Chapter Five
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The next day......
-The Lecture Hall-
Their lecturer walks in.
Everyone settles down.
Just as the lecture begins...
A student's phone rings,then another buzz....
Then another....
Everyone is looking at the same thing.
Someone whispers loudly,
"She's trending again."
Adriana's heart sinks as she checks her own phone.
She saw a new post.
This time...
There are new photos....
Photos that could only have been taken inside the Williams Mansion.
"This b*tches are at it again!"
Zoe said angrily.
One shows Chris handing her a cup of coffee. Another catches Alex helping her with a heavy box. The captions twist ordinary moments into scandal for her.
Adriana feels the room closing in on her, everyone was pointing and laughing at her.
She couldn't bear it, and she grabs her things and ran out of the class.
Zoe ran after her almost immediately...
"Adrie, wait." She was already breathing heavily and could not meet up with her so she stopped.
Zoe ran back to the college calling out Vanessa angrily. Vanessa Cole is known as the school bully and the creator of fifth line.
If there's anyone who would randomly bully students, it's her. She looked everywhere for Vanessa and finally found her. She was with her girls on the school basketball court. Vanessa was sitting on a chair, while two other girls stood behind her.
Apparently, a student was lying helplessly on the floor. He has been beaten to a pulp. Zoe ignored him and called out her name angrily.
"Vanessa!"
"Who the f*ck is screaming my name?"
"What do you want with my best friend?"
"Oh you mean that dirty slut?"Vanessa laughed.
"Don't you dare call Adrie a slut, because you know she's not one!"
Vanessa ignored her and continued hitting the boy. She gave him one last kick on his butt and turned towards the entrance of the court then Zoe came right in front of her as though she didn't want Vanessa to walk out on her.
"Move."
"No way!"
"Move it, dummy!" Vanessa pushed Zoe and made her way out of the basketball court.
Her friends followed behind.
"Run while you can, b*tch, I'll catch you!".
Zoe shouted as she leaves also.
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Williams Group
Ethan bursts into Max's office.
"We've got a problem."
He places a tablet on the desk.
"The gossip is spreading beyond campus."
Max scrolls silently.
Then his expression changes. The article doesn't just attack Adriana, it questions the Williams family's judgment about it.
The newly uploaded article says Adriana was accepted into the home for the boys s****l desires and that she was being used and maltreated.
Ethan says quietly,
"Shareholders have started calling."
Max's jaw tightens.
"Find out who leaked those photos."
"Whoever did this,must be after my family or Adriana.
Ethan paused and faced Max. "Could It be Ms. Hart?, Perhaps she's getting back at you for calling of your engagement with her."
Max looked up.
"Sophie hasn't reached out to me for months."
"And she's not even in the country."
"It's all complicated."
Ethan added.
Max banged his hands on the table angrily.
"Dig more into this s**t!"
"Talk to our contact inside the school"
"Email those damn bloggers!"
"Find out who's behind them"
"I don't care what they say about that girl, just get my family's name out of it!"
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At The Mansion...
Chris knocks on Adriana's door.
"I wrote another song."He said.
It was when he moved closer to her he realized she was sleeping.
"She's so beautiful"he thought to himself.
He left the cake he brought for her on the table close to her bed and turned to leave.Just then,Adriana wakes up.
"hey,how long have you been here?"She asked amidst yawning.
Chris walked towards her and sat on her bed.
"You look so pretty when you sleep."
"Naaaah,you mean I look horrible."
She laughs.
"Here, take this."
He handed over the yogurt he brought alongside the cake to her.
While she was not looking. He moved closer to her and pulled the strands of hair covering her face to the back of her ear.
Adriana smiled softly.
"Thank you.Chris."
"You welcome sweetheart.I know you might be feeling sad about the rumors going around, but you have to ignore it.
That's the only way you can help yourself."
"And trust me, I'm here for you, always.
His words meant a lot to her.At least someone still cares for her.
"He's nothing like his brother."
She thought to herself.
Chris asks if she'll listen to his song.Then he sings to her.Just as he was singing Max walks by.
He hears them laughing, then his expression hardens.He hate the fact that Adriana is getting to his brother.
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Later that evening he met with Chris.
"Stay away from her."
"She mean no harm to this family!,why exactly are you treating her like thrash?
It's not like she has done any harm to you!"
"Oh my God, Chris, don't you get it? Adriana is up to no good here,and I don't even know why mom brought her in.She has managed to seduce you and now you believe her!"
"Why don't you try giving her a chance first before judging her."Chris said.
"We'll never have this conversation again!Till you sort out your mixed up emotions."
Max said as he walks out on him.
Chris watched his brother work out on him.He was so disappointed that Max could think of Adriana like that.
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Zoe's Apartment
Zoe was on her assignments when Adriana's call came through her phone.
"hey girl."
"hey baby."
"Uhm,I wanna ask if you could come over, I'm so bored in this big mansion.I feel so lonely."
There was sadness in Adrie's voice.She needed someone.
"I'll be right there baby."
Zoe grabbed few stuffs and left the apartment.
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Williams Mansion
The house is so big that Zoe could not locate where the main door is at night.
"There are too many doors,"she scoffed.Finally one of the house maids came for her and showed her all the way to Adriana's room.
"I almost got lost in your mansion little miss."Zoe said playfully as she enters Adrie's room.
"It's not mine Zoe, though I always dream of living a life like this."They hugged and gestured at Zoe to sit.
"I know sweetheart."
"I know exactly how you. You'll be alright.
Zoe went under the duvet and they both cuddle They've been besties since high school.
Just as they were talking.A maid brought in milk and cookies as Adriana had asked for.
"Is there anything wrong with Martha?."
Adriana asked.
Martha is the only one allowed to attend to her as instructed by Mrs Williams.
"She is not feeling too well,so I was asked to bring it instead ma'am,Helen said."
She was nervous and shaking.
"Okayyyy,are you good?"Adrie stared at her.The maid doesn't look okay to her.
"I'm totally fine ma'am". Helen held out her phone when she received a phone call.
"I'm so sorry about that ma'am"she said as she ran out of the room.
"Something is definitely going on with her!" Zoe said to Adrie.She stood up then grabbed Oreos cookie from the snack basket."My favorite,she smiled."
They played, danced, watch movies that night and they both sleep off. They haven't had so much fun in years.
----Midnight----
Zoe woke up yawning. She needed to get water. So she stood up hoping to locate the kitchen successfully.
As a stranger in the house, she was just roaming about. She could not find her way, and she is aware she is not fully awake and will not want to get lost in this big mansion, so she decided to go back to Adrie's room.
"My body might not even be found."
She thought to herself.
With blurry vision she found her way back to Adrie's room. She opened the door and fell on Adrie's bed. She stretched out her hands to touch Adriana, but she was not there.
"Where could she be?"
She was hearing sounds of water splashing. "Oh."She could be taking a shower she thought and closed her eyes.
Someone walked up to her.
"Who the hell are you?"the person yelled.
The voice woke Zoe up slightly and she could not really define the image she was seeing.
She wiped her face with her hand only for her to open her eyes completely and see a naked masculine figure right in front of her.
"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Zoe screamed and jumped out of the bed immediately.....
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