Reborn as the Mayor's Girlfriend

Ryzen POV

For some time, I decided to quietly like Lennox's posts. I decided not to message him that much since it is obvious that he is busy with campaigning and advocating for his platform. I feel like I'm getting to know him slowly too by seeing his daily updates everyday on his Instagram.

Aside from my personal resolve, Katrina Yu kind of said something about my attendance at Lennox's campaign last time. She never had any say about the things I did before so just to be safe, I decided to lay low for a while and not go crazy like attend his campaigns all the time. Besides, when I attended his campaign last time, it wasn't even that much of an opportunity to talk to him.

"Darling, my friends told me that they saw an article that included you among those supporting Lennox Zevallos for his candidacy. Is this true?" Katrina Yu asked.

Thinking that it wasn't anything significant, I answered without thinking. "Yes. I attended his campaign because I thought he was quite cool when he dined with us before. I honestly hope he'll win."

Katrina Yu looked at me silently with a concerned expression before speaking. "I'm always supportive of whatever you do, darling. But just be careful with men like Lennox Zevallos. Men involved in politics are something else... especially since your lolo is also a politician, you should be careful with others."

I showed off a confused expression. I know Katrina Yu is only concerned but I don't think there's anything bad with Lennox.

"But, I think Lennox Zevallos is a good person." I tried to defend him.

Katrina Yu let out a small smile and nod. "I know. But just be careful, okay? Anyways, don't worry too much. I don't think your father and grandfather knows since it's only mentioned briefly in a small article."

All my life before as Ryzen Ferrada, my sole focus have always been medicine. Entering Millen Yu's world like this, living like her, I've come to realise that politics and the business world isn't as straightforward as the past world I've lived in. There's a lot of cautions and considerations to make.

Although I haven't fully explored this new world yet, glimpses of it like this somehow scares me. It feels like there's a bigger picture out there that outsiders would've never known.

Since I've caught up on my medicine textbooks so far, I decided to scroll in social media until I stumbled upon a popular post from a news website.

It was a 20 minute interview of Lennox Zevallos with a prominent news reporter. Without having any other thoughts, I clicked on the video straight away and watched it.

"How do you honestly feel about running against Jack Padilla?" the interviewer asked in a stoic manner.

The interviewer looked at him, a bit impressed but then proceeded with her next question.

"Then, do you think you get the confidence from being part of the famous Zevallos family?"

Just like before, Lennox answered straight away without even blinking, "Of course, I am happy that I am part of the Zevallos family and in some way or another, it helped people to recognise me more easily. As much as being part of my family gives me confidence, I think what matters most is my purpose. I am different since I decided to enter politics despite knowing the dirty side of it. I am risking my all but because of my purpose, I can't help but join the field. I want to help people in the basis of a larger platform. I want to be able to innovate policies and maintain strong governance that would benefit everyone."

The interviewer quickly came up again with a question, "How did your parents feel about you running as a public servant? Do you have any plans on being a lawyer like them?"

Lennox answered sheepishly, "My parents are my parents and they were scared for me when I first told them about my resolve. But then, eventually, they gave all their support to me. I'm lucky to have them and really look up to them so I do have the desire to a lawyer like them. I'm actually thinking if I should apply to UP Law soon." 

I paused the video there for a second and felt relived for a bit. Yes! He's still thinking of going to UP Law, so more chances of seeing him! More opportunities!

A while after, I watched the rest of the video and he mostly talked about his platforms and resolves more.

It is timely that his interview video is getting viral. It's already at 500,000 views and the election day is near.

If I'm basing it on social media, he surely have more supporters. Seeing his campaign before, there's also quite a lot of people who supported him.

Pretty much, I just feel like he already won.

As the election day came, just like what I expected... Lennox Nico Zevallos is the newly-elected mayor of La Coron City.