Chapter 2:

ODETTE'S POINT OF VIEW

"Girl, I think you drink too much already." Clay pointed the glass at me. I held my head and looked at them.

"He is too much; I love him, yet he can cheat on me." I cried on Clay's shoulder; she hugged me while Morisette and Aria tapped my back.

"We always told you he was a jerk, but you never listened." Clay wipes my tears and gently tucks my hair.

"I'll prove him wrong for cheating on me." I stood up and went onto the dance floor; everything was shaky in my sight. The lights are swaying; I can't even hear the music properly.

"Aish." I heard them saying, and I felt a hand hold my waist as I swayed my hips. I turned around and saw a man standing behind me. As I looked into his blue eyes, I felt attracted.

"Are you okay?" I gulped when he looked into my eyes. Is he from Olympus? How does he look so perfect?

"Uhm, yes, I am." I tried to stand up straight.

"Be careful next time you're about to lose balance in your heels." I looked down and saw my heels almost breaking.

"Thank you." I was about to kneel when he kneeled in front of me, took off his blazer, and tapped his shoulder.

"No need, my friends are just in the corner; I just went on them."

"Then." He suddenly carried me, and my friends and people in the clubs were shocked by what he did.

"Is that Kiel?"

"Who is that girl?"

"Is she the rumored fiancé of Kiel?"

"She's not pretty enough."

"Uhm, Kiel, you can drop me now. Everyone is looking at us." Instead of answering me, he just grinned. My friends were walking toward us.

"Hi, Kiel." They said they all looked amazed while Kiel was still carrying me. Like, hello girls, let him release me first, right before anything else.

"Hey girls." He winked at me and smiled. His smile got into something.

"If you don't mind Kiel, you can put down our friends; people are still looking at us. You don't want it rumored that you're dating our friend, right?" He chuckled and put me down, but he held my waist.

"I don't mind getting rumored if she was the reason." He winked at me. My heart skipped so fast that my cheeks turned red.

"But our friends are not into showbiz, so if you don't mind, we need to go." Aria pulled me away.

"Wait, what's your name?"

"I'm Ode-." I flew by Aria's pull, and when we reached the parking lot, Aria faced me.

"Are you stupid? You let Kiel carry you in front of everyone. If this gets into the media and his fans, you are his fiancé, and they are bashing. What will you do if they are next to you? If they bash you, you don't think about it. And what will your dad say about it? "Gosh, Odette, think first before you take any action."

"I'm sorry, I'll go first." I look down and wait for Clay and Morisette, who are getting their cars.

"You don't take comments from the others as usual." Aria gave me my bag; I got my key and went to my car, and I was driving when I remembered his face and how he winked at me. I shake my head.

"No, Odette, that was nothing, okay?" I focused on driving on my way back to my condo. I was parking my car when I noticed some reporters outside the building. Wait, don't tell me they knew what happened in the club a few minutes ago. How can I get out? What will I do? But what if they don't know? Why was I nervous? I don't do anything. I step out of the car, and the reporters are still not noticing me. So, I walk straight into the building when one of the reporters suddenly taps me on the shoulder.

"Wait, are you this girl?" She suddenly showed me the photo of Kiel carrying me. The other reporters and cameramen started surrounding me.

"Nope, that's not me."

"No, it's you. What is your relationship with Kiel?"

"Are you Kiel's fiancé?"

"What can you say that you are just his rebound?"

"No, I was not that girl." I was about to run when someone held my hand. I saw Kiel holding my hand.

"Can you please stop bothering her? She was a friend of mine. But maybe soon, my girl." And that's it; the reporters are asking questions about him. But instead of answering, he carried me, and we entered the building through the securities block reporter's way.

"What is your floor?"

"Uhm, 5th floor, can you put me down?" He put me down and fixed my hair.

"We're both on the same floor; let's just take the elevator together." He smiled at me. They said he was a cold-hearted person, but why did he act this way in front of me? Why does he make my heart skip so fast? I've never felt this before. We take the elevator together. I keep myself silent.

"Did I make you feel awkward?" Sorry if I acted this way toward you. "I just want to change myself."

"No, I don't mind it; I just don't know if it's all real." All my friends are your fans, yet you talk and save me from humiliation. I'm thankful for that." I look at him; he leans on the wall while looking up.

"They said I was cold-hearted because I was not talking with anyone. I made a wall to interact with others because, before Sloan, I was a jealous girlfriend. She always wants my attention. and I follow it, so I want to change and interact with others." He looked at me and came closer to my face. The elevator opened, and a flash made us stay away from each other.

"Kiel, is she just a friend?" a reporter sneaked in. We leave immediately and enter my condo. Wait? He just entered the condo in front of me. So, he was my neighbor that I never saw even once.

I looked into my social media, and a bomb hit my account. My face and name are all over the internet.

"Keil was seen by fans carrying a girl in the club—the same girl who he carried in his condo."

Wait, what? He carried me into his condo. That was fake news. I have my condo here. What do they think? I can't afford it.

An incoming call from Dad suddenly appeared. Shit! What should I do? I answered the call with shivering hands.

"Yes, dad?"

"Come home tomorrow; we need to talk."

"Why dad?" But he hung up the call. I scratch my head and lay on my couch. Gosh, what will I do now? Aria was right now all eyes on me.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

and felt the sunlight touch my skin. It's almost morning, and I'm asleep on the couch. I sit on the couch and get my phone beside me. Then the doorbell rang while I was looking at the phone. I opened the door, and a flash came to my face. My eyes widen when I see my friends standing in front of my door.

"You shock me." "I thought those were the media who were waiting last night in Kiel."

"Now you are hiding in the press after what you guys did in front of them," Morisette said, and they sat on the couch.

"But that was nothing; he was the only one who said that; I don't even know why he said that to the reporters."

"In that case, my friend, you are an overnight celebrity because of him." Clay took soda and chips.

"I still have a big problem; dad just called me, and he wants to see me." They look serious at me.

"Now that's the big problem you've got. Good luck, girl."

"You guys are not helping." I sighed and took a sip of my soda.

"You know what the real answer is to that problem. Yet it may be humiliating on both sides. and think about what his fans can do to you when they find out about it." Aria said while the two were just nodding at what she said.

"Well, in that case, I think you guys need to help me get out of this building. How can I go home if this building is surrounded by those media?"

"Then let's make the operation: sneak out from the reporters." Clay's shoulder up, and they stood up and grabbed me and went into my room. They sat me in front of my dressing table.

"But first, you need to take a bath, girl." Morisette, throw me my towel and robe. I stood up and went to the bathroom. I was washing my head when I heard them screaming. I immediately grabbed my robe and went out into my bathroom, where I saw Kiel with them.

"WHAAAAA!" I screamed, and my lips almost opened when I forgot I hadn't tied them.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, I sneaked in when your friend went in. "I just want to say something."

"We can talk later; right now I'm in the middle of business and I still need to go to my father's place, sorry."

"Nope, it's okay. I was the one who interrupted you guys. I'll leave now." He turned around and went out of my condo, and I came back into the bathroom.

When I finish taking a bath. I saw them lying on the couch, just like couch potatoes, while watching TV.

"Girls."

"Oh, you're done; let's start." Aria took me back to my room, and Morisette grabbed a plain bodycon dress and a pair of shoes.

"This will be perfect for you." Morisette looked at the dress while she was still holding it. while Clay gets my make-up kit and starts trying to analyze what to do with my face.

"Just to make it clear, I still remove it once I get home; I can't face my dad with those attires you will do to me."

"Yeah, we knew." They start doing the makeup after a few minutes. Aria went behind me and curled the end of my hair.

As I look into the mirror, I look pretty innocent in the way I look right now. simple attire and make-up. What would my dad think if he saw me? After all, it's been almost a year since I left home and decided to live alone.

I stood up and grabbed a shoulder bag before I picked up my phone and wallet.

"Today, those reporters won't recognize you anymore." "I'm sure about that." Aria looked confident in what she said.

"Then let's see." Clay and Morisette hold my hands, and we walk out of my condo. Still, a lot of reporters are waiting. We took the elevator, and once we got in, we were all screaming in happiness.

"Look, no one recognizes you, girl." They all look happy.

"Yet we still have another level to face. It's the parking lot, remember; when we get in here, they are all in the parking lot. " "Maybe they are waiting for both of them," Morisette said, and Clay and Aria just agreed with what she said. I felt nervous, and I don't know if they caught us in the act. What should I do now?

The elevator rang and opened in the parking lot. and they are right. A lot of reporters are here, waiting. We sneak into my car. But one of them saw us, and look, he is trying to recognize me.

"Is that the girl with Kiel last night?" Clay, Morisette, and Aria try to hide me. while I was trying to open my car.

"Yes, she is." They are running towards me. when I already opened the car and got in. I immediately started the engine and drove fast. Now, the only thing I need to do is go home.