"I am fine, thank you," Noah said and turned to his parents expecting them to help him to get rid of this sticking gum, William.
In his last life also, he attended this party with William, not with his family. So he felt a little unfamiliar with the scenes that appeared in front of him. They were different from his last life. Noah was kinda confused though.
"Noah! I thought you wouldn't come" There was a person called Noah and he came back to reality again. Everyone looked at the way the voice came from. There was a young man who was in a white colour suit coming toward them. He had blue eyes that could attract much attention. He was a handsome man.
"Mason! Why did you think like that? I will come for my friend's engagement party for sure," Noah said while shaking hands with him. It was Mason, who was the main character of this party.
"Yeah, I know... You will not miss my party. Why are you still here? Aunty, Uncle, come with me." He guided them to a table while ignoring William who was talking with them.
'How dare this guy disturb me? Tsk!'
William was embarrassed by getting ignored. So he left there after looking at Noah angrily. William was running out of patience ever since this weak Noah started to avoid him. So he didn't want to beg more. He decided to do it his way since Noah started to behave arrogantly suddenly.
"Noah, Are you okay? Should we just kick him out?"
Lily asked when she saw Noah was kinda uncomfortable after seeing William.
"Sis! What are you talking about? This is not our place. Don't act foolishly" Noah said in a low voice. Because he knew if Lily got angry, she would never look where she was and never hesitated to do anything she wanted.
"Tsk! I am not a stranger here. I am the girlfr-. Never mind... You are so soft. If he troubles you again, kick him hard or tell me. I will kick that guy's ass," She said while clenching her hand.
"Okay.." Noah said and turned to Mowan before Lily started to talk again.
The main couple of the party came to visit everyone and talked with them. Mason's partner was also a kind girl. From what Noah heard she was also a daughter of a business family. So Noah believed that it would also be a business relationship. But since they looked happy, Noah didn't think about it more and played with Mowan who was holding his hand all the time.
"Noah, Can I talk with you for a moment?" At first, Noah assumed it was William. But it was another person. When Noah saw his face, he immediately stood up and went to that person.
"Chris! You- It's been a long time. What is it?"
Noah asked him. That person was Chris, who was the younger brother of Mason. Which means the second son of the Moklan family. Noah had a great relationship with him too. Sometimes Noah felt like he was more close to him than Mason.
"Yeah, I want you to help me with something"
When he said with a serious face Noah was kinda surprised. Because he had no idea what he could help him with. In his previous life, something like this didn't happen.
'Why are things different from then? Never mind. I can still survive here'
"Tell me. What is it?" When Noah asked that Chris's face blushed. His cheeks were red. Noah was dumbfounded when he saw him blushing.
'What's going on? Why is he blushing?'
"I would like to join your family. But I need your permission" He said it soon like he had been waiting for that moment.
'No way! Does he like me? I can't say yes. I don't like him. I will reject him politely. Yeah, I am gonna reje-'
"I like your sister" When Chris continued to talk again, Noah was dumbfounded. He choked on his breaths when he thought of rejecting his proposal politely. But it turned out to be for his sister. He was embarrassed.
'Thank god, I didn't rush to speak. I would have been embarrassed to death. Why am I thinking high of myself? This is not right.' He still couldn't stop thinking about what he thought.
"You don't like me?" When Chris saw Noah was panicking to talk with him, he was nervous thinking that he doesn't like him.
"Ah? Why do I like you? Aren't you after my sister?" Noah was already embarrassed and his mouth was out of his control. But Chris had no idea.
"Mm... It's... Your sister wanted me to ask for your permission. If you permit me, then I can date her" He explained.
"But why? Why is she- sigh... never mind. I don't have any objections. You can date her. But take care of her well. She is a calm and innocent person. So never make her angry. If you make her sad, I will separate both of you by myself." Noah said.
"Ah... Hah... I see, but I had never seen her calm or like an innocent person " He gave an awkward smile at Noah.
"Wait, What sister are you talking about? Don't tell me, it's Lily?" Noah thought that he was after his sister Lia, but he was not.
"Yeah, I am talking about Lily, not Lia... You know, the impatient and always angry Lily, your elder sister" He said while caressing his dress to cover his shyness.
"No way!" Noah cursed in surprise.
"Why are you like this? You don't want to give her to me?" He was confused and embarrassed at the same time.
"No, Chris, Are you sure? Do you like my sister?" Noah asked in disbelief.
There were some reasons for him to suspect this matter.
The first one was that none of these things happened in his last life.
The second one was he couldn't believe such a gentle young master liked his always angry and talkative sister.
The third one was that Lily had said that she would never marry someone the same as her. But Noah didn't know what she mentioned by 'same as her'
"Noah! Your sister and I are already in a relationship. I just need your 'okay' to tell our families about this" Chris said worriedly.
"Ah? Already? She didn't even tell me. It's okay, I have no objection to you marrying her." Noah was confused and kinda annoyed.
'Why did she hide it and now ask for my permission, not my parents' permission?'
"Okay, Thank you very much. Then I will get going. Soon we will become relatives," Chris winked at Noah and left there while humming a song happily.
'Ha...Lily, did you want to embarrass me?', He didn't get why she had to ask permission for something like that.
"Never mind. I have more things to do" Noah also went back to where his family was. When he came there Lily was looking at him as if she wanted to eat him.
"What? I said okay. You already planned this, Aren't you?" Noah mumbled to Lily.
"Hah... It's just I was afraid that you don't like him" Lily also mumbled again.
"Why should I? He is one of my friends. But I am kinda sad" Noah said.
"Why?"
"I am afraid that soon after you get married, he will have to go to the hospital for treatments every day. You know, you are scary. My poor friend" Noah mumbled while laughing.
Lily punched him hard and turned to the other side. After she turned away, Noah looked for Mowan. But he was not there. He asked his sister and brother if they saw him. None of them saw him. So he rushed and searched for the little boy everywhere.
He walked around the whole party hall, but couldn't find him. So he decided to leave the party hall and search outside. But when he was about to leave, he saw Mowan who was running to him while crying.
"Noah!!! huhuhu...." Mowan was sobbing even when Noah picked him up and got into his embrace.
"Mowan, I am sorry, I was talking with someone. What happened? Why are you crying?" Noah asked while patting the boy who was crying.
When he was crying everyone around them looked at them. All of them were looking at the little boy who was crying, yet holding onto the young master of the Reckbosan family.
"Noah, Noah... He is scary. He hit me" Mowan only mentioned 'he'. When Noah heard someone hit his little Mowan, he got angry. He trembled in anger. He loved this little guy so much. So just scolding him could also make Noah angry. Lily was the one who understood Noah well. So she rushed to Noah and tried to calm him down when she saw his different appearance.
"Who was that? Show me" Noah asked the boy gently.
At that moment, Mowan kinda calmed down. So he moved and looked at Noah. That's when Noah decided to beat up the guy who dare to hit Mowan. Because there were finger marks on Mowan's face. The left side of his face was red. Someone had slapped this cutie.
Even the people who were watching this could see his red cheek. What made them surprised was Noah who was clenching his fist and trying to control himself.
"Does it hurt?" Noah asked while caressing the red cheek.
"A little. Ah!" Mowan said. But he was in pain. He just wanted to coax Noah by saying 'a little.' But it hurt. Even though he lied, Noah knew it was painful. And also it was a child. How come it doesn't hurt?
"Who the hell was that? Come and show yourself before I make a fuss here", Noah let go of the child in his hand and yelled to the people there. The whole hall was silent. Even though Noah warned Lily not to behave foolishly, he also did the same.
Everyone in the hall was silent and shocked. Because the young master who was gentle was not here. Instead of an innocent young master, there was a furious one.
Nobody dared to say anything. Even though he was a 19 year old boy, everyone felt a chill of his anger. There was nothing unusual about it. He was the son of the great and the most powerful family in the entire city. He should be a powerful one for sure.
"There is no one?" Noah yelled again.
"Don't you think you should apologize for what you did? You dared to hit this child from our family?" Lily also joined him.
Everyone in the city knew if someone made the Rekbosan family angry, there was no way out for them. They would be in trouble for sure.
"Mowan, show me. Who was it?" Noah changed his tone and asked Mowan gently.
"It's him," Mowan pointed at a person in the crowd who was watching the scene.
Everyone looked at the person who dared to hit Mowan.
There was a nervous and kinda scared face that could be seen. Everyone pushed him in front to avoid getting on the nerves of the Rekbosan family.
"Is it him? Are you sure?" Noah asked Mowan to confirm it.
"It's him" Mowan was kinda scared of seeing him again. So he hid behind Noah and hold his coat tightly.
"Do you have anything to say, William?"
Noah asked the man who was accused of hitting Mowan.