ALEXA’S POV


    I am currently lying in my bed while staring intensely at the ceiling. I am letting what happened earlier in the rehearsal finally sink into me. I know in this kind of thing, I am no longer a first-timer who could not connect what I felt these past days. However, I am still scared to admit those kinds of stuff, and I am still confused about what is happening. Geez, this cupid! There were a lot of people, but he still chose to y with me.


    * tok tok tok *


    I stood up because of the loud sound made by someone knocking on my door. Who could that be, and why it seemed like he/she want to destroy my door?


    ” Wait!” I eximed, so he/she stopped knocking out my door.


    I checked myself in the mirror to see if I was still presentable to face whoever was knocking on my door. After making sure I looked fine, I immediately opened the door because if I did not, I was sure he/she would knock again.


    ” What do you want?” I angrily said to the one who knocked on my door loudly.


    ” I apologize, beshy! I thought you were sleeping,” Rhea said. She also made a cute peace while making a peace sign.


    ” Tsk! It seemed like you wanted to destroy my door,” I frowned.


    ” I am sorry,” Rhea replied. Sheughed first before passing through me.


    ” It seemed like you immediately miss me,” I sarcastically remarked after closing my room door.


    ” Well, you have a story to tell, remember,” She responded while sitting rxedly on my bed.


    ” You did not let this day pass,” I unbelievably told her and sat beside her.


    ” Well, I should know immediately,” she replied.


    I could not help but shake my head because of the way my best friend acted. I expected that she would bother me to tell her the story, but I did not expect that she would not let even this day pass before bothering me.


    ” So, what now?” Rhea asked, which made me back to reality.


    ” Well, as if I have other choice. You are already here,” Imented.


    ” You know me. If I want to know, I will make way,” she proudly said.


    ” Whatever!” I eximed and rolled my eyes. But Rhea simplyughed at me.


    ” Make it fast, tell it to me,” Rhea said while shaking my shoulder childishly.


    ” This was what happened. Mommy called me in her office. At first, I thought it was about the fight happened in the cafeteria, so I was shocked when,” I stopped.


    ” What?” Rhea hastily said it like she wanted to hear more. I slightlyughed because of her reaction. My best friend is a certified gossip lover.


    ” Do not simplyugh at me, what is next?” Rhea said while frowning.Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    ” Yeah, you are so impatient,” I replied, thenughed.


    ” When I was about to enter the office, James opened the do—-”


    ” WHAT?!” Rhea eximed, her heart out. I covered my ears because of how loud she eximed. Gosh, this girl is making me crazy.


    ” Lower down your voice, beshy. If brother came here again because of your voice, you will be dead,” I threatened her, but she simply made a peace sign.


    ” But what did James do there?” Rhea asked in wonder.


    ” I was about to say that, but you interrupted me,” I sarcastically replied.


    ” I am sorry. I will not do it again,” Rhea said like she was zipping her lips.


    ” Then what happened next was James went there to asked my mother if he could court me once again,” I continued and looked at her reaction.


    “asdfghjkl—” Rhea iprehensible said. I immediately covered her mouth because I knew she would exim again. Rhea hit my hand multiple times while ring at me.


    ” I will remove it but promise me you will not shout,” I calmly told Rhea, and she childishly nodded, so I removed my hand from her mouth.


    ” You are too much, beshy. Are you nning to kill me?” She angrily asked.


    ” I apologize, but I knew you would shout. I was just afraid that my brother wille here. We did not have anything to say to escape from him,” I tried to defend myself.


    ” Fine, I forgive you,” she said


    ” Now, let us go back. So what now? Are you making aeback? Thest time I checked you said he had a fiancée,” Rhea asked one question after another.


    ” Well, he said that they were arranged to marry each other, but it was cancelled. So he is single,” I exined andy down on my bed.


    ” If that so, he knew that you are with Ken, right?” Rhea asked.


    ” Well, he already know that my rtionship with Ken was fake,” I answered after standing up again. I slightly got nervous seeing Rhea’s reaction right now. She looked so serious, and it did not happen too often.


    ” Beshy?” I tried to get her attention.


    ” You did not even tell me that James knew everything already?! I thought we were best friends!” Rhea hastily stated and acted like she was wiping tears from her eyes.


    ” It does not suit you,” Imented.


    ” Psh, you really do not know how to apologize,” She harshly replied.


    ” I am sorry. I simply forgot it because of the roller coaster happening in my life today,” I said and made a cute face for her.


    ” You would not pass me through that, Alexa,” Rhea lectured me.


    ” I am so sorry. Do you not leave me any more?” I asked with a sad face.


    ” Hmp! I love you. That is why I do not want you to be hurt. So, what is your n?” She asked, which made me let out a heavy sigh.


    ” I still do not know, beshy. I am still confused,” I admitted.


    ” Well, it is between a second chance for James, or you will gamble with Ken,” Rhea replied.


    “You made an easy choice, beshy,” I sarcastically told her before lying weakly on my bed.


    ” I know it will be difficult, but I want you to choose to whom you will be genuinely happy,” She said andy beside me.


    ‘ To whom will I be genuinely happy?’


    It was thest question running through my mind before everything went ck.


    ***


    Rhea and I woke up early the next day to avoid beingte for ss. We were eating when Rhea’s mother called her and asked her to went home first. So, I am walking in the hallway right now alone. I was a little wondering when some of my schoolmates were passing through me. They looked at me and started whispering something to each other.


    ” Is the gossip true? Are they really in a fake rtionship?” I heard the girl say as she passed through me with her friend.


    ” Yes, it was actually posted in the bulletin board,” Another girl replied.


    I could not help but frown because of what I heard. Gosh, these people love to gossip. I tried to ignore what I heard, but there was something urging me to see the bulletin board, so I went to the announcement area to personally see it. I could not help but touch my lips when I saw my pictures together with Ken marked with the word ‘fake’. Who could do this?


    ” Do not look at that,” I heard someone authoritatively tell me from behind. I looked at him.


    ” Ken,” I almost whispered his name.


    ” I kept searching for you since earlier. Caleb and Rhea were in the cafeteria, let us go there, shall we?” Ken replied and held my hand tightly.


    I lowered my head and slowly nodded at him. Now I know that we were the ones our schoolmates kept gossiping about when I bumped into some of them earlier. However, above all, I am curious to know who passed those pictures on the bulletin board.


    TO BE CONTINUED!