Chapter 5
GIDEON stared nkly at the closed door after Rona—Lyzza went out. His jaw clenched and he
almost pulled his hair because of the woman’s actions toward him; the very same woman who has
upied his mind ever since he woke up from aa four months ago, right after he purchased her
that night.
He came to that auction because of his friend’s influence, telling him to unwind more often. He was
sent by that bastard friend of his, named Alejandro Almeradez. He was one of his best friends since
they were in military school.
He was on leave at that moment and was processing his divorce papers with his ex-wife. That slut of
an ex-wife who wasn’t content in life and had the nerve to find another guy. Gideon used to think she
was an angel because they had been in a rtionship for one and a half years before they decided to
get married. She acted demure in her external actions and through her appearance, but she was wild in
bed; the reason why both of them reached two years, adding up the eight months of his marriage with
her.
However, unknowingly, someone was making his ex-wife happy in bed while he was busy with his
military service. His whore of an ex-wife was a real wolf in sheep’s clothing. She jumped from one bed
to the next with several men during those times he was not around, revealing her true color whenever
she moaned in pleasure.
Even when they were already married, she was still doing it—cheating. He didn’t know where hecked
to even experience such a thing from her. Whatever she wanted, she would get it. Gideon tolerated all
of her caprice and gave her even his time when he was on vacation. But it seemed like she still wasn’t
satisfied with him because she foundfort in another guy’s arms.
After six months of being together as husband and wife, he decided to divorce her as soon as he saw
her grinding on top of another man inside his own house—right on their own bed.
He was in a rage, but he stopped himself from pulling his gun from his pocket and blowing the guy’s
head off. His ex-wife didn’t even respect his house or their master’s bedroom.
He managed to calm himself and filed for a divorce. His ex-wife even protested and even med him
for his shorings. Gideon chose to understand her up until the court approved the divorce he filed in
Las Vegas, right where they tied the knot.
Moreover, he made sure that his ex-wife would not get anything from him, not even a dime from his
properties and money. She attempted to file a case against him, but he threatened her that if she did
that, he’d also file a case against her formitting adultery. The woman knew well how much power
he had to acquire solid evidence to prove his im and make her pay for that crime.
He was in the military, after all.
In the end, his ex-wife chose to leave him alone and left the country.
Exactly a week after the court approved his divorce papers, Alejandro invited him to go to a bar. They
also brought Riguel with them, their other friend. The three of them were called the bad-ass trio in
military school back in their batch. They always got each other’s backs.
His friends presumed that he was goddamn lonely, or at least that was what Alejandro believed, and so
he asked his driver to pick him up and send him to that hotel where that auction took ce. He
showered his friend with all sorts of curses right at that moment when he realized where he was. His
anger tripled when he heard Riguel’sughter from the other line.
In Alejandro’s defense, Gideon needed to at least unwind. And when they said to unwind, it meant he
would go pick a woman and spend his time having a happy hour.
His irritation with his two best friends vanished when his eyes fell on a beautiful young girl. She was
neen or twenty years old, perhaps. She looked innocent and frightened all at the same time. It was
like she was only forced to do it; that she didn’t really like selling her body, but she just had to.
She was quite different from the other women she was with on the make-stage who wanted to attract
clients’ attention. Gideon saw how the young girl was scared when she saw the old, foreign man had
the highest bid for her.
It was his cue to make his move. Suddenly, he felt a strong urge to save the girl and im her at the
same time. It was a fatal attraction, and he couldn’t do anything to fight it. He was thinking that
Alejandro was correct after all; he was lonely and needed to concentrate on the young woman.
But deep inside, it was more than that. If he really wanted to permanently forget about his ex-wife’s
betrayal through a woman, he would surely go to a bar, pull some almost naked woman and fuck her
inside thefort room of the establishment.
After all, he didn’t need to approach them since he was the one being approached by women.
Alejandro told him that he was the exact replica of his brother, Nexus Almeradez. Too serious, had an
expensive smile and had intimidating looks.
But because of the fact that he spent three million for just one night with that young girl, he knew it
wasn’t just because he wanted to forget about the divorce he had with his ex-wife.
He was attracted to that girl, named Rona.
‘It was Lyzza. Her name is Lyzza. Damn it!’ He was left dumbfounded when he found out her real
name. Of course, she would never tell him her real name that night.
It only confirmed his doubt that night. He already thought that her name was not her real name. And
now, the girl pretended that she didn’t know him. It was uneptable. Even more so because she was
the first person who upied his mind when he woke up from aa.
That morning, four years ago, he received a call from the camp that he needed to get back to service
for another mission. He didn’t have any choice but to go and leave the beautiful youngdy sleeping
safely and soundly beside him.
However, on his way to the camp, he was ambushed by the notorious international syndicate, which
they had been keeping an eye on for so long. He was cornered and, despite him being badly beaten
up, he managed to blow off each of the enemies’ heads who attempted to attack him.
It was already toote when he found out that there was a bomb nted inside his car. There were a
few seconds that were left before he figured it out. He immediately threw it away, but the impact was so
severe that it still harmed him. He just woke up after four months of being in a state ofa.
When he regained his strength, his driver came to visit him and told him what had happened that day.
The driver told him that he hadn’t seen the woman he was supposed to fetch after that night. The hotel
management confirmed that the girl left thirty minutes after he exited the building. The red envelope
wasn’t beside thempshade either, so he assumed that she had already read what was written there.
However, that girl was a real hard-headed person. She was too stiff and refused to talk to him. Because
of that, he chose to return to his military service to finish his remaining years.
He promised his mother that he would leave the military at the age of thirty-two. And he did. Right after
that, he spent his time learning about his family business.
As their eldest and only son, it was his responsibility to take thepany and manage it as soon as his
father, the chairman of thepany, retired. It was also not an option to not take care of his younger
sister.
His little sister was a spoiled brat, and he knew that she didn’t want to be caged in the four corners of
the office he was currently in. She would surely get bored to death—at least those were her words.
And now that he had be the CEO of Vesarius Airlines, he immediately hired a private investigator
to find that woman. But it looked like he didn’t have to bother spending his money because he had
already seen her again.
“Sir, what should we do to the remaining students outside the office?” Cleo, his secretary, asked while
peeking inside his office.
Gideon turned his back on him and mmed his ass against the swivel chair. He leaned against the
headrest and picked up his sign pen.
“Transfer them to HR. I’m done with what I needed to do.”
He didn’t care if the Head of HR spent her entire day until midnight just interviewing the students that
wanted to get on-the-job training at theirpany.
“Yes, Sir,” his secretary answered, and he carefully closed the door behind him. Cleo was used to his
behavior. He didn’t need to say a ton of words just for him to understand his order.
Cleo wouldn’t have stayed as his secretary for a year if he didn’t know that. He chose his employees
very well. He didn’t need an ipetent one.
Gideon looked at Lyzza’s resume once again. The woman was smiling in the picture. That smile was
only a little, but was enough to capture his attention.
He detached her passport-sized photo from her CV and kept it in his drawer. He then put her resume
along with the three other resumes of the students he had already interviewed.
“WHAT happened to you, Lyz? You look like you’ve been showered by jinx all day!” Quincy asked
Lyzza when she saw her at the cafeteria inside Vesarius Airlines.
It was already lunchtime, so she decided to go there. The truth was, Lyzza spent her time there right
after leaving Gideon’s office, and that was three hours ago.
She suddenly felt so small and regretful. And yes, her chest was full of negativity.
It was like a big pnded on her face when Gideon didn’t even give her a chance to showcase her
abilities to be able to enter the airline that he owned. Vesarius Airlines was a big opportunity for each
and every fourth-year tourism student like her.
It seemed like fate was ying tricks on her. Out of all the people who could be the boss, it had to be
that guy who knew her darkest secret, aside from her family and two best friends.
“Nothing. I just don’t feel well today,” she answered, biting the straw of an empty ss. It was her third
ss of juice. Lyzza felt a bit ashamed if she continued to just spend her time inside the cafeteria
without buying anything.
“Not feeling well? Why? You’re even lucky to have seen a glimpse of Vesarius’ CEO,” Quincy uttered,
and put her tray on top of the table with the food she ordered.
Lyzza just sighed but didn’t speak. If only she could tell Quincy that the man she was swooning over
was the reason she was like this. If she attempted to tell her that, Quincy would probably start to ask
her questions. She didn’t want her ssmate to find out her secret—about Summer’s real father, and
so she chose to shut her mouth.
“And you know what, Lyz?” Quincy asked while she took a spoonful of food. Even though her mouth
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was full, there was no way to stop her from chattering. “Those students that were assigned to the CEO
were deliberately transferred to HR,” she informed her with a grin. “Have you been interviewed?”
She nodded and snatched some strands of fries from Quincy’s te.
“Ah, you’re so lucky!” her friend eximed while focusing on her, not minding that she was already
taking a lot of fries from her te. “Well, the nerve-wracking witch at the other block, she didn’t get her
chance. She thought she would hit the jackpot this day. We’re all out of the ship.”
Quincy Maeughed like she was really happy that all of the students she disliked were transferred to
HR including the other woman from the other section.
Lyzza sometimes thought that Quincy was a brat.
Moreso, she knew that she was kind. She befriended almost all of the students at their university. But
she was the only one she chose to spend her time with ever since Lyzza came back to finish her
studies.
Lyzza heard that Quincy’s family was well-off, but because she was a real-time rebel in the family, her
politician father threw her into a public university. Because she was always the center of attention, she
was overjoyed to attend a public university. In Quincy’s defense, she felt suffocated by the pressure
and standards of her father when she enrolled in a private school.
“Would juice be your lunch?” Quincy asked when she noticed that she didn’t have any food with her.
“I’m still full. Full with juice intake,” she answered and looked at her friend.
Quincy Mae was staring at her—no, she was staring at her back as if she was seeing a ghost… more
on something she really liked. That shocked expression that eventually gave out a creepy smile, or
more like a grin. Her eyes almost turned into two beating hearts.
That only meant one thing. She already saw one of the reasons for her day bing brilliant and
when she saw Gideon standing a few meters away from her.
He was standing in the middle of the cafeteria, crossing his arms arrogantly while looking at them—at
her. His eyes traveled toward their table, taking a longer look at her empty ss. After that, he returned
his gaze to her and down to her lips.
She absentmindedly covered her lips upon remembering how he “ravished” her with his kisses earlier.
From his nk expression, he then furrowed his eyebrows and raised his hand. He was signaling
someone, and then a littleter, his secretary approached him.
Gideon said something inaudible. She just heard the words ‘food’ and ‘service’. Another meaningful
and deep gaze was given in her direction right before he decided to turn away and exited the cafeteria.
“Shit!” Quincy Mae squeaked, which made Lyzza look at her in confusion. After that, she crouched on
the table and reached for both of her arms. “Tell me the truth, Lyz. Why is he giving you that kind of
look?” Quincy asked her curiously like she was some kind of criminal that was being interrogated.
“W-what kind of look?” she asked, ying innocent as if she really didn’t know what kind of look he just
gave her. She suddenly shuddered in her seat.
“That kind of deep, dark, yet entrancing look! That was the look he just gave you!”