
[Mansion Michelle]
After a long drive, Ezra stopped his car right in the front yard of the michelle mansion. Chloe took off her seatbelt and got out of the car after Ezra.
"Thank you for setting me up, sir. When can we see you again?" Chloe turned to face Ezra after a few steps from the car.
"Once, it depends on the time. After this I'll be very busy" Ezra put both of her hands in her pants pocket, looking at Chloe's face.
"...."
Instantly an awkward situation surrounded the two after the chat was over. A moment Chloe lowered her head and her outstretched hand touched Ezra's hair, wiping it slowly.
The understanding Ezra lowered his head letting his hair rub while staring into Chloe's blue netra.
"Later if I have time, I'll teach you how to shoot" said Ezra after the swab was over. Chloe nodded small.
"Yes, there's no need to hurry sir. I'll just wait" Chloe smiled cheerfully making Ezra smile even though she was thin.
Then the man took something out of his pants pocket, gave it to Chloe.
"Now, your watch. Now you can turn it on,"
Chloe accepted the watch and nodded slowly. "Okay, thanks sir,"
"Yes, then I'll go first" Ezra turned to his car.
"Wait sir!" Chloe hurriedly held back the tip of Ezra's clothes before the man entered the car.
"There's ap–"
Ezra's sentence was cut off when he had a sudden kiss on his cheek, Even he had not had time to turn his head. Instantly a faint red hue adorned her cheeks, While the girl with no pecunya smiled widely.
"That's my farewell sir," said Chloe still maintaining her smile.
Ezra held onto her cheek that had just gotten a kiss from Chloe, The man's expression turned fierce even though his cheek was still blushing. Then he flicked the girl's forehead tightly.
CTAK!
"Aawww!" Chloe held her forehead while grimacing before long both her cheeks got a pinch from Ezra.
"What the fuck! If you want to kiss first dong! Don't worry, you're not allowed to know either!" Ezra was still staring fiercely, between annoyed and happy but did not take off his pinch.
"Oh, I was reflex sir. The oath!" Chloe held Ezra's hand that was still pinching her cheek, a small grimace.
"lik! Where there's a kiss reflex so!"
"Isa...Sorry, sorry I won't repeat. I'm dong sir, I'll stretch my cheeks, "Chloe's trying to take Ezra's hand off her cheek.
Although still upset, Ezra finally took off his pinch. He turned his face away while scaling.
"Huh! Next time do not kiss a guy carelessly," said Ezra who now changed his expression.
"Hahaha, yes sir. Let's get permission before we kiss" Chloe laughed at Ezra's expression.
Instantly, the green-bellied man glared in annoyance. "That's not what I mean! Ah, I'm going home, please,"
Chloe just chuckled a little while deepening in the heart. "Sir Ezra turned out to be Tsundere. If you want to say so, sir,"
Ezra was still with a feeling of annoyance, Stepping away to enter the car.
Blam it!
He turned on the car engine, For a moment his head turned to look at Chloe who was waving with a smile.
"Be careful on the road, sir,"
Ezra was silent for a moment before his mouth opened saying something. "It's not that I care about you or anything, it's just that I take care of myself when I'm not next to you,"
After saying that, Ezra drove his car away from the Michelle mansion grounds. Leaving the riveted Chloe stopped the wave of her hand.
His eyes blinked for a while staring at the departure of Ezra's car which was getting lost from his sight, Then the girl's blue-covered head nodded slightly.
"Surely,"
His head looked up at the twilight sky above him which was about to turn into night, The girl exhaled for a moment and then opened the door handle of the mansion. Get into it.
Cklek!
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Taps! Taps! Taps!
The wailing heads made sure the situation was safe, There was no one there other than the quiet and quiet living room. Chloe breathed a sigh of relief, She thought she would be asked the Michelle for leaving without saying anything.
"Thank God they don't exist,"
The girl stepped quietly towards the stairs intending to her room, but only a few steps from the mansion door. Suddenly Elizabeth came down from the stairs opposite to her, Eli looked haughtily at her with his sidekick.
"Where have you been?" Said Eli taking off his sunglasses, leaving Chloe stunned for a moment.
"Campus, there's Miss Michelle," Chloe broke into a cold sweat and smiled clumsily.
Eli stared coldly still side-by-side. The beautiful girl turned around intending to go back upstairs.
"Come to my room!" He said coldly as he went first.
"All right," Chloe resigned when Elizabeth left first, it looks like she'll have Elizabeth's introgated this out. His feet followed Eli's steps.
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[Elizabeth's Room]
Blam it!
Elizabeth closes the door after allowing Chloe to sit down, herself to her seat secures herself before starting a conversation.
He put his glasses on the table, looking at Chloe in front of him seriously.
"How is the wound on your shoulder, has it healed?" Eli asked.
"Already Miss Michelle, my wound has closed completely,"
"Good, now we can focus on what happened to Ivy last time," Eli paused his words for a moment, Sipping on the tea that had been provided for him and Chloe before reopening his voice. "I heard from Ivy that he was kidnapped by a woman dressed in red in a red robe. The woman hypnotized him so that he could not remember where he had been taken. So, I want to know from your testimony, is that all true?"
"Surely Miss Michelle, at first when Ivy was picked up she was no longer in class. So I searched there and found the letter the woman left behind, without thinking I went straight to the address given,"
"Where's the place?"
"Old building, he took Ivy to the top floor,"
"And you saved Ivy right away?"
"Yes, Ivy is my responsibility as a bodyguard,"
"So, that wound on your shoulder." Eli glanced at Chloe's shoulder without continuing his words and was moved by Chloe.
"Yes, I fought with that woman to keep Ivy safe. I know that woman can't be defeated so easily, but at least I managed to get her to retreat" Chloe said seriously, leaving Eli speechless.
"Sounds like you know that woman, who is she?"
Chloe smiled faintly as she clenched her fingers. "He's the one who's made me lose my foster family, even my best friend. He's also actually my enemy and my friend, he wants us both dead because all we have left is the two of us,"
"I'm sorry if Ivy was involved, but he doesn't know anything about our problems. The woman intentionally involved Ivy in order for me to fight him," Chloe lowered her head apologizing to Eli.
Eli shook his head slowly. "It's okay, but you haven't forgotten your responsibility to look after Ivy. I hope that woman doesn't show up again and doesn't make trouble,"
The girl, surnamed Michelle, took something from her desk drawer and handed Chloe a brown envelope.
"Your salary this month, thanks for working hard. But increase your alertness yes," Pinta Eli with a faint smile.
"Ah, yes thank you back. I'll do everything I can" Chloe happily received the brown envelope.
"By the way there's a more important conversation I want to talk about, it's about your future. But whether you want to accept it or not," Eli cleared a small peck just before returning to open his voice. "Ray and I are planning to make you a candidate fiancee, especially this candidate fiancee is a hereditary tradition of the Ray family because you're his sister so you have to follow this tradition,"
Chloe blinked trying to process all the sentences Eli had thrown at her, After a few seconds the girl was shocked. "Huh? What kind of fiancee candidate does Miss Michelle mean, why should I follow that tradition?"
"Yes, more clearly. The fiancee candidates are chosen from two families who have good connections with each other. And to further strengthen the good relationship was chosen the method of the candidate fiancee, After getting a suitable partner it will be continued to the stage of marriage. You were chosen to follow that tradition because in the Maximillian family, girls are rarely born, so every girl born must follow that tradition as a condition for marriage," Clearly Eli was at length, He sipped his tea after explaining.
"Silly tradition! It's called an indirect matchmaking!" Chloe thought annoyed, Her forehead shriveled for a moment.
"Then who's my fiancee's candidate?"
"Ray and I agreed to make our brothers your fiancee candidates. Michelle's family picks include Rafael, Revan, Ash, Al, Azura, Leo, Leon, and Ivy. Then the candidates from Maximillian are Xavier, Vallen, Kenzo, and Alex. They all have their own advantages and disadvantages, but I hope you don't mind that,"
Chloe stared at the horror of herself feeling like she was in a race situation, With this system of fiance candidates they would also not accept. Especially with their nature of color. Some hate him, Face two, attention, shy but willing, Kalem but cunning, but more who do not like him anyway.
"Just a second! Not in the Maximillian brothers, those 4s are my brothers besides Ray. Their time is also included in the list of fiance candidates?" Chloe furrowed her brows in confusion.
"Oh take it easy, they're just foster kids. Not really pure from the Maximillian family, just you and Ray. So I guess it doesn't matter if the maximillian brother is on the list of potential fiancees" Eli replied calmly.
Chloe bit her lower lip anxiously, in this situation she didn't want to get involved more deeply with the Maximillian family. He should have just focused on finding and defeating Victor and the Red Devil. He didn't want to get involved with this family matter any further.
"I refuse! miss Michelle and Brother Ray can't force me to follow this ridiculous tradition! I don't want to get involved any further! They must have rejected it too!" Guess Chloe stood up from her seat, Now her expression was irritated. Eli looked up because Chloe was standing up.
"You reject this tradition? Why do you know that they refuse too?" Eli's forehead was confused.
"I'm just guessing, if they refuse I refuse too. I don't want to be forced to rush to choose a partner, The couple is from the heart not because of an arranged marriage!" Chloe said touching her chest for a moment before she lowered her head.
"I'm sorry,"
The girl stepped out of Eli's room, Leaving Eli silently pondering.
"If this fiancee's candidate keeps going, I'm forced to be a bitch in front of them so that they don't vote for me" Chloe thought seriously as she held onto Eli's doorknob and opened it.
At the same time after the door opened, Revan and Ash were already standing there. Chloe looked at Ash's hand that was lifted into the air, It seems like the green-blossomed man was intending to knock on the door earlier. The two looked at Chloe with a hard-to-understand look.
Aware of blocking her second step, Chloe lowered her head and hurriedly left the doorway towards her room. Unaware of Revan and Ash's gaze is still on her until Chloe enters the room.
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