Refusing the Love of a Mafia Boss
19. Harsh Rejection

"Do you like sweets?" At night they had already returned to the apartment and his chatty assistant was gone, Noah suddenly asked.

Ilina likes. Indeed why?

"You look a little more comfortable today, Lia. I'll buy you candy if it makes you feel better."

Ilina turned around not caring. "No, thank you."

But Ilina was too happy to care too much for that insignificant person. He sat on his bed, holding each other's hands.

Have not seen each other for a long time.

Especially since she got married, Mahesa traveled here and there leaving the country. If Ilina had not gone into hiding, she could have always followed Mahesa like everyone who accompanied her.

He can help.

...*...

Ilina flinched in her sleep suddenly. Something moved nearby. Who is?!

"I."

Ilina was panting with her heart pounding hard. Symptoms that appear of course when people are jerked from sleep suddenly by feelings of urgency and danger.

Why suddenly Noah was near his bed, reaching out as if—

"Calm down, Lia." Noah muttered low. "I just meant to put the coffee. That's it."

Ilina. Somewhat too focused on the shock and threat to realize that Noah was carrying a white glass filled with hot coffee that fell on top of Ilina's mattress.

Besides why all of a sudden morning like this, before six o'clock said hello, he was out making coffee? He usually comes out at eight!

"Sorry."

Ilina was troubled by Noah's helpless face. Now what's the game? Already seducing in a conceited manner now she seduced with a weak face?

"I'm warning you." Ilina hardened her grip. "Don't go near my bed anymore."

Plunged the man's hand away, hurried to the bathroom. His heart is still beating hard. Slightly sick and annoying because of a sudden jerk.

Closing her eyes to calm down, Ilina clasped the candy Mahesa gave her. Slowly feel calmer.

That guy's useless. Ilina would kill him after it was done with the intention of coming here. But if she seduced in a way like yesterday, Ilina would instantly kill him on the spot.

Ilina held his neck. Feels like something's uproarious and disgusting again.

That is the doctrine that Mahesa Mahardika gave for her safety.

Don't trust anyone, don't let anyone get close from behind. Whoever it was, no matter who, even Mahesa herself, could have aimed the weapon at her neck either from the front or from the back.

Human life is so easy to drift. Their flesh and skin were soft like cotton.

Therefore, always be careful and do not trust anyone.

...*...

Noah glanced at the girl who pulled over at the corner of the room. From the morning he sat there, not staring at books or taking notes, but pensively pensive.

It's Noah's fault. He should know that the girl who does not want to be seduced is obviously the girl who is surrounded by anxiety.

Noah's intention to go outside was void, from which he took Ilina away with his high-level care. Fortunately Noah asked not to accept the offer that was too high. Noah just wanted to get out so he didn't look very aware of the attack on the Palmer family.

"Lia."

The iru girl looked at him even colder than usual.

"I admit my mistake. Seeing you smile yesterday, I thought—"

"I never asked you to see me smile."

Lia doesn't even see him like a human. He saw Noah as a wall.

Noah closed and sighed.

What's wrong with her? Why is he too aggressive when he knows this girl ever wanted to kill him before he even knew Noah's name.

Ilina Bumantara killed two of her men and one person was mutilated as a form of warning.

This girl will not be thanked by a kind gesture.

"I'll remember it." Noah drew a sincere smile. "I hope this time you'll forgive me."

He didn't answer, didn't even seem to care.

...*...

Sandalwood aroma.

Ilina glanced towards the scent that came which was none other than the room of the owner of this apartment unit.

It turns out it was fake. Put on a guilty and wounded face, but still blatantly seduce.

If she noticed Ilina's smile, then she knew that smile she was aiming for Mahesa who liked natural fragrances like kasturi, sandalwood, tobacco and cloves.

But his unlucky seduction this time was too subtle.

Sandalwood is one of Ilina's favorite fragrances. In this foreign place that was now in a tense atmosphere, he felt more comfortable inhaling the air that was tinged with its aroma.

He had to hurry to finish this to go home and return to normal life.

Now ... maybe they should start entering the core of the war.

...*...

Mahesa is her weakness, right?

Noah was not too happy, but when he approached with Mahesa's distinctive scent, Lia was even two seconds late to be alert.

It's only two seconds, indeed, but usually he's sharp and agile.

Pretending as if nothing had happened, Noah reveals the death of Benedict Palmer's brother and sister at a different nightclub.

Both died under the same suspicion. Heroin overdose. Their time of death was at odds of a few hours, but it was on the same night and together in the nightclub as well.

The entire Palmer family movement is now restricted. Almost no one moves freely because they avoid the possibility of murder.

Ilina's movement, which was killing under the pretext of suicide, then fell into a ravine, then killed a business associate, and now two of Benedict's brothers are enough to be the message.

Somehow. I don't know where they are. Whenever Ilina wants to, they die.

Death is something that scares anyone.

Whoever it is, it doesn't matter how much treasure they collect.

Benedict was a crafty man, but he could not guarantee his own safety until whatever they wanted, they had to be silent.

"I guess now it's getting hard to move to attack them directly." Noah gave his opinion. "I know the intel that protected your Non belongs to Mahesa Mahardika. I understood it with certainty how great they were under Mahesa's guidance. But the power does not belong only to your Non in this world. So he should calm down for now."

"You're right." He stared at the list of Palmer family members as if they were all just stone arrays in the streets. "Let them quarrel with Bumantara now. The next target is just him."

Noah managed to not show his surprise.

The man he was pointing at wasn't Benedict. He pointed to Benedict's son, his favorite son whom Noah knew had great abilities.

Oto submit documents upon request. Although there is no name Ilina Bumantara, Oto must submit the word 'son of Arman Bumantara' which disappeared from before birth.

If it's Xavier Palmer, Noah thinks his niece has tactics, too. He won't be that easy in Bucu—

"I'll kill him directly."

...*...