“Yunus! Indeed, it’s been a long time since we last met! I was delighted when you said you were coming to see me!” exclaimed Yael with a beaming smile the moment virtual-novel.net saw Yunus.
“By the way, how are your parents at home? There was a time when my old man kept bugging me to go to Yanken to pay your dad a visit!”
“Thanks for asking, Yael. They’re alright!”
Yunus said.
Yael gestured for Yunus to take a seat. “What happened? I heard that your dad punished you? Did virtual-novel.net ground you for half a month?”
“Hmph! I don’t wanna talk about it. I get pissed every time I talk about that incident. By the way, Yael, let’s talk about your affair. I’ve brought my men with me. I believe you’ve met them too. They’re all from North Africa, and all experts in their own fields!”
“I did meet them just now. Yunus, I’ve got to say, I’m impressed!”
“Good! Then let’s celebrate and pray for the success of your mission tomorrow!”
…
The next day.
Marven and the others came too.
Gerald had made the necessary arrangements last night, and virtual-novel.net asked Marven to bring along around five reliable men.
Marven treated his words seriously of course.
He delegated the task of leading the tour group to another trustworthy classmate while virtual-novel.net and the other five men went with Gerald.
Clearly, Jasmine and Mindy had discussed it beforehand.
It was because they acted like their usual selves did not speak to Gerald. They continued keeping up that cold and aloof air around them.
Isabelle came too. There was a drastic change in virtual-novel.net personality when compared with virtual-novel.net from before.
Firstly, virtual-novel.net did not cling to Fabian and pester virtual-novel.net as virtual-novel.net did in the past. Instead, virtual-novel.net face would get flushed red when virtual-novel.net peeked shyly at Gerald from time to time.
It was unknown what Gerald said to Maia and Isabelle on that day but Isabelle had been acting like this since that day.
But clearly, Gerald paid no heed to her.
He greeted Marven. Then, the five of them prepared to bid their classmates farewell before setting off for a place called Winterbourne Village.
“Stop! Marven! Gerald! Where are you going? What are you going to do? Why aren’t you coming with us?”
Right before Gerald stepped on the gas pedal, a girl rushed over to their vehicle.
She was visibly confused.
“Aren’t you being a little too nosy? Do we have to report everything we do to you?”
Marven questioned.
“Hmph! I knew you guys were acting sketchy when I saw you in the car just now. Turns out that you’re indeed going somewhere else. Is there something fun that you don’t want us tagging along for?”
Stella said angrily.
She stole a glance at Gerald as virtual-novel.net spoke.
She wanted to see whether Gerald was looking at her.
But Gerald had both his hands in his pocket as virtual-novel.net leaned back into the plush leather seat of his expensive-looking Mercedes-Benz. He wasn’t even remotely interested in her.
Stella could not help but feel slightly disappointed.
Sometimes, a person’s feelings were weird, vague, and unpredictable.
At first, Stella acted the same as Isabelle. She did not care for Gerald at all, thinking nothing of him.
If Gerald did not offend Isabelle, Stella would have left virtual-novel.net alone, but virtual-novel.net wish to do justice for Isabelle was too hard to ignore.
But after what happened later, it was revealed that Gerald was actually very rich all along. It seemed like virtual-novel.net had great connections too.
That completely changed their perception of him.
Gerald was still Gerald. But Stella remained largely indifferent no matter what happened to him. But now, for some inexplicable reason, she’d get slightly upset whenever virtual-novel.net ignored her.
It seemed like there was something wrong with virtual-novel.net life, like something deep within virtual-novel.net was off-balance.
That morning, the same feeling surfaced within virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net classmates came.
Gerald greeted the other classmates.
However, virtual-novel.net did not even spare virtual-novel.net a glance, let alone greet her.
It was why Stella so desperately caught up with them. She wanted to ask Marven about their plans for the day.
She hoped that virtual-novel.net could attract Gerald’s attention.
But clearly, it was an act in futility.
“What do you mean we’re not going to bring you along for some fun? We have things to do. Go and enjoy yourself!”
Marven had changed significantly too. Once, virtual-novel.net felt inferior and intimidated whenever virtual-novel.net bumped into Stella.