"Wait!" said Asya unconsciously.
Sean who was about to climb the stairs immediately stopped his steps and glanced at Asya lazily. "What is it? Again?" He asked. Half annoyed.
Asya opened her mouth, about to ask Sean something. However, for some reason her tongue felt numb, as if the words she had in mind suddenly disappeared.
Seeing Asya's reaction, which was silent like confusion, Sean just looked at Asya lightly. "Just a waste of my time, Bastard," sneered Sean looked at Asya coldly. Next, without waiting for Asya's reaction, Sean quickly climbed the stairs to catch up with Lathia's first steps to the top floor.
Asya was silent in place while watching Sean's departure. The girl wondered in her heart, how come Sean could be in this house? And who was the girl Sean was chasing just now? Asya is really confused. However, it is undeniable, Asya is a girl who quickly draws conclusions. Asya thinks that Sean is also one of the people who live in this house. Or it could be one of the guests who came to the party organized by the Alexander family. She don't know, Asya doesn't know anything. The girl was just curious, what will the two of them do above? Judging from his behavior, it seemed that Sean and Lathia were fighting.
With her courage and curiosity, Asya began to walk up the stairs, following in Sean's footsteps. When she took a few more steps to reach the second floor, Asya heard the faint voice of Lathia scolding Sean.
"Lathia, please listen to me, are you going to just give up?!" Sean asked looking at Lathia in disbelief. On the other hand, Asya was eavesdropping behind a wall, listening to what was the topic of their conversation.
Lathia looked down, with both hands gripping the black dress she was wearing tightly. The moonlight shone on the girl's beautiful face, the face that had been polished with make-up was even more charming and able to hypnotize those who saw it.
"Sorry, Sean. I can not. We can't be together, not can we be in a relationship anymore," Lathia said in a low voice. The girl's face began to turn red, with beads of water starting to fall.
Sean snorted a little, couldn't understand Lathia who just gave up without any effort to fight. The man then grabbed Lathia's shoulders, and motioned Lathia to look at his.
"Look into my eyes," said Sean seriously.
Lathia lifted her face and looked at Sean expressionlessly.
"Lathia, if you really love me, fight for our relationship. I've been patiently maintaining this relationship, without my family knowing, and struggling to keep my heart away from you. And when you came back here, you just cut off our ties? I don't accept it." Sean said coldly.
Lathia was still silent, then broke her eye contact. She let go of Sean's two hands that held her shoulders. Then Lathia turned to gently caress Sean's cheek, staring at Sean's eyes intently, with the corners of her lips slightly raised. "You were in a relationship with me while I was abroad. At that time, I had accepted Crish as my boyfriend. Crish is a very nice person, he is caring and has been helping me all this time. Should I betray him?" Lathia asked, hoping Sean would understand. "Sean, Crish this is your brother. He has great faith in both of us. I can't betray him any longer. Moreover, we will soon start to a more serious level. So, before that happens, I want us to stop here. Please forget me now, before Crish and I get married, you have to forget me. I beg you." The girl continued in a trembling and soft voice. She smiled sweetly, full of hope, at the same time the pain that whacked in her chest.
While abroad—America, Lathia sometimes has connections with Sean. At first, Sean often communicated with Lathia just to ask how Crish was sometimes busy with his studies. However, gradually Sean's liking came, before, Sean had also liked Lathia. Until Sean and Lathia secretly had a relationship in the midst of Crish, who at that time had also determined Lathia as the girl he would marry later. Therefore, Lathia wants to end her relationship with Sean now, for Lathia, Sean is nothing compared to Crish.
After that, Lathia backed away and quickly, the girl left, down the stairs to return to the party hall. Crish will definitely look for it. However, at least Lathia had explained and given her decision to Sean.
"I don't think I'll regret it, I'm already very grateful to have Crish. I don't want to hurt his heart." Lathia mumbled who had left Sean alone.
On the other side, Sean was still silent. Dissolved into the silence in that place, with his mind still glued to the words that Lathia said to him. Sean felt, not believing what Lathia was talking about, as if the girl's words were reluctant to be digested by his mind. Is this a dream? Sean thinks, if this is a dream, please wake him up so he doesn't hear such suffocating words again.
Until Sean's thoughts were broken, when he realized that Lathia had left him. Sean wanted to chase Lathia, trying to find a chance so that his secret relationship with the girl wouldn't end that easily. The man turned around, with feelings that did not want to give up, Sean ran, about to go down the stairs.
However, as Sean took a few steps away, a girl's voice caught his attention.
"Ouh, so it's like that," said Asya which made Sean's steps freeze. Next, Sean glanced at Asya quickly, and found the girl was staring at him while folding her arms.
"Love the girl who already belongs to your brother? It's really sad. Tsk tsk tsk," Asya sneered with a crooked smile.
Sean didn't flinch. He only gave Asya a cold stare, the emotion he was holding back because he bestowed Lathia on Asya through his death stare.
"It's not that I want to meddle in other people's business, but that girl was right. You shouldn't maintain your relationship with him," said Asya without knowing what the consequences would be for telling Sean that.
Sean looked at Asya in disbelief. The man snorted, then laughed heartily. Did Sean hear right? Asya advises him?! Quickly, Sean pulled the girl's collar, so Asya's body was lifted slightly into the air and her feet tiptoed.
Asya immediately widened her eyes with held breath. The girl was surprised by what Sean did. Moreover, the distance from her face to the man. Asya could clearly see the glint of hatred in Sean's eyes as well as the man's breath that seemed so emotional.
"I will kill you if you dare meddle in my business again!" pressed Sean through gritted teeth, a sign that the man was really angry now.
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