“Diana.”
Diana heard Antonette’s sweet and soft voice. What she was going through could only be discussed with Antonette. Diana wanted to talk with her about what had happened recently. “Antonette, I have something to tell you.”
Seeing Diana’s silly enthusiasm, Antonette felt angry and instantly loathed Diana. Brian must be blind to fall in love with her. But thinking of how she would use Diana in the future, Antonette hid her hatred and smiled to interrupt Diana’s words, “Diana, we haven’t eaten together for a while. How about eating outside when you’re free?”
Holding a bag of documents, Diana recalled that she had just promised Kyle she would study hard. And who knew when Brian would call her to his villa. How could she spare time to eat outside?
Diana’s roommates all looked at her. Whilst Diana was not in the dormitory, Antonette had told them all that Diana had a rich boyfriend. Her roommates were annoyed that she kept such a secret and looked harshly at her.
Diana didn’t know why they were looking at her in that way. Antonette smiled at her sweetly and said, “It’s okay. We can go next time when you aren’t busy.”
“No, I…”
Antonette quickly interrupted her and said, “Great! How about tomorrow morning?”
“Okay.” Diana wasn’t too anxious. It was just a meal. It won’t take long.
The next morning, Diana got to the restaurant on time. Antonette met her at the door, and they chatted happily. Deep in conversation, Diana didn’t notice that Antonette led her to a booth in the restaurant where she saw several unfamiliar girls.
Diana was bemused and asked, “Antonette, what’s going on here?”
Before Antonette could answer, two of the girls stood up and pulled Diana down to the table. “Diana, the beauty, come and sit!”
Diana had no idea what was going on. She looked at Antonette confusedly. Antonette smiled and said, “Diana. The seats outside were all occupied, and I met these girls here by chance. We are old school classmates. So, I suggested that we eat together.”
Antonette turned her back to Diana and wore a dreadful smile. She was waiting to see what Diana would do with what was about to happen.
“Diana…” began one girl.
“How could you address her in that way?” Another girl interrupted and smiled at Diana. She said sweetly, “We are going to call our little beauty, Miss Anderson.”
Diana started to grow suspicious. She didn’t know how to reply. She didn’t even know these girls.
“Miss Anderson, you gotta help us out. What is the key to making friends with rich guys? Tell us.” Everyone knew what she meant by “making friends”. They all looked at Diana. Their sights were so earnest that Diana felt like she was being scorched by fire.
As Diana didn’t say anything, another girl said, “How about this? Miss Anderson, who are your friends? Maybe you could introduce us to them.”
“Yeah.” Other girls uttered and looked at Diana more eagerly.
Hiding outside, Antonette stood behind the door. Seeing Diana’s awkward face, she got more and more irritated. Diana couldn’t even handle such a trivial conversation as this. How could she deserve Brian’s love?
“No. I don’t have many friends. You know them.” Diana kept smiling at them.
“Alright, alright,” one of the girls said in a disappointed tone.
“Have you ordered the food yet?” Antonette came in and asked with a smile.
No one answered her question. They came here to ask Diana about her experience of making friends with rich guys. But they hadn’t expected that Diana would say nothing about it. With Antonette’s reminder, the girls came up with another plan. If they couldn’t learn from Diana, then they would have to get some other benefit out of her.
Diana felt very uncomfortable with the girls’ questions. Seeing Antonette back at the table, Diana felt like she was a light in the darkness. But she couldn’t let the others notice her emotions. She whispered to Antonette, “Antonette, could we go somewhere else?”
“What happened? Diana?” Antonette wore a shocked face. Her performance was as good as an actress. Seeing her reaction, Diana got up to make her escape.
“Nothing. I need to go to the washroom. I’ll tell you later.”
Antonette nodded at Diana. Seeing Antonette’s smiling face, Diana thought how great it would be if she could get along with others and be kind to everyone she met, as Antonette did.