
BRACKET!
"Meet!"
Chloe looked up to feel the presence of someone near her, Staring at the figure of the blue-blossomed youth with his dark purple netra, Si Al. The young man smiled widely, Approaching a bit of his face.
While Chloe whose brain is still in the process of being suddenly shocked to find the face of Al who is so close to her, Al, As a result, he accidentally pushed the chair he was sitting on until it fell and ended with the body landing first with not his elite.
"YYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
BRUK!
"Cloe!"
Azura and Ash exclaimed in shock, While Revan only looked flat, Then Ivy who was only shocked in silence and the twins, Leo and Leon who immediately turned their heads but did not help at all. And Al who was silent.
"Chloe are you okay?!" Azura asked to help Chloe stand up, The girl just kept quiet with her head twitching to the floor.
"Yes, a little" Chloe replied in a daze, It feels like her head is still dizzy and a little sore.
Ash who saw the incident with the others then immediately nudged Al while reprimanding the young man in blue.
"Al!" Tegur Ash's.
"Sorry, Chloe," said Al stammered, Feeling guilty has shocked the girl.
"Haha, I'm fine," After feeling her dizziness subside, Chloe gave a crisp laugh. The atmosphere of the room became cold.
"Surely like a stupid girl! I was so unsure that he was made Ivy's bodyguard," thought Revan flatly as he sat in his seat of choice.
Chloe sat back in her chair which was standing as before, The girl exhaled softly. Chloe's expression that looks like it has a lot of burden on the mind was realized by Azura. The young man decided to open a conversation between them.
"So...Chloe, can you tell me about yourself?" Azura asked softly.
"What news? I don't think there's anything I can tell you," Chloe shuddered her shoulders confused.
"Your little time maybe?" Reply Revan is indifferent but also curious.
"Little age huh..," Chloe propped up her chin while thinking. "But my childhood was gloomy, you know,"
"W-What's so dark, that you don't want to tell it?" Ivy asked stammered, Her gaze straight at Chloe with a timid face.
"Hm...Not really, just a burem,"
"Huh?! Burems?" When Al's brain suddenly completes, Gak is finished with the words of Chloe.
"Please don't joke Chloe," Ash smiled, Still waiting for the girl's story while waiting for their food to come.
"Eh? Eh? Not that, I mean I don't really remember my childhood. So I find it hard to tell you guys" Chloe said. "What do you want to know anyway? You guys in on this or what?"
Nah!
"We need to know the background of the new worker employed by Brother Eli, it could be that your arrival here has another purpose besides keeping Ivy,"
The set!
Chloe gasped when suddenly Leon was beside her while putting food in front of her, Glancing at him with a golden netra that stared intently, Although the young man's lips still displayed a calm smile.
Waitaminute! Don't tell me they're all suspicious of him? It was as if he was a villain who would attack them when they were off guard. Chloe looked at all the members of Michelle's family one by one (Except Elizabeth and Rafael who were not there). Everything looked so clear, Their gazes were all so cold and full of vigilance, Trivial and intimidating. Only Ivy, Ash, and Al don't look at him that way.
Chloe looked down to avert her eyes, For some reason the temperature of this room suddenly increased drastically, The colder it is.
"Please, don't look at me like that. Don't look at me as if I'm a criminal you need to watch out for" said Chloe, who was heard by all the residents there. The girl's hand gripped tightly at the end of her shirt.
"Chloe, why do you think that?" Ash is, of course, surprised by Chloe's unexpected words.
"No, It's just...Your gaze reminds me of that man,"
Hearing the story from Chloe makes Leo look at the grim face of the blue-blonde girl clingy, making sure whether Chloe is lying or not.
"He wasn't lying, that expression was unmistakable because of the trauma caused by his bad memories. Could it be that those bad memories happened when she was a child?" Leo thought curious but he did not want to ask further and chose silence.
Not a word more was spoken, Everything dissolved in a stillness busy with each other's thoughts. Until Azura who basically did not like the name of silence, He opened his voice again.
"Hey, you guys don't shut up. Later it will be cold, you know," said Azura who was more direct to the invitation. He began to eat his food quietly.
One by one they began to eat breakfast each after waking up from the daydream, choosing to eat in silence interspersed with a few laughs from Al, Ash, Azura, and Leo.
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After dinner they go to take care of their respective activities, leaving Chloe in the dining room with Ash who chose to accompany the girl even though Chloe herself did not ask for it.
Ash propped up his chin looking at the pensive Chloe in silence, As a good senior where perhaps Ash let his underclassmen alone let alone in this sad state.
The green-blossomed young man climbed up from his seat, approached Chloe and sat down beside the girl. Even as she approached, Chloe did not budge at all.
"I'm sorry, you know," said Ash with a friendly smile, making Chloe who heard Ash's voice then turned her head.
"Which question?"
"On those who stare at you as a threat" Ash breathed softly, Feeling unwell at the behavior of his brothers. "We used to have a bad time with a new worker, he was also assigned as Ivy's bodyguard. But knowing Ivy was the weakest among us, he decided to kidnap her and ask us for a ransom,"
"So from that moment on we couldn't trust anyone else including the new workers just like that, we always acted alert when there were guests visiting our mansion," Clearly Ash turned his gaze to stare at the window frame.
"I see, I don't think you guys like my being here for no reason. Apparently because of the incident, yes" Chloe smiled blandly, She thought that Michelle's family attitude to her because they wanted her to leave immediately.
"Haha, no. You take it easy, after a long stay here you'll get used to it" Ash chuckled softly, patting the girl on the shoulder.
"Yes, thank you for telling me Ash's sister" Chloe replied with a cheerful smile.
"Sama-sama, you take a quick break. I go first, yes" Ash stepped up from his seat.
"Yes, good night, Brother Ash,"
"Good night,"
Ash leaves Chloe alone in the room, Chloe decides to wash her hands briefly in the sink before leaving.
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[Other acquisitions]
Cklek!
The door of the room opened showing a woman with brown eyes entering someone's room, He approached a man who looked busy with his laptop. To the extent that when the woman was already beside him, the man did not turn his head to make the woman puff her cheeks upset.
He pinched the man's cheek and shook it slowly. "Darling! Until when do you keep dating your laptop?! The time I came didn't you notice anyway?" The woman said, Not letting go of the pinch.
"Ughhh!...Eli, I'm doing my job. Besides, you're not here to say anything," the man stopped his activities and went straight to Elizabeth, who is his lover.
She held Elizabeth's hand on her cheek and kept her away slowly, a shady smile etched on the man's lips when she saw Eli's annoyed expression on her. His hands stretched out rubbing Eli's cheeks gently.
Got a swipe on his cheek to make Elizabeth calm, Before long the man climbed out of his chair and sat Eli there. He took a new chair and sat down next to his girlfriend.
"So, what brought you here Eli? Then where's Rafael, isn't he with you often?" Ask the man while presenting two cans of coffee from the coffee machine in his room.
"I was coming with Rafael but I asked him to wait outside" Eli opened the lid of his can and drank the contents for a moment. "There's new info, I've brought him to live in my mansion,"
"really? That means you made it?!" Netra the round man was surprised for a moment then smiled gently.
"Yes, but not for free. I hired him to be Ivy's bodyguard. Doesn't matter, does it?"
"Thank God, it's fine as long as he's fine," The man smiled happily, his young brown Netra looked down at him. "I've been watching him all this time, hoping to find the right time to take him home. But for almost a year I lost track of him, but with your help. Finally he can be found again, Thank you,"
Elizabeth smiled softly and clasped her lover's hand. "Together, don't hesitate so. Anyway, I've considered my own sister the same as you, and at the request of Aunt Carmilia,"
"Yes, Mother must be glad we found her" the man held Eli in his hand. "But I need time to meet him again, for now he lives with you first, Eli,"
"Of course, it doesn't matter to me. You just need to get yourself ready to tell her everything that happened to her,"
"Yes, I get it,"
The two looked at each other in silence, staring fixedly at each other until they both closed their eyes. When their faces were close together for another 5 inches, suddenly the door of the room opened revealing a figure of a bully who had just come and accidentally saw an absurd thing that he should not have seen.
Cklek!
"Sister, Are you done–"
Rafael instantly silenced, his eyes twitching for a moment processing the situation before him. While the man and Elizabeth had distanced themselves with faces flushed with shame, Shame had been caught by Rafael.
"....."
Crick! Crick! Crick!
No one made a sound for a few seconds, Even the atmosphere of the room suddenly turned awkward. Until Rafael again voiced clumsy, Feeling bad because it has disturbed two lovebirds who are friendly.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I'm just saying I'm just gonna wait in the car,"
Without waiting for the answer of the two, Rafael hurriedly closed the door carefully before his footsteps carried him away from there. Before leaving, he shuddered.
"It's great that Eli and Brother-in-law, I never even did it with my boyfriend," thought Rafael, Maybe after this he thought he would ask his girlfriend out.
Beside Eli and the Man, the two were still silent. Then Eli looked at his sweetly curled watch on his left wrist, showing at 8 p.m. Eli was getting ready to leave.
"Darling, I went home first, yes" said Eli rising from his seat followed by the man.
"Yes, be careful on the road,"
Then the man suddenly hugged Eli and whispered softly right in the woman's ear.
"We continue later," Whispered the man with a small grin, Hearing the whisper of his lover making Eli's face look embarrassed, He just nodded slowly in response.
The man let go of his embrace with a faint smile and slowly scrambled the woman's brown mane. "Buh, be careful, baby,"
"Yes, Bye-bye,"
Before leaving Eli dipped his lover's cheeks briefly then immediately hurried away from there with a face that was still flushed.
Blam it!
While the man who got a kiss on his cheek just laughed softly felt anxious with the behavior of his lover who had gone from there.
"That's all, unfortunately only met for a while," muttered the man still chuckling before returning to focus with his work.
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[The next day]
The sun began to appear from the eastern horizon, shining the earth timidly. Chloe who felt the stinging sunlight instantly opened her eyes slowly, Staring at the ceiling of her mid-century Victorian room. With a faint expression of himself forcing his body to wake up, Sit down before rubbing his face slowly.
With a shunt move, Chloe headed for the bathroom while carrying a towel on her shoulders. Not until 20 minutes, he was fresh fit after coming out of there. Chloe begins to wear semi-formal clothing, Jackets, Backpacks, and her favorite bracelets and necklaces.
After combing her hair for a while and tying her to a pony tail and wearing a thin powder, the blue-covered girl hurriedly exited the room down the stairs to the kitchen.
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Taps! Taps! Taps!
"Good morning everyone," said Chloe cheerfully as her steps stopped in the kitchen room.
"For Chloe," said Elizabeth back with a gentle smile while the rest just nodded without answering the girl's greeting.
Everything had gathered only her late self, Chloe rushed to sit beside Azura because there was only an empty seat.
"Oh yeah, I heard Chloe's on campus with Ash?" Eli opened the conversation.
"True, Brother Ash is my college-level brother,"
"Haha, but we rarely meet because we are busy with each other's studies, right Chloe?" Ash turned slowly to the girl with a crisp laugh.
"Hu'um, I'm right. I even spend more time in the campus cafeteria or if I don't go to the medical school to meet Alice and Evelyn," Chloe replied with a cheerful smile.
Hearing Alice and Evelyn's name, all the members of Michelle who were sitting there looked at her in unison (Except Leo and Leon who were cooking). They looked at me with a different view.
"Do you know Alice and Evelyn?" Al asked somewhat in shock.
"Eh, Yes. The three of us used to be in High School but unfortunately fit different majors. Why mother?" Gaining different gazes from Michelle's family members made Chloe astonished.
"If you're friends with Alice, you know what happened to Alice when you were in high school, right?" Azura said curiously.
"Why do you want to know? I know Michelle's family has nothing to do with the Brisken family,"
Elizabeth exhaled softly, Angrily she typed something on her phone and sent the message to all of her sisters, warning them not to ask any further.
Ting!
All of Eli's sisters who got a message from Eli immediately opened their respective phones including Al and Azura who asked earlier, except Chloe who stared in surprise.
To: Elizabeth Michelle
Enough already! You guys don't ask any further, it's not time he found out yet! Please give him time to know everything slowly!
All of them were silent after getting a warning message from Elizabeth, Azura turned her eyes and looked back at Chloe with her friendly smile.
"Ah, It's okay Chloe. We were just curious, No need to answer is also okay," Reply Azura, He keeps the phone in his pocket. Chloe nodded in understanding.
Before long Leo and Leon came to bring their own food, They began to eat their food now with silence without anyone talking again.
TB