When Naysa woke up, she realized she had slept for two hours. She grabbed her phone and there were six missed calls from Ridden, two from Marina, one from Livia and two from uncle Tarran. She almost cursed. The first person she called was uncle Tarran.
"I saw you on TV. Naysa I would ask you to finish this year in peace before you get yourself engaged in this relationship matters. You life depends on what you do now." Uncle Tarran said. He had heard of the Grant's but had never seen any of them. Since the names of the couple who won were not mentioned but the video went viral, he didn't know the man who was with Naysa was the great business god, Jemmy.
"Uncle it's not like we planned all this... I mean... Can we just talk when am back? Please?" Naysa cut off the reciever without waiting for an answer. She then called Marina and asked her to come over.
"As for Ridden and Livia, we can talk when we meet." She murmured asdhe walked to the bathroom. After a cold bath, the washed Pearl and wiped it clean and dry. After making instant noodles, Marina arrived and the are it together. Marina asked about the couple challenge.
"Everyone knows you won, though no one knows that's Jemmy Grant's." She said. "Few people can recognize his face now since he rarely shows in the media. How will you explain this?"
" To who? I owe no one an explanation." Naysa said.
"What about Ridden. He's been looking for you and was heart broken when he saw the video." Marina said.
" He wasn't and isn't my boyfriend. I also don't what I'll tell anyone, or what am supposed to do." Naysa said. "All this was unexpected."
"But..." She wanted to speak more but she was the fluffy puppy Pearl. She picked it up.
MEANWHILE
Jemmy sat on the balcony, overlooking the city at the far end and a natural forest on the other side. He thought about his life since he met Naysa. It's like even the world wants them to be together. At first, Pearl had wanted him to stay whne it bit his trousers. Today they had appeared in the annual couple's challenge, winning the challenge with no effort.
Meanwhile, the guards out were in a heated conversation. They had witnessed the challenge back at Sunrise Mall and had seen the pictures Stenson took of Jemmy and Naysa while in the mall.
"If boss doesn't marry this girl, we should just force him to do so." Adrian started
"Will you shut your mouth? You couldn't stop second boss when he was fighting, you think we can force him to even laugh? Leave alone marry someone?" Frank said. Stenson laughed.
"See, you haven't been close to that lady as much as I, I swear you would like her company. The way she behaves is enough to charm someone." Stenson said.
"Someone talked of the second boss, I wonder why he's not back from country LA. He never likes spending even a night there, why did he take long to return?" Another guard asked.
"We can't tell." Frank shrug.
"You guys worry about second boss and forget the current miracles with boss. He hasn't reported to work today., He let a lady hold his hands, in fact, he's friendly to a lady." Stenson said.
"Aah... I faint." Frank said so funny that everyone laughed. Jemmy looked down at the guards who were laughing and they all sensed sharp eyes on them. They resumed their posture, pretending to be alert but Jemmy could see they were a little happy.
He cleared his throat as he stood up and walked to his bedroom.
WAVE VALLEY UNIVERSITY
Naysa wouldn't abandon her roommates that easily after being with them for the past three and a half years, especially Livia since Marina would always stick by her side and they had spend the rest of the evening together and Marina slept at Naysa's new resident apartment. Sunday, they went to school to be with Livia who had discussed in length with Roderick about his brother's injury and his brother's plan to take revenge on the Grant's for making him loose his two teeth. She was also jealous of Naysa when she watched the viral video.
How could she get favors that first? Livia had personally been in a relationship with Roderick for long but he hadn't taken her to any fancy place, why would she not be jealous? Besides, she had eyes for the CEO.
Meanwhile, as soon as Naysa and Marina walked into the school gate, they met a group of girls. Lisa stepped forward and stopped them.
"What do you think you're doing?" Marina asked.
"Keep yourself out of this, Naysa, between Ridden and the man in the video, who everyone knows, whom do you choose?" Lisa asked. Naysa laughed sarcastically.
"Do you I owe you an explanation? Why would I tell you that?" She asked.
"Because I need to know Naysa, everyone needs to know. At least leave one man for us poor single souls." Lisa said, almost pleading but also too loud and angry that everyone heard.
Naysa stuck out her tongue and walked past the group of girls, followed closely by Marina.