"Excuse me, Vida, right?" A lady calls out to me.I turned to her, she didn't look like anyone I was familiar with so I responded to her question, "Hmm, Yes."At once she smiles as if she's struck gold, reaching out her hand towards me for a shake, but once I do, she suddenly switches it to hugs and kisses instead."Nice meeting you, I'm Luna Ashley," she says with great happiness in her voice.I'm taken aback a bit as I did not expect such a reaction, I'm a bit flustered by this but she doesn't seem like a dangerous person so I know I have nothing big to bother about.With a warm smile back, I embraced her greeting, "It's a pleasure to meet you, forgive me for not introducing myself properly.""Oh no you did nothing wrong, it was I who approached you first," she tells me.With a pause Ashely stares at me, her eyes tracing all around me still with a smile on her face."Could she be a creep?" I wonder, but the look in her eyes was saying something else and I'm forced to push such thoug
"I hope she's not boring you to death with her nonsense," Dexter says.His deep voice echoing inside my head as his big arms pull me by the waist over to his side. I look up and find him glaring at Ashley who looks away without a single care."Dexter!" I whisper, tugging on to his suit to get him to stop glaring. "Stop that, she did nothing wrong."Suddenly Ashley clicks her tongue, her face squeezing as she waves off, pulling my arm as she drags me over to her side."Let him be, I did tell you that he has quite the rebellious attitude, didn't I?"I can feel the heated enmity between the two of them, it's almost like I'm staring at a tiger fighting a viper.Dexter fakes a smile, the corner of his lip cracki as he stares at Ashley who looks satisfied while resting her head upon my shoulder."Ah! I see now, so you've decided to talk my future wife into believing your nonsense," he says."You know too well my dear boy that my words are far from nonsense, you're just scared that she'll re
"Oh my, we've got company," Ashley says with a mischievous grin.Dexter slowly shakes his head as he walks toward the end of the stage, "a scapegoat you mean.""..."He signals to someone who takes Rachel on stage and the gaze of everyone present is directed towards her."And who are you?"She's quiet after that question, while everyone patiently waits for an answer.As if enjoying the suspense she smirks, "Someone who knows this woman very well, and today I'm going to expose her."Her finger pointed at me as she stabbed it into my chest with force.I move back, and at once Dexter's hand comes in the way between the both of us. He's not smiling as he stares back and forth at the both of us."Hahahaha. Well, you amuse me, but go on, just know that if you fail to prove your point, you're not leaving this place alive. This I promise you."Everyone can sense the murderous glares of Dexter, it made me shiver and I doubt only I got that feeling.The ball was in Rachel's court, she had to pr
Staring at my enemy with disgust, with Linda staring back at me, the air, gripping everyone with great tension when suddenly, I start hearing sniffles.Linda's face changes from a strong woman to a mild, tender woman. She breaks down in tears, gripping on to Rachel as she cries on her shoulder.As if that were not enough, she rushes to the front, her eyes flowing like an ocean as she cries to her heart's content."I've been trying to tell Alpha about the whole truth, but Vida has always been painting me like a terrible person which is why—"She pauses, blowing her nose with her handkerchief I catch Linda cutting me a side glance as she grins before continuing, "To save the pride of the pack and Alpha, I had to do what I did and acted foolishly, I would never dare to tarnish our pack in such a filthy manner if it weren't for this tramp."Ah, of course, she used this lie to cover up her terrible actions.Regardless, I watch as she gains the people's sympathy as their faces and hearts so
"In today's breaking news, many people, men in particular, have come out to confess about their history with Attorney Vida.The reason for this outburst was as a result of a woman, identified as Miss Rachel, who stood against Attorney Vida last night in an attempt to protect billionaire Dexter from being snatched by a con ...."Jumping from beside Dexter on the sofa, I yell pointing at the TV."Can you believe these people," I yell, unable to bear it any longer.All throughout the morning, topping the internet feed, the false story about how shameless I am seems to be spreading like wildfire.The main culprit of this news was obvious, and despite the threats by Dexter they still went ahead to publish it.The only one who would have such power and more than enough backing to have the news trust of being unharmed was obviously Linda.It fills me with more rage whenever I remember the grin on her face, I just feel like breaking something."Hey, cheer up, we still haven't put our plan in
I sit inside the p*ssenger's seat, watching carefully through the window to see if I'd spot any paparazzi, those people are the real trouble.After carefully watching, I notice a car drive up to the front gate of the school, dropping a man who seems to be adjusting his clothes.There's one already!I shrink into the seat, my thoughts running crazy as I panic.What do I do!!!!"I don't know Dexter," I say, nibbling on my thumb, "Look, I'm already noticing some paparazzi and there'll be people too, do you think it'll be a good idea to pick up the kids?"As I turn to Dexter and wait for his response, I find him staring at me, puffing some air as he pulls my thumb from my lips."Certainly, no one would dare speak evil against you in front of me," he says confidently.Far from relieved, I try to feign a smile when I see yet another van pull up, it's a woman this time, attaching something, most likely a micro mic to her shirt."Reporters these days," I say to myself, "they'd do anything to
Neo's POVThe drive back home is long, silent, and most definitely not a happy one.We didn't go straight home after returning from school. Papa went with Mama to a hotel where we stayed for two days before returning home. Papa says it's so we don't run into any paparazzi at home.Alone with Ash, scribbling on our color book, I can't help but bite off the end of my pencil.There's just no way Mama would do such a thing even if she's really pretty, someone must be lying about her.Buy who?Ahh!!!I pull my hair, frustrated from thinking too much that I collapse on the floor.Just thinking too much is making me hungry, I'm too small to be doing all of this thinking.Flick!"Focus!" Ash scolds me as his crayon hits my head.Ah! Now that I think about it, it could be…"Do you think it's that woman again?" I tell Ash who's too busy colouring to look my way."The one with the spiky nails?" He asks, "Could be, she's picked on Mama a lot already.""True, but… what do we do now, Mama and Papa
"You two have a way with words you know," the driver says with a grim smile."Thanks, Mama says I got it from Papa," Ash replies proudly.Though I'm not certain that was much of a compliment from the driver in the first place."Haiz, this is gonna cost me a lot. Let's go,"Onwards we go, as he changes his direction and we continue tailing after Miss Linda. I'm worried that he's going to tell me later but by the time we're done, Mama and Papa are gonna be so proud of us, it'll be worth it.Nodding in agreement with myself I keep my eyes on the road, observing as we drive farther away from civilization.I'm a bit bothered by where we're heading as the houses seem to be smaller, and looking less extravagant as well.I glance at my watch, it seems we've been driving for at least forty minutes, my goodness, just where are we going?Just as I begin to wonder about this and that, I spot the driver watching me from the front mirror.He clicks his tongue and begins complaining."You do have a