Lingering Nights (Aroha Series #3) | ON-GOING

Chapter 6

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Flaviel: flavoriel
Keiren: moonkeiren
Firenze from FWBAD: renzelila
Samantha from FWBAD: sammy.avi
Aubrey from TRAIWHD Twitter account: queenauberry

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I froze in place.

What. The. Fuck.

How did I not realize that this family has connections in the world as powerful as the earth's gravity?

Silence stretched as Ford waited for my reaction.

Although my heart was beating nervously inside my chest, I calmly faced him without any expression.

"And the stalker of the year goes to no other than, Ford Biancho!" I clapped dramatically with the same expressionless face.

He smirked, ignoring my remark. "You dated a Korean star during your trip, huh?"

An unknown fear started to resurface in my system but I had to appear unbothered.

He thinks spending the whole night with a person is just a date?

As a child, knowing the perplexity of my family and the fate they give me, I tried doing anything to get away. In my whole existence, I've been seeking to escape and what I get is having no choice but to come back to it. In short, I always fail. 

When I spent my escape with Eunwoo even just for a night, for the first time, I felt like I had the choice not to come back forever. He was better than the alcohol that I use to escape my reality. He was a breath of hope.

"He's just a friend. I dont like him." I boredly said and pretended to continue painting.

I wonder if my father knows what Ford is talking about? But if he did, he wouldn't have called me during the trip to check on me.

Stranger:

Jeju Island is too nice. Let's go there sometime.

A wide smile immediately formed on my lips as I read Eunwoo's text.

I must say, Dong-geun replies faster than this man but... I look forward to his texts more than anyone else's.

Me:

Why don't you just post your photos so I can see your Jeju trip?

His vacation with his family was on Jeju Island. I don't know how long they'll stay there and I'm too shy to ask about his plans. But he told me that when he comes back to Seoul, he'll settle his schedule with their manager.

Meanwhile, I just remembered, my father arrives from his trip today. Because it's Freyon's spring break, he went to fetch dad from the airport. 

After the day I knew that Ford hired one of his men to know my whereabouts in Korea, I didn't talk to him or to any of my brothers. Thank God they didn't bother me. 

It's afternoon and Ford is still not around, maybe doing some of his illegal works. But he is always back early. He is the chill type, even when it comes to his work ethics unlike the hard-working Franco, who's obviously not here, too. So the house is empty. 

Well, it had always felt empty since my mother passed away.

Stranger:

Can I call?

My eyes popped. Laying on my bed, I jumped when excitement flowed inside me like wildfire.

Before I could even type my reply, he was already calling me! This is our first call after I came back from Korea.