It took Becky a while to fully open her eyes and adjust to her surroundings. She coughed as she tried to sit up and surprisingly found that she could. She looked around, taking in the frightened faces of students and the wreckage that could be found right in front of her.Wasn't she supposed to be underneath all of that?“Becky.” Brad called. He was seated beside her, nursing a bruised shoulder. When she turned to look at him, relief flooded his face.“Are you okay?” He asked, slightly out of breath. Becky nodded slowly.“Surprisingly.” Becky muttered, “I honestly thought the last thing I was going to see were Shelley's evil eyes.Brad blinked, “I don't understand.”“Shelley had been acting weird all night. There was a way she looked at me and smiled just before the chandelier was about to fall. Like she was about to see her favourite movie in the cinema.”Brad sighed, shaking his head, “let's leave crazy Shelley for now. Can you stand or should I help you up?”Becky pulled herself of

The clinic doors slid shut with a soft, mechanical hiss.Jared stood just outside them, hands in his pockets, watching as Becky helped Brad into the back seat of the car. Her movements were efficient—careful but distant, like someone performing a duty rather than offering comfort. She didn’t look back. Not once.Brad did.Their eyes met briefly. Brad gave him a small nod—not hostile, not warm either. Just acknowledgement. Then the door closed, the engine started, and the car pulled away into the night.Jared stayed where he was.For a long moment, he didn’t move at all. He simply watched the empty space where the car had been, as if expecting it to reverse, as if Becky might suddenly lean out the window and call his name, tell him to stop standing there like an idiot.Nothing happened.The night air felt colder than it had earlier, biting through his suit jacket. He exhaled slowly, a thin cloud of breath leaving his lips, and finally turned away from the clinic.This was new.Jared wa

Becky and Jared found Brad seated at his desk, his hands enclosed in a tight fist and placed in front of him. Knowing Brad they realized it was an odd position to find him in so, they hurried over to him.“Are you good?” Jared asked as soon as they’d reached him.Brad sighed, “They’re reconsidering my internship at Skyrun Inc.”Jared squinted at him, “What?! How is that even possible?”Brad shrugged and sunk back into his seat, “I really don’t know. I got the email this morning and it’s all I’ve been able to think about since morning.”Becky sat beside him and hugged him, “I’m so, so sorry Brad.”But Brad was unmoved, he looked up at Jared, “why do I feel that Kirby’s new boy toy is somehow responsible for this.”Jared took a seat on his other side and whipped out his phone, “because he is.”Becky went quiet for a moment as she turned everything over and over again in her head, “don’t they need the managing director’s consent first before revoking your consent.”Brad nodded, “that’s w

Matthew Tyrin had just barely recovered from the initial shock of seeing Jared Diamonds—a college student and supposedly “anonymous boss”—walk into Skyrun Inc.’s executive office. The man was calm, collected, and perfectly composed, while Matthew’s mind was still reeling from the revelation that everything he had believed about the company’s hierarchy was wrong.He leaned back in his chair, trying to mask the way his pulse was picking up. “You… you expect me to believe a university brat runs Skyrun Inc.?” he scoffed, attempting sarcasm to cover his unease.Jared, leaning casually against the edge of the desk, didn’t even flinch. His sunglasses reflected the light in a way that made Matthew feel as though he was being examined under a microscope. “I don’t expect you to believe it,” Jared said, voice calm, deliberate, almost dangerous in its precision. “I expect you to respect it.”Fredrick King, the HR manager, shifted in his chair across the room. His eyes flicked to Matthew, and then

The sun had barely broken through the light haze over Los Angeles University when Brad practically ran across the campus grounds, his face lit up with excitement. Becky and Jared, walking together near the quad, were the first people he spotted.“Jared! Becky! You guys won’t believe it!” Brad’s voice carried across the courtyard, drawing a few curious glances from other students.Jared turned toward him, his brow slightly raised. “What’s going on, Brad?”Brad skidded to a halt just a few feet away, breathless but clearly brimming with happiness. “My internship… it’s restored! I got the confirmation email this morning! They… they’ve reconsidered, and I’m officially back on the program at Skyrun Inc.!”Becky immediately pulled him into a congratulatory hug. “Oh Brad, that’s amazing! I knew you’d get it back!” Her voice was full of warmth, but her eyes flicked toward Jared, silently acknowledging his role in the whole ordeal.Jared, while smiling, kept a calm demeanor. “That’s great, Bra