The Woman From Hell

"What, you guys are moving? To another city at that?"

That night, Jerome and Xander called me to their villa and said that they had something important to tell me. I did not expect them to be leaving though.

I looked at them with astonishment, also somewhat disbelieving. This was too sudden and for a moment, I found it difficult to accept.

I did not have that many good friends in Whaldorf City, to begin with, and now two of them were leaving at once. My heart instantly sank to rock bottom.

A sullen expression appeared on my face. Xander noticed my depressed mood and could not help laughing. "Oh, Wanda. Don’t be sad. We’ll come back to see you when we’re free. You can also come to visit us with Theo. "

The corners of my mouth twitched and I rolled my eyes at him.

They just said they were going to move to a remote location, the outskirts of a small island at that. It was 108,000 miles away. Forgetting distance, locating them itself would be difficult.

"Forget it, who knows if your island is safe or not. It's better for you two to take the time to come back and visit me." I was slowly able to accept it now, but I still sighed knowing that I would not have these two friends of mine in Whaldorf City in the future.

Jerome and Xander glanced at each other before looking at me simultaneously. This time, it was Jerome who spoke, "We’ve actually planned this for a long time. Since we’ve finally dealt with matters here, that’s why we thought of heading over now. That island is relatively liberalized. I think it would be better for me and Xander to go there."

Hearing this, I suddenly came to a realization and understood where they were coming from. It would be better for them to go to the island to be free and relaxed rather than to be judged by other people here. I nodded, finally reassured, and smiled lightly. "Okay, then I give you my blessing."

"Thank you, Wanda."

"Thanks, Wanda."

My gaze swept around the villa, it was gleaming. It looked like they had just mopped the floors, the tiles were flashing under the light. "You guys already cleaned the villa. What’s up? Did you already sell it?"

The two of them nodded in unison. Xander smiled, "Yes, it's quite a coincidence. We just put up the listing two days ago and somebody already came to inquire. They didn't even come to see the house. They paid immediately after we said it was a villa that is part of Regal Villa. It was all very smooth."

I narrowed my eyes. It was true that a villa of Regal Villa was a sought-after site for the rich, but paying the full amount at once without having even seen the house was not something I had heard of.

"This person must be rich," I muttered.

Both Jerome and Xander agreed with me. "Yes, but this is great for us too since we leave the day after tomorrow. He’ll be moving in the day after that."

This time frame was really tight.

I looked at them and sighed in the end. "You guys are going to leave now too. While you guys weren’t much help, I’m still not willing to let you go."

"Wanda, it's hard for us to accept what you said." Xander could not help laughing while he looked at Jerome in mock outrage. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

I switched it up and became unapologetic instead. "Am I wrong though?" I raised my voice deliberately.

"Alright, alright. Let us treat you and Theo to a meal tomorrow, just take it as a farewell meal." Seeing that I was beginning to argue with Xander, Jerome hurriedly separated us and said this.

This relieved me from wanting to slap Xander and I made an OK gesture. “Alright, the farewell meal on you guys tomorrow."

"It's rather late now, I'll send you back," Jerome said and led me out of the villa.

Xander waved behind us. “See you tomorrow, Wanda. Be careful on your way."

"I got it. You can go back."

I walked side by side with Jerome...