Dusk In Moorea

HR#98

Arumi and Beverly hate each other. This time, Arumi will not budge for Beverly anymore.

"You haven't answered my question, Aru ! Why are you here ?" snapped Beverly was upset.

Arumi doesn't care. He walked leisurely past Katherine and Beverly and stood right beside Jonathan sitting in his crib gurney.

"Why did you come back here, bastard ?" ask Katherine.

"Get me talking, Kath ! I told you that Arumi is not an illegitimate child !" snapped Jonathan who did not accept his daughter insulted by Katherine.

"Huh !" Katherine snorted cynically. "Now you've started defending this unlucky kid apparently," he said, upset.

"Yes. I'm defending him now, Kath ! In fact, I'm sorry about why I'm doing it now." Jonathan replied firmly while holding Arumi's hand tightly.

The girl smiled shadyly at Jonathan. It is unexpected that his father has really tried to be a good father for him.

"You !" Beverly pointed at Arumi. "You must be here knowing that I and Irgi are divorced, right ? You must want to take Irgi again. Aren't they ? You cheap lady !" accuse Beverly.

"I'm not interested in Irgi anymore. My return with him has nothing to do."

"Lied ! This must be all because of you, right ? You influenced Irgi to divorce me !"

"What ?" Arumi laughed mockingly. "Are Sister Lily and Aunt Katherine unconscious ? All the misfortune that befalls you is purely because of your own actions ! Why am I being blamed here ?"

"So your mouth ! You bastard son !" beverly shouted as she spread her hands on Arumi's smooth cheeks.

PLAQUE ! Arumi held onto her cheek that felt sore from Beverly's slap. However, instead of emotions, the girl laughed again.

"Silver slapped me ?" ask Arumi.

"Yes. I slapped you ! You want some more, huh ?"

"Enough, Lily !"Jonathan pushes Beverly's body swiftly held by Katherine.

"Dad ! You can do this to me to defend your bastard son ?" beverly asked with tears in her eyes.

"Yes. You're totally outrageous, Jo !" added Katherine who did not accept Jonathan was rude to her daughter.

"Stop referring to my daughter with the word bastard ! He's not the bastard, but you !" snapped Jonathan wrathfully. He pointed at Beverly with trembling hands.

"Dad ! Relax !" Arumi stroked Jonathan's chest. He tried to dampen his father's emotions so that his heart disease did not return.

"A-what do you mean ?" Beverly asked in a hoarse voice.

"Ask your mother ! You're not even my real son ! I don't know who your mother is pregnant with and instead framed me for responsibility !"

"Huh ?" Beverly had no power not to shed her tears. He turned to look at his mother. Jonathan's words succeed in tearing down all the self-esteem left of him.

"Mom, what did you say is true ?"

Katherine shook her head with tears. "Lily, I can explain, honey !" he said softly. He tried to hold his daughter's hand but was rudely patted by the woman.

"Is Dad not my real dad ? Is that really ?" urge Beverly who demands an explanation from her biological mother.

Katherine could only cry. He did not know Jonathan could know the secret he had kept for decades.

"Lilly !" Katherine tries to get her daughter back.

"Don't touch me !" Beverly looked at Arumi embarrassedly and then immediately ran out of Jonathan's nursery followed by Katherine.

Arumi is planning to catch up with Beverly as well. He was just as surprised as Beverly. However, Jonathan soon forbade him from doing so.

"Let them take care of the affairs of the two of them, Aru ! You don't interfere !" jonathan said softly.

After that, Jonathan told Arumi everything. Starting from the departure of Arumi, Jonathan who felt always unsettled in the end tried to dig up information about Katherine's past. And, all finally one by one revealed. Katherine was one and a half months pregnant when they got married. She becomes pregnant with the man she met at a discotheque and ends up trapping Jonathan to sleep together, forcing her to marry Jonathan on the pretext of becoming pregnant because she doesn't know where to find the man who impregnated her.

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"For you !" A bouquet of red roses suddenly appeared in front of Arumi. Afterwards, the face of the man carrying the flower appeared from behind the wall with a smile.

"Leon ?" Arumi. "Well what else are you here for ? Didn't I tell you you have to go home ? Why are you still here ?" asked Arumi who now changed face to flat again.

"Take this flower first ! After that, I'll answer your question !" leon replied with the sweetest smile he had ever shown.

Arumi almost melted in the making. If it doesn't remember the wound Leon gave last time, maybe Arumi will soon melt down and run to hug the man.

After another week passed, he thought that this young man had given up. But Leon is still back. I don't know what the plan is this time.

In the end, Arumi receives a bouquet of flowers that Leon carries even with an annoyed face. And vice versa. The man looks satisfied.

"Why are you always smiling ?" ask Arumi cynically.

"And why are you always so angry ?" reply Leon while poking Arumi's chin.

Some of the boutique employees who saw their interaction smiled faintly. Arumi who was a little uncomfortable at their sight instantly pulled Leon's hand and entered his room.

"What is this ? You're starting to accept me ?" leon asked as he watched Arumi who was locking the door.

Arumi turned around and threw the bouquet of roses that Leon had given her into the trash. His face still looked irritated and dragged Leon again and pushed the man's body to sit on the sofa. Who would have thought, before falling onto the sofa, Leon managed to pull Arumi's hand so that the girl fell right on his lap.

Arumi was surprised by the perfectly rounded eyeballs when her lips accidentally hit the young man's lips. Quickly he got up and stood up while wiping his lips with his palm.

"Ahhhhh ! You turned out to be more aggressive than I thought, Aru !" Leon smiled with satisfaction while holding his lower lip.

"That was unintentional ! Don't think about it, Leon !" arumi warned.

"Who is thinking ?" The young man shrugged both of his shoulders casually. "I just thought of one thing."

"W-what is that ?"

"You want to know ?" Leon's eyebrows shot up next to.

Arumi did not answer. The beautiful girl folded her hands with a sinister look towards Leon.

"Don't I tell you that I chose Irgi and not you ? Why are you still shameless and coming here ?"

Leon chuckles. The man now raised both of his legs on the table and crossed them casually.

"I know that you and your ex-husband will never be together again, Aru ! I know that that day you just lied to me ! So, if you want to use the name Irgi to make me go, then forget it ! That'll never work !"

Arumi was not too surprised by that. Leon is more than capable of just hiring a spy to figure out the real connection between him and Irgi. Just like when the young man found his workplace.

"Then, what do you want ?"

"20 days, Aru !" leon said seriously.

"What do you mean by 20 days ?"

"Give me 20 days to convince you that Claire and I are completely out of touch. Give me one more chance to get you back !"

"And if I don't want to ?"

"Then I'll spend the night here until you want to !" said Leon with a thin grin.

"You crazy ?" Arumi was surprised.

"of course. It's all because of you ! So, do you agree or not ? You must know that I'm a reckless person, right ?" Leon raised both of his eyebrows with a fluffy smile.