"Ivan Shay! Welcome, take your seat. You have exactly thirty seven minutes to your exam, the game changer to decide your fate in our prestigious school." An old looking man stated.The man was bald and had wrinkles on his face. His lips had a crooked smile and his blue bulging eyes almost looked like one was bigger than the other. One could tell immediately that he was over fifty. He was one of those greedy old men who would find a good source of income and never want to leave for others to benefit from it even after they had made enough and some extra."Ivan, you probably don't know him but this is Mr Marcus--""--professor Marcus!" The old man lashed out with a stern expression."Right, professor Marcus. Professor Marcus has been a great image for knowledge for over three decades! He has become the word education himself!" The dean explained."Why do you keep getting my information wrong?" The man sneered."Uh? What?" The Dean asked confusedly."Not over three decades you fool! Fou
The sound of her heels as they met with the ground echoed as she walked down the marble road. There were a lot of cars and bikes and all sorts of buses, school buses, regular buses, traveling buses, all different sorts of vehicles occupied the road, keeping it busy twenty four seven.Mia kept to the pedestrian lane as she majestically swayed her hips down the road.Her footsteps came to an abrupt stop as her phone began vibrating in her leather jacket pocket. Taking out the phone, she raised it to her face and a smile crept on her face as she answered the call. "Don't be so impatient Berlin, I'm on my way." "Is it wrong for me to call and check in on you? I just want to know how far you've gotten." Berlin responded over the phone. Her smile widened. "Alright alright. I'm just a few steps away from the café, I'll be in there in just a few seconds." She assured as she resumed in her steps."Alright, also the man we are here to meet is in a hurry so that's why I'm rushing you." The
Unlike Mia, Berlin resided in an estate and in that estate, there were only ten mansions. The place was given to him from his late wife's will since that was where they lived as a married couple.Berlin didn't quite make friends with anyone from the estate and he didn't need to because they all minded their business and only gathered when there was a meeting."Wow, this place is really amazing. I can't help but look around every single time I step in here." Mia said with a pleased smile on her face."I guess nothing phases me anymore because I've lived here over a decade." Berlin responded."Yeah it couldn't. Hey, the library is open today, do you think I could check it out?" She asked with inquiry burning all over her face."No, even though the library is meant for the estate dwellers, the top three richest families have taken control over the place and if you don't belong to their caucus then you might as well forget ever stepping foot there."A frown sat on her face. "That's so not
The evening sky darkened over China as she strolled back home. It wasn't something she enjoyed doing anymore since she was always returning to a lonely building. A dreadful sigh escaped her mouth. "Oh I know!" Her face lit up ecstatically like a light bulb suddenly turned on.She dipped her hand into the pocket of her jeans and fetched out her phone. Dialing a number, she placed it on her ear and waited for who she was calling to answer. "Oh hey!" Her face lit up. "What's up? Where are you?" She asked. "Do you think you can make time for me tonight? I know it's late but I--" the smile on her face suddenly disappeared. "Oh... I didn't... It's cool, talk to you later."She hung up with a sigh and returned the phone to her pocket. As she took a step forward, she felt a sudden vibration against her body from her back pocket and she immediately took out her phone with the hope that he changed his mind. Instead, it was an unknown caller and she stared confusedly at the number for a seco
The distance from Vienna's home to China's was quite a long one. Ivan arrived at her place at exactly seven minutes after eleven and as he got there, he took out his phone to confirm the address."Right, this is the place." He confirmed as he returned his phone to his pocket. He climbed up to the porch and began knocking on the door. "China? China please just hear me out... I know you're home alone."He continued knocking on the door but got no reply. A sigh escaped his mouth as he remained by the door. He took out his phone and dialed China's number. "Please pick up..." He muttered.[The number you've dialed is unavailable at the moment--]"Ugh..." He groaned as he hung up. "Where could she possibly be now? Should I ask Alfred to track her for me?" He was about to dial Alfred's number when he suddenly became hesitant. He thought to himself, maybe he should wait for a few minutes before making any rushed decisions.He relaxed on the door but soon found himself sitting on the ground
China's eyes glistened as she stared at Ivan. "What is it? Did something happen?" "The reason I had to turn you down tonight was because--"The sudden vibration of Ivan's phone cut him off. "Hold on a second." He took out his phone from his pocket to answer his call."Let me quickly plug my phone to a charger." She said as she rose to her feet."Oh okay, it's Mia!""Oh! One minute." "Hey, Mia, how's it going?" Ivan said into the phone."Have you been able to contact her? I've been calling her number nonstop for over twenty minutes now but I still can't reach her!" Mia exclaimed worriedly."Relax, I am with her right now. Her phone died a while ago, that's why we couldn't contact her." Ivan explained."Ohh thank goodness." A weary sigh escaped her mouth. "Can I talk to her?" China asked.Ivan nodded and handed her the phone.China received the phone and placed it on speaker. "So you can be worried about me when you left with such a huge smile on your face." China said."That's not w
"Hey!!!" China exclaimed as she threw her arms Mia."If it isn't my two favorite people in the entire world! Get in here hotshot!" Mia said with a smile on her face.She opened her arms for Ivan to join in to the hug and he did with a gentle smile on his face. "Wow! This place is amazing!" China said as she walked into the living room with her eyes scanning the entire environment."Why thank you." She turned around to the voice of Berlin and her lips curved into a smile. "Hey.""Hi." He smiled back as he went to give her a gentle hug."Um honey, this is my good good friend, Ivan." Mia introduced him to her husband to be."Pleasure meeting you, Ivan." Berlin said as he stretched out his hand to shake him."The pleasure is all mine." Ivan responded, accepting the nice gesture."I think this place will be a great environment to raise children, or don't you think so?" China suggested."Oh it definitely will be but we are not staying here." Mia responded."You're not?" China questioned c
A cool evening breeze swept through Mia's hair as she walked down the road in the bustling city. A week ago to that very day where Ivan was being confronted by China, she had decided to see him about the latest news she just heard."So you know already that Mr Andrews is trying to find you through the cops?" Mia asked as she raised her cup of tea from the table."Of course I do! If anything then I'm surprised that you didn't. Alfred told me about this when we were still at the hospital so I already knew before it was plastered all over the news." Ivan said."Ah..." She took a sip from her tea and returned it to the table. "I guess I was the only one in the dark then." Her lips curved into a smile."Weren't you there? That day Alfred told me, I could have sworn you were there with us, that's why I never mentioned it afterwards cause I thought you knew." A confused look played on Ivan's face as he leaned forward to the table to grab his coffee."It's fine, I wasn't in the dark for too l