it.Not understanding myself for suddenly being too attracted to Sophia right now; and by attracted, I really mean that I just want to kiss her as many times I please and have on top of me for the remaining hours of the night. I should really clean my mind right now because I have been thinking about her this way since we got here, and now we just finished having dinner. Sophia is back in the kitchen preparing our coffee and as soon as comes back, I know that I will execute my evil plan—I plan to seduce her.I can easily ask her and have her consent, but I am not sure if she wants it herself. I do not want to pressure her into doing something I only asked. This is the best thing I can think of to ensure that she would want to do something with me too.Good thing for the both of us, I am great at alluring people. My sister Nicole takes pride in this part bec