"What?" Julius asked, as if he hadn't heard what had been said.
"I apologize, Sir," Hugo uttered in a low voice. He took a deep breath afterward.
"What's with the sudden change in your decision? I thought you were okay with the offer that I made earlier. You can't get the same with other companies!"
Hugo shook his head. His decision was already firm. "I understand that, Sir. But, I really want to focus on my studies. Maybe after two months, I can accept it, but not now."
"W-What…"
Hugo couldn't help but laugh silently after seeing Julius' miserable face. He calmly leaned against his chair, observing him.
"We can compromise and form another agreement! If you want, you can just work here once a week." In a desperate state, Julius offered. He took a sheet of paper from his desk and stood up.
"Just write down want you want and I will give it to you!" Julius tried his best to hide the desperation lingering in his voice.
"S-Sir I can't really—"
"Sir, Sir Noah is here!" Rome, shouted out of nowhere, barged into the room. His hands were lightly trembling, as a group of men came from his behind.
"WHAT?!" Julius straightened his back. He forgot about what they were talking about after hearing that Noah was in his place. He, straight ahead, stormed out of the room with his breathing hitched.
Even Rome followed Julius' steps, causing for Hugo to be left alone. "What a perfect opportunity I have here."
Standing up from his chair, his eyes looked around the office. He could see 2 Cctv cameras rotating each second. When he knew that he couldn't do anything without using his powers, he immediately stopped the time.
He quickly ran over to Julius's desk, knowing that he couldn't stay for long. He only has a minimal time before his body gets tired and the time continues.
He searched the nearby drawer first and when he noticed it was not there, he instantly moved to another location.
Getting tired, he took a deep breath when he felt his sight turning into circles. He clenched his fist before tilting his head to the side.
He knew that if 10 minutes had passed, and he wasn't able to find it during that duration, the time will already come back.
However, he can't just give up this easily.
Gathering the remaining strength of his body, he docked down Julius's office, seeing a black fault that was hidden in the corner. His heart leaped when he saw it was open.
Completely going under the table, he saw multiple folders of important files, with stacks of bundled cash inside. His lips parted in silent surprise as he reached out for the folder.
"Is this it?" he asked himself. He took out his phone and opened his camera. His intuition was right after finally opening it.
There was a hundred or even a thousand list of names written inside. He didn't waste any time and started taking a picture of the pages, one by one.
It would be far more dangerous if he will take this folder on its own. Julius will start to get suspicious of him once that happened. It took him a few minutes to finish, and when he was done, he positioned everything back in the right place.
But his eyes couldn't leave the bundle of cash on the side. He grinned and took one bundle before standing up.
"This little amount of money wouldn't hurt him."
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"What are you doing her, Sheila?" Hugo's brows furrowed as he looked at Sheila, who was currently standing outside of their classroom.
"Is my brother there?" Sheila peeked inside the opened door.
"He was called by Mr. Red earlier to discuss something about our class for next week. If I will estimate it, then it would take an hour or two at most." He answered, knowing that the meeting among the president of all the classes in their grade usually takes too long.
"Oh? Is that so?" Sheila scratched the back of her head before nodding. "I'll just wait for him in the open space, then." she disappointingly uttered.
"Will you be okay? They might take longer."
Sheila bit her lower lips before taking a deep sigh. "Well, I have no choice…" she paused for a while before glancing at Hugo. "Unless you want to accompany me?"
Hugo chuckled. Shrugging his shoulder, "Well, since I'm just here because Jarrick asked me to accompany him, then I can do that." he asserted. "Now, where do you want to go?" He added in.
"Hmm… should we go take a stroll around the school?"
"We can do that," Hugo answered. He took a quick glance at his phone and saw Abigail's message to him.
[Abigail: What time are we going to meet up? ]
He responded to her message by saying, "After Jarrick's meeting."
Hugo kept his phone in his pocket once again when they started to walk away from the open field.
He saw how Sheila messaged Jarrick as they take a walk. He couldn't help but point it out.
"You are really close with Jarrick," he mentioned. They arrived at the school garden after a few minutes.
Sitting on one of the benches, Sheila sat at the corner, giving enough space for Hugo. She chuckled. "Yes. We practically grew up together since we are just one year apart."
"How is he as a brother, though??" He curiously asked.
"Well…" Sheila smiled as she think of what to answer. "I can say that he is a good brother? He always does everything that our parents want… unlike me." Her last words came out as a laugh.
Hugo slowly nodded his head. A moment of silence surrounded them. He looked at the timer on his class and saw that it didn't even passed 20 minutes since they went there.
"Uhm, can I go to the bathroom first?" Sheila awkwardly stood up.
"Oh, sure."
"Thanks!"
She left Hugo alone and went to find the nearest bathroom close to the garden. Since Hugo knew that the nearest bathroom in the area was quite far, he calmly leaned against the back of the bench.
He was busy humming a sound that he didn't see the woman walking behind his back.
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