Chapter 27: Breakfast table and sweats

Sweating bullets in a relatively cool room is Parker’s current state. Guilt has a way of choking you. The stern-looking man is walking so slowly that everyone else pauses to look at him. Parker’s mind is reeling with hundreds of guilty thoughts, but while he’s panicking with his mouth shut, Mina is busy eating bread delicately next to Ben.

She doesn’t seem bothered by their current situation, actually she’s glowing like she was kissed by the sun.

’System, is this the end?’ Parker asks in his head.

[System: ...hold your breath and count to ten.]

Parker holds his breath and starts to count the numbers in his head. He has high hopes and expectations in this system. He’d like to believe that by the time he gets to ten, something crazily miraculous would happen.

[System: Parker...you do know this is the start of a song, right? This is the end, hold your breath and count to ten. An Adele song.]

’You’re fucking with me while I’m seconds away from shitting my pants?? Are you serious?’ he yells at the system in his head.

"What’s wrong with your face? You look like you are just seconds away from having a seizure" Tim whispers and Parker fixes his expression. The last thing he wants to do is attract attention to himself.

The professor finally takes a seat after walking for five unnecessary minutes like he’s in a slow-motion edit. He takes a seat and places his hands on the table. He looks at the students with seriousness before speaking.

’Come on, speak and let’s get this over with’ Parker moans in his head.

"All work and no play makes jack a dull boy" the man starts and Parker breathes a sigh of relief. Okay, that is a very good start. No one is in trouble, and he’s not a suspect.

"But Jack will go to prison..." the man suddenly says and Parker freezes up again. No way. No way. Come on! He’s too innocent to end up in prison. It was just sex in a hidden place.

[System: will you fucking stop with the monologues and listen, Parker?]

"...but only if he breaks rules" the man continues to talk and again, Parker relaxes. He could almost swear the man is deliberately fucking with his head. The profession finally claps his hand together in one extravagant move and two men bring in a roulette wheel.

"What on earth is that..." Tim whispers, leaning forward to see what’s on the board. There are different words in each space. It contains things like; free time, poolside leisure time, stroll, mansion tour, board games and so much more.

"Every few hours someone will get to spin the wheel and wherever it ends is what you guys will do for the day" the man explains and they all nod in agreement. While everyone else is laser focused on the wheel, Parker is fixated on thanking his lucky stars.

"Who’s going to spin it this morning?" the man asks and a sizeable number of the students collectively mention Parker’s name. And since he’s unable to say no, Parker goes up to the wheel.

"Go Parker" a girl yells and his cheeks heat up. Oh boy. This fame thing is giving him mixed feelings. When he stands next to the wheel, he wastes no extra second before spinning it.

"YES! NICE JOB" all the uni students yell the moment the wheel stops rolling. Parker looks at the wheel and smiles to himself. He chose free time. Nice.

"Have fun all of you" the professor says as he gets up to leave, but he changes his mind by sitting back down. Parker returns to his seat, and when he does, he finds that the housekeeper is looking at him with a suspicious look in her eyes.

"Ma’am is everything okay?" Parker asks quietly and she looks away from him with a scowl. Tim distracts Parker from looking at the older woman by jabbing him in the ribs.

"Seriously, I’ll end up having no ribs all because of you" Parker complains as he rubs his hand over his aching side. Tim’s elbow is pretty sharp, and he doesn’t want to end up being hospitalized.

"Look" he points to a girl at the end of the table.

She has long black hair that is in a ponytail. She has on a pair of study glasses and looks shy. Parker raises an eyebrow at Tim.

"That’s the girl of my dream" he sighs and Parker blinks twice.

He looks at the girl again. Compared to the type of women Parker likes, Tim’s crush is nerdy. She’s pretty but looks really reserved.

Parker’s taste in women ranges from sexy, bold, bright, and daring like Jessie, Ada, and even Lucielle to elegant, regal, and ’good girl’ like Mina and Mrs. Lane. He has never thought of fucking a nerd.

"I wish I could get with her, but I doubt she’d look at me twice" Tim mutters with disappointment in his tone. Thinking of it, Parker looks at the girl again. He’s pretty sure he can convince her, after all, his confidence level is high.

’System, do you think I can get help Tim get with his crush?’ Parker asks his trusty system.

[System: you were cursing me out a few minutes ago, Homo sapien.]

"Bygone is bygone" Parker says out loud and Tim gasps like he has been offended. "Are you saying I should forget about Lisa?" he asks.

"What? No! I wasn’t talking to you" Parker defends himself, but Tim is truly offended by his friend. "I’m trying to help you..." he says and his eyes drop to the book in front of Lisa.

The book cover shows a woman with two men caressing her body. It’s one of those romance novels where the female lead gets fucked by two guys. A smile slowly grows on Parker’s face.

"Can you roleplay a nice guy?" he asks and Tim looks confused.

"Why?"

"We are going to get your crush" Parker says and Tim still doesn’t get it.

"Hey you, go down to the basement and get me some of the old wine" the old professor points to Lisa and Parker’s smile grows even wider.

Bingo.