BILLIONAIRE: Lurking in the Dark

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Time skip

LISA'S POV

I was walking towards a pretty familiar street. It was my first day of school after a month of absence and the word scared and anxious were not the only two words that were currently circulating in my mind.

I have trained day and night with Mr. Yang and Nayeon by my side. My stuttering has reduced but the trauma will always be planted in my head

I can already feel my legs shaking from just seeing the gate of Seoul High. Familiarity instantly hit me as I tried to keep my racing heart from coming out of my ribs

I can see hardly the students who passed by looking happy because of the increasing anxiety I was experiencing. I could see them walking without any problem while talking to their friends while I'm behind a tree contemplating if I should go or not

My appearance is still the same as before. I have talked to my mentor, Mr. Yang, about letting me go to my usual self when going to school. They have questioned me why I decided that but when you suddenly went from looking like an awful-looking little girl to a woman, attentions from not only students will follow your way

And I wanted to be as careful as I could be and not deliberately tell the world that I am a Manoban when smart people connect two and two.

You never know if the enemies have already sent someone to this school or has someone connected in them in any way.

It's better to be safe than sorry.

And It will be like living two lives at the same time anyways. One with a wealthy life and one with a bullied life. My movie dreams are coming to life.

I felt like an undercover spy or that brunette American pop idol who for some reason changes appearance when she wears a blonde wig

That was my favorite show growing up. I used to remember sneaking to my neighbors house just to watch the show behind their window

With big help from no other than Nayeon and her makeup skills, I have glowed down, as per her words

After being used to seeing my bangs in a normal length and wearing expensive clothes, It felt foreign going back to ripped hoodies and my usual clothes. I had to wear extensions for my hair and bangs to look the same as usual.

Nayeon told me, after we were done, that I was her "worst project" I don't know if she's telling that as a good thing since I became like this again or because I really looked bad before. What do they expect me to have worn before? I only could get a few t-shirts from my part-time job and it costed not more than 5 dollars at my best interest

The school bell rang and a few students who haven't reached the gate began sprinting in action, wanting to not be late and be reprimanded by the strict male teacher

I, too, woke up from my momentary nightmare and began using my long legs to reach the gate. If this was me a month ago, I would have run out of breath after only running for 3 minutes but now after all the exercise I did, I have increased my stamina

My body has also formed muscles from the physical training I did, my abs are evident and I would like to call myself stronger now.

I could take on some of the guards that have been training with me since day one. They were all bulky and tall, few of them were retired mercenaries. Some were known for their strength and some were just in it because of the payment.

Jiyong, a guard directly under Mr. Yang has taught me some of the basics of fighting. He told me I have improved better than some of the members under him.