Careless *

*Slap*

A loud slap echoed within the living room. 

It really hurt. What did this woman eat to have that strength? Is she a genius at face-slapping? With those elegant and refined hands of hers?

The original Eve's mother slapped me so hard that my soft and delicate right cheek became a bright potato. I could feel it throbbing.

She found out what I did to my so-called brothers. Those blabbermouths. I hope they are prepared to face the consequences.

"You should be grateful for being part of this family! How dare you insult your brothers that way, when will you ever stop to humiliate us?! You are going to be locked inside your room the whole week, don't even try to get out!"

I looked at her with cold and indifferent eyes, not answering her words. 

The Eve from before would have already thrown a tantrum and cried loudly, but the Eve right now would never do such a disgraceful thing before these horrible people.

"What is that attitude?"

She grabbed my arm so hard that she hurt me, then she led me to my room. I didn't use any force to stop her when she threw me inside.

"Get me her credit cards, keys, and phone!"

She ordered the two maids, and they searched my bag to grab my things.

"You are going to stay here until you learn to respect your brothers."

I was expecting as much from her. However, I didn't care about this so-called punishment. I bet that would have worked with the old Eve, but for me... I can use this time to get some jobs done. 

The angry woman closed the door. I could see the mocking gazes of my idiot brothers outside. I bet they are thinking they were so smart by doing this to me. 

It was a little disturbing, though. I will have to do something about them. Maybe they will provide money for my plan... not that I will extort innocent people with embarrassing photographs. The internet will have a feast of their stupid photos if they don't pay enough. 

I bet they have some millions saved in their account, much more than the original Eve. 

Heh... well, they will find out how it feels to lose it. No credit cards for me? No money for them too... 

I sat down for a moment, analyzing what more to do with those pathetic excuses of brothers I have. 

Then I started my computer while laughing at my sweet revenge. They would have a big surprise when they go tomorrow to the company's party. How I wish to see that in person.

* * *

The rest of the week I worked the whole day coding and making some cool programs I sold at high prices. I could now say I was a young millionaire. Now, it was time to invest it in some… real estate and other assets far from this country. 

Now that my value as a recognized top hacker was growing faster, and the jobs I received were for millions, I can bet my monthly income was even higher than my father's now. 

If he knew, he would try to kiss my shoes.

[DangerousCloud: Goddess, why didn't you come to school?]

[Storm: I am house arrested, please tell Maya, she will know what to do to notify the teachers.]

I knew my not-so-caring parents would never remember to inform the school teachers, and those ridiculous brats would do nothing to help me.

[DangerousCloud: alright.]

Dammit, I forgot to tell him to keep the secret that I was detained in my own house. After all, Maya is a crazy girl.

Sure enough… she did something stupid.

"Come on, Eve, move that ass."

"You little!"

"Shh, we have to be careful."

By the end of the week, this crazy woman sneaked into my house and prepared an escape plan. Gosh, she had to complicate everything. She could have her dad give my parents a call, and that would end things. 

After all, they would not dare to say no to the great Hunter family. But she had to make her heroic act and sneak inside the house all dressed in black like a ninja. She had me disable the entire security system of the mansion and create a silly distraction, involving my little disciple, of course, shouting at the entrance of the mansion yelling that someone stole his big diamond. It was so silly…

"We are almost there."

Her foolish antics were so funny to look at. She was crawling like a snake on the floor.

Sighs... what did I do to have such a crazy friend?

We finally made it to the backyard where her driver was waiting for us with the car ready to go. He was standing near a not-so-discreet, long white limousine, behind were two big black vans filled with bodyguards, and two others were at the front. 

My family's guards were greeting them politely. 

Mrs. Daniel opened the door and Maya entered with a roll. 

"Auch! That hurts!"

The driver showed me a helpless smile. I know, I just wanted to roll my eyes, too.

"Love, I rescued you. Now let's go have fun!"

"What do you have in mind?"

"The beach."

"What?!"

"Let's go, Daniel! To the beach!"

This woman was driving me crazy.

We arrived at an impressive resort in front of a magical beach one hour later. 

This girl had her helicopter prepared and the best suite reserved for a whole week. She didn't even care that we have our final exams in about two months. 

Well… she was wealthy and her parents most likely will buy a school for her. What a lucky girl. On the other hand, I had to study… a bit. Just enough to pass the exams.

In the suite, I stared for a few seconds at the beach. The summer breeze hit my face and I could feel an amazing calm. The relaxing sun and the fresh sea smell felt incredible. I had never been near a beach in my life. Not in the past and not in the present. 

"My loooove! Look at this!"

Maya entered the room again with a row of assistants behind her. They were carrying clothes of different styles. Though, they were more on the sexy side. 

"This time, I will make you a mermaid," she smiled at me and brought me inside to play with my looks again. "This time I will make a handsome man fall for your beauty. However, I will have to judge him first, my love."

Sigh… this girl. 

We dressed in short summer dresses designed to turn faces. It was funny how they tried to flirt with us but then they looked at the row of bodyguards carrying a banner with the words: 'Underage sexy wealthy girls. Don't you even dare to think of it!' 

Maya's brothers forced her to bring those bodyguards that looked like pro wrestlers. They were so fun to be around. I found that they were gay later. Maya's brothers really were out of this world. 

After a while, we managed to escape a few meters from those guards. Though they set a drone to follow us around the beach. Well, at least we'll have our holiday recorded. 

Everything was right... the summer, the beach, the food, the happiness. But nothing could go as expected. For a brief moment, I had forgotten the novel plot. How careless of me. 

When I thought that it had nothing to do with me anymore, it appeared. 

As we walked along the beach side, we heard someone coughing painfully. It came from an old man, kneeling on the sand while stroking his chest. 

"Hey, mister, are you alright?!"