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đChapter 48
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Damien stepped out of the car,in awe as he stared at the school building which looked more beautiful than in pictures.
The magnificence made him feel so little and kinda scared.
The school building is as large as a whole street.
Students walked past him with their heads held high, some girls spared him a second glance but it seems more of a look of contempt.
He ba-rely had an idea of how rich kids behave cause Ivory had been so humble but seeing kids yell at their drivers for not opening the car door fast enough, seeing entourages follow students into the school, seeing maids running after some kids with their school bags made him have a rethink.
The girls were extremely h0t, theyâll make any other guy drool but not him though.
Heâs sure heâs not looking bad either, he had made sure he took extra time to dress up and even Mr Harold had commended his look.
âAre you going to stand there forever?â The driver asked Damien, snapping him out of his thoughts.
âUhâ he sighed and closed his car door.
âI hope you enjoy your first day hereâ his driver shouted.
âI hope so too, byeâ Damien waved.
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He walked into the school building after being scrutinized by a c@mÂŁra.
He brou-ght out his map which had been delivered alongside his school wears and started tracing his clas-s room, trying ha-rd not to cry at the sight of the more beautiful interior, heâs getting carried away with the beautiful and expensive things heâs seeing.
None of the students seemed amazed by it, they just walked past.
Well..they must have been used to it or rather they must have seen tons of more beautiful things at their home to be interested in these.
Almost all the students here are from influential homes .
He continued with tracing his clas-sroom until he almost bu-mped into someone.
âIâm so sorryâ he heard a tiny voice said before looking up.
âItâs fine, i should be sorryâ Harold said to the girl who looked shy.
She has a stunning beauty and doesnât look as proud and rude as the girls he has been coming across.
Sheâs putting on a pair of pale blue sapphire earrings which was the same color as her eyes.
He smiled seeing she had packed her hair the same way Irene loved packing hers.
Her school uniform signified sheâs a student of Ivy Royals and in her hand was a map too.
âAre you also looking for your clas-sroom?â Damien asked but got ignored as the girl walked past him.
âWhat!!â His mind screamed.
âJust when he was starting to think sheâs different, she can go to hell! He doesnât careâ He mumbled to himself angrily.
He finally found his clas-s after roaming the building and asking students who completely snubbe-d him and few who didnât asked who his father was before they can talk to him.
He never knew thought the students would be this way.
He sighed as he walked into his clas-sroom.
He got carried away with the beauty of his clas-s that he didnât even noticed how the students stared at him.
The females were mesmerized by his looks while the males were starting to feel threatened.
âOh..my .â Damien muttered breathlessly, taking in every inch of his clas-sroom.
If it wasnât for the chairs and lockers, he wouldnât have thought this was a clas-sroom, he felt so good, he felt like screaming,heâs so happy to be here, to be in a different world entirely, itâd be nice to spend time with these valuables.
This is just so breathtaking, heâs gonna cry if he keeps staring.
His eyes are starting to hurt from the beautiful things heâs seeing.
âEven the chairs and lockers are ..â Damien was saying inwardly when he noticed the dozens of eyes on him.
He stared back at them and they all slowly started withdrawing their gazes, he walked to the locker and dropped his bag, not minding the students.
He alre-ady made up his mind to ignore them as much as he can, they wonât want to relate with him anyway,heâs a son of a nob©dy.
Damien checked for the number written on his school ID on each desks and he finally found his at the middle row.
âWowâ He smiled, seeing his name customized boldly on his desk.
He was overexcited that if he could jump,he would.
He gently took his seat and waited for whatâs coming next.
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He know theyâre gonna be having their first clas-s for the day soon.
He continued feeding his eyes with the splendour of his clas-s.
âGood morning studentsâ A female teacher walked in, smartly dressed and looking good.
âHi Miss Mitchellâ The students chorused.
âLetâs begin our clas-sâ Miss Mitchell said, placing her l@pt©p on the table. Damien knew sheâll be teaching geometry cause thatâs the first on the timetable.
He was a bit confused as students brou-ght out l@pt©ps, seconds later everyoneâs desk contained a l@pt©p each except his and he sighed starting to get nervous.
He had thought theyâll be using notepad and pen!
âYours is in your deskâ A familiar tiny voice said to him and he turned to see .. the shy girl he had bu-mped into.
Her chair was right beside his, how couldnât he have seen her.
âUh?â He wi-de-ned his eyes.
âYour l@pt©p is in your deskâ The girl said and Damien tilted his head.
He fetched a br@nd new l@pt©p from his desk with a smile plastered on hisl-ips.
âThank youâŠâ He was saying but realized he didnât even know her name.
âMarleneâ He added after glancing at her name on her desk.
Her last name isnât on her desk like everyone else and he wondered if she doesnât have a last name.
WellâŠwho doesnât have a last name.
âThank you Marleneâ He repeated and got ignored once again.
âfu-ck!â He cursed un-der his breath before turning to operate on his l@pt©p with the help of the manual.
âOhh..before
we start, there are two new students and Iâll urge them to come forward nowâ Miss Mitchell said.
Damien stood up with Marlene and they both walked to Miss Mitchell and faced the students.
Damien could s-en-se Marlene was nervous and he wanted to hold her hand to reas-sure her but he st©pped himself.
âIntroduce yourselves plea-seâ Miss Mitchell said.
âIâm Damien Noris, nice to meet yâallâ Damien said.
âWell..itâs not nice to meet youâ A student said and most of them nodded.
âI knew he was a nob©dyâ Another male student said and most of them bur-st into laughter.
He smiled when he noticed it was mostly male students that mocked him.
He knew they feel threatened by his look.
âAnd i guess youâre a someb©dy! Just for warning,do not cross my path for any reason or youâll have yourself blamed , Iâll be f0rç£d to show you how crazy a nob©dy can beâ Damien said and the students g@sped in surprise including Miss Mitchell.
No new student had stood up for himself the way Damien had.
She was glad Damien had set them straight, theyâll begin to respect him and make sure they donât cross his path like he had said, theyâre all cowards,their mouths just run.
âIntroduce yourself plea-seâ Miss Mitchell said to Marlene.
âIâm Marleneâ She said shyly, staring at her feet.
âShe must be here on scholarsh!pâ A female student said and they all bur-sted into laughter.
Damien was almost f0rç£d to reply them but he just kept mute, wondering why Marlene hadnât mentioned her last name.
âYou donât have a last name?â A student posed the question.
âMaybe her dad is one infamous safecracker â A student said and laughter echoed the whole clas-s again.
âItâs impolite and rude to say such about her father!â Damien said and the laughter subsided..
âYou should caution themâ Damien said to Miss Mitchell.
âI wonât want to lose my jobâ She said to Damien on a low tone.
âOhhâ Damien sighed.
âIâm
Miss Mitchell,your geometry teacher. Itâs nice to meet you both. You can both go back to your seatsâ
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Damien sat in the cafeteria during lunch break, sitting and eating with two girls from his clas-s.
The girls are more nice to him than the guys, heâs trying to avoid any close relationsh!pwith any of them as much as he can cause they are obviously more nice to him because of his looks.
He doesnât want friends like that, plus theyâre so proud.
âSo, what does your dad do?â One of the girls asked him.
âMy dad is deadâ Damien replied plainly.
âOhhâŠIâm so sorry about thatâ The girls chorused.
âYour mum?â
âDead alsoâ
âOhâŠmy! So sad. So so sorry about thatâ
âThank you, itâs been long anywayâ Damien said, trying not to think about them.
âIâm Annabelle by the wayâ
âIâm Danielle and Annabelle is my friend. We both want to be friends with youâ
âOhhâŠfineâ Damien said with a little smile.
âThe way you answered questions in clas-s today was so mind b!owing and youâve got great looks too, i donât mind your background,i just want to be friends with you and maybe moreeâ Danielle smiled and win-ked.
âCount yourself lucky we want you as our friend â Annabelle said and Damien chuckled.
âLetâs observe table manners plea-seâ He said,still looking for Marlene in the cafeteria.
Seems sheâs not here.
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Marlene appeared after lunch break cause the clas-s prefect was ordered to show them round the school.
She looked reserved as she approached them.
He has never met someone as quiet as Marlene.
Sheâs obviously someone of few words.
He wanted to ask why she wasnât in the cafeteria but he doesnât want to get ignored again.
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They returned to clas-s after touring the whole building.
Thereâs so much to tell Irene when he get home.
This school is another world entirely on itâs own!
Damien sighted an empty seat as he walked to his seat, with Allysia Steels customized boldy on the desk and he wondered if thereâs another new student.
Why didnât he notice the desk before.
âDamienâ Anna and Danielle waved at him and he waved back , smiling.
He had almost forgotten about themâŠ..
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âHow was school today? Iâm sure today is one of your best daysâ Irene said as she welcomed Damien.
âArrrghâ He gro-an ed, falling flat on the couch.
đ·đa ni-ght w!th him đ·đ
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đChapter 49
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âHow was school today? Iâm sure today is one of your best daysâ Irene said as she welcomed Damien.
âArrrghâ He gro-an ed, falling flat on the couch.
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Irene laughed after Damien finished narrating his first day at Ivy Royals.
âIâm just so tired and starved right nowâ He said, pu-lling his socks.
âLunch is re-ady, Nola and i made pastaâ
â I canât wait to devour it, so annoying Iâll have to freshen up firstâ Damien gro-an ed.
âAnd to think you were so excited to resume the schoolâ Irene laughed.
â I was and still am, the school is great,the teachers are intellectual,the activities are mind b!owing. In short, the school is a world on itâs own but the studentsâŠarrrgh!â Damien got on his feet and picked his shoes and socks.
âIâm glad you put them in their place thoughâ
âI had to and the girlsâŠare h0tâ Damien whispered and ran towards the stairs before Irene could scold him.
âcrazy as-s!â Irene laughed as she also got up to go dish out Damienâs lunch.
Ivory is back from school alre-ady, now taking her nap.
Damien thought of Marlene as he climbe-d the stairs, he wondered why he didnât mention her to Irene.
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âIâve paid for the ap@rtmentâ Irene said to Damien as he ate his lunch.
âReally?â His face lit up.
âYes and we can move in anytime we want, i want the house fully set up before mum is discharged, i alre-ady hired someone to do it,i gave her some money for new furnitures too, once sheâs done, weâll just move in our luggagesâ Irene smiled.
âThanks so much Irene for catering for us since the death of our parents, youâve been a mother and a father to me and youâre the strongest lady Iâve ever seen, Iâm so grateful sister and i love you so muchâ Damien hvgged Irene over the table.
She had tears in her eyes as she hvgged him back.
âComâon, i know youâre a cry baby but i donât like seeing you cryâ Damien said as he wiped her tears.
She smiled and poured more jui-ce for him while he continued eating.
âWeâre gonna go check on mum after Iâm done right?â Damien asked.
âNo, i c@mÂŁ back from the hospital just few minutes before you arrive from school. Weâre gonna go check on her tomorrowâ
âOhhâ Damien sulked.
âShe nee-ds to rest, if we keep going everytime ,she wonât have the time to and didnât you told me you have lots of homework to do?â
âYeahâ
âYou should get to it after eatingâ Irene said.
âOkayâ Damien said.
âAre you done with your orders?â Damien asked.
âNot at allâ Irene sighed.
âWhy?â Damien asked, knowing how fast Irene could be with her orders.
âI donât know but i get tired easily this daysâŠâ Irene said.
âI guess you nee-d rest, youâve been throu-gh lot of stress latelyâ Damien said pitifully.
âYeah, Iâm definitely gonna rest after this set of orderâ Irene said.
âYou should plea-seâ Nola said, walking out of the kitchen.
Irene smiled.
âHow was school Damien?â She asked.
âWellâŠgreatâ he pressed hisl-ips together.
âMm..seems,it didnât go wellâ Nola said resting her arms on the dining chair.
âIt did, the students are just so rude and proud. I guess itâs normal considering their status. Asides from that, i so much love the school, everything about it elates me so much. Weâll be swim racing tomorrowâ Damien grinned.
âIâm glad you like the school, itâs actually one of the best..if not the best in San Franciscoâ Nola said.
âYeahâ Damien nodded as he ate.
âYou must be enjoying your pastaâ Nola smiled.
âSo muchâ Damien said.
âI think Iâll make use of a nap myselfâ Irene yawned.
She gulped some out of Damienâs jui-ce and got on her feet.
âHelp me check on Ivory from time to time,she said youâd help her with her homeworkâ
âOhh⊠okayâ Damien said.
âYou donât have to follow me,Iâm just going to be-dâ Damien heard Irene saying to her b©dyguards.
âWe have to follow Mr Harold instructions maâamâ They replied her.
âTom, tell them they donât have to follow meâ Irene said, obviously frustrated.
âIm so sorry Irene but they have to follow Mr Harold instructionsâ Tom said.
âArrrgh!â Irene gro-an ed.
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âIâm glad Damien likes his new schoolâ Harold said.
He was sitting with Irene in the libr@ry, they were both staring at the fireplace with novels on their legs.
Irene had come to join him after she put Ivory to be-d.
He initially wanted them to go to her workshop but she seems tired and doesnât have the strength to sew or cut clothes tonight.
âHe really likes it and wonât st©p talking about itâ Irene smiled.
âThank you so muchâ She added.
âDamienâs look is actually an advantage for him in that school, normally..those students do not interact with people whom they feel isnât up to their standard but Damien got two friends alre-ady,on the first dayâ Harold said.
âAnd they are girlsâ Irene rolled her eyes.
âThey asked him to be their friendâ Harold said.
âI really wish Harold would have a male friend,a close male friendâ Irene said worriedly.
âHe doesnât?â Harold asked.
âYeah, he had told me they donât always want to be friends with him just because of his looks,they always feel threatened and inferior to him in looksâ
âWowâ Harold sighed.
âHeâs gonna have male friends in Ivy Royals for sureâ He added.
âI donât think so, he said the guys in his clas-s started casting him bad looks alre-adyâ
âReally?â Harold laughed.
âYeahâ
âAnd to think heâs in Allysiaâs clas-s where the males are also good looking like Allysia do say. Iâm surprised theyâre feeling threatened by Damienâs lookâ
âAllysiaâs clas-s?â Irene asked.
âYeah, Nolaâs daughter.â
âWoah! She attends Ivy Royals?â
âWhenever sheâs here for summerâ Harold smiled.
âAnd sheâs in Damienâs clas-s?â
âYeahâ
âOhh⊠I wish sheâs here alre-adyâ Irene smiled.
âSheâll be coming home soonâ Harold said.
âWhen is your mum gonna get discharged?â He asked.
âDoc Fern hasnât told us yetâ
âOkay and howâs the ap@rtment going?â
âI alre-ady paid for it and i hired someone for the set up, i bought some new furnitures too so right nowâŠitâs in progress and i hope she finishes it before Mum get discharged, i know she will,sheâs fast and diligent at what she doesâ Irene said.
âThatâs niceâ Harold said, impressed with Irene going out of her way to make her mum and brother comfortable.
She obviously cares for her family enough.
âWe were so lucky with the price of the ap@rtment cause it seems big for the price, it has three be-drooms,a dining room,a kitchen and a spacious living room plus the street is so secureâ
âWow, i should check it out soonâ Harold smiled.
âYeahâ Irene smiled.
âAnd the ap@rtment isnât gonna st©p me from paying you back, i will as soon as the moneyâs completeâ
âAs you wishâŠâ Harold said, knowing he isnât gonna accept the payback.
Irene seems serious about it and he wondered why.
Heâs helping her like he would any other person.
Or could she be thinking he helped her cause he has feelings for her?
âIrene, i donât want you to think i helped you cause i have feelings for youâŠâ Harold was saying.
âNo! I never thought of the situation as that, i know youâre a philanthropistâŠyou help people regardless of what you feel for themâ
âThen why are you insisting on paying back?â
âCause i want to, i have toâ Irene said and Harold sighed.
There was silence for a while before Irene finally spoke up.
âIâm in love with you Haroldâ She said after gathering all the strength in her.
âUh?â Harold asked, hoping he had not heard wrong.
âYes, i have feelings for you too, youâre not the only one who feels that way,i feel that way too. Iâve always denied the feelings i have for you but when i finally admitted it,i realised Iâve liked you for long,from the night at the h0telâŠâ Irene paused.
Harold was speechless but his smile could light up the world.
Irene smiled too as she continued.
âI wouldnât want you to think i admitted loving you because you helped with my mumâs billsâŠno, i loved you from the startâ
âIs that why you always steal glances at me ?â Harold asked with a grin and Irene nodded.
He pu-ll-ed her into a hvg and she melted in his arms.
Their embr@ce tonight feels special, it feels like their hearts connected and they felt it de-ep down in their souls.
âYou do steal glances at me tooâ Irene said after they slowly pu-ll-ed away from their embr@ce.
Harold held the urge to k!ssher, he doesnât want to rush things.
âYes i do, we both caught each otherâ Harold laughed.
âYou donât know how happy i am right nowâ Harold said, holding Ireneâs hands.
âOhhâ She sighed.
âWhatâs wrong?â
âI poured out my feelings cause you deserve to know that i care for you too. It doesnât mean i want us to be togetherâ Irene dropped the bombshell.
âWh..wh.. what?â Harold asked and Irene pu-lling her hands from his made it worst.
âIâm here to be your daughterâs nanny not to catch feelings, moreover weâre just like two different worldsâ Irene said sadly.
âIreâŠâ Harold was saying.
âNo, enough of the âlove is not based on oneâs status,itâs based on oneself â youâre my employer, i shouldnât have anything inti-mate to do with you. I canât stand being labeled as a gold digger, i respect you a lot and i wonât want to tarnish your image also.â
â *Billionaire Harold Marshall has started going out with his daughterâs nanny* â that headline will make you lose the respect people have for you and i donât want that,Iâm sure you donât want that tooâ
âIâŠâ
âGood night Haroldâ Irene cut him short and got to her feet.
âI hope you have a good night restâ She said before walking out of the libr@ry with her eyes laced with tears.
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