Aster Veren
Episode 163

- Esther

After that night, I was advised to rest for a few more days in the hospital. You will be allowed to go home today after the last checkup.

"Everything's done, miss." Mila said after she finished putting all my clothes into the big bag beside me.

"Hans is waiting downstairs, too." Continue while looking at the headphone screen.

"Then we go now." I said as I got up from my sitting position, then Mila's sister started following me out of the room where I was being treated.

"On tuan–" he said immediately I cut.

"I'll be gone tomorrow morning."

"But, the lady just got out of the hospital. Wouldn't it be better for the lady to rest for a few days?" He said as we got into the elevator.

"I've had a lot of rest in the hospital." I answered while pressing the ground floor button.

And again, I want to see you soon. I'm really impatient now that I've heard about the father's condition that has improved. Especially when I was unconscious, Dad was awake. And it made my longing feeling unbearable.

The elevator door opened making me rush out of there, followed by Mila's sister. Then I saw that Uncle Hans was waiting for me at the entrance of the hospital.

"Good morning, miss, congratulations on your recovery." He bowed his body slightly before taking over the big bag in Mila's hands.

"Thank you." I tried to show my best smile before uncle ran to the back of the car, to put the big bag in his hand into the trunk of the car.

"Please enter miss." Kak Mila opened the car door in front of me, even though I could open it myself. But Mila didn't just let me.

I quickly got into the car, followed by Mila's brother and uncle Hans who had run to the front of the car. Prepare to drive the car to the Veren residence.

"Would you like to go somewhere first?" Uncle Hans asked as the car had just sped up, leaving the hospital courtyard.

"No, I want to quickly get home and prepare for my departure to Singapore tomorrow morning." My answer could not hide my happy expression when imagining the figure of the father who was already human.

Would you be surprised to see me come to visit him? I continued in my heart, wondering with my father's reaction that I couldn't have guessed.

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- Carel

I breathed heavily for the next time, thinking about how I could escape from the academy to meet Aster.

I'm really worried right now, because after my return from the hospital. I've never been to him again, and there's no word.

It's even been past a few days, is Aster still unconscious as well? My mind can't stop thinking about him.

"You're not thinking about running away again, are you?" Teo's voice surprised me.

"Can you read minds?" My grunts were annoyed by his guesses that were always on target.

"Your face is easy to guess." He sat in an empty chair beside me.

"Hah~ wants how hard I think. There seems to be no other way for me to leave the academy." I murmured after sighing in lethargy.

"Yes, just give up. Otherwise, you could get punished again if caught running." Teo reminded me of my escape two days ago. I plan to leave secretly from the academy, and return as soon as possible. But I was caught off guard by Mr. Justin.

"Then you replace me. Go to the hospital and report Aster's condition to me." I said after getting a brilliant idea, because this child rarely goes outside. So of course the exit permit is still a lot, right?

"No way!" The refusal makes me cringe.

"Why?"

"Bother,"

"You–"

"I didn't know you weren't mad at Aster anymore." His cut makes me shut up.

I even realized that the last time I met Aster, my relationship with him was not good because the conversation that night really upset me.

Then, suddenly I was asked by the blonde man beside me to accompany Kalea. At first the boy didn't tell me where I was going. But after arriving at the Veren residence, I only realized that he was planning to visit Aster.

Then we dealt with some servants, they kept telling me that Aster was nowhere to be found and asked us to visit him next time. But Kalea insisted on meeting Aster until a sound was heard in Aster's room, which was then our position in the room next to her. Then my netra caught the figure of Hans and Mila running to Aster's room in a hurry along with her pale face which confused me.

At that time Kalea took the opportunity to go to Aster's room when the attention of the servants was diverted to the figure of Hans and Mila. And I, I followed him from behind with the servants chasing after Kalea.

And that's where I saw Aster's condition that was not as usual, at first I thought his shortness of breath relapsed. But when I heard that she was drinking poisonous tea, I suddenly felt annoyed. How could this many servants not be able to keep an eye on what his master was eating and drinking?

"... I'm still mad at him." I said after a long silence.

"Related?"

"Yes. He owes me an explanation." Dengusku recalled the incoming message from Dwi.

He wouldn't pretend to forget to avoid me would he? I continued in my heart, I don't know if I can trust my stupid brother. His words alone were unbelievable, how could I believe that suddenly sending a message would reveal all the secrets he had hidden from me. Whereas before he insisted on telling me when I graduated from the academy.

"Hee... So you're hoping Aster will give you an explanation?"

"Of course!" My grunts while glaring annoyed at Teo.

"You ... apparently still really like Aster huh?" Her sneer made me even more arrogant when I saw her seductive expression. And the other reason that got me hooked was myself. Wh why? Because suddenly my memory of kissing Aster in the infirmary came back to haunt me.

Why did his memory appear at such an inopportune time?

"When you're engaged to Lusy. But your heart is still on Aster. How'this? Are you going to hurt a woman again?" It really pierced my heart.

"Just yesterday you said you were going to forget about Aster and try to get close to that Lusy-Lusy guy. But today your mind has changed again, indeed yes love can not–"

"Teo!" My words were full of emphasis, cutting his increasingly obscure chatter.

"What's? I'm not afraid of that look of yours! I was immune, hha-hahaha ..," he immediately ran away from me laughing.

"You're back! Don't run away, he said he wasn't afraid of me!" Shouted me while chasing after him.

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