I have a plan

"College?" Luca scoffed weakly, staring at the shut door in disbelief. "How dare she corrects me with misinformation?"

She shook her head, clicking her tongue mildly. "I still remember making that promise before our graduation because we weren't sure if we can enter the same college. Gosh. Do you think she's trying to trick me because I forgot about this engagement I never heard about?"

Luca cast Nova a look, but her brows creased seeing the horror in her cat's eyes.

"Nova, are you okay?" she asked, snapping a finger in front of Nova to bring her back to the current lapse. "Gosh. I never saw a cat zone out before."

"Oh…" Nova blinked and then observed Luca's face. "Did your agent say she's engaged?"

"Mhm. Although I don't remember…" Luca frowned, looking up to recall what she had forgotten. She had 'returned' three years prior to the past. Not to mention, during this time, Luca's focus was on the man who could make her heart flutter.

In other words, she couldn't remember all the details aside from the biggest events in her career and life. There was nothing in her memories anything regarding Jacques' engagement.

"I remember she was seeing someone, though," Luca murmured. "But I didn't think they were engaged even after three years later."

"Maybe she kept it a secret?" Nova suggested, getting Luca's attention.

"What?" Luca snorted. "Why would she keep it a secret before and not now?"

"I mean, she probably told you, but you were uninterested and too busy with your own happy ending — which, apparently, didn't happen."

Luca opened and closed her mouth before she nodded. "Make sense."

Nova secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but still observed Luca's mood. When she was sure the latter didn't dwell on it that much, she heaved another sigh of relief.

"I'm happy for her." Luca rocked her head and smacked her lips, eyes back to Nova. "Amazing, isn't it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Jacques! And life." Luca shrugged. "Who would have thought that Jacques will get married?"

She then glanced at the door, chuckling, forgetting about her somber mood just moments ago. "I mean, Jacques is the career-woman type. Although I was focused on my career all this time, she is the same. Gosh, that woman. She used to tell me she wouldn't get married, but she ends up getting engaged before me."

"Hey." Luca snapped her eyes back at Nova with raised brows when her cat called. "Why don't you just focus on your search for a fuck buddy?"

"Huh? That's so random."

"I mean, was it really necessary to…" Nova trailed off, mentally wincing as she figured what she nearly spewed was akin to ratting herself out.

"Was it necessary to, what?" Luca arched a brow.

"I told you to take steps one at a time. Although you said you had moved on from that piece of scum, he will linger around you and seduce you. So for… you know, for safety purposes. Humans and their hearts are complicated, and you know better than I do about the current state of your heart," Nova explained, picking the right words to buy herself some time before revealing the detail she had kept from Luca all this time. "It's better if you had a man as a distraction so you don't give in."

"Gosh… I'd rather stay as a virgin than give him this." Luca traced her fingertips with the outline of her body to show off her curves. "But you're right. I'm too frail when sexually aroused."

"So…?" Nova raised her brows, waiting for Luca's decision.

"So?" Luca raised her brows and cocked her head to the side.

"Are you… what? Will postpone it and focus on this whore journey?"

"Oh…" Luca hummed, rubbing her chin mildly. Little did she know, Nova was already grinding her teeth as her rope of patience burned faster than usual.

"Well, maybe, yes. I mean, I'm friends with Georgina now, so I can relax for now. There were still many events where I can proceed with my plan." Luca nodded, knowing her 'supposed' affair with Xander would ensue after two months once she start working with Zkinfluence.

"Good!" Nova felt like a thorn was plucked out of her throat, only to choke when Luca spoke.

"Good? Nova, don't you want me to get the justice I deserve?"

"What justice — hah! Woman, did you hit your head and forgot what you did?"

"No, he might not have pulled the trigger, but that doesn't mean he is innocent. He handed me the ammo and all the weapons that pushed me to pull the trigger, Nova. He… is fooling with two women, but only I took the fall. Call me conceited, but the love I had for him had already turned to unspeakable hatred. I can never forgive him."

Nova sighed, staring at Luca in the eye. 'Goodness… how do I break this news to this woman? That's not my concern, but — ugh!'

"Gosh… I can't believe you." Luca let out a groan and collapsed on her back, having no energy to even go out of this room to enjoy the last days of her vacation.

Meanwhile, Nova could not help but shake her head mildly. She wanted to curse herself for keeping something very important detail from Luca. It would've been better if she came clean the first day, but now everything was already in motion and Luca was already set to drag Xander to hell.

'This is the only place I can bring her,' she sighed for the umpteenth time. 'I thought everything in her life was the same, but I think… I overlooked a lot of things after focusing on the current life she had in this world.'

Nova lamented internally, suffering silently after hearing bits and pieces of Jacques' words. Now, she had to double-check what was different in the people surrounding Luca, especially those two Xander and Georgina, since Nova had been bothered when she noticed the look in Xander's eyes last night.

While Nova mulled about what she needed to do to reassure Luca was going on the right path, her eyes lit up. She immediately jumped on Luca's side, grinning from ear to ear.

"Hey!" Nova called, watching Luca open her eyes lazily. The moment Luca saw the bright grin on her cat's face, she quirked a brow.

"What?" asked Luca, only to hear Nova's excited voice.

"I have a plan!" Nova exclaimed giddily, and then whispered in Luca's ears, making the latter's eyes lit up.