Aster Veren
Episode 75's

- Villa

The time had already shown at 11:00 pm, but the lady was still awake in the living room hugging the sofa cushion on her lap with her gloomy expression.

I who accompanied her could not say anything after running out of words to reply to the strong miss would not go to her room when I persuaded her.

My eyes could only stare blankly at the white cup before the lady, the hot brown cup that the lady had finished drinking.

Ugh, I feel a bad feeling if miss doesn't go to bed right away. My mind felt a cold sweat on my back, my head really could not stop imagining the expression of Mr. Ansel entering the door of the house and finding the lady who had not fallen asleep until this late.

"No–nona ...." I broke the silence, trying to brave myself to persuade her to go back to sleep.

"Hm?" Miss muttered while glancing lazily at me who was still standing beside the lady who increasingly tightened her embrace on the sofa cushion in her lap.

"Sa–I beg pe–please sleep miss. If master sees miss still awake, he can scold me for not being able to look after miss. I know she's very worried about you, but she also has to remember that tomorrow morning she has to be ready to go to the dorm. I don't want to see the lady get sick from lack of sleep. You can also be sad if you see a sick lady, so I beg ..," I was shocked after I managed to gather all my courage to express the contents of my carving to the lady.

"Miss?" I continued to examine the expression of the lady who was getting moody when I did not find any reaction.

How'this? I feel guilty for my lady, but if she doesn't go to bed either. My inner self, while imagining Mr. Ansel's unfriendly expression every time he came home late, I couldn't even recognize his figure.

The lord during the day and night is completely different, and I don't like it when it comes to seeing his creepy side. I also don't want miss to see such a sinister side of the master.

"An–anu miss–"

"I know .. but I don't want to sleep now. If Mila's sister is sleepy sister can go to sister's room now." It made me no longer able to speak for a while.

"Bu–it's not like that, anyways where can I leave the lady alone here." Clearly I was shaking my head along with my declining tone of voice.

"Yah~ if miss insists, I won't talk much anymore. Allow me to stay here with miss." I continued after breathing deeply.

"Then sit down!" Let's tell the lady to surprise me.

"Ma–how can I sit with the lady," I refused to feel bad for the lady, but there was no meaningful answer from her.

The purple bead kept watching the two doors on his right side of the house that were still tightly closed, there was no sign that the door would open from the outside. Even the sound of the clockwork increasingly sounded so sunyinya the master's house tonight, because all the servants were asleep in their dreams.

"Geez!" I said feeling surprised when I saw the lady was asleep in her seat while hugging the sofa cushion on her lap.

"When the look in his eyes did not look sleepy at all, did the lady force herself?" I continued muttering while confirming the sleeping position of the lady to be more comfortable before I went to call the person who could move the lady to her room. After all, the lady's body is too heavy for me, even though it looks like she's skinny.

If you remember again, this afternoon the lady has been doing a lot of activities, it is certain that her body is very tired now. My inner being while standing from my squatting position and intending to go to his room the male servant to ask for help from them.

But I have not been able to leave, the sound of the door of the house has been opened featuring the figure of Mr. Ansel who looks exhausted with a suit of ash that he gripped, even the tip of his shirt looks tangled out of his pants.

Our eyes also met each other, and I saw her gaze sharpening bit by bit. Especially when you see the lady sleeping on the sofa while hugging the sofa pillow.

"Se–good night sir." My words were stirred while bowing my body slightly and not daring to stare at his red bead out of fear. All I could do was look down while tightly grasping both of my hands.

"That .. miss overslept while waiting for the return of the master. Sa–I persuaded the lady to go to bed early, tap–but the lady refused. Please forgive me for not being able to men–" Obviously I stopped when I heard the sigh of Mr. Ansel who sounded tired before holding the lady to his room without waiting for me to finish speaking.

Hah~ congratulations! My mind stroked my chest after sighing in relief because master did not show the expression I was afraid of. She even carried the lady to her room.

"I'd better also go back to my room to go to bed, then wake up early to prepare breakfast for Miss and Mr. Ansel." I continued muttering as I walked towards my room, but again my steps came to a standstill when I noticed the red patches on Mr. Ansel's shirt and shoes, there was even a slight bruise on his face that I had a glimpse of earlier.

"Mr Ansel .. It feels like I haven't seen her like that for a long time. This time what else made it so? But, syu– thank goodness miss overslept." I continued to move back to my room.

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- Ansel

It was 11:20 p.m., I just got home after a long conversation with Ian, Arsel, Eric and Tomi.

"It's exhausting" I muttered as I brushed my hair and rubbed my face before getting out of my car.

I closed the door of my car lazily, then leaned on the car while watching the night sky, the starry sky with the bright moonlight. Looks so pretty.

"Mom forgive me." I muttered as I remembered the contents of the SD Card I had heard with Arsel and others at Ian's house.

Who would have thought that the contents were the conversation of the mother with the old woman, even the woman told the mother about the tea drunk by the mother, the tea that she deliberately poisoned. He also dared to threaten mother without fear, then asked mother to be careful on the way home from the Michelle family residence.

"Truly premeditated murder ...." I muttered while clenching my right hand tightly, trying to temper all my anger there.

"... calm down, brother, this time let me take care of it. You don't have to take care of everything alone, trust me. I'm part of your family too, right? For the time being you're focusing on Aster alone, shouldn't he be going to the dorm tomorrow? You have to drive him, right?" Arsel's voice again flashed in my head, awakening me to a reality I could not yet fully accept.

"It's getting harder to accept a mother's departure after knowing what happened to her ...."

"You crazy?! How could you think of canceling sending Aster to the dormitory? You don't think he'll be safer there?" Arsel's voice again flashed in my head as I thought of a plan to cancel Aster's departure. I don't know why it felt like he would be safer if he was in my custody, but Arsel's voice exploded in my head.

Is it true that he would be safe if he were far away from me? My mind wondered as I let out a weary sigh, thinking about what Arsel had said about my decision which he considered to be wrong.

"Well, let's just say he's telling the truth." I continued while scratching my back head and walking towards the door of the house after being satisfied thinking about what Arsel said.

I decided to go into the house because the day was getting late and the night wind was getting cold.

"... all day I was really very busy ya to forget about Aster. Is he sleeping well?" I muttered while opening the door of the house after turning the house key I put into the keyhole.

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