Chapter 10 : Who Is She

Isabella walked to her class with smiles on her face, she was so happy, she had finally struck gold, could he really be into me i mean he wanted to see me again she thought herself, meanwhile Maria and her friends who had seen Isabella step out of Chidi's car were wondering who she was Maria said to her friends "but Chidi has a girlfriend her name is Elsa they have been together for years now, who is this girl" her friends also wondered.

Maria immediately gave Elsa a call and told her what she had seen, Elsa was furious she said over the phone line "that stupid Chidi i am pregnant for him and he does this to me i swear if i get him" Maria immediately interrupted her and said "the stupid girl is in class now should we confront her" Elsa said "no not yet just find out who she is and were she comes from okay" with that Elsa hung up the call.

When lectures was over Isabella immediately went to wait for Chidi at the spot were he had dropped her, Isabella waited for atleast twenty minutes before he arrived, Isabella was so glad once again, she proceeded to the nice car, she opened the door, got in the car, closed the door and Chidi drove of. When they arrived Aisha's place, Chidi looked at the place with a little bit of disgust in his eyes he then said "you stay here you know what its okay i got you something" he brought out the brand new iphone he got for her, Isabella was so surprised and happy at the same time.

Chapter 12 : Discrepancy

Louisa adored Adaora so much, her designer clothes, the way she walked, infact everything about her, Louisa wished she could be Adaora anyways it was wishful thinking. 

Later that day in the office while Adaora was going through the documents she noticed something odd about the numbers, could this be true, Kenny her younger brother was on a spending spree in Ibiza, her mother had threatened to cut her of because of her excessive spending, while kenny was spending money from the Corporate accounts partying all over Ibiza.

She picked up her personal phone and dialed Kenny's number, it rang and kenny picked up and said "hello kenny on the line" Adaora was so furious she said "kenechukwu what are you doing spending money from the Corporate accounts" Kenny replied "am working on something" while staring at a girl at the beach, then he hung up.

Adaora was so annoyed, she decided to keep her composure, a slight knock on the door again it was Louisa "are you done signing the documents ma" Adaora replied in anguish "get out of my office now" Louisa was shocked what went wrong in this few minutes, on a second thought she decided to check up on her, she went back to Adaora's office.

Chapter 9 : Why Is He Nice

Chidi held Isabella while she sluggishly stood up, she dusted her dress then Chidi said "don't you recognise me" Isabella was a little bit shy she said "i don't or i should i" Chidi reminded her he said "the girl i rescued from drowing" Isabella said "wow that was you thank you so much i don't know to swim as you could tell" Chidi laughed a bit and said "its okay were are you heading too" Isabella was so glad she said "i am heading to lectures i mean class".

Chidi looked at her and smiled he said "can i take you to class so you won't be late for your lectures" could this be a dream come true Isabella thought to herself she said "yes i don't want to be late" with that they both got into the car.

When they arrived the lecture halls, Isabella was about to get down from the car when Chidi smiled and said "can i get your number" Isabella did not have a phone so she said "i don't have a phone yet i mean it got spoilt so i" Chidi interrupted her and said "its okay i want to see you again can i pick you up after lectures" Isabella was surprised she said "yes you can were should i wait for you" Chidi said "here wait for me here" with that Isabella got down from the car and headed towards her class.

Chapter 11 : Office

When Adaora arrived at her mother's office building, she headed straight to the conference room, as she walked in her high heels her hair bounced along, she was giving an office chic vibe and that was the look she was going for, she was quite early, she sat on the chair assigned to her.

Waiting for the board of directors to make there decision concerning certain matters was like piercing needles through her skin, she was so tired and she had not being their for more than three minutes but she had to put up a front.

Finally they were done, she quickly left for her office, she needed to make some changes to the space, she thought to herself, Adaora wanted to be taken seriously by her mother so she could unfreeze all her accounts and club memberships then she could go back to her normal life. Adaora's mother owned a chain of luxury hotels and resorts all over the world worth trillions of dollars they were really wealthy.

Suddenly there was a slight knock on the office door it was her personal secretary Louisa "goodmorning ma we need your signature on these recent projects" she had just arrived her office and she was already signing documents, Adaora replied "i would take a good look at all of them before i sign" Louisa replied "okay ma" she had no choice but to leave the documents on Adaora's desk.

Chapter 8 : Have We Met

Isabella woke up the next morning feeling tired, she stretched her hands and yawned a bit, she saw Aisha getting ready for lectures, Aisha said "madam goodmorning what happened to you yesterday, you came home looking like a wet dog" Isabella looked at Aisha and said "i don't want to talk about it" Aisha was unbothered she said "okay oh i am going to class" with that Aisha left for lectures.

Isabella decided to put what had happened to her aside and head to class, she thought out loud to herself "i am going to focus on my studies and forget about these rich boys" with that she went into the bathroom to have her bath, an hour later she was ready for lectures, she looked at her worn out sandals which was no good anymore and decided to wear Aisha's shoes, after she was done, she opened the door, came out, locked it and headed out to her first class.

On her way to her class which was on the main campus, she was still in thoughts as she held her course books in her hands while she walked slowly, she did not realize she was walking on the road, she almost got knocked down by a very nice car, the car stopped and Chidi got out, he quickly went towards her, held her by the shoulder and said "are you okay" Isabella looked at the handsome chidi and said "yes i am fine" she did not recognise him.

Chapter 10 : Who Are You

While Adaora was getting her beautiful long hair blow dried a not so familiar face walked into the luxurious salon, everyone looked at her like she was lost or something, one of the hairstylist walked up to her and said "this is an exclusive salon, do you have an appointment" the woman repiled "no i don't i was just walking by and i" before she could finish her sentence the hairstylist said "please you have to leave security".

To everyones surprise Adaora intervened "leave her i would pay for her hair, come sit" the hairstylist left and went to attend to another customer, Adaora was not particularly nice to people she did not know but what changed, Adaora proceeded to ask the woman her name "my name is Joanne" Adaora giggled a bit then thought to herself this woman Joanne could be part of her revenge plot.

A hairstylist immediately came to work on Joanne's hair, when she was done Joanne looked like a totally different person, Adaora looking good as always fluffed her hair a bit, looked at Joanne and gave her a compliment "you look way better" Adaora payed for Joanne's hair in cash, exchanged numbers with her and left.

Chapter 7 : Move Aside

Chidi was so surprised he said "what are you doing here" Elsa looked at him and the said "your asking me what am doing here please move aside" the door man was about to carry Elsa's bags into the condo when Chidi stopped him and said "look were are you carrying those bags too would you stand there" the door man was confused Elsa then said "Chidi leave the door man alone".

Chidi turned to Elsa and said "i ask again what are you doing here" Elsa came closer to Chidi looked into his eyes and said "i am moving in Chidi" Chidi laughed and said "your not serious you better leave here" Elsa was admiring the condo she then said "you should take me seriously i am not joking by the way i am also pregnant with your child" Chidi laughed once again to hide how shocked he was he said "you Elsa pregnant for me" Elsa nodded her head in a sarcastic manner.

Chidi then said "i need a paternity test done if not you can't stay here" Elsa replied "okay but i am still moving in" with that she sat on Chidi's expensive couch, Chidi was not having it he remembered how they broke up, he immediately walked up to Elsa grabbed her by the hand, pulled her and threw her out, he then said to the door man "you better take her with you or you loose your job" with that he shut the door.

Chapter 9 : A Changed Person

Adaora woke up the next morning feeling grumpy, the bed in the pool house was not as comfortable as the one her bedroom, she thought to herself could her day get any worse.

Adaora decided that nothing was going to upset her, she was going to prove to her mother that she could handle things but still carry out her revenge, she got out of bed went to the main house to take a shower.

The maids at the house greeted her "goodmorning ma" to their utmost surprise she replied "morning" and walked past them, they all smiled sheepishly, they thought to themselves madam's plan worked.

When Adaora entered her beautiful clean bedroom, she took of her clothes from yesterday, and hopped into the shower, while she was in the shower she thought of all the events of yesterday, who was out to get her she thought to herself.

She also had a hair appointment at the salon that morning, she would head to that, then head to her mother's office building for a meeting with the board of directors, Adaora actually had a degree in hospitality management, she could put that to good use, she wanted to prove to her mother that she was a changed person.

Her driver came around with the car and they drove to the first destination the salon, when she got to the salon she stepped out of the car and into the salon, the salon was so luxurious.

Chapter 6 : Elsa Is Here

Sergio arrived the school's garden, Isabella opened the car door and stepped out, she closed the door and Sergio drove away without even saying a word to her, it was so dark Isabella was a bit frightened so she decided to walk quickly to Aisha's place.

When she arrived Aisha's place she knocked on the door Aisha woke up she looked at the time it was some few minutes after twelve Aisha said "who is that knocking" Isabella replied "its me Isabella" Aisha immediately went to open the door, Isabella walked in, Aisha was surprised to see Isabella in damp clothes so she asked "why is my red dress damp Isabella what happened" Isabella did not answer her instead she proceeded to the room.

Aisha followed her and said "talk this girl what happened" a shivering Isabella took of the damp dress and her worn out sandals then she put on her night wear and she gently lay on the bed, Aisha said "are you okay Isabella" she still did not answer, Aisha decided not to bother her any further.

Chidi came out to the balcony of his condo with a glass of juice in his hand, he thought about the ordeal that happened at his pool party, what if that girl had drowned, suddenly there was a ding at the door, he went to open the door to his surprise he saw Elsa standing right in front of him.

Chapter 8 : No More Friends

It was a harsh male voice probably Belinda's boyfriend Mark, Mark was not a nice person he was very rude and mean to people he did not care about he spoke "yes what do you want Belinda is busy right now" Adaora could hear a light giggle in the background saying "Mark stop just tell her am not here".

Adaora was so angry she hung up the phone, even her best friend so she thought was no longer her friend, every one had deserted her especially now when she needed them, she decided to go home, what a day she was having.

When she got home, her driver opened the door as usual, her driver said "goodnight ma" Adaora did not reply, it was past 12pm, she tried to open the door but it was locked, she knocked a few times no one answered, she rung the telecom a few times still no answer. 

she then called her mother, her mother answered "yes" Adaora spoke back "the door is locked can someone come" before she could complete her sentence her mother said "kindly go back to were you are coming from" Adaora could not believe this, her mother actually meant every word she said earlier.

Adaora decided to spend the night in the pool house she proceeded to the pool house, she was not glad at all, she felt like she was being treated like an outcast, she thought to herself, maybe if she slept and woke up the next morning all this would have being a horrible nightmare.

Chapter 5 : Not Here

Chidi was able to lift her, he then placed her on the pool side and proceeded to resuscitate her, he was able to get all the water out of her lungs, Isabella coughed and coughed, everyone at the pool party clapped in mockery one of them said "wow that's my hero Chidi" and laughed, Chidi went to the m.c grabbed the microphone and said "the party is over everyone leave here now security do your job".

All the security men came running into the house were the pool party was being held and they politely sent everyone out of the premises one of the guests whispered to each other "because of that stupid girl in red i hate her" they all eventually left, meanwhile when Sergio came out of the house every one was gone he was surprised, he saw Isabella wet on a pool chair, he went to meet her.

Sergio asked a very tired and wet Isabella what happened Isabella could not talk instead she said "i want to go home oh chei what is this" she sneezed to remove water from her nose, Sergio dropped the glass and decided to take her home, when they got into the car Isabella started crying, Sergio did not comfort her, instead he started the engine.

Chapter 7 : Invitation

When she arrived at the party venue, she was a bit shocked at the amount of people, she mumbled underneath her breath once again "socialites" she then went towards the entrance, she was suddenly stopped by the security bouncers "invite please" said one of the security bouncer's, Adaora was surprised no one had ever asked her for an invite to enter a party, surely they knew who she was.

Adaora had left her invite on the vanity table in her bedroom, and it clearly stated "bring this invite with you" Adaora did not care she demanded to enter and the security bouncer said "no invite no entry" Adaora fumed inside of her she said "do you know who i am how dare you" the security bouncer most definitely shoved her aside.

While all this was going on, Mariam one of Adaora's sworn enemies walked past her and said "wow  Adaora is having the opposite of a good day" and bust into a loud laughter with her friends, Adaora was so ashamed, what was she going to do, things like this should not be happening to her.

Adaora walked quietly to her car the driver opened the back seat door and Adaora said "did i ask you to open the door" her driver was confused but still apologised "am sorry ma" she thought to herself maybe i should call Belinda, she quickly brought out her phone and dialed Belinda's number it rang and someone else picked up.

Chapter 4 : I Can't Swim

Isabella waited in the school's garden for Sergio, she waited for atleast an hour before Sergio arrived in his Mercedes G-wagon she was so excited, she opened the door and got in the car, she shivered on the drive to the pool party, Sergio said "are you cold i can turn down the a.c", Isabella immediately said "no no i am okay" while shivering, when they arrived the destination, Isabella got out of the car, she was so surprised she had never seen so many rich faces in one place before.

As they both proceeded to enter the party, they all looked at Isabella and laughed, one of the rich girl's in attendance said "who is this one and what is she wearing" Isabella had never felt so humiliated in her life she decided to keep calm, Sergio brought her a drink in an expensive glass, Isabella did not know how to hold the glass, so it fell of her hand.

Sergio laughed and said "i would get you another glass don't worry" Sergio went to get another drink for Isabella, Isabella was standing so close to the pool when someone slightly nodged her on purpose, Isabella fell into the deep end of the pool, she screamed "i can't swim help, i can't swim" she was practically drowning and the guests at the pool party did nothing they were all laughing. Then Chidi dived into pool and rescued her.

Chapter 6 : I Love You

Adaora was hesitant, her mother could not cut her of completely, and she was still bent on attending the party that evening, she would wear one of her other dresses, she thought to herself, what would her peers say at the party.

She immediately brushed that thought aside, when she got home she refused to speak to her mother, her mother did not care, it was in her best interest if she kept quiet about the incident that had happened earlier, maybe her mother would come to her senses and realize she was still her daughter.

She walked into her walk in closet, it looked like a shopping mall itself, she went through her clothes that were colour co-ordinated by the maids at the mansion, she then made a choice, it was a last season's dolce and gabbana dress, it still had the price tag on it.

She then picked a pair of dior slip-ons, it was a dress to impress party hosted by the socialites, but Adaora was not in any mood, so she opted for the comfortable look, when she was done getting ready, she quickly ran a brush through her hair and called her driver.

She was about to press the button on the elevator in the mansion for it to open, her mother sighted her, "young lady were are you going too" Adaora totally ignored her mother who had asked her a question, her mother spoke again "you better be back before 12pm or else you would be locked out" Adaora quickly entered the elevator, got to the grand foyer arranged her hair one more time while taking a look at the mirror and proceeded to the car.

Chapter 3 : Pool Party

Sergio was waiting for Isabella's reply she then said while touching her hair "i mean you did not ask me my name" Femi looked at her with disdain and said "who needs your stupid name just answer the damn question or leave her" they all laughed again almost falling to the ground, Isabella did not know how to swim and she did not have anything to wear she then said "okay i would attend the party". 

Sergio looked at her again and said "great were do i pick up from" Isabella was ashamed of Aisha's place so she said "pick me up here" Sergio laughed again with his friends, Femi then said "you leave in the school garden please leave this girl she's too bush abeg" they all laughed once again then Sergio said "okay i would pick you up here" with that they left.

Isabella was so happy she ignored the fact that Sergio and his friends had undermined her, what am i going to wear she thought to herself, she only had worn out clothes, she decided to borrow Aisha's favourite red dress, she begged and asked Aisha for the red dress Aisha eventually gave it to her. Isabella wore the red dress she looked a bit put together, she put her hair up in bun and wore her worn out sandals she then headed towards the school's garden to wait for Sergio.

Chapter 5 : Declined

Caroline offered to pay for what Adaora had picked in the store but Adaora was furious, she stormed  out of the store pulled out her phone and called her mother, her mother answered "can i help you madam" Adaora replied "my card is not working" with anger in her voice.

Her mother replied "that is because i froze all your accounts and club memberships" Adaora screamed in anger "WHAT WHY" her mother had previously warned her earlier about her excessive spending, her mother replied "you have to learn to be more responsible madam" with that her mother hung up the phone.

Adaora was not happy, everyone was staring at her at the exclusive mall, Caroline and Emeka walked towards her, Caroline spoke "are you okay" Adaora shoved Caroline aside, she rung her driver "bring the car around now" her driver arrived at the entrance, Adaora quickly walked to the car in her prada heels.

On their drive home, Adaora thought of how stupid she looked swiping her card over and over again, how could her mother do this to her, how could she freeze her accounts and club memberships, her social life was practically ruined, she also thought to her self, Caroline would tell every one what happened at the exclusive mall, a whole Adaora could not pay for the designer clothes she picked.

Chapter 2 : School Days

Isabella was admitted into the Benue university to study business administration, it was one of the happiest days of her life, she was going to leave her wretched parents so she thought, who had worked hard to the bones to send her to school, Isabella never attended classes instead she would seat in the school's garden admiring those rich young boys.

Aisha would finish attending lectures and ask Isabella if she attended any classes, Isabella would lie to her and say "yes i did the class was so boring" Aisha did not believe her but she would say nothing, Aisha knew Isabella did not attend any classes, she had seen her a couple of times in the school's garden admiring those boys from rich homes.

Isabella decided that she was going talk to these rich boys, she gradually approached one of them called Sergio, Sergio was an international student who transferred from Russia, his parents had sent him to Benue university in Nigeria to learn some lessons about life because he was really stubborn and unruly it was either that or they would disown him, so Sergio decided to come to Nigeria, he was really good looking so were his other rich friends Skylar and Femi.

Sergio looked at Isabella and laughed so hard, he turned to his friends who were seated on their maserati and said "who is this one now" they all laughed at Isabella then a thought came to Sergio's mind he then said to Isabella "would you like to attend a pool party" his friends were shocked, Femi tapped him and said to him "what are you doing".

Chapter 4 : Cards

Caroline was also very pretty, she was new money not old money and Adaora detested her so much, she felt Caroline was not up to level in life, but she was able to get into their social circle through her that Emeka, Emeka was Adaora's ex boyfriend, she had practically lost her virginity to him.

As Caroline approached Adaora she was not alone she was with Emeka, Adaora mumbled underneath her breath these two, they were so inseparable they went everywere together, and to think she was once in love with this Emeka.

Adaora put on a fake smile, she did not like Caroline one bit, Caroline spoke "hey dear how are you" air kiss, Adaora replied "am great just came to do some shopping" Caroline replied "me too let's go in Emeka come on" Emeka still had feelings for Adaora, she had broken up with him for no reason.

They all walked into the mall, Adaora sighted the first store, she casually walked towards the chanel store Caroline followed her, Adaora thought to her self would this girl go away, Adaora picked up a few pieces and went to pay.

She was about to pay for the clothings she had picked, Caroline came along, Adaora put on another fake smile, Adaora swiped her card but it did not go through it declined, she thought to herself this could not be happening, Caroline was amazed, Adaora said with anger in her voice "try it again".

Chapter 1 : The Elite Pact

Isabella was a pretty young woman who was very ruthlessly, her whole life was about to be disrupted by some people called the elite pact, for once in Isabella's life she was really scared, what would they do to her if they caught her she thought to herself, Isabella arrived at her duplex packed a few things and hurriedly left for the airport.

She drove as fast as she could, she did want to miss her flight to Morocco that was the place she felt safe, Isabella did not come from a wealthy nor rich family, her father and mother were very poor, Isabella vowed she was going to break the poverty chain in her family by any means possible, so she played with fire.

Isabella arrived Benue in Nigeria seven years ago with nothing but a wretched suit case filled with old worn out clothes, she planned to stay with her friend Aisha for some time untill she was able to find a job while going to school, Isabella was not your average innocent girl, she was willing to do anything to make money, even if it meant sleeping with all the rich young boys on campus.

These boys were rich they drove the nicest cars, wore fancy designer clothes and even had lunch at the most expensive resturants, Isabella envied them so much that she wished she could be like them.

Chapter 3 : Tonight We Party

It was a long drive from her mother's office building to the mansion, during the drive Adaora could not stop thinking about what her mother had said to her at the office building.

She was not ready to be the laughing stock around her peers, speaking of which she had a party to attend that evening, she hoped Tonye and his friends would not be there, but she had nothing to wear, so she thought.

Adaora could not be caught repeating clothes, she had a reputation to uphold she quickly ordered her driver to take her to the most exclusive mall in that vicinity her driver responded by saying "yes ma" he re-routed the trip on the GPS monitor and headed straight to the mall.

When they arrived at the exclusive mall were only the wealthy shopped he quickly ran to open the back seat, Adaora stepped out of the car arrogantly and made her way to the doors at the exclusive mall.

As she was about to enter she sighted a familiar face it was Caroline, she thought to her self what is this annoying girl doing here, Caroline also saw her and waved with a smirk on her face. Adaora was not in any mood to exchange pleasantries.