HIDDEN STEP

CHAPTER 25

Inter and Inter

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"No need to drive" said Bila to Andrian who wanted to deliver them. "Just dropping off, Denis must be tired from playing. Come on.." Andrian whined like a child. Denis is a funny kid, he can't part with the boy, he feels good about Denis. And when it's so annoying it always limits the familiar spaces of Andrian and Denis.

"I ordered a cab, you go home first." If you don't want to be with Andrian any longer. It could be out of his heart to be the shield of Andrian's humiliation.

"Cancel!" Andrian's orders. When you squeak and smile slanting, "Cih, who are you setting me up?" Said.

Andrian lowered his shoulders, not wanting this drama to be big. He was fed up with selfishness enough. Looking at Denis, he had already fallen asleep from exhaustion.

Andrian moved forward to hug Denis. "What are you doing?" When two steps back, Andrian came closer. "What's? I just want to hug Denis, not hug you, you idiot!" Maki Andrian's.

If offended, so when Andrian approached again, he did not avoid. Andrian hugs Denis who is in a sling Bila. The tang circling Denis makes Bila uncomfortable. A little, he kept his face away from Andrian's face that was attached to Denis's head.

Andrian knew that if he felt uncomfortable, he would spontaneously rewind his head, not thinking that his cheeks would touch Bila's lips.

They both froze. Andrian remained in his position and Bila widened his eyes. With a normal threshold of consciousness, Bila jerked her hand to push Andrian just as the taxi arrived.

He got into a taxi with his heart racing fast. Tidying her lips still left a swiping feeling with a thin beard.

While Andrian, he gawked to see when he left. The corner of his eyes was raised as well as his lips. Her tongue stroked her cheek which got a surprise.

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"Why look at me like that?" Alex sipped his coffee and asked the teenager who was now sitting in front of him.

The teenager, named Karin, was caught watching the person he was facing, his cheeks met. When he was a child, he dreamed there would be a prince who picked him up, the prince was handsome, tall, charismatic, and cool.

Now what he faces is a dream man who had previously imagined. Somehow, he felt great admiration for this man.

"You're handsome," Alex choked on his own coffee. It is popular, he admitted. But no girl dared to say that to him. Alex is known to be a cold, heartless man, but that doesn't make women want him. They were afraid to be rejected by Alex.

"A teenage girl doesn't ethically praise a man like that." Alex said flatly. "Ah, yes..." The teenager cleared his throat, then apologized. "By the way my name is Karin" After saying that, he smiled full of twinkle towards Alex. I hope Alex introduces herself.

Alex who saw the teenager's sincere smile made her heart feel warm. But what awaited was no certainty, Alex did not introduce himself back. Then the teenager spoke again "What about you? What's yourname?" Ask.

Alex stared flat. "Alex" he answered. The teenager smiled back.

"How old are you?"

"28,"

"What's your job?"

"Scretary,"

"You're married?"

"Hm, I'm divorced,"

"So you have a kid?"

"Already,"

Alex looked at the teenager flatly. The one who was stared at only wore his wanted face without being affected. Alex breathed his breath.

"You know what it means for a woman to ask a man such a thing?" Ask Alex. Then the teenager laughed. "Can't it? I'm just asking." Her speech.

Being asked about such a thing by a teenage girl makes it awkward. But he covered it with a flat look.

"It's rude to ask such a thing to a man you just met." Alex looks out of the cafe. Many cars are running. Her face was flat, but Karin knew she was thinking about something.

Karin flinched a little, "Ah, sorry."

"I just want to know about you. We can be friends" he continued with his bright smile that never faded away.

Karin is an eighteen-year-old freshman.

He lived alone, his mother died when he was about twelve years old. His father died in the eleventh grade of High School.

He has no brothers in this town. Forced he had to work side by side to support himself and study hard so he could get a scholarship. Sometimes every few months, his grandfather would send him some money.

He was very independent, the money sent by his grandfather certainly could not suffice his life, but he never asked for more. He prefers to work to meet his needs.

"What about the laundry costs you're talking about?" Alex switched the subject to a problem that was not finished yesterday.

Karin put her index finger on her chin. Start thinking by singing her ripe lips. In his heart, Karin laughed. This man must have never dealt with that name of clothing.

Actually Karin lied by melaundry her clothes, in fact, she just washed it herself. He always saves money on the tube, it is inappropriate if what he can do himself while the money in his wallet does not support such extravagant things.

"The cost of melaundry, with my fare here, and for my fare to return home, is not much. Because you bought me today, so I won't ask you for any more damages."

In the future, Karin thought of making a sneaky trick like this again to meet this demigod.

"It's okay, just tell me how much I have to pay. It must be expensive for a student like you. After all if not, the money can be for you to buy your other needs," Alex said with attention, but with a flat look like that and a sarcastic tone made his words ambiguous.

"You think I can't afford it?" Actually yes, Karin did not have much money to do such a thing, just here she took the bus. But also don't want this guy to assume he's just using this guy.

"I didn't mean it that way" Alex said. "Ah, it's good to hear you didn't mean to offend me" Karin said with a sincere and wide smile. Again, Alex warms up by seeing that smile.

Karin stood with her lips.

"It looks like I have to go home, goodbye," he said, then disappeared behind the door. But Alex can still see it from inside the cafe.

Karin was standing when she was looking for a taxi. He should have walked to the bus stop by now, but because he knew the man could see him from the inside, he didn't.

His feet stood like that. He thought he should go home soon, but his ego didn't win him. He looked into the cafe whether the man had gone home or not. Little by little he turned his head back to see if the man was still there.

Inside the Cafe where the man was sitting was already empty, meaning the man was already gone. Karin breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally go home. Fortunately, not for tens of minutes, if he is, his legs must be very sore and suspicious.

As his head turned again to leave, he was startled by the luxurious car that stopped in front of him. The car was black and shiny. Obviously it's a very expensive car for the size of people below it seems.

The car's glass came down and Alex's handsome face, "Get in, let me deliver,"

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Everyone has their own way, if they do not know what to do, just look at what others are doing.