Chapter 8 BEWARE OF NOAH

Their car honked in front of the huge gate. Valeria marvelled while staring at the silvered colured gate.

"If the gate was this beautiful, how would the inside look?." She asked herself in thoughts.

The huge gate flew opened and the driver drove into the compound.

The driver drove to the parking lot and he parked the car properly before turning off the engine.

Valeria took her backpack and she jumped out of the car, with Helena also.

"Wow!." She exclaimed in amusement. The exterior of the compound was really breathtaking.

Fleets cars were parked in the parking lot pf the compound. The car she came with would be classified as a truck if it was to be here.

"Enough with the admiration, we should be fast about everything, so you can get to school on time." Helena stated, snapping her back to reality.

"Valeria Startam, you aren't here for fun." She scolded herself.

The driver opened the car trunk and she took out her luggage which she dragged along with her, as she trailed behind Helena.

She was careful with her walking step, so she wouldn't ruin or keep dirt on the spotless ground.

Helena rang the doorbell and suddeky, the door flew opened. A lady dressed in a uniform came into view. From her observation , she could that the lady is a maid.

"Oh, ma'am Helena, Mrs Shiella has been waiting for you." The maid said.

From the look of things, they were familiar with each other.

"Okay Erica, I'm here already."

Valeria stood staring at them like a statue.

Helena gently tapped her. "Let's go in."

"Oh." She followed Helena in.

"Oh my goodness." She gushed the minute she walked in. "This is heaven." She added.

Helena was almost close to the living room when she noticed Valeria was no longer behind her, she turned quickly and saw her staring around absentmindedly.

"This girl won't be the end of me." She mumbled.

"Valeria!." She called out and Valeria became startled at the high tone with which Mrs Helena screamed her name.

Valeria got back her senses and scurried over to Helena.

"I'm so sorry." She apologized and Helena scoffed.

"Helena!." Shiella screamed the moment she saw her.

"Ma'am shiella." Helena smiled.

"No need for the formalities Helena, we're already friends." Shiella smiled and Valeria found herself smiling.Shiella is one beautiful woman.

Shiella's gaze wandered over to Valeria. "She's the one right?."

"Yes ma'am..oh Shiella." Helena corrected herself.

"Good morning ma'am." Valeria greeted, she'd almost forgotten her manners because sge waa staring and Ma'am Shiella abd the building in admiration.

"You're welcome dear, I heard you're still schooling and it's the same school as my son, you'd have gone together with him if you jad arrived earlier, but he's gone already. I'll show you to your room so you won't be late for school." Shiella uttered with smiled.

"Doesn't she get tired of smiling?." Valeria wondered.

Ma'am Shiella wasn't just thoughtful and considerate she was also very beautiful.

"Erica." Shiella called and she rushed in.

"Please take her to her room."

"Yes ma'am." Erica replied with a little bow.

"This way please." Eroxa gestured wjth her hands directed at a passage.

Valeria immediately followed her. They went to the servants quarters and Erica showed Valeria her own room.

"Wow, do i get to have a room to myself?." Valeria asked as they both stood outside her door.

"Yes dear." Erica replied with a smile.

"Cool." Valeria blurted out, and she immediately placed hands to her mouth when she realized what she had just said.

"Please don't get me wrong, i don't have a problem in a sharing a room with someone, since I know that's how it's done in some other places. I was just, i i-."

"You don't have to explain yourself dear, it's natural to feel excited when you get to have a room all to yourself, i was equally excited the first time i came here and found out that I'll be having a room to myself." Erica laughed, and Valeria joined in.

"Thank you so much, you're so nice."

"It's alright, I'll leave you to get settled, if you need anything, just ask me okay."

"Sure." Valeria said.

"And yeah, my name's Valeria."

"Wonderful name, and you can just call me Erica." Valeria nodded in agreement.

Erica turned to leave, but she suddenly remembered something, and she immediately turned to face Valeria again.

"Valeria." She called, then she held Valeria's hands and gave her a serious looking expression.

"Listen carefully to what I have to say. In this mansion, you're to beware of one person, and that's Noah, he's the eldest son of this family, please, stay clear of him, in fact, it'll be better if you don't ever cross parts with him, avoid him like a plague, you're too young to be used by him." Erica said in a whisper.

Valeria felt so confused, she didn't understand a single thing Erica had just told her, she had so many questions based on what Erica said, but before she had the chance to ask those questions, Erica left left there in a hurry.

That's strange, and who the hell is this Noah?, why should she be aware of him?, and what does she mean by I'm too young to be used by him?." Valeria muttered.

"So many questions, I'll just have to find the answers later." She sighed, then she went in.

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Prestige High.....

The driver pulled over at the school's parking lot, and Valeria quickly got down.

"Thank you sir."

"No problem, I'll be back to pick you up." The driver said.

"Okay sir." Valeria replied. She watches him drove off.

Madam Shiella has been kind enough to let their driver take her to school, she had also mentioned something about her son schooling in tbe sane school with her.

"I wonder who her son is." Valeria thought.

She was a little bit late, but it was better late than not showing up at all.

She scurried into the scholl building and headwd to her class. But before she could get in, someone obstructed her.

"Hold on." She heard someone say, and she immediately turned around to see who it was.

She furrowed her brow as she tried to remember who the person was.

"Sheila." She whispered when she remembered her

She was the girl who had answered the professor's question.

"Hi." Valeria greeted with a smile, but Sheila ignored her greeting bit walked up to her. Her hands folded on her chest.

"Are you really dating Ergon? Are you two a thing?." Sheila questioned, surprising Valeria.

Valeria didn't know what to say. Should she tell her the truth or just go on with the lie Ergon started.

"Answer me!."

"Yes." Valeria unknowingly blurted out.

Sheila gasp in shock, she was about saying something more when someone interrupted.

"Why are you bothering my girlfriend?."

Valeria frowned when her eyes met his.

"Ergon."