"I-IONE.."
I stumbled at my feet and fell to the ground helplessly. My whole world was spinning around and I couldn't process everything all at once. All I could do was break down into tears and whimpered carelessly, "I-Ione.. W-Why.. Why her? No, t-this can't be!" I stuttered and hurried over to her side.
"Ria, we should get her away here as soon as possible," Caspian spoke.
I just ignored his words and bawled my eyes out. My tears just kept pouring. I'm so angry! It hurts me to see her like that, she endured so much just for me. I.. I really hate it when people take the fall for me. I can't stand it! I'm so mad! It feels like my heart is being torn to shreds, it's piercing me!
"Ione, Ione! W-Why must it be you?" I cried again and muttered.
"Oh crap! Hari! There are some guys outside! We gotta bail! Now!" Josh yelled suddenly and jumped out of surprise.
"Caspian, carry Ione and get her out of here!" I instructed
Ione Worth's POV(Three hours before the showdown between Claire and Adharia) W-WHAT'Sgoing on? Where am I? Who are these people? Why is it so dark? Why am I tied up? My mind went blank after seeing a familiar presence sitting in a lavish seat in front of me. It was dark and all I can see was a silhoutte, but that sihoutte gave me a familiar vibe on who the person was. And it became all clear to me when the person spoke. "Ione Worth, how are you?" A cold voice spoke. "C-Claire.." I muttered in shock. It was Claire Rose Rohas, my classmate and the person I avoid the most. Why is she doing this to me? Did I do something wrong? How could she be so cruel! "That's right, Worth. I'm glad you recognize me, tee-hee," she giggled. She's a psycho. "W-Why are you doing this to me? Let me go!" I persisted when she suddenly slapped my cheek
"MY RIA!""NAVIER, YOU IDIOT!""H-HARI, YOU OKAY NOW?!"Uh.. Is all of that shouting really necessary? I'm afraid the entire hospital will get disturbed because of you three. "Guys, chill.." I rolled my eyes. Well, I guess I'm thankful that they care for me so much."Uhm.. Okay?" I said."Don't 'Uhm.. Okay me'! You were shot Ria, it could have been in the abdomen or the head or your heart! My god, I hate drugs!" Cryx exclaimed sarcastically.Nani?! How did even drugs get in our topic?"Uhm.. So what happened? Before.. I passed out," I asked them curiously."Arden called the Police and the Ambulance. The Police arrested Claire's men but she was long gone when they arrived, she fled from the scene and we couldn't chase after her since you were more important. Her men also died the moment the Police were arresting them, I think there was poison in their tooth and they bit it to silence the
GUESSwhat? Ezra has visited. I guess this is the first time he ditched class to visit someone. "Hey Ezra, thanks for visiting me. I feel much better now that my friends are visiting me, haha!" I chuckled, resting on my hospital bed. Yep, I'm a great actress. "Of course, Adharia. Oh, I also brought you J.Co donuts." He said and handed me two boxes of my favorite donuts. Aww, he remembered! "Woah! Thanks, but isn't it too early for the shop to open? Where did you get it?" I asked suspiciously.Hm.. I hope there won't be any poison, right? "Have you forgotten, I am Ezra Neil Velga. I can buy whatever I want. But honestly, I threatened the owner to give me 2 boxes, I told them it's for a veryspecialperson." He gave emphasize to the word special. I hope that I'm not special because I will be poisoned after I eat it. "Aww, you're seriously the best Ezra! I'm gonna eat it now, okay?" I s
HELL WEEKat school has already passed and since I was still confined at the hospital, I took the exams there with the supervision of Miss Arlert who visited me. She also checked my exams in front of me, and as expected, I received full marks on almost all subjects. I had three mistakes in Mathematics and two mistakes in Physics. But aside from that, I have the highest GPA of the semester once again."Congratulations, Miss Adharia. You have outdone yourself once again, I am truly honored to be in the presence of a genius. I've heard great things from your brother as well, but it seems that striving for perfection runs deeply in your family." Miss Arlert complimented me before leaving."I appreciate the compliment and it does flatter me, truly, but I believe that I am no genius. I am simply a student who values various fields of education and tends to excel in all her trials, thus our family motto is to strive for perfection. We are not perfe
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Jeju International Airport. Local time is 9 am in the morning. For your safety and comfort, please remain seated with your seat belt fastened until the Captain turns off the Fasten Seat Belt sign. This will indicate that we have parked at the gate and that it is safe for you to move about. Please check around your seat for any personal belongings you may have brought on board with you and please use caution when opening the overhead bins, as heavy articles may have shifted around during the flight. If you require deplaning assistance, please remain in your seat until all other passengers have deplaned. One of our crew members will then be pleased to assist you. On behalf of Valler International Airlines and the entire crew, I'd like to thank you for joining us on this trip and we are looking forward to seeing you on board again in the near future. Have a nice stay!" As you might've heard earlier, my brother owns Valler Interna
SEVERAL DAYS have already gone by during our trip here in Jeju Island, the resort was accommodating as well since my brother gave the owner a call and threatened him big time. I didn't clearly hear what my brother said during the phone call, but whatever he said was enough to make the old man's knees shudder and fall to the ground. And after thateventfulincident, yes, I'm talking about the one connected to Erza, everyone became wary and they were mindful of their words so that it won't be related to him. Of course, it was hard on my part since I was pretty close with Ezra--I mean, Erza before we found out. At that time, at least I could feel his sincerity and happiness when we spent our time together, it felt so real to me and to him, I was so sure he wasn't faking it. At least, he could have been happy with me for real before. Who am I kidding! I thought that I was mentally prepared when I'll verify if it was really
"WELCOME back, little sister. How was the trip?" My Brother asked without sparing a glance at me.So mean, hmph! Tsk. I just got a call from Haru earlier, things are not looking good. "So-so. Good but also bad, but I'm sure you already know all about it," I shrugged and rolled my eyes. "Indeed. Something outrageous has occurred which the aftermath is, I have twice more work. Happy?" He scoffed and dropped some files on his desk, "Sorry, at least we're one step closer to the truth, right? Do you have any more findings?" I asked him and he sighed.What? What's he sighing about?"Hm... Remember when Uncle Demetrius' trip to Hongkong was canceled last year?" He asked, "Yeah, why?" I shrugged and tapped my fingers on his desk and looked around. "Well, turns out it was Erza who intercepted the communication with the company. We lost about 25 million as collateral damage! If I hadn't managed to suppress the issue, th
I KNOCKEDin front of Caspian's room before entering. I remembered earlier that Brother talked with him alone, I was wondering what they talked about and if acertain someonepressured him about acertain topic. "Knock knock!" I said. "Who's there?" Caspian said in the other side of the door. "Aiwantch." I giggled. "Aiwantch who?" He asked, confused. "Aww, really? You want me? Haha!" I laughed. Yep, I'm savage. Savagely seducing him, haha! He then opened the door, his face was flustered when he looked at me pouting. "R-Ria, how c-could you do that to me! R-Ria!" He wailed and sulked when he sat in the couch. "Hey, how was my joke? Did you fall for it?" I teased. "Of course I did, I'd fall for you any day," he replied seriously.The quack?! "Stop messing around, come on, hit me with another joke." He said and chuckled as he pulled me closer to him