Episode 3

They came out of the elevator and walked towards were the Rolls Royce stood when they heard a sweet voice calling Eugene.

It was a woman  in a red skin-fit dress and burgundy hair. She walked towards Eugene and clasped her arm around his. " I am back", she said blushing. "When did you return?", he coldly asked. "Just now. I wanted to give you a surprise. Did you miss me?" she asked giggling. "I have some important works to do, you can leave now" he said. "But..." she continued following him when she was stopped by the two huge bodyguards.

"Hmph, you're still going to marry me someday. Let's see, how I make you fall in love with me"  She said gritting her teeth then she gave a mean smile and left clacking her heels.

This woman called Amanda Lee was a model and has been the childhood friend of Eugene. She has always been cocky about the fact that some rumors even called her the fiancée of Eugene Andersen.

"So who was that guy anyway?", asked the curious Sera to Reina who had just ended her class. " I don't know, some pervert!", she said sighing. " A pot-bellied man?", asked Sera. "What? No!", Reina exclaimed. " Quite handsome man", she continued. She thought about the man's masculine body and of course his handsome face. While Reina sat there blushing, Sera was distracted by a student handing out flyers in the campus, she rushed to him and got a flyer for herself and returned to Reina. "Look, we seem to have some sort of workshop tomorrow and a few famous faces are going to show up for it". " Financial Management? We can't miss it then!" she  said as she bid goodbye to her bestie and hopped on the white Scaldarsi Emperor. She opened the door to the front seat and was shocked to see the person who was driving."Old man?", she exclaimed and she made herself comfortable in the seat.  It was her dad. He came to pick her up as he promised his wife. "What brings you here? Where's uncle Andy?", she asked. Uncle Andy was the Chauffeur who always drove Reina to the university. He had been the chauffeur ever since Reina was little.

" I sent him to pick Jacob from the airport", he said and took a peek at her while she blushed at the name. "J-Jacob? He has returned? That's amazing", she said. He heaved a big sigh as he thought "My daughter really has grown up".

Jacob Anny Serkis was the foster son of the Norman's. He was found homeless by the 5 year old Reina who was saved by him from a mad dog and insisted her parents to take him. Though adopted by the Norman's, he still kept his mother's initials as she was his only family before she died from illness.

Jacob however was a strong willed man, and a quick learner, he soon took charge of the side branch of the Norman's technology that was situated abroad while the main branch was still handled by Ivan.

Reina returned home and was welcomed by all the servants who always spoiled her "Young Miss welcome home", they happily said. She gave them a big warm smile and headed in., "Mom, mom, I am back", she exclaimed. Her mom came towards her and hugged her.  "Rei...", a voice came from behind her. She turned to see Jacob. She jumped to hug him. "Rei, I missed you", he said. Reina blushed and gently got down and said "I missed you more". And they chatted happily.

"Sir, I got the information you asked for", said Aaron to the man who stood near a big window holding a cigar. He took out the envelope and read, "Norman Reina, eh?, X University?", he said. "Well, hope to see you there", he thought.

The next day, Jacob drove Reina to the University.

Everyone saw Reina together with Jacob. Some were drooling over his handsome face, some even shipped them as a couple and some envied them.

Sera popped out of nowhere and came to them, "Isn't it the brother-in-..", as he was about to finish the sentence, Reina cut-in and pulled her along with her as she told him they had an important workshop to attend and said their goodbyes.

"Are you crazy? You were just about to expose me there?", Reina shouted. "Oh come on , I think you should tell him how you feel about him. Girl, you've been crushing over him for decades now and I think he likes you too, I've seen how he treats you", she argued. "No, Sera, I can't!  He treats me as his little sister", she said with a sullen face."Ugh, fine", Sera mumbled.

In a distance, a man in a black somber Italian suit watched the woman who he slept with elegantly get off a car with a man. She looked gorgeous in that beautiful floral dress and every eyes followed her. He found himself quite irritated from the sight and tried to shake off the feeling."Jacob Serkis? Tsk! Ivan Norman sure as his tricks everywhere", he said to himself   when Aaron and the principal of the University came in, "The arrangements are done, Sir", they said. " Hm, Let's go", he said in a serious tone.

The hallway was bustling with students." Where there really these many students?", asked Reina. "They got the news that the first spokesperson of the workshop with be a famous businessman, the hot CEO of the Andersen Group, Eugene Andersen", Sera said as her eyes were sparkling with excitement to meet the handsome CEO who was the dream husband of every girl in the country.

"Eugene Andersen? He doesn't like to attend these sort of programs, does he?", Reina wondered. "Whatever..", she thought as they walked towards the auditorium and grabbed a seat in the third row at the front.

Soon the wait was over, and the man they were all anticipated to see walked on the stage and stood at the centre. He scanned every person with his clear green eyes and stopped at one person. He threw a short smile at her and started the session.

Reina sat there unshaken when she saw the person in front of her. She was too shocked to respond anything. Her beautiful snow white face went pale when the man smiled at her. She just wanted to get out of the hall.

As soon as the session ended, Reina grabbed her friend by the arm and was about to leave when she heard a voice, " Reina Norman".

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