Haylee entered her bedroom and took a rest. She went to sleep for a bit. It only felt like she was sleeping for ten minutes when suddenly someone woke her up."Haylee, dear... It's lunchtime," Martha said while shaking her body a bit to freshen her up."Already?" She checked the time and realized she had been sleeping for over an hour."Yeah, dear. Go wash your face and come down, okay?" Martha replied kindly like a mother. She was about to leave when Haylee suddenly grabbed her arm. Martha turned around immediately and stared at her."Martha... you had never been married before, aren't you?" Haylee said slowly. Martha nodded, couldn't understand what she was trying to point out by asking that question."But did you like had any intimate relationships with men before? You must have, at least a few times, right?" Haylee asked again. This time, Martha sat on the bed and moved a bit closer to her."Of course, I had. What is it, dear? What's bothering your mind?" The maid could sense her
"No. I mean... the other day when she came to the penthouse. That's the only time I met your mother," Haylee denied it immediately."Yeah, Nathan. Your mother didn't really tell me much about Haylee. I guessed it was only something about what you had told her before," William tried to back up the girl."She's not my mother," Niel corrected them both. He really didn't like it for them to address Meredith as his mother."Enough already. Let's get inside and eat something. It's still breakfast time right now. The food had been served so hurry up. I'm hungry," Madam Rosella put the conversation to a halt and ordered all of them to come inside.After breakfast, Niel and Haylee went missing around the mansion, just like always. The two wandered around the mansion to do their own activities. William, however just sat alone in the living room while looking around the space on the first floor. That was the first time he came there so he did not dare to wander around like that place was his. Ev
Just then, the person that became the topic of their conversation suddenly appeared with Haylee."What're your guys talking about?" Niel interrupted his elders and joined them in the living room. Haylee did the same too."Nothing, hon. Just catching up with your father and his business matters," Madam Rosella hid the truth."Why? Is there some problem with your company?" Niel asked his father casually. His voice sounded serious like a man who was ready to talk about business matters with a potential partner."No. Everything was running smoothly right now. Thankfully I can manage well. My company is in good hands, don't worry. All my employees were pretty much the optimistic kind of people," William said calmly while smiling faintly at Niel."If you need any help in terms of capital investment, I have no problem helping. Just reach out to anyone of my people at the Anderson Global Corp. They'll know what to do," Niel said solemnly.Truthfully after Haylee talked it out with him about a
"Outside?" Haylee replied annoyingly while looking at the weather over the window. It had started snowing last night so she reckoned that it must be cold outside right now."No. It's cold. There's probably snow everywhere," she added after a while."Oh, come on. Don't you want your Christmas present? The road was still clear. It was just a light snowing last night. Look, the sun is still out there shining brightly just like summer," Niel said, still convincing her to come outside. Haylee sneered at him immediately."Go get my winter coat upstairs then," she said, daringly ordering him around like he was the servant. The guy just chuckled at her in disbelief. He then told Martha to get it for her.A while later, Niel put a blindfold on her eyes and led her outside of the mansion carefully. Madam Rosella, William, Ben and Martha followed the couple from behind, wanting to see Haylee's reaction to the Christmas present Niel got for her."I'm going to open your blindfold in three, two, on
Haylee could see him staring at her salaciously when he took off his white sleeping shirt. He deliberately moved her right hand to his crotch, then gently showed her how to rub his thing while he lowered down his pants. His head went closer to hers before he landed a passionate kiss on her lips. Haylee could feel his legs moving roughly trying to make his pants escape his legs. In seconds, he was only left with his briefs, covering his manhood.He broke the kiss and his head moved down aiming at her collarbone, sucking her skin there as if he was some kind of a vampire. He grabbed her right hand again and this time slowly led it into his briefs."Make it hard," he whispered to her ear raspily."It already is," she replied with a daring tone, while her hand still rubbing his thing down there.A few seconds later, she pulled out her hand from his briefs and looked towards his crotch. His thing was bulging visibly inside that tight briefs. So, Haylee did not even wait for his approval to
Amidst her happiness, Haylee suddenly got a phone call from Helen. She answered the phone without delay while Martha went back to the kitchen to prepare lunch."Did you get Hudson?" Helen asked when the call got through."Did you?" Haylee asked her back."Yes or no in three seconds. Three, two, one...""Yes!" They both answered in unison. At that, the girls screamed again in excitement."Oh my God! This is so good. We'll meet again later! Let's register for the college hostel together and be roommates. We can hang out every day and go shopping together every weekend!" Helen had it all figured out in her head.Haylee giggled at her words. How she wished that would be her reality later. Her heart was filled with uneasiness now. She did not even know how to tell Niel about this. Niel might not even agree for her to go to Hudson University. Even if he does, he won't allow her to live in a college hostel. He would probably buy her an apartment and send a few of his men to watch over her th
Emerald Tower was the most famous exclusive private club in the metropolis. The seven-hundred meters tall building consisted of numerous tiny nightclubs on each level. The higher the level, the more prominent the guests it held. Surely with that concept, the top of the tower would only accept guests that came from the wealthiest families in the city, or at least those who had a net worth high enough to be called a billionaire.On the top floor was a fine dining restaurant that had a view of the sky and the whole metropolis. It would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to book a table there and what was more exclusive was the fact that there were only three tables on that floor. This means that whoever wanted to get the tables must bid and the highest bidder would get it."Let's make a dinner reservation there," Niel added. He took out his phone preparing to make the arrangement but Haylee approached him swiftly. She held his arm to stop him."That's a waste of money. We could just h
"They had this dressing code to enter the top floor of Emerald Tower. You must wear formal attire," Niel said, yet wasn't making any particular point."So? I have a lot of formal dresses at home too.""You don't get it, do you? I wanted us to wear matching attires. And I wanted you to wear the latest dress collection. Not just some old stuff we bought a few months ago," the guy finally said what was in his mind.Haylee gasped slowly and nodded in understanding. She was silent, having no words to reply to that. A few minutes later, they were inside Niel's Lamborghini Aventador heading to a high-end shopping mall located in the middle of the city. Niel brought Haylee to enter an exclusive formal clothing boutique and they bought their attires for the night there. Niel got himself a slim-fit navy blue suit and Haylee on the other hand, got herself a dark blue long evening dress adorned with tiny sparkling diamonds that shone whenever in contact with the light. They returned to the pentho
After Haylee was done cleaning herself up, Niel finally brought her up to the top floor again. It felt truly uncanny when he saw her smiling, laughing and even making some jokes to him while they were inside the elevator. He felt horrible inside because he remembered what happened to her last night. The fact that she forgot all about it was clear proof that her mental health was deteriorating.They entered the penthouse again and Niel's eyes swiftly went to look at the living room. The television was gone and the mess there had been cleaned up. The food was also had been served on the dining table."Where's the TV?" Haylee asked. She was weird that the television was gone. She tried to recall what happened last night but her head felt hurt instantly. She cried out in pain while holding her head with both arms."What's wrong?" Niel grabbed her body from falling. The woman looked like she was about to faint."Aspirin..." she said and Niel helped her to sit at the dining table first befo
Upon seeing her leaving the open kitchen and entering the bedroom, Niel rushed to the elevator and went up to his penthouse again. He took his spare key card of the condo unit and went down again. He just left his laptop on the floor in front of the condo. It only took him less than five minutes to return and he quickly went into the house.The first thing he did was go to the open kitchen and grabbed all the knives and cutleries. He put them inside a black plastic bag and hid them inside a bin. Then he carried the bin and put it into a cupboard inside another bedroom. He threw a bunch of towels and a blanket inside the cupboard to hide the bin even more.Then he came out to the living room and slowly went to the bedroom that Haylee entered before. He carefully twisted the knob to check if the door was locked. It was and he just stood there thinking about what he should do next. There was not a single sound from inside and that made his heart race. He didn't know if she was okay or hu
Seeing her become speechless, Niel smirked and just walked towards his bedroom again. She was so frustrated that she grabbed an empty wine bottle and threw it toward the television in the living room. The cracking sound of the screen made Niel panic and he ran back to the living room to check on her. He saw her grab another few wine bottles and try to throw them on the television again, just like before. She was acting like a lunatic and so he quickly hugged her body from behind, locking both her arms from moving to stop her violence. "You don't know shit! You don't know what it's like to be me! You don't know shit about me! I'm fucking tired of you! I fucking hated you! I fucking hated living with you!" She shouted frantically while struggling to free herself from him. Niel grabbed her body firm and even tighter, slowly had his eyes reddened and his cheeks felt hot. He didn't know why he was so angry at her yet felt hurt at the same time while looking at her losing her sanity. Hayle
Ashley gasped in disbelief at her words. She stared at Niel and saw the change in his expression. He looked absolutely grim. But Haylee simply looked relaxed as if she was not even in trouble.'So, what would happen if Haylee fails the subject?' Niel thought. Surely, one thing led to another. She would probably deliberately fail the other subjects too so she would need to repeat the first semester. If that happens, she would be moved to a new batch of students next semester and she won't be in the same class with him anymore for the next five semesters. And if somehow Haylee refuses to repeat the first semester and quit Kingston, she could appeal to get into Hudson University for July intake. She was being clever to him. She knew how to threaten him now too. In short, Niel could not afford to kick her out of the group and make her fail the subject, or else he would be the one at loss here. Slowly he released her arm and let her go reluctantly."Exactly," Haylee said arrogantly and wal
Haylee could feel her cheeks turn hot due to the embarrassment. The hall turned silent for split seconds with a lot of eyes staring at her. Niel boldly beckoned her to come to him. Haylee slowly walked down the stair pathway to go to the front. But then she noticed the mad looks Ashley and Linda gave her. She stopped unconsciously, reevaluating her choice whether she should go to Niel or not. It was obvious he wanted her in. In fact, it was not just Ashley and Linda who were looking at her hatefully right now. Haylee noticed that some other students were looking at her disdainfully too, probably those who had asked Niel to take them into his group before but got rejected."Why are you just standing there? Come here," Niel rebuked her gently, beckoning her to come to him again."Niel, how about if we just take Linda? Haylee didn't seem like she wanted to be in our group," Ashley suggested bravely."Why are you deciding for her?" Niel rebuked her coldly, totally a different treatment co
"Do you really think that I won't have a spare key card?" He ridiculed her and took out another key card from his pocket.She scoffed at him instantly. 'I knew it. He would never let me have my own privacy,' she muttered inwardly and just put the key card inside her backpack."That's not fair. I thought it was supposed to be my own place," she said deliberately to show her dissatisfaction."How is that not fair? You had access to my penthouse as well," Niel replied with a chuckle."Is this mean that I'll be living alone for real now? Can Martha live with me?" Haylee asked. Deep down inside, she was anticipating for that to happen for real. "No. I never said that. You're going to still be living with me, in my penthouse, our house. That condo unit was just for emergency. We're going to be studying here for three years. I'm sure at some point your friends or my friends would want to visit our place. So we need a split residence for that. Aren't you the one who didn't want people to kno
"Anyway, your food looked tasty. How long had you known Haylee?" Lily asked more. Her questions were all over the place, non-relating to each other."Hmm..." Niel was about to speak but the woman asked him some more."Haylee said her brother was rich. You're close with her, so you must know her brother too, right?""Brother?" He knitted his brows in confusion and instantly looked at Haylee. She met his eyes and made a poker face at him, silently sending a signal to that guy to go along with her lies."Yeah. Haylee brought a lot of expensive makeup to class, so we asked her how she was rich. She said she had a rich brother," Lily explained cluelessly."Right..." Niel nodded while giving Haylee a playful glare. 'So now I become her rich brother,' he muttered internally."Of course, I know her brother. We're partners," Niel added the lies."Partners?" Now Lily and Haylee said in unison."Yeah. Haylee's brother worked with me. I sent him abroad to handle some projects. He won't come back
"He was the one I'm talking about before. He's my former classmate during high school," Haylee said."Damn, girl! You got into the wrong gang. We're obviously out of your league," Bruno quipped at her and the rest just chuckled in agreement."Are you together with him? He seemed close with you," Lily asked. She suddenly turned into this kind of over-friendly girl to Haylee."We're just normal friends," Haylee avoided telling them the truth."Bring us together for lunch. Introduce him to me please..." Lily begged. She never would have imagined it getting an opportunity to know Niel in person."You don't even want to know his name first?" Haylee teased her and the girl laughed shyly."His name was Nathaniel Anderson. We called him Niel during high school," Haylee said deliberately to let them all know.A while later, the lecturer came into the lecture hall. He was Professor Damien, an old man in his late forties. As soon as he entered the hall, he went directly to Niel and had a handsha
Weeks passed and they finally started college at the end of February. After the orientation week ended, all the undergraduates at Kingston University started their first class the following week. Haylee and Niel pretty much acted like strangers at college. Niel drove by himself to class even though they were going to the same destination because he sometimes would need to go to the company during his free time if his presence was necessary there. So, Haylee too was the same. She drove by herself to classes using the red Ferrari car that Niel gave her during Christmas last year.After coping with her depression about not going to Hudson for a few weeks, Haylee slowly learned to accept her fate of going to Kingston. She tried to look at the bright side. Home was not far, so she didn't need to think about paying to live in a hostel. And surely, if she was somehow in trouble, Niel was around to help her fix it. Her life was easier that way.She attended her first lecture wearing designer