Emily hesitated at first to answer the call so it got disconnected. Ryan breathed angrily like a furious dragon that was breathing out fire in anger. Scott watched him curiously as he steadily moved closer with the coloured, flavoured jelly beans jar in his hand.
He was careful and curious enough to move quietly and sneakily sit close to Ryan so he could see what was making him angry.
Ryan clutched his phone in his hands and stared at the screen. Is she with that so-called STEVE right now!? Is that why she is refusing to answer his call?
But then, he thought of her message and realized that she had addressed him as Steve so that means the guy isn’t with her. So he called her again.
Emily was startled when the phone suddenly started ringing again. She almost threw her phone out of her hands. She fumbled with it, trying to stable it in her hands and prevent it from crashing to the ground. She almost missed the call again.
But just before it could get disconnected, she swiped the answer icon and the phone displayed… Ryan! She squinted her eyes at the screen cause she could see someone else’s head also like the person was peeking.
Where the heck is he? And who is he with? She immediately shook her head vigorously as if to get the second question out of her head. Why would she care about who he is with?
“Oh! Hello…,” He didn’t even give her a chance to finish her greetings and apologize to him. She wanted to tell him that she didn’t know that he was the one. But the furious man wasn’t clear in the mood for all that now.
“Who is Steve?” It sounded like he had forced himself to say the name. “Huh?,” Her mind went blank for a while. Why does… Does it look like he is currently displeased with her? What did she do?
Hmph! Then she is also displeased with him! “He is my boyfriend,” She answered without blinking at the lie. Ryan’s words were cut off by the sound of someone choking beside him.
Scott had accidentally swallowed a jellybean when he heard Emily’s answer. He coughed and immediately warned Ryan again, “See! I told you she is up to no good! We are barely gone for a day and she’s already got a temporary boyfriend. She is not a good lun… wife material.”
Scott coughed again and managed to stop himself from saying, “Luna”. Emily’s eyebrows raised when she heard Scott. Where are they?
Now that she is listening closely, it seems like they are in a moving vehicle. “Where are you?” She wasn’t able to hold back her curiosity so she spilt it out subconsciously.
“It’s not like I’m worried about you or something,” She immediately added, nervous that he might misunderstand. “A good boyfriend should keep his girlfriend updated about his whereabouts at all times.”
It wasn’t only Ryan that was speechless, Scott even choked on another jellybean. What is this woman saying!? Didn’t she just proclaim another man as her boyfriend in front of her boyfriend? Now she is lecturing her supposed-to-be boyfriend.
‘Shit… What am I saying?’ she thought. “Brother-in-law, don’t choke to death! You have to live long to witness our unity!” She told Scott cheerfully. Well, her voice sounded cheerful enough but only Scott could hear the sarcasm in her voice. Ray chuckled silently.
Scott choked even more cause of her words. “That will never happen!,” He managed to rasp out before moving away to collect the glass of water from the bodyguard sitting nearby.
Ryan narrowed his eyes at Emily. He can’t help but think that she is trying to get back at him. Is it for declaring her to be his girlfriend or cause she is annoyed that he travelled without telling her?
He would rather prefer it to be the latter. “You… You still haven’t told me who Steve is,” He gritted, suddenly realizing that she tried to change the subject!
“I already told you. Where are you?” Emily responded with a question of her own. “You… Unless you tell me who Steve is, I am not going to say anything.”
Emily almost rubbed her temple cause of this. Why is such a grown-up man acting childish like this!? Well, she doesn’t care. He can take the secret of where he is to the grave!
“Okay then… Bye. Safe trip,” she tried not to let the frustration slowly gripping her heart obvious in her voice. Ryan glared at the phone screen.
“We are in Singapore! The cool, sunny city of sin… Do you wanna know why we are here, sister-in-law?” Scott suddenly interjected. Ryan glared at him as if trying to tell him not to say anything stupid.
Emily could hear the creepy way he called her name and she knew he was up to no good. She should have ended the call right there but… “We have come here to visit some friends, go on a tour and visit my brother’s fiancee!” Scott said it anyway.
Emily froze. Fi… Fiancee!? This jerk! “You fucking bastard! How dare…,” She heard Ryan saying to Scott but she disconnected the call right then. What else is there to listen to?
Except for the fact that the jerk has been taking an advantage of her! He had a fiancee and he still… He still… Has he been cheating on the poor woman with other female employees in the company too like Eva…?
She felt guilty but most of all hurt. It shouldn’t hurt. It really shouldn’t but she can’t explain why she felt so hurt.
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Ray almost burst out right then. Bloody, foolish humans! No not human but half human. Why are they so senseless? Why did the moon goddess have to make Ryan his second half?
Why is Ryan’s brother so dense? He frantically paced around, in Ryan’s head feeling so restless. He could… He could feel her hurting right now. Even if he only feels it just a little, it still hurts that she’s hurt.
“You motherfucker!” Ryan roared and pounced on Scott.
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