"I met her at the club," Alex said without hesitation."She was drunk from stress and you pulled her into the room, is that it? And you took advantage of the opportunity?" Louis asked probingly."No, I didn't. She's a worker at Club Deluxe.""What?" Louis was very surprised. "Then you're in love with Bich?" Louis laughed mockingly."Keep your mouth shut, Dude!" snapped Alex sharply. "She's not what you think," he continued."Oh, so what's so interesting about that Deluxe club worker?""Shit! Don't say things like that in front of me, Louis!" Alex had to tug on Louis' shirt collar because he didn't accept Angelina being called that.Louis wasn't angry or scared at all, the well-dressed man just laughed."Seeing you behave like this I'm even more convinced that you're already crazy about that girl," Louis said as he squeezed Alex's hand. "What's the advantage, huh?""She never intended to be a worker there. Circumstances forced her to and I see she regrets that foolishness." Alex began
Angelina looked at Alex who was also watching her. Now the two of them looked at each other for a long time.Angelina first broke her gaze and then took a breath."I can't accept you until you show your seriousness," Angelina finally said, after a long time Alex waited for an answer."Am I not serious enough?" asked Alex unhappily."Seriousness is not just said, it must be proven. You promised not to be rude again, right? And prove it to me," Angelina replied."Okay, I'll prove it," Alex said firmly."And you can't force me to serve you either, because love isn't just about making out in bed. In addition to channelling feelings, love must also be able to contain desires. Including the desire to be angry and violent," Angelina said at length."I understand, I won't force you to do that. I want to build a healthy relationship with you. But, Angelina..." Alex trailed off."What?" asked Angelina flatly without looking at the other person."How is your relationship with the fake doctor?""
"I don't mean to hide this from you, but it would be better if you didn't know what I do." Alex still chose to remain silent. "You can ask me anything except that one thing, Angelina," he continued."I don't have any questions right now. That's all I want to ask but if you're not willing to answer that's fine, after all, it's your right to tell me or not." Angelina replied.Alex sighed heavily. She felt troubled to deal with this girl in front of her.The girl did say that it was fine that she didn't get an answer to her question, but in that sentence, she implied that she demanded an answer."Alright, I give up. Maybe it's time I told you the truth. If you leave me after I tell you the truth then it's my bad luck," Alex said resignedly."Why would you say that? Is having a job so bad? Thief, robber, murderer, or-?""Yes," Alex cut in quickly.Alex stared at Angelina intently, as if hypnotizing the girl into not taking her eyes off her."What do you mean by yes, Alex?" asked Angelina
Angelina blinked her eyes several times, she was quite frightened because Alex's aura was suddenly creepy especially with the loud noise Alex made because of pounding the table made Angelina shrink even more. "A-Alex, you-you, why are you suddenly angry?" Angelina said with a stammer. It was obvious that Angelina was scared even though the hadith did not say it. Instantly Alex regretted having made Angelina surprised and afraid. Alex rubbed his face roughly, regaining self-control. Then the man let out a rough breath before he said something. "I'm sorry, Angelina." That was the first sentence out of Alex's mouth. "I lost control, I'm sorry I scared you." Angelina did not respond. Instead, the girl was busy controlling her frightened self. "I-I'm angry because you always mention debt and debt, even though I never considered it a debt at all. I took you away from there because you had to, don't think about money, please, forget about it." Alex said at length. Angelina still didn't
"Pa-pads?" Alex gaped like a fool."I tried not to say it but you forced me to, Alex! And you, shame on me." Angelina bowed her head deeply because she was so embarrassed.Just as Angelina was embarrassed, Alex was also embarrassed.'If I knew it would be like this I wouldn't have asked so many questions earlier. Shit!' Alex inwardly grumbled. His Tahham moved to scratch the nape of his neck which was not itchy."Ehm! I'll drive you. You can wait in the car. I need to make sure you're safe, rather than me having to look for you if you pass out on the street and then get buried in snow," Alex said, trying to break up the awkward atmosphere."Hm," Angelina responded without opening her mouth. Then wordlessly Angelina went out first and chose to wait for Alex in the car alone, just like what Alex said."Shame on you! You're so stupid, Alex, stupid, stupid!" Alex cursed himself as Angelina left their room.But suddenly Alex chuckled to herself. "But she looks so adorable with her red face
"Angelina, it's been so long since I've seen you, you're like you've disappeared into the earth," said a person called Emily by Angelina."You're overreacting, Emily," Angelina replied."Seriously, where have you been all this time, Angelina? Why are you never seen on campus?" asked Emily in a row."Ah, that, I had a lot of business so I didn't go to campus. I'm doing my studies online," Angelina replied."Geez, I almost thought you died in your apartment and no one knew about it," chuckled Emily."Shit! Did you wish me to die that quickly?" Angelina chuckled.Emily chuckled."By the way, can I join you, Angelina?" Emily asked.Angelina glanced at Alex who was busy preparing her food into her mouth. It was possible that the man was not interested in the two women's conversation.Angelina knew Alex wouldn't like this but Angelina didn't feel comfortable refusing and not allowing Emily to join.Angelina gave a stiff smile. "Yes, sit down," Angelina said finally.Emily immediately pulled
"Shhh... Emily, lower your voice!" Clever Angelina, afraid that Alex still hadn't gone far and would hear their conversation."Angelina, tell me, are you staying with him now?" asked Emily with increasing urgency."Emily, I don't have any other choice," replied Angelina unenthusiastically."Angelina, are you well... is Oliver still not paying attention to you? Is he always busy at work?" asked Emily wanting Angelina to tell the truth.Oh, in front of Alex earlier Emily mentioned that Oliver was a warm person, even though she knew Oliver was not that warm. Emily said that because she deliberately wanted to provoke Alex's reaction."He's like that because he wants to realize his dreams, Emily, you don't blame him." Angelina still defended Oliver in front of Emily, even though in her heart she also seemed to want to blame the man who held the status as her lover."I'm sorry, Angelina, I didn't know Oliver would have such a huge obsession with his work. If I knew it would be like this I w
Angelina couldn't sleep. She kept moving restlessly due to her empty stomach as she left her food behind when she was too engrossed in chatting with her best friend at the restaurant earlier.Angelina couldn't take it anymore. Finally she got up and went to the kitchen to see if there was any food she could eat or ingredients that could be used to make food.Actually, she could have ordered food from outside but outside the snow was getting thicker and it seemed that many roads were closed. If he insisted on ordering food from outside who knows when it would arrive in his hands, it might only arrive tomorrow when he had starved to death.Angelina opened the fridge but there were no groceries in there and no food ready to eat either. There was no water or food.Angelina cursed Alex inwardly because his fridge was empty, like an uninhabited house.Angelina pursed her lips. She wondered what she could eat now? Would she have to eat a shard?With a little hope Angelina checked the cabinet