Love is jealousy

Chapter 7

Crystal's P.O.V

The principle looks at me with approval, as do the other bachelors as I stand with them, while the other girls scram to make their way to the door, unable to meet my eyes as they passed by me, much better I thought smirking at their inferiority. I knew the suitors liked me more now,since they own huge successful businesses, the suitors needed a wife who didn't bend to other peoples will. And honestly I had been doing that my entire life, by being here I had an opportunity to go to college, to re-invent myself, to find someone to love, to finally be happy.

I wasn't going to let girls with 2-dimensional personalities, girls who were given everything without lifting a finger, rob me of everything that I had wanted, happiness. My train of thought was interrupted when the girls finally settled themselves, might I add very inappropriately close to the suitors, groping their arms and torso.

I smiled sinisterly at the conceited expression making its way back on their faces, but on the inside I was roaring with laughter. They seemed to be confused as to why I hadn't made my move yet, in fact it seemed as if I was presenting the suitors to them, like they were new toys that they could play with. But they overlooked something that I noticed about the suitors and the girls didn't. it was that the suitors were to smart to be seduced by them. These men wanted something to fight for, after having everything served on a silver platter their whole lives they wanted something else, a challenge.

And a challenge that would receive, that challenge being, me.

My thoughts were reaffirmed with the pained expressions on the suitors faces as the girls continued to shamelessly grip them. I backed away from the men at a more appropriate distance, and gave them pitying looks, especially James and Prince Xavier who seemed to be getting molest the most. The Prince's eyes were begging me to help him, I just smirking at him, he was going to work as hard as anyone else, if not harder, if they wanted me for keeps they were going to have to prove it, I was not easily obtained. I knew how to manipulate these men, the harder I became to achieve the more they wanted me; I was a prize in my own right. I had to be careful how I played the cards, I couldn't show to much affection to one person because then the other bachelors would think that I was taken and then the other girls would be better options. The other suitors must have already been considerably more insecure James and the Prince. While they were all ridiculously rich, the Prince and James were on a different level. All the girls they had encountered so far were only after their title and money, they needed to know I wasn't. I needed to make that known to them soon.

The principle suddenly spoke up "For the next event girls you will be boarding a cruise ship, there will be important faces there on board and you have to chat with them and impress them with your brains, not your cleavage" She looks pointedly at the rest of the girls who were tenaciously showing their assets to the very uncomfortable suitors.

She continued "They will vote for who left the best impression on them after you have dinner on board with them, and then you will all attend the dance at the after party where you will be required to dance with all suitors. Then each of you will receive your scores at the end of the night, on how well liked you were by the business moguls and a separate score from the suitors will be tallied together from each of you , also based on the impression you left on them."

"Oh and 20 of you will be eliminated at the end of the night so please do spend your night wisely." The principle adds impishly.

We are dismissed and sent back to our rooms with heavy hearts, the elimination will take out more than half of us will be out. I open the door to my dorm and turn the light switch and find a big white box on my bed and notice a note saying that we would be leaving for the ship at noon tomorrow, and saying that what was in the box was a prize for making first place in the first round of elimination. I open the box and find a beautiful evening gown and notice another note on top of it from the principle, it read: