
Waiting...
It was one of the things Nathan hated most in his life. He hates his name waiting the most, but that is not the case today.
Nathan is currently at the Mall to accompany Aster shopping. If only someone else had asked for it, Nathan would have immediately refused. But it's Aster, and Nathan can't say no if he's the one who asked for it.
"Uncle, which do you think is better? The red one or the light blue one?" Aster showed Nathan two dresses. Both dresses have the same model but different colors.
"Young blue is better. The color is soft, and not too flashy."
Aster smiled then nodded. Nathan does have a very good taste and outlook when it comes to fashion. "Alright, I'll just take this one."
Aster handed the dress to the shopkeeper who accompanied him around. And it was the 10th dress that Aster chose.
The cell phone in Nathan's pants pocket suddenly rang. And there's a call from a foreign number. After telling Aster, Nathan walked away. Aster doesn't know who contacted Nathan to the point that he had to stay away.
"Please bring this dress to the cashier." Said Aster who was then replied to a nod by the store's waiter.
"Good, Miss."
Aster approached Nathan who had just disconnected his phone. Just now he was about to turn around, but Aster's arrival unsealed his intentions.
"Who's phone, Uncle?"
"Leon, he caught an intruder who was about to break into the house and is now being interrogated in the basement."
"So we go straight home?"
Nathan shook his head. "There's already Leon and Theo who can take care of it. Where do you want to go after this?"
"Hongdae, we haven't been there in a long time."
Nathan scrambled Aster's brown hair and nodded."All right, it's up to you. Have you got everything you need?" Aster nodded. "All right, let's go to the cashier."
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As per Aster's request. They went to Hongdae to enjoy a performance played by a street musician.
Nathan's gone to buy a drink. While Aster decided to wait for her handsome husband in Hongdae park.
Aster leaned his back on the garden chair, his face looking up at the dark night sky sprinkled with millions of stars. Soft smile on her back, adorning her beautiful face.
The woman raised her hand which she then pointed at the stars as if she wanted to reach them.
It felt so close, but when he was about to touch one of the stars, it was so far away.
Aster was so swept away in his world, that a clap distracted him. The woman smiled, thinking it was Nathan. The aster turned around and...
Jambb.....
Without saying anything, the person stabbed Aster in the left chest using a knife. Fresh blood instantly flowed from the wound and smeared both hands of Aster. Blood also flowed from the corner of his lips.
The woman looked at the woman before her, with the rest of the energy she had. Aster pulled the mask that person was wearing and his two eyes slightly widened.
"Amanda?"
"Let's die, you're Aster Xiao." Amanda deepened the stab before leaving Aster.
Slowly Aster began to lose his consciousness, his eyes began to twitch, until finally his body fell to smash into the cold hard asphalt.
His eyes still remained open, though his gaze began to blur, Aster raised his blood-soaked hand, his lips calling out a name. "Man, Nathan!!" but the sound did not come out just whisper.
The eyes slowly began to feel heavy, Aster's eyelids closed completely along with the clear liquid flowing from the corner of his eyes.
People began to swarm, all shocked and panicked. They shouted at each other for help, while some tried to chase after the culprit.
The man seemed to shake his head."I don't know, I don't know. We'd better see!" the man said as he moved from where he stood.
Nathan, who had just returned from buying a drink, seemed confused to see many people crowding at one point. Nathan tried to find the woman's whereabouts.
Nathan thought Aster was among the crowd, until his eyes saw the silhouette of a woman he knew lying on the ground covered in blood.
Soon Nathan ran to the crowd and shouted loudly calling the woman's name.
"ASTER......"
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"Aster, please hold on!" nathan whispered with his voice in Aster's ear.
Nathan clasped Aster's hand tightly, as if he never wanted to let go even for a second.
His tears were unstoppable, seeing the wife's body lying weakly in a helpless state.
A nurse stops Nathan and forbids him from entering the operating room. "I'm sorry, sir, but you're not allowed in" Sister said as she blocked Nathan's steps with one hand.
Aster's body below was entered into the operating room by the medical team who handled it.
Nathan not one bit escaped his gaze from the figure of Aster who was lying weakly on the stroller, until his figure was not caught again by his brown eyes.
The man then dropped his body on a cold sick fox tile, one of his hands resting on his knee.
"AAARRKKHHHHH....!" Nathan growled as he ruffled his silvery hair.
Nathan got up from his position and turned around and hit the wall in front of him over and over again, not even caring about the smell of rancid out of his chipped fist . Nathan needs an impingement.
All were only able to fall silent and no one dared to stop Nathan, including granny Xiao. Everyone in the room looked at Nathan with sadness.
Grandma Xiao sighed heavily. "Nathan, enough," exclaimed granny Xiao as she got up from her seat and approached Nathan. "Grandmother please stop. You hurt yourself" he said, pulling Luhan back.
Nathan jerked Grandma Xiao's hand while shouting loudly. "Take me off, Grandma, let go!" nathan shouted like a possessed man.
"Aarrrkkhhh...." Nathan again growled and struck the wall once more, causing his wounds to bleed more and more.
Grandma Xiao could not hold back her tears."Enough son, stop hurting yourself. Aster must be sad to see you like this," grandmother Xiao advised as she rubbed Nathan's back in an up and down motion.
Granny Xiao could feel the pain of Nathan's heart, as she felt the same way.
"It's all my fault, if I can take better care of him, surely this kind of thing won't happen, and right now Aster is still fine. I'm really a foster father and a useless husband,"
Then Nathan dropped his body on the waiting room chair, the man leaned over in his sitting position. His hand rubbed the rough of his face that looked puffy.
Gavin and Rio didn't even know what to say. They could only look at Nathan sadly.
Once again Grandma Xiao sighed, the middle-aged woman approached Nathan then sat down beside him. "Listen to Grandma, Nathan." Granny Xiao took a pause in her sentence.
His black eyes locked onto Nathan's brown bead. "Grandmother knows, what happened to Aster is very painful for you. But grandma doesn't want you to act like this.
"You may feel sad and angry for what happened to your little wife, but don't let yourself hurt yourself let alone continue to blame yourself like this. Aster will be sad when you see you like this," said granny Xiao trying to advise.
And Nathan didn't respond. The man looked up at the hospital ceiling with a blank look.
Clear liquid back inundated in his eyes. In his heart he kept praying, begging God that nothing bad would happen to his little wife.
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