Next day in Athena's room:

Athena shifts her gaze from the monitor to the wall clock.

"Shit! It's already 1 p.m. I need to get ready for shopping with Brielle."

She actually hates Brielle's guts. If it wasn't for her father, she wouldn't be friends with her. Their parents maintain a very healthy relationship and help each other in society.

She puts on some makeup and wears white with a blue cardigan and jeans, then walks to the living room.

In the living room:

Athena's mom, Clara, places food on the dining table. She hears her daughter's footsteps and goes to the living room. "Athena, did you take your medication?"

"Yes, Mom," Athena says with a fake smile.

After hearing that, Clara smiles and asks to eat lunch. To which Athena says, "I'm heading out to go shopping with Sofia. I'll eat with her," while picking up her purse.

Those words came like a punch to Clara. She wants a happy mother-daughter relationship, but Athena never shares anything with her. Still, she tries her best. That's what mothers do.

"Be safe, sweetheart, and come home before 8 p.m. It's not safe out there, darling," Clara says in a concerned tone and gives her a black card for shopping. Athena takes the card and waves goodbye to her mother.

She gets into the car and heads to meet Brielle.

In the shopping mall:

Brielle Nicole is an only child. Both of her parents love her so much. Her father owns a high-end luxury fashion company and she is next in line. Even though she is a brat, many men fall for her beauty. She has blonde hair in natural curls, green eyes, and big and juicy lips from lip fillers.

Brielle waits for Athena inside a store. Athena finally arrives and searches for Brielle, eventually meeting her eyes.

Why the fuck is she dressed like that? We are not going to picnic, just shopping for a prom dress. Gosh! There is no need to show that much cleavage here.

At the same time, Brielle comes near Athena and says in a baby voice, "Ath, why are you late? I've waited for hours."

"Sorry Bri, I got stuck in traffic."

After that, they both spent time shopping. Brielle puts on many dresses and asks for Athena's opinion, but Athena doesn't try on any. As school president, she knows this year's prom is not a normal high school prom. Not to mention, this time, they're giving recommendation letters. She knows she must do something unique to win the title.

High school prom rules don't apply to Acadia's prom night. A multitude of actors, billionaires, leading journalists, and politicians attend the event as parents because they might meet someone in a higher position without an appointment and secure a business deal. Parents will donate to Acadia using their black money and escape from tax problems. For that, the school will help them by exchanging the black money for higher positioned people. The government won't find out and no authority can question them. Everything is legal.

"Ath, look here, this dress looks beautiful. Do you think it suits me?" Brielle exclaims and shows her a bright red dress on a mannequin.

"Definitely not," Athena blurts out. Brielle looks shocked.

"Umm, definitely yes. You will look hot in this bright red dress," Athena corrects herself with a nervous smile.

She is skilled at acting so Brielle doesn't suspect anything. Brielle looks so happy at the compliment and says in her high-pitched tone, "I know, right? I will become this year's prom queen with this beautiful dress and become the beauty of our school. Haha!" Her comment annoys Athena.

Ugh! This bitch. She's testing my patience. She really wants to steal my title? Pfft! You want to be the prom queen? I will crush that small dream of yours, darling.

A small smirk makes its way onto her lips. While Brielle tries on her red dress, Athena makes a phone call and searches for something on her phone.

In the fitting room:

Brielle's POV

This red dress looks beautiful on me. This year, I will become the prom queen and teach Athena a good lesson.

"That bitch thinks she is the prettiest girl in our school. Wait and see, Athena. I will snatch your title from you."

I felt a vibration. I took out my phone to see who is calling me.

"Why is he calling me now?" I growls.

3rd Person POV

She picks up the phone.

"Hello, I told you not to call me anymore," she says. The other person on the call says something that makes Brielle frown.

"Ok, fine. Let's meet tomorrow after school," she says and cuts the call.

She comes out of the dressing room and sees a man outside with a face that looks like God himself sculpted it, leaning against the wall with a charming expression.

"Hi, beauty, what's your name?" the hot stranger asks Brielle.

"~Hi, handsome. I'm Brielle Nicole. You can call me Bri or baby, your wish~" she says flirtatiously. The stranger then walks away without saying anything.

Brielle looks confused but is happy that some hot guy asked for her name, and she wanted to brag about this to Athena.

"Ath, you won't believe what happened!" she says excitedly.

"What happened? Why are you smiling like this?" Athena asks.

"I saw a guy outside!"

"Have you never seen a guy in your life?" Athena says, sarcastic.

"Athena, hear me out. He has sharp, greyish blue eyes, a pointed nose, and a sunny smile that could make anyone go crazy. He looks like a freaking Greek god and he asked for my name and smiled at me! I think he likes me..." Brielle blushes.