Chapter 6: Chap 6 – First preparations for the festival

All the girls around Adriel were at war all year long. The only thing that brought them together was the desire to hide him.

It's at least until school events arrive.

During school events, they all banded together with a single mission: to see Adriel in waiter attire. They would whisper and laugh when he walked by; their eyes never left his backside, as if it were a prize on Wheel of Fortune.

But for that, they had to convince everyone in Adriel's class.

The mission was in charge of Seda and Elizabeth.

The girls owned companies that would invest in anonymous funds, and they had to negotiate with the director so that this wouldn't leak.

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Elizabeth would be responsible for buying votes so that the class doesn't choose any other type of event.

Elizabeth went to talk to a group of geeks to buy votes.

Elizabeth called them out in a rude tone, "Hey losers."

"What is it?" asked the leader.

"I need you to vote for a maid's coffee when we choose what our class will do at the festival."

"And why would I do that?"

"I'm going to tell the head of your illegal business selling pictures of girls and tell everyone that you have a crush on Adriel if you don't vote," Elizabeth said in a frightening manner.
How does she know this? He asked himself.
In the end, it didn't matter what the answer was because he had just met the real Elizabeth, who was scary and whom he didn't want to upset.
Whenever she went to negotiate with someone, she always prepared something to blackmail them.
Elizabeth learned the art of blackmailing from Elora. She did everything possible to get information about people who wanted to take advantage of her power. So now, whenever she needed money or favors, she just used these tactics. It worked most of the time.

"You can give me one picture of yourself with Adriel," the nerd asked.

"Fine!"

After giving him the photos, Elizabeth told him to make sure no other person knew of this deal.

He nodded before leaving.

Now all that was left was the school's preppy girl group.

Elizabeth knew it wouldn't be as easy as the group of nerds thought.

Unlike the nerds, the girls weren't fearful and openly declared their mistakes.

Not even money could buy them.

All Elizabeth could offer was part of the plan.

She offered to let them help with Adriel's makeup every day. If they agreed, she'd promise they would be allowed to sit next to him during lunch. This way, they would have more chances to look at his face while he ate.

They didn't agree at first, so Elizabeth had to promise to include them in the partnership they secretly had in the future.

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They would help hide Adriel and not allow anyone else to get close to him. But since Elizabeth wasn't willing to reveal herself yet, it made things harder. The girls decided to go along with the plan because they still couldn't find another option.

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Meanwhile, Seda was talking to the director about how much the girls would spend on the festival.

The director started the negotiations by saying, "I want forty percent to go to other classes."

It was not fair for all the money to go to Adriel's class.

"Ten percent, and that's it," Seda replied in a demanding tone.

For her, money would not go to other classes, but that was necessary for her to be able to invest without arousing suspicion.

"Then I won't accept anything less than twenty-five percent," the director countered.

Seda believed that was too high and refused to budge.

"Let me put it like this: If you refuse my terms, I'll stop funding the whole festival."Seda knew the school was having problems, and her investments were the only thing that kept it standing.

The school would collapse without Seda's financial help.

The director realized he couldn't win against an investor like Seda.

"Fifteen percent," he tried again.

Seda nodded in agreement.

"Done," Seda smiled. "Also, you should consider adding a new activity to the list, something related to maids."

The director looked surprised at her suggestion.

"Why are you suggesting such a thing?"

"I would like you to take Adriel to a room that I will tell you about, and I will add a percentage to the next payment." Seda couldn't pass up the chance to get ahead of her rivals in love.

"How many?"

"Two percent. One for helping me, and one for making sure you don't let anyone find out about our arrangement."

"Sounds fair," laughed the director. He understood that she was trying to trick them into letting her have a moment alone with Adriel.