CHAPTER ELEVENReyna goes to the hotel first to get her last night payment and by the time she got to school, she had missed the first three periods her entire mind however was just on the past event. From meeting Niko for the past three days to getting to a point of playing pretend fiancée for a playboy like him, everything had moved fast.“Have you been able to sort out your uncle and Aunty?” Larissa asks her as she looks around the class confirming that her voice is low enough. “Yes I did, they had left the hospital by the time I left” her eyes open wide in surprise. “Are you serious!? They actually allowed your brother to continue receiving treatments? With how they were doing, I really thought it was going to end there today and I already even called home asking to borrow some money.”Reyna’s heart warmed and she pulled her in for a hug. “Thank you Lisa. I don’t know what I would do if I don’t have you.” Although she was going to tell her the truth, she didn’t want to say it in

CHAPTER THIRTEENSoon they were parked in front of Ninth heaven and Reyna looked at him cautiously. As if sensing her thoughts, Niko glanced at her, “it’s day time and ninth heaven only takes day time meeting bookings by this time so you can be rest assured that your ‘reputation’ would be untainted” he said his emphasis on reputation didn’t escape her attention. The man from earlier led them down hallways and stopped at a door on the second floor. Like she had guessed, they didn’t go to the underground.There was a man in the room and he looked up as the both of them entered and nodded, Reyna had no idea who he was nodding at but out of courtesy, she nodded at him and smiled at Niko when he led her to a chair. “Give her a copy” Niko said as he picked a copy of the contract and sat on the other side in the room. Since it involved her freedom, she read every page carefully and it was only when she was sure that she was fine with every term there and all that she finally nodded her he

CHAPTER FIFTEENReyna sighed as she neared the hostel, Niko had said the weekend, but in reality, the weekend was here already and there was just one day between today and the weekend. When she entered the room and saw Larissa in her favorite posture for when she was seeing her favorite series. She looked up at the intruding sound of the door opening. “Hey girl! You are back early” she said as she sat upright. Reyna always came back like two hours from now. “Yeah, I came home right after tutoring Maxwell.” She explained which made Larissa finally pause her movie. “Are you really okay Rey? Is Alan okay?” She asked a bit too loudly that their third roommate, a girl that neither of them got along with looked up from her screen also and gave Larissa the stink eye. “I’m fine Lisa. Just need to shower and maybe stroll with my best friend and I’ll be fine.” She winked at her as if informing her that they couldn’t converse at the moment. And Larissa got it and nodded.Their roommate was o

CHAPTER SEVENTEENReyna and Larissa turned to see a young man smirking as he walked closer to them.“Neither of you are seen with boys and now you are taking night walks holding each other. Are you both together?” He asked as he looked at them very suspiciously. “The whole lot of you are just eager to pin homosexuality on everyone because you are one. Get out” Reyna spat out angrily and then turned dragging Larissa with her.“He was smelling like he had a lot to drink already” Larissa said as the both of them went back to their hostel. Since she had to tutor Maxwell tomorrow also and then go for her last day at the diner, Reyna decided to start packing her stuffs down from tonight.Stella who was still on the bed watching her series looked up when she saw all the movements. “It’s late and normal humans are already fast asleep. Why have you decided to disturb my peace of mind now?” She asked angrily as she tried to understand what they were doing. “Are you finally being chased out o

CHAPTER NINETEENBy the time it was noon, Reyna was famished yet she didn’t know if she was supposed to go downstairs to make her meal or wait for Niko to call her. She had been on the phone half the day with Larissa and also checking out investments. After a whole day of searching, she decided that the best thing was getting a professional. Her stomach grumbled for the umpteenth time and she stood up. “We are supposed to live together peacefully right?” She muttered to herself as she opened her room door. She confirmed that no one was on the corridor and tip toed downstairs. “I almost thought you were going to die inside your room.”Niko’s clear and amused voice broke her strides as her face flushed red. She turned back and saw him sitting on one of the sofas with a plate of what looked like roasted chicken in them. Her stomach grumbled at the sight and the sweet scent that wafted to her nostrils. She shot him a glare as she headed into the kitchen.Although she didn’t grow up pri