Ethereal Pleasure | Venable vs Winters

Chapter 10 | Ain't It Good? Being All Alone

It's Tuesday and you feel much better given that you have had flu for the last three days. You arrived at the university but you're a period late due to the fact that you had to bring your motorcycle to a mechanic shop to fix it. Your powers on fixing your motor are not good enough this time. They said that it had a coil problem so you have to take a cab or bus from now on.

To make matters worse, you have no money left to pay rent since you already lend it for your ninja's maintenance. You still haven't received your salary because Bette used to give it to you but you're not yet seeing her for days.

You're on your way to Miss Winters' class and you skipped your second period because you want to take a nap while you wait. A hand gently grabs your forearm and you face the person. It's Wilhemina's secretary that she sent to you a couple of times but you always ignore the invitation or avoid the both of them.

"What do you want?" You hissed as you pull your arm away. She's trembling and still can't look at you in the eyes.

"Miss... Miss Venable asks you to... Come with me." You see tears are falling from her blue eyes, her situation softens you as you feel that Venable must have yelled at her a couple of times. Plus, you're the reason why as she's not successful in doing her job.

You hand her a hanky and she takes it to wipe her tears. "Shh, don't cry. Was she that awful towards you?"

Her head nods as she returns the hanky but still tearing down "Keep it, just stop crying." Sighing as you find your situation helpless "Fine, I'll come with you. I won't run away anymore."

Now her eyes meet yours and a little smile is drawn on her face as she wipes down her tears. "I don't want you to suffer anymore. Though she never yelled at me before, I just feel like it's very dreadful to be in your place."

"Yeah, thank you, Miss (l/n)." She begins walking and you follow her till you reach the door of hell. You enter the waiting area after her then she knocks on the doorframe of her main office to get Wilhemina's attention.

She's busy working on her laptop but as she heard the knock over the frame of her door, her head tilts up to meet your gaze. Her serious complexion brightens as her cheeks lift to form a smile. "Thank you, Miss Hariss. You finally did your job."

Her secretary left the room and you just stand there at the threshold, fiercely glaring at her. "Why don't you sit down, Miss (l/n)? We have a lot to discuss." You step in and close the door then take a seat on her black armchair.

"Why are you treating your secretary like that?"

"That's not our topic here. Plus, I've given her lots of chances but she's just stupid enough for not doing her job correctly." Wilhemina sigh and massage her temples out of irritation. "Now, as the university's chancellor, I don't want to ruin the school's reputation or the school's name."

Your eyebrows are pulled down as you have no clue what she's talking about. "What do you mean?"

She remains silent and starts to clicking something on her purple laptop then she flips it to face the screen to you, pressing the space bar to play a video. It's CCTV footage of you and Miss Gerhard, having sex in her classroom. You heard moaning and indistinct talking, everything that happened between you and Miss Gerhard.

"Why do you have that?" Your (e/c) eyes are pierced onto her brown marbles as your insides are panicking but you try your best to remain calm.

"I don't think this will be good for your image if this leaks out." An amused face is hidden over her mocking worried face, tsking as she shook her head.

"Are you blackmailing me?"

"Oh no, Miss (l/n)," Wilhemina inaudibly grins as she turns her laptop back to her "I'm just taming a feral cat."

You avoid looking at her smug complexion as it pisses you off. Taking a deep breath before you stand up "Just so you know, this won't make me change my mind." Turning around to leave her office.

"Think about your family, Miss (l/n). Think about how they will feel if they know what you've become."

Her statement ceases you from moving any further. You clench your jaw as you are full of rage, remembering your family who neglected you. The people who you thought will accept, love, and forgive you for what you've done and for who you are but you found that acceptance and love from Bette's family.

You pace out of the building, skipping your last class to head to the café. Taking a public bus to get there. It's closed when you arrived, no people inside as you peak by the glass window. You called Zach and ask why the café is closed, he said that the kitchen burned yesterday when a stove was left unattended. So they need to replace and clean things.

With no other choice left, you head to your house to just rest for the day. Still bothered by the fact that Wilhemina is threatening to leak your video. But that is not important right now, you have financial problems to face and you need to see Bette for your monthly salary.

You spend the whole week like how you used to but instead of attending work, you train for volleyball for the upcoming sports competition that will be held on your campus in few weeks.

Spending your days with no friends or company drains your energy even if you have full eight hours of sleep. Seeing the twins happy across the cafeteria breaks your heart as you miss them so much, especially Bette.

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It's Saturday and you're cleaning your house, piling things that you can sell to earn extra money from the side. You found old books, old clothes that don't fit you anymore, and other random things that you find useless.

You opened a garage sale at your front house. Gladly, there are some people who pass by and buy some of your clothes. You spend the whole weekend at your front lawn to sell everything but some stuff wasn't able to be sold so you just put it in a box and hide it away.

The garage sale was quite successful since you almost reach two hundred dollars from it. Plus, you sell your first bought guitar to your schoolmate at the university. Even with a heavy heart, you sold it still because that guitar is very old yet it has lots of memories. That money is good enough to buy groceries, you'll just talk to your landlady about the rent if you could pay another time.

A/N: Hiya! I have to cut the chapter right here so the next will be good. How do you like my story so far?