ASSISTANT CULUN

Chapters 14. Forced to Betray

Slowly Abigail began to move her eyelids. His consciousness was recovering, and the first thing he felt was the heat in his left hand. Abigail groaned softly, trying to move her body.

"Where is sick?"

Darren's voice shocked Abigail, forcing her to open her eyelids which felt heavy to move. The girl was even more shocked when she saw Darren's handsome face right above her face.

"Master?" Abigail felt too weak to speak.

"Yes Bi. Wanna drink?"

Abigail nodded weakly. Darren quickly opened the mineral water and straw that was already beside him.

As soon as Darren helped her grab a straw, Abigail immediately drank as much as she could. At this moment he felt his throat was very dry.

Then Darren gently wiped the remaining water on the corner of Abigail's lips after the girl removed the straw.

Abigail closed her eyes again, gathering strength to get up and sit properly. Because his current position makes Abigail feel uncomfortable.

Once it was enough, Abigail blinked and tried to get up. But Darren did not remain silent.

"Don't get up, just rest." pinta Darren held Abigail's shoulder.

"But I don't want to trouble you, sir."

"You, why do you like to argue?!" Darren looks upset. But when the corner of his eye saw Abigail's wounds, he let out a rough sigh.

"Didn't the doctor say the process of removing the poison was very painful? So just rest, please. I don't want to be considered torturing the staff inside my team." Darren's voice softened.

Abigail fell silent, she did not want to argue anymore. The wound on his hand was throbbing again. As much as possible he endured the pain and burning sensation from the wound. Cold sweat began to come out, but not a single sound was released.

Moments later, he felt a soft touch of cloth on his face. As Abigail slightly opened her eyes, she saw Darren's hand wiping the sweat on her face using a handkerchief.

"Thank you." he said.

"Rest."

Trias who witnessed Abigail and Darren's interaction through the rearview mirror only smiled faintly.

Two hours later, Trias' car entered Darren's basement. Using his right side as a buffer and Darren's help, Abigail tries to get up.

"I'll carry you."

"Ti.no need Sir. I can do it myself." Abigail felt awkward. "I feel better after I rest. Thank you very much Mr."

Darren looked at Abigail with a hard to interpret look. He nodded because he did not want to force.

Abigail came down slowly and was surprised to see Trias already carrying his bag and a bunch of roses.

"The pretty flower."

Trias looked at the flower in his hand then smiled. "Flower from Rosalin, to Darren."

"Just throw it away." pinta Darren after staring at the flower reluctantly.

Abigail walked with Triassic. After entering the elevator, he looked back at the flowers that Triassic had not yet removed.

"Every Mr. Darren fills out the show, Miss Rosalin always knows. Absolutely attentive." said Abigail. "Unfortunately after the flower comes terror." muttered the girl again to provoke Trias thinking. Because there's no way Abigail can say clearly her suspicions to Darren's ex-lover.

Trias turned his body and looked at Abigail seriously.

"What do you mean?"

"Yahhh, I just feel like something is weird. It just so happens that every Miss Rosalin sends flowers to Mr. Darren, after that there's always something weird."

Trias thought about Abigail's words, he recalled the incident Abigail had meant. While Darren who heard Abigail's words began to feel uneasy.

"Don't we agree, my schedule is known only to the team?" Darren looked at Trias.

"It's true, maybe…."

"Tomorrow to conduct an internal investigation." Darren cut out Trias' speech.

"Alright" said Trias again.

The three entered Darren's apartment unit with a sigh of relief.

"Tonight, sleep here" Darren told Abigail.

The words succeeded in making Abigail flabbergasted. "Sa..I'm not bi.can, sir."

"If you go home, who will take care of you?"

Trias held onto Darren's shoulder from behind and shook his head as Darren turned his head. It was a sign that Darren wasn't being too hard on Abigail.

"Then rest in the guest room. After dinner, I'll take you home." Triassic takes the middle way.

This time Abigail did not refuse, she nodded obediently and went into the room in question.

"He's always following you." There's a strange sense that's infiltrating Darren's heart. He stared at the door of the room that Abigail used with sadness.

Trias chuckled softly and put both hands in his pants pocket. "For I have never forced my will upon him."

The words that Trias made Darren screech and enter his room.

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The meeting room for Darren's management team was gripping. The aura of Trias looked different while leading the meeting.

"Write all your account numbers." Triassic baritone sounds intimidating.

No one fought back, all immediately writing down the account number on a piece of paper shared by the Triassic before the meeting began.

"It was yesterday's events that forced me to take this action. Sorry." Triassic then went from there.

Abigail who was about to follow Trias stopped because her hand was held by Rui. And even stranger, Rui looks teary. From the gaze of the makeup artist who looked agitated and scared, Abigail already understood.

"Let's talk to Mr. Darren, I'll accompany you."

Rui nodded, with shaky steps she walked after Abigail.

"What's wrong?" Trias frowned at Rui's sad face as Abigail and the makeup artist entered Darren's room.

Abigail looked at Rui and patted him on the shoulder to give him strength. Rui looked at Trias and Darren who were sitting alternately.

"My mom has stage 2 ovarian cancer." Rui frowned her fingers. "I need a lot of money to treat it. So when Rosalin offered me a large sum of money, I agreed."

Trias and Darren stood up with angry faces.

"Please calm down." Abigail reminded.

"My job is very easy, just tell me when Darren has a schedule outside of Sky City." added Rui. "Sorry, I didn't know anything like yesterday would happen." Rui looked at Abigail with a guilty feeling.

But Abigail only smiled faintly and rubbed Rui's arm. "I'm fine."

Darren roughshed his hair, while Trias sat back down with both hands covering his face.

"I'm sorry. I never intended to be a traitor. But I have no other way."

"Why don't you tell us about your mother's illness?!" Trias opened his hands and looked resentfully at Rui.

"You guys have been looking weird lately. So I thought it would be more troublesome if I told her."

"When did you receive the money from Rosalin?" darren's handsome face looks scary.

"Just a few days ago, the last time he came to see you. He asked for a schedule and then transferred the money right away."

"How nominal?" Trias stood up and approached Rui. Seeing that Abigail was coming closer, he was afraid that Trias would commit violent acts.

"Li..lim...five billion." Rui was getting scared, but she had already resigned.

Trias took a deep breath and looked at Rui sharply. "I'll ask for a new makeup artist. For a while you're being relieved."

Rui just nodded slowly hearing that. He's thankful enough that Trias and Darren didn't fire him.

"Go, I'll have them put you on a newly debuted singer."

Rui cried, she wanted to hug Trias but the young man retreated. Finally Rui hugged Abigail to channel her joy at still being allowed to work.

Darren's eyes squinted, with wide strides he approached the two then forcibly separated Abigail and Rui.

"Don't hug!"

Rui is surprised, but because Darren's position is between him and Abigail, so Rui immediately hugs Darren in exchange for Abigail.

"Thank you handsome, thank you." Rui even wrapped one of her legs around Darren's waist.

Trias shuddered in horror watching that, while Abigail closed her mouth and held back a laugh as she saw Darren trying to unravel Rui's embrace.

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