Dusk In Moorea

HR#30

"Hey, bad girl ! Why is your ugly face getting worse ?" Said Charlie who immediately jumped up onto Arumi's bed. Sleep, with the head in the position of his right hand. His head turned to the good friend who looked glum since he came home from nowhere.

"I'm not having the taste to argue with you, Char. Go ! Go back to your own room." Arumi then turned her back to Charlie.

"Why are you, man ? Why is it like someone who just broke his heart ?" Charlie asked again as he got up and sat cross-legged behind Arumi.

"I'm not heartbroken." Arumi's repulsion quickly who also woke up and sat opposite Charlie.

"Hey, hey, hey ! What is this ? Why is your response so suspicious, naughty girl ?" Charlie's eyes squinted, staring in full search.

"Suspicious ? No. gabe. I'm not like that." Arumi's gangster clumsily. His gaze shifted to whichever direction it came from not on Charlie.

"Say, Aru ! What's the matter exactly ? And who's the young man you've been dating lately ?" Charlie seems to be getting curious as Arumi's increasingly obvious behavior is hiding something. The tomboy girl could at least be lied to about anything.

"Dating ? Who is dating ? I never did it."

"Come on, buddy !" Charlie patted hard Arumi's thigh. " Just tell me, or I'll find out for myself." Threaten Charlie while crossing. Both of his eyebrows raised perfectly.

The asian girl let out a long breath. "All right ! I'll be honest." Finally, Arumi gave up. Charlie again managed to trick her into telling a story.

"But don't say anything to your Daddy and Mommy, okay ?"

Charlie's eyebrows shot up suspiciously. Although in the end, it nods Arumi's request.

"Actually, I've been out with Leon a lot lately."

"What ? Leon ?" Shouted Charlie surprised instead of playing.

"Sst." Arumi smothered Charlie's mouth. Afraid that the tomboy girl's parents would hear their conversation.

"Don't yell, Char ! You're not Tarzan." Tegur Arumi.

The tomboyish girl nodded in understanding and asked Arumi to take off her hands.

"Say everything clearly and in detail, Aru ! OMG, this is absolutely horrendous news." Charlie was impatient. The cold room suddenly felt so hot when Arumi mentioned Leon's name just now.

"Repeat your breath first, Charlie. You seem to be having trouble breathing."

"I don't care, Aru ! Just tell me a story and don't mind me. Okay ? Your story is far more important than my shortness of breath." Charlie's heart is impatient. Of course her breath felt hunting because Arumi had just said something astonishing. His best friend, met Leon again after arriving in Paris. Isn't this what you call a soul mate ?

"Leon accidentally found me when he and Zack were buying pizza at a restaurant next to Miss Nastya's boutique. After that, he followed me and so he asked me for a delayed 5-day date on the island of Moorea first."

"Then ?"

"Today's our last date. And you know what, Char ? He declared love for me again."

"Wow ! I can't believe this. So, she's really in love with you, Aru ? I thought, back in Moorea, he was just kidding. I didn't expect Leon to be a man who could fall in love at first sight." Charlie's eyes were rounded with an enthusiastic twinkle that was clearly visible.

"No." Replied Arumi bowed listlessly. The happy sparkle on Charlie's face immediately shattered. Because, he never thought that Arumi could reject the perfect young man Leon.

"Why did you reject it ? Is it because of Irgi ?" Charlie asked as he tightly grasped Arumi's two fingers.

"Of course not, Charlie." Replied Arumi chuckled small.

"Then ?"

Arumi was silent for a moment. "I'm just afraid that what your Daddy's saying is true, Charlie."

"About ?"

"About us who cannot fall in love with a higher-caste youth than we are. Especially the class of Leon. I really don't dare." Arumi smiled wryly at the end of her explanation.

"Oh, Aru !" Charlie's eyes looked pityfully at Arumi.His hands stretched out, offering a hug that of course immediately greeted Arumi with pleasure.

"Is my decision wrong, Charlie ?" Arumi asked softly in Charlie's warm embrace.

"No. Between those two decisions, there is nothing wrong. Just choose what you think will bring happiness to you, Aru ! If you feel that Daddy's words are right, as long as you're okay it doesn't matter. But, if the path Daddy gives you makes you unhappy, then even if you choose to accept Leon, I will definitely support you as long as you are happy with him. So, decide as soon as possible. Which way do you want to take before it's too late."

Arumi was glued in silence. His brain and heart digested every word Charlie spoke. True said his best friend, as soon as possible Arumi should be able to choose. Between avoiding Leon or even being with the man, which makes Arumi more calm. Of course, every decision he would make was nothing that would go easy.

If Arumi chooses to stay away from Leon, then the girl must start over to learn to forget someone. Just like when he tried to forget Irgi.

However, if he chooses to be with Leon, then Arumi must prepare to face Duke Xander. Leon's famous father was cold and could never be denied by anyone. At least, that's the information Arumi had heard in the middle of Mr.'s party. Kovalev on Moorea Island. True or not, Arumi must still prepare the heart for all possibilities.

* * *

"Where's Leon ?" Duke Xander prevents Ronald, the butler at his mansion.

Ronald stopped his steps. Bowing respectfully to Duke Xander who was looking busy checking some important files in the living room.

"Since then, the young master hasn't come out of Duchess Greysha's private room, Duke." Ronald answered with a bowed look. His gaze was never higher than that of the man who was famous for his cold nature and flat face.

Duke Xander was seen sighing long. He put back the file he had read and then removed the glasses perched on his nose.

"Bring her dinner. He must have never eaten at all."

"Okay, Duke !" Nod Ronald before resigning. The 50-year-old man immediately turned around and turned his back to Duxe Xander to carry out his master's orders.

Meanwhile, Duke Xander appears to be resuming his work. In the lyrics is a large wooden clock that stands upright in the corner of the room. It's 11:45 p.m. There is a sense of worry because Leon did not also come out of the private room owned by Duchess Greysha, Duke Xander's wife and Leon's mother who had long died. The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment.

"How can I tell your son, Greysha ?" Duke Xander murmured in his heart.