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2023-01-15 19:30:26Sunday. The thunderstorm last night had passed and the woods opposite the College of Technology were still full of dew. Jewel walked quietly in front of Treesury — a small woodland that serves as the entrance to the former SHS Department Area. She would have liked to go inside to visit the part of UDM where she studied Senior High, but she saw the gate closed in the middle of the small woods.
So she just went straight back to the dormitory. But just a few steps later she halted when she saw Tiara, Gabbi, and Hazel. The three laughed as they ran towards her direction. What's even more surprising was that Simoen's behind them.
Her three friends stopped in front of her in surprise. Tiara suddenly pulled her to the side. "Are you and Simoen ..." she trailed off.
"No," Jewel shook her head.
"No?"
"Yeah. Why is he following your group?" she asked and glanced at Simoen for a moment.
Tiara folded her arms. "He just followed us."
"Laine,
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He stood up and walked away from the table where they were sitting at. They stared at the man until he disappeared from their sight. Jewel gasped when Tiara screamed for a moment. "What's that, Jewel? I thought you and that man is over? You clearly saw Simoen's fascination towards you. He still wants you!" Jewel grimaced as she secretly looked around. "I've told you, I have no interest in him anymore. And please, don't yell. Everyone is looking at us." Hazel laughed. "You're still not used to it? Anyway, did you notice how sweet Simoen's tone was when he told you 'it's nice to have you back', Laine? Those gentle gaze and that soft smile, girl, that man's head over heels on you! Sheesh, such a sweet man... too bad, he's too good for you." "What? I don't deserve a good man?" she huffed. "Well..." Hazel trailed off and let her tongue out at her. "You're too beautiful for him. Right, Tiara?" Tiara rolled her eyes. "Simoen is good looking enough. But his eyesight is not good. He did
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The next day. Gideon was not in his classroom when they walked in. They had been waiting for a while but no Professor came in. If she hadn't stopped John Drail from going to and fro the classroom, her blockmates would have really left.She was reading erotica novel that Hazel recommended to her in an online reading app. A lot has happened these past few days and it was only now that she remembered the reading app in her phone due to boredom. Although she preferred physical books, but having portable novels seemed not too bad. In fact, she was smiling from time to time while facing her phone, making her seatmate wonder if she's gone crazy due workload.Jewel rolled her eyes and looked over the class secretary when the girl suddenly yelled, "Omg! Sorry, guys. I forgot to remind you all that Prof Gideon won't be coming to class and he's given us three activities!"There was silence and everyone looked at Madeline, the class secretary who's smiling wryly at them."Why you didn't say, Mad
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It's not her attitude to just speculate things so she called Simoen using his old phone number. Even though they were over, Jewel still remember small things about him like this.The call was picked up after the fourth ring. "Jewel," Simoen greeted. She blinked, realizing that Simoen kept her phone number as well. Jewel cleared her throat. "Busy?" she asked. "A little." There was a small silence between them before Simoen continued, "Do you need anything?" Suddenly, Jewel felt awkward and decided to just talk to him tomorrow. And now, she was facing him with awkward silence hovering above them. She thought it was more awkward than last night. Jewel averted her gaze. Simoen smiled and ran his hand through his hair. "I need to attend varsity practice later. But did you like what I gave you?" he asked. She stared at him while playing the hem of her uniform. "Don't expect that I'll forget what you've done. I invited you here to ask you something."Simoen stared at her longer than u
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"Is Prof Gideon still not here, Prof Elise?" Jewel asked the woman whom she met one stormy night. Elise shook her head softly. "Uh, yes. He texted me yesterday that he was still stranded in Mandaue. I heard on the radio this morning that the underground canal in a part of Consolacion gave up. It flooded. The authorities are still repairing it." The woman sighed. "Don't worry. Maybe later or tomorrow, Gideon will be back, little girl.""Little girl?"Elise laughed and shook her head. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. All right, lunch break is coming to an end."She nodded and immediately left the faculty, went down the stairs, and took big steps out of the Administrative building.Last week Gideon was gone to the city. It's a week and a day now that he's missing. She was hoping for Gideon to appear in the campus because she's been dealing with anxiety attacks whenever she meet Simoen or Sheena in the hallway.She's just thankful and the news that she's married has not spread yet. Jewel was not s
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She slowly ran her finger through the silky, black hair. Her scalp ached and her cheek was swollen from the force of Sheena's slap earlier. Jewel guess they just the same. She could see from the seat the red mark of her palm print on the girl's cheeks."You!" Sheena yelled. "You can't get away with this! I still have an exam in Physics!""Ms. Marquez, lower your voice a little okay? I'm still calling your parents."Jewel and Sheena looked at the Guidance Counselor at the same time."You shouldn't call my parents!" Sheena's hysteria.Jewel's face paled. "They shouldn't be here, Mrs. Policarpio. You shouldn't call them," she pleaded, holding her breath.If Sheena's parents were being sent to UDM, they will probably call her parents as well. She did not want her Mama and Papa to visit UDM because they would definitely drag her back home to the Mansion. Jewel hadn't talked to them yet after finding out about her vices.The old woman
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She blinked and frowned. "Huh. It's Sheena.""I see. It's good to know that it wasn't you who started the fight."Her eyes widened. "Are you really satisfied?" She looked at him, bewildered. "Seeing me like this doesn't bother you? What kind of husband are you?"Gideon smiled softly and approached her. He put his hand on the top of her head but the gesture annoyed her."I didn't say anything like that. I am happy to know that my wife is not a warfreak student. Just often get involve in troubles," Gideon said.She smirked and rolled her eyes. "Sheena is the only one who hates me. If I am given a chance, I won't fight with her. I don't want to waste my time with that mad girl!"Gideon nodded and squinted his eyes. "And why would she hate you?"Before she could answer, she saw the nurse approaching them. Jewel kept her mouth shut."Deon, are you fighting my patient?" Nurse Julie asked.Gideon frowned. "No."The nurse
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They went to the office. She was with Gideon and Sheena was accompanied by Prof Khalil appearing as a guardian. They explained for several hours in front of the Prefect and because they clearly violated the rules, the Prefect still punished them. She sighed and took a bite on a poor bread. "So you'll be with Sheena for two weeks?" Hazel asked.She sighed. Hazel immediately reached for the mango juice. Jewel took a deep breath. “You make it sound ridiculous,” she said."Ridiculous?" Hazel turned to the other two. "Girls, is there anything funny?"Tiara shook her head slowly. "None but Laine, how come? Simoen didn't even defend you? You know, he's the reason why you and Sheena fought, right?"Gabbi nodded in agreement with what Tiara had said. "I thought he loves you, Laine?"Jewel looked away, embarrassed. "He's worried.""Just worried?" Hazel asked. "He should have talked to the guidance or maybe Sheena's parents to forgive you," she added.She shrugged her shoulders. "I also don't w
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Simoen stopped what he was doing and stared at her. She sobbed while looking away. Simoen opened his mouth to say something but a force lifted the man and threw him away. Jewel heard a familiar voice. "Keep your hands off my wife."The voice was almost inaudible but she still heard it due to the forest's silence. When she looked at Simoen, she saw the man lying a few meters away from her. She looked up to the man who had thrown Simoen and saw Gideon who was frowning hard. Jewel bit her lip and tears welled up in her eyes. "Gideon," she whispered his name.Her husband attended to her and helped her to stand on her feet. But because she's weak, she couldn't stand well. Gideon lifted her up and quietly left the area.He insisted to visit the clinic but Jewel stopped him from doing so. She wouldn't go see Nurse Julie flirting with her husband, but Gideon was persistent. Jewel had no choice but to force him in letting her down as she wanted to walk her way towards the dorm. Gideon also h
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