LOGINDREA“28 isn’t old.” He defended.“Yes sir.” I mocked and he glared at me playfully. “Where’s your phone?” I asked.He dug his hand into his pocket and pulled it out.He handed me the phone and I opened it.“Wow. No wallpaper? You really do not have a personality.” I stated, staring at the black wallpaper.Who has just a black wallpaper?I entered the App Store and downloaded TikTok.“What are you doing?” He asked and I shushed him.“I’m going to be sending you funny videos to watch over here. You must watch them and tell me if you find them funny or not okay?” I explained, creating a TikTok account for him and following myself.“Okay.” No objections? Okay.“What else?” I said, thinking to myself.“What about books?”“Nah. I hate novels.” I gasped, my eyes widening. “But I’ve read one.”“Only one?” I asked and he nodded.“What’s the title?”“Deep in the valley.” I was definitely going to check that out.“If you hate novels so much, then why do you have such a big ass library in your h
DREAI screamed, clutching the sheets tighter to my body just as my bedside lamp was flicked on.“It’s me.” I froze when I heard his voice.I breathed out, trying to calm my racing heart.“What are you doing here?!!!” I whisper-yelled, moving to the other side of my bed and turning on the other lamp.“I—”“And why were you standing in the shadows like a creep?!” August sighed, running a hand through his hair.“I check every corner of this house before going to bed. I was passing by your wing when I heard something shatter on the floor. I knocked a couple of times but you didn’t answer so I just—”“So you just walk in here?!” I hissed.“I thought someone was in here!” He yelled.My voice went quiet.“I thought someone was in here so I came in to check and saw that you had broken a glass cup next to your bed.” I looked down to see the broken glass cup on the floor.Ohh.“I wanted to clean it up and then you just jolted awake.” He explained, bending down to pick up the glass shards that
DREAHe was this huge bulky guy who stood stiffly by the door.“Who are you?” I asked, clutching my heart.“My name is Vance, Mrs Wolfe.” His deep voice boomed out.“What are you doing here?” I asked with my brow raised.“I’m your new personal bodyguard as of today.” He stated, staring ahead and not looking at me.Personal bodyguard?I walked towards the stairwell and saw that there were now security guards placed inside the house.No!Not inside the house.I can’t breathe with guards around me like this.I made my way towards August’s office and knocked on it.“Come—” I was already in before he could complete his statement.“Drea. Aren’t you supposed to be resting?” He asked, scanning through a pile of documents on his table.“Why are they security guards inside the house?” I asked, crossing my arms over my chest.“At least sit down.” He said, taking off his glasses.“I could barely deal with the guards outside, now they’ve doubled and are placed inside the house??!” I questioned, my
DREA“For the millionth time, I can walk on my own,” I told August who had his arm around me as we exited the car.I got discharged today and I was back at the Wolfe mansion.My eyes scanned the building as I gasped.If I thought the guards before were too much, I don’t know what I’d use to describe their numbers now.August had doubled the number of security guards that were placed outside.No inch of this house didn’t have someone standing next to it.“What is this?” I asked, gesturing to the guards.“Security guards.” He replied simply, brushing it off.“I know what they are.” I shot him a look. “Why have their numbers doubled?”“The last batch didn’t do their jobs properly so they got replaced.” He answered. My eyes widened.This was a completely new set of guards?The others got fired?I opened my mouth to speak but was cut off by Mrs Carrington.“It’s so nice to see you again, Mrs Wolfe. I’m glad you’re okay.” Mrs Carrington exclaimed, reaching out and collecting my hospital ba
DREA“Dude, just go home. You look terrible.” I heard someone say.“I’m not leaving her side. I did that for a few minutes and look at what happened to her.” I heard August say.What happened was not his fault.I was the one who decided to leave.“You haven’t gotten any sleep. Go home and rest.” I heard the other guy say.“I’ll call someone to stay with her.” The guy continued.“Ian, I will be the only one staying with her.” August declared.Hadn’t he slept?So why wasn’t he here when I woke up?“Has the guy been identified?” I heard August ask.“Not yet.” The other guy muttered.What guy?I slowly opened my eyes and stretched my arms to show them that I was awake.I was hungry.I slowly sat up, ignoring the stares from the two guys in the room.“Hi Ian.” I smiled, waving at him as he smiled.“Hey, Drea. How are you feeling?” He asked.I liked Ian.He was the only one in that crazy house who called me by my name and treated me like a friend and not a boss.“I’m okay,” I responded.“Th
DREAI slowly peeled my eyes open, but closed them immediately because the room was so bright.Can someone turn down the sun? My head hurts so much.I tried to figure out my surroundings with closed eyes.The first thing I noticed was the smell of antiseptic. The second was the hand wrapped tightly around mine.My eyes opened slowly again and squinted at the person who was sleeping with their head placed at the edge of the bed and their hand wrapped around mine.August?I slowly made a move to stand up and this person moved in their sleep before slowly sitting up.I sighed, relieved at who it was.“Drea! Are you okay?” Philip asked, his voice rising.I felt a sharp pain hit my head as I raised my hand to clutch my skull.“Please, don’t shout,” I whispered with my eyes closing once again.The door burst open and I heard someone come in.“Drea.”My eyes immediately shot open to see August standing there, a guilty expression written all over his face.He looked terrible.His eyes were b
DREAFifteen minutes later, we finally arrived at school.“Please don’t open the door for me Cole. Not today.” I begged.If anyone saw a driver opening the door for me, it would feed into the gold digger allegations.He nodded, his face showing that he understood why.I slowly pushed the door open
DREA Well, it’s safe to say that I definitely flunked my test. I also didn’t have the necessary tools needed for the model.Story of my life, I guess.Walking out of the main entrance, I pulled my phone out of my pocket and searched up the company — Wolfe Systems.The address popped up on Google M
“It’s either that or you are kicked out.” With that, she stood up and practically danced her way out of the room in excitement.“It’s going to be okay.” Philip reassured me as I sniffled, trying to stop the tears from streaming down my face.“No it’s not. Why would he force a marriage on me?” I ask
DREA “What are you talking about?” I mumbled, and they gasped as soon as I entered the kitchen. They ran close to me with their hands clasped and their heads down. “Mrs. Wolfe!” One of them exclaimed, her voice shaky. “What are you talking about?” I asked again. They looked at each other, a







