Virgin Island with Mr. Wesley

Jem Tis

"Portia! Portia!" a light voice kept calling out to Portia as she was dozing off. Refusing to wake up, Portia felt a constant tug at her sleeve. The more she ignored it, the stronger the voice and the tugging went. This got Portia to give up and she finally woke up.

Though it was clear that she was still half asleep, Portia groggily turned her head towards Cams. "Cams… you better have a good reason for waking me up…"

What Portia saw as Cams's response was a finger pointing somewhere. Portia's eyes followed where Cams pointed and she saw an absolutely exasperated Jem Tis stage.

Just witnessing Jem's protracted face was similar to being splashed on the face with ice cold water in Portia's

opinion. 'Oh, crap!' Scrambling to get herself back together, Portia shook her head violently and then sat upright. Jem, who was the professor that stood in front, was considered to be one of the remarkably hard-headed professors in their university.

Taking the subject book out from her bag, Portia then opened the book at the proper page and sent an icy glare to whoever dared laugh.

Almost immediately, Portia's classmates turned their attentions back to the front, feigning that they didn't realize what was happening. Once the situation was sorted out, their professor Jem had returned to teaching.

'Oh God, he looks so angry…' Portia buried her hands through her hair in regret. 'I'm definitely going to fail his exams…' No one in the room attempted to taunt Portia.

Everyone in the room as well as the whole university knew that Portia possessed a cryptic background. Besides, Portia was still a rowdy student as she constantly clashed with others, doused herself in alcohol, and cut classes.

In short, she had done things that were deemed unacceptable by the university. Within P City University, it was stated in the student handbook that students were neither allowed to dye their hair of any color, paint their nails, nor wear extravagant jewelry to the campus.

However, Portia didn't care as she possessed long lilac dyed hair and bright red nails. The professors in the university were too terrified to tell her off about it.

It was surprising that Portia hadn't found herself expelled from the university. The reason for that was that she came from a family with power.

"Portia Mi," Marc called out coldly,"please explain to me what finance is." The professor knew well of Portia's background. Someone with the name of Zac Gu, who was Rittwye' assistant, had something to do with Jem's assignment in the university.

Even Rittwye himself was a former student of Jem's. As a responsible teacher, Jem knew that he had to intervene as he wouldn't allow his students, Portia in particular, to submit to her vices. Feigning to look at the book, Portia then sent a kick to the seat in front of her.

Seated across her was none other than the class monitor and straight A student, Ken Ho. With that as a signal, Ken Ho knew what Portia meant and he quickly flipped the pages of the book to where the answer was written and slid it to his left side for her to see.

A smile of satisfaction was etched on Portia's profile as the book was made visible to her eyes. Many stole glances towards Portia and all could agree that she looked stunning.

She possessed features a girl would kill for, such as perfect porcelain skin, a pair of round, innocent eyes, a beautifully shaped nose, and soft, red lips. Although Portia's face was bare and free of make up, her profile still remained ethereal.

Not to mention, her pair of long, slender legs were a treat for all boys to see. She would perfectly fit the title of 'Miss Campus.' 'Alright, let's see here…' Portia stood up and blinked as she began to read from Ken Ho's book. "Finance is a broad term that describes two related activities: the study of how money is managed and..."

As the professor, Jem saw right through Portia's trick, this got him outraged. "Enough!" Jem's voice thundered across the room, making the whole class frightened.

The students could see how their professor was desperately keeping his anger in check. Everyone was frightened and glued to their seats, all except for Portia who flashed Jem a smile and asked,"Professor Ho, is my answer wrong?"

With that, Jem started to turn red in anger and Portia couldn't help but regret whatever she did and started to beg for forgiveness. "Professor Ho, please don't get mad at me.

I'll memorize the answer by heart before the class ends!" Portia promised. Even she had people whom she feared and this professor was one of them as she knew Rittwye was one of Jem's former students.

The color red then started to leave Jem's profile as he calmed down upon hearing Portia's words. In Jem's opinion, Portia was a clever girl.

If she just put her mind into studying, she could very well be an intelligent, straight A student. But, as a professor, Jem could not further tolerate Portia's insolent actions.

'You don't like studying? Fine! You failed many exams? Fine!' Jem then sent Portia a glare. 'But you're not allowed to fail in my class!' he swore to himself.

"If you dare to sleep in my class again, James Ru, Cams Yu, and Lena, the three of them will go stand under the flag!" Jem declared.

"Do you understand?!" The three whose names were mentioned groaned in disbelief upon their professor's statement. 'Why are we the ones suffering when Portia commits mistakes…' they all thought in chorus.

The reason why Jem made this decision was that he knew Portia was loyal to her friends. The intention of hurting others for her own personal gains was far beyond Portia.

This was one of the advantages Jem saw with Portia's attitude. Casting a burning glare towards their professor Jem, Portia cursed in the depths of her mind, 'Why?! You cunning little piece of...' Lifting her head up, Portia then responded in confidence,"Got it, Professor Ho.

You'll never see me doze off in your class ever again." Sitting herself back down in her seat, Portia then picked up her pen and started to write on the notebook she had. A look of satisfaction was present on Jem's face as he thought she was taking notes while in reality, she was just doodling.

When the bell rang, Jem said his final words before collecting his things and then eventually left the room.

Classes were officially dismissed. The moment Jem left, several boys and girls gathered around Portia and started to state their complaints regarding their professor.

"Hey, Ms. Campus. What's up with Professor Ho?" James asked. The look of frustration was written all over Jared's face. 'Why the heck did he choose to deal with us instead of Portia? He's a strange man, ' he thought to himself. Measuring 210 centimeters in height,

James was one of the students blessed with height and considered to be the tallest in the whole university.

To add, James was one of Portia's closest friends and he was a generous guy. "Portia, please don't sleep in Professor Hi's class again…" Cams whined as she held onto Portia's arm tightly and acted in a charming manner. "I'm begging you…" cams, Portia'

nother friend, possessed long, curly hair and a petite body, yet oozing with charm. "Portia, as Miss Room 3301, I can't afford to lose face in public like that, alright?" said Lena, who proclaimed herself as the most beautiful girl in the dormitory.

Currently, Portia's spirits were low because of the whole divorce matter and the kiss between her and Rittwye. The noise that surrounded Portia started to irritate her.

Taking the book in hand, she then slammed it against the desk and the crisp sound of the book hitting the table reverberated throughout the whole room, sending everyone into a state of shock.

Everyone in that room knew that if they looked back, they'd be frozen as they felt Portia's cold gaze lingering around them. They all zipped their mouths shut.