7 billion people in the world

7 FUCKING billion people in the world

But guess who was the one whom my cursed luck decided to stuck with?

ORSON FREAKING SULLIVAN!

I wanted to die for few seconds right now so that I could go up to God and just ask if he was high on something while writing my fate.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Orson screeched while trying to hide his genital areas with his hands. His bewildered expression was so comical that if I had taken a picture of it and uploaded it on social media, there would have been a river of his memes floating across the Internet.

"I think currently you have a bigger issue to take care of than knowing what I am doing here" I snorted and turned around. I heard him cleared his throat and shuffled somewhere. Then soon I saw him lumbering towards his room, holding two cushions, one in front and another on the back to cover his butt, yeah, as if I hadn't seen everything already a few minutes ago.

He had hastily closed his door and I sighed in relief. God, I knew you hated me but could you just for once don't prove your hatred towards me and let Orson not be Lauren's friend, please? Just let him be a plumber of this hotel who had a fetish to work naked.

I heard his door unlocked and I turned around to find him dressed in a white t-shirt paired with grey trousers. I had caught a glimpse of his cheeks being crimson red. He looked anywhere but me while running his fingers through his hair. What the fuck was he blushing for? It wasn't like he never showed his butt to someone else before.

"Please tell me you are a plumber of this hotel who has a fetish for working naked" I sighed exhaustedly and leaned against the wall. I was fatigued by the whole journey and dealing with him was the very last thing I needed. He instantly gaped at me and shook his head vigorously.

"L, you were designing my villa not even a month ago, do you truly think I could have afforded it if I was a plumber?" He scoffed and I was about to reply when his phone started blaring. He excused himself and went to his room while I stood in the living room and looked around inquisitively. I knew I should have been furious right now but then again I wasn't an impulsive person anymore who would waste her emotions easily, especially as her emotions barely had come to her. I always had felt just numb or irritated and I wanted to keep it like that forever.

Also, I already knew that Orson didn't know I would be here because when he promised something, he never had broken it easily. Like he had promised me 6 months ago that he wouldn't cross paths with me again, he stayed true to his word. He made sure to never enter the office again, he always sent his manager to the meetings and made him told me all about his preferences.

Secondly, he was too much of a prude to even stay half-naked if he knew that someone was coming to his house. I chuckled softly to myself as I remembered the locker room incident.

~Flashback~

I sighed peacefully as the bell rang, ending this dreadful physics class. I was the first one to get out of the classroom even before the teacher could, earning me a glare from him. Mr woods never even liked me and it might have to do something with my sarcastic remarks. But I swore the amount of glaring this man did, it was a miracle that his eyeballs didn't pop out from there.

It was lunchtime, so I walked towards the boy's locker room as Orson's last period was probably was P.E. I looked around bafflingly outside the room but there was no sign of him. So I entered it and I heard a few gasps from the guys while a few were trying to cover themselves and some were smirking at me shamelessly. I rolled my eyes and continued to search for Orson when Sam, one of the jocks of our school, called me out.

"How can we help ya, babygirl" I visibly cringed at his choice of words and he winked at me.

"Call me that again and the next thing you know that you are not going to be able to walk straight today" I scowled at him and Sam's friends started to snicker, along with him.

"Your fragile hands could never baby-" I had cut him off before he could have even finished by kneeing him hard where the sun doesn't shine and he promptly fell on the ground. He cried out, holding his groin and even his friends had stopped laughing. I kneeled beside him and yanked his arm then pulled it to the back and twisted it while he groaned loudly.

"I am not someone you should fuck around with, you dickhead." I proclaimed coldly and twisted his arm hard. Nobody dared to utter a single word.

"I am sorry, Lilith. Please let me go" he wailed out and I smirked wickedly, oh how I wished she was here right now, she would have been so proud of me.

"What's the hurry, baby girl? First, tell me where is Orson?" I inquired him with a smug expression while keep twisting his arm mercilessly and kept him down by pressing his back with my one knee. By now Sam was a crying mess. It was quite amusing to see how the jock of the school whimpering like a little kid. Everyone in the school knew I had severe anger management issues and I had enough strength to beat the shit out of anyone who dared to piss me off. So it wasn't my fault if he had deliberately asked for it. No one neither tried to pull me away from him because they knew I would have done worse to them. So they just enjoyed the show

"He isn't here. He bunked the P.E. class." Sam choked out and I frowned confusedly. Orson never bunked any classes in his whole two years of being here. So there must have been a serious incentive behind it. I had slowly let go of Sam and he had immediately moved away from me in fear. I got up and glanced around to find everyone watching us intently. I rolled my eyes at them and walked out but paused for a bit and turned around then stated nonchalantly to Sam

"Say a single word about it to any of the teachers and I would make sure that both of us sink together in this. Don't think that I don't know about your little business of selling the questions of the finals." He gulped and nodded hurriedly while I smirked smugly.

I had known where else Orson could have been right now, so before going there, I went to the girl's washroom to wash my hands. I gazed at the mirror as I was washing my hand and I had perceived that the bruise on my left cheek from last night was getting noticeable, couldn't that bitch had beaten me anywhere else? I had quickly pulled the hood of my hoodie as much as I could, Then I made my way to the terrace of the school.

As expected, he was sitting on the railing. I had cautiously sat beside him. He glanced at me with teary eyes before wiping them hastily.

"Will you tell me why are you crying like a little kid who just got to know unicorns aren't real?" I sighed and took out my lunch bag. I took a bite of my sandwich while dangling my legs.

"Nothing happened" Orson muttered quietly, a pout formed on his lips as he gazed down at his feet, an adorable habit of him to do whenever he was sad. I couldn't have helped but smiled momentarily at his childlike antics.

"Fine, suit yourself." I shrugged and continued to devour my sandwich happily. I had occasionally heard him sniffing louder to get my attention and I would just keep munching on my food.

"You know you are supposed to ask a crying person at least twice about what happened" he whined and I rolled my eyes then handed him the other half of my sandwich which he accepted at the speed of light.

"If you are dying to tell me about it, just spit it out dumbass" I responded and he sighed overdramatically before turning to me completely then started to explain everything with utter exaggeration.

"So as you already know, I have never been a sporty guy. I mean come on! Running after different sized balls like a bunch of maniacs are truly ludicrous" he made a face then continued while taking a bite of the sandwich and I scrunched my nose in aversion as he talked with food in his mouth to which he had just rolled his eyes and shamelessly resumed.

"Usually, I just run in the p.e. class and never really partake in the games but today the brave warrior inside me was awakened. So I decided to participate in football." He puffed his chest in pride and I rolled my eyes.

"Didn't you just called it ludicrous a few minutes ago?" I retorted and he awkwardly cleared his throat.

"I just wanted to feel the adrenaline rush, okay? And focus on the story, L!" He whined and I sighed before gesturing him to continue.

"So usually, I change my clothes before anyone comes to the locker room but today my English teacher won't stop talking about her divorce story as she got emotional after reading Romeo and Juliet to us. I didn't want to leave in the middle and hurt her feelings, so I stayed and even offered her chocolate which I always keep in my bag. Then after some time, I went to the coach and told him I wanna play today. I knew a bit about football as my father is a sucker for football and never misses to watch a match." He rolled his eyes and continued.

"So the coach told me to change into some jersey and I went to change in the locker room but it was filled, so I waited for everyone to finish. But that son of a goddam bitch, Sam noticed it and started to ask me why am I not changing. So I just told him that I don't like changing in front of people and then everyone started cracking up. Then Sam started to tease me for it and even called names. He said that I am pussy and stuff. I wanted to argue back but I didn't want to start a fight, so I just run away from there and came here. You only tell me, is it a crime to feel uncomfortable being naked in front of others, just because I am a guy?" He scowled and I chuckled softly then ruffled his hair.

"First of all, you should be proud that they called you a pussy. I mean come on, that bitch bleeds 7 days in a month and even pops out little demons, yet stays still. What can be stronger than her? Secondly, don't care about what they say, Orson. According to them, being 'man' means being a shameless creature who would be lusting over girls and talking about them like they are some objects. Thirdly, Orson, you are this 6ft something muscular guy with sleeve tattoos. You could have just broken his face with one punch." I snorted and he pouted, resting his head on my shoulder while muttering childishly.

"Just because I have tattoos, doesn't mean I like fighting, L. And I don't want to break the school regulations because of those bitches" I rolled my eyes and tried to move his head off my shoulder but he had stubbornly refused to move it.

"If it makes you feel any better, I have already beaten Sam and Orson move your big ass head away from my fucking shoulder" I grumbled and he beamed at me before moving away.

"You are so sweet, L! You have kicked his flat ass for me?" He gawked at me like a little enthusiastic kid who saw Santa for the first time.

"You wish! He called me baby girl even after I told him not to but he won't listen. So I gave him what he was asking for." I shrugged and Orson was about to say something but we heard the bell rang and Orson had quickly got up.

"L, let's go before we get late to our classes" he panicked and I rolled my eyes at him before getting up.

"We are ditching the next class" I asserted and Orson was about to argue back when I interrupted him.

"To eat ice cream at your favorite place" I could have sworn that I had seen some stars twinkling in his eyes at the mention of ice cream. He quickly grabbed my hand and grinned childishly.

"Lead the way, my lady"

~End of the flashback ~

I felt someone shaking my shoulder, bringing me out of my trail of thoughts. I gasped slightly and found Orson looking at me confusingly.

"Are you okay, L? I was calling you for the past 5 minutes but you weren't answering." He frowned at me and I cleared my throat. I hastily jerked away from him and exclaimed nonchalantly.

"Don't you ever touch me again and stop calling me that. Now tell me what are you doing here?" He sighed and nodded his head before stepping further away from me.

"Umm... As you could have guessed, I am Lauren's family friend and she just informed me that you are Jerome's best friend and we are going to have to share this suite" he stated apprehensively. I rolled my eyes and took my luggage.

"Yeah, right. Keep on dreaming. I am going to find another hotel for myself." I retorted and was about to leave the room when he stopped me by my arm. I instantly turned around and loured at him. He had quickly let go of it, seeing my expression, and gulped nervously.

"Ple-ase don't-t go Lili-th. Lauren-n and Jero-me really-y wa-nts you-u to be here-e. I pr-omise-e I won't-t even-n come-e out of my room-m w-when you-u wo-uld be her-e." He stuttered, a habit of him whenever he was frightened. Damn... I must have looked terrorizing right now for him to stammer. Well, I didn't want to either stay with Salvia or drive 3 hours every day to here. So I had come to the terms that God truly was high while writing my fate.

"Fine but you better not enter my room or else I am going to throw you out of the window" I snapped at him and he was quick to nod his head. His cheeks were still kinda red. It was quite amusing to see a 27-year-old man with numerous tattoos and a very muscular body to be blushing like a teenager. But then again, he was never a stereotypical 'masculine guy' and that's why I used to... Ahem.

"And stop being a fucking frightened kitten. I am not anymore what you think me to be. I don't pounce on people like before" I scoffed and turned around before he could reply and went to the bedroom opposite to one from where Orson had come.

HOLY MOTHER OF CHEESEBURGER!

Was I in heaven? Did I hit my head on something on the way and died then landed in heaven? But no, wait, God despised me, remember? There was no way he would have put me in heaven nor hell could look like this which meant I was still alive, dang! Being alive meant I still had to tolerate those overly dramatic and unnerving creatures called humans. Ugh! I should have banged my head somewhere on the way here.

Okay, but I might have been exaggerating about the room because as an architect of a renowned company, I was privileged enough to stay in such opulent hotels countless times. But I could have sworn this bedroom was my soul mate because of the whole black and grey theme.

I had let out a deep breath and kept my luggage in the corner then laid it down and opened it. It was the month of December, so the weather was slightly cold. So I pulled out a black hoodie and a pair of leggings. It was quite weird how Lauren and Jerome wanted to have a beach wedding in freaking December but apparently, Lauren wanted to celebrate this Christmas as a married couple, yeah like Santa would have given her one of his reindeer as a gift to her for being married.

I came out of the shower and wore my clothes then jumped on the bed and sighed peacefully. I pulled the blanket over me and before falling asleep, unconsciously my mind wandered to the thought, does Orson knows where Lilac was?

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I heard loud banging somewhere. Wait! Was I finally dead and in hell? Were demons would start to torment my soul now? Damn... I wished they would use coal, I had missed the feeling of the blazing coal touching my skin and melting it, sounds romantic, doesn't it?

I groaned agitatedly as the banging continued. I gradually opened my eyes then glanced around befuddled. Oh so I was still on the earth, then where was the sound coming from? As if on cue, the banging became louder.

"Lilith are you okay?" Jerome shouted from the other side of the door. I tsked in annoyance and didn't bother to respond. I took my sweet time to get up then dragged myself to the door while yawning.

"You better have a reasonable justification for banging this door like a punching bag and ruining my slumber or less I will make sure you won't be able to impregnate any other girl in the future" I exclaimed with a glare immediately after opening the door. Jerome sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Do you know I have been calling you for the last half an hour and neither you were receiving the calls nor opening the door?" He spat out and I rolled my eyes then sneered at him.

"And do you know I was in a great sleep before you decided to ruin it with your overdramatic ass?" He was acting as if I was a freaking toddler, instead of a 26-year-old ADULT. I was about to close the door before he could have said anything when he had put his foot in between. I glowered at him and he smiled sheepishly.

"I was here to ask if you wanna go to the pool with us?" He inquired and I had to fight the urge to roll my eyes for the second time, I swear, the humans were made by mistake. They were too annoying to be created willingly.

"Give me one good reason to why should I leave this heavenly room and go with you where your overly bubbly girlfriend and some other infuriating creatures would be?" I remarked and he rolled his eyes, mutual feeling.

"There would be food" he sighed and I immediately went to take out my phone from charging and earphones. I pulled out down the hood of my hoodie and shoved my earphones inside the pocket.

"Nobody better tries to talk to me" I grumbled and strode towards the exit while he chuckled loudly, what? nothing compares to food, didn't anyone teach that to y'all?

I momentarily glanced at Orson's room and it was empty which means he would be there too. Great! The things I gotta do for food.

Soon we were making our way towards the pool and it was indeed prodigious. I perceived many girls swimming and giggling in awe like they never knew what was it like to be inside the water, for fucks sake it was just water! Hadn't ever they showered in their entire life?

"Oh, by the way, Clavicus called me a few hours ago. He was worried as you left without informing. Call him later, okay?" Jerome mentioned as he walked beside me. I rolled my eyes while shoving my hands inside my pocket.

"He isn't my guardian that I have to inform him every time I go somewhere" I derided and he just shook his head. I found a couch far away from the pool and was about to go there when someone called me out from behind.

"Lilith wait!!" I frowned in confusion and turned around to find Lauren waving and walking towards me, practically running. I internally groaned, her saccharine aura just irks the fuck out of me.

"I am so glad you are here, I knew you would come. Only Jerome was being pessimistic, so typical of him" she giggled, yeah GIGGLED! Was she carrying a baby in her womb or brain?

"What do you want Lauren?" I exclaimed coldly. I didn't have the patience currently to endure her BS. Her smile lessened a little. Nonetheless, she was still grinning like she was auditioning for a toothpaste commercial, please tell me I wasn't the only one who found her extremely creepy.

"Why aren't you wearing a bikini? Let's swim together!" She beamed and I scowled at her.

"Well, excuse me for not wearing a bikini in December and go, annoy someone else." I scoffed and turned around to go to the couch when I heard a girl from the pool remarking loudly to Lauren.

"Let it be Laur, she just doesn't want others to see her flabby stomach." Her friends and some other guys laughed along with her.

"Shut up Verona! That's not how you speak to people" Lauren scolded her. I snorted and shook my head before sitting on the couch, damn it was quite chucklesome to see a bunch of adult people behaving like high school jocks. What was more hilarious that they thought that I would even give a shit about their teenager mindset.

My ignorance of her idiocy seemed to aggravate her because I could have felt her glaring at me. But other than her, I felt someone else's gaze on me. I enquiringly peeked around and found Orson sitting on the opposite side of the pool on a similar couch, staring at me. Verona's friend was trying to catch his interest by throwing flirtatious looks at him but he deliberately ignored her. As soon as I caught him, he instantly looked away. I rolled my eyes and called a staff member nearby then ordered food for myself.

I plugged in my earphones and started jamming to my favorite playlist on high volume while reading a random ebook. The waiter handed me the food and I thanked him. I started to eat when I felt someone's shadow over me and glanced up to see Veronica or whatever her name was standing in front of me, babbling something to me with a smirk. I ignored her and increased the volume.

Abruptly my earphone was pulled out and I gazed up to find that bitch glaring at me.

"Can't you hear what am I saying? I said you shouldn't consume so much food or else you will become more obese." She sneered and a group started to form around us. I kept a nonchalant expression and again plugged in earphones, shunning her. She was doing all this to get a reaction out of me and you bet my insensitive ass didn't care about her enough to give a fuck about her remarks.

"You can't fucking ignore me like that bitch. Do you even know who am I?" She shrieked and was about to snatch my earphone again when I clutched her wrist sturdily and twisted it slightly, making her yelp in pain.

"I was taught to ignore the barking of the dogs on the streets. Now listen you little bitch. I fucking don't care who you and what you can do. But you see, I know what I am, and now if I wanted I could have broken this fragile hand of yours in one snap but I don't care enough to deal with your cretinous shenanigans. So you better fuck off." I stated callously while she wiggled in my grasp.

"Let go of her, you psychotic bitch!" Her friends screeched while trying to pull her hand away while I smirked complacently at her misery. Why do people always take my patience for granted? Don't they know I had no empathy left in me to care about people? especially the one who pisses me off.

I had let go of her hand and got up while Victoria or whatever her name was, fuming in anger and glaring at me. I rolled my eyes and turned around to leave when I heard Orson exclaiming to her angrily.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Verona? If you don't know how to behave properly then I will make sure the security guards show you the way out."   I glanced back to see her holding an empty glass bottle to throw at me and glaring while Orson stopped her by snatching the bottle away from her. I rolled my eyes and turned back then made my way to the room, remind me again why I thought it was a good idea to leave that heavenly room and be here, in between of these ludicrous humans?  I needed to stop being such a whore for food.

I sighed in relief as I laid down on the bed and was staring at the ceiling mindlessly when my restlessness feeling was started to become a bit out of control. I suddenly remember about my medication, shit! I almost forgot about taking them. I quickly got up and went to the luggage to take them out but out of nowhere, the electricity went out. I stilled in my position as complete darkness engulfed me. I couldn't see anything and my breathing began to get heavier.

I tried to concentrate on my breathing while sweat dripped down my forehead.

" you are such a worthless whore"

"Look at yourself, such a pitiful sight"

"See even they don't love you, you should be grateful to us for giving you such a vast amount of attention"

"You should have to think twice before disrespecting us, now endure the consequences"

"STOP IT! FUCKING SHUT UP!" I screamed and covered my ears tightly to stop those voices. That atrocious darkness, those menacing voices, everything was now vivid in my mind. I fell to the ground and kept my ears covered while my body was trembling as if I was reliving those moments.

"Lilith, are you okay? I heard your screaming." I could hear someone's voice vaguely. I wanted to respond but my voice didn't have enough strength. Suddenly a light flashed on my face and a pair of arms holding me tight. They were saying something but I couldn't focus.

"Lug-ga-ge, msedi-ci-ne" I choked out with all the strength I could have mustered. I felt someone moving beneath me before a pill was popped into my mouth which I swallowed even without water and soon everything went blank.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

4609 words😐 why do I write such biggggg chapters?! Lemme know if you guys like big or small chapters. Also I am trying to finish this book as soon as I can, so sorry if it gets a bit fast paced! Also I don't know why but I found this chapter a bit boring but nonetheless, lemme know how was it! Also special thanks to my best friend just_confettiwho sacrificed his sleep for this chapter 🥺

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