first encounter

Gini’s lungs burned, each breath a jagged plea. 8:15 AM. The gates of KLM University were mocking her, iron bars sealing shut. If that bastard Ming Duo hadn't blocked her path with his car, she wouldn’t be risking her neck.

She threw her bag over the stone perimeter and climbed, her fingers scraping against the mortar. With a final, desperate heave, she rolled over the top and dropped.

She expected the hard impact of the pavement. Instead, she hit something solid, warm, and dangerous.

"Ouch..." she muttered, blinking her eyes open. She wasn't on the ground. She was draped across a pair of expensive, tailored slacks.

"You have some nerve, jumping on me like that."

The voice was like ice. Gini froze. Ming Duo. The heir to the Duo empire—a name synonymous with wealth and blood.

"I—I’m sorry! I didn't know you were sneaking out of class," she stammered, scrambling to get up, but his hand suddenly clamped around her waist, anchoring her to his lap.

"You don't know your place, do you, little squirrel?" Ming’s grip was iron. He leaned in, his dark gaze raking over her face until she felt exposed. "How long do you plan on sitting there? Or are you enjoying the view?"

His smirk was a death sentence.

Fear flared into a panicked, reckless defiance. "I said I'm sorry! You have plenty of girls to play with—don't bring that dirty behavior to me!" She shoved him hard, her heart hammering against her ribs.

The air went dead. Ming Duo didn't move. He just watched her, his eyes darkening with a predatory hunger. He leaned closer, about to kiss her, his shadow swallowing her whole.

CRACK.

Gini didn't think. Her palm collided with his cheek, the sound echoing in the quiet corner of the campus.

"You're a jerk," she hissed, her voice trembling. "A lecher. A mother—"

She stopped. The world felt like it stopped.

The look on his face wasn't anger. It was worse. He smiled, a slow, terrifying tilt of the lips that promised a slow ruin. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a sleek, black handgun. The click of safety was the only sound in the world. He pressed the cold muzzle against her forehead.

"Oye," he whispered, his voice dangerously calm. "From this second on, you're my personal maid. If you run, I won't send my men. I'll shoot you with my own hands."

A maid, who could imagine just being late for college, will make her the personal maid of this killer. Now, All she could do is to do whatever he asked her to do after all her life was in threat.

Ding Dong* college bell rang.

The sound of the bell was enough for her to come to her senses. She grabbed her bag and ran as fast as she could. When she reached her class, her only friend Timsi was so shocked to see her in sweat.

"Gini, what happened to you? Why are you sweating hard?" Timsi asked.

Gini hugged her tightly and said nothing. From her expressions, Timsi guessed something wrong happened with her. Timsi hugged her back and consoled her "Calm down, calm down I am right here with you."

Gini caught her breath and finally spoke "He is going to kill me".

One sentence was enough to make her friend understand something mischievous happened with her.

(Everyone knows in a mean or hard time no-one is better than a true friend. Maybe your friend could not give you a solution to your problem but at least they support you fully and trust you blindly.)

Timsi took her out of the class and they went to the rooftop.

"Now tell me, what exactly happened to you?" Timsi question.

Gini briefed the entire story of what happened with her in the morning.

Sob* Sob* Gini put hands on her face. "What should I do now? I have to leave this country."

Timsi Said "Sweetheart, leaving the country won't help you in this situation. We are talking about Ming Duo here, do you really think his background is not that strong to find you in this small world."

Gini knew her friend was not wrong. Poor dealing with mafia people only leads to the worst situation.

Sigh* Timsi expression is relaxed. Hope so, Gini is going to be alright. I don't know how cold hearted prince would react when he sees Gini's adorable baby face. Everybody knows he is a playboy, but he never harms anyone in the college. After all, his dad's business reputation is much more important for him.

Well, Gini and Timsi both can't do anything in this situation except accepting to be his personal maid.

"Sweetheart, let's go back to class. Our bags are still in the classroom. If the professor finds it that will be the worst situation." Timsi said with a smiling face.

Hehe, well that's true professor's scary look and lecture both are terrible, Gini added with her faint smile she was clueless about what disasters are waiting for her.

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