THE ENTERTAINER

CHAPTER 34

“My father, William Elmer, is a great businessman. Even so, my father also started his own business, armed with the privilege and big name of my grandfather, Aldric Elmer, making my father's company grow very quickly. No one does not know the name Elmer in the business world.”

“Until one day, my mother, Katherine was betrothed to my father. They married and gave birth to me. When I was 5 years old, my father's business faltered. From then on, the house that was supposed to be where I came home, became the place I hated the most.”

“My father always fought with my mother. All I hear every day is mockery and slaps from my father for my mother, it's been going on for years. I don't understand why my mother didn't file for divorce. Though already very hurt.”

“I, who was a child, could do nothing. I was taken care of by a housekeeper as my mother's mentality deteriorated. The worst part was, when my father hadn't been home for weeks, it turned out that my mother knew that my father already had another mistress. Until one night, when I was 10 years old, my father first brought his mistress into our house.”

Naya jerks.

“It was the first time too, I saw my mother lose control until almost killing my father and that prostitute woman.”

The wound was too deep for Noah. Telling it back is like slicing a wound in the same place. Very painful and painful.

“My father feels my mother has gone mad. That night was so chaotic, I could still remember clearly, blood falling and broken glass everywhere. If it wasn't for the workers at home back then, maybe my mom would be in jail by now.”

“So your mother has been in a mental hospital since then?”

Noah nodded small. “My father never once came to see him. Maybe because my father didn't accept being paralyzed by my mother. The reason my father was in a wheelchair was because that night, my mother stabbed my father's leg until the damage was so severe.”

Naya's head throbbed painfully. It feels so heartbreaking. That night may feel like hell for a 10-year-old.

“And do you want to know why my father did not divorce my mother and chose to leave the prostitutes? Because he wants to create an image as the best husband. Not leaving his crazy wife. The outcome? He was praised by his business partners, even got the honor of being a businessman who managed to maintain his household.”

Noah suddenly laughed loudly. “And he himself put his wife there, even making fake news like yesterday.”

“Then what happened to you? Shouldn't you hate whores?”

Noah gave her a small smile. “True. That's what I should have done. I hate seductresses so much. My mother suffered a lot. I don't know what's in that jerk's brain. The little me can't do anything. My mother has no one either. To him, my father is his home.”

Naya understood that familiar feeling.

“After the incident, my father immediately sent me abroad to study. I have no power or power. That's why I learned so desperately there. I always had the ambition of building my own company, rather than inheriting my father's company. But, all of them are just ideals that I cannot achieve. My father always hinders all my efforts. It is very difficult to start when your rival is a big company owner who has high connections and relationships.”

“And when I came back, I saw my mother's condition which was still the same when I last left her, that's when I rebelled. I became a customer in a brothel. I want to make my father angry and realize his actions first is wrong.”

“What do you mean is …?

Noah nodded. “At first I just wanted to spend a lot of money there. Without thinking about sleeping with anyone. They're too disgusting for me. I hate them so much. Therefore, no matter how hard they tease me, I do not touch them.”

Just like Clara's story. Except Freya. The name of Jallang who managed to make Noah bend the knee.

“Until Riya hires one prostitute from outside. Name's Freya. The woman who kidnapped and hurt you. The woman put the medicine in my drink. I lost control.” Noah's voice swallowed. Naya should know what she meant.

“So, therefore he became very obsessed with you?”

Naya knows, both reasons are the answer. It's easy to guess a woman like Freya. A lot of women like that at work first.

“Then why did you pay me for 1 Billion? That's a lot of money for prostitutes.”

“At first I felt sorry for you, Riya told me about your husband and family. The reason these two were, I had already lost, I wanted to make my father angry. Spending money on the brothel, I waited for my father to come to his senses with his actions first.”

Naya nodded, there was no special reason for their first meeting. However, something disturbs his logic.

“Then, why do you want to sleep with me on the first day we met? Don't you like it?”

Noah chuckles. “I can't say it. Let's just say, ever since I saw you, I felt something.”

Noah wasn't lying. Since seeing Naya dancing shyly at the dance pole, and since seeing Naya's innocent body with red cheeks. Everything's changing. Noah has only wanted Naya ever since. He still hates prostitutes, but not Naya. All of Naya's stories disqualify her from Noah's hate list. To him, Naya was just trapped.

Noah pulls Naya to sit closer to him. “That's what happened in my family. I also sometimes envy the harmonious little family.”

The incandescent light beside the bench they were sitting on suddenly lit up, a golden light smashing down on their faces beautifully. Likewise with other colorful lights around the amusement park. Very pretty and awesome. The sky had turned dark blue. Naya realizes that it's time to be with Noah soon.

“It's almost night, soon the fireworks show,” said Noah who deliberately diverted the deep talk.

Without warning, Naya instead approached and covered both of their faces so as not to be seen from visitors who were busy passing by, using map paper that he had been holding. Naya kissed Noah's lips briefly there.

Noah is surprised to be unprepared, but when Naya retreats, Noah pulls her back and kisses her lips for longer.

Naya let go first. “Sometimes later, I hope, we meet with better circumstances,” murmur is small.

Noah did not understand Naya's words. Naya smiled to herself with a sad look.

“Come, we should take place at the very front.” Naya then stood up and pulled Noah's hand.

Arriving there, many people had gathered to wait for the fireworks, when Noah had found a place for them, Naya whispered that she would go to the bathroom first. Noah would have stood up to accompany Naya, but Naya forbade him and reasoned that their place was very strategic, and Naya did not want to lose it. Without harboring any suspicions, Noah nodded and allowed Naya to leave on her own.

Before actually leaving, Naya turned to look at Noah who was sitting behind her. At that time his heart strongly rejected Naya's plan. But he has no other choice. Forcing her situation with Noah would only further make the two of them suffer. Especially with Noah's story about his father's mistress.

Naya understands a little about what Mr. Elmer actually planned to reject Naya out loud. It was a mistake of his past that he did not want his son to experience the same thing. Noah's father tries to keep his son from repeating his mistakes, while Noah, who tries to make his father realize that he has hurt his mother, falls in love with a prostitute.

With tears falling down, Naya walked away. After what Noah told her that night, Naya realized there was no place for her. A prostitute, will not get a place in any family. Naya's heart again grimaced with pain, her heart muttered another name. Damn, at the same time his heart had to let go.

Naya disappears without knowing that on that night, Noah had something in his jacket pocket that he had been hiding. A small square box covered in blue leather from a luxury diamond jewelry brand.

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