Chapter 23
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Andrea was watching a movie in the room when Alicia came in.
"Took a picture of Conrad and Ariel at the garden. They shouldn't fall in love with each other else, you both can't have him" Alicia said, handing Andrea the phone.
She stared at the picture for a while before smashing the phone on the ground angrily.
"The hell with you Andrea!!!" Alicia yelled.
"What?"
"Why would you break my phone?" Alicia asked, staring at the iPhone on the ground.
"You wouldn't have given it to me then!" Andrea snapped.
"You know that Dad won't get me another one, you're crazy for doing this!!" Alicia yelled and Andrea slapped her.
Alexa stood immediately.
"Who gave you the right to yell at me? Did you forget I came out first?! I'm the senior so respect me!!!" Andrea yelled and Alicia frowned.
"Who gave you the right to kill him?" Alicia asked and Andrea's eyes widened.
She stepped back, her face loosening.
"It was not intentional" Andrea mumbled.
"I bet it was" Alicia said and picked her broken phone from the ground before leaving the room.
Alexa looked at Andrea and sighed before wanting to go.
"It was not intentional"
"We both know how angry you can be and the inhumane things you can do when angry so definitely it wasn't intentional" Alexa said the last part sarcastically and wanted to leave again but she stopped her.
"You guys weren't there to confirm if I'm lying or not" Andrea said.
"But we know who you are, Andrea. That alone has already told us what happened" Alexa said and left the room slamming the door in the process.
Andrea touched her chest as tears welled up in her eyes.
"I didn't mean to" She mumbled and sat on the couch.
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Conrad was staring at the message he sent Ariel with a frown on his face.
Logan looked up from the game he was playing looking at Conrad.
"What's the matter?" He asked.
"Nothing!/"
"Your face says otherwise" He said and Conrad looked at him.
"I mean, I sent you a message but you can….." he didn't finish talking when he got a message from her.
"Thanks for reminding me Currently at my house now"
He dropped his phone after reading the message before facing Conrad.
"Never mind" He said and laid down facing the other way.
"Guy, I wanna tell you something" Logan said but Conrad didn't reply.
"I'd talk anyways. I like Ariel and I feel like you…."
"I don't like her" Conrad cut him short.
"Oh that's good news"
"Now quit bugging me. I'm trying to get some sleep" He said and closed his eyes.
Logan smiled before focusing on his game.
Conrad stared at the wall in front of him with a thought going through his head.
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Taylor's limousine drove into the compound and she alighted from the car.
She stared at the mansion before walking into it.
She opened the door and switched on the light only to gasp.
"Ariel!!!!" She screamed and ran to give her a tight hug.
"Mummy" Ariel said, hugging her back tightly.
"I missed you"
"I missed you too" Ariel said and broke the hug.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming, I would have prepared something" Taylor said.
"Nahh don't worry. I made something special. Go freshen up then come meet me at the dining" Ariel said and Taylor looked towards the dining.
The room there was dark and she wondered why.
"It's a secret, now go" Ariel said, pulling her mum towards the stairs.
"Okay fine" Taylor said and walked upstairs into her room.
Few minutes later, she came downstairs and smiled, inhaling the aroma that filled the atmosphere.
"Is that what I think it is?" She asked herself before going to the dark dining room that was now bright.
Her mouth watered as she stared at the delicacies in front of her.
A big fried chicken was on the table as the appetizer, a bowl of ice cream as dessert and a plate of pasta as the main dish.
"Ariel" Taylor said and closed her mouth in shock.
"You did all this,…for me?" She asked.
"Anything for my mum" Ariel said and she smiled.
"Thanks"
"My pleasure, now settle down, let's eat" Ariel said.
Taylor smiled and pulled out a chair settling down. Ariel did the same and they started eating the chicken.
"Why haven't you been picking my call these days?" she asked, taking a bite from the chicken.
"I'm sorry. I wasn't just chanced to call you back or do a video call with you. I'm usually busy and usually whenever you call, I'm in class" Ariel said while chewing the chicken.
"Oh that's nice. Just wanted to know, did the three A's father tell you anything?" Taylor asked, swallowing what was in her mouth.
"Well, his guards wanted to take me away cause he thought I vandalized his daughters room" Ariel said and Taylor's eyes widened.
"What?"
"Yeah but then Conrad stopped them. He punched a guard and was held at gunpoint" Ariel said blushing.
"You like him?"
"No but like he always saves me either he or the shadow I told you about" Ariel said and Taylor chuckled.
"The Conrad stuff, I believe but shadow? How can a shadow protect you or rather save you?" Taylor asked.
"It's true mum. I heard the shadow say something before" Ariel said and Taylor's face became serious.
"Tell me more"
"I stepped on a nail when participating in a 100 meter race and he came. He removed the nail from my leg but then to others, it showed I was the one removing it. I talked to him and he replied. I was shocked and I would have asked more questions but I wanted to win the race so he healed my leg and I continued running and won" Ariel said and took a glass of water gulping it down.
"You're not kidding" Taylor said and she nodded.
"I'd have to remove you from that school." She said and Ariel's eyes widened.
"Why?"
"First you're being bullied by the richest daughters in the country, second there are people who want to kill you, and third this shadow"
"The shadow follows me everywhere so even if you take me away from the school, the shadow will still follow me" She said and Taylor sighed.
"Try and be safe Hun, I love you" She said and Ariel smiled.
"I love you too" Ariel said and they smiled.
They continued eating and Taylor looked up at Ariel.
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