Chapter 568 - Secret Room (5)

"I can't do anything with Alex in the room," Charles lowered his voice.

"I'll try to make Alex join me. Luke already agreed to spend an additional hour with me every day," I sighed.

This was a depressing meeting while we pretended to study together. It was hard enough to handle Luke, but it would become a disaster with Alex. I walked to Alex, who sat across from me. I made my eyes twinkle, filled with great expectation. I placed my hands on his shoulders, slowly beginning to massage them, "can you join me for the one hour that Luke is spending with me? It's no fun when you play games with only two people. I'll also listen to everything you say during the day."

"Please?" I pulled out the saddest face I had.

Charles' jaw almost dropped as I continued to pester Alex. I poked him several times to get him to look at me as my eyes welled with tears. Since he lightly hit my hand when I tried to do the massaging. I tugged on his sleeve and clasped my hands together each time he warned me to stop. My last hints of pride dropped as I slumped onto the floor, "I won't get up from this spot until you say yes."

"I'm busy Rika," he icily stared at me.

"It's only one hour," I started to beg him on the ground.

"I'll finish everything you ask me without any complaining," I gestured to the workbook.

"Alex is busy Rika," Luke started to pull me up.

"He can't be busier than you. It's like you're saying he's less capable than you, so he needs more time to finish everything," I provoked him.

Alex ignored me, not falling for the trap I laid out. I pretended to be greatly disappointed while walking to my chair from Luke's warning. I had a chance at lunch time, a couple hours from now that also served as a break. When I sat down at the dining table, I didn't touch any of the plates on the table. Starving for a day wasn't bad. I turned my head when Luke passed me a spoon full of food.

"I'm not eating anything unless Alex joins us," I began to negotiate.

"Alex has nothing to do with you not eating," Luke urged me to accept the spoon.

"Skipping a meal isn't bad," I sneaked a peek at Alex.

Unfortunately, Alex wasn't watching us like he was eating alone. I was really letting go my pride today as I ran to grab onto his leg. Alex stopped eating, looking down at me who tightened my grip. Although his gaze was cold, there was nothing he could do. I had experience in begging people from fighting with my friends to use the club room.

"Only for an hour every day?" I made my face turn pitiful.

"Let go of my leg Rika," Alex warned me.

"Reverse the ban on the library, pool and going outside to the garden. Let me use the mana practice room too. Or you can join me for an hour," I was telling him I was dying from boredom.

Charles dropped his fork as he watched me hug Alex's leg. When Alex finished his meal, he struggled to walk from the extra weight. My body was being dragged on the floor every time he took another step. This made Luke place the spoon down, walking towards us to pull me off from Alex's leg. However, he didn't know I was sending some mana into my hands to make my grip even stronger.

Luke started to put more force into separating me from Alex as I was able to counter it. He had to start with my hands instead of lifting my waist. I never thought I would be grateful in knowing how to effectively beg. I ignored Alex getting more annoyed, about to shake me off him. I had the upper hand since both of them didn't want to injure me. It was much easier than others who didn't hesitate to fight back.

"Only for an hour," I repeated.

"Begging doesn't work with me Rika," Alex knew my plan.

"I can continue this for the entire week. I've done this before," I revealed to everyone.

"You actually did this before?" Charles was stunned.

"I did it for an entire month," I was an expert in this.

"Let go of Alex and we can have a talk in your bedroom together," Luke didn't know my begging skills.

"We can have that talk here," I had my ears open.

"Did you know you're really good looking?" I started to flatter Alex.

"I stared in the mirror for a long time when we switched bodies. You're really smart too. I always admired your perfect scores. Shelly doesn't deserve someone like you. Your figure is really nice, especially your abs that's normally hidden. You have a lot of muscles in your arms and legs even though it appears elegantly slender," I mixed some lies with the truth.

The room went silent from my series of compliments. I wondered if I didn't flatter him enough. The first thing that came to my mind was his appearance. I decided to continue to see if there were any impacts, "you also come from the prestige Monete family known for their wealth and power. But you're not arrogant from your background. In fact, everyone praises your hard-working personality.. They say it makes you appear more attractive."