Can It Be Us?
FIGHT TOGETHER

Ailee chose to sit down while others preferred to take photographs. He saw a chair and chose to sit there.

Adrian, who does not find Ailee's whereabouts, searches for the woman. A smile was instantly etched upon finding Ailee sitting while paying attention to the others.

Adrian walked over to Ailee. Ailee is unaware of Adrian walking towards her.

"What meda?"

Ailee turned her head and found Adrian already standing next to her. The man also sat down.

"You didn't see it?" Behind asked Ailee who was not staring at Adrian.

Adrian chuckles. "You're so funny."

Ailee did not reply. The woman kept watching the others.

"Why are you lying to yourself?"

Ailee looked at Adrian. "You mean?"

"I know everything. It's because of my family, right?"

Ailee did not answer. He just smiled a little. "Why are you so confident? You think I love you?"

"Yes." Yeah." Reply Adrian sure.

"Nothing to do with your family. They didn't tell me to stay away from you. But I used you. I don't love you anyway." Ailee said a lie.

Adrian chuckles. "Your lies are very visible Ailee." Adrian.

"As far as you. The point is I'm not lying."

"Alright," Adrian looked at Ailee who was looking the other way. "Say I don't love you while looking at me. If you really don't love me." Adrian.

Ailee clenched both her hands. Why didn't Adrian leave his life? Why does that guy make it so hard to forget? Forget it, don't forget the man, just stop loving him Ailee can't.

"Can't you?" Adrian said, ending with a ruckus.

Ailee will get up, but her hand is held by Adrian. The woman clucked and looked at Adrian. "Take my hand off."

"Where are you going?"

"It's none of your business."

"My company. If you don't love me, then accompany me here."

Ailee fell silent, after a few seconds the woman exhaled and then sat down next to Adrian.

"I want a story, do you want to listen?" Adrian.

"Just leave the story."

Adrian chuckles. "Even if you don't look at me, I know you'll listen to my story."

"I have an aunt. He's my father's brother." Adrian turned to Ailee. The woman did not look at him, but Adrian knew that Ailee must have listened to him.

"He loves his own driver."

Ailee looked at Adrian. Adrian smiled and continued his story. "Yes, my aunt can drive, but she's banned from driving for fear of unwanted things. So my family hired a young driver for my aunt. Every time my aunt left, the driver was always coming. My aunt is a quiet person. He never told anyone anything. About his life or whatever it is." Adrian was silent for a while before continuing the story. He looked at Ailee and Ailee was looking at him.

"Every day with the driver made my aunt accustomed to her presence. Even they started to get along even though the driver was still keeping his distance because of how my aunt was his employer. It just so happened that my aunt didn't have any friends because my grandfather was watching her. And my aunt became close to that driver. My aunt started talking about her life to the driver. The driver's response also made my aunt very calm. Makes her comfortable talking to the driver. Over time my aunt began to tell me her grievances living in a wealthy family. The driver was always listening to my aunt's story, he would respond if he felt he had to. Makes my aunt very comfortable. Until my aunt fell in love. Yeah, he's in love with his own driver."

"Then?"

Adrian looked at Ailee who looked enthusiastic. In his heart he smiled. The beauty of the woman has not changed until now. Although he claimed to not love Adrian anymore, but he was sure it was only his family's errand to make him give up and match him with the woman his family wanted.

"My aunt didn't dare to express her feelings, but after a few months later, my aunt already steadied her heart. He expressed his feelings, and it turned out that the driver loved me, my aunt. The difference is that he didn't dare to speak it because he felt it was inappropriate."

"Have they become lovers?"

Adrian nodded. "Yes, they were dating secretly, until my uncle, my father's brother, found out. He told it to Grandpa. Grandpa was so angry, he fired the driver and immediately set my aunt up with the man she had chosen."

"It's too far." Ailee murmured slowly but could still be heard by Adrian.

Adrian chuckles. "outrageous right? And that's what they're gonna do to us."

Ailee looked at Adrian. In just a few seconds, the woman then shifted her gaze.

"Then what happened to your aunt?"

"My aunt's mad. He does not want his life to be arranged by the family anymore. He also has something he likes. He loves someone too. Not everything in his life the family had to interfere. With his savings remaining, he left. Go with that driver."

"Then how's your aunt?"

"I'm the only one who's still calling my aunt. All the families don't care about my aunt's life. He is now a designer. He went to school in Paris. He really wants to be a designer. He now has a boutique. Not small, but not too big. He started to build everything from there. He is married to the driver and has a very cute son. I used to call him without my family's knowledge. She started with her husband from the beginning. My aunt said, if we love that guy, what's wrong with us chasing after him? After all, we are not robots that can be used at will by the family." Adrian.

Ailee looked at Adrian. 'Is this how Adrian feels now?' Inner woman it is.

"You must understand Ailee. If you want to fight with me, I'll be very happy. I will fight with you too. Don't be afraid I'll leave you because of the fact that it won't happen. Ilove you. It will always be, and always will be you I love."

Ailee froze at Adrian's words. This guy loves her so much, but why would he do this to her? Ailee felt like she was the worst person to do this to someone who loved her.

"Why should I?" Said Ailee.

"Why should I love Adrian?"

Adrian smiling. "I can't answer it, because I don't know what the answer is either."

Ailee exhaled. "If you were given a chance to forget me, would you love someone else?"

"No, because I won't be able to forget you. If I could, I would find a woman like you. And there's no. Because you're the only one like this."

Ailee tried not to let out her tears. He held back as much as possible not to cry in front of Adrian. "Why? Why should I love you so deeply?"

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