Refusing the Love of a Mafia Boss
5. Taking Over the Palmer Family

Noah suspects that this woman is Ilina. But to think of how many times, his guard was too little.

Noah comes all the way despite having to sacrifice his life to find him. People whose existence is lost from the surface because it is isolated.

His parents were killed on a cruise ship with some of his supporters. Noah's looking for him to swap. In exchange for the information he provided, Ilina had to give him temporary protection.

Until Noah manages to form his own power.

Of course Noah knew it was stupid. They had no relationship at all and had never even met for a second. But the 'goods' that Noah could exchange right now was only information regarding Ilina's parents' death.

Inevitably he had to force for the exchange to happen.

"Lia, was your name?" Noah tried to stay alert because this woman looked very cold and unfeeling.

A person like him could kill without blinking.

"Tell your lady I brought the information she was looking for."

"What makes you think Miss is looking for that?"

"Mahesa." Noah bet on that name. "He told me your non was here."

...*...

Senior Mahesa?

The name was more shocking than the news he knew the perpetrator of his parents' murder.

The only person Ilina can call a 'teacher' is the man she loves but will forever be unachievable. What is Noah and Mahesa's relationship?

And ....

"I'll tell Miss." Ilina left him just like that to enter the room.

The door to his room was locked. Didn't lower the guard despite being pretty sure he had no other intentions.

Ilina stood by the window and Harja appeared shortly after.

"What is the man's relationship with Senior?"

"I'll look for him, Miss."

"Aren't there any messages Senior left?"

"Nothing, Miss."

"Go."

No message but he sent people. It is typical of Mahesa, but still suspicious.

What does Ilina have to do with the Palmer family's illegitimate child conflict? If it's Mahesa, does she mean to say 'help Noah' to Ilina?

Wh-wh-what for?

The information he brought was of no price. The deaths of Father and Mother basically occurred due to a power struggle. To Ilina, everyone who now enjoyed that power was the culprit.

So if he comes just to say one name, it's useless.

After all, what guarantee did the information he brought with him was valuable? There's a price just because Mahesa's name is there. But there was still no price for Ilina herself.

Ilina doesn't like helping people, but if Mahesa is really involved, then there's a point to her.

"Please wait a while." He returned, finding that the man had not really moved from his position anymore. "Miss' location is far from this place. It takes time to convey information."

That's right, because the location of this place is far away,

Harja needs time to go fetch information from the center that is affordable by the network. Their intelligence will ensure everything.

...*...

During that wait, Ilina sat in another corner, watching over Noah who was now no longer lying down. He was in pain but after barely dying once more, his instinct might forbid him from relaxing until there was certainty.

Ilina no longer feeds him or gives him water. Just like him who also did not go to fetch water or food.

He sat down, reading his notebook in silence until midnight came.

Once again Ilina went into the room, meeting Harja who had just returned from a long trip.

"How's it?"

"Andreas Noah entered the entertainment world with the help of Mahesa Mahardika, Miss."

Ilina immediately turned around because that was all that mattered.

".... What's he saying?"

"What do you need?"

Silent again. Noah was so careful that whenever he would speak he always thought about it. ".... Take over the Palmer family."

Ilina did not expect that was what she wanted. "Don't you help me take over?"

"I don't need anything from that disgusting family."

"Then what does Nonaku need from your disgusting family?"

"The Palmer family heir is the killer of his parents."

So the conflict involved outsiders as well? Ilina was not surprised. Money and power are like that.

"I understand. But," Ilina looked at the man despite her blurry gaze, "taking over means giving the entire family fortune to Nonaku, right?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Why don't you do it yourself? Just destroy it instead of giving it to someone."

"...."

He can't do it, can he? The connection he had was not so much.

It seemed like he was quite great, but one could not crash through the world with just such individual abilities.

"Sleep." Ilina got up and took her notebook. "I'll pass it on to Nonaku directly."

...*...

Ilina left the house and locked the door blatantly. Noah did not speak, knowing enough that if he needed to, he would have to follow the procedure.

It's midnight, it's all dark. Ilina walked quietly, helped by a hint of moonlight from their sky. People with blurry eyes who live many years with those eyes will have no trouble with a little problem like this.

Ilina continued walking until someone approached her in the darkness that she knew was her servant, Ayana.

"Miss."

"The man asked me to take over the Palmer family. Senior Mahesa supported him. What say?"

"If you take over such a big family, Miss will be exposed. What if Miss gives her support and tells her to leave immediately?"

That was a good decision. After all there was no benefit for Ilina, except materially, she took over a family as big as Palmer.

Ilina had already decided this was her life.

But the existence of Mahesa behind the man was hard for Ilina to ignore.

If being asked to take over a family is easy or difficult, the answer is that it depends. Depending on the way, depending on the opponent, depending on the circumstances.

Ilina wouldn't say it was easy, wouldn't say it was difficult.

Because it is easy and difficult he has removed it in him since long ago.

What's he supposed to do?

Ilina has been living in hiding the whole time. Since before he was born he has been in this village. Leaving the calm he created just for an unimportant decision, was it really worth it?

"I'll help him." Ilina hugged the scarf on her body tightly. "After all I have to ask Senior why I should do that. That guy knows my hiding place too. I need to watch her."

"Miss will go alone?"

"Yes. Go first and prepare everything."

"Good, Miss."

Although they were not too happy with the decision, they believed in Ilina's ability.

There was nothing Ilina could not do.

He makes himself perfect and that's something he has to do.

Destroying one family, who happened to have a problem with him, it was just a matter he blinked after giving his eyes a droplet of medicine.

Let's just say he's having fun.

...*...