Chapter 1

Anya strolled towards their door. She even squatted down so that her steps would not be noisy. She also hides in the furniture that passed by so that she couldn't be seen immediately.

 

"Where are you going?"

 

She was startled at the same time she sighed. She also turned in her father's direction and saw him staring at her. She sniffed to have a pity effect on him, but he was probably the father who was very hard to tame.

 

"Outside, Pappi," she said with a smile on her face.

 

"In this house, there is a law. When it is forbidden to go out, it is forbidden to go out!" litany of his father. She got bored with it. She was fed up with that dialogue with Kim Chiu. It went viral recently on social media, and almost everyone in the Philippines remembers it.

 

"I thought there was a classroom law only?" she asked her father.

 

He raised an eyebrow at her and waved. He was annoyed with her, but she knew he was just preventing himself from squeezing her groin.

 

Her father was gay. Not typical for others, but she did not care what others said because she knew her Pappi was very good. He raised her alone regardless of the hardships of life.

 

She was now twenty-three and had finished studying in the teacher course, but her Pappi said she should not look for a job. It was annoying for her to make her lazy. Now was her chance to look for a job, but he did not want to let her go.

 

"Hard-headed! You're too young!" he shrieked and scratched his head.  "Now go into your room and comply with my law, so I will allow you to leave!" he said while slapping her ass. 

 

She frowned because of that. It was annoying sometimes because he was too strict. She was like a child to him. Her Pappi didn't like the way she dressed. Though she wore her clothes the way she wanted it, for her Pappi, she looked like an old-aged woman from the nineties.

 

She understood it, though. Her Pappi was a stylist to well-known celebrities, so he just hated the clothes she liked. But, she couldn't do anything about it because it was her fashion. She loved the way she wore them. She looked classy and timid.

 

She sighed. She went to her room reluctantly. It was her chance to have a job because the Monterio Empire was hiring, so that was where she went. It would be a loss of opportunity if she couldn't.

 

Comply to the law! Her brain repeated what her father had said. To comply means to change her dress. It looked like she won't be able to get out because of what happened.

 

Anya just took the cellphone on the top of the dresser and called her friend Carla. Few more rings before someone answered her call on the other line. Her forehead was still furrowed when Carla did not speak, and she could only hear a crackle from it.

 

"Ohhh! I'm cumming!" 

 

Anya heard a moan.

 

"Fuck! Faster ... Andrius ... Ahh!"

 

Anya was dazzled. 

 

Shocked by what she heard, she turned off the call quickly. Her eyes widened as she lay down on the bed. Her heart was pounding at what had happened. It looked like her friend was doing lewd, but she had the guts to answer her call.

 

She shook her head. She was suddenly scandalized.

 

"Arghhh! Annoying!" she shouted. She even pulled her hair because what happened earlier could not be erased from her mind. She admits she has no experience in those things, so she was shocked. 

 

My virgin mind! 

 

She was in that position when her Pappi entered the room. He looked terrific right away when he looked at her. His forehead furrowed as he looked around the room. When he looked up at his closet, he approached it. He opened the cabinet and scanned her clothes. He also placed his finger under his chin and meditated deeply.

 

"What are you going to do, Pappi?" grabbing the attention, she asked him. He looked earnest and looked like something was being planned. She also stood up and approached him.

 

"I will dress you up. You look old, Anya. You are a wonderful child. What happened to you? You never used to be like that?!" His artistic response to her. He did not even look at her and took something inside the cabinet. 

 

Anya's Pappi gave her a yellow-gold high waist-length knee-length skirt and a dark blue three-fourths style voluminous blouse. He looked at them and decided to wear them.

 

When she finished dressing, she smiled at the reflection in the mirror. It still fitted the style she liked. The skirt was close to her lower body, but it was okay. She let her shoulder-length hair loose; then, she put on her thick black-rimmed eyeglasses. She also wore her white heels.

 

Perfect! She also smiled for a moment as she watched her look. Her Pappi would allow her to come out.

 

Anya was beautiful. Her nose was naturally pierced, while her lips were heart-shaped. Her eyes were almond-shaped that fitted his little face. Her teeth are evenly matched, which further enhances his physical appearance.

 

"Pappi, I'm going out!" she shouted. She found him in their living room. He was watching Crash Landing on You again, a K-Drama.

 

If her Pappi had a hobby, it was to watch Korean dramas. He was a big fan of Lee Dong Wook and once joked that he was going to Korea just to see his idol.

 

Her father turned to her with a smile. He even hovered over, looking at her whole being. She knew he liked what he saw because of his expression.

 

"Perfect! You're at the same level as Se-ri. I hope you have a Captain Ri!"

 

"Who is that, Pappi?" she asked with a frown. He spoke an unfamiliar word again.

 

"Nothing. Now go! You ruined the moment. Sometimes you also run a marathon in K-drama, Anya. You are very morbid!" he remarked irritatedly. "Don't forget the face mask!" he added while his attention was on the T.V.

 

She scratched her head. She hated watching dramas. She gets annoyed when the protagonist cries because she also cried with them. So her first and last K-drama was Gong Yoo's Goblin. But, she had a crush on Lee Min Ho.

 

Wearing a facemask while taking a taxi to Monterio Empire, she could not help but be nervous. She would apply for a job for the first time, so she has no idea what would happen. She was used to his Pappi working for both of them. Only now would she come out of her comfort zone.

 

"Miss, we are already here."

 

Anything she was thinking stopped. She also turned to the driver of the Grab taxi. It had stopped earlier, but she did not even notice. She paid first before getting off. When she was in front of the building, she looked up to see it. The Monterio Empire Chain of Hotels building was very high. This was the principal office of the empire. And she would apply for a job inside.

 

This is it! She spoke to herself. She needed a fighting spirit for her hoped-for chance. With her finger crossed, she walked straight to the entrance.