LOVER MONSTER!
42. In One Morning.

Sorrento, Italy.

In a mansion built in a hilly area, overlooking the Tyrrrhenian sea and Mount Vesuvius, Erthian Bellamy ate his morning breakfast with tranquility.

Large bodyguards are here and there, guarding them who eat breakfast alone on the back porch of the Bellamy mansion.

The morning breeze blew from the direction of the sea, blowing out the mane of his tanned curls that rolled long under the ears. As long as Erthian ate his breakfast, there was no other sound there other than the sound of leaves rustling in the trees, and the shrieks of unpretentious birds.

That morning was arguably a quiet morning for Erthian. He felt very comfortable in solitude. At least, for some time, it was a soothing morning for him. Until finally the sound of the footsteps of Selina Bellamy came bringing a storm and commotion.

"Erthian," he exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

Erthian felt his actions there were clear enough, so he gave no answer. Unless Selina was blind and could not see Erthian activity, it was a different case.

"Erthian," said Selina again. This time pull the bench across from Erthian's desk. He put his tab on the table. An impatient and vexed expression burst out on his face, ruining Erthian's morning only.

"Have you heard from your uncle about last night's meeting?"

"I've heard a lot of reports, I don't know which one you're referring to, Mother." Calling Selina Mother was something that was no longer taboo for Erthian, even though in reality the girl was a year younger than him. 

The only reason why Selina was able to roam the Bellamy mansion and have such high honor in the house was because of Erthian who treated Selina as worthy of her own mother. If it wasn't for Erthian validating Selina's existence, Selina forever, there, would have been viewed as slanted as a cheap woman.

Christian - the head of the family at Bellamy - never cared about Selina's position in her home. As long as he has given the girl status, money and a roof to shelter, Christian doesn't care about anything that happens to Selina anymore. Even if the girl whines to her feet, Christian will drive Selina away without feeling.

Selina should be grateful!- are the words that Selina hears every day. He has no right to complain about the insulting views he received in that magnificent house. He has no right to be sad or angry. He has got everything.

"If you've heard the report from your uncle Kenan, you shouldn't relax now! Your position could be threatened, Erthian!"

Selina knew she didn't have the strength to speak in that house. However, Selina also knew one thing, namely, Erthian sided with her. As long as she was able to drive Erthian's opinion, Selina would be in power. He didn't have to whine in front of Christian if he could make Bellamy's firstborn into his voice.

"Oh, is this about what Papa said last night?"

Last night, at a family meeting, two families clashed. The family of Erthian's real late mother, and the Bellamy family. Although Christian was married to Selina, Erthian's mother still had great power and influence in the mansion.

They, last night, debated about the inauguration of Erthian's position as head at Bellamy for the next. The Bellamy family forced Christian to formalize Erthian's position, while his mother asked Christian to rethink the inauguration and wait for Demian to return.

"We must not be rash in determining the main successor at Bellamy, Chris. The haste in making decisions will only get us shipwrecked." Hestia-ipar and the party of the first wife Christian-voice loudly.

"Do you think Erthian was a rash choice? Are you underestimating Erthian? You're her aunt, you should have supported your niece to come forward." Kenan Bellamy, Christian's cousin roared more aggressively.

"Erthian is not ready" Hestia said. "Because I'm her aunt, I know very well my nephew's potential. Unlike you, I've been taking care of them since Halinda passed away."

"..."

"I am not against Erthian's position as Bellamy's successor, but I am against Christian to make his decision immediately. Just because Erthian was at Bellamy right now, it didn't make him the only one who deserved it. You can't forget Demian."

"Yet you have your own agenda, right? Demian dumped this house, Chris. He shouldn't count anymore!"

It was then, when Hestia and Kenan clashed their mouths in the living room filled with elders and the nuclear family who took an important part in Bellamy, that, no one wanted to be actively involved in the commotion at all.

Although in the heart, some have taken sides and sides. They only used Hestia and Kenan as swords of enmity in the two opposing nuclei.

"Just because Demian held the Bellamy name behind him, he didn't need to be taken into account anymore. He who has abandoned us has no right to lead us at all." Kenan declared his words confidently. He felt the atmosphere in the room was already in his favor.

He voiced logic, Demian had indeed dumped them. Hestia needs to open her eyes!

Kenan grinned proudly as he managed to corner Hestia. The woman could have said this was about the importance of Demian's position, but she would not be able to deny that Demian had escaped from this house.

Demian need not be reckoned with anymore!!!

Demian

"If you still want to breathe in this room, Kenan. I suggest you stop saying unpleasant things." Christian opens his voice. The cold words pierced through the bones and made the entire space stiffen.

In just one Christian remark, the situation turned unfavorable in Kenan's position. The higher-ups and the families who backed Kenan were overwhelmed by confusion. No one knows where Christian is now, and that's scary.

"Demian and Erthian have their own potential" Christian said. "To whom it is more appropriate to lead Bellamy, it is a decision that I will decide for myself. Your job here is to support whoever my successor will be."

"I'll support whoever you choose, Chris." Hestia chimed in, a firm and persistent voice. "I'm sorry I made a fuss. I just don't want Demian's existence forgotten. He's part of the Bellamy family, even if he's not here."

"I understand what you're saying, Hes." Christian said as he stared at the faces in the room. "I also know that no one in this room has forgotten the whereabouts of my son."

"Thou shalt we forget Demian." Kenan's wife shook her hands while smiling wryly. "Demian is our precious nephew. We just regret his loss."

"Demian's departure is still under my approval. He didn't run away from here, he didn't leave anyone behind. If I decide to go back, he'll come back."

"..."

"..."

The room became quiet.

Christian, once again, leaves them in an ambiguous answer. No one will know who will be his successor until the last day the crown is anchored on his head.

No one would know, whether it was Erthian who was in Bellamy, or Demian who was in sin city...

Back to Erthian and Selina...

After what happened last night, Selina went into a panic. Her position as the mother of Bellamy is under threat now. If Demian is adopted as a successor at Bellamy, Demian will not hesitate to kick him out of the earth. The man hated it to the bone, and there was no way to turn that hatred into a good relationship.

No. gabe. There was no detour to change Demian's hatred. Not after what he did...

"Are you asking me to beg for the position of leader at Papa's feet? Are you kidding me?" Erthian chuckles. "Me?"

"It's natural that a child asks his father for something. That doesn't make you a beggar, Erthian. You're his son, you have every right to ask Chris anything."

"Then, what about you as my mother? Do I have the right to ask anything of you?"

"Te-of course."

Erthian put a fork on the plate before speaking, "Then, can you shut your mouth?"

"..."

Eh?

EEEHHH???

Seriously???

Selina flabbergasted.

Erthian picked up a raspberry in the fruit basket. While looking at Selina, he crushed the fruit in his mouth.

"I've said this several times, breakfast is important to me. To be able to move normally, I need to replenish my energy in the morning. Otherwise, during the day, I could collapse."

Erthian-in reality, it was indeed not a perfectly healthy figure. He has a body that is easily tired and prone to disease.

"I just want to eat my breakfast quietly, but you've been making a fuss with your unimportant complaints."

"I'm just worried about you" Selina said, her voice low and losing confidence.

"Your sincerity as a mother touched my heart." Erthian cynical. "If you're satisfied with your complaint, leave me!"

"Well, Thian.., but I hope you think back to what I said."

"You better think about my words too." Erthian.

"Also..," just as Selina moved in from before him, Erthian spoke again. He stabbed a tomato in his plate with a fork. "I hope you stop with your game."

"Games?"

"Demian," said Erthian. "I know what you're doing out there to her. You and Uncle Kenan's gang."

"We did that for you, Erthian. We just want to secure your place in this family." Selina was defensive.

"I'm forever Bellamy," Erthian's smile flimsy. "So whether or not I am a leader, my status will not change. But that won't happen to you, will it?"

"..."

"A mother who falls in love with her own son, you won't end up happy if Demian leads Bellamy in the end."

"ERTHIANS!"

"I'm just worried about you, Mother. Because you're worried about me." Erthian chewed the tomatoes on his lips in a slow motion. He enjoyed every twitch of the veins on his neck and Selina's temples that stiffened in anger.

"If you're so worried about my position" Erthian said. "Stop touching Demian's life. You touched her when she was here, didn't you? Disgusting. You better know yourself as long as I'm still being nice."

Erthian will never forget Selina's insanity and obsession with Demian. The obsession that had made his youngest brother leave Bellamy full of hatred. 

Erthian had been keeping his mouth shut because he felt Demian's suffering was quite comforting to his eyes. But when the toy left, it fell into a desolate slack. He has no more entertainment.

"Demian is my brother, I have the right to disturb him." murmured Erthian again. "You're nobody. If you knew what you'd done to Demian, he would've killed you, Selina. Therefore, you should thank me and obey me!"

The color disappeared from Selina's face. He paled there. Heart murmurs in danger.

"Now, get out of my sight. You made my appetite disappear by remembering your disgusting act."

"..." - ".Without being able to refute Erthian's words back then, Selina swallowed all her ego and obeyed Erthian without a sound. He left Erthian there. On the windy back porch of Bellamy.

Returning to his breakfast, Erthian waved to a man who had been watching him from a distance. The man who was his personal assistant.

"Prepare my clothes for travel," Erthian said as the man approached.

"Eh, are you leaving, boss?"

"The plan."

"Ah..., then, for a few days?"

"Okay, maybe until I'm bored." Erthian took a sip of his orange juice later.

"Huh?"

"Prepare my visa and passport as well."

"E-uh?" the assistant-Donovan-warah was astonished. "Are you going abroad?"

"That's how it is" said Erthian calmly. "I want to check on my poor brother."

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