Chapter 0008

"Why don't you tell your roommates that the meal is cancelled?" She suggested. "They'd probably just end up embarrassed if they went."

"Cancel it? No." If he cancelled now, it would be awkward. Wouldn't that just make things worse?

"Fine then, but I'm not responsible for whatever happens!" She pouted.

Just then, she received a call from one of her roommates. Joey held her cell phone to her ear. "Sophie. You're all there? How is it? Eh… When we get there, you'll see for yourselves. All right, I'll hurry them up. Just wait!"

As she was talking, Logan, David, and Ross came out of the dormitory.

"Josh, see how good I look?" David gestured to his half-sleeve shirt as he looked at Josh expectantly.

"Cool." Josh smiled and patted his shoulder. Thankfully, David hadn't heard Joey try to cancel the lunch. If he had, it would have been a blow to his confidence.

Josh looked at Logan, who had followed David out. He frowned. "Logan, why haven't you changed?"

"What about my friends if you dress like this?" Joey asked. "Can't you get dressed up for them?"

"Logan looks fine. What do you expect him to wear?" Ross asked. "He's not Josh, and he's never going to look like him."

Joey shook her head. Her roommates were going to be very disappointed. This was going to be a disaster.

"Stop wasting time, and let's go," she urged them, and they all followed her out of the dormitory.

**

Sophie Hepburn, Wren Crawford, and Bella Jensen sat at a table in Little Harmony. All of them were pretty, and it was clear they came from good families.

Sophie had long hair that draped over her shoulders. Her skin was fair, and she had a small face with large, sparkling eyes, a straight nose, and pretty pink lips. She looked like a beautiful princess straight out of a fairy tale.

She was the prettiest of the three girls, and also the centre of attention.

"Sophie, there's a lump on your forehead. What happened?" Bella gestured to the small bulge on her forehead.

"Oh." Sophie touched the little mark, her sweet face looking a little angry. "Don't remind me, Bella. Remember how I said I went to Goldguard Bank with my father to do some business? Well, I met a clumsy person who smacked a door off my head!"

"Ouch! Did he at least apologize? Goldguard Bank's customers are quite high quality, aren't they?"

Sophie used her phone to take a picture of her head and then checked it. Thankfully, the lump was not too obvious. She put her phone down and smiled at her friend. "He did apologize. I was a bit stunned when I saw him there. You guys know what kind of people Goldguard Bank caters to, right?"

"You mean the upper class?" Wren asked. "So, this guy didn't belong?"

"Exactly. The Goldguard Bank only gives cards to people who have at least one million dollars," Sophie confirmed. "So, he didn't belong there."

"Some people think that the poorer a person looks, the richer they are," Bella suggested. "Which means he might be a rich person keeping a low profile. Sophie, tell us all about him!"

Sophie rolled her eyes. "Why? Later on, when the manager came over, he found out that the guy didn't even have a card. I think he was just an idiot who stumbled into the Goldguard Bank. Maybe he thought that the cards of the other banks can also be used there."

"If I'd done that, I would have died from embarrassment!" Wren exclaimed.

"After all that, I didn't even look at him and just left with my dad." Sophie tossed her hair over her shoulder. "We'll see if he dares to try it again in the future. Or if he dares to show his face anywhere."

"The guy's not a child," Bella pointed out. "Doesn't he have any common sense? I guess he's destined to be single for his entire life. Who would want a guy like that?"

"Let's stop talking about him. I never saw him again anyway." Sophie sighed. "Why isn't Joey here with the others yet? Seriously…"

Sophie picked up her phone and frowned slightly as she looked at the screen displaying her chat with Joey. "Her boyfriend is rather handsome and quite muscly. Just my type. If one of his roommates looks like that, don't fight me for him!" Sophie winked.

"Cheeky!" Wren chuckled. "Joey said her boyfriend is a sports major, so he should be pretty fit. We'll see about the others when they get here."

The three girls chatted and laughed, checking each other's appearance, and making a few adjustments as they waited for the guys to arrive.

Finally, Joey, Logan, and the others arrived.