Chapter Ten

"That bastard!!" Alero shrieked over the phone.

"You should have slapped the hell out of him."

"And have his parents fire me? This job is my ticket to financial freedom and I'm not ready to let go of it over anyone or anything."

"I know. So what are you going to do now?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing??!"

"Yes. I'll just continue to stay away from him."

"What do you mean? You are literally not the one at fault. You did nothing to him. You were only there to serve him some food when he blew up."

Nancy sighed as she plopped down on the edge of her bed, still holding her phone against her ear.

"I still wonder why he feels that way about me."

"Don't tell me you're starting to feel sad? Girl, he isn't worth it!"

"No, this is way beyond sad. Even though I promised myself that I'm not going to think about it anymore, I just can't help but wonder what went wrong.

"I never knew he noticed me because whenever I'm around him, it's almost as if I'm inexistent. I had no idea he noticed me peeping at him and