The morning sun in the Canggu area creates a strange new spirit that lured Alan out for some exercise this morning with a morning jog around the area of the villa they currently occupy. Things that had never crossed his mind before, because usually, he would spend two hours working out in a private gym during the day, on the sidelines of his busy life. Maybe because of the influence of the weather, which was more humid than the weather in Rose city, which tends to be dry, made his move to be in high spirit than usual. Tatius himself seemed to be still asleep in the room, even though the clock on his smartwatch was already seven in the morning as he has not received a call from Tatius. Usually, the man would call him if he suddenly left without the man's knowledge, asking him to tell him where his position was. Indeed, Tatius' possessiveness always looked so cute in his eyes.
His eyebrows rose one side when he saw the arrival of Robert, who was standing in front of the feThirty minutes later, he was already in the Gajah Mada area, staying at a local coffee shop near a row of textile shops that was already filling up with visitors from both local and foreign tourists. Tatius and Robert at the Kumbasari market, leaving him uninterested in shopping. For the business of souvenirs, he entrusted completely to Tatius. While sipping the second coffee he had just ordered, he stared at Gajah Mada street, which was getting busy with various vehicles. The new thing for him was when he saw a motorcyclist carrying three passengers casually as if it was normal. Then followed by the sound of a horn from an impatient vehicle when a car stopped for a moment because it was blocked by a randomly overtaking motorbike.What a busy morning, huh?Again he sipped the black coffee he ordered earlier, which
Keith ended the call with Alan with a deep sigh. In fact, he had told him many times to take a two-week vacation, but his best friend kept insisting that a week was more than enough for him. Considering that his best friend was a workaholic type person, he should not be surprised to hear Alan's refusal.It was just that he was worried. Because of his job, this man rarely spends time with his boyfriend, Tatius. Especially from their conversation on the phone earlier, he was sure there was something wrong with Tatius that made his friend consider his offer some time ago to recruit Tatius as a cafe employee. Maybe he should also use his power as Alan's boss to give them more time off once they get back from Bali.His mind twisted the memories when they were in high school. Alan, people could say, was the type of popular bad boy who always sought after by all the students in his school. His best friend always changing
Keith almost jumped in surprise when he realized that Marie was standing behind him, smiling confidently, as she stopped him from escaping. He turned around, looked at Marie with blinking eyes."Err, that ...," he realized the gazes of all the customers—mostly women—who were now waiting for an answer from him. "I ..."For a moment, he threw a sharp gaze at Aura, who was now whistling to avoid his gaze, serving customers who had just entered their cafe. Marie smirked at his reaction. Without waiting long, the woman immediately kissed his left cheek."It's taking too long to get your answer, so let me take care of it," Marie grinned and held his hand tightly, then led him out of the cafe, pulling him up in front of a Volkswagen car, which was parked neatly on the curb in front of the cafe, before the women managed to catch him. His hand was still on the cheek that the woman had kissed earlier, feeling a warm tinge that must have now created a blush on his
Aura changed the sign in the cafe where she worked to 'CLOSED' she got rid of their customers—more precisely, asking the last customer to leave their cafe immediately, Natalie Chandelier—a young woman who has had her eye on Keith since his return to Rose city on his return from Italy. Since they were in high school, the three of them have been popular and have always been the centre of attention. She and Alan become a badass couple, who always break the rules they did not like before Alan turns completely into the type of guy who devotes himself to love Tatius after nearly costing his boyfriend's life because of his own stupidity. Meanwhile, Keith, who had a cute face that hid his true strength, always manages to cultivate the instinct of people—who did not really know the man—to protect him if they did not know his true background family.Not many people believe every time they had to explained to people that Keith was not their subordinate, but the leader of their
The handkerchief that she got from a mysterious woman that helped her before was now covered with blood from the cut she received while protecting her bag from the snatchers, but it did not prevent Patricia from giving a happy squeal. She sat in a chair a little way from the window, not daring to see what the woman was doing outside. Her body still felt limp from her fear, so all she could do was lean back against the chair while looking around this cafe.Honestly, this was the first time she had passed through this area. Not without reason, she walked with no direction to bring her to this area in Rose city that she had never walked through it before. It was her heartbreak that led her down to this route, not knowing that this area had a high enough crime rate. She could tell for sure based on her own experience when she walked casually while looking at the screen of her smartphone, and suddenly two men appeared beside her, immediately grabbed her bag just like that. Refl
Marie looked at the face of Keith, who was sleeping beside her. Her mind was already filled with cheers and trumpets accompanied by the sound of drums, like a very loud festival—the sign of her success in winning Keith's heart after her struggle for even two months was not in vain, even though she did not show it on her face. Slowly she brushed Keith's little bangs, which prevented her from enjoyed seeing the entire facial structure of the cute-looking man in front of her eyes, wanting to make sure that what they had just been through was not a dream, but real.The man groaned softly, before resuming his sleep, causing her to reflexively withdraw her hand out of fear that she would wake her husband up if she continued to do so.Then she changed her sleeping position back with her eyes glued to the ceiling of her bedroom.This was definitely not a dream. The pain she got during their first sex after their marriage explained all of it. The pain was worth
Alan sat on the edge of the Renon field walkway, watching the rows of local residents doing morning exercises in front of the flagpole facing the south—according to Robert's words—watching the crowd of local people dressed in gymnastics following the movement of the gymnastics instructor, who was standing in front of them, leading the crowd. He did the morning exercises with such passionate enthusiasm that even amazed him. His boyfriend also followed the gymnastics instructor's movements with gusto after being dragged away by a woman they did not even know, inviting him as if Tatius were her own son. His eyes subconsciously savoured the sight of Tatius' body in a workout suit, which was much more seductive to him than the body of a woman in her early twenties with perfect curves, who was busy getting his attention. He refrained from approaching his boyfriend and taking him away from here, resuming their evening session at their villa. No, no. He could not do
Keith sat down, crossed his long legs wrapped in dark brown trousers, leaned back in his work chair, which was not soft but still made his back much more comfortable after looking for a lot of document that he needed to read since this morning. His hands massaged between his eyebrows, took a deep breath. The report files he received from Kate and also Viktor—Alan's representative during his best friend's vacation in Bali—had just finished reading by him. Coupled with the information he had just received from Aura about his request the other day, it was clear that it was not all favourable information for him.First, Skylar group's problem. It had been six months since his arrival to Rose city that the group was always looking for trouble with his group, thinking that he had seized their territory without their permission. Even though the territory he currently controlled was a gi
Hello, my name is Zhen Xin Xin. Thank you for your support throughout the years, Our Agreement readers. It took me two years to complete this narrative, and to be honest, I was actually hesitant to put an end to this book.I'd like to thank you again for your help. Aside from this story, two others are still running on GoodNovel: Choosing Between Dragon and Werewolf and Unreveal His Mask.I will do my best to finish the current part of these stories. Until then, I would appreciate your assistance and support. Thank you very much.Sincere greetings, Zhen Xin Xin
[Sempione Park, Ponte delle Sirenete]Marie walked down the path in Sempione Park desperately. It had been almost a week since Keith had left home and asked for a divorce from her, making her immediately cancel all her work schedules for the next month to look for Keith.Armed with the information she got from Keith's parents that Keith went to Italy, precisely in Milan, she decided to book a ticket to Italy in a hurry.For days, she travelled the streets of Milan. She did not have any free time to explore the biggest and most complete fashion shopping centre there or visit tourist attractions. She only tried the local food, but only because she had to fill her stomach with food while trying to find her husband.Unfortunately, she had been in this place for a week, and she could not find her husband there. She was so stupid that she forgot to ask her mother-in-law where exactly Keith had gone in her panic. Now, she was confused, cursing her stupidity. How could she find Keith? Milan
A few days later...Marie walked into her mansion feeling uncertain after parking her car in the garage. Her memories of what happened a few days ago at her extended family's house still felt like yesterday. It was hard for her to accept the fact that all this time, her husband had been hiding the fact about his identity as the head of the mafia. Also, the fact that her husband decided to kill all of her extended family, leaving only her father, Uncle Charles, and Cecilia.For days, she tried to understand why Keith did it. She rented a hotel on the edge of Rose City as a way to calm down. Not to the Pacifica Hotel, considering the fact that it was a gift from Dean Aldebrando as their wedding present, which would make Keith aware of her whereabouts. She wanted to get away from it all. He wanted to have time to himself, to reflect on everything. But last night, he realised one thing. Everything that happened didn't matter anymore. She found that compared to having her husband by he
Cecilia looked at her father who still didn't dare to look at her when she arrived at Gilbert's cafe ten minutes ago. She knew that her father was a rigid, military type of person, so it was difficult for her father to admit all of Keith's statements about the reasons behind her parents' deaths. That was the reason why she waited until her father was ready to tell her everything. But ten minutes was not a fast time, and she wanted to hear the truth directly from her father's lips, not from anyone else."I know this sounds hard for you to accept, but I'm doing all this for you-"PLAKK!!!Her attention was diverted from her father to Keith and Marie. The sound of her cousin's slap told her instantly that Keith had confessed everything. And her cousin, she assumed, could not take it well."You secretly helped my company, I tried to understand it, although I still don't like your ways," Marie's eyes glazed over. "But you even went as far as killing all of my extended family, leaving only
Hearing Aura's exclamation gave him the signal to get out of this place immediately. The atmosphere in Hermann's living room gets even more chaotic when he told Gina the true facts about the husband she's been married to all this time. Now, Gina and Freddy were fighting again, making a scene, which made everyone around them were trying hard to break up the two people.Taking advantage of the chaos created there, Keith used the opportunity to put his revolver into his waistband, then pulled the hands of his father-in-law, as well as Uncle Charles, to leave this place immediately. "What's wrong?" Uncle Charles looked confused while running, but still complied with Keith's request to leave the Hermann mansion. "Why are we leaving-""Save your questions for later!" exclaimed Keith. He whistled loudly once he reached the gate. It did not take him long to find a saloon car appearing in front of them. The car door opened automatically."After you."Alfred without hesitation got into the ca
James Hermann was the first to move from his spot. The old man's jaw hardened, furious with anger."What a sassy mouth you have, young man!" James Hermann's hand grabbed Keith by the collar, but Keith did not lose his composure in the slightest. "On what basis are your false accusations?!""Grandpa! Let go of him!" Marie exclaimed in a panic once she realised what James Hermann was doing to Keith."Don't try to stop me, you unworthy grandchild!" James hissed, his gaze still fixed on Keith. "My business is with this moron! Answer my question!""I get this, Marie. Rest assured," Keith signalled to Marie to remain calm, and Marie reluctantly complied. "I have evidence to back up my statement just now. But first, let go of your grip. Do you think I can continue my speech in this position?"James seemed to consider Keith's words because the old man finally complied with Keith and released his grip, sitting back in his chair. Keith reached for his smartphone, calling Alan."Alan, bring Mr T
All the way to her grandfather's house, Marie felt restless. The fire incident with her personal assistant made her anxious. Derek told her that it might be the work of her uncle who wanted to spread terror in Rose City, but she wasn't sure if that was the only reason.What's more, Keith neither cared nor tried to bring up the matter when she tried to broach the subject. Keith just assumed that it was a coincidence—nothing to think about.Now, he was in the living room, along with his father's entire extended family, attending his grandfather's birthday party. His hand shook the stem of the wine glass filled with red wine served with an uncertain feeling. He did not see Cecilia anywhere at all.Was Cecilia not coming? Or perhaps, her cousin was late for something?She took out her smartphone and sent a short message to Cecilia before cramming it back into her handbag."Your face is so tense. Is it because you're still thinking about your company going bankrupt?"Gina Hermann, her cous
"Welcome back, Mrs. Clark."Rosemarie answered her household manager's greeting with a faint murmur, taking off her high heels and slipping into house slippers. Fatigue enveloped her after almost a day of staring at the computer screen without stopping and also solving business problems with new investors.“Yes…”"I wanted to inform you that an invitation letter was sent for you today.""Invitation letter? From whom?"“From your grandfather, I think…”Marie suddenly felt uneasy. His tiredness vanished in an instant, and he went straight to his household manager, and the old woman handed him an envelope containing the invitation letter that the woman meant.As soon as she learned the contents of the letter, her blood boiled, filled with the anger that was so attached. The letter was an official invitation from her paternal grandfather,To Mrs. Rosemarie Clark.You are invited to attend James Hermann's 64th birthday. The event will be held tomorrow, at 16:00. Wear formal clothes.How c
Keith tapped his fingers on the table after taking a sip of the mineral water that one of the servers had just served him. His eyes glanced out the window of the restaurant, waiting for the arrival of someone.Currently, he was in the restaurant built by his grandfather at the Hotel Pacifica as a gift for his marriage to Marie.He chose this restaurant for a simple reason: it was his, and it was filled with people he could trust. So he did not need to look for hidden places or need privacy to talk about anything confidential.“Can you imagine? There were three fire incidents in a row! Not to mention the presence of journalists who several times tried to cover the news by claiming to be the family of the fire victims! I don't know if they've lost empathy or what, but this whole thing is definitely weird to me!”Keith thought back to his wife's words once he managed to take care of this suspicious person. Marie was quite surprised to find Derek Skylar coming with him, but his wife's att