Terrified

Chapter 4: Brewing Troubles (Part 2 of 3)

While their bonds are thriving, there are people who don't want to see them flourishing and they are the people who have once encountered them. Thayfa, together with his fiancé, spends a dinner in a fine dining restaurant where only the likes of them can afford. Truly, the place is exceptional, the foods and the services, but nothing changes Thayfa's neutral mood, not even with the presence of his fiancé who has been talking nonstop from across him while they eat.

Noticing Thayfa's head that seems immovable as he's staring down on his plate and continuously munching without sharing a word, his fiancé then decided to speak out a topic that might interest Thayfa, saying, "I heard you're still passing by Yumi's café sometimes..."

"And so? It's not like I'm doing something bad behind your back." Thayfa, at last, he talked but monotonous he didn't bother looking up to his fiancé.

But his persistent fiancé kept insisting as she goes on talking more of his past girlfriend, "It seems like her cheap café has been doing good too because of that popular rich vlogger and thanks to her best friend who was recently featured too. Who would have thought that her flopping business would gain this much?"

Having enough, Thayfa finally looked up but giving his fiancé a death glare, he complains, "Why do you always want to talk about Yumi? Are you sure you're not the one who is interested in her? Why do you always have to bring her up every single time then you complain as if I'm the one at fault? You're so obsessed!"

"It's because I know you're trying to get back with her and planning to break up with me!" His fiancé contended which brought him into silence. "You're as transparent as a glass, Thayfa. You're so easy to read with your actions and I know what kind of foolishness you've been doing behind my back only to secretly watch over your ex-girlfriend like a stalker! Yes, I won't stop talking about her and confronting you about her until you wake up and forget her! Haven't you dumped her already years ago to be with me yet there you are faltering just when our wedding is months from now!" She went on raging.

Defeated, Thayfa sighs as he has nothing to answer to argue, "I lost my appetite. I'm going back home. Just call me later on."

Thayfa left the table and his fiancé only eagle-eyed on him as he made an exit without even looking at her one last time. Rather than throwing tantrums like how she always does whenever Thayfa walks away from her, she stayed still in her seat but smirks over the realization of how her man is still affected whenever Yumi is involved. This is painful for her however and thus, reaching her limit of understanding Thayfa's bizarre actions, she let this pain consume her.

"You..." She called one of their bodyguards who have been on standby behind her. "What's the latest report about Yumi today?" She then asked.

"Yumi was at the café all day until they closed. Afterwards, she went to the hospital with her best friend Fatima for a short while. Right now, they are on their way to a club and it seems like they are also with that blind woman Yumi was with last time." The bodyguard informed well.

The woman clenched her glass of wine, "Damn that Yumi having a good time with her friends... Just what the hell does that woman have that people cling to her like mushrooms? She isn't even that rich anymore..."

"What do you want us to do?" The bodyguard asked.

Giggling evilly, the woman pronounces, "I want to scare her a little bit before we proceed to our main plan. I want her to feel what kind of person she's about to fight with. She better have the best taste of her success now before I give her the taste of downfall and bitterness."

"Understood, ma'am."

The bodyguards needed no more words to comprehend what the woman was trying to say as they immediately went on their way to carry on the task given and she sat there laughing louder, feeling the triumph she believes that is in her hands already. By just the mere thought of Yumi smiling and being carefree, positive despite of her mother's condition, this woman can already lose her composure, more whenever her fiancé manifests obvious adoration towards her that's still burdening him.