The voice almost caused Jed to drop his phone. He didn't need to turn sideways to know it was Liana talking but he did anyway. Her appearance made him inhale that breath of air he didn't think he needed. If anything, her beauty was stunning.And she was just sitting there beside him with an indifferent expression accompanied by that scowl that showed that she wasn't pleased.Jed was puzzled. She wasn't here just now when they took the seat. Did she perhaps sit beside him after? But judging by Liana's indifferent attitude, she must have taken the seat before noticing he was the one sitting there or she wouldn't have bothered sitting at all."Sorry," He still apologized and put his phone away. He hated to admit it but he actually felt pretty nervous sitting so close to her.Ben and Eric on the other hand shared a look of amusement when they noticed this little exchange. It's been weeks since they saw Liana but whenever they met, why does it seem to be her running into them particular
It wasn't difficult for the boys to find their first class because apparently, according to the curriculum, they were attending the same algorithm class which is under computer programming discipline.They weren't late to class but a lecturer was already there when they got in. The man's stern face reminded Jed of Mr Bo, their English teacher at Elite High."Hurry in. If you had been a few minutes late and my class had already started, you would have had to stand by the door side," even his gruff voice was strict.They found an empty seat in the center of the lecture room and settled down.The lecturer waited patiently for five more minutes as students were still trooping in.During this time, Eric and Ben had already brought out the notebooks they were going to use.When they saw the space in front of Jed still empty, they nudged him. "Dude, where are your writing materials?"Jed was fiddling with his phone, going through the stock market when they asked this. He shrugged and brought
"Jed," Eric's words sounded more like a gasp and Jed looked up. When class ended, he went back to checking the stock market again.He was dealing with the dividends he had accrued and investing in new stocks, some of which just showcased in the stock market when Eric called."What?"He didn't receive any response and that was when he saw Eric and Ben staring at his notepad in shock."What's wrong? Did I get the calculations wrong?" He collected the notepad with a frown on his face but the notepad was snatched back."You already solved the assignment?" Eric was dumbfounded. He looked at Jed's meticulously written words on the notepad sheet and felt awed again.The last time they saw a scene like this was that night at the dorm when they were preparing for their mock tests.There was not a single criss-cross on the clean sheet indicating Jed didn't make any mistake in what he jotted down.Ben chuckled; the students were complaining some minutes ago about the assignment but someone had a
Someone suddenly screamed. "Fire!" Smoke was starting to rise from the kitchen direction and the scent of something burning filled the air.Students panicked and scrambled for exits. The fire alarm was still blaring, adding to the confusion. The staff were trying to get everyone to safety but it was becoming difficult to see through the smoke that had spread rapidly.One could feel the heat from the fire and the smoke was making it difficult to breathe."Jed!" Eric coughed. One minute, they were eating lunch, next minute, they were being choked."Get him to safety!" Jed yelled, leading Eric to Ben. "What about you?" The staff were still at the entrance and exit leading the students out. Jed turned; he couldn't see anything but he managed to make out in the fog that the table Liana and her companions had previously occupied was empty.Perhaps she has gotten out. He didn't realize a sigh of relief escaped his lips at that moment."Jed?" Ben called out again. His eyes were watering. H
Jed's eyes glazed over some certain body parts before he quickly looked away, swallowing nervously. Liana didn't reply to him but she bent and tried flapping the jacket over her unconscious friend."How's the situation outside?" She asked, her voice sounding like music to Jed's ears amidst the chaos."Everywhere is completely consumed by the fire except this place."Jed remembered the man in the hallway and stepped out to check on him. He was still lying motionlessly in that sitting position. "The fire department must be on their way now," He stepped back, looking everywhere else while trying to avoid looking at Liana.He didn't notice her observing his actions. When she realized what he was doing, a small smile appeared on her face.It was like it bloomed her entire facial features even more. Pity, Jed missed the beautiful scene."If they don't hurry up, we might all get toasted by the fire. I don't think Nikki can hold on any longer."She crouched low to feel her friend's pulse whi
[Young master, I just watched the news. Are you and your friends safe? I forwarded some mails to you][We are safe]Jed replied and exited to check his g****e mail app when messages trooped in consecutively.[Young master, we saw the news. Are you safe?] - This one is from Adam.[Young master, hope none of you were affected by the fire? How could the school management be so careless? They have to explain to us]Jed could even feel Johnny's anger as he read the message above. The last message was surprisingly from Irwin.[Boss, I saw the news and remembered you must have resumed today. Are you safe? I also want to inform you I'm back in office]Jed's fingers paused on the screen at first. There was this low, burning sensation in his chest. It certainly wasn't bad because it didn't hurt him.Instead he felt warm. In his first life, he has never had someone to ask how he was, his well being and if he was safe. But this time, there were people worried about him. His fingers swiped on the
"It's good you put them in their place. I bet Matt was ordering the nurse around on purpose," Eric had a different opinion to Ben."More like, trying to delay my treatment.""But we should try to steer clear of them. Jed, whatever you poured on his face won't have effects right?"Jed laughed upon seeing Ben's worried expression. "Aiyo, you don't think I poured some kind of chemical on him right? I only helped heal his wound. He will be fine. He was just overreacting."Ben heaved a sigh of relief and Jed struggled to hold in his laughter. He brought out his phone and saw that the g****e mail app had finally opened.He clicked on the mail lawyer Sean had sent to him when Eric poked him with a finger.Without looking up, he asked,"What?""Ahem... I saw you coming out with that rude girl. What's really going on between you two?" Eric had an aggrieved look. How could Jed like Liana of all girls???"Control your weird thoughts," Jed finally looked up. "We hid in the same place before the fir
Johnny didn't know who Mason was so he looked at them with a clueless look. Jed nodded his head like he felt Ben's idea was great. "Yes, he used to work in Meta inc. before so he will have better knowledge about the proposals." 'Did you forget he was let go by Meta inc?' Vendetta suddenly chimed in his head. 'If he can help, I'll offer anything in return,' Jed's response was unexpected. Jed brought out his phone and sent a message to Irwin. [Arrange a meeting for me with the employees tomorrow] "Excuse me, who is Mason?" Johnny couldn't hold back his curiosity so he asked. Ben briefly explained Mason's connection to the Jetti's. After the narration, Johnny's facial expression showed displeasure. "The Jetti's are always known to play dirty. I never expected they were the one behind old Jordan's downfall. What would they gain from not playing tricks and trying gaining grounds the legitimate way for once?" Jed had no response to that but he remembered Johnny's words and asked,"Yo