ARAKAS

CHAPTER 18

"Fine."

The call made them all look back together. Ara widened, her hands raised covering her mouth. The star? Why here? Does he want to eat? Or maybe his upperclassmen are familiar with the residents of this cafe again. The girl cleared her throat, she must be careful, lest she be caught lying. Long enough they were all silent until the voice of the Star sounded and his words made Ara want to run away right now from that place.

The Star is Kevan's cousin. Their lifespan is five years. Kevan is now twenty-three years old and has graduated from Oxford University. He also had his own business made with his money. This cafe, for example.

"Well, are you here gini nights?" ask the Star to Ara while glancing at her watch. He was quite surprised to see the girl at his cousin's cafe in the middle of the night.

"You know him?" ask Kevan before Ara answers. Stars nodded. Ara wanted to try as soon as possible to cut off the man's words but was late again.

"He's my underclassman."

The girl could only take a deep breath and sigh.

On the other hand, Bintang's answer managed to make Kevan wide-eyed. He glanced at Ara who was now looking down. 

"Just my hunch, this girl is clearly a liar, you're the one who trusts people too quickly." Lily stared at Ara cynically.

Kevan's gaze stared around. Many workers at the cafe were watching them. He then motioned to the Star with his eyes to move. The nodding star did not forget to grab Ara's hand to follow Kevan's steps, Ara just follow along because her brain can no longer think of other ideas.

Lily also wanted to enter Kevan's private room but the man stopped her at the door. Surely the girl became upset abis, he would also want to hit the liar.

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Star

to Cafe Kevan now. Ara was with me, like she ran away from home.

Karrel read the contents of the Star message and thought for a while. After completely understanding, he quickly got up from his bed snatching his car keys and rushed out. There was a feeling of worry in his heart. Why else would that girl, why run away from home. Not until fifteen minutes the car is parked in front of the Kevan cafe.

The man passed by several cafe workers, walked towards Kevan's room and pushed the door of the room violently making all the creatures in the room stare at him. Ara instantly threw her dongkol face at the Star when she saw Karrel who had suddenly appeared and was now walking towards her. Who else tried to tell the man that it wasn't him. The girl cursed her misfortune today.

"So all of your words were lies?" Kevan raised his voice. He was a little upset because he felt fooled.

Ara smiled broadly at the man. Karrel was standing next to him. He looked at the girl for a while, after making sure she was okay, the man stared at Kevan.

"What did he say?" tanyanya wants to know.

Kevan looked at the man and Ara took turns.

"Said she was kicked out with her stepmom. He also lied about his age" he said.

Karrel and the Stars laughed. It could be that a Kevan was fooled by Ara's innocent face. Karrel turned to face Ara looking down, one hand raised the girl's chin to look at her.

"Why run away from home, hm?" tanyanya gently. Kevan was surprised, after all, Karrel was never close to women.

Ara did not answer and threw away her face. The look on his face turned sullen considering the cause he had run away from home.

The star and Kevan both put on confused faces, only Karrel knew the girl was starting to lie again. Although he had not known for long, he already understood the character of the girl. What job? Lying people?

"I was fired for accidentally breaking into that expensive flower vase" he stared at Kevan. His brain is back at work.

"Sir Kevan still wants me to work here, right?" ask her then with a hopeful face. Karrel's expression turned unhappy to hear the girl wanted to work.

"Don't be silly and stop talking Ara bullshit!" he was tough with a high tone. Ara gave a dislike to the man, she wanted to reply to Karrel but stopped when she heard the sound of a ringtone

Looks like the sound of the phone. He quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. The three men were both focused on the phone the girl took out of her pocket.

They both read the name of the caller that was written clearly on the girl's phone, the walking corpse called. The three men stared at each other feeling strange. Who did Ara mean by the walking corpse. They saw the girl quickly raising her phone with a cheerful face, adding to the curiosity of the three men.

For Ara Ravel to call her today was a very rare event. Wh why? Because today is the first time Ravel has called her since four years ago. Does he have to run away often so his brother keeps calling?

In Ara's mind, Ravel must have been looking for him because she was worried that he wasn't in the house in the middle of the night. He smiled happily, it turned out that his brother was still a caring brother.

The girl put her phone in her ear with a happy face. He even until unconscious there are still three men who pay attention to his movements.

"Where are you?" ask for voice across . Her tone was flat and cold but Ara was still happy to hear it. At least her brother still cares and realizes that she is missing from home.

Ara raised her head and raised her gaze to the three men standing in front of her alternately.

"At the house of Laras, why?" answer lightly. He deliberately lied so that Ravel did not worry. The three men gawked in astonishment at her, the acting queen base.

"Papa nyariin you. Go home now" said the man across the street again in the same tone, flat.

"Papa's at home? Yes, I'm home now." exclaimed Ara happy and then disconnected his phone with a cheerful look. He doesn't care about the others anymore so happy to hear his brother say papa they're looking for him. Right, he must often run away like this let them care.

"Your acting is good too." Kevan replied to Ara who was only responded with a grin. Kevan shook his head feeling this girl who was younger than him a few years was really unstable.

Ara's view moved to Karrel. The man looked at her with an indecipherable expression, before long he felt his hand being pulled by the girl.

"Come on." cried Ara who grabbed Karrel's hand but directly off the man. Although not rough but can not be said to be soft as well. Ara turned around and looked at Karrel who was looking back at her with a face like she wanted to ask what I was going with you for.

"Within I came home, you know my house." said the girl, her gaze moved to Bintang and Kevan.

"Sir Kevan, Bintang, I go first huh. I'm here sometime for work." she waved to the two men, not forgetting to grab Karrel's hand pulling him out. Karrel still did not make a sound and allowed himself to be forcibly pulled by Ara. The two of them left the room leaving the Star and Kevan still astonished.

"How did Karrel get close to that girl?" kevan asked the Star.

The star shrugged indifferently. He also did not know how the story was until they became that familiar.