Jane woke up early the following morning to prepare her breakfast.
Also, her good boss had sent a message and told her that he would be eating her prepared lunch later on.
Jane really had a bad feeling with this but since he had not done anything to her, he gave her the benefit of the doubt and thought that she would be doing this in exchange of the huge favor that he had given to her.
So she did.
This made her frown because she knew that their lunch would be free later because a small party would be held to welcome him.
But still she pushed everything at the back of her head and she decided to continue packing.
She then took a bath afterwards and then changed into her dark green knee-length pencil skirt and yellowish green long-sleeved top.
Unfortunately, there's a dress code in attending the party.
To cover her legs, Jane decided to wear two layers of nylon tights giving a much darker effect on her legs.
As for her arms, she didn't worry that much since she was wearing a long-sleeved top paired with a jacket which matched the color of the skirt.
She won't just roll them up later on.
This was what old Jane would do every time there were events at school that she had to attend and would require for her to wear a corporate suit.
The only difference now was that the old Jane used to use the uniform which was actually bigger than her.
While compared now, the new Jane was wearing the uniform that actually fitted her well.
Jane decided to not use old Jane's disguise and preferred to go with how she looked yesterday. The only thing she did was to adjust the color of foundation she was using on her body. And also the eyeglasses was back.
Jane left her room and reached the main entrance of her block with ease.
This time, she was frowning as she felt that something was really off and she had just realized it now.
However, she just shrugged it off and decided to continue walking.
When she was already on a distance, Jane didn't realize that a man wearing a fedora hat appeared where she had stopped earlier. Only his back was shown.
Then the man flicked his fingers and when he disappeared, the female students suddenly appeared out of nowhere on their original position.
They were not aware of what had just happened to them.
Then, that man appeared at Edric's study inside his mansion.
"Master!"
"Edward." He was Edric's familiar.
"Reporting. Miss Sanchez had already left her dorm. And as instructed, I let her leave her dorm building peacefully." Edward said.
"Good. Always be careful when you're following her. I don't know if she has the aptitude with using magic but I assume she might be able to sense your presence sooner." Edric told his familiar.
Edric could feel a strong energy circulating on Jane's body that's why he said that.
The only thing to find out was by touching her and going into her subconsciousness. But there's a right process to do that.
Jane had been a mystery to him for days now. So he had asked his familiar to investigate the young lady with her background.
He asked them to thoroughly investigate her down to her ancestors.
And they did find interesting information about her. Edric was not sure if Jane was aware of this herself or if she was kept on the dark with everything, too.
And Edric would be going to use that to get closer to her.
He now had a plan on how to do that.
"I understand Master. This familiar will always be careful." Edward said before he disappeared.
After his familiar disappeared, Edric then took got up from his seat and left his study room.
His phone then lit up showing an email icon up top.
The corner of Edric's lips curled up a bit when he read and knew from whom the email actually came from.
Meanwhile, Jane arrived at the main entrance of the campus. Everyone was starting to get curious of who she was.
Just like Jake, they could not recognize her even if she was wearing her eye glasses.
Jane ignored their stares and decided to walk inside. She planned to go to Director Lopez's office first.
However, a familiar voice called her from behind. When she turned around, she saw that it was actually Jake.
He was wearing his corporate suit but of different color. It was sky blue shirt with dark navy blue pants and blazer.
"Jane?" He called her again.
Of course those who were present at the gate that time could not believe on what they heard. And again, Jane ignored their weird reactions and she smiled back at Jake when he reached her.
"The one and only. You still can't recognize me?" She teasingly asked while they continued walking
"Of course I can but I have to double-check, you know. This is the first time that I have seen you wearing something like that." He honestly said.
"I see. Well, I think I have to change how I look to gain some respect and protect myself." She uttered sadly.
"You don't have to change yourself just to please others you know." Jake said.
"Nah. I'm not totally doing this for them. I'm doing this for myself, too."
"Right. Self love huh!"
"Yes, that's what I'm doing. I don't want to graduate and leave this school bringing the same moniker." She said and Jake chuckled.
Jane was also implicitly trying to convey a message to everyone.
The old Jane was gone. She's not the old Jane. Therefore, it would be hard for her to stay the same.
"Right. That would be pretty terrible if I may add."
"Indeed!" She agreed with him.
"Wait, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"I'm here with the same mission as you have, actually." He honestly said.
"No wonder you're also wearing your uniform." She uttered.
"It came last minute actually. I think only a selected few of the scholars are invited to come. So, where are you heading now?"
"Really? Oh, I'm heading to Director Lopez's office." She said.
"Same! Let's go together then?" Jake said.
However, before she could even answer to him, her phone inside her bag rang.
Jane immediately looked for it and when she found her phone, she frowned when she saw who was calling.
Jane didn't know why her boss was calling her.
But she answered it anyways.
She excused herself from Jake and answered the call.
"Hello, Sir?" She answered as polite as she could.
"Since you addressed me ass your boss, Jane meet me at the entrance of your school." He said and then ended the call.
Jane was taken aback by his actions.
'Is he having the time of the month? No, he's a man but why is he so moody?!' She asked in her thought.
Jane returned to where Jake was with a frown.
"What happened? You seemed troubled with something." He asked.
"Nothing. Anyways, I can't go with you. Unfortunately, I have other matters to attend to." She said.
"Oh? Do you need my help?" He asked.
"No, it's fine. I can handle it." She said with a smile.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, of course! Let's meet at the Assembly Hall, okay?" She said.
With her reassurance, Jake finally believed that she can handle it alone.
Jane immediately walked back to the entrance to wait for Edric there before he got angry.
"What are you doing Jane? Don't let him control you." She uttered to herself.
But seems like her body had a mind of its own.
She could not resist him even if he was treating her terribly and she felt irritated with his presence.
That's what she realized and there's no way she was happy with it.
Jane waited for five minutes before Edric's car came to a stop at the entrance.
She was surprised when she saw that they were driving a less expensive car compared to what he usually used.
Phil went out of the car first. She was surprised to see Phil wearing a less polished look.
Phil looked like an ordinary looking family driver compared to how he usually presented himself.
Phil greeted Jane when he saw her standing by the entrance.
"Good morning, Jane."
"Good morning too, Phil." She greeted him back.
Then Phil opened the door for Edric to get out.
Jane was surprised to see Edric's appearance.
He was far from his sharp CEO look.
Rather than wearing his usual tailored fit suits, he was wearing a khaki slacks and white shirt with a suspender on.
Not only that, he was wearing his eye glasses and a beret hat which was of the same color as his pants.
On his hand was the paired jacket of his pants.
On top of that, his hair was not made like how it usually looked.
"What's going on?" She mumbled and Edric answered inside her head.
"None of your business." He said making Jane to feel offended.
"With all due respect Mr. McWilliams, may I ask why I have to meet you here?" Jane asked him back in her head.
"Because I wanted to. Do we have a problem with that? Don't worry, I'll consider this as your overtime." He said making Jane to be pissed even more.
Phil could feel the tension between them so he decided to become the peacemaker between them.
"Ahm, Miss Jane? Why don't you both enter the school campus now? I'm sure they're already waiting for you inside." He said.
"That's right. Let's go." He said as if nothing happened.
Jane had no other choice but to follow behind him.
Jane kept her distance from him while they were walking.
Good thing there were not so many people in the campus or else it would be a big deal for them seeing her following the new additional faculty member of the school.
When they entered the Assembly Hall everyone was looking at them.
Jane saw Jake standing at the corner so she decided to go to him.
However, Edric had other plans in mind.
"Stay beside me." He said inside through his mind.
Jane had no other choice but to agree.
He was after all her boss.
"Okay Mr. McWilliams." She said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the man of the hour had finally arrived!" Campus Director Lopez announced to everyone.
Director Lopez then walked towards them with a smile.
"Professor McWilliams." He greeted and offered a handshake.
"Director Lopez." Edric reciprocated it.
"Thank you for becoming the new member of the family."
"No. Thank you for this opportunity." He said.
Then Director Lopez looked towards Jane's direction.
He frowned as he could not recognize Jane.
"Good morning Director." She had decided to greet him first.
"Jane?!" He gasped and asked in surprise.
And Jane only nodded and urged him to start the program immediately.
Edric got the chance to come at the center and introduce himself.
"Hello. I'm Edric McWilliams. The new Literature instructor from now on."
"What?" Jane mumbled when she heard that.
She then recalled that she had Lit 2 in the last semester.
"School Director, it has come to my knowledge that one student is assigned every teacher as an assistant."
That was true.
"Yes. Actually I have already picked someone to be assigned as your student assistant." He said.
"Can I choose my own Student Assistant?" Edric asked.
"You may. However, the only eligible to become SAs are the scholars. And almost all of them already have their assigned teachers." School Director Lopez explained.
"Good. Is student Sanchez still available?"
"Yes. But why?"
Upon hearing her name, Jane had a bad feeling about this.
Edric smirked as he looked towards her and said, "I want her to be my Student Assistant."