The Choise
Outsider

Andrea

You're not coming again?

The incoming message was only seen by Eve who sipped her glass of wine.

"Good, Eve! I told you not to go alone to the club!" snapped Lucia with a breath of gasp.

"I told you," Eve flat.

"What if you disappear before I come?" Eve did not answer. See?

"Today Andrew asked me to clear his schedule and why are you here?" Aren't Lavelle's family going to be together tonight.

Eve did not answer. Lucia just clucked.

"I thought you were with Niel. It's so weird you're going home alone." Usually Niel will take Eve to the house, right.

"I left again after he drove me."

"Well, really." Lucia shook her head in surprise, "she'll go berserk if she finds out."

"What is he really?"

"Ahh ... my head!" Lucia touched her head in frustration, "so sorry is Niel."

"Let's go home. Tonight's my chance to know!" take Lucia, "stop drinking!"

"What opportunity?"

"Andrew invited me. It's so good!"

Eve smiled thinly.

"Then go. I'll be home too."

"You're not coming?"

"I'm tired."

"It doesn't matter if you don't come?"

"This is not the first time. Go."

"No! I have to make sure you're really home."

"That's right." Inevitably Eve finally stood up and went out with Lucia. The woman was actually watching him until his car entered the mansion area.

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When Lucia's car entered Lavelle's main residence, she was greeted by several rows of luxury cars that had been confirmed to belong to family members who came.

"Lucia."

The first person to mention it was Amy.

"You met Eve?"

"Yes, he's already in the mansion."

"Oh, okay."

Just like that? Didn't ask what Eve was doing and why didn't she come?

Actually Lucia is a bit awkward because she's the only outsider here. Lavelle's family members are quite numerous as well. It consisted of Felipe, Lewis and two other heads of the family, but the main position was held by Felipe as the first child. There were also Eve's wives and cousins there.

"My family gathers every year to commemorate the death of our grandparents. As my secretary you should also know and know them." Andrew who had no idea where it came from was suddenly already beside him.

"Oh, so." It turns out like that. Lucia became lethargic.

"Your new secretary, Andrew?" One of the wives who did not know his name asked.

"Yes, Aunt Irene. She's Lucia."

"Good night" said Lucia. The woman called aunt nodded.

"Lucia, is that you?" Another woman approached. Remember Cristina? Yes that's him.

"Hello, Cristina."

"You're not with Eve?" The question turned out to invite a lot of eyes towards him, but why their faces were strange.

"He knows Eve?"

"He was Eve's best friend, Imelda," Cristina said.

"Oh!" The woman named Imelda was no longer interested.

Lucia just realized that no one's been talking about Eve except Amy since.

"He's not coming anymore, is he?" ask Cristina grimly. Any more? It turns out it wasn't the first time.

"Did he have the face to come?" sneaker Irene. Lucia is confused. Looks like something's wrong here.

"He's just an outsider."

What's?! What's the matter?

"That's enough, Irene. Don't talk about my daughter." Amy stared hard.

"What's defending that outsider, Amy." Irene won't lose.

"Aunt Irene, she's not an outsider." Andrew raised his voice with a smile.

Lucia was completely confused. But one thing he caught if their relationship with Eve was not good, but why did they call Eve an outsider?

Lucia looked at Eve's cousins who didn't make a sound. Andrea has been looking down since.

"I heard you set Eve up with Stefan's son" said Imelda.

"That's right. Why not Andrea?" chirped Irene thoughtlessly, "you're stupid too, Andrea. Compared to Eve you have more potential."

Who wants to be matched! inner Andre.

"Irene, stop!" Lewis near Felipe is losing his temper.

"Ck! Why take care of the child jal*ng that."

Lucia who listened was immediately shocked to hear it.

"That's enough!" Felipe's heavy voice stopped everyone, "don't make a fuss!"

Andrew took Lucia to the other side.

"Why are they talking so about Eve?"

"It's nothing."

"What is nothing. If Eve hears how her family talks about it, you don't think she's hurt?"

"Wait— what because of this he never came." Lucia could finally understand, "i didn't expect."

"Let me drive you home."

Lucia brushed off Andrew's hand that was about to touch her.

"Eve's intention is outsiders is it true? She's not part of Lavelle?" insist Lucia. Maybe Lucia was too involved, but anything about Eve could not be missed.

"You've heard enough today. Better not interfere. Let's go home."

Lucia again brushed her hand.

"I can go home by myself. Thank you, Sir. At his banquet."

While Eve who was preparing to sleep suddenly heard a bell that rang many times. Amy and Lewis, who had gone home, suddenly appeared to Lucia from behind the door of her room after running from the main door.

The woman sobbed while hugging the confused Eve.

"Andrew did something?" Lucia shakes.

"Why never say! I will definitely shout in front of Cristina saying no out loud!"

He would not agree to Cristina's invitation to visit Eve even though it was just a pleasant talk at the restaurant at that time.

"They're outrageous! How dare to insult my friend," he hiccupped.

Eve's hand raised stroked Lucia's back.

"You must be surprised?" eve said casually, "when you just have to pretend you're not listening."

"Pretend what you mean! I should just shut up when they call you j*lang, I see!" Only he could say that to Eve, no one else.

"Want to stay?"

"Don't switch the conversation!" snapped Lucia, "you don't want to tell me anything?"

"You wanna hear?"

"of course! I don't want bad people coming at you."

"All right." Eve walked towards the bed to find a comfortable position. Lucia followed immediately.

"Actually Amy's not my real mother."

"Yes of course he's not— WHAT! WHAT DID YOU SAY!"

"My biological mother died after giving birth to me, so Amy and Lewis raised me."

"Haha," Lucia laughed, "i'm serious, Eve. No kidding!"

Eve was silent with her flat face.

"So—" Lucia was unable to continue her words, but Eve nodded casually.

"Then what's wrong. Why don't they like you so much?" lucia's grumbling is upset. Family is too much!

"Because Felipe had an affair with my mother and was pregnant with me" Eve smiled carelessly. More precisely the third person between Felipe and Cristina.

Like being struck by lightning Lucia's body immediately froze. He didn't hear wrong, did he? Didn't expect if a friend who since childhood known him had a past like this.

But why does Eve look ordinary, even though she already feels guilty for making Eve remember her past.

"You're not bragging, are you Eve?"

"No."

"Oh God! That means Felipe is your real father." Eve nodded.

"That means you and Andrew are brothers too?!" Eve nodded again.

"I want to faint!" Lucia dropped her body on the bed.

"Then good night, Lucia." Pulling a blanket over the girl's body, Eve closed her eyes next to her.