[JANE]

Reese drove me to Khali's apartment. It's already 7:30 in the morning and I'm already 30 minutes late. I can imagine Khali's fuming eyes and nose. Just imagine a dragon breathing out smoke through her nose. See? I'm not afraid but I imagined her to be like that.

We entered the building and we were welcomed by the receptionist, which I believe in her mid-20s. She smiled sweetly as soon as we approached her.

"Good Morning Ma'am, how may I help you?" She asked.

"Good morning. Can you call for Miss Khali Luciano? Kindly tell her that it’s Jane Terranova" I spoke and glanced at her name badge hanging on her blouse above her left chest. It says Cindy Kong. She's pretty and has delicate features. I think she doesn't know me since she never even show any excitement in her expression. Just a calm and welcoming one.

"Alright Miss Terranova. Hold on, let me call her on the phone. You may sit there first while you wait for her", she gestured her hands for us to sit on the couch and we just nodded.

"She's so pretty", Reese whispered at me. I just shrugged and proceed to the couch. Reese is not straight by the way. She had dated and flirted with lots of girls ever since I met her. It's just funny that she never hit on me. She said, it will be an incest if she does, since she treats me as her sister. Fair point. After a few minutes, I noticed the receptionist glanced in our direction and then she called us.

"Miss Terranova, you may go up on the 23rd floor", we stood up and took the card from the receptionist but then my best friend had to really flirt with her.

"Hi, I'm Reese Fatico, you can call me Reese", she flashed her charming smile at the girl and I scolded her with my glare.

"Oh, I have to go, because you know my best friend is a little bit impatient. I'll be hanging around more often here. Catch you later", she then winked to the receptionist and the girl only gave out a chuckle.

"Seriously?" I muttered.

"You're no fun", she mumbled while pouting.

"I thought you don't want here?"

"On second thought, I like it here." She smiled widely and I just shook my head.

We entered the elevator and pushed the button to the 23rd floor.

"Just to be fair, I must commend her in choosing this building", Reese said while holding up her index finger.

"Because of the receptionist? God! If I only knew that you're going to trade me for a pretty receptionist", I pretended that I was offended.

"No. Not the receptionist. You got to admit, this is a nice place. I would transfer here if I have enough money", she shrugged her shoulders.

"My apartment is still nicer", I pressed my mouth on a thin line, not agreeing to what she said.

"Yes, because you're a CEO and your apartment costs millions", she uttered proudly as a matter of fact. I just flashed a smug smile and laughed. She then laughed as well and finally we reached the 23rd floor. We stepped out and walked towards the front door. I swiped the card and Reese pushed the door open.

"Oh! Hi!" A woman with the same height as mine greeted us. She's pretty and she's wearing sweat pants and white shirt, but I felt curious as to why she was looking at my best friend with her mouth wide open.

Reese Posie just raised a brow at her which is little funny because she suddenly became intimidating.

"Hi, my angel", the woman uttered at Reese, which made me snort and laugh. My best friend on the other hand, glared at me. 

"Are you just going to stand there or are you going to come inside?" Somebody spoke and I know very well who it is. It's the arrogant Khali Luciano. The person I hate the most.

"Is she Khali Luciano?" Reese whispered to me yet it's still audible.

"Yes, she's Khali and I'm Jey. Nice to meet you. Come inside and let me love you", the girl muttered and I face-palmed myself. She's really hitting on my best friend, and I admit that she got some humor.

"Jey~", Khali called the girl and she cleared her throat. I walked inside and took Reese's arm together with my luggage. Khali looked at me from head to toe and I raised a brow at her. I don’t like the way she looks at me. When our eyes met, I gave her a death glare and she smirked at me.

"Great outfit, now you can wash the dishes in the kitchen", she pointed at the kitchen and I saw some beer cans scattered on the floor and unwashed dishes on the sink.

“Wait, you’re not going to let her settle and rest first? That’s cruel” Jey said but only earned a frown from Khali. Yeah, she’s really cruel.

"Wait Jane", Reese uttered seriously. She then faced Khali and crossed her arms.

"Before my best friend follow your orders and be imprisoned in this hell-like apartment of yours in a week. Let me remind you that if you hurt her, or mistreated her. I'll make sure you will pay for it. I don't care who you are and what you are, but if you mess with me best friend. You won't like it".

"That's fucking hot", Jey muttered on the side.

"Shut up", Reese cut her off.

Khali scoffed and looked at me.

“You don't have to worry about your best friend Miss—“, Khali dragged out.

“--Fatico", Reese answered.

"Oh, Miss Fatico. You don't have to worry about her. We had a deal and she agreed with it." Khali glanced at me and I sighed. I looked at my best friend and reached for her arm.

"Don't worry about me, Reese. I'll update you every day. Hmm?" I assured her and it took a few seconds before she nodded. She wants to make sure that I’m telling the truth, and that I will be fine, which I really appreciate. She then pointed a finger at Khali and gritted her teeth before she warned her again, "Don't forget what I said".

"And don't forget me", Jey spoke. It's actually funny that the situation should be worse by now, but Jey is making it funny and bearable somehow.

"Ugh! God! So annoying!" Reese mumbled and rolled her eyes.

"I'll be fine. You better go now. Thank you" I gave my best friend a tight hug and she sniffled. Oh my! Is she crying?

"Call me okay?" She wiped her tears and I chuckled as I pinched her left cheek.

"Hey! Don't cry!" I wiped her tears and I heard Khali groaned.

"Seriously?" She commented and walked back to her room. I just scowled at her and rolled my eyes.

"Sorry, she's really insensitive sometimes." Jey said, and looked at us apologetically. I wonder why Khali is different from this girl. She seems nice but Khali is different. She's too insensitive, arrogant and annoying. I smiled at Jey. Thankfully and hopefully, she can make my stay here somehow bearable.

"Sorry I'm annoying too. I just want to make the situation lighter, but really, this girl here is too pretty to cry", she smiled softly at Reese. I saw my best friend blushed which surprised me.

"I -I'll go now Jane. Just text me, okay?" She gave me another tight hug and then turned around to face Jey whose smile is still plastered across her face.

"Nice to meet you too Jey", Reese said and went to the door.

Did she just gay panic? I silently snorted and shook my head. That was weird.

"Hey, stop smiling and do what I asked you to do", Khali told me in a cold tone. I didn’t notice she came out of her room. I frowned at her and proceed to the kitchen. All my life, I've never experienced doing household chores for other people, yet here I am, doing all of this for this arrogant asshole. I bit my lip to control my annoyance, then wore the gloves that were placed on the sink.

"You can do this Jane, this is just for a week", I mumbled to myself.