Novels by Kitzuya_

"Welcome to Mr. Joshua's office, Miss Asleena."Asleena was stunned to witness the view of her father's office that she had not known about. The size was so large, exceeding the size of the living room and the bedroom of the poor family's house combined. There were glass windows that stretched wide and wide so Asleena could view the city to her heart's content. There were two floors, but the second was only small and filled with wide bookshelves against the walls.Asleena walked slowly while looking around. I was so amazed, Asleena's body almost swayed several times."Is it true that this was father's office?" Asleena asked Roger.Roger nodded his head, he just stood watching Asleena's behavior that was almost unsteady earlier."That's right, Miss Asleena," Roger answered between his faint smiles—almost laughing at Asleena. "This is Mr. Joshua's office. Has Mr. Joshua never told Miss Asleena?"Asleena stopped looking around the room and turned her eyes to Roger. "No, Roger. That's why

"Good morning, Miss Asleena."Asleena took a deep breath and rolled her eyes in exasperation. It was only six o'clock in the morning, but Benny's figure was already in the living room of his house. Even though Benny didn't tell Asleena at all that he was going to pick her up."Why are you here?" Asleena was not interested in answering Benny's greeting. His tone was curt.Benny frowned with a slight grin. With his back leaning against the back of the sofa, Benny folded his arms in front of his chest."Ah, I didn't get any greetings back," said Benny showing a look of fake horror on Asleena.From Asleena's side, Halmey suddenly appeared. Stepping hastily with a slightly awkward smile because he had heard Benny's words."Hey, Asleena, don't be so snappy with Benny!" Halmey hissed at Asleena. Her eyes widened in panic.Asleena frowned as well as looked at Halmey in surprise. His left shoulder was slightly gripped by Halmey, making him suddenly startled."Auntie..." Asleena spoke softly whi

Are you okay.A text message from Benny bothered Asleena quite a bit. Benny's attitude a few hours ago, when he said that Halmey was listening to their conversation, echoed all night.Why did Halmey peek into their conversation? Remembering before Asleena was finally forced to see Benny, Halmey was pushing too hard. It was as if something Halmey wanted was forcing Asleena.Asleena hasn't replied to the message, to be precise, she won't respond. Asleena is still irritated because of Benny's arrival which is the reason Halmey scolds her.At the study table in Halmey's room, Asleena had been daydreaming for an hour. Just tapping the pen on the table. While in front of him, there was a laptop that Roger had just sent using a package. Even a piece of paper containing Roger's message is still stored.'Dear Miss Asleena, here is your work laptop from company. Use it wisely. All work files and other things that have been supervised by Mr. Joshua stored neatly in the laptop. Please take care.'

Asleena shouldn't have taken the reaction of her heart palpitations too seriously.Too bad, this is really annoying. When Benny instead tightened his grip on Asleena's waist when Halmey approached them, Asleena couldn't say anything at all.Halmey placed two drinks on the table at the same time sliding the tins of biscuits over to Benny. As if inviting Benny to eat the food."Wow, it looks like your conversation is very serious. Is there a problem?" asked Halmey who looked curious.Actually Asleena didn't really care about Halmey's odd gesture right now. But it was really awkward for him to realize how far apart he and Benny were.'Why does Benny always have to hold my waist like this?' thought Asleena."No problem whatsoever, Mrs. Halmey. It's just that... I was discussing something with Asleena," Benny replied, glancing at Asleena at the end of his sentence.At that moment Asleena realized that there was an implied code from Benny's gaze. But Asleena couldn't process what code the m

Roger's car stopped in front of Halmey's house. Asleena checked the watch on her wrist, it was already eight in the evening. How could Asleena and Roger who just talked about how tomorrow was planned to spend hours like this?"The day goes too fast," Asleena muttered as she sighed softly.In the driver's seat, Roger was still holding the steering wheel. His forefinger tapped as he kept his gaze fixed forward."Ah, thank you, Roger. It seems that your invitation to move from place to place made us both not realize the time," Asleena continued again after making sure that nothing in her sling bag was left behind.Only then did Roger turn his gaze to Asleena. He nodded his head."Yes, that is my job. Is Miss Asleena uncomfortable after I move around?" Roger asked, trying to be sure.Asleena shook her head quickly. "No, I didn't mean that. After all you already paid for my food," he replied, giving a smile arc at the end of the sentence. "Next time, I'll treat you to some food too. We sho

"Wait. Who are you?" Asleena still couldn't believe what this man named Roger was saying.Getting a suspicious look from Asleena didn't offend Roger. Roger curved a formal, polite smile."May I sit here? Let me explain something to Miss Asleena," Roger replied as he extended his palm to the chair opposite Asleena.Asleena nodded her head. "Please, it's okay, just sit down," he said. Seeing that Roger had sat back down, Asleena straightened her back even more. "So Roger, what do you mean?""I understand that Miss Asleena must be surprised to hear my explanation. Here, I came because of Mr. Joshua's order," Roger said, trying to explain calmly."My father ordered you? When?""One week before the accident. It seems Mr. Joshua really believed that someone was intent on causing harm. So he asked me to come to you if something bad happened."Asleena's heart throbbed painfully after Roger said that. Even though Asleena had read through Roger's will, she still felt shortness of breath for som

One Month Later.Arleena was all smiles after being recognized as an exemplary employee. One of the company's big projects that lasted for four months had been completed. They all managed to achieve high targets-even more than they had planned."Congratulations, Arleena. You've worked hard. We'll give you a bonus for your achievement," said Danielle, the CEO of the company where Arleena worked.Arleena gave a sweet smile and bowed again. In front of her were her coworkers from the same and different divisions."Woah, Arleena, she always works so hard that she gets bonuses over and over again," said Denny, Arleena's male coworker from the finance division."That's right. I can't imagine how tired you were when you took part in a product collaboration project with a foreign company," Wiliam, who came from the same division as Arleena, also replied. He looked admiringly at Arleena.Arleena didn't really take them all seriously. Her chuckle sounded and made her dimples appear. Her heart w

"Hey, Arleena, did Justin come to you again?" In front of Arleena, Gabriel asked a question.Now, Arleena was in a supermarket that had a special area for eating food. At the center table between Arleena and Gabriel, there was already an order of food that had just arrived a few seconds ago. Arleena deliberately invited Gabriel to come to this supermarket so that he could accompany her to chat."Yes," Arleena replied briefly while nodding once. "I don't know why he keeps coming and bringing up our canceled wedding plans."Gabriel smacked the glass divider beside them with his clenched fist. He was so furious, Gabriel couldn't say anything and made Arleena look at him in horror."That ex-boyfriend of yours... he blames you for your aborted marriage. He thinks you should have accepted him back like you did before," Gabriel grumbled at length in exasperation, remembering Justin's treatment all these years.Arleena only gave a faint smile in reply to Gabriel's words. At that moment, Arlee

"What did you say just now?" Hugo immediately answered in a panic as well as a huff.Arleena just looked at Hugo casually as if she didn't feel guilty at all. Just like Hugo a few moments ago, during dinner with her family, Arleena folded her hands while putting on an innocent face. Really pretending not to know where she went wrong."What did I say wrong? I'm just asking and clarifying your words," Arleena replied with an innocent face that was annoying to Hugo.Hugo let out a long sigh as he lowered both shoulders limply. His eyes looked at Arleena in disbelief."But that doesn't mean we have to make babies now!" said Hugo exasperatedly. His voice was almost a whisper and full of emphasis. "I mean, if papa keeps bringing up babies, we have to figure out how to explain that marriage-""Are you crazy?!" Asleena immediately cut Hugo off. Instantly, the look on her face that had been holding back amused laughter became one of panic. "If we tell Bernard that our marriage is fake, he'll b

Arleena spontaneously hit Hugo's back softly in surprise at what he had just said.When Hugo turned his eyes to Arleena while grimacing in pain and surprise, Arleena just glared at him. But Hugo didn't feel there was anything wrong with his words at that time. Instead, he wondered why Arleena hit him just because of that question."Papa, he's often careless when he speaks, isn't he?" asked Arleena as she laughed awkwardly to Bernard, Quinn, and Albrack.While Hugo was still stroking the spot where Arleena had hit him, Bernard was frowning with an amused smile. The three Hugo family members looked at each other and chuckled, realizing that Arleena's situation was awkward.The truth was that Arleena just didn't want to have a discussion like this. Because she was not ready to face a request that was more responsible. But Hugo just blurted out and made her think of the issue of children."Yes, he does like to talk out of turn," Bernard replied, nodding his head in agreement.Quinn and Al

The aroma of steak wafted into Arleena's senses after her order arrived.Arleena looked lustfully at the tray of special steak plates brought by a waiter. One by one, the plates were placed on the table with warm smoke in the air. Arleena's eyes were glued to the smoke from the food that was still cooked and warm in front of her."Oh my, that looks really good," Arleena commented.Hearing Arleena's remark, Hugo immediately snorted with an amused smile. "You already ate steak during your office lunch hour. Now you're still tempted after seeing the steak again?"As if ignoring Hugo's words, Arleena immediately nodded her head. Arleena moved swiftly to pick up her fork and knife to get ready to eat the food she ordered.Hugo only noticed Arleena who was very bright looking at the food in front of them. Arleena's reaction at that moment reminded Hugo of the memory when they both ate at their favorite restaurant together a few years ago. Over the years, Hugo felt that Arleena had not chang

"Why is he still coming to you? It's obvious you guys don't have anything to do with each other anymore," Hugo grumbled after his second encounter with Justin.Arleena remained silent. Justin's arrival was not what she wanted or expected. And that made Arleena feel like her mood was ruined. Throughout the trip, Arleena just looked out the window with her head resting on her hands.Arleena's mind replayed what Justin had said a few minutes ago. Even though she knew clearly that their canceled wedding plans were not his fault, but still. As time went on, Arleena was so moved by Justin's words that she lost focus.Arleena didn't know what was going on. Why did Justin keep coming around and couldn't accept the fact that they were separated?"Arleena, my offer still stands," said Hugo who noticed Arleena was distracted. Hugo tried to speak softly so as not to disturb her.There was no answer from Arleena.Hugo still paid attention to Arleena occasionally, alternately looking at Arleena and