Chapter one

 Gunther got onto his scooter, riding as fast as he could. He was already late for his second part-time job, knowing too well that his boss was going to be furious.

His hands paddled faster, his legs going round the clock in circles making his beating hard go even faster.

A few moments ahead, he could already see the building just ahead of him and a sigh of relief escaped from his mouth but he knew for sure that it wasn't over yet.

But before he could get to the gate of the building, a strange force pulled him off the road, making him stumble on the road.

A slight groan of pain escaped from his mouth as he stood up, his scooter all in ruins.

His eyes paired up, meeting with the hateful glares of one of his colleagues, sitting in his Corolla car as his car window wounded up, revealing the hateful glares on his lips

"You punk. Have you gone blind or something?" Darius's words were like daggers flung in Gunther's direction.

"You were the one that came after me and should be the one apologizing instead." His anger was beginning to flung up but a chuckle was the only response that he got.

His eyes paired towards the direction of his scooter and his angers soared up even more.

"You are angry because of that garbage that you call an automobile?" How pathetic." Darius laughed even harder as he started the car engine, riding directly in Gunther's direction that he had to flee from the war.

Gunther's heart continued to make the hard beating sound, making him to gasp for breath.

He caught a swift stare at his scooter and a sigh escaped from his lips. He was working this hard because his mother was very sick and he was the one taking care of her.

And also, he bad used all his money to pay for Ariel's fees. His girlfriend. She had informed him that it was way too urgent.

But it meant absolutely nothing to him. They loved each other so much and had to be there for her.

He was never going to forgive himself if she dropped out from school because of him and besides, he still had a few days before his mother's medical fees was going to expire.

Pulling off to the floor, he picked up the scooter with the thought that he was going to get it fixed once he was done with what he was doing.

His heart raced faster as he shot a glance at the torn wrist watch in his hands.

"That punk?" He growled under his breath, leaping on his hurt legs towards his boss's office.

He yanked the door open and immediately his boss laid his eyes on him, his face twisted into a swift frown.

Without spitting out even a single word from his mouth, he stared at the clock and back at him.

Gunther already got the message that he was trying to pass across to him even though there was not even a single exchange of words

"I'm sorry sir. I was caught up in an accident." Gunther apologized swiftly. He could see Darius, the cause of his later coming standing overhead with a dark smile playing on his face.

"More like he wants to be late. No wonders if he is so poor. Boss you should not take him with him, else it's certainly going to become a habit." Darius advanced, storming passed him with a twitch in his nostrils.

"I'm sorry sir." Gunther squeezed his hands, trying as hard he could to control himself as Darius stormed off from the office.

Walking over to him, his boss shot a swift kick on his injured legs, making him drop to the floor almost immediately, the pain radiating throughout his whole body and streams of sweat gradually following from the corner of his face.

"Fool. Isn't it enough that I have to be employed here already?" His teeth gritted under his breath, loud enough for Gunther to hear.

His hands squeezed into a frown but the only thing that he could see was that smiley face of Ariel and that of his mother unconscious in the hospital

He could not abandon them now.

"You are going to work double today. That's if you want to pay." His boss said, returning swiftly back to his seat as the words stripped into Gunther's ears.

"But." He was about to say but his boss would not allow him to slide another word from his mouth.

He turned around with a fierce swift and said.

"Did I just hear you saying something?" He inquired. "You no longer want this job?" He added with a dark stare over his face.

Knowing how difficult it was for a student to get a job in the city, he shook his head swiftly.

"No. I didn't say anything." He replied swiftly.

"That's good to know. Now get back to work before I change my mind." He returned to him.

He pulled a swift hope from the floor, took his bath, and got into his suit and his gloves.

"VVIP room 312. Don't mess this up." The person who passed the parcel over to him snared and he nodded his head.

Rolling the tray over, his phone continued to make numerous beeping sounds in his pocket and he could not avoid it anymore.

He paused for a moment to catch his breath and brought out his cell phone from his pocket to check out the messages that wouldn't let him have a taste of air.

"3000 messages." His class group chat read.

His heart almost pulled off from the chest almost immediately. Swift thoughts ran through his mind.

"Is it an emergency test?" He thought as he quickly opened it up but it turned out that he was wrong.

It was just some trendy videos and from the proceeding videos, he could tell that it was another event of a sex tape.

"I can't believe that Williams fucks this good. I wish that I was the one in the position of that girl." A message read.

His teeth gritted into a frown almost immediately. Williams was the class playboy and the father the wealthiest person in the full school and due to his contributions, no one would dare point a finger at his son.

"I wonder who is the fool that feels for his foolish tricks this time." He thought under his breath.

"Did you guys read the announcement? He is even willing to get married to her and a public announcement has been made."

"I'm dying of suspense already. Can you guys spill the name of this lucky girl already?" Multiple messages popped up after.

A slight sigh escaped from Gunther's lips. He wanted to replace the cell phone in his pocket but then he noticed something really strange that snapped his lungs swiftly out of air.

It was her name, Ariel.

He paused for a while, his heart racing fast as he tried to control his breath.

"Have you been made to believe that Ariel is going to cheat on you? Come on man. know her way too well." He reminded himself.

But there was something that wanted to find out for himself. He made a quick pause.

"No." He muttered. "I'm never going to forgive myself if I eventually find out that she isn't the one." He reminded himself with a really deep breath.

Gunther replaced his cell phone in his pocket as he made his way back to the room that he had been assigned to.

His heart was beating hard against his chest as though it was going to burst through.

"What took you so long." The voice that came afterward had every sense of arrogance around it.

"Do you even realize that you are two minutes late?" He yakked further and Gunther went ahead to apologize.

"I'm sorry sir." He pulled off the tray from the rack and was about to place it on the table close to the bed when a shockwave went through his spine.

His face Paired up and they met with Ariel's sparkling eyes.

His heart seemed to have been frozen, the glass that he held in his hands lay free as they dropped to the floor.

Ariel's name quivered on his lips, the sense of recognition crawling up in his head.

"Ariel." The words came forward like multiple shatters.