
[A few days later.].
Chloe did her usual routine for a few days, currently her class is off because preparing for the festival which will be held in 3 days.
During the holidays Chloe decided to take a walk around the Mansion while doing a little sport. Every now and then he breathes fresh air, enjoying a day that he thinks is very beautiful
A smile continued to expand on his lips, As if the atmosphere was supportive. The wind blew flying Chloe's mane strands, accompanied by a bright shining sun on her head. What a beautiful morning.
"Hah~Fresh~" Chloe stretched out both hands while closing her eyes for a moment.
Taps! Taps! Taps!
The footsteps came closer, followed by a soft voice that swept through the hearing of the girl.
"It turns out you're here Chloe,"
Chloe turned her head to hear her name called, Seeing Elizabeth standing not far from her. Eli stepped closer to the blue-blonde girl, gazing at Chloe's appearance for a moment.
"What's Miss Michelle looking for me?" Chloe faced Eli.
"You have free time, right today?"
"Yes,"
Eli confirmed the location of his sunglasses for a moment, Folding both hands in front of his chest. "I happen to want to take you to meet someone,"
"Someone, Who?"
A mysterious smile expands on Eli's lips. "You'll find out later, the most important thing is that you get ready first. I'll wait in the living room,"
Eli turned around slowly, before he actually left Chloe. For a moment his head turned. "Don't be long,"
Eli leaves from there leaving Chloe with various questions that come to mind of the blue-blonde girl.
Chloe lowered her head in silence, gazing at her own feet. "someone? Sounds suspicious. But I'm also curious" he muttered with a hard-to-understand look.
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Ting!
Eli sat next to him while sipping a cup of tea provided for him, his fingers tapered while wiping the screen of his cellphone. Read a message that just appeared.
A faint smile rang on his lips as he read the message, As if his heart was tingled to continue smiling. Message from her boyfriend, Ah no! More precisely his fiancee. The man who stole his heart.
Taps! Taps! Taps!
"Miss Michelle,"
Hearing his surname being called, made Eli stare towards the source of the voice. Finding Chloe coming down the stairs, he narrowed his eyes to look at Chloe's appearance after the girl with blue eyes was in front of him.
Feeling noticed made Chloe wonder, Unconsciously one eyebrow raised. "Is there something wrong with my appearance?"
"Ah, No. Your appearance is already good," Eli stood up from his seat, he kept the phone in a skirt pocket. "Then let's go, then,"
"Yes,"
Chloe looked at Eli's back who had walked ahead of her, but without words in the end she followed Eli. Although in his mind he still wondered who he would meet later.
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Blam it!
Taps!
Chloe stood glued to look at the luxurious Mansion before her, Even the Mansion is as luxurious as the Michelle family Mansion. He'll be dealing with the rich again, right? Seen from the Mansion, it looks like it is.
A moment Chloe turned to look at Eli standing beside her, Look at how the woman looked who immediately showed a haughty face. Unknowingly the blue-covered girl tightened her grip on the sling bag she was carrying.
"Miss Michelle, why did you bring me here?"
"He lives here, so of course he wants to meet in person," Eli obviously stepped arrogantly into the courtyard of the luxurious Mansion.
"Um...," Once again Chloe looked up to confirm the Mansion before her before deciding to follow Eli, Even though she was a little groggy.
Ting~ Tong~
The small bell rang loudly after Eli pressed it, while Chloe stood next to the woman while looking around her.
For a moment only silence greeted them, Eli clucked in annoyance. He pressed the bell a second time.
Ting~ Tong~
Before long the faint sound of footsteps could be heard approaching in haste, The longer the sound of footsteps became clear until the door before them finally opened
Cklek!
A woman dressed as a servant appeared from behind the door, A friendly smile rose from the woman's lips upon seeing Eli's arrival before her. For a moment the woman bowed 90°.
"Welcome Miss Michelle. Young Master is already waiting for you inside," The servant was friendly.
Eli nodded slowly while confirming the location of his sunglasses, He took off the coat he was wearing and gave it to the waiter. Chloe just watched in silence.
"Please Miss" said the servant, letting Eli continue his steps up the stairs.
Then the servant's netra was fixed on Chloe who was still glued in place, whereas Eli had walked far ahead of him.
"Miss, can I bring you the bag?" The waiter's friendly bargain made Chloe somewhat jerked.
"Ah, Thanks for the offer. But I can take it myself, "Smoothly refuse Chloe while smiling nervously. "Then I'll take Miss Michelle first. Excuse me,"
"All right,"
Chloe rushes to leave the maid on the ground floor, rushing herself up the stairs to catch up with Eli as soon as possible.
Taps! Taps! Taps!
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Arriving upstairs, Chloe finds Eli already standing in front of a room. The woman with long brown ties her sidekick while looking at her fixedly. Chloe set her breath for a moment before approaching Eli.
"Is there a problem on the ground floor?" Eli asked without intonation, Indirectly asking why the girl was a bit late to follow him.
"Nothing, I just talked to the waiter for a while, so it's a little late,"
Eli stared silently for a moment, then he knocked on the door beside him. Determine whether the owner of the room is inside or not.
Geck! Geck! Geck!
"Who?" The voice from inside said until it was heard by Eli and Chloe.
"It's Eli" Eli replied in a lazy tone.
"Come in!"
Once allowed in, Eli immediately opened the doorknob and entered the room slowly. Chloe behind Eli just followed, for a moment she peeked to see the contents of the room.
Blam it!
A figure of a man seemed to be sitting quietly there while sipping a cup of coffee, His expression looked peaceful. After putting the cup into place, the Man's gaze turned to look at Eli and Chloe who had just entered.
"Eli, Finally it's coming. I've been waiting for you ever since" The man still smiled.
"Yes yeah, I know you miss me. But remember my purpose here is not just to meet you," Eli replies while taking off his sunglasses, revealing a pretty face like a porcelain statue. He sat on the sofa that had been provided, although not yet invited by the man.
The man just laughed softly, Then his net turned to look at Chloe who was still standing still in place. The girl looked confused as to what to do there, For a moment the man smiled kindly.
"You...Sit there. Let's talk good,"
Having orders from the man, Chloe sits herself in one of the chairs. Staring confused as well as curious why he was invited here by Elizabeth.
The moment the entire room became silent, the man fused his hands together while looking straight at Chloe with a friendly smile.
"First of all, my name is Ray Maximillian. Owner of Maximillian Group and co-founder of Guard High School,"
Chloe flinched for a moment, Not expecting she would meet one of the founders of her high school just yet. She's really lucky, but Chloe never once heard of Maximillian Group's company name, or maybe she's less knowledgeable about this dimension?
"Great, the Founder of the Guard High School is this young?! Absolutely unexpected," thought Chloe in awe, Then she smiled brightly.
"It's good luck to meet you" said Chloe happily, Ray just smiled back.
"You must be Chloe Amberly, right?" Ray asked with a smile.
"Yes, that's my name. How do you know?"
Ray was silent for a moment, A friendly smile was still plastered on his face. "You must be wondering why I asked Eli to bring you here,"
Reply without answering Chloe's question, Ray sipped his tea before continuing.
"There's some things you need to know, maybe I should tell you everything," A breath sounded from Ray, He again linked his fingers. Now that handsome face showed no signs of smiling but a serious look.
"Is everything related to me?" Chloe suddenly became nervous when Ray's serious gaze was on her, while Eli was still sitting quietly while sipping the tea that had been provided.
"Yes, maybe you'd be surprised to learn some facts. But all those decisions are in your hands" Ray exhaled again, trying to look calm even though his heart was pounding anxiously.
"Before that I wanted to ask you one thing, are you currently looking for someone or maybe your real family?"
Chloe's blue Netra was rounded in surprise, her body seemed stiff for a moment. Before his head nodded.
"It seems you know something about me," Chloe narrowed her eyes, Staring seriously at Ray.
"I've been monitoring you from afar, watching what you do. But for a few months I lost track of you" Ray paused his words for a moment.
"I didn't know who you were at first, I didn't feel like I had a bad memory. But one day I didn't think it was going to hit me, making my head hit hard enough. From that moment on, various memories I didn't know began to appear in my mind,"
"I thought I was an only child all along, but the longer those memories came, I realized that I wasn't actually alone, I had a sister," Netra Ray dimmed, He was increasingly sticking his fingers.
"I remember the time of the kidnapping tragedy that hit me and my sister, we were being chased by bad people. And when I fell, that crazy woman showed up! Taking it from me, he separated me from my sister, "Unconsciously Ray clenched his hand.
While Chloe silently listened, She was stunned for a moment.
"What exactly does he want to say? Suddenly telling her memories like this, "Chloe thought confusedly still couldn't catch the man's intention of telling her the past.
"Leaving me cold there, I've been trying to ask for help but he didn't pay me any heed. Just bringing my sister, I thought that day would be my last, but now I'm grateful to have the chance to live, despite having to endure the severe trauma of the incident,"
Chloe had no intention of cutting off the man's story at all, even Elizabeth was still sitting quietly listening in.
"Until the days pass, I seek your existence. For years, until I finally found you at Guard High School. Looking at your face and nature that are similar to mine, I thought it was just a coincidence. Until one day I heard that the GHS got in trouble from the boys of the motorcycle gang from the next school because I didn't accept losing at the Olympics,"
"At that time, they said some of the students there were also victims. And you happened to be one of those patients at the hospital, because you needed a blood donor, too, so I just asked Eli to donate his blood to you, too,"
"J-So, that blood donation isn't Miss Michelle's own curiosity?!" Chloe looked at the horror at once in shock.
"You don't get me wrong, that's my own wish. Without Ray asking for anything I would do because at that time I also wanted to share it with people who needed my blood. Either by chance or what, our blood type is the same. So without lingering I gave him some of my blood" Sela Eli sipped her tea.
Nah!
"All that time I asked his doctor for a DNA test of your blood. I was quite surprised by the result, Even Ray as well," Eli smiled faintly making Chloe's gaze turn to him.
"You said the necklace was given by your birth mother" Eli's gaze was fixed on the necklace Chloe was wearing. "Can I borrow it for a minute?"
"Eh? Yeah..," Doubtfully Chloe took off the necklace with her 'C.M' logo and handed it to Eli. Eli accepted it with pleasure before looking at the necklace fixedly.
"Look at Ray, so much like my necklace, right?" Eli handed over the necklace and showed me the necklace he was wearing.
Ray was silent for a moment with an increasingly sad gaze, then he opened the necklace which turned out to be behind there was a dull photo, but still clearly visible to Ray. Chloe never knew the necklace could be opened, she thought it was just an ordinary necklace.
Ray's finger rubbed the photo with affection. "It's not the same anymore, but it's a necklace that you gave to my sister. And this necklace is a pair with yours Eli, 'cause mama gave it to you, too,"
Eli smiled and opened his necklace with the logo 'E.M', along with him', Shows a dull photo piece that when combined with a photo on Chloe's necklace will form a family photo where the mother of Ray and Mother Eli take pictures together.
"Right, I've been keeping it for a long time. I'm so grateful to my aunt for believing in me" Eli replies, rubbing a photo in her necklace.
"Photos, Necklaces, Facial appearance and properties, As well as DNA. It's not wrong for you to be the one I've been looking for," Ray's gaze turned to Chloe, looking gently at the girl.
Chloe was increasingly confused by the situation around her, this confusion made her stand up from her place.
"Wait on! What does this mean! Suddenly say sister, DNA, Face shape, photo behind necklace, Story of the past! What exactly do you mean?!" Chloe tightened her grip on her sling bag.
"I've been looking for my family all along! But I don't understand why all of a sudden you guys are telling me all this?!" Chloe added, Her tone slightly raised with a big question in her mind.
The room went back into silence, Ray standing up from his chair. Approaching Chloe slowly while holding Chloe's necklace in her hand.
"It's like you're still confused about my story" the man stopped right in front of Chloe. "Last time, I lost my sister during the kidnapping incident. And for years I've been looking for him. I also have information from the Orphanage who took care of him, after I found out. He was found in a miserable state, and also got a very deep trauma,"
The deg!
"An Orphanage?! The story was exactly the same as the letter I found back then, a letter from Chloe Amberly's adoptive parents," Chloe thought, She looked up at Ray who was taller than her.
His heart pounded as Ray continued his words.
"Aren't you aware our faces are so similar? And your trauma must be because of that crazy woman, too,"
"Crazy woman?" Instantly the shadow of the face of the creepy woman flashed in Chloe's mind, making the look of the girl's face a bit pale.
"I see, you must have been very scared when you met that woman?" A soft smile was clearly on Ray's face.
"He knows everything, even about the kidnapping that happened to Chloe Amberly?! Then don't tell her....,"
Chloe's heart was pounding more and more, staring at the man's net. His body began to tremble.
"Don't tell me you're a....,"
"Yes," Slowly Ray grabbed Chloe's right hand, and gently pressed the girl's hand against her cheek. The warmth of the girl's hand. "I'm your older brother, Ray Maximillian. And your real margaret is Chloe Maximillian,"
The deg!
Chloe was still stunned, her body frozen as if it could not be moved as Ray's statement swept through her hearing. Her blue net was rounded in surprise looking at Ray, and at the same time Chloe felt a tightness and pain in her heart.
".....!"
Elizabeth was just sitting there, watching Chloe and Ray. He doesn't want to interfere and chooses to let Ray solve his family's problems with Chloe.
"Now the decision is in your hands Chloe. Stay here or go and never see your sister again forever?"
TB