Faith Evangeline Martinez POV
It's the next day as I am getting ready for today's class. I wore a plain white spaghetti strap dress that reaches above my knees. It was a simple yet beautiful dress that perfectly hugs my body in the right places. I'm neither slim nor fat but have a thin waist and curves in the right places. I did my makeup which just includes lip-gloss and mascara and tied my hairs into a high pony-tail.
"Morning Ruth, where is K?" I asked her as I entered the kitchen.
"He probably had spent the night at the girl's house whose face he was eating the entire time at the party yesterday. "she said while making a disgusted face.
"he is such a playboy...I tell you he is definitely carrying some disease. Anyways I will call him and ask if he is coming to the college or not"
After calling him three times, he finally picked up the call on the fourth time. I don't know how he can be so laid back in his senior year at college. I still get anxious in my second year.
"hey babee!!" he slurred in a morning voice.
"Don't hey babe me! Are you coming to college or not coz it's already 9:30"?
"Ohh shit! Fuck babe you should have called me earlier" Keith barked through his phone.
"don't you dare to use such language in front of me and now I am what, your nanny? Get your ass ready and meet us in our parking space and please take shower and then come"
"haha very funny Eve, see you there bye!"
Before I can even say bye, he disconnected the call, what an ass. Ruth and I ate our breakfast and she told me all the incidents from yesterday's party at the club and how she met this beautiful girl, Nina, who was from a different university and they instantly felt a pull towards each other. Both Ruth and Nina decided to go on a date this weekend to see whether they can be something more or even be in a relationship. I was happy for her; she is my best friend and although I am keeping a part of my life away from her that doesn't mean I don't trust her. Keeping my friends safe from the mafia world is my responsibility, even Keith said that it will be better if they don't know about it.
We packed our backpacks and locked the house. The house we three lived in was a modern and luxurious two-story house with a garden, garage, and all the latest security measurements required to keep intruders away.
It was pleasant cloudy weather today and for some reason, I can feel fluttering in my stomach. Maybe I just ate too much. Ruth and I decided to take my car today.
While driving we blasted some music and sang along with it. Neither of us was good at singing, if anyone else listened to us will bleed out their ears. We reached the university in 20 minutes and parked the car. Today the atmosphere at the university was quite different, people were bustling here and there, girls were wearing clothes as if they were going to some club and even boys were looking handsome today.
Ruth had the same expression as me as that of confusion.
"Is there some special occasion today that we are unaware of?" I asked her in bewilderment as I looked around.
"I have no fucking idea what is going on and what hell with these girls walking around like strippers."
"no bad words Ruth how many times I have told you and let's get out to find what's going on"
"ya ya you and your virgin ears"
I chuckled at her comments. Yes, I am still a virgin, and doesn't even bother me. People have their own views and who I am to judge them. It's not like I am waiting to get married and then have sex, it's just that I haven't found someone to keep me interested in him. I have been on one or two dates before but it was so awkward for me, either that person is too boring for me or I'm too boring for that person. But whatever, who needs a boyfriend when you have amazing best friends.
We got out of the car and I can see my friends at the side of the entrance of the building. Ruth also spotted her friends near them as both seniors and juniors of the Business Management department have classes in the same building. I feel like I am forgetting something but pushed that thought on the backside of my mind.
My friends finally noticed us as we approached them, Dylan and Amara smiled at us warmly and Ryan smiled at me and then winked at Ruth. Ryan is such a flirt and had a huge crush on Ruth. Even though Ruth is not interested in boys, Ryan never stopped trying.
Ruth gave Ryan a hard glare and smiled at others. These people, Amara, Dylan, Ryan, and Scott are my university friends and I usually hang out with them if I'm not with either Ruth or Keith.
"Hey guys!" I chirped
"Hey Eve, hey Ruth" they said in unison except for Ryan. He looked at Ruth and then smirked trying to look seductive in front of her.
"Hey Ruth, aside from being sexy, what do you do for a living?" Ryan purred near Ruth's ears. Oh god! he sounds like a sixteen-year-old teenager trying to flirt.
"kick asses of assholes like you, now move aside you pig" she hissed at him venomously.
Ryan mocked surrendered at her. "all right babe no need to get violent". Then she moved towards her friends who were looking at her amusingly.
"damn she has a temper" Dylan muttered.
"by the way guys what's going on today, why is everyone dressed up like that" I asked no one in particular.
"don't tell me you don't know" Amara squealed.
"if I knew then why would I be asking about it" I replied rolling my eyes. This girl gets on my nerve sometimes.
"oh right. But you seriously don't know? Alright, so today someone special is coming to our university. Guess who?"
"Who?" I asked in a bored tone.
"DAMIEN DEL ROSSI" she almost yelled near my ears and then made some dreamy expression.
"and who is that?"
"oh lord Eve! You don't know who that is. It must be hard to be you" Dylan chuckled in amusement.
"Mm..so anyone gonna tell me?"
"yessss...he is one of the most handsome men in the world, CEO of Del Rossi Enterprises, a billionaire and known businessman-celebrity all over the world. Can you believe that he is coming to our college as a guest lecturer, especially in our department. Oh my god!! I'm so excited, how do I look, I especially wore this dress today to impress him. I hope he notices me." Amara kept babbling like a kid on Christmas.
"Not even the janitor will notice you with a face like that" Ryan snickered at her.
I was laughing internally. "so, are you sure he is not some 40-year-old man with bald hair and a pregnant belly?" I asked her while laughing. Now she was getting mad at us.
"Nah you will realize how right I am when you will see him."
"all right girls let's get inside first otherwise we will get late for classes" Dylan interrupted us.
"hmm.. let's go, I need to get my books from the locker" I murmured.
"yeah me too" Ryan said as he swings his hand around my shoulder.
Ryan's locker was next to mine, so we went together and Amara and Dylan went their ways to pick up their books.
The corridor was mostly empty as our director announced that we all should report to the seminar hall, both seniors and juniors a few minutes back.
I was taking out my books when I smelled someone standing behind me drenched in overpowering perfume. Without turning back I can guess who that person is, none other than Lauren king and her two minions, Rachel and Rebecca Campbell. Since the freshman year of school and now in university, they keep picking up on me, I don't know what I ever did to them but they just keep coming back at me to make my life hell. Rolling my eyes I turned around.
"What do you want Lauren?" I asked in a neutral tone.
She is almost 5'11 tall with blond hair and blue eyes. She has a beautiful face but I don't know why she covered it with a horrendous amount of makeup and right now she was shoving her boobs on my face. Does people these days don't know what personal space is. If I move even a little bit, my face will be pressed against her boobs, so I took a step back and looked up at her. She was staring at me like she was ready to castrate me. God knows what got her panties in a twist today.
"don't think that you can impress him with this innocent act of yours" Me? Impress? I turned to look at Ryan and he was also confused at what she was talking about.
"oh please bitch don't act like you don't know what we are talking about, Mr. Rossi is Lauren's man, and don't you dare to talk to him to go anywhere near him" Lauren's minion number one, Rachel said.
I looked up at the ceiling and mentally asked god what wrong I did in my life to receive this. Shaking my head I looked at Lauren "I don't know what you are talking about but unlike you I actually want to graduate" I told her looking directly at her eyes.
"I was wondering how you comb your hairs so that your horns are not showing, I swear Satan has horns" Ryan snickered. Now it was hard for me to control my laughter as I imagine them with horns on their head.
Lauren and her minions were fuming red like a tomato.
"whatever slut, just stay away from him, he is mine" with that they turned around and walked away.
"I swear I'm gonna rip their fake blonde hairs someday" Ryan muttered narrowing his eyes at them.
"aww, you will do that for me Ry?" I asked him in a fake sugar-coated voice.
"anything for you love" he said as he gave me a sloppy kiss on my cheeks.
"yuck, keep your saliva with you" I rubbed my cheeks to get rid of his saliva. He was laughing hard by now at my action "oh dear, you will remain single forever. Look at you blushing so hard with just a kiss on your cheeks. Gods know what color your face will be when you will have se.." I didn't let him complete his sentence as I gave a hard smack on his head.
"ouch! Damn girl you have got a hammer hand" he made a pouty face. I always knew was a kid from his brain. And at that very moment, I felt someone was glaring at my back with the same intensity as I felt yesterday at the orphanage. I looked around but found no one, the hall was empty with just me and Ryan in it.
"Are you okay? Where are you looking at?" he asked suspiciously
"Nothing, come on let's go now we are already getting late"
As we walked towards the end of the hall I can feel someone was watching me from behind but I ignored the feeling and we move towards the seminar hall.
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We reached the seminar hall which in complete chaos. Girls were busy putting their makeup on and pulling their tops down to show more cleavage and boys were busy ogling them. I looked around to find familiar faces. Ryan nudges me with his elbow on my stomach and pointed towards the middle of the class. And there he was looking at me while pouting like a baby. Shit, that is what I was forgetting, Keith. I forgot that I was supposed to meet him at the parking and now he is looking at me like somebody snatched his favorite toy. We scampered towards him and I sat beside him giving him a puppy look. Ryan sat next to me.
"I am so sorry K, it slipped my mind that I was supposed to meet you at the parking" I told him apologetically.
"no, you don't look sorry, you were happily enjoying yourself with others while I was waiting for you" He said while glaring at Ryan. Oh yes, I forgot to mention that Ryan and Keith are like tom and jerry, always at the tail of each other. I looked at Ryan who is now sticking his tongue out at Keith.
Damn why everyone around me behaves like a kid.
"Okay, so today's dinner will be my treat, and that too your favorite pizza as an apology. Now, are we okay?" Keith's eyes lit up at the mention of the pizza.
"yes, we are okay but only for now. Next time it will be more than just pizza" he said now in a very excited voice.
We all three were bickering and making fun of others. Ruth sat with her friends two rows behind us and Dylan and Amara were beside them. Lauren and her minions were at the very front flashing their boobies even at the faculty.
"I knew Lauren was sleeping with Mr. Harris, look how they are giving each other dirty looks" Keith whispered in my ears and Ryan was trying to listen to what Keith was saying to me. They both were literally on my face now.
It was 10 minutes later when suddenly the entire hall went silent, not even a single word can be heard. I looked in the direction that everyone was already looking at and then at that moment my breathing hitched.
Three men entered the hall like they own the whole world but what caught my attention was the man in the middle. He was the most beautiful and perhaps the most intimidating man I have ever seen. He was tall around 6'4 with a wide shoulder and all the muscles peeking out the luxurious suit he wore. His hair was as black as midnight, tan skin and perfect sharp jawlines as sharp as the edge of a diamond. It was unbelievable, how can someone look so impeccable and otherworldly.
His eyes were roaming around as if looking for someone in particular and the moment when his eyes landed on me, my heart skipped a beat and my eyes widened. His forest green eyes locked with mine as I was slowly getting lost in the depth of them. It was so surreal and there was this same feeling of intense stare as I got today at the corridor. His stare was intense as if he can look through all my past, lies and I was a bare soul in front of him.
The man beside him cleared his throat, "Good morning class, today we have Mr. Damien Del Rossi, the CEO of Dell Rossi Enterprises and he will be our guest lecturer for today. So make sure you all pay attention." Mr. Damien was still staring at me and now I was getting insecure, maybe there was something on my face that's why he was staring or maybe he was staring at the row behind me.
I groaned internally, since when I am conscious about what strangers are thinking about me.
The man beside Mr. Damien gestured him to speak and we all were waiting eagerly for him to do so. Just as he was about to speak, I saw him smirking at me. It was either my eyes were playing tricks on me or maybe just like other girls I'm also fawning over him.
"Good morning class...."
His voice instantly gave a shiver down my spine. It was so deep and sensuous, giving goose-bumps all over my body. Yet at the same time, it was dark and menacing like a promise of eternal pain for those who betray him.
I was hardly listening to what he was speaking, more like I was busy observing his movements like how his muscles bulge more when he moves his hand or like how two of his hair strands were on his forehead waiting for me to push them back.
Oh no no, shut up Faith, you sound like a perv.
I scolded my brain that is having some naughty thoughts about this man.
Bad Faith, very bad Faith. How can you dream about someone who you just saw?
"....hope you all understand how important this concept is."
I looked at my watch, it was 12:30 pm, already 2 hours had passed and I was completely unaware of this.
Sighing, I looked at him and his eyes were already on him.
"now I will let you all know that my company is conducting a workshop for all the students who will pass this small test that will be conducted tomorrow by your faculty. In this workshop, we will be training you guys to get ready for future challenges in the business field. We will be selecting at most 10 students and whoever will pass this test will be interviewed by me personally" he said the last part directly looking at my eyes.
"So any questions?" Mr. Damien asked.
And guess who was the first person to raise their hand? Yes, it's none other than Lauren King.
"Yes, miss.."
"Lauren King" she squeaked while standing up and pushing her boos forward to show more cleavage, and men being men he looked down at her chest just for a moment and smirked at her.
"Miss King you may ask your question".
"So is it true that you are currently single?" oh lord! What's is wrong with this girl.
"I knew she can bang anything with dicks between legs" Keith snickered beside me.
"yes miss King that's true but it's better if you refrain yourself from asking personal questions." he said to her in an authoritative voice.
She was embarrassed and red by now. After her, some more students asked him questions. By the time it was done, I was already getting bore and doodling on my notebook.
"so that's all for today. I hope to see you soon" his voice boomed across the hall and then he left. But before he stepped out of the class, he gave me a smirk and it was not some kind of hot smirk. It was pure evil.
As if promising me the beginning of something.
Something that is dark and sinister.