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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.