Chapter 1 A Bet?

"Aly! Don't go there!"

A beautiful but slightly tomboyish Asian woman ran from a distance after Alicia, who was called Aly.

Alicia turned around, and smiled at her.

"Hi, Lylyan! Why are you running like you're being chased by the devil? What's wrong? Why can't I go there? It looks like there's a crowd there! Let's go to the basketball court together!" Alicia exclaimed when Lylyan reached her.

"Hosh! Hosh!...You can't go there!" Lylyan bent over slightly as she was still exhausted from chasing after Alicia with all her might to keep her from going to the center court of their university.

"Why, why can't I go there? What's wrong Lylyan?" asked Alicia with a strange look towards Lylyan, with her probing gaze.

"Wait! Let me rest for a while! Just don't do it! There's Adrian... and..." Lylyan tried to suck in air and took a deep breath to fill her chest cavity that was sore from running around.

"Adrian? What a coincidence! I was looking for him. I have something to ask him. I don't know if it's true or not, but I think I'm seeing the wrong person! I saw Adrian last night with a beautiful and sexy woman, coming out of a hotel not far from the club we used to work at! Strange, isn't it? Well, I guess I saw it wrong! There's no way Adrian would betray me, right? Because last night Adrian said goodbye to me to see his father! So it can't be Adrian, right? But they look so much alike! Maybe it's just a coincidence!" Alicia continued to babble about her anxiety since last night. But Lylyan only responded by biting her lower lip and remaining silent.

"Oh yeah, what's Adrian doing? Is he going to surprise me, is that it? If so, let's see! I'm very curious!" Alicia said excitedly as she saw more and more of their friends heading towards the yard that was used for basketball.

Lylyan was a little confused, how could she speak but could only remain silent.

"But...Aly!!! Ah, Shit!" exclaimed a confused-looking Lylyan while scratching her head that wasn't itchy.

'It was indeed a surprise...but I'm not sure you'll like it...Ally.' Lylyan muttered silently to herself.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you keeping quiet? Come on, talk to me later! After I met Adrian! I'm so curious!" Alicia exclaimed, who was about to leave.

"Aly, wait for me!" Lylyan finally shouted, surprising Alicia who was about to turn around.

"You don't have to shout Lylyan, I'm not deaf! What's wrong with you?" Alicia looked at her best friend who was getting more and more confused.

"I'm sorry, but I need your help!" said Lylyan, trying to speak.

"My favor? What? Can't we postpone it after I see Adrian?" said an impatient Alicia.

"Sorry Aly, unfortunately not! I need your help right now, immediately!" said Lylyan finally.

"What can I do for you?" said Alicia curiously.

Lylyan was confused because she didn't have any reason or any help from Alicia, it was just a slip of the tongue to keep Alice from leaving. Lylyan tried to rack her brain to think.

"So? Hey Lylyan! Are you listening to me?"

Alicia waited by waving her hand in the face of Lylyan who looked silent and confused, as she was getting impatient.

Lylyan searched for a good reason but she couldn't find one, finally seeing Alicia's impatient waving woke up her reverie.

Lylyan swallowed her saliva nervously as she said.

"I mean...I want to ask you a favor! You know that I suck at statistics, so could you do me a favor and teach me what the lecturer taught earlier?" Lylyan said finally though she was not sure of her reasoning.

"Oh..I guess what! Okay!" Alish replied casually and this made Lylyan breathe a sigh of relief, she was able to restrain Alicia from finally going overboard. Not even Lylyan's contentment was gone, her face was disappointed again when she heard Alicia's next words.

"But later! After I see the crowd there and what surprise Adrian will give me...okay? Bye Lylyan..if you chase me and catch me before I get there, then...I'll teach you! If not...sorry, I won't be able to teach you! Hehehe "Alicia ran with all her might towards the crowd and started to move away from Lylyan.

Lylyan was surprised and although she was still tired from just running, she had to do it.

"Oh...No Aly! Oh my God..help Aly!" Lylyan then ran and dashed after Alicia through several crowds of people. But she was too late, Alicia had already reached the field.

"Wow! It turns out our guest star has arrived! Please...please...Aly or Alcia Zareta. I've been waiting for you!" said a handsome man in the center holding a mic. And next to him stood a beautiful foreign woman clinging to his hand...

'Isn't she the woman I saw yesterday coming out of a hotel with a man who looks like Adrian? So...' Alicia muttered to herself.

The confused Alicia looked around, she began to frown. She couldn't believe that someone who had been close to her for the past few months was standing in front of her with a beautiful woman that Alicia had seen yesterday.

"Wh-what do you mean Adrian? What the hell is all this? And who is she? Why does she look so much like someone I saw last night with someone who looks like you coming out of a hotel? Are you guys..." Alicia exclaimed in a trembling voice, everyone began to stare at her.

"Oops! So you saw us? Sorry!" exclaimed Adrian pretending to be sorry with his puppy eyes.

"That's not funny Adrian! What's this all about? Is this a prank on me? If it is, it's really not funny!" Alicia started shaking her head violently.

"Prank? Ah, no! Of course not! And

What do I mean? Hahaha...you'll find out later, come closer..baby! Come join me...and..." Adrian was about to speak but was cut off.

"Aly! Let's get out of here! We've seen enough! Don't be stupid! You know what that means! Let's go!" Lylyan, who had finally caught up with Alicia and removed several people from the crowd, insisted on pulling Alicia's hand.

Alicia shook her head without looking back, "No ! I want to know what exactly Adrian is trying to say! And what is his purpose in gathering this many people!"

"But...Aly..." Lylyan tried to pull Alicia back but Alicia gently released Lylyan's hand while looking at her.

"It's okay, Lylyan! Don't worry about me! I'm fine! I'm just curious!" said Alicia with a tense look on her face.

"Hahaha... Good job! You're such a brave girl! That's why I like you! And chose you to conquer! Because you're unique!" Suddenly someone said from behind Alicia's back.

Alicia turned her head and looked in the direction from which the voice came with a tense look on her face, "What do you mean, Adrian?"

"What I mean is... you're a perfect target for me to conquer! Well, I conquered it! As befits the gift of a luxury sports car, and the two luxury sports motorbikes I received from my colleagues! Ace and Brian! Isn't that right, guys?" Adrian looked at his two friends who were on the side not far from them.

Alicia fell silent and looked away. She tried to hold back the tears that were about to fall.

Alicia raised her face to the sky and inhaled the air trying to calm herself down, looking at the two men she knew. The faces of the two men began to pale and one of them, Brian, looked down.

"So you're saying..." Alicia began to look at Adrian with eyes that were red with tears.

"Are you stupid? It's obvious isn't it? Let me make it clear, I deliberately approached you for a bet! Yeah! A bet! With my friends! They said I wouldn't be able to make you fall in love with me because you're a nerdy, stiff, unapproachable girl! But I did it, didn't I? I even managed to have a long night with you..in company..months...back then.." Adrian tried to remember something.

Alicia started to turn red in the face, embarrassed, hurt and angry. The person she thought loved her humiliated her in front of so many people! She fell to the ground.

"SHUT UP!" Alicia shouted with her chest heaving with anger.

"Hahaha...do you understand now? You think I want to be with you, what, a clumsy, stiff, smart-assed girl! You even went to school here by luck! Hahaha...it's free because of the scholarship! Because you're a poor girl! Hahah...do you think Adrian Evans Anderson, heir to the one and only Anderson empire, the country's multi millionaire would go for a lowly girl like you? Come on..you're not even better than my servants in my mansion! Hahaha..." Adrian laughed triumphantly. Then paused while spreading his hand which was greeted by the beautiful woman next to him as Adrian said again.

"Oh, yes! And that guy you saw last night, that was me! Me and my little friend Tiffany we spent a night of passion! Isn't that right Baby?" Adrian dried his eyes. Which was met with a smile from the beautiful woman called Tiffany.

Suddenly and unexpectedly with lightning speed someone did something.

"SLAP!!!"