Chapter 22: She’s an Old Man’s Mistress

She arrived at her school fifteen minutes before her class started. The driver parked the car in front of the school gate garnering a lot of stares from the crowd. Some of them started whispering taking their guesses as to who has arrived while others, especially the men, gawked at the car whistling in amazement.

Seeing what's happening outside, Ayesha was embarrassed. She quickly said thank you and opened her door but failed because it was locked. She was initially puzzled and tried again. Then, she looked at the driver when she realized that it was locked.

"Umm, can you please unlock the door sir?" she said softly.

"Miss, please allow me to open the door for you" he replied.

"No, no, no, I'm fine. I can do it by myself" she eagerly refused.

"Miss, my boss will fire me if I let you do that. Please allow me to open the door for you" he insisted.

Knowing that it might harm the employment of the driver, she did not continue to be stubborn and relented.

After a few minutes, the onlookers saw the driver getting out of the car and continued to open to backseat door. They stretched their necks to see who was inside but when Ayesha slowly walk out from the car with her head down, they were shocked for different reasons.

Some were shocked because they saw they idol while some are cooking up controversies in their minds.

"Hey, isn't she a scholar because she's poor? Why did she arrive in that luxurious car?" some woman whispered but loud enough for Ayesha to hear.

"Maybe she's now a rich man's mistress?" another one speculated.

"An old rich man maybe?" another one smirked while following Ayesha with her eyes.

She was embarrassed at what happened and quickly walked towards her designated classroom but when she heard at what they are "trying" to whisper, she paused and looked at their direction. She raised her eyebrow but did not say anything. Then, she straightened her back and continued walking. 'I don't need to be embarrassed. I did not do anything wrong' she thought.

Her class ended after three hours. While she is walking in the hallway, she observed that people are whispering after they see her. She was confused at what was happening but she did not bother about it.

She went to the comfort room and entered one of its cubicles. While doing her thing, she heard women coming inside. She knows that there were a number of them because they are talking loudly. When she was about to flush the toilet after finishing her business, she abruptly stopped after hearing her name.

"That Ayesha arrived in a plush car. She's really boasting" one of the girls said.

"What do you mean boasting? She's poor. What could she boast?" the one with a slight raspy voice said.

"She can boast her…" another one added.

After that, they laughed hard. She may not see what they are doing outside but she could guess what they are talking about.

Then, a flushing of toilet was heard.