“Kyle, are you okay? I’m sorry. It’s all my fault.” Diana felt guilty about Kyle’s suffering and helped him to stand up.
Kyle looked at Diana with a complicated expression. He had a lot of questions in his mind, but he couldn’t ask her now.
At last, Kyle suggested he drive her home. But Diana refused and went back to her dormitory alone. Whatever Brian did to her, Diana had to show up at his house and treat him.
Over the following days, Diana felt Brian was furious at her.
In the past, Brian would find excuses to spite her, and he would not stop until Diana was annoyed. But now, Brian didn’t say anything to her. He acted like Diana wasn’t there and was dreadfully cold.
Diana should have been happy for such a result. Hadn’t she expected Brian to ignore her all the time? But somehow, she couldn’t feel happy at all. To each concoction she made for him, Diana added more and more bitter herbs. After drinking them, Brian would frown heavily at her, his eyebrows knitted tightly together.
“Did you add something to this?” Brian couldn’t stand it anymore. He threw the empty bowl on the table and stared at Diana.
“What? What could I add? It’s just herbs.” Diana looked at Brian with an innocent face. She uttered in a surprised tone, “Anyway, I thought you were incapable of talking…”
Brian was speechless. This girl had the power to make him angry every time she spoke. Brian stared at Diana for a while and then left the room.
Brian slept in the study these days and had difficulty sleeping. As usual, many women he met tried to sleep with him, but none of them were accepted.
Of course, his health was one reason. But he seemed to have lost interest in other women.
Lying on his bed, Brian thought of Diana’s face, her sparkling eyes, and her warm, soft fingers.
Thinking of these, Brian felt a rush of blood, and his “impotent” manhood got hard again. Reaching his hand down, Brian closed his eyes in frustration. Diana must have cast a spell on him.
At the same time, Diana was lying on the bed in Brian’s bedroom and slept well. Serving for Brian by day and occupying his bedroom at night was a great relief.
Diana had many classes these days. To graduate successfully, she Even chose to learn one more subject. She was busy all day. Luckily, Antonette helped her a lot, saying her name in attendance calls for classes. Diana was too busy to attend, lending her notes… Antonette must be the most considerate friend in the world, Diana thought.
Sometimes, Diana thought how miserable her life would be if Antonette weren’t her friend. She was tortured by her studies during the day and by Brian’s poker face at night.
One day later that week, Diana rushed to the college from Brian’s villa. Antonette had taken her book and was waiting under the teaching building.
“I’m sorry. Have I made you miss the class?” Diana rushed to Antonette.
Antonette smiled gently and said, “Take it easy. It’s okay. I don’t mind waiting for you.”
“Antonette, you are so kind!” Diana was moved. They linked arms and climbed the stairs to enter the classroom.
In the class, Diana was so sleepy that she dozed off. Luckily, many students sat in front of her and stopped her from being caught by the teacher.
After the class, Antonette found the chance to chat with Diana.
She asked what happened in the restaurant with a group of girls. Frowning her thin eyebrows, Antonette wore a worried face, “Diana, on that day you… I am worried about you. I went back and found those girls, but they were so rude.”
Actually, Antonette went to bed after getting back from the restaurant. Seeing Diana’s face, she knew Diana had gotten out of the situation. So, she had to depict herself as a faithful friend.
Antonette’s trickery worked, and Diana was moved to tears. She had been wondering why Antonette hadn’t called after the restaurant incident, but it all made sense now. Diana said gratefully, “Antonette, you’re the best.”
Diana told Antonette what happened after she left. “Brian was right. I owe him a great sum of money. That restaurant bill is just a tiny part of it.”
Antonette was incensed. Everything she planned was meant to break Diana, to drag her name through the mud. How was she so lucky as to meet Brian at that place?
But Antonette kept her expression calm and said gently, “Diana, they were so mean! It’s lucky for you that you met Brian. Otherwise, I can’t even imagine what would have happened.”
Diana rolled her eyes and said, “Brian William is not a good person. I’m not grateful to him.”
But he did help her and save her. If he weren’t there, she might have…
Diana denied her own thoughts. Even if Brian weren’t there, Kyle would have come to help her. But Brian hugged her before Kyle and fought with him…
Diana was deep in thought and paid no attention to Antonette’s outstanding performance.
“Diana, let’s go to thank Brian. He did you such a favor. And I caused the trouble in the first place. I feel very sorry for what happened.”
“You don’t have to feel that way.” Though it was Brian who helped her, Diana didn’t say “thank you” to him either.
Antonette had no idea what kind of person Brian was. If she knew what he did, she would never be willing to thank him.
Antonette wanted to persuade Diana to take her to Brian’s house. But being refused so directly, there was nothing she could think of to convince her. Antonette truly believed Diana was a master of tricks.
In those days, Antonette helped Diana take her stuff to class as usual. She tried to act as a best friend.
Diana and Antonette went to class together and left together as well. But at the end of the day, Diana would get into the black Maybach and leave school, while Antonette had to go back to their eight-bed college dormitory.
Antonette got angrier and angrier, thinking about it. As she was preparing to go back to the dormitory, she recalled that she borrowed Diana’s notes in the class.
She didn’t know where Diana found the notes. It was clear that they belonged to an excellent mind. So, Antonette copied several pages of it into her own notebook.
Antonette came up with an idea. She could use the excuse to give back Diana’s note to visit Brian’s house. If you don’t take me there, I’ll have to go by myself, Antonette thought.
Antonette rang the doorbell of Brian’s villa. The servants had seen Antonette before. Hearing that she came for Diana, they led her in warmly. On the way, the servants praised Diana effusively. Eva listened to them with a slight smile and followed them into the villa.
Hearing someone was looking for her, Diana was confused. Who would come to Brian’s house to see her? She saw Antonette coming walking over and realized it was obvious. Only Antonette would come to visit her here.
“Diana, I brought your notes from class today. The exam is very soon, and I was worried you would be anxious without the notes.” Antonette smiled gently, all the while glancing around the house.
“Thank you.” Diana was not in a good mood. She hadn’t reconciled with Brian yet.
Diana didn’t know how to treat Antonette. After all, this was not her house. And she slept in Brian’s room. What would Antonette think of her?
“Diana. Are you unhappy to see me here?” Antonette asked, wearing a sorrowful, innocent expression.
“How could I be unhappy to see you?” Diana found she was standing in front of Antonette at the door. She still hadn’t invited her to come in.
Diana felt increasingly nervous. Should she tell Antonette everything now?
But Antonette seemed to have no idea about Diana’s struggle. She talked to Diana enthusiastically. “Diana, this house is so beautiful. I have never seen such a stunning house. Could you show me around?”
Diana bit her lip in hesitation. Antonette was her best friend. Since she was here, Diana shouldn’t make her feel embarrassed. Moreover, Brian hadn’t said she couldn’t bring her friends back.
Trying to persuade herself it would be fine, Diana took Antonette to the second floor and walked into Brian’s bedroom where she stayed.
“This is your bedroom?” Antonette’s eyes opened wide and gazed longingly at the luxurious decorations in the room. It was so amazing she almost felt dizzy.
Although Antonette couldn’t afford the things inside, she looked through fashion magazines every day and was a crazy fan of those luxury brands.
The rug beside the bed looked like a Persian rug she had seen in a fashion book. Even the glass Diana gave to her to drink water from, she had also seen in some design magazines. One of those glasses cost more than $400!
Holding the glass of water, Antonette’s hands were trembling. How nice it would be if all this were hers!
“Yes, I’m living here temporarily.” After giving the water to Antonette, Diana finally answered her question.
Antonette shook herself out of her daydream and asked Diana casually, “How about Brian? Where does he sleep?”
“Brian?” Diana hesitated and rubbed her head. “He sleeps in the study.”
“What?” Antonette shouted.
Diana covered Antonette’s mouth immediately and pointed at the room opposite.
“Don’t speak too loudly. We’ll be in trouble if he hears us.”
Antonette rolled her eyes. Diana slept in such a nice room, while Brian slept in the study?
Looking at the decoration of the room carefully, Antonette guessed it must be Brian’s bedroom. She hadn’t realized that Diana and Brian were so intimate.
But Diana and Brian didn’t sleep together how silly Diana was to have missed such a chance!
Antonette came up with a plan.
“Diana. Where is the washroom?”
“In the corridor.” Diana hesitated and said worriedly, “I could show you the way…”
“No. You have your job to do, right? Just tell me where it is, and I can go myself.” Antonette could smell the scent of herbs on Diana. She must have been boiling the medicine just now.
As it happened, Diana was right in the middle of preparing Brian’s latest concoction. The washrooms weren’t difficult to find; there was one on every floor. Diana pointed out the nearest one and told Antonette to come back to the room after. Then she walked to the kitchen to check on her work.
Antonette did not need to go to the washroom. She just used it as an excuse to get Diana to leave her alone. When Diana left the room, Antonette went straight to the study.
The door of the study was not closed firmly. Peaking through the gap, Antonette saw the simple but elegant decorations within. Rows of rare, expensive books filled the shelves. “There must be millions of dollars worth of literature in there,” she thought.
Antonette could also see a man sitting behind the table, with a pair of broad shoulders covered by a white shirt.
Brian William!
Antonette was overjoyed, and her heartbeat crazily. There was her target, she couldn’t panic now. Antonette noticed the washroom Diana directed her to was next to the study, it was meant to be!
Antonette went into the bathroom to check her appearance. The lipsticks she’d worn before didn’t attract Brian. He must like something else.
Antonette took out her ace card, her best red lipstick. Standing in front of the mirror, she expertly applied lipstick to make her lips look as sexy as possible.