As she watched Cynthia head upstairs, Melissa came up with a plan. “Agnes, you should hurry up and prepare dinner. Raven’s around, isn’t she? I’ll go look for her.”Agnes nodded her head and replied, “She’s around. I’ll get on with my work then, while you youngsters go on and have fun.”Hence, Melissa walked towards Raven’s room and knocked on the door. Raven had already heard the commotion earlier, but she deliberately holed herself up in her room. “Is something the matter?”Melissa helped herself as she directly pushed open the door and entered. “Of course something’s the matter. Come on, we’re going shopping together. I’ll buy you dinner, you can eat whatever you want.”Obviously, Raven knew that Melissa would not offer her something so nice unconditionally. The relationship they had had not reached to the point where they could go shopping and eat together. “Cough, cough… I’m not feeling so good, so I can’t accompany you today. You’d be better off going with someone else.”Mel
Aristotle suddenly turned serious as he said, “I’m not afraid. I like how you used to be. If I really end up not being able to find a girlfriend, you’ll just have to pay by giving yourself to me then. That’s what Aunt Tiffany has always expected anyway.”Although he may seem to be joking, he still managed to make Cynthia’s heart skip a beat. As she panicked, her tongue seemed to have twisted together and was unable to utter a word for a while.Aristotle squinted his eyes and suddenly inched close to her face. “I see that you’re still the same as you were in the past. You’d begin to stutter the moment you got nervous and wouldn’t be able to say a word for a while…”Aristotle’s voice had a hint of seductiveness in it, which caused Cynthia to be stunned again.Ever since they were kids, Cynthia’s biological brother, Plato, was the most unreliable one. On the other hand, Aristotle was quiet but gentle towards her and had always been very orthodox. However, at that very moment, Aristotl
As Aristotle was faced with the barrage of questions, he began to lament silently. ‘If it weren’t for you, I would’ve been done with whatever I was doing just now.’Aristotle had been maintaining his image as a reliable elder brother to Cynthia, but Plato had provoked him too far that he instantly cursed as he said, “Enough, I don’t have the f*cking time to be bothered with you. We’ll talk when you get back. I’m hanging up now.”Aristotle had always been very proficient at ending conversations cleanly. In an instant, the world became peaceful again.Then, Aristotle recalled how Cynthia had run off in a panic. ‘I suppose I won’t be able to maintain my usual image any longer. I’ve already kissed her, so it wouldn’t be appropriate to pretend to be innocent anymore, would it?’He stood up and tidied his shirt before heading downstairs. He took a glance and noticed that Cynthia was hiding in the kitchen to help with the cooking. Hence, he stood by the kitchen door and called out, “Come
When they arrived at the hospital, Raven was still in the emergency treatment room.Melissa was waiting at the corridor like a child who had done something wrong. After all, she was still young and had been pampered all her life, so how would she have experienced such a scenario before? All her traces of arrogance had completely vanished, and when she saw Aristotle, she felt even more guilty.However, Aristotle did not put the blame on her. Instead, he wanted to know what had happened as he asked, “What happened exactly? Why did it happen to her while you were shopping? Did the two of you walk for too long? Didn’t you just leave not too long ago?”Melissa squirmishly glanced at Cynthia before she mumbled, “I don’t know either… I did hear that she isn’t that healthy, but I don’t know what kind of sickness she has exactly. So we went out shopping like normal people, but who knew that she would suddenly faint? At the time, I noticed that she was coughing so much that her face had turne
Aristotle casually shot her a glance. “Is this little girl actually teaching me what I’m supposed to do? I’m your brother, you should at least be more polite with me. I know what I’m supposed to do. When the time’s right, I’ll get her settled. However, now’s not the time; you saw it yourself, she’s in no condition to leave at the moment.”Melissa was slightly aggrieved as she said, “What do you mean that she’s in no condition to leave? If she could leave if she wanted to, she’d never be in the condition to leave.”At that moment, Cynthia tapped Melissa’s shoulders. “All right, all right. Ares has been living alone in France for so many years, so it’s tough enough for him to be able to find someone whom he could talk to. Furthermore, she even saved his life, so we shouldn’t be so petty about it.”Melissa shot Cynthia a glare. ‘Am I not doing all this because of you?’After Cynthia awkwardly laughed, no one continued to speak further about the matter.After a very long time, the doc
‘You’re not that worried?’ Melissa was so furious that she laughed. “Am I the only one who’s being worried for nothing? I thought you loved my brother, didn’t you? The man you’ve been dreaming of every day has returned from France but brought a woman with him, yet you’re actually not that worried? Let’s put aside your parents’ intentions for a moment. Do you dare to say that you don’t love him? I’m only helping you because you’re my best friend, so could you not be so relaxed, as if I’m helping you for no reason?”Cynthia shook her head and lowered her volume as she said, “He… might have confessed to me. We also… did that already. So, I think he doesn’t feel that way towards Raven. It’s purely because she saved his life once. I trust that Ares will be able to handle the situation properly.”Melissa’s eyes opened wide. “What? He’s only returned for a few days, yet the two of you have already had sex? That fast?! I never knew it, but you’ve really got it in you!”Cynthia’s face flushe
Melissa knew that Aristotle had kissed Cynthia, so she knew what was going on. Hence, she very naturally boasted, “Of course, they’ve been engaged to each other since they were born. Coincidentally, the both of them felt the same way about each other as they grew up, so wouldn’t this make it even better? From the way I see it, your illness isn’t going to recover for the rest of your life and the both of them are probably going to have to wait until Cindy graduates before they get married. So, you’d be better off moving back to France as early as possible. Don’t worry, you’ve saved Aristotle’s life before, so he wouldn’t be stingy with you financially.”Raven wanted to control the unhappiness she had in her heart very much, but her emotions refused to follow her will. Hence, she fiercely struggled to wring free from Melissa’s grasp. Melissa was startled for a moment. “Are you crazy?”After that, Raven regained her senses and took a deep breath. “I’m sorry… I was a little unwell just n
Cynthia heard what Aristotle said, but her hands did not stop doing what they were doing. Her head was in a complete mess. “There’s no… no need. I’ll be able to be done with these now. Go ahead and get some sleep first. By the way, where am I sleeping tonight? There are so many rooms here, I’ll ask Agnes to help me clear one up.”Aristotle walked up to her and squatted. He grabbed onto her arm with one hand while the other closed the luggage. “Just sleep with me here and stop tidying already.”Cynthia suspected that she might have misheard. She took a look at the big bed behind him in a daze and suddenly felt her palm, which was held by him, burning up. “Y… You’re kidding, aren’t you, Ares? Although we used to sleep with each other a lot when we were kids, we’re all grown ups now, so wouldn’t that be a little inappropriate?”Aristotle said with a straight face, “I wasn't joking.”Cynthia panicked a little and recalled Melissa’s words once again. ‘Would Ares, whom I’ve known for so