Guarding Love

CHAPTER 1 - First Meet

Southeast Arden, the sole heir to the Southeast business empire. He is famous but not yet known for being a mysterious young man still hidden by his family.

Arden was still undergoing a period of rigorous and closed training to carry out the great obligations of his mother's family, the Southeast family. The father's family is unknown because his father is a mobster. Arden was restrained by a southeastern family so had no access to the outside world until he was 25.

Arden is now 22 years old, 3 years away from waiting to take all his rights and start the search. Many things must be sought and achieved by him to put everything back in its place.

~7 year ago~

15-year-old Arden is sitting in an orphanage field that has been occupied for 2 years. Accompanied by a 13-year-old girl at the time, the tiny body sat next to her, joking and laughing. Her first love, Hanny, was Hanny Tanisha Alexander. Petite girl, bright white, reddish chubby cheeks with light brown hair, the face of compassion is certainly the same as Arden. "Very adorable" he thought. Arden was more visible in the face of his feather than Hanny who only appeared to have Caucasian ancestry. Because his mother is a woman from Russia and his father is native to the local people.

"Sister bule.. Until when did you keep your name a secret?" Hanny asked slightly frowning and pulled Arden's cheek.

"Hehe. because it's a secret." Arden answered while shuffling Hanny's hair with his anxiety.

"Qc.." Hanny clucked in annoyance. "Yes, I just gave you a name, didn't I? Rather than call him brother bule." He said with sparkling eyes facing Arden and he smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Then I give you a cool name.. ehm... How about Jo?" Ask after thinking for a moment. Arden frowned and kept looking closely at Hanny who always made him happy.

"Jo..? Also, what's the full name?" Ask Arden again.

"Joe.. Paijos! pa i jo's." Hanny replied, laughing, holding her stomach. Arden laughed at the silly behavior of his first love girl.

"Kan unique sak, this too handsome face, bule face but his name is PAIJO" he said again with pleasure. Arden just laughed and smiled looking at him.

"As far as you go, little girl." Arden then kissed Hanny's cheek at a glance. Hanny was embarrassed by her increasingly red cheeks.

It has been 2 years since they met each other at the Orphanage of Our Lady's Hope which is quite far from the city. Hanny comes every Sunday to deliver groceries and sometimes books to the children in the orphanage. All of you visit the grave of his mother who is not far from this orphanage.

Hanny and Arden meet when Arden is found unconscious on the riverbank behind the orphanage with a body full of wounds by the caretaker when Hanny was visiting 2 years ago. After being treated and treated, Arden regained consciousness and the first face he saw was Hanny, the little girl whom he thought was an angel. From then on they started to get close even though Hanny only visited on Sunday but Arden was happy to wait for her. Until now they were getting closer, the two teenagers looked at each other in admiration.

"I like your eyes too Han." Arden answered looking fixedly into Hanny's gray eyes a little dark in the middle of her pupils.

They were always amazed at each other, not knowing since when the taste began. Others may say it was the monkey's love of children, but not for Arden whose heart was locked by Hanny, only Hanny has kept him alive.

"Hanny. Let's go home, it's early afternoon baby." Panngil Hanny's father who just came out of the office room Mother Panti, Ibu Risma.

"Good papi." He answered, but still refused to get out of his seat.

"Come Han, next week we come again okay?" Go talk to the papyri again. "Hi bule's son, tell him to come home. Ever since meeting you she's been so unkind to her papi." He glanced furiously at Arden.

Arden smiled slightly, "Well, Alex." Reply Arden and his hand immediately stroked Hanny's head.

"Hanny came home first huh. next week we meet again and I'll give you a gift." Arden persuaded Hanny and was nodding back as he moved beside Arden and approached the papi.

"Sister Jo promise yes, I'm waiting for the reward. Yee.." Hanny passed by and got in the car and left the orphanage.

Shortly after Hanny leaves, Risma's mother approaches Arden. "How son? Have you called your family?" Ask Bu Risma gently to Arden. Miss Risma knows Arden is hiding her name and doesn't want to go back to her family.

"No ma'am, I'll wait for someone to come to me with valid evidence to take me and that evidence must state that they're my real family." Arden replied with his flat face and coldly impressed.

"All right, son." Miss Risma finally left Arden alone at the shelter. Arden is a loner but kind-hearted child and diligent in helping his younger siblings in the orphanage.

Arden always remembered the message from his mother since he was a child, "If we are separated, remember not to trust anyone who claims to be your family.there must be valid evidence that you are proven to be a biological family. It's to protect you from the bad guys who want to separate our families. Remember Arden, Arlen." Mother's message to them the first time when they were 10 years old. After that, their families were completely separated.

Dad carried Arlen and was shot in the chest. Arlen fell and was caught by no one. Arden and Mommy had escaped assisted by Om Darren who was then in charge of driving a car when they fled. After escaping from the pursuers, Om Darren returns to the location where he was shot but finds nothing, only the rest of the blood has been cleaned and the necklace belongs to Arlen.

~TBC~