THE BAD BOY OF MANHATTAN
Chapter 57. Emma's Regret.

Elric walked into the apartment with a sluggish look. He was not even aware of Emma's presence in the kitchen enjoying her dinner. The man dropped his body on the sofa.

"Hey, El!" call Emma makes Elric jump off the couch.

"Geez, Um. You startled me," his grunts as he held onto his thumping chest.

Emma sniggered from the kitchen. As soon as he finished his dinner, he stepped closer to Elric and sat down beside the young man. "Have you eaten?" tanyakanya.

"Uh-huh." Elric shrugged short.

"You got a problem?" emma asked suspiciously at the grim look of Elric.

Elric shrugged his shoulders. "Little."

"Want to tell me?"

Elric leaned back against the sofa. He sighed for a moment. "The problem is Noah."

Emma clucked. "What else is he?"

"He was arrested by Fat Tony for embezzling money for shipping."

Emma exhaled her rough breath. "Then, what does this have to do with you?"

"He's my friend, Em."

The girl rolled her eyes. From a long time ago he really didn't like Elric hanging out with that East Harlem bitch. "How much money is he embezzling?" tanyanya.

Elric looked at Emma. "50,000 dollars."

"What's? It's crazy!" curse Emma instantly. Noah was really crazy. "And you have to pay for it?" The girl's face turned tense. He looked at Elric with sharp eyes.

"I-I don't have any other choice."

"Bullsh it (bullshit)! You don't have to meddle with that son of a bitch, El!" emma resolute. The girl was so upset. It was very exciting to grab the hair of this young man in front of him and realize that Noah and the others were not good friends.

"But Em ...."

"Elric!" snapped Emma. The girl was no longer able to stem his frustration. "50,000 dollars is a lot of money. You want to ask your father for help?" Emma's eyes pierced Elric's heart so sharply. Why did this sweet girl suddenly turn into a magic granny that made her cringe in horror?

"You need to ...."

"As far as you!" Emma grumbled to keep her distance from Elric while folding both arms in front of her chest.

"Nr ...." Elric touched Emma's shoulder slowly and asked her to turn to him. "You angry?"

"Of course I'm angry!" snapped Emma. But a moment later the girl pinched her forehead. "I ... not angry. It's just .. I don't like .. that jerk is using you," he said slowly.

Elric smiled thinly. I don't know why he likes it so much if Emma nags him like this. In the past, if this happened at the time they met early, it was certain that a mouth war between them would occur and end up knocking each other down. But now, Elric could only resign and give up.

Emma turned towards Elric who was smiling to herself. Both of his eyebrows instantly linked. "Hey! You why?" ask the girl while patting Elric's thigh.

"Owh, no. I'm just freaked out to see you wrath." Erlic grimaced revealing her adorable canine teeth.

Emma hissing. He again folds his arms in front of his chest. His eyes shifted towards the front.

"Nr ...." Now Elric is gently touching Emma's arm.

"Hmmm ...."

"Look over here" pinta Elric.

Emma slowly turned her body towards Elric. He gasped as his eyes collided with Elric's for a moment. Suddenly he felt his saliva was so hard to swallow. And as the young man's face began to draw closer to his face, it tilted slightly to reach Emma's slightly open lips as her heart beat so hard, the girl felt her whole body unable to move.

The vibration of the mobile phone in the pocket of Elric pants seems to make both of them like two magnets with the same poles that are met, so that each turns around without cueing.

Emma cleared her throat once to make her awkwardness disappear a little. "I haven't cleared my plate yet" he said as he moved from Elric's side and stepped into the kitchen.

While Elric who was no less awkward to scowl his nape while grimacing. His cheeks must have been similar to boiled lobster today. Ah-he forgets the bully's phone that made her fail to kiss Emma. He took it out of his pants pocket. Ryan's name is on the screen.

"Yes?"

"El, Fat Tony threatened to kill Noah if the money didn't come back tomorrow afternoon. My mother was so scared." Ryan's voice came from across.

"Sh it!" elric Ogat.

Elric stroked his long hair. When it comes to his best friend's mother, Mrs McGovern, who already thinks of him as her own child, he can turn a blind eye.

"Em, I gota go to Greenwich (i have to go to Greenwich)!" his farewell to Emma who was still struggling with her dirty dishes. Without waiting for Emma's reply, the young man grabbed her backpack and stepped out of the apartment.

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The mansion in the elite Greenwich neighborhood of Manhattan was deserted. Elric flicked his hand in front of the wireless guest detector machine equipped with a camera.

"Who is it (who is it)?" ask for a voice from inside the machine. Looks like the voice of Lupita, the housekeeper.

"It's me, Elric Bradley!" elric exclaimed, revealing his face to the camera. "Is Nathan Bradley home? I want to meet him, "he continued.

"Okaaay." Lupita's voice was heard again.

A little while later, Lupita opened the door and immediately cupped both cheeks of Elric then kissed the young man with anxiety. "Owh, Baby Boy, how I miss you" said the middle-aged woman as she pinched Elric's cheek.

"Lupita, stooop," complained Elric as he kept the woman's hand away from her cheek. "Where's Nathan?" tanyanya while entering the house. He was looking for his father's whereabouts.

"Bad boy! Meet your mother first," said Lupita, pushing Elric up the stairs to meet her mother who was in the room.

Elric knocked on the door of his parents' room, pushed open the white door and found his mother reading a book in bed. "What's? Did I not see wrong?" Alya closed the book she was reading and spread out both hands asking her son to come into her arms.

"Hi, Mom ...." Elric hugged his mother tightly.

"It's like a dream to see you coming to this house" Alya said, letting go of her arms.

Elric rolled his eyeballs. "Oh, come on, Mom .. I just live in East Harlem .. nineteen minutes from here" he explained.

Alya grimaced while embracing her son's shoulder. "Did you miss me?"

"We just talked on the phone yesterday, Alya," protested Elric.

Alya chuckles. "Alright, alright. You stayed here, didn't you, honey?''

"Hmm .. It depends on my business with Nathan."

The beautiful woman frowned. "What business?" tanyanya.

"I'll tell you later. Where's she?"

"It's in the studio."

"Okay. I'll be right back (i'll be right back)."

Alya forms a circle with her index finger and thumb a sign that she approves of Elric's speech. The son smiled at her before disappearing behind the door.

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