Cinderella and the Mafia Chairman
Section 21

Now Ella is taken to a luxury apartment with a strict security system. Darrel didn't want Ella to be suspicious of him. But rather than something like that happening, it would be better to grow a curiosity.

Since his meeting with Ano, questions after questions of course Ella throws. He's curious about Darrel's true identity.

"It's Ella, stop asking. You better rest. I'll make sure it's safer here." Pinta Darrel as he walked towards the glass wall that is still covered in curtains.

"But your anger is not like a friend." Ask Ella again and again. He witnessed for himself how not to strangle Ano earlier.

"I'm chairman. Ano and the others including my men." Darrel is completely out of answers. She didn't expect Ella to be so chatty.

"Actually you're spying on what the hell, brother? On campus there's a dangerous network or..." Darrel chuckles so much that Ella's question comes to a halt. He turned his body, staring at Ella who had not sat down since.

"You won't understand what I'm doing. For sure I promise to help you regardless of this matter." Ella sat weakly with a bead staring at Darrel. Seen from the glass, the day looks dark. That's a sign Darrel's gonna be leaving her soon.

He's going home. If there was such an incident, how? I must have been caught. Ella was complaining. He had imagined that rejection would lead to hunting. A little Ella knows the power of Prapto who also has many lackeys whose lives have been sold.

"What time are you coming home, brother?" Ask Ella slowly.

"Why?" Darrel could read the worry on Ella's face.

"It's okay. Just asking."

"A little while." Darrel replied lying. I wonder how Ella responded to that sentence.

"Em so." At least this place is not like a warehouse. How much does the rent cost? Is the spy job a huge paycheck?

Still Ella wondered in her heart about the place she lived. Ella did not know, if the luxury apartment was private. Access in and out must be through a fingerprint system with bulletproof glass.

While walking towards the sofa, Darrel sends a short message to Nay.

💌Ma I'm not coming home tonight. The brain request may be that I eat tomorrow.

After sending the message. Darrel turned off his phone. He felt that he had been separated from the reconnaissance because he thought Ano could be trusted. Even without being told. Alan was still standing behind Darrel to avoid anything that was not expected.

"Your young master is indeed very arrogant. You should think fast to get a more brilliant idea." Alan smiled faintly at Ano's bruised face.

"The answer is correct, brother. It's highly unlikely that I said I was looking for food outside." Alan chuckled while patting Ano on the shoulder. A few minutes ago Alan heard complaints about Darrel. Anger that usually occurs when Darrel is scooped with his promise to Nay.

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Darrel put the lunchbox into Ella's lap. Various snacks have also been purchased. Darrel didn't want the girl beside him to cry just because of the food.

Even though only one time Darrel was shown to be desperate Ella who was often given inappropriate food. She didn't understand that Ella was used to getting ill treatment.

Just don't be forced to marry. I can still survive if that woman gives me junk food.

Treatment that has been going on for years. The character of Lena has actually been seen since Mr. Sudrajat was declared dead. Ella was still in junior high school. The ugliness he experienced certainly attached to his memory.

"Eat." Pinta Darrel grabbed the television remote. Want to look for news in an apartment that may be trending the hottest topic. I'm sure the old man has cleared the trail.

That guess is true. Traces of the murder have been cleared even though the damage done in the room has not been repaired.

"You're not going home, brother? It's 7 o'clock." Ask Ella again when in fact she does not want to live alone. The incident in the apartment made him realize that now he was in the hunt.

"You're not comfortable I'm here?" Ella nodded slowly. The food in his lap had not been touched.

"Your mother will be worried."

"I'm not a girl. Don't think about it and eat." Darrel got up from his seat. He walked towards the window of the apartment that led to the highway. Darrel wants to make room for Ella to eat. Maybe he's embarrassed. That's his guess.

While eating, Ella glanced at Darrel's phone lying on the table. The phone looked silent because Darrel turned it off. She didn't want Nay to call and ask for an excuse.

Mama will be mad at me. For the first time. Darrel broke a promise to a woman he considered a priority. Usually, he only acted on the problem of fighting to make his opponents battered. Maybe the students were not a match so Nay unceasingly reminded to keep emotions.

"Semester 7 is almost the end."

"That means last year?"

"Hm yes. Actually it's been years, but I haven't done the thesis." Ella nodded while chewing. This girl is actually brave. He had only been locked up for too long to the point of not knowing what the outside world was like.

"That means you're about 21 or 22." Darrel smiled knot.

"27." Ella looked quickly.

"27?" Ask repeating.

"Now two months is 28."

"I think Brother Darrel is under 25 years old." Darrel chuckled while looking at Ella's silly face. His right hand raised and then rubbed some rice stuck to the corner of the lips.

Gentler. Darrel's breath blows rough. Wanting to reject the attraction outright but he feels very interested in Ella.

"I'm too excited to eat." Ella put down the spoon and held Darrel's fingers to pick up some rice. The innocent treatment because Ella did not hesitate to do it as if the two knew each other well.

Maybe he thinks of me as a brother. Ah.. That face was frustrating me. Why can't I stop.

"Eat mine if you're still hungry."

"No Brother. This is more than enough. I don't usually eat at night." Ella took the spoon and continued eating. She did not understand if the consequences of her treatment made the heart of the man beside her pound hard.

Prapto will confront me if he dares to harass you. I pledge.

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Arya spurs her car fast when she realizes she is on the tail. He deliberately passed the city road so that the car lost track. But already almost an hour running, the car that followed was still visible.

How'this? Is he a Prapto ally?

Forced, Arya parked her car on the shoulder of a restaurant street. He walked in and tried to be calm.

While sitting down, Arya glanced at some of the men coming out of the car that was trailing her. Oxygen intake instantly shrank as the men walked up to him.

"We're Prapto's men." Said whispering.

"What's wrong?" Ask Arya slowly. Of course he was afraid of the threat of Prapto who would kill him if Arya dared to complicate his marriage.

"Where is the girl?" As much as possible Arya held back the overflow of happiness when the man asked about Ella.

Then he can escape. Thanks God.

"I don't know. I have been working since. Last time I visited him was yesterday."

"Don't lie or the matter is getting heavy."

"i'm serious. My purpose of visiting just wanted to ask me the news. Doesn't Miss Lena know better?" The man took a long breath. He didn't get any information.

"Hm." The man left. Arya breathed a sigh of relief because she thought she was free.

"We're going home, boss?" Ask one of his friends.

"No. We just pretend to go home. Boss told me to kill him if it was useless." His ink smiled knots then entered the car and followed the other three.

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