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Her eyes widened but she recovered almost immediately and pushed Donovan away. He staggered a little before regaining back his posture.
“Pearl… I” he tried to touch her arm but she freed her arm glaring at him with disdain.
“Take me home” She said turning away from him as she walked back to the direction of the car.
“I messed up” Donovan ruffled his hair before rushing after her. He saw her already in and he quickly got in. He looked her direction but she was already looking out the window.
He ignited the engine before driving away. The long ride back home was in silence and the moment Donovan parked the car in the garage she opened the door and left.
He knew she was dumbfounded but he couldn’t hold it. Maybe he had tried for a long time keeping his feelings to himself. He just couldn’t continue that anymore.
He reversed the car back before driving out of the mansion. Pearl was staring at the car that drove out and her thumb went to her lips.
She caressed it shortly before her mind went back to what her friend told her before coming back.
ONE YEAR AGO, CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE*
Pearl was just done with lectures and she was going to the cafeteria with Rose, her best friend . They wanted to go grab lunch before the next class begun.
Pearl heard her phone vibrating in her bag and she brought it out, she sighed for the umpteenth time that day.
“Who’s that. Let me guess your twin brother” Rose said chuckling.
“Yeah it’s him but we’ve been too busy so I haven’t spoken to him today” Pearl said and Rose scoffed.
“Why?” Rose asked.
“Huh-” Pearl was confused on why she said ‘Why’.
“I mean why does he call you everytime. Sometimes he acts the job of a boyfriend rather than a brother. He wouldn’t let you date. Maybe he’s jealous of seeing other guys with you cause Girl he’s too over protective” Rose said.
“Yunno I am his only sister so he might just want the best for me” Pearl said convincing herself that that was the reason.
“Or wait..” Rose paused with wide eyes and Pearl looked at her in anticipation.
“He’s in love with you” Rose concluded.
“Noooooo that’s absurd. Donovan is far from it. He just extra Caring. How could you think of something unreasonable as that” Pearl said.
“Babe keep denying it but it’s true. He has feeling for you. His actions explains it all” Rose rolled her eyes.
“You’re thinking rubbish that’s impossible to happen. We’re siblings” Pearl said.
“Suit yourself. Maybe it’s when you reach sixty you can finally have a boyfriend and then you would now marry at eighty. Bingo” Rose said sarcastically and Pearl smacked her head.
“Stop saying rubbish”
“I’m not it’s just an obvious truth”
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Pearl then thought about it. Can what Rose said that time be actually true. That means Donovan doesn’t want her to be with anybody because he loves her.
She shook her head not wanting to believe it. She should just ask him. Maybe it was a mistake or he lost his mind for a second thinking she was someone else.
He can’t possibly like her. That’s absurd. She pacified herself with that thinking before moving away from the window.
ALMOND HIGH*
“For this assignment I will be grouping you all in three each in a group. Please don’t come to me later saying you want to change group cause I won’t allow it. Keep any person beef you have with the person to yourself and work towards achieving a goal” The mathematics teacher said and they nodded.
“I pray we are in the same group” Betty said and Anastasia smiled.
“I would want that but you know how that teacher can be. She would never put friends together” Anastasia replied.
“Yeah”
“Penelope, Bethel, Jude” the teacher said first and Betty squealed silently before winking at Jude and he smiled in return. He’s her boyfriend.
“You said you wanted us to be in the same group but you seem more happier seeing it’s your boyfriend now” Anastasia said.
“What you can’t blame me. We might both do the assignment together and just exclude Penelope. That witch” Betty said.
“Patricia, Candy, Jewel”
“Lily, Gold, Nicholas”
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“Andy, Anastasia, Paige”
“Elizabeth, Stanley, Kingston” She ended the grouping.
“Please don’t forget. No changing and make sure to do well. Good luck everyone” She smiled before walking out of the class.
“Woah! Ana you’re being paired with two people you didn’t expect. Andy and Paige. What’ll you do?” Betty asked.
“Remember what the teacher said, Keep your personal beef aside and work towards achieving the goal” Anastasia said and Betty nodded.
“Good luck in that. I’m off to meet my boo bear” She said and left her seat going to where Jude was waiting for her at the door of the car.
That was the last thing for the day so that literally means it was closing time. She grabbed her bag pack and took her books and laptop placing them into her bag.
She zipped it up before standing from her seat going out of the class but a warm hand held her wrist from behind.
She knew who it was without even looking back. She felt goosebumps on her skin. Only one person makes her feel this way.
She turned to Andy and raised her brow trying to act nonchalant and unaffected.
“We are in the same group so I was wondering if we would meet at a tea shop. Do you still have my number so I can send the address to you” Andy said and Anastasia swallowed.
“No” She lied. She had his number but she didn’t want him to know but she could see the hurt expression on his face but he covered it with a smile.
“Ummm… Okay that’s fine. I can just scribble it down in a paper for you” And quickly he did that handing the paper to her.
Anastasia muttered thanks before turning walking out of the class. She missed talking to him and wanted to tell him sorry for everything that she did but she couldn’t because of his safety.
ARMSTRONG MANSION*
Lora curled up at a corner in the room. She was shaking as she placed her hands over her mouth to prevent herself from making any noise and so that her panting wouldn’t be heard.
She had bruises all over her body and her head was even bleeding at that. Chairman Armstrong was pacing around the room with a pocket knife in his hand.
“Where are you hiding woman” He called but Lora didn’t dare make any sound. That was why even if everyone was happy about his return. She wasn’t because she knew about the hell she would have to go through all over again.
“Come out now because if I find you myself then that means double trouble for you” He yelled and then smirked when he saw her toe from under the table.
“I told you to hide well cause if I find you it means what?” He asked and then he walked to where she was and he dragged her out by her hair.
“Please…… Let me go….. ” Lora pleaded obviously feeling the pain in her scalp. It was hellish.
“You haven’t told me what I have been dying to hear and if you don’t spill it then guess what…. We’ll to continue this till you decide to talk” He said smiling wickedly at her.
Tears were rolling down her cheeks but she couldn’t do anything but scream when he used the pocket knife to give her a cut on her laps.
“He took a rope from the bed and he tied it on her mouth to prevent her from screaming loud” Her scream came muffled.
He gave her another cut with the knife at the side of her cheeks and then he smirked, “Are you ready to tell me now”
Lora shook her head and then he took a jar of salt. He opened it and then placed some in his palm before sprinkling it on the cut he gave her on the laps.
Lora eyes widened cause she couldn’t scream and the pain was extreme.
Marie was peeping through the tiny hole in the room as she watched as Chairman dealt with Lora.
“Serves her right. She thought that she had a little freedom” Aunt Marie smiled but it faded up and turned to a perplexed look.
“But what could be that secret she had been hiding from him for years” She wondered.
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