Chapter 4

"Cristabel!"

I roared as soon as she answered the phone call. I was still at school, walking like a mad girl. "The job is shit! What were you thinking? Did you even check what kind of job that is?"

"Why? Did he offer you to be a stripper?" she said with her mouth full.

"What the fuck—no!" I shouted. "You didn't know what job that is!"

I heard her laughing from the other line when I noticed a familiar face of a woman shouting at the guy that she almost disturbed the other students passing this way. The guy looked like the same guy in the pictures, and after trying to register in my mind their faces, I realized that they were the couple that Neil was talking about.

"So there. That was why I was forced to tell him that he can give you a job." I heard Cristabel saying. I didn't hear some of the parts of what she said but I'm sure it was about her getting attracted with Neil that made her excited and changed her mind about money. What the fuck. He is not even cute, for me.

"He's not even cute," I replied and noticed that the girl took a paper from the guy's hand and ripped it into pieces. The girl stomped her way out and left the guy staring at the ground where the pieces of paper were lying. 

"Anyway, I gotta go. And I'm gonna kill you later," I hissed at her then dropped the call without hearing her response. I got curious about the whole scenario and it felt like the guy was upset after that woman tore the paper. 

"Hey." The guy turned around as soon as I called his attention. 

"So um... I'm new here and I was just wondering—" Before I could even tell him my lies for my undercover, he immediately ran away and left. My eyebrows furrowed as I wonder why he would run away like I'm going to kill him. Then my eyes landed on the torn paper on the ground and noticed some pieces of it that it was a printed invitation for the next next event of the campus. I picked it all up and decided to put the pieces back in one piece so I can read what it says. But one thing's for sure, Neil may be right about this couple. Something's wrong with them.

I went home and gave Cristabel some words about me forcing me to a job like that. Cristabel just laughed at me then I headed straight to my room. I opened the desk lamp and placed the ripped pieces of paper on the desk then put it all in one piece like a puzzle. When it was done, I sealed it with a tape then placed it before the lamp. Then I saw that it was an invitation for the next campus' event and that guy—Alex—was invited as a guest of honor for being the best player for football on campus this year.

And a thought came into my mind—why his girlfriend was so upset with him that she had to torn this important invitation in front of him? Many reasons came into my mind—jealousy, money, and time. 

Maybe I should ask him. Both of them, separately. Like how and why?

I came back to the campus the next day, holding this paper with tapes on it. I came back to the same spot where those couples were at but I didn't find them there. Instead, when I turned around, I bumped into this huge guy who was holding a cup of coffee and was wearing jet black classic shades that matched to his dark blue long sleeves.

"Coming here so early, huh?" Neil said with a smirk. Gotta admit it, his looks right now is making him attractive.

I didn't know what to say. I honestly don't want to tell him that I came back for the couple because he might sneer or tease me about it. 

"The couple's classes today will start two hours later," he said. "You should've asked me their schedules first and I could also give you some access to the campus' premises. You couldn't get into places like the library or the gym."

"I'm not interested in this job. I was just curious why that woman tore the guy's invitation for the event," I said as I shook my head in disbelief, remembering what I witnessed yesterday.

"What invitation?" he asked. I gave him the paper that has tapes on it then he stared at it.

"Ooh. That girl must have her reasons why she was not letting her boyfriend go there," he said then gave the paper back to me. 

"I didn't say that she was not letting him go there. I just saw her ripping the paper apart and the guy seemed to be upset with it."

"It's still the same thing. He finds that invitation valuable," he said. "That was also why the girl ripped it into pieces."

"But why? And yeah, maybe you're right. This is important for him," I said as I slightly shook the paper.

Neil wrapped his chin with his fingers. "Let's go over to their social media and see what we can find there." Then he started walking away. I didn't get the chance to decline and just followed him. Plus, I was curious about all this issue and the reasons behind that woman's actions towards her boyfriend.