Take Me Away novel Chapter 26

"Excuse me, is this the reception of the economics and management school?"

Ryan barely heard the timid voice behind him, as he joked and laughed with his friends. He turned around and found that the girl stared at him with a suitcase in tow. Ryan nodded and answered, "Yes."

"Hi, there! I'm Sam, a senior student. Is there anything I can help you with?" Sam said excitedly.

But the girl did not reply. She even barely spared him a glance. She then turned to Ryan and asked, "Excuse me, can you send me to the dorms? I am a bit lost, you see."

Warren and Luke almost laughed out loud

after he heard what girl said to Ryan.

Sam angrily made his way back to their table as he glared at his friends.

"Sam, she obviously likes Ryan. You don't stand a chance, man." Warren tried to console the sulking Sam as he patted his shoulder.

"Shut up!" Sam grumpily swatted Warren's hand off his shoulder. "I hate girls who only care a person's appearance. I'm the captain of our school's basketball team. Ryan is not better than me! She doesn't have good taste when it comes to men!" Sam turned around only to see a familiar figure at the entrance of the university—Fiona.

"Oh, look who's coming," Sam said with a smirk. "Let's leave Ryan to deal with that girl. Fiona's here, so we should greet her now without telling him!"

Sam wasted no time. He stood up and ran towards Fiona. Both Warren and Luke also stood up and followed him.

On the other hand, Ryan tried his best to deal with the pretty girl who carried her suitcase. "Sorry, I'm quite busy at the moment. Is it okay if I find someone else to guide you back to your dormitory instead?" he said apologetically, as he rubbed the back of his neck.

He turned around and found the three other men gone from their table. He looked around the area.

He was about to give up looking for his friends when he saw a dreamy figure from the corner of his eye. He thought his eyes were just playing tricks on him so he blinked again before he looked at the figure. It was indeed Fiona!

She really stood out in a sea of people because of her good looks. But what puzzled Ryan was why his three friends were standing so close to Fiona. He suddenly felt annoyed at his friends. How could they leave him alone to deal with this girl when Fiona arrived?

He patted the nearest person next to him and said, "Hey, you. Send this girl to her dormitory. I need to take care of something. I'm leaving." The other guy and the girl didn't even have time to react because Ryan already rushed to get to Fiona.

He realized it was already no use to resist since Ryan already left. "Well then, we better get you to your dormitory."

He turned to look at the girl only to find her eyes never left Ryan's retreating figure yet.

At the university's gate, Fiona walked towards the reception of the art school with her suitcase in tow. Suddenly, she heard someone shouting her name. She turned around and found Sam.

"Sam!" Fiona's eyes widened.

"Yes, it's me! I'm glad you still remember me." Sam grinned, flattered and happy that Fiona remembered him. He pulled both Warren and Luke next to him. "These are my roommates, Warren and Luke. We all live in the same dormitory as Ryan."

Fiona already knew that Sam could be a bit energetic when she first met him. She glanced at the people beside him and decided to introduce herself too. "Hi, my name is Fiona."

"Wow, what a pretty girl!" Luke swallowed.

Warren subtly kicked Luke and silently asked him to stop scaring Fiona.

Fiona tried to make sense of the situation and the boys before her. She lowered her head a little and gave them a shy smile.

"Come on! I'll take you to the art school!" Sam offered and retrieved the luggage from Fiona's hand.

"Thank you, Sam!"

The three boys accompanied her to the art school, while Sam held onto her luggage.

"Hey! Fiona!" Ryan jogged towards Fiona and his group of friends who previously abandoned him. He took the suitcase from Sam's hand, although the latter resisted a bit.

"Did my roommates frighten you?" he asked with an apologetic smile.

"What do you mean?" Fiona asked, confused at Ryan's question. Before Ryan could answer her, his roommates defended themselves. "Hey! We're not like that," Luke said, obviously unhappy at his roommate's distrust.

"Exactly! We are trying to be friendly here." Warren nodded and agreed with what Luke just said.

"You're really something!" Sam shook his head in disbelief. "How could we scare her? We were just trying to help her get to the art school."

Fiona was about to speak in their defense when Ryan's arm caught her eye. "Is your arm okay?" she asked with concern.

"It was just a bruise, and it's healed," he said.

Fiona gave him a smile.

The two of them, along with Sam, Luke, and Warren talked as they made their way to the art school.

Teresa Zhao, the president of the art school's student council, immediately spotted Ryan. She ran to meet the group, her eyes full of joy. "Ryan, what brought you here?"

"Hey, Teresa!" Ryan greeted her back. "I got a new student for you. Her name is Fiona Ji."