Stella was trying to keep her eyes wide open as she listened forcedly to their professor's class. After spending the night with a young man and letting him claim her, she suddenly felt exhausted from dealing with his problems.
At first, she keeps asking herself why the hell did she sign that contract, second what is the main purpose of that young man for hiring her if he can find a better woman than her? She doesn't know what the answer is.
"Hey, are you alright?" Her friend called her to get her attention since she doesn't have time to deal with her right now.
She glances at Hazel, "What do you think? Am I look alright to you?"
Hazel shrugged, "Why don't you tell me where did you go last night? Last time I check you are right beside me but then you just disappear."
"Long story, Hazel, and don't ask me again. I'm not in the mood to talk about it right now because we have a test to deal with."
"That test is a piece of cake. You can answer that even if your eyes were close," she replied.
"Thank you for the compliments but that's not what I want. I need better sleep from now on because I might pass out because of fatigue."
Her friend just shrugged before putting all her attention on the class, while Stella tried all her best to focus but her eyes were too sleepy. Until someone knocked on the door which made the students look at it.
The professor came to open the door and she was surprised to see a young man standing at the door. They all looked at the unknown man but Stella wasn't interested who that intruder.
"Ms. Hamilton," the professor called her name causing her to stand up immediately.
"Yes, ma'am?" She responded.
"Someone's looking for you."
She looked at the professor, confused, "Who it could be?"
"Why don't you check him yourself? Perhaps it helps you know who am I talking to?"
Out of curiosity, Stella left her seat to see who is that man. She's not expecting anyone since she never dated young men in her batch, but it becomes more clear to her when she finally saw who is the man standing outside the door.
even though she couldn't see his face yet because the young man had his back turned to her, Stella knew who owned that back, and she only knew one person with such an attractive back.
"Elton?" she asked because she wants to make sure her guess was correct.
The young man slowly turned to her, after which he removed his glasses. He flash a smile made the girls inside the classroom giggles as if they seen a celebrity visited on their school.
"Isn't he the youngest son of the Richard family?" one student asked another student.
"Yes, it's him. The news is true! He's really handsome in person!"
"What is a famous person like him doing here in our school?"
"I don't know but I think his coming here has a connection with Stella."
Even though it was only a whisper, Stella could still hear how they admired this young man. She felt like she wanted to disappear because of so much shame because she didn't expect his sudden departure.
"What are you doing here?" She ask the young man softly so that the students wouldn't hear what she had to say.
"What am I even doing here? I'm picking you up. My daddy wanted to meet you, so I picked you up myself instead of our driver."
"You don't have to pick me up. Besides, can you lower your voice because I don't want them to think that I made an agreement with a famous person like you," she whispered.
"Don't be afraid, I'll take care of you. Just trust me," Elton winked at him before entering their classroom.
"Hey! Get back here, what are you planning to do?!"
But the young man just ignored her, and stood in front of the stage where their teacher was. Meanwhile, the young lady does not know how she should react, especially if she will be tempted by the students or worse than that.
"Sorry to disturb you but I would like to temporarily take your classmate Stella Hamilton, we have something important to discuss so I hope you understand," he turned to the teacher standing next to him, "Forgive my presumptuousness miss, but may I take your student?"
Elton saw how the young teacher's cheeks reddened before she nodded in response to his question, he took the young lady's hand and kissed the back of her hand. He also secretly handed over his calling car before whispering in her ear.
"Don't forget to call me, beautiful young lady."
After he said that, he quickly pulled Stella out of the room. He couldn't stop smiling because it looked like he was attracted to another woman. But he immediately stops fantasizing when he suddenly received a strong blow from the young lady.
"Ouch! What was that for?"
Stella scolded him, "That's for the shame you gave me and this," the young lady slapped him, "That's for flirting with my professor! What will my classmates say? Have you thought about the problem that you gave to me now?!"
"That's why you don't want to call me because you want to embarrass me!? Are you out of your mind, Elton?" She was angry with his abrupt actions.
Elton scratched his head, "I'll apologize to you later because we have a bigger problem."
"What's wrong? Besides, I don't have a problem. Have you forgotten that this is your problem?"
"Whether it's mine or yours, you're still part of this problem since you signed the contract," he answered.
Stella couldn't do anything but agree because it was too late for her to say no. They already started this game so they have to finish it no matter what.
She sighed, "What kind of problem are you talking about? If it's about your mother, I'll take care of her. I can handle it."
"Worse than that."
She suddenly wondered, "What do you mean worse than that?"
Elton walked over to her and grabbed her by both shoulders, before leaning down to whisper.
"We both have to get married. As in real marriage."