CHAPTER 11Anabel got to the spot Nathan was standing and broke into a dry laugh the moment she caught a glimpse at the box he was holding. “What do you have wrapped in that box?” she was about to snatch the gift from him when Nathan hid it behind him. “Get away from me!”Anabel couldn’t hold back her laughter and Nathan felt taunted. “Who the hell do you think you are?” she pouted her lips and displayed a childish expression in her bid to mock him the more. “Poor Nathan. He even got a gift for Charlotte. What’s in that stupid box anyway? Some thrift clothes?” she continued with her wicked laugh. Nathan looked away. He knew that if he doesn’t move away from the scene, Anabel was going to tease him more and might even attract the crowd.“You are such a loser you know. Well, all thanks to the captain’s big heart, freeloaders like you can have access to Townsend hall for once in your miserable life.”“Whatever!” Nathan spat and moved away from her. “Get back here, dingbat!” Anabel

CHAPTER 13The buzzing of Nathan’s phone was the signal that awakened him to the reality of a new day. He wiped his drowsy eyes with the edge of his palms and sat up. He had spent the night on the twin couch. “Shit!” he exclaimed after taking a glance at his wall clock. What happened to his alarm? He wondered and sprung off the couch. He then remembered that he switched phones and didn’t set an alarm on his iPhone. It was 6:30 am and his first class for the day was scheduled for 7 am sharp. It was Professor Ryan’s class and the man detests lateness. Nathan was about to dash to his bathroom when he recollected that a notification had made its way into his phone and had caused him to open his eyes. He grabbed his phone and quickly checked the notification. It was a message from Charlotte. ‘Thank you for the gift. I love it and I’m sorry about last night!’- CHARLOTTE. Nathan stared at his phone screen with a smile. He was glad Charlotte loved the gift. How did she get his phone

CHAPTER 15Anabel was speechless. She had to tighten the grip she had on her shopping basket because it almost slipped out of her grasp.She couldn’t help but wonder how Nathan owned a gold card. She could have sworn that it was fake until she watched the sales personnel hand over the card to the cashier who made use of it.“Have a great day sir!” the cashier told Nathan with a bright smile and handed back the card to him.“Our workers will escort you with the items.” The sales representative said.The items he bought were arranged in large shopping bags. Two men, dressed in the company uniform took charge of the large shopping bags while Nathan stepped ahead of them like a king.Anabel felt a sharp pain across her forehead. Was she dreaming or had Nathan gone far with his charade? First, it was the million-dollar bag he bought for Charlotte and now, he had a gold card.Sweats were beginning to team up on her forehead as she dive deep into the well of confusion. This was beyond a char

CHAPTER 17Nathan’s one-hour session at the gym ended at exactly 8 am that morning. After he handed over the cheque to Ben, he had expected the instructor to quiz him with a series of questions like how he got access to such a huge amount but Ben said nothing. Nathan then concluded that Ben wasn’t the kind of man who pries into people’s privacy or rather, he had faith in him and wouldn’t accuse him of engaging in shady things like the likes of Greg. He adjusted the bag that hung around his left arm and wiped the sweat that was banded on his forehead with the edge of his palms. His phone began to ring and Nathan didn’t waste any time pulling out the device from the bag. Nathan realized that it was his official phone ringing. He had tagged it an official device from the moment Mike handed it over to him and as expected, it was Mike calling him. He quickly picked up the call and continued walking toward his apartment. “I trust you are doing well!” The phone speaker filtered Mike’s

“So how did you fall?” Charles demanded with his palms wide open before Nathan. “You are not the careless type.” He added.Nathan sighed and cleared his throat loudly. “I didn’t fall guys. It was the guys.” He replied.Henry gave the bed a right slap. “I knew it. From the moment I saw those guys carrying you here, I knew that something was wronged.”Charles folded his arms across his chest. “What did they do to you this time?”Henry and Charles were aware that Nathan was being bullied by some of the guys from the basketball team.Nathan signed. “Greg was furious because he saw me sitting next to Charlotte at the court.” He began.Henry and Charles exchanged glances.“That Greg huh!”Nathan continued. “He was mad and then he went ahead to accuse me of trying to make out with her.”Charle’s eyes widened while Henry shook his head.“What the hell? Is he crazy?” Charles said.“Charlotte tried to explain things to him but Greg wouldn’t listen. He started ranting then I felt that it was bes