C8 CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER EIGHT

They all gasped as they saw Luca walking in with a lady but the gasps were immediately replaced with laughter.

"Why are they laughing?". She asked.

"You— you are the reason for their laughter". Luca said as his eyes rolled at Ivan's torn dress.

"OMG". Her lip pouted as she clenched her teeth in annoyance.

“So he purposely brought me here just to make fun of me. Uh!?” She asked herself and without an answer, she took his hand and walked into the hall.

Luca felt amused as he walked behind her, ”She looks like a model, cute with those curves of hers that I felt like massaging her butt... The lip for me or the thigh”. Dirty thoughts read through his mind as he shovels them off immediately before he gets tempted to do it.

"Good day everyone". Her voice made them stop laughing as they stared at her.

"So this little bunny is his wife?".

"Is this not a fake marriage to lure us?".

"Did Luca think we will accept this lady who comes out of the blue?".

"Did Luca think we will accept a bitch who can't even dress properly".

"Who will accept a pauper who puts on rags!?"

Another round of murmurs filled the hall, making her bite her lower lip shyly as she suppressed the shame that she felt and the heavy tears that clustered in her little dark brown eyes.

"Lucs! I am not a pauper nor am I some sort of beggar and I get married to my husband because I love him. Besides we have been dating for two years until he got snatched away from me by some f&&king bitch".

"I am Ivan, the actress with the major role in Arrow and Heart and the daughter of Wel's family". She paused as she stared at the dissatisfaction in their eyes.

“Are they not satisfied with my acting? I think I have to pull up a bigger act”. She thought.

"I got married to Luca 'cause I love him and not even his monthly allowance can't fix my junk or sort my weekly bills and yet you call me a pauper? Do you know how much I bought this dress which got torn while saving Luca from some hangovers?" She asked with a smirk on the corner of her lip as she gestured at each word she uttered.

“She is something else than I thought. Good for me though”. Lucian who was sitting from afar said inwardly.

"I think this marriage is a real one and I'm in support. At least I can add 10% to my shares". One of the adamant shareholders who has been standing their ground about withdrawing his shares said.

After so many speeches and suggestions from the shareholders, they finally come up with a conclusion.

"Luca Lucs will be made the next president of Lucs groups In three months after the tenth anniversary of the company". Lucian announced with a cruel smirk on his face.

"He is up to something else but I guess he forgot I am no more the child I used to be". Luca mumbled before walking up to the podium.

Cameras light flashed on his face as he took different photographs and the press was impressed with how he amused everyone.

"I think you are happy right!?" His stepfather whispered as he saw him walking out of the hall.

"Yes I am and all thanks to you today is colourful". He smirked and walked out of the hall.

"Where can I change my dress? Cause I have to get a new one". Her voice made him halt as he searched for the direction which her voice was coming from.

"Look left at the corner of the door". She uttered.

He quickly walked up to her with his hard face staring at her body.

"Don't look at me that way and just ride me to where I can get a new dress". She said with a wink.

"And do I look like your driver?". He asked arrogantly.

"Uh!? Is this all about the driver or paying me for helping you clean up your gay stuff?" She asked angrily even though her voice sounded babyish.

"Don't you ever mention that word or you will never like the outcome!" With that, he walked out angrily on her.

“Is he mad at me for just calling the word 'gay'? Or does he hate me?”. She asked herself with irritation as she walked out lazily.

"Ma'am your tutorial class is holding in 15 minutes". Secretary Bill informed her.

"Okay". Without caring, she immediately boarded a cab for both of them.

~~~IVAN TUTORIAL CLASS~~~~

Walking into her class with her hand note held by her secretary, she retrieved it from her and walked into the class alone.

The memory of the scene at the conference hall made her chuckle as she couldn't imagine she could do that by herself.

"You came late Mrs Ivan". Professor Ahn said as she brought out her lecture book and walked up to the screen on the wall in front of Ivan.

"Professor, why am I the only one who is in the class? Where are the rest?". She asked, ignoring her tutor's words.

"You are attending VIP classes and it means you are going to be given special treatment". She said and returned to the screen.

"But-"

"I am paid by hours and one hour is out and you have one hour left for the class". She said as she rebooted the screen.

" We will be dealing with tenses". Professor Ahn read out.

"Tensile?". She muttered.

Ignoring Ivan's mispronounced word, she asked. "Mrs. Ivan, can you list the tenses we have?".

“Why is she bothering me? Is she paid to ask me questions or teach me?” Ivan thought while she played with her finger.

"Mr. Lucian let me know you are paying for this class with your money as you have to learn how to read your script yourself and each hour is 200 USD". Just by mentioning the amount of money per hour; her mouth went open.

"400*5*4". She immediately calculated.

"Answer my question ma'am before I call it a day". The professor said,

"We have peasant tenses. Parking tensile. Parting parking tense. Those are the three I know and I heard them from a child using it to sing rhyme". She uttered shamelessly, playing with her fingers.

Her tutor's laughter filled the room as her eyes rolled in curiosity.

"What happened ma'am?". She asked.

"Do you not attend high school? Like I really can't believe you did not know this elementary school stuff? I thought as much— that is why Lucian told me to start from scratch".

"We have present tense, Past tense, present continuous tense, future tense..." She said as she clicked on the column and pressed the Ai button that began to explain everything to her.

"Professor, the Ai words are too fast, why not make it slow so that I can grab some words". Ivan muttered.

"That's why you have phones. You can just record and go home to research on that topic". Professor Ahn said before repressing the button.

Without hesitation, she immediately brought out her phone and recorded the Ai words.

"We will call it a day!"

"A day? Are you for real? So am paying 400 USD a day just for a topic? Did you want me to go bankrupt?". Ivan asked.

"Not like you know what bankruptcy means". Professor Ahn mocked.

"This woman is just a nuisance and I swear I will make her regret teaching me sh!t that I did not even understand". She winced angrily before walking out.

"Ma'am why not go buy yourself a dress. You can't go home this way cause they might be spying on you". Secretary Bill uttered with her head bowed.