Alexander rolled down the passenger door window.“Excuse me!” Alexander called out and managed to grab the the gatekeeper’s attention.“Huh?” The gatekeeper hunched a little and looked at Alexander through the passenger window“Can you come closer for a moment?” Alexander gestured with one hand while the other was inside his suit’s inner pocket.The gatekeeper stood up and looked left and right with a confused expression.“I’m talking to you and no one else so please come here for a moment” Alexander said and the gatekeeper grimaced at him.He sluggishly walked up to the open passenger door window and lowered himself to be face to face with Alexander.“Yes?” The gatekeeper asked, obviously annoyed by how his interaction with Alexander had gone.“I like to apologize for how I spoke to you earlier. My behavior towards you wasn’t appropriate for someone who was just trying to do his job” Alexander said and the gatekeeper’s eyes widened.He couldn’t believe that someone like Alexander who
The jaws of all the girls in the classroom got close to dropping after hearing what Corner said. Though not yet confirmed— albeit being very obvious— everyone, most especially the girls, started looking at Blessing in a different light from what they used to. Most were impressed and happy for the girl while a small number became jealous, wishing that they were the ones in Blessing’s place.Yes, the girl was beautiful in her own way, but she wasn’t the most attractive girl in the class. She also had a tomboyish flare to her which concealed her true beauty, so the jealous girls couldn’t understand why someone of Alexander’s caliber was interested in someone like her.Their lack of understanding which stemmed from a misconception turned their jealousy into contempt and hatred.Just then, Blessing began to hear murmurs coming from the group of self-proclaimed classroom’s hottest girls, and looking at how their behavior had changed from ignoring her to now sneaking glances at her, she co
Blessing quickly faced the window and stood up like she did before. She saw that Alexander was leaning on his car and gesturing at her, asking what was she doing and that the time was running out.Everyone in the classroom who had looked outside the window and could see that Blessing was the one Alexander was talking to looked at the girl who tried to deny their relationship and they frowned.Immediately, the rumors started again and this time they were even worse because the ones who had originally supported her and Alexander’s relationship became spiteful that she tried to trick them.“I don’t know but that seems like you’re the one he’s here for Blessing—“ Stan joked and then paused when he looked at Blessing and saw the angry veins on the side of the girl’s head. “Blessing?” Stan smiled awkwardly, leaning back and away from her slightly because it looked like the girl was about to punch someone.“That asshole! What does he think he’s doing?!” Blessing complained, biting her lower
Alexander stared at the angry girl in confusion for a few seconds and if it wasn’t for his now perfect memory, he would have thought that he misheard what she said but he didn’t.“Me?” Alexander pointed at his chest, trying to figure out if by some very slim chance he wasn’t the one she just accused.“Who else if not you?” She asked, still walking towards Alexander.Alexander dropped the hand pointing at his chest and then he asked Blessing who had finally gotten close enough to stop “How could I have possibly ruined your last day of school when I’m just getting here—?“Alexander was interrupted when from the classrooms above, he heard the murmurs increase exponentially.“What the hell is going on up there?” He said and hurriedly looked up.“What’s that all about?”“What do you think?!” Blessing asked, crossing her arms in annoyance. Alexander looked at her through the corner of his eyes then he looked back up at the frenzy taking place in the classrooms.“You see what I’m talking ab
Blessing took Alexander into the school building and they started climbing the stairs which were on the opposite side of the building from where Alexander had parked his car.They headed for the Principal’s office, located on the third and top floor of the building.The moment Alexander stepped his foot on the stairs, he heard a lot of footsteps rushing from one place to the other.He paused, grimaced, and looked at Blessing who was still going up like nothing was happening.“I guess it’s nothing serious for her to be ignoring it,” Alexander said then shrugged and continued climbing.What he didn’t know was that Blessing ignored the sound because she already anticipated it and as such wasn’t surprised by what was about to happen.Alexander got to the first floor and he was surprised to see a great number of students, female students especially, standing by the railing outside their classrooms and staring at him as he continued to climb the stairs.It was like he was a celebrity surrou
Alexander furrowed his eyebrows and thought ‘A female voice? Hmm, I guess that’s the secretary’Alexander had done a little research on Scholar Academy after his hours of intense studying. In fact, his research on the school was the last thing he did before ending his study session the night before.During that research, he had checked out the school’s staff which was how he knew that the principal was a man“Okay ma’am,” Blessing said and then opened the door.“Good morning ma’am” she greeted, making sure that the principal’s secretary knew who she just gave access to her office.“Good morning Blessing. Come in” The secretary said, dropping her pen on the document she was working on.“Thank you,” Blessing said then nudged Alexander on the arm with her elbow.“Go,” she told him, using her head to gesture that he goes in first as he was the one there to meet the principal.She also had to close the door so she couldn’t go in before him.“Okay,” the young multimillionaire replied then d
“It’s the young man I told you about a couple of minutes ago,” Gift said and Alexander went to the doorway, showing himself to the principal.“Good day, Sir” Alexander greeted.“Good day to you too. Don’t just stand there, come on in” the principal gestured and Gift gave way for Alexander to pass.He went through the door and looked at Gift who wished him good luck and closed the door.“Please, take a seat” the principal gestured at the chair opposite him at the other side of his office desk.“Thank you” Alexander replied then went to sit down.The principal looked at Alexander for a few seconds then he took a deep breath and sighed.Although Alexander was multiple years younger than him, the fact that their economic status was monumentally different, with Alexander being on top, made the power dynamic between them a bit nerve-racking.This was the first time that someone as rich as Alexander was visiting him in his office and the only person who gave him the feeling he had now was th
“What about the backlash?” Alexander asked and the principal grimaced in confusion.“Backlash? What backlash?” He asked.Alexander chuckled for a second, making fun of the principal’s lack of foresight and naïveté.“Though Scholar Academy is fine now and there’s nothing anyone can say about the credibility of the school because everything is in order, now…” Alexander said, emphasizing the word “Now”The principal was quick to catch on to the emphasis that Alexander was making and he started sweating a little as the young multimillionaire continued speaking.Alexander said, “What would they, and by they I mean the public, say about the past?”“The past?” The principal furrowed his eyebrows.“You know, the past,” Alexander said and saw that the principal’s confusion still hadn’t been settled.“Since it looks like you aren’t aware, which I’m guessing is because of your age, I would like to inform you that this digital age has brought about the phenomenon where one’s past can negatively a