Chapter 456 - Author (8)

"This has really improved," Delia went over my next draft.

"Won't Luke and Alex get really mad if they read this?" Shelly got a little worried for me.

"This will sell," Henry couldn't stop laughing.

My latest draft turned into a BL novel with Alex and Luke as its main characters. I kept the setting that they were cousins coming from the most prestigious and powerful families. It would be a forbidden romance between them with the number of obstacles they faced to fulfill their love together. I tried to retain most of their personalities to make it seem more realistic. After Sienna gave the final approval, it would be ready to go into production where we would make more copies.

"This is the best thing I read so far," Sienna laughed with Henry.

"Can I take a look?" Oili got curious.

Sienna passed him the draft as Ethan joined Oili to read the story together. I could tell they were hooked, not able to place the draft down once it was in their hands. I should've tried becoming an author a lot sooner. I didn't think my talent would be this astounding. Once they finished reading the draft, both of them looked at me in a new light.

"Let's start with the production stage," Oili had his eyes well with tears, trying to hold in his laughter.

"You're going to die if either of them figures out," Ethan agreed with Oili.

"But since we're going bug catching tonight, I'll make sure they'll never figure out," he grinned.

"I don't need another draft?" I asked all of them.

"No, this is enough to keep your readers hooked," our president shook his head.

"Then this will be it for the first volume," I decided.

Now I needed the cover design, a place and time to sell these books, and a plan to make sure Luke and Alex wouldn't figure out. Going through their pictures in my marble, I decided to cut their faces out and put them on a blank sheet together. Drawing some handsome figures, I was impressed by my art skills at the end. Showing the cover to the rest of the group, Sienna kept on slapping the table, muffling her mouth.

"I can't," Henry took another glance at the cover before hitting the floor with his palms.

"You should add some roses," Shelly suggested with her eyes glittering from a taste of revenge.

"You can be the new cover artist," I transferred her the file.

From the changes made by Shelly, Cillian had to join Henry and Sienna, eyes ruined from the intimate relationship of Luke and Alex on the cover. Meanwhile it appeared like Delia would never look at Luke and Alex in the same way again. I had to admit, it was a struggle not to get a nosebleed from Shelly's great sense of humor. Our president had already fainted, laying down on a sleeping bag from his first glance.

"The cover attracts attention right away," Oili praised Shelly.

"I'll do the cover for the second volume too!" Shelly eagerly looked at me.

"Let's start selling the first volume and see how it goes," I noticed everyone was getting a bit ahead of themselves.

"There's no way these won't sell," Oili waved my worries away.

"That's cheating!" Henry yelled.

"Dig your own hole!" I stuck my tongue out.

Quickly scooping the bugs into my net, I become the first one to place them into my cage. Other than me and Ethan, everyone struggled to collect the bugs without it crawling on them. The courtyard became almost like a construction site with all the piles of dirt and holes covering the wide field. We ignored everyone mumbling what was going on as we focused on gathering as many bugs as possible.

"It's like you guys have done this before!" Sienna complained.

"Why is it on my shirt?" Cillian screamed when an ant was about to crawl into his shirt.

"You need some technique to do this," I flipped my hair.

"The shovel is better to use," Delia happily hummed since she was in third place.

"I'm sticking to the same spells Rika used," Shelly began to chant.

"It's obvious you're going to be in first place," Henry accused me of cheating again.

Ethan proudly looked at Sprinkles' food supply that would last him for around half a year. Since Oili wasn't a part of this, he watched us pile more bugs into the cages. He already knew that Ethan and I had collected bugs before from his fraction meeting last year near social week. Closing the top of my cage, I wiped some sweat off my forehead, knowing there was no way any of them would be able to collect as much as I have.

"The nets were just for show," I gave them some hints.

"I knew it!" Henry threw his net on the ground.