Chapter 54 No... It's impossible

Lana's POV

"Everyone else is accounted for, remaining the young director, Rachel and Raine," Olivia announced as she walked towards me with a bright smile on her face which I couldn't help but reciprocate.

"I told you the copter was a nice idea; Rachel would be scared out of her wits. Even if she does ride it, she might probably pass out or even better, die." I smiled.

Rachel was good at hiding her fears, always trying to prove that she was better than everyone else. But well, I was one of the people to who Rachel revealed all her secrets and two of the worst ones were of heights and flights, and combining the both would be just...

A soft smile escaped from my lips as I thought of what could happen to her.

First, she would just refuse to leave on the helicopter and choose to travel by land or even sea, and that would make the director angry because of how urgent he wanted to shoot the scene, which could end her career.

Second, She would hop on the copter to prove something to Olivia and me, but after seeing how high it was, she would just collapse, her breathing would stop, and that would be the end.

And lastly... She might survive the entire ride, but after landing she could turn hysterical, or it could traumatize her even more.

Every possible option made the smile on my face widen until I felt my lips couldn't go any further, and Olivia was looking at me funny again.

"Ahem... Wha.. what did the director say about the scene if the copter doesn't arrive soon?" I asked with a cough to ease the awkward atmosphere between Olivia and me.

That was when a smile grew on Olivia's pretty face. " Director George said that if she didn't arrive in half an hour, she would earn a penalty. Raine isn't really needed in this shoot, and since Marina is also a director she could come a bit late, but Rachel would be reprimanded ".

My brows shot up. "What is the punishment?" Could it be expulsion? Or worse completely blacklisted?

My smile came down when I realized that the director couldn't give her that much punishment just because of coming late, and the next words Olivia said just proved my realization.

"He said he's going to cut her budget by twenty percent." She said with a smile as if it was something wicked.

I rolled my eyes at Olivia's smile.

Twenty percent?

What would Rachel need that darn twenty percent for since she had an extremely rich and hot guy by her side?

"What are you not happy?" Olivia asked when she noticed my annoyance.

I shook my head. "It's not that; it's just... Twenty percent? That's too little. It would be like nothing since your man, I mean Ethan, is supporting her." I mentally slapped myself for the almost slip-off.

Lana, you can't be on her bad side now, for fuck sake!

Olivia crunched her brows but then released it.

I released my breath. I had no idea I was holding. She didn't seem to have noticed.

"We'll have to deal with Rachel little by little; let's just wait for now if she's coming or not; we're losing daylight, and the director wants us to shoot this in the early hours of the morning." Olivia said with a tight smile and walked away.

Did she notice my slip-up?

I shook my head, it didn't concern me. Ethan may have been her man, but Rachel had him now, just the same way she has David back, even without knowing it.

As I looked up to the sky watching if an helicopter would pass by, a thought came to me.

Would Rachel really leave Ethan if she got David back?

Back then in school she was crazy for David, picking a fight with any girl that even as much as looked at him more than once. She was always clinging to him like a koala to a tree. That was the main reason David got sick of her.

They even got into a fight for the same reason and they broke up. So Rachel in order to make David jealous paid another boy in the school to act like her boyfriend, not like the boy wouldn't have done it for free... But she was willing to do anything, she even almost asked that google glasses kid.

My eyes went from staring the clouds to just staring at midair.

That google glasses kid... What was his name again?

He was the boy who Rachel and Marina always picked on back in school, he even left the school after Marina dumped food on him. Why am I suddenly remembering him now?

Then the face of the man I saw with Rachel yesterday popped up in my head again.

Ethan Wright.

A thought suddenly appeared in my head, and I immediately shook it off bringing out my phone from my purse, I searched a name, Ethan Wright.

The three dots kept disappearing and reappearing over and over again, slowly making my heart beat faster. Could that kid be...?

No it couldn't be possible right?

Finally a face popped up on the screen. It was of the guy I saw with Rachel yesterday. He looked incredibly handsome in a black tux, black shirt and black designer shoes. His long hair, combed neatly to the back with just a few strands in the front.

He had a small smile on his face, it didn't look welcoming, nor frightening, nor did it also look forced. It was just a smile.

He was indeed very handsome, but why would he go for a like Rachel who had literally nothing at this point?

I scrolled down and my eyes almost popped when I saw the headline under his picture.

New CEO of E & R group of companies

He was the CEO?

How! When!! Why!!!

I almost threw my phone on the floor in frustration. What was Rachel doing for fuck sake that made rich and handsome men attracted to her?

Yeah, Rachel was pretty... Wasn't she pretty too? Or was it her hair color? Why were powerful men just attracted to her like moths to light?

I yanked my hair with one hand using the other to support my phone.

Argh!!!

I closed my eyes to steady myself, removing my hands from my already disheveled hair.

'Take a deep breath Lana. You're going to destroy Rachel, even if it's the last thing you do!' I repeated to myself as a matra several times before my breathing finally relaxed.

I opened my eyes slowly to see my phone was on a different page. I must have accidentally clicked on something when I was going through the mental breakdown.

I was just about to go back to home, when a certain photo caught my eye, It was of Ethan three years ago. He still looked very handsome, but this time he had glasses on.

My mind went back to goggle glasses Ethan.

They had the same name and looked alike could they be?

No... That would be impossible!

If Ethan Wright was really goggle glasses Ethan he ought to be mad at Rachel and not help her. She and Marina destroyed his high school life. How could it even be him, this guy was handsome.

It couldn't be, it just couldn't, right?

I looked at the picture again, and scrolled down my phone fell off my hands in shock.

It was indeed truly Goggle glasses Ethan!

What the freaking fucking Hell!!!

Just when I thought I was going crazy I heard someone yell my name so I looked up. I saw Rachel's face with a huge smile on it as they flew over me.

Ok... It's confirmed. I had gone crazy.

Because if not, why... Why would she be smiling? She was in a freaking helicopter for fuck sake! Her fear of height and flight should be kicking in, why the hell was she smiling?

My breathing became ragged and heavy. I held my chest with my hands trying to control my fast beating heart.

W...what was going on? Why? How? No!

My feet suddenly gave away and the next thing I saw was darkness.