The driver made a gesture, inviting Caprice into the car. She hesitated briefly before approaching. As soon as she got nearer to the car, she noticed a man sitting inside. The man looked dashing and elegant in a fitted black suit. He stared ahead with the usual indifferent expression on his face as if there was nothing in the world that could break him out of his stoic silence. Caprice was shocked. Was he here to pick her up? She burrowed into the car and made sure to keep a respectful distance from him. She asked carefully, "Liam, why are you here?" Liam glanced at her. “My mom asked me to pick you up." Caprice pouted. "Oh." So, it was Aunt Sylvia who had instructed him to pick her up. She felt a tightness gripping her, then she said, “You don’t have to trouble yourself if you have work to do. If you want, I can take a cab there myself.” She did not want to inconvenience him in any way. Liam answered curtly, “I have time.” Caprice shot a steal
Sylvia led Caprice by the hand. "Caprice, let's go. The boys will come later.” Caprice followed her to the dining table and asked out of curiosity, "Aunt Sylvia, aren't Flint and Isabel coming home today?" Sylvia replied, "Isabel has a shoot today and Flint is very busy, so they’re not coming back.” This meant that it was only going to be the two of them along with Odell and Liam. Did Liam know about this? Did his girlfriend Heather know? "Caprice, what's wrong? Why the sad face? Did something bad happen?” Sylvia noticed her sullen expression almost immediately. Caprice quickly snapped back to her senses and played it down. “No, nothing.” “Are you sure? You looked like there was something on your mind back there.” Sylvia took her hand and suddenly shifted to a serious tone, “Your mother isn’t around, so I’m your family now. Come on and tell me. What happened?" For a brief second, Caprice almost decided to tell Sylvia to stop trying to set her up with Liam. Li
To her disappointment, there was scarcely any visible reaction on his face. Sylvia seemed a fan of the idea. "That's right, Liam has another assistant who is very experienced. I’m sure you can learn a lot from both her and Liam as well.” Sylvia turned to Liam. "Liam, what do you think?" Liam muttered, "It works." Caprice was shocked. He agreed almost without any hesitation! "Caprice, do you want to?" Sylvia asked again. As Liam turned to her as well this time, a pair of un-emotive dark eyes stared at her silently. Caprice felt dizzy. Of course, she would love to! She could spend time with Liam. However, Heather would not feel the same. "Caprice? What's wrong? Is there anything you’re concerned about?” Upon sensing her hesitation, Sylvia grew worried. "Caprice, just tell us what's on your mind. Don't worry about it," Odell spoke up. Liam stared at her the entire time. There was look of confusion in his eyes that slipped past Caprice. Caprice hesitated
Liam sat like a statue in the backseat. there was a sharp glare in his eyes that made it seem like he was in a bad mood. Caprice was cautious of sitting too close to him. At some point during the ride, when she noticed that Liam’s expression was still as gloomy as when she entered, she muttered weakly, "Liam, I'm sorry." Liam looked at her with a puzzled expression. “What are you apologizing for?” She answered frightfully, "I didn't know that you were waiting for me. I thought you already left for work. I should have left with you, so you wouldn’t have to spend time waiting for me.” She figured that the reason he was upset was that he had been stewing in the car, waiting for her. Liam grimaced, and several deep creases formed on his forehead. He entered into a somber silence. Caprice took this silence to mean that her concerns were true. She had made Liam upset because she had been dilly-dallying. She sat stiffly and spent the remainder of the ride in silence. S
It was a very famous dessert cafe, and many people had been posting about it online lately. Caprice and her friends were shocked to hear that Moses' friend was the owner of the place. Before Caprice could even have time to consider, her friends accepted the invitation for her. With that, they head toward the dessert cafe with Moses taking the lead. Caprice had no choice but to tag along. There was a nice seat upstairs next to a window. As if by intention, Caprice’s friends made sure to let Caprice and Moses sit at a separate table. Caprice did not mind since it looked like Moses had something he wanted to tell her. After ordering a cup of tea, they turned their attention to each other. While sipping her cup of fruity tea, she asked casually, “What is it that you wanted to tell me?" “Here’s the situation: a few friends and I recently set up a small company. We develop technological gadgets, and we recently have a newly launched product…” As he provided the prelim
It was almost ten by the time they left the dessert cafe. There was only half an hour before the dorm gates would close. Caprice was going to take a taxi back, but Moses suddenly ran out of the cafe and stopped her. He offered kindly, "I have a car. Let me send you home.” Caprice was going to refuse out of politeness, but Freya made the call before she could. “Alright, thanks for the help!” Moses smiled warmly. "You're welcome." Caprice pursed her lips. Moses' car was parked nearby. He drove a Maserati worth nearly five million, and it was a very impressive car to own especially at his age. Furthermore, he was the owner of a company. Lana and Freya both seemed starstruck. The two of them made sure they got into the car first. They took the back row without any qualms and made Piper squeeze in the back row with them. They left the passenger seat for Caprice. Moses drove carefully and sent them back to the dorm in no time. After Caprice got out of the car, s
Caprice felt sulky and frowned. The car jerked to motion and drove out of the university as they headed toward Glanchester. The drive would take at least three hours. At first, Caprice was quite energetic after getting a full night’s rest. However, it was so quiet in the car that sleepiness eventually set in. Her head drooped as if her neck could no longer support the weight of her head. Soon, her body tilted to the side until it hit a cushion. It was the perfect amount of softness that she quickly drifted to sleep after that. When she woke up again, she realized that she had been leaning against Liam's shoulders the entire time. It seemed like at some point during her sleep, she had inched toward him and was almost sitting next to him. Meanwhile, he sat upright and stoically, maintaining his usual coolness as he stared in front of him. All Caprice could see was his handsome side profile and his chiseled jawline. As usual, there was not a mark of emotion on his inexpr
Caprice grinned. “Alright.” Madam Stockton was pleased with her response. She motioned and said, “Come on, your parents are home as well, they’re waiting for you.” Caprice got into the shuttle car with her. Several minutes later, they stopped at John and Sherry’s courtyard. She got out of the car with Madam Stockton. “Darling…" She had barely stepped into the when a figure came flying towards her. She felt a pair of arms wrapped tightly around her and kisses were planted on her cheeks. She groaned playfully, "Mom, I'm nineteen years old." The beautiful lady who seemed unfathomably young despite her age and was showering her with passionate affection was none other than Sherry. Upon noticing Caprice’s reaction, she pinched her chubby cheeks and stated, "Caprice, I'm your mother. I don’t care if you’re in your sixties. You’re still going to be my darling daughter, and I’m still going to kiss you, got it?” Caprice chuckled. "Got it." Sherry let go of her a