When Temi boarded the plane, she couldn't help but feel uneasy...
As soon as they were in the air, it took her a while before she could recover.
And after a while of recovery, she took out her phone from her coat jacket pocket...
As she turned on her phone opened, she went straight to the contacts app and was about to dial up her mother's number when she suddenly stopped.
Her finger hung mid-air...
It was as if she had already stopped breathing for what seemed like hours...
When she finally released her breath slowly was when she discovered she wasn't breathing...
She found herself to be in that situation where you realize that you haven't been breathing for a long period and the moment you discover it, is the moment you begin breathing...
And that's exactly what happened to Temi.
By the time she slowly began breathing, her heart had already started beating a little bit faster.
Although her phone was in her hand, she didn't realize she was about to dial her mum's number. When she did, she gasped.
Everyone onboard the plane turned and stared at her.
"Lady, are you okay...?" One guy asked.
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Meanwhile, while everyone was going about their businesses and dealing with their issues, two people were ignorant of other people's problems as they were busy making love to themselves...
When they left the airport, they didn't witness the other scenes that took place.
Driving straight to his house, Ethan forced Olivia out of the car.
When she was being resistant, he forcefully carried her in his arms and walked straight into his room.
Luckily, his parents were not home, so he was free to do whatever he liked...
Carrying her in his arms, he took straight to his room upstairs.
As he climbed the stairs, he walked through the luxurious hallway.
After walking for about three minutes, he finally stopped in front of a door...
Bending his knees a bit, he brought one of his hands forward and turned the doorknob, opening the door...
When the door was slightly ajar, he stood back up straight and gently used his leg to push the door open fully.
When the door was opened, he stepped inside, with Olivia still in his arms.
The room was a bit dark due to the lack of sunlight in the room, but that was so because the curtains had been drawn, blocking the full sunlight...
But Ethan didn't worry about that, because taking stealthy steps, Ethan walked in the direction of the bed and gently placed her on the bed...
And then walking back towards the door again, Ethan reached out his hand for the doorknob (but didn't shut the door), as he reached his hand out for the light switch...
Turning on the solar power, Ethan slowly dragged the door forward...
It would be a lie if Olivia said she hadn't been enjoying the moment so far...
From the moment he carried her from the car and into the building, to his room upstairs, she had been gazing dreamily at his face, admiring it...
When he now took her to his room, she thought she hadn't a room any better.
Though the room was not brightly lit, she could still make out some objects...
As she was about to start analyzing the room, she felt something soft touch her bottom.
When Ethan gently let her go, she thought she would sink, so she brought her hands down with her, only to feel that she was being placed on a bed...(his bed)...
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Temi was silent for a while.
Turning to the person that had asked that question, she smiled gently as she replied;
"Yeah...Yeah, I'm fine...!"
'Wow...she has a beautiful smile...!'
And then she turned back to her phone, not waiting for a response (as if she expected any...)
Exiting from the contact app on her phone, she went straight to her music playlist. Pulling out her ear pods from its case, she plugged them in and was about to tap on the music 'Stay' by The Kid Laroi when...
"Nice iPhone you got there...!"
She heard a voice say something.
Turning to her side, she discovered that it was the guy that had asked her if she was okay...
Smiling, she said;
"Thanks...My parents got it for me as a present on my eighteenth birthday!"
"Ahhh, wow...It's cool...can I see the back?" The guy said as he reached out his hand to touch the phone, but Temi was quick enough.
As soon as he requested to see the back of her phone, she turned her eyes back to the phone as she flipped it to the back.
"Ah, wow, cool...!" The guy commented as he retracted his hand.
When Temi turned her head back to him, she saw that he was retracting his hand, so she handed over the phone to him.
"Here...!"
The guy looked at her, confused.
"Thought you wanted to check it out...?" Temi asked.
The guy's face lightened up as he reached out his hand for the iPhone.
Looking at it thoroughly, he studied the iPhone.
Turnings it sideways, front and back, he ran his fingers along all the embellishments and designs, narrowing his eyes as he studied it.
"It's a nice device...!" The guy finally commented as he slowly handed back the iPhone.
"Thanks!" Temi said.
"Your parents must be super rich to have your name designed on the iPhone with your picture on it...!" The guy said.
Temi didn't say anything but just smiled as she turned her attention back to the device in her hand.
"Hm? Your parents are super rich, right?"
When she did not answer him, for a while, the guy face her fully as he tilted his face to the left, and with a charming smile, he asked her.
Hearing his question, Temi turned to look at him as she laughed.
"Why do you want to know 'bout that...?" She laughed as she asked.
"Yup, your parents are super rich!" The guy said as he flung back onto the seat of the plane as closed his eyes and covered them partly with his hand right hand.
Temi laughed.
"What gives you that idea?" She asked.
Removing his hand from his eyes, he turned and looked at her.
Pointing at her coat, he said;
"That coat alone is way more expensive than this pair of shoes...!" He said as he pointed down at his legs.
Temi followed the direction of his point as she looked down.
When she followed his point to look down at his shoes, she bursted out laughing.
"That pair, is Nike Airforce 1, and it costs...!" Temi paused as she looked up, deep in thoughts, before saying;
"Two thousands hundred and seventy-two dollars...!"
The stared stared blankly at her.
"If you're not child of some super rich people, how would you know all of these?" The guy asked as he looked at her.
"The fact that I know all these doesn't mean I'm from some super rich family...!"
"Anybody can know all this...don't be surprised when you ask a child 'bout these kinds of stuff, the answer the kid's gonna give's gon' leave you stunned!" Temi said.
The guy looked away as he thought for a moment.
"True...!" He admitted as he nodded.
"And when you check that child's background, it's gon' surprise you that he or she don't have a really nice background...compared to yours...!" Temi added as she looked away.
The guy was shocked.
"Your so smart! How could you guess all these things just so easily, and...?"
"I'm an economics student...!" Temi cut him short as she looked at him.
"I want to study business at Uni., so...!"
"Like you're business student?" The guy asked again.
Temi flung her hands up in the air as she said;
"That's what I just said...!"
Turning away, the guy muttered;
"It's a shame and waste that such an intelligent Brian would have to go into the business world alone and not solve world problems...!"
Temi that had her attention back onto her phone, now turned and looked at him.
Staring at him for while, she turned back her attention to her phone as she rested her back on the chair.
Looking at her, he opened his mouth, but then closed back again as words could not form.
Then suddenly, the guy opened his mouth and said;
"My name's Nate...!" He introduced.
Temi turned and looked at him.
Pursing his lips as he kept on nodding, he added;
"I'm an engineering sophomore...School at Canada!"
Temi had her eyes on him but nothing came out as she unconsciously studied him.
There was something off about him...
But smiling anyways, she stretched out her hand as she said;
"I'm Temi, a newbie at college!"
"Well, not actually a 'newbie', but...you know...still new... haven't enrolled yet...!"
She was blushing now...
After they had shaked hands, Nate said;
"Haven't enrolled yet? Why are you now on the plane...!"
"Well...!" Temi went silent for a second as she thought for a moment.
"My parents want me to stay with a relative...an uncle, so 'he' would enroll me from there!" Temi said smoothly.
Nate nodded.
"Ooh...that's nice...that's cool...!" He said.
Temi narrowed her eyes at him for a while.
Nate could feel the piercing stare coming fr his side. Cautiously turning to the side, Nate found Temi to be 'glaring' at him...
Frowning, he asked;
"What?"
"You look Asian...Are you from the Philippines or something...?" Temi asked as she tilted her head.
Nate chuckled.
" 'Cause you look like as of you're from there...!" Temi said again.
Turning to look at Temi, Nate said;
"Well, you really are smart, aren't you now?"
Looking away, Nate said;
"It's true that I 'am' indeed asian, but not from the Philippines 'or' 'something'...!"
Nate said as ye placed some stress on the words 'or' and 'something'...
Temi frowned slightly, but she didn't say a word.
With his head still lowered, Nate licked his lips as he laughed lightly and said;
"But I am from a country in Asia...!"
"Well, which country?" Temi asked gently.
Nate laughed.
"It's not Singapore, 'nor' the Philippines..." Nate warned as he looked at her.
Temi still kept her face firm.
"I know...!"
"You know? How did or do up know? Who told you?" Nate asked surprised.
Temi raised an eyebrow.
"You just opened your mouth and said it not too long ago...!" She said.
" 'Not too long ago'...!" Nate asked as he repeated what Temi said.
"It wasn't even up to a minute or two...!" Temi.
"Nah, I think it's actually up to a minute...!" Nate said calculatively.
"That's why I said 'or two'...!" Temi was getting impatient now.
"Yeah, that's why I said; You're pretty smart and pretty...!"
"It's not the first time I'm hearing that, so don't play with my intelligence, get straight to the point...I've got other things to do!" Temi said straight-forwardly...