:: College Director's Office::
Irene had been standing in the office without speaking. She just looked at Victor, who was scrutinizing the documents on his desk.
Occasionally he wrote something on a notebook and occasionally he looked at the computer on the side.
Feeling restless, Irene looking at her wristwatch again. She already so late now for her lecture. But, this Mr. Victor didn't say anything after they got here together. He just went to his seat and completely ignoring her. What is the point of asking her to be here anyway?
After a couple of minutes more, Irene finally decided that she had to speak up this matter with the man.
"Um… excuse me Mr. Victor. I'm here quite long now. Why are you asking me to be here actually? " Irene trying to sound as polite as she could.
Hearing her voice make Victor stop all of his work and now looking directly to the girl.
"I thought you just wanted to stand there for the next couple of hours and looking at me working without saying anything." Victor said in a monotone voice.
Irene cannot believe her ears. Is the man actually waiting for her to speak up to him in the first place? But he is the one that invite her to be there the first place. What is going on?
"What do you mean, sir?"
'Tsk, I need to work a lot for this little one.' Victor feel annoyed in his mind but after looking at her face that suddenly making him calm.
"Listen here carefully. That day after you stained my shoes, I find out that you're interesting." Victor doesn't want to beat around the bush and wanted to make himself clear.
"Huh?" Irene blinked non-stop as she tried to understand.
"So… What am I supposed to do to make up for you? I'm sure you know about my condition. I don't have any money to replace your shoes and I can't afford to lose my scholarship." Irene hopes that is not the case.
Victor got up from his seat and walked over to the girl. "Are you deaf?" He said it coldly while watching Irene sharply. `
"I just said that I'm interested in you. How is that sound like I wanted to pull your scholarship? "
"Meaning that?" Irene still doesn't get it.
Victor brought his face closer to Irene, "I like you as a woman."
Irene's eyes began to widen with that sudden confession. During her 20 years of life, no one had ever expressed a lovey dovey feelings to her. Plus so direct like this. But seriously, someone great like Mr. Victor is liking someone ordinary like her? Isn't it insane? Her face become so red after that as she doesn't know how to react by that.
"H… how… can that be?" Irene step back a little distancing herself a bit from the man that seem so close now.
Victor straight up his posture and just shrug his shoulder. "Feeling is mysterious indeed. Even I wonder. Anyway, I just want to be honest and be cool about that, so next time you are not so shocked if you see I'm bothering you after this. Because I don't like to be rejected. "
Irene tries hard to understand the man. Is he saying that whatever my feeling is I cannot reject him?
Without leaving Irene any space to say anything more about this matter Victor went back to his table and grab some paper and give that to her.
"Now, let's get to business. Even I like you, business is still a business. You already said you cannot compensate me after dirtying my expensive limited edition shoes so, I come to make a contract with you. "
Forgetting the heart throbbing scene, Irene is now focusing on the paper that is now in her hand.
"Becoming your slave?!" Irene was shocked to see the contract and watching the man unbelievably. He is the one that said he like me just now right? Why suddenly making me his slave?
"Yeah. Becoming my slave in this college."
"What?!" Irene raised her voice a little, but then came to her senses and continued to change her attitude. "I… I means. What is this means? "
Victor smiles a little when he sees Irene genuinely shocked by his sudden terms. He definitely like that new side of her that she just shows and he just too frustrated when she is not using it properly. So, he decided that he will make her bloom.
"Well working for me in this college for free, of course. I just use word slave as I don't need to pay you as working is not really the right term. Not for me at least. The contract is for one year. Sign that and you will be straight to action. No more debt between us after that even though that shoes is much more expensive than anyone's salary for a year. "
Irene scratched her non-itchy head because she was nervous with the situation she was facing. She is already busy living in her life, but suddenly she needs to become someone else slave? She is already a slave in her life already!
Of course her life never has a smooth sailing anyway. She reads all the terms in the contract and nothing disadvantages to her after all. She just needs to work for the man in one year without salary, of course, but she still gets to eat free as it written in the contract. Also, nothing is said about penalty if someone breaching the contract so if it's so bad she can just give up right? It's not so bad after all. She tries to persuade herself.
"What do you say?" Victor waiting for her answer.
"If I sign this I don't have a debt anymore to you after a year?" Irene wanted certainty. She never thinks of anything else anywhere. She just hates to be in debt, let alone if it involves money.
Victor's face changed slightly for some reason. "Yes."
With that, without thinking any longer Irene continued to sign the paper after she read everything to make sure she really understood. Then, she gives back the paper to the Victor who now have a tight face. What she did wrong then? Didn't he ask her to sign it? She just choose to ignores the odd feeling that started arising inside her heart.
"So, can I leave now? Or should I start working… On whatever?"
Suddenly a man in black suit come in and give Victor something and then he goes out. Victor now gives the thing to Irene. She accepts hesitantly. A note and a pen drive?
"This is a note and a video about your missing class just now. I will not call you for you to miss anything. With study you must be smart, not hard. Also, come when I call and be fast with that. Anytime, anywhere, in here. Now off you go. " Victor turned his face away from the girl.
"Thank you." Immediately Irene getting out of there so fast without looking back that she almost bumped into Ken who had just arrived.
"You do know how to be fast when going out from here. Annoying. " Victor complains only for him to heard.
"Victor, is that the girl on that profile?" As usual Ken makes himself at home wherever he goes.
Victor just gives him a 'none of your business look.'
"A slave contract? And she signed it? Are both of you crazy? How can you come up with this? " Ken definitely can't believe his eyes right now.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about that. It's just my way of teaching her. "
"Teaching her what?"
"She's not ready yet to become a mafia wife. So I need to teach her so she will become ready. " Said Victor unpretentious.
"Hey! You just meet her like once and you already talk about marriage? You're serious? " Ken cannot believe his ears also now.
"Well, I already told her about my feeling and doesn't allow her to reject me, so yeah."
Ken deadpan looking at his best friend. "Well, what a romantic proposal that is. But, who does the slave things towards their love one? " Ken tries to find the reasoning but he just can't.
"It's for her own good. There's a meaning behind it and I want to know how long she will realize that. "
Looking Victor all serious like that making Ken didn't want to questioning his best friend feeling anymore.
"But why her? I know she's pretty and all but other girls out there is also pretty. Just look at my wife. She's a model you know. " Ken always find ways to praise his wife as usual.
"Because… She reminds me of myself. Ten years ago. " There's a sadness behind his eyes and Ken saw that. He also knows what Victor means by that well.
"Hmm… Okay then. But, if you need my romantic teaching, please ask me. I'm pro at that. So, why you called me here? Is this regarding the present that you're prepared? "
"Yeah, I have already prepared everything so let's go now."
"How about our sniper?" Ken speaks low as this is not 'the mafia' office anyway.
"I bring in the best. But only both of us will be inside. "
Ken is smirking. "That's more than enough. I'm so thrilled. "
With that, both of them dash out from there to do their main job.