《The CCEO鈥檚 Hidden Identity》


 1:

    They say, all the questions now can be answered by one click on the inte. But when Euna searched for the answer to the question: How to escape poverty? There were so many answers that reflected there, she no longer knew what she should follow. But at the very least, only one answer impressed her-be and stay positive in life and love your work.


    How can it not make a mark on her mind, she does it every day. But the sad thing is, she still hasn¡¯t gotten  over the hardship she experienced.


    Here in the world, there are rich people who are kind, there are rich people who are poor like her mother¡¯s side family. Her mother always said that there are more like them who are seriously poor and living in the slum areas.


    Here in the world, there would be no bnce if poverty was absent. World that are not fair to those like them, those were the ones ying in Euna¡¯s mind as she walked home that morning.


    ¡°Hey! Euna, thank heaven, you¡¯re already here! I¡¯ve been waiting for you for a while. I need your payment for the tocino,¡± Marites greeted her, she¡¯s her neighbor who is famous there on the railroad for lending tocino, longganisa and whatever else.


    ¡°I just came home from work, as you can see, can¡¯t you? Can I hide from you, Marites? You¡¯re the CCTV operator of this railroad- hey, just a joke, you might be angry, remember the wrinkles on your face!¡±


    ¡°Oh, you¡¯re really funny, Euna, I don¡¯t have wrinkles yet! If there are any, the skin care offered by Tasha will be reced while I haven¡¯t paid for it yet!¡±


    ¡°Crazy! It¡¯s just a joke. Here, that¡¯s my payment, you can calm down now.¡± She handed Marites the money, it was her payment for the tocino that her nephew Ian, had served to them the night before.


    She pays for it because Marites is lending it by two gives. It¡¯s trending here on the railroad.


    ¡°Thank you, I¡¯m sorry if I¡¯m really looking forward to your payment, I just need to, you know.¡± She followed what or who Marites pointed using her lips.


    When she nced at what it was- who it was -she shook her head in an instant and took her change from Marites. ¡°Oh, your order arrived again, you¡¯re full of money, can you lend me some?¡± she joked to her neighbor who was also one of those people who was fooled into ordering things online every time.


    Those who heard her in the background giggled. They were neighbors who were already sitting on the side of the railroad.


    Someone was immediately setting up a table for bingo, someone was cooking chicken seasoning and smoking with cigarettes and someone was just gathering there to gossip, of course. Typical scene in the squatter¡¯s area of her country, Philippines. There were even fewer children on the street because it was too early. If it happened to be that afternoon, the barren children who were surprisingly immune to the disease were scattered.


    What is the modern call to them? Ah, squammy, yes it is. Yes, they are.


    ¡°Ma¡¯m Marites Tuazon, Hapee delivery for you again,¡± said the rider when he approached Marites.


    Euna didn¡¯t know why she swallowed softly when she heard the rider¡¯s baritone voice. She also secretly sighed because his voice seemed so close to her ears.


    She moved an inch, then she flinched after, because to her surprise, her elbow and the rider of Hapee Delivery elbow were almost rubbing against each other! And the rider didn¡¯t seem to care about how close they were. While she . . .


    Argh! It¡¯s okay because she shouldn¡¯t get too close, why does he really stop when he¡¯s so close to her!


    Euna just nced and raised an eyebrow at the rider who was always focused on delivering to their ce.


    Red, wearing a red jacket, usually his get up. The rider just smiled at her. And with that smile from Red, Euna couldn¡¯t help but think that when the sky misted the form for male beauty, the first honorable mention was the so -called ¡®Yummy Hapee Rider¡¯ of the railroad- that¡¯s what young people, adults and women on the railroad called Red- Yummy Happe Rider.


    Red is yummy for real. If ever he¡¯s a food he can be a one hot ice cream for her- tasty so lick him fast! His physique is well built. And his face, winner! His eyebrows thicken, his eyshes are flicked as they pass for the woman. His nose, that¡¯s probably also called the aristocratic nose. His teeth are full and white like in themercial of toothpaste ¨C it¡¯s just a bonus that he has a dimples, and every time they appear, his eyes also seem to appear but to disappear.


    Yes, he is the official delivery rider in their area. She did not know how it happened. Just one day she met him as a permanent person here on this railroad. And one day, every time they meet, he does nothing but teasing her!


    ¡°Hi, Euna! You just came home? Tsk, I told you, if you¡¯re answering me, you can have an official rider who fetches you,¡± Red greeted him with a smile.


    There, he already started!


    She rolled her eyeballs and obliquely answered the delivery rider. ¡°Red, if I answer you to be my boyfriend, you will keep an eye on my duty because I have a night shift. You¡¯ll make trouble at the convenience store where I work because you¡¯ll be drunk one night and for sure, you will force me to go home and sit next to you in the cold dark night- for short, you will surely be a nuisance in my quiet single life. So, spare me with that clich¨¦ line of yours, okay? Adios! ¡± Euna even heard the loudughter of her neighbors when she turned around.


    ¡°¡®You¡¯re really mean to Red, Euna!¡±


    ¡°Euna, Red really like you, why don¡¯t you pay attention ?!¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s already found a way to stay delivering here on the railroad just for you!¡± Euna even heard her neighbors yelling at her even though she had turned her back on them.


    ¡°Your mind is advance, Euna, hey, we can talk about that thing. Especially that cold nights!¡± Red was also joking loudly.


    I turned to him,ughter filled the rails as I lifted my middle finger to Red.


    ¡°HMN, it¡¯s the morning of the rider who delivers on the train just for you to be that rude to him. You¡¯re really bad to that certain rider!¡±


    ¡°Good morning too, Queen,¡± she ignored what her friend, Queen said. ¡°Are my nephews awake yet?¡±


    Her best friend Queen has been with them in that house with her three nephews since the fire killed their entire family and left her with his nephews. Like her, Queen also works in a convenience store that is just a walking distance from here on the railroad where they lives. Like her, Queen no longer have a family because of the fire that broke out on the railroad when they were only about twelve years old.


    Sometimes Euna is asking the heaven if they can still leave this dangerous ce. Just in case she doesn¡¯t bet on any gamble to win like their previous neighbor who was lucky and got off there, right now. So she just ignored that too much questioning about their life. Well, the most important thing is that they can survive every sine day without being cut off an electricity and water.


    ¡°Ian woke up earlier. He just cooked and eat it, then he sleep again. So, there¡¯s still food for breakfast. I think he really cooked it for you.¡±


    She smiled but jokingly said, ¡°It¡¯s kinda scary, maybe that boy has an order online again.¡±


    Queenughed. ¡°Then think about it. Let¡¯s eat and I¡¯m just waiting for you. I¡¯m also really waiting for how you can avoid the spark between you and Red again.¡±


    Eunaughed. Her friend is really crazy, she ignored it before but she actually inserted that topic now.


    ¡°You know I don¡¯t have those sparks anymore.¡±


    ¡°Geez, I don¡¯t know about you! The handsome rider has been blowing wind at you for three months. Why, if you ask me, whether he is serious about you or not, you should gamble again to love. Your nephews are growing up. ¡±


    Yes, Red has been wooing her for three months. But she didn¡¯t know, even though she could feel the undeniable spark that her friend was saying between them and the rider, she still begged herself to pay attention to it.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know that man very well yet.¡±N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    ¡°Gosh! How do you better know someone you don¡¯t recognize, first of all? Hey, aren¡¯t you used to it? We¡¯ve been gambling in our whole lives. It¡¯s been a long time since you gave in to your whim. You don¡¯t even realize that your nephews are growing up, Euna.¡±


    Hey, Red Henson ¡­


    Why is it that every time she and Queen meet and talk, they can¡¯t help but talk about him?


    Honestly, she knew what Queen was up to. She get it. The only thing she couldn¡¯t really understand to herself was that she seemed to get bad vibes with Red every time she was around, apart from the spark. She didn¡¯t want to ignore that feeling and of course, she also didn¡¯t want to make it a big deal either.


    Tch, her guts are often really crazy.

 2:

    ¡°HEY, I saw you again Red, my day ispleted again. ¡®Gosh!¡±


    ¡°Oh! I saw you again without wearing a helmet, oh, my uterus!¡±


    ¡°Hey, you¡¯re delusional! You don¡¯t have a uterus, it¡¯s roasted!¡±


    The group of young people who passed in front of himughed out loud and shouted.


    ¡°Oh my Red, when will you give me a son?¡±


    Theyughed again at their jokes and pushed each other.


    Red alsoughed at all those young girls and women on the railroad.


    That¡¯s how he really is when these people make fun of him when they see him.


    He parked his motorbike for a while to buy an energy drink at the small store here.


    All right, he will also admit that he parked it on purpose because it was a tiring day for him and he sent his fellow rider and best friend Jax home, because he said he felt bad.  He then delivered to two areas because he took over Jax¡¯s remaining parcels.


    He was tired so he had to recharge.  And what he meant is that apart from drinking energy drinks, he needs to see Euna.


    He just smiled broadly at what was running through his mind.  Then he nced at his wristwatch, it¡¯s almost 5 PM.


    He parked and positioned just right, Euna was definitely on her way on that particr road on the railroad from her job and oh, he¡¯s smiling like an idiot right now by imagining her beautiful face.  Yep, that¡¯s the only way he can fill his battery, the moment he sees her beautiful face, he¡¯s losing his tiredness.


    ¡°Hey, It¡¯s you, Red!¡±  Red winced at the implication of the word of the new approach to that store, Marites.


    Who doesn¡¯t wince, he knows Marites just pretending to have something to buy there. He was sure she just approached him to intrigue her.


    ¡°Ah, hello,¡± he politely greeted her back.


    ¡°Oh, I already know there¡¯s something or should I say, someone, you¡¯ll wait here,¡± she started to tease him.


    Yeah, right.


    ¡°You¡¯re waiting for Euna here, aren¡¯t you?¡± Yeah, she¡¯s already begun to intrigue him.


    ¡°Marites, stop intriguing Red. Oh you, your gills are always living on gossip,¡± the olddy, who was the store owner, said.


    ¡°You, Tina, are also observant!¡±


    ¡°And what are you, Marites?¡±


    He justughed softly, especially when Marites rolled her eyes at the store owner.


    Ah, they¡¯re not fighting, they¡¯re just joking.  He is also used to these.


    ¡°Tina, I¡¯ll just report here to Red that he¡¯s waiting for nothing,¡± said Marites, pointing at him with her own finger.


    ¡°Yes?¡±  he promptly answered the question.


    He was sure he saw Euna enter this morning. So it means, thetter will pass by here because this is her only way to go home.


    ¡°Yes, no. What you¡¯re waiting for won¡¯te home now. Euna is on straight duty now. My niece, who is her work partner, exchanged a day off for her, so that¡¯s why.¡±


    Ah, that¡¯s right.


    He just nodded, then he said goodbye to the interlocutors, ¡°Thanks for the info, I¡¯ll go first.¡±


    ¡°Come on, just go. You can go to the convenience store where Eun¡¯s working though,¡± Tina suggested.


    He just smiled in response.  He turned to Marites to nod at her.


    When he put on his helmet and started his motor, he couldn¡¯t help but think that in such cases, the likes of Marites really have a good effect.


    ¡°Are you their shipper?¡±


    ¡°Wow, I can¡¯t believe, for an olddy, you know such words very well!¡±


    ¡°Well, of course! I can read that on Facebook.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know about you. I¡¯m leaving and there will be more.¡±


    ¡°Yes he is, when you get a lot of gossip!¡±


    Red shook his head.  Even though he normally hears such conversations on the railroad, he still can¡¯t help but smile at the way people there talk to each other.


    ¡°LET¡¯S swap our duties.¡± That¡¯s what a co-worker of Euna¡¯s text for today to her.


    She doesn¡¯t have a problem with that and sometimes those kinds of incidents are also in her favor because she¡¯s at home all day the next day when her co-workers swap from their duties.


    That kind of schedule really happens with the kind of work she has.  They are open 24 hrs. She was really grateful to Reyna on such asions because she was there to look after her nephew and nieces.


    ¡°Babeth can¡¯te in,¡± Joy said when she came out from the stockroom where she had read Babeth¡¯s text.


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯ve read her text as well,¡± she simply replied.


    ¡°Probably, she will just meet her boyfriend again.¡±


    And we don¡¯t have a problem or care there anymore, she hesitated to answer here but she just decided to turn her back on her and wipe their shelves there while they still don¡¯t have customers.  She would rather bother herself with cleaning than the gossip that her co -worker always wanted.


    ¡°Hey, I hope I have a boyfriend too¡±  She even heard Joy say that.


    She just shook her head and smiled.  She is used to it.  Even so, she is also hardworking and good to get along with.  It is important in a job to have your coworker with you so that you can endure the day.  That¡¯s one of the things a person wants to achieve, not just a paid job, good co -workers should be relieved of course.


    She decided to stick her earphone in one of her ears while cleaning to convey to her co-worker that she would be busy first.  When she started, there was no stopping the chatter.


    Minutester, the door chime rang so she heard her co-worker greet the neer.  ¡°Sir, good afternoon, I¡¯m Joy at your service!¡±


    There is no such protocol in their store but it was Joy¡¯s wanted so it¡¯s up to her, she said to herself.  She just secretlyughed at her co -worker.


    She didn¡¯t look at the new customer, Joy assisted the neer, so she just focused on cleaning the shelf.


    ¡°Miss, can I have a banana please.¡±


    She was stunned for a moment.  Could she be the one talking with the person asking for the banana ¡­?


    She didn¡¯t look at her back and maybe she just thought she was the one he¡¯s talking with because their bananas were on the counter, not on the coffee shelves and siopao that she was wiping right now.


    ¡°Miss, can I have a banana,¡± repeated by someone.  It¡¯s a man¡¯s voice.


    ¡°Sir, our banana is on the counter,¡± she replied without even looking at him.  ¡°It¡¯s in the front. There¡¯s a basket in front of the counter.¡±


    ¡°Miss, can I have a banana.¡±


    Wow!  Like a broken que over and over?


    To her annoyance, she stopped wiping, then she walked to the counter that was only a few feet away from them. The customer had not been able to get a banana for reasons she did not know.


    But when she walked to the counter, she felt him following her!


    She red at Joy, who immediately handed her the banana.  She reacted the same way to her because she couldn¡¯t leave the counter.  It seemed in their eyes that they were telling each other that they had another customer who was insane.  Of course, it¡¯s not in their daily work that they meet kind customers.


    ¡°Miss, can I have a banana,¡± the customer repeated.


    Joy giggled.  No longer restrained.  She, on the other hand, couldn¡¯t help butugh and she was disgusted with their crazy customer.


    When she got a banana, she immediately confronted the customer behind her to hand him the banana.  ¡°Sir here¡¯s the banana-¡±


    ¡°Cute,¡± the customer said without hesitation.


    When she looked at his face, she realized it was Red!


    She could no longer control herself, she jokingly pressed the banana to his nose.


    ¡°Aw!¡±  Red pretended toin about his own nose.


    Joy¡¯s giggle was heard behind her. Obviously, she knows it was the rider!  She and Red clearly agreed not to tell her!


    Red, who was the reason she didn¡¯t know it was him, was already wearing a helmet, even wearing a face mask that riders are used to wearing.


    ¡°How dare you!¡± she said.  When she was about to hit him with the banana again, he grabbed her arm.


    Redughed.  ¡°Didn¡¯t you get the joke?¡±


    Her eyebrows furrowed.  ¡°What¡¯s the joke? Are you crazy? You¡¯re here again to cause trouble!¡±


    ¡°Miss, can I have a banana- cute!¡±


    Oh, stupid!


    ¡°Euna, what is it? Tell me you¡¯re not slow!¡±  Red joked even more at her after she sniffed the joke he was saying.  He even shook slightly while holding her wrist.


    She met its eyes.  ¡°I¡¯m not really slow. You¡¯re just really crazy, Red!¡±


    Redughed out loud. Surprising.  He seemed so delighted with his own joke that she didn¡¯t know where he had been found.


    Instead of removing his grip on her wrist, she was stunned while watching himughing¡­


    ¡°He¡¯s getting the banana,¡± Joy said happily, so she was woken up from an afternoon dream, her attention shifted to her.


    ¡°What¡¯s the cute connection to the banana that he got over and over again?¡±


    Joy giggled again.  ¡°He told you, isn¡¯t it, can I have a banana, he knows that even if you¡¯re doing something, you¡¯ll still get him a banana at the counter. So, when you take the banana, he says, you¡¯re cute.  When he sees you-banana cute instead of banana cue!¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡±  She doesn¡¯t get it, seriously.  So when she looked back at Red she asked him, ¡°What¡¯s that nonsense?¡±


    ¡°I wish for  just a banana, but you¡¯re cute,¡± he said, apanied by a wink.


    Wink that ¡­ ahm, made her tickle¡­


    But wait, banana, banana cue, or even banana is cute, nothing is important to her anymore because her attention suddenly went to the ce where she didn¡¯t realize that they were the rider¡¯s palm ¡­


    ¡°I¡¯m just charging,¡± Red said.


    She looked up at it.  ¡°What?¡±N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    ¡°Charging,¡± said the rider, raising their palms in the air.


    Charge?  Er, why does it seem like it¡¯s exhausting for her ¡­


    It even softens her knees ¡­


    Geeez, calm down, Euna!

 3:

    ¡°It¡¯s raining hard and already flooded outside, Euna!¡± Euna¡¯s co -worker Joy eximed. To everyone with a Joy name, she really seems to always have a big problem in life.


    ¡°Close the door and let Guardie say goodbye for a while,¡± Euna ordered, referring to the guard on duty they now have at the convenience store that they used to call Guardie.


    Yes, it will be flooded outside and there will be storms. She entered at 7 PM and it was already raining hard.


    ¡°Good evening,¡± Joy greeted the customers who had just entered.


    Euna turned to the customers because the sound of the woman¡¯s shoes and the scents of them wafted through the air.


    Rich fragrance.


    Euna automatically frowned as she looked at the neers. It seems that these customers have just strayed from their usual customers. Because that convenience store is close to the railroad. The most frequent buyers of them are mostly locals as well as the surrounding is a residential area.


    ¡°Damn! The heavy rain has hit us and that man didn¡¯t even think to let us stay in the house where he was staying.¡±


    ¡°Blue, if he keeps us going, I doubt if you¡¯ll even sit down, you arrogant fool!¡± The woman in high-heeled boots, an almost ck leather dress and a cape-like leather that rested just on her shoulders,ughed.


    Euna couldn¡¯t help but listen to the customers¡¯ conversations and nce at them. The word ¡®Goddess¡¯ is very applicable to the woman. It was as if she were still familiar with her, she just couldn¡¯t remember where she had seen her.


    ¡°I only wanna have an energy drink, Blue. It¡¯s tiring to argue and force people. He¡¯s really getting on my nerves! I don¡¯t know when Granpops will let him,¡± the woman said to the person she was talking to.


    The man is handsome. The two looks rich, indeed.  When Euna saw that they were approaching the counter where she was, she pretended to wipe, before they might be think of that she had been listening to them before. While Joy was busy mopping.


    ¡°Here, miss.¡± She punched the woman¡¯s energy drink.


    ¡°Miss, how¡¯s the sales of Hen¡¯s Coffee and Hen¡¯s Donuts here?¡± Euna was surprised by the man¡¯s question.


    Just as she was about to answer, the beautiful woman with him said, ¡°Oh boy, tell me you¡¯re just kidding to that question of yours, Blue Dodge! And miss, oh, don¡¯t mind this man. He¡¯s always like that, by the way. ¡± The woman has already taken the card she used to pay for purchases from Euna, even the ones she bought. She also smiled kindly at Euna and thanked her.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with my question? Haya? It can be just random.¡±


    ¡°Nah, shut up! Can you please leave your freaking alter ego at your office and learn to be chill for once!¡±


    She even heard them exchange words as the two were walking away from the counter.


    She just thought, it¡¯s not hard to guess that the two were rted to each other.


    Maybe they¡¯re rtives because they looked alike.


    ¡°HEY, that¡¯s not allowed! Especially for a beautiful woman like you!¡± I rolled my eyes when Red suddenly appeared and took the cigarette from her mouth ¨C and stepped on it!


    Euna smoked one stick of cigar before she went home that morning because she didn¡¯t show to her nephew and niece that she¡¯s smoking.


    ¡°Just get whatever you want, Euna. I¡¯ll pay for it. But please stop smoking,¡± Red said.


    ¡°Thanks, but no thanks, I¡¯ll just go home.¡± If only Red wasn¡¯t handsome, she would have pped him for interfering with her.


    ¡°Ooops, just wait, Euna ¡­¡± Red grabbed her arm as she was about to turn her back on him.


    She just looked at Red¡¯s hands that were wrapped and held her arm before she threatened him with the thought that he should release her. He seemed to understand that, in no time,  Red had removed his hands from her arm. Then he scratched his own neck.


    ¡°¡®Are you in trouble?¡± Euna pretended to object.


    Supposedly pissed, that¡¯s how to cover up the sudden electricity she felt when she and Red¡¯s skin touched earlier. The voltage was still the same the first time they identally held hands.


    Annoying!


    ¡°Nah, It¡¯s raining. ¡®Looks like you don¡¯t have an umbre. You¡¯re probably not waterproof.¡±  Euna was surprised when Red opened an umbre for her.


    He moves fast! She didn¡¯t notice that umbre¡­


    ¡°I¡¯m not really an umbre person. It always disappears, not valuable for me to remember that I have it with me,¡± she answered. She took the umbre but Red didn¡¯t let it go.


    Yeah, they are so close together under the same umbre!


    ¡°Tsk, Euna, if you don¡¯t want to take care of yourself, please let me take care of you,¡± Red whispered as he stared at her and bowed slightly because he was taller than her.


    Annoyed, Euna looked up at Red to answer what he said but she did it wrong ¨C because in what she did, she was able to pass the movement of Red¡¯s adam¡¯s apple¡­


    The little stubble on his chin¡­ up to his kissable lips- ¡°Oh!¡± She screamed when she felt a piece of water sshed on her face and then she slipped because someone touched her shoulder.


    At the speed of events, Euna just felt that she had sunk into Red¡¯s massive and hard chest!


    ¡°I said watch out and don¡¯t step aside, Euna. I guess you¡¯re sleepy?¡± Red whispered.


    Huh? Did he really say that? Shocks, she must have been so engrossed in looking at him that she didn¡¯t even hear it- you¡¯re embarrassing, Euna Del Fierro!


    ¡°Oh, I¡¯m fine, I just got over my shoulder,¡± was all Euna said.


    ¡°Of course, I won¡¯t let you get hurt!¡±


    Euna¡¯s worms in her stomach seemed to be celebrating when Red winked at her in a sexy way. She really felt like there was a party in her stomach all of a sudden.


    When Red smiled at her, she really needed to keep a secret that her undergarments literally started to get¡­ soaked by that smile!


    ¡°I know I¡¯m handsome but I guess your panty is strong enough to make you at home?¡± Red uttered in a yful tone.


    Euna¡¯s eyes widened! Why does this man seem to read what¡¯s on her mind?


    ¡°A-hm, Red, I think, I have to go,¡± she replied instead, she also slightly pushed the rider¡¯s chest.


    ¡°Just wait¡­*


    Euna rolled her eyeballs. ¡°What is it this time, Red?¡± She pretended to be bored, saying that maybe that would cover up her weakness.


    ¡°I just wanted to ask you something, Euna ¡­¡±


    ¡°What? If it¡¯s about the money¡­¡±


    Redughed. Laughter that made his eyes squinted and triggered dimples that were fragile- er, maybe her heart is still intact in that ce ¡­?


    ¡°You¡¯re really mean to me, Euna!¡±


    ¡°Hey, what¡¯s wrong with that?¡±


    ¡°I have no intention to borrow money, of course. But personally ¡­¡±


    ¡°What now?¡±All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    Red tried against her again. It seems embarrassing to know. And does it seem like Euna is already guessing what he will say or is she just assuming?


    ¡°Euna, are you free on Saturday?¡±


    Oh.


    ¡°Red, is that a date? If it is, and so am I, why not,¡± said Euna, who just wished she could hide her excitement as she thought it would go away.


    ¡°Date? Euna, seriously?¡±


    Euna¡¯s eyebrows responded to Red¡¯s. Er, what is it? This man¡¯s trouble!


    ¡°Don¡¯t get me wrong, I justughed at the term, really. But go ahead, if date, date it is. So, on Saturday?¡±


    ¡°I already agreed, Red. I might get angry and-¡±


    ¡°Thanks, Euna!¡±


    Wow, it was amazing how Red grabbed her a hug that fast!


    Hey! Her heart is¡­ throbbing¡­


    ¡°Hey, calm down! It¡¯s just me,¡± she joked to Red.


    ¡°Thank you so much, Eun! And one more thing-¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡±


    Red stared at him intently before saying, ¡°Please stop smoking. U ¨C Uhm, I mean, you know, it¡¯s not good for your health.¡±


    Euna felt different from the man in front of her again. It seems mixed with digging up what¡¯s in her stomach¡­


    ¡°Okay. But maybe next time. When you and I are officially together,¡± she said to Red in a whispered way and then she didn¡¯t look back at him.


    If Euna looked back, she would see Red¡¯s smile that seemed to dispel the little sanity she had. She could see that he didn¡¯t take his eyes off her.


    Who wouldn¡¯t smile broadly when he clearly heard what Euna said¡­


    Yes, even if it¡¯s still a whisper.

 4:

    ¡°SHE¡¯S what?! You son of a bi-¡±


    ¡°Hey, Jax, just calm down,¡± Red immediately pulled away his friend when he was about to hit his teenage son, Jaz. ¡°Maybe you can go ahead, I¡¯ll take care of him,¡± he said also to his friend.


    When he turned around to approach the table where there was the wine they were drinking before Jax¡¯ teenage son arrived with a girl his age, he immediately sat down on the single seater sofa facing the teenage lovers.


    ¡°Jaz, please forgive your father, the news is just surprising to him,¡± he began to the lovers.


    ¡°Uncle Red-¡±


    ¡°Veronica!¡±  Jaz couldn¡¯t continue what he was saying when that scream echoed from outside their house.


    The one who screams is angry, proof of her anger was the knocking on their iron gate. Yes, the one who screams outside is a woman.


    They stared at each other before he stood up.


    ¡°Shocks! It¡¯s untie!¡±  eximed Nica, Jaz¡¯s girlfriend who is now with him.


    The person outside is shouting the name of Veronica, and it¡¯s obvious that it¡¯s Nica.  This is what the person who is now causing trouble in front of their house is looking for.


    ¡°Oh, men,¡± Red only thought when he saw who was making a scandal at their gate at that time.  He shook his head.


    ¡°Take my niece out if you don¡¯t want me to destroy your rotten gate!¡±


    He pressed his lips together before speaking, ¡°Euna, calm down, please¡­¡±


    Yep, it was Euna who was there screaming angrily in front of their gate.


    Talking about a small world.


    ¡°You, Red! You must be the one who introduced my niece to a scumbag man like you!¡± Euna shouted at him.


    She had a look that no one would be blessed with at that time as she poked and prodded her.  No one will be sanctified- especially him!


    Er, why him?  What does he have to do with the current trouble?


    ¡°Euna, what are you doing, calm down! Red hasn¡¯t even met Nica yet,¡± said Reyna, taking her friend off her arm.


    That¡¯s true.  Since he has been delivering on the railway for a long time, today was the first time he saw Euna¡¯s niece, Nica. It seems that the girl is not a homebody and doesn¡¯t order online either, so he didn¡¯t recognize her, just now, yeah, what a crap that in this kind of situation.


    ¡°Miss, just wait, you won¡¯t see your nephew if you don¡¯t calm down, okay?¡±  That¡¯s Jax, he¡¯s trying to calm down the tiger-like woman who¡¯s losing her mind right now.


    Even though it didn¡¯t fit the situation, he smirked at the sight of his friend. It is obvious that Jax also does not know how to approach the aunt of his future daughter inw.


    Tsk, what the hell did those kids get into, even the adults wereplicit in the mess-even him!


    ¡°Calm down? You want me to calm down, right?¡±  Euna said angrily.


    Euna who obviously hasn¡¯t even taken a bath yet¡­


    Her eyes are swollen from crying, se¡¯s wearing a a house dress, her hair is messy- she¡¯s really angry now and her nose seems to be smoking up close, but the weird thing is that she¡¯s still beautiful in his eyes¡­


    ¡°Yeah, calm down, okay? Take a deep breath-¡±


    ¡°Are you aedian?¡± Eunaughed out loud, unable to contain herself.


    Getting more and more angry with-


    ¡°Hey, Red! You must take my niece out, immediately!¡±


    His grin faded.  Why did she turn to him again?


    ¡°Hey, Euna, please chill,¡± he approached her.  He held her arm that was constantly banging on the iron gate, the sound of it was already jarring.


    But she broke in his grip. And to his greatest surprise¡­


    ¡°What the f-¡±


    Reyna¡¯s loud intake of breath was thest thing he heard before he felt Euna¡¯s fist on his jaw-Yes, she pped him after quickly slipping out of his grip and grabbing the cor of his shirt!


    ¡°AUNT Euna, I¡¯m sorry¡­¡±


    Red heard the children apologize to their guardians.


    When everyone had finished eating, here he was, drinking alone in the corner, clutching his injured jaw from the hit that Euna gave him earlier.


    He gulped down the bottle of wine he was holding while his eyes narrowed at the sight of that person-Euna-who was talking to her niece and to thetter¡¯s boyfriend, Jaz, in the small living room of that house of Jax. The small liveing room was only a few meters away from where he was seated.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Red,¡± Reyna said to him, she¡¯s from the bathroom that was near him because Jax¡¯s house was so small.


    He nodded.  ¡°It¡¯s nothing. That¡¯s fine.¡±


    Reyna sighed.  ¡°I don¡¯t know what will happen next. The only thing I¡¯m sure of is that she won¡¯t go home without Nica.¡±


    He couldn¡¯t answer because from where they were, they both saw Euna get up and leave the house.


    He and Reyna looked at each other, before he decided to stand up and follow Euna.


    ¡°NO one said it¡¯s bad to cry in front of a lot of people,¡± he told Euna when he approached her.


    He also sat on the long wooden chair she was sitting on, that was outside of the yard of Jax¡¯s house.


    Euna doesn¡¯t give any reaction. She didn¡¯t look back.  She just lit a cigarette after wiping the tears that rolled down her cheeks.


    Tsk, only on this girl he understands the insulting lyrics of a song: Cigarettes don¡¯t run out.


    ¡°What does that taste like? Can I try it-¡± before he finished speaking, she threw at him a stick of cigarettes and a lighter that she was holding.


    He watched her smoking before lighting his cigar. He also lit it  even for him, cigar was the most disgusting thing ever invented in the world.


    He nced again at the woman next to him, she was just smoking a cigarette. Seems that her world has  only revolved in what is there and the only thing that matters in that world is her deep thoughts.


    ¡°I would like to know if this cigarette can get rid of your problem? I¡¯m just wondering and a lot of people are going crazy here,¡± he said. Trying to start a conversation between them.


    Still, no reaction from her.


    But because he was naughty, he continued speaking, ¡°They also say, love is like a cigarette, it¡¯s fun at the beginning¡­ but eventually, it will kill you.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ll die even if you don¡¯t smoke, so, you can just smoke while you¡¯re still alive. Besides, there¡¯s no cigarette in heaven.¡±


    Wow, that¡¯s it.  Just in case, what kind of logic is that?¡±


    ¡°Because heaven is heaven, that¡¯s why?¡±


    Er¡­


    Her face crumpled at what he said.  If that¡¯s all he¡¯s going to say, maybe she hopes he doesn¡¯t speak at all.


    ¡°Where is your family? Why like me, you stay together with your friend?¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡±  He was shocked.  He didn¡¯t prepare his question.  ¡°Ah, I-It¡¯s nothing, you know,  I understand why you kicked me, that doesn¡¯t hurt,¡± he said jokingly.


    Sheughed at it. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, that¡¯s me when I¡¯m angry. But back to you, why don¡¯t you want to talk about your family?¡±


    He let out a breath.  He yed with and looked at the cigarette that was lit and stuck in his finger because he didn¡¯t want to smoke it to begin with.N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    ¡°Well, first, they¡¯re not the issue here. It¡¯s not right to talk about it in this situation. You know that, if we were on a dinner date or a movie date, I would answer all your questions about me. This may sound corny but, I guess, I will tell you until your heart¡¯s content about it.¡±


    When she smiled, he smiled too.


    ¡°You¡¯re talking too much, I¡¯m only asking about your family, you¡¯ve said a lot.¡± She rolled her eyeballs at him.


    He chuckled.  ¡°On Saturday, I promise that I will answer all those questions you want to ask me, we have a date, remember?¡±


    She raised an eyebrow at her.  ¡°You¡¯re really pushy about it, eh?¡±


    ¡°But of course!¡±


    Euna giggled. But it¡¯s interrupted by the wink she got from Red¡­


    That wink and his killer smile is fatal. Her heart beat abnormally because of it¡­


    She swallowed, trying to take away the effect of Red¡¯s smile and winked.


    She looked away.  ¡°I¡¯m not forgetting that, Red.¡±


    ¡°Good.¡±


    ¡°There is nothing good for me now,¡± she couldn¡¯t stop saying.


    It was very difficult to ept what she found out now. Kinda weird, that¡¯s it¡¯s too heavy to digest.


    Maybe, the man next to him felt the weight she was talking about so he had the courage to intertwine their palms.


    She looked at Red again.


    ¡°Listen, even if you haven¡¯t forgotten our date, or even if you have, that¡¯s still not what¡¯s important right now. Especially not my family. It¡¯s your family that has an issue now and I clearly understand it¡¯s in need of solving.¡±


    ¡°R-Red¡­¡± she actually stuttered when he caressed her cheek in a sweet way¡­ fortunately it was only for a moment.


    ¡°You can¡¯t run away from the problem you¡¯re facing now. You can cry now until your heart¡¯s content, for tomorrow it won¡¯t be there. Facing and eptance afterwards,¡± he told her figuratively.


    Those words were the only words that Euna¡¯s tears were waiting for because those tears had already begun to fall¡­


    Disgusted, she rubbed those tears using the back of her palms.  She also threw away the cigarette that she had forgotten because of this man.


    ¡°Come on, you made me cry with candy in my mouth!¡±  Sheined here afterwards.


    As he expected, the courier riderughed.


    REDughed out loud.  He really couldn¡¯t help butugh when Euna spoke like that.


    Yes, she is really unique that way.


    He gently held her by her arms, she leaned her on his shoulder and he smiled widely when she didn¡¯t blink, she just let him do it.


    Then she cried¡­ again.  This time, without hesitation.


    ¡°That¡¯s right, just let your eyes get wet. Just cry it all, so that it can be washed away, for the next day, you can see more clearly why you are going through those problems.¡±


    She responded to him with another cry.


    Who wouldn¡¯t cry when you knew that your niece couldn¡¯t proceed with her studies due to pregnancy? When you hopefully get out of the hardships of life, get pregnant early?


    But hey, for him, what is set cannot be taken away.  Everything happens for a reason.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know where else I failed. I promised to their parents that I would take care of them and watch over them, but what negligence did I do?¡±


    ¡°Stop ming yourself. You know, life has many ways to test us, really.¡±


    She left from leaning on his shoulder.  ¡°That test! It¡¯s not over! It¡¯s tiring!¡±


    He looked at her sweetly.  ¡°Well, I don¡¯t believe you¡¯re tired, Euna.¡±


    She scoffed.  ¡°Hah! How did you say that?¡±


    Shrugging his shoulders he answered, ¡°That kind of situation will not be given to someone He knows is tired. Let me tell you again, life¡¯s way of testing us is funny. This includes the absence of problems, believe me,  and it¡¯s also like what¡¯s happening to you now that all the problems are crashing big time,¡± he said seriously as he stared into her eyes as ck as night.


    He just stared at her for a moment.


    He hopes she¡¯s okay. It¡¯s good to look at her while she¡¯s also staring at him and they both seem to be in control of each other¡¯s faces-only that it was intereupted by suddenly burst outughing!


    ¡°Why-What?¡±  he asked in surprise.


    Euna burst outughing, pointing something-someone- to his back.  ¡°Because Reyna isughing behind your back. She looks like she¡¯s going to poop from crying!¡±


    He looked at what she was talking about, and there, it was Reyna-who was peeking out from the hem of her dress!


    Uhm, well, he doesn¡¯t want to say it, but it¡¯s hard not to notice that the world is unfair.  It¡¯s not good for Reyna to cry.  While the girl next to him who is stillughing, has already cried a few times, is still beautiful¡­


    In his eyes.


    You¡¯re really something, Euna.  Your uniqueness is really magical to me¡­

 5:

    ¡°Are you sure about your decision?¡±


    ¡°Yes, Aunt Euna.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not that I¡¯m holding you back, because you¡¯re the one who made my decision and your happiness is what I¡¯m thinking about the most.¡±


    Red wanted tough at what Euna said.


    Somehow, she said that she does let go of her niece Nica to make decisions by herself but by the looks of her, she can hardly let go of her niece¡¯s hand.


    ¡°By the way, regarding your marriage, I hope you understand that I can¡¯t allow the wedding right now and you¡¯re still young. Your feelings can change. You know that, right? I thought I was going to die when my ex left me because I loved him so much but until now, I¡¯m still alive. I can¡¯t even remember what I liked and loved about that jerk,¡± Euna added to her niece.


    He was secretly snorted by what she said to her niece, Nica.


    Why, even her ex has been mentioned!


    Laughing, Nica hugged her aunt for thest time.  They are already outside the house. Nica and her boyfriend, Jaz, are going to ride with the owner jeep he is bringing.  He will take the two to one of Jax¡¯s apartments where they will live together because yeah, Nica is pregnant.


    Like Euna, his friend, Jax, has done nothing with the situation that was already there. Jax even said that it was the same way before. He said he just hopes that the feelings of children won¡¯t be like his and Jaz¡¯s mother. That he hopes it will not change.


    Yeah, his friend is a single father now because he got married and had children at a young age. Jaz and his wife¡¯s feelings changed early until they decided to separate.


    Yes, talking about history repeats itself. It¡¯s so good to challenge fate to a fist fight once in a while.


    ¡°My instructions, okay? Take care,¡± said Euna again at the young couple.


    ¡°Noted, Aunt Euna.¡±N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.


    Secretly, he just shook his head because Euna was the image of an ideal mother to her niece until she finally agreed to leave the care of her niece in other hands.


    ¡°HOW did you manage to remember your ex? Well, your current lover is more handsome than your ex¡¯s,¡± Red whispered as he secretly followed Euna when she turned her back on her niece.


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    He shook his head. ¡°Euna, whenever you see me, you seem to be forgetful and deaf. I know that I¡¯m handsome but please, chill,¡± he jokingly said to her.


    ¡°Why, hey! Instead of what you¡¯re saying, just take care of my niece. Be careful when driving, remember that you have three passengers!¡±


    And there goes the litany of certified aunt again¡­


    She stopped when he didn¡¯t move and he just watched her silently while she went ahead with her litany.


    ¡°Are you okay, Red? You look odd, seriously.¡±


    He sighed and frowned.  ¡°Euna Del Fierro, please let me remind you this, that your niece is no longer a minor, you are only a few years older than her. She said she will be turning twenty soon.¡±


    ¡°So what? Nica is my niece. She¡¯s my older sister¡¯s daughter!¡±


    He actually wanted to lecture her. But hey, thisdy is really cute sometimes.


    ¡°Listen, don¡¯t get me wrong, but I have to ask you, when you were that Nica¡¯s age, couldn¡¯t you decide and do anything for yourself?¡±


    ¡°Of course not! I¡¯m already working when I was young. I¡¯m selling clothes and taking aundry service so that my nephew and niece can survive. I can¡¯t even go to school because of work- hey, wait, what about it now, huh?¡±  She responded, matching his meowing.


    ¡°Listen-¡± what he was about to say was interrupted, because before he finished speaking, the person he was talking to turned her back on him!


    He couldn¡¯t stop himself, he stepped quickly to catch up with her, he also quickly pulled her wrist.  But because it¡¯s Euna, he only faced her for a moment and then turned her back.  He was forced to hold her close to her waist.  He also ced his chin on her shoulder.


    He smiled when he didn¡¯t flinch that time.


    ¡°What do you really want to say, Red?¡±  Euna spoke after a few seconds.


    ¡°Hmn, listen okay? Do you know how lucky they are to have you. Your nieces and nephews are lucky to have you as their aunt. Nica is so proud of you, she always talks about you. You raised them well.¡±


    ¡°And what are you getting at when you say that, anyway?¡±  sarcastically, she asked. She was confronted him, he just knew.


    He blew out air, took her palms, face her to him and stared at her eyes before he spoke, ¡°Miss Euna Del Fierro my point is, will you please learn to stop worrying for the things that are out of your control?  You shouldn¡¯t forget yourself. That you also can love yourself. I hope that this time, you will think that Nica has decided for herself and you¡¯re not supposed to interfere on that this time.¡±


    No response from her. They just stared at each other for a few minutes as they held each other¡¯s palms.


    So quiet that even the air can be heard.


    It¡¯s ¡®s only a few seconds that their eyes are locked, the only thing that can count is the beating of their hearts.


    Reflected in both of them that no one wants toin even if they are in that position untilter.


    Because that feels good¡­


    It¡¯s good to look at her eyes, to the face of Euna even though she still hasn¡¯t fixed her hair, her ponytail is messy and it¡¯s already being blown by the strong wind that afternoon.


    ¡°Well, what if I don¡¯t want to, Red?¡±


    His smile disappeared.  He let out a sharp breath.


    Why did he forget that apart from Euna¡¯s unique attitude, her stubbornness is also unique?


    ¡°You know Euna, it¡¯s like this-¡±


    ¡°What if I don¡¯t want to choose to love myself because I prefer to choose now to love you? Is that still forbidden?¡±


    Alright, this may sound clich¨¦ but his heart throbbed.  At the point where it seems like it¡¯s going to jump into it¡¯s safe ce any minute or so¡­ ¡°W-What?¡±


    The fast beating of his heart is deafening him¡­


    ¡°Oh, nothing, Red! I said, go away. Thank you for weing the people here at home. I forgot to thank you earlier!¡±


    Can I say another clich¨¦ line?


    Because he won¡¯t let her get away after she said those! And heck, he said that¡¯s the throb of his heart is deafening but he¡¯s not literally a deaf!


    Laughing, he pinched her pulse again then he also caressed her cheek.


    ¡°I heard that. So, is that the answer that I¡¯ve been waiting for, right?¡±


    She irritatingly rolled her eyeballs.  ¡°Oh my, Red! Thank you very much and you¡¯re handsome, if not really-¡±


    He had deliberately cut off her. Because he thinks it¡¯s better to kiss her than to listen to what she says.


    When her arms automatically went around his neck, he smiled.


    ¡°So, that¡¯s what a kiss tastes like,¡± Euna said, touching her lips, she was panting heavily.


    Heughed a little.  ¡°What does it taste like?¡±


    ¡°Tastes like gum. That¡¯s the gum I gave you earlier.¡±


    ¡°Just vored gum?¡±


    ¡°Yes, lip swelling gum¡­¡±


    He responded withughter.  If her lips were not swollen, he will definitely sucked it for real.


    ¡°You¡¯re really crazy, Euna.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s true that it feels swollen!¡±  She pped him in the chest jokingly.


    In the orange color of light and darkness in the sky that afternoon, theyughed happily.  He grabbed her and kissed her again.  Which he enjoyed with all his heart and soul¡­.


    She responded wholeheartedly. She was so easy to learn the kiss that he couldn¡¯t tear himself away, he picked her up and hugged her tightly.


    They shared a heartyugh.  Especially when a train passed by and honked its horn loudly as if it was participating in the happiness of their hearts now.


    RED is right. Yes, the man who stayed and hugged her close to him was right.


    This is the opening of a new chapter in her life with this handsome man.


    Whatever the odd feelings she feels, she just hopes it will end soon.  Even though she knows that everyone who loves gets hurt, It¡¯s fine, as long as he¡¯s still with her until the end and shares in that pain.


    ¡°Yes! Something has been harvested!¡± She giggled when Red shouted that.


    She snorted, pretending annoyed.


    Again theyughed together as he took her down and danced her in the middle of the track, as if they were in a romance show.


    Ah, love, it¡¯s really overwhelming but it also makes you lose interest in those around you.  Because that¡¯s exactly how she feels right now¡­


    There was no one else around, just Red and her¡­

 6:

    ¡°I¡¯m close to retirement, you know here in the Philippines, people stop being hired when they get old.¡±


    ¡°You said you know how to drive?¡±


    ¡°Yes Sir Red, it¡¯s just that honestly, I don¡¯t have a license.¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s no problem with the license. Just keep your number active. I will handle it for you, Rod.¡±


    ¡°Okay, thank you very much, Sir Red.¡±


    Euna frowned when she overheard Red and their guard Rob, talking at the convenience store.


    Getting to know each other is a big part of a rtionship. And since she was with Red almost every day, she couldn¡¯t help but notice that she felt something about him that seemed to be getting worse.


    Something that she doesn¡¯t really normalize anymore. Or maybe the so-called truth is attacking her again?  But no, the conversation she heard here and Rob was already strange¡­


    Just like the other day when she¡¯s leaving the store and she could see Red and Rob talking. From a distance Red seemed like a different personpared to the Red she knew. It¡¯s just that she felt something strange when she saw her boyfriend in that distance earlier. That¡¯s weird though.


    ¡°Oh, here¡¯s Ms. Euna,¡± Rob said when he saw her.


    When Red saw him too, he immediately led her and put on her the helmet that was hanging on his motorcycle. Red is such a tender boyfriend. He automatically puts on her helmet and while doing so he stares at her.  Ever since they had an official rtionship, he always dropped her off and picked her up.


    ¡°What are you and Rob talking about?¡±  she remembered to ask when she got on his motorcycle properly.


    ¡°Ah, about his work status. He is retired at his age, but Rob is still strong and can still work.¡±


    ¡°And? Do you know of a job that could be her age?¡±


    Red leaned his own head against Euna¡¯s and put his arms around his girlfriend backward and nuzzled her neck when the stoplight turned red and they suddenly stopped.


    ¡°I have a headache now, Babe, I feel like I¡¯m going to get sick.¡±


    That¡¯s him when he avoids something or when he doesn¡¯t want to answer a question.


    ¡°Take your medicer. Maybe you¡¯recking enough rest. Also you keep on working even when it¡¯s raining,¡± Euna simply said.


    Even though she is curious about what Red and Manong Rob talked about earlier, she trusted her boyfriend. So it¡¯s okay if he doesn¡¯t want to answer her question. Besides, if it¡¯s not important, why are they still talking about it?


    She just hopes that all of her small doubts will be silenced soon.


    ¡°ROB?¡±  Euna can clearly see the name on Red¡¯s blinking phone on the table.


    The store guard of the store where she¡¯s working, was calling her boyfriend who was taking a bath at that time. She then turned her gaze to the bathroom where he was taking a bath.


    Yes, Red is taking a bath at his house. Sometimes he also sleeps there. They are adults, anyway.  And things like that can be discussed and agreed upon by adults who are in an open rtionship like them.


    Yes, their rtionship is at that level. That he¡¯s already sleeping with them, especially if a typhoon hits him.


    She knows that she won¡¯t regret that decision because Red is different from her boyfriends in the past. They also have things inmon, agreed and easy to understand each other as well.


    Sighing, she looked away from the cell phone whose screen kept blinking.N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    Even though she was surprised by their guard¡¯s sudden call to her boyfriend, she just ignored it.  As much as possible, she doesn¡¯t want to entertain her doubts because it¡¯s only getting worse, which she shouldn¡¯t be if she wants his rtionship with Red to continue to be good.


    Another thing is that there is no problem with her if Red wants to help the guard, Rob.  If we can help in the way we know how, why not?  The world is full of trouble and sorrow.  With the little help we can give, that¡¯s a big thing for others.


    The phone stopped vibrating for a moment then it blinked again. Yes, Rob is still calling.


    What time did Red go to the bathroom?


    She almost didn¡¯t realize. Usually, Red takes forty minutes to take a bath.


    What if she answered the call?


    ¡°Babe? Who¡¯s that?¡±  Euna was about to answer the phone when Red came out of the bathroom.


    She looked at him, he had just finished taking a shower and was wiping his still wet hair.


    ¡°Ah, yes, it¡¯s Rob, Babe. He kept calling a while ago. I thought it might be an emergency so I was going to answer.¡±  She decided to just hand him the device she was now holding.


    ¡°Thanks, Babe,¡± said Red to her. He smiled and gestured for her to let him go and leave the house.


    She just gazed at him when he turned his back.


    There are things she really doesn¡¯t understand here.


    Hey, she just said that she doesn¡¯t want her sanity to get worse but she¡¯s starting to think again.


    She just shook her head and decided to go upstairs, she would just fold the clothes that had just been taken off it to the clothesline.


    ¡°WHAT do you often say to yourself, Euna Del Fierro-that you¡¯re a brat, often,¡± Reyna said after cing the two cups of coffee she brewed for the two of them on the table.


    She was able to talk to her now about the things that she found strange about Red recently. Things that she would consider not really normal anymore.


    Just likest time when he caught Red in beast mode while talking to someone on his phone.  It¡¯s not that it¡¯s forbidden to get angry with the person you¡¯re talking to or something. She knows that sometimes it¡¯s inevitable that we get angry with someone even on the phone. But what is not normal for her is that Red uses the Frenchnguage while he is angry that he can use thosenguages ??normally-as fluently!


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, Reyna. It¡¯s not that I¡¯m bothered, but it¡¯s so vague that I forget and ignore what I heard. Even though I tell myself that it¡¯s not a big deal, it seems like someone is pushing me to make it a big deal,¡± she admitted to her friend.


    ¡°I¡¯m not saying that you¡¯re wrong for thinking like that, Euna, if I, too, would be thinking the same thing if I heard the same thing from Red.¡±


    She just looked at Reyna before she sighed and sipped her coffee.


    ¡°Euna, it¡¯s been almost five months since your rtionship with Red started, whatever you think he should confess to you or say, maybe he¡¯s still waiting for the right time or right opportunity to tell it to you.¡±


    She didn¡¯t speak. She quietly focused her attention on the coffee she was drinking.


    ¡°Hey, oh, that¡¯s right, you know, when I talk to Red, I¡¯m going to tell him that you¡¯re short-tempered about it and it¡¯s hard for that to happen,¡± Reyna even added in a joking tone.


    She just smiled.


    She knows that her friend is just making light of her feelings that¡¯s why she¡¯s joking.


    But she hopes she¡¯s right.  Hopefully, whatever her boyfriend confesses to her, it won¡¯t destroy their rtionship.


    Red is a good boyfriend and she knows that there are no perfect people and rtionships.


    She just prays that this feeling that is destroying her mind and feelings is just a small thing. Because she doesn¡¯t want to put it on his cunt. But of course, the possibilities enter her mind that maybe¡­


    ¡°Besides, Euna, you are ying with your brain too far, you know he¡¯s a rider, he interacts with different people, so it¡¯s natural that the word he used in the application form was manynguages? I think so. Maybe.¡±


    She shook his head.


    No. That¡¯s not the answer to the question that why is Red able to speak French fluently?  Also, a person who knows how to speak anynguage and has learned to speak it will pronounce it differently because it is not the nativenguage of Filipinos.


    She was thinking like that when something forced her way into her memory¡­ a memory that she immediately shook her head again to get it out of his mind immediately.


    She shouldn¡¯t be worrying about that and even more she shouldn¡¯t connect her doubts with her boyfriend.


    Ah, she shouldn¡¯t doubt her boyfriend even more.  That¡¯s not good for what everyone wants to have a healthy rtionship with.


    Period¡­?

 7:

    ¡°OH, why are you still here, Guardie?¡±  Euna had not even gotten off Red¡¯s motorcycle when she immediately noticed that the night shift guard on duty of the convenience store had not yet returned home that morning.


    ¡°Yes, Euna, I¡¯m still waiting for another guard that my agency will send here as a recement for Rob. They will deliver it to the client for an interviewter, so it¡¯s safe to say that the start of the duty of our new guard is still tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°Ah, so, Rob has left? Did he resign?¡±  she asked one after another.  Then she gave her boyfriend Red a questioning look.


    ¡°Ahm, yeah, yeah, Rob has resigned from their agency. He has started another job. I didn¡¯t mention to you that he continued in the job he transferred to,¡± Red said even though she¡¯s not asking him yet.


    ¡°Ah¡­ really¡­ Oh, no, it¡¯s good for Rob. He won¡¯t be afraid of losing his job anymore. Poor Guardie.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, Euna. Oh, it¡¯s nothing. This is really part of our job.¡±


    ¡°By the way, did they let you take a napst night?¡± she joked to thedy guard who justughed.


    They sleep even for two or three hours. That¡¯s the usual for the night shift duty there. There is no such person who stays awake for long at night when our bodies should be sleeping, anyway.


    He turned to Red, who was still there and hadn¡¯t left.


    ¡°Why haven¡¯t you left yet?¡± Euna asked her boyfriend.


    Red pulled her palm and kissed the back of it. That¡¯s his habit when she feels a little annoyed or off about what he has done.  But of course, now it¡¯s different from the petty things she hated before.


    ¡°I¡¯m leaving, you¡¯re kicking me out.¡±  He flinched her nose jokingly.


    She just let him go and didn¡¯t say anything to him.


    Yes, she hates that he didn¡¯t mention anything to her about Rob, that is impossible for him to forget because she keeps asking questions about it, that Red always avoids answering and that¡¯s the problem-He avoids answering.  She will ept his exnation, whatever it is but the thing is he wouldn¡¯t let her know anything about it. Why is that?


    It¡¯s not Red who helps Rob to get another job that annoys him, but his obvious avoidance of his questions about it.


    Questions ying in her mind like, why is he keeping to her where Rob works?  Why is Rob able to move so quickly when she clearly heardst time that he doesn¡¯t have a driver¡¯s license¡­?


    She wondered big time.


    If her boyfriend answers her questions, she won¡¯t think about anything. But the case, he preferred to avoid the questions that troubled her so he would suffer from her annoyance.


    So far, that was the first time she was seriously annoyed with her boyfriend.  That¡¯s why she didn¡¯t answer him earlier.


    RED won¡¯t be able to pick her up tonight. He said through text message that he couldn¡¯te to an agreement and that he had something important to go to.


    It wasn¡¯t the first time he hadn¡¯t picked her up when they were together.  He also does not oblige her to pick her up or drop her off because she can handle herself and she is not the type of woman who is weak and dependent on a man.


    Anyway, the important thing is that you said that you can¡¯te to an agreement.  That¡¯s one of her boyfriend duties.


    In a rtionship, you must have a broad understanding and you don¡¯t forget that as long as you go on and what you have deepens, you still have your own life so you don¡¯t suffocate each other.  That¡¯s one of the keys to a healthy rtionship.


    But it¡¯s okay to sulk because she was already sulking earlier in the morning.


    Even though it wasn¡¯t the first time he didn¡¯t pick her up, it was the first time he didn¡¯t pick her up when they had a fight.


    ¡°You guys are really quiet when there¡¯s Hen¡¯s Donuts.¡± Shaking her head, Euna greeted Ian, Arabe and Reyna.


    They wake up early every Sunday and they all go to church. Sunday is their family day.


    Today is their day off. She already knows that Red came to their housest night while she was sleeping because she noticed that her housemates had Hen¡¯s Donuts. That¡¯s Res favorite ¡®pasalubong¡¯ for her niece and nephew.


    ¡°Hen¡¯s Donuts is life!¡±  Euna just ruffled her niece Arabe¡¯s hair in response.


    ¡°Red didn¡¯t wake you upst night and he came home at eleven,¡± said Reyna, she also looked at her meaningfully.


    Euna rolled her eyes. The look that Reyna gave her said that she knew that she and Red had a problem.


    She really won¡¯t wake me up because I didn¡¯t reply to him, he knew I wouldn¡¯t wake me up either-she was supposed to answer Reyna, but she decided to keep it to herself and just went to the bathroom.


    ¡°Good morning, Babe¡­¡±


    Well, it turns out that her boyfriend is already awake and there, a cup of coffee has been prepared for her by him.


    Reyna loudly swallowed to get their attention.  ¡°Ah, we¡¯ll leave you here for now, I¡¯ll just dress up the children upstairs,¡± she said goodbye, without waiting for their answer. She led Ian and Arabe upstairs.


    She noticed that Red was already dressed.  He¡¯s ready to go to church with them. She was the only one who hadn¡¯t dressed up yet.


    It looks like they¡¯re going to go to eight o¡¯clock mass and she¡¯s going to act a little more with her boyfriend- of course!  And she knew Reyna knew that so she left them there.


    When Red moved the monoblock chair he was sitting on closer to her back, she immediately smelled the perfume of him-now that his arms were wrapped around her waist and his chin rested on her shoulder-so she inhaled more of his fragrance.


    Shocks, it¡¯s embarrassing that she smells like rotten saliva!


    ¡°I¡¯ll leave you too, I need to dress up too,¡± she said.


    Of course, she¡¯s only acting.


    She was about to get up to walk away from him, Red didn¡¯t let her, which she expected.  She¡¯s only acting.


    So she just sipped her coffee, then focused her  attention there as an indication that she was waiting for Red¡¯s exnation.


    ¡°Babe, I¡¯m sorry, something important came up yesterday night¡­¡±


    She secretly snorted. .All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    ¡°¡­ that I will tell you, soon,¡± he continued. ¡°Right now it¡¯s very hard to exin, but promise, soon, very very soon, I¡¯ll tell you too,¡± Red pleaded.


    She only responded to him with a meaningful nce.  She conveys in that nce that she wanted to understand him but the question is, is it worth it?


    Yes, he¡¯s not yet ready to tell her, he won¡¯t exin either. Another question is, when will he be ready?


    He took her palm and squeezed it.  Also added a light kiss there afterwards.


    ¡°Babe, sorry,¡± he whispered.


    Sighing, she withdrew her own palm from his grasp.  ¡°Is there a sequel to that? If there isn¡¯t, let me stand up now. I¡¯ll dress up.¡±


    He blew an air and let her go this time.


    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ll wait for you here,¡± Red even said.


    She didn¡¯t pay attention to thest thing he pointed out to her because she was really annoyed.


    She didn¡¯t know what to think. If she will continue to think about the wonders she feels or will she just let her boyfriend go on his trip, as long as hisck of her is not a big deal-or is it?


    If it¡¯s just a small thing for Red, why can¡¯t he tell her about it?


    As if she wouldn¡¯t understand it. And that¡¯s what hurts.


    And why did he look at her like that? As if he¡¯s asking her to understand him more and give him some time.


    Or as if he¡¯s asking her to just ignore whatever it is¡­

 8:

    ¡°HEY, Euna! It¡¯s you, since you married Red, you don¡¯t buy bacon from me anymore!¡±


    ¡°Oh, hi, Marites!¡± Euna greeted her neighbor back. ¡°Okay, give me one kiloter, just pass it to the house, Reyna is there. Leave it to her,¡± she said afterwards.


    Marites giggled. ¡°Thank you! Oh, when have you been so tight-lipped! Anyway, are you and Red still together?¡±


    ¡°Of course, that¡¯s why I can¡¯t get your goods anymore because of him. He is already shopping for me,¡± she answered proudly. Well, Red said that¡¯s one of hia boyfriend duties.


    Matites nodded. ¡°Where are you going, Euna? Why are you carrying a thermos sk?¡±


    Euna secretly rolled her eyeballs. ¡°Because Nica¡¯s about to give birth,¡± she replied.  ¡°This thermos is for her. You know, a newborn needs hot water. That¡¯s why I¡¯m here at the corner because this is where Red and I will meet. Nica¡¯s father inw will pick me up here. Oh, there you go, I answeredpletely,¡± she joked truthfully.


    It¡¯s embarrassing for your gills, Marites.


    Her neighbor giggled again.  ¡°You are so funny!¡±  She even pped her jokingly.  ¡°Hey, why isn¡¯t Red the rider on the railroad anymore? What happened? It seems like he hasn¡¯t been on the railroad for a month now¡­¡±


    She was secretly annoyed, honestly. Her great neighbor is really in the hunting mode and she¡¯s the one she pulled out today!


    ¡°It¡¯s because he¡¯s moved to another area,¡± she simply replied, that¡¯s exactly what Red told her.


    She just wasn¡¯t sure if she could tell the truth to Marites-joke!


    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll go first, my pick-up is already there.¡±


    ¡°Okay take care!¡± Marites managed to say anyway.


    She just smiled and shook her head as she turned her back to her neighbor.


    ***


    ¡°ANEECKA¡­¡±


    From afar, Red watched Euna with a smile. The scene looks surreal-Euna hug her newborn granddaughter, as she looks at the baby intently with a smile on her lips.


    Yes, Nica gave birth to a bouncing baby girl today.


    It¡¯s just funny to think that the beautiful woman he¡¯s known all his life is now a grandmother to her niece who now has a new born granddaughter.


    While¡­


    ¡°Babe, you know, I just noticed now that it¡¯s better for you to be a mother- a mother to our children,¡± he said and winked at his girlfriend.


    ¡°Stupid!¡±  Euna and Jaxughed at him at the same time.


    They justughed afterwards because of his corny joke.


    ¡°It¡¯s terrible, you two are taking a long time. That¡¯s why my friend is asking for a kid now,¡± Jax yelled at him.


    ¡°You really are a monkey, Grandpa Jax,¡± he joked back to his friend. He also hit her with cotton buds which he caught and immediately threw back at him.


    ¡°Hey, oh, the kids have yed! Those cotton buds might burst and go to waste, I tell you two,¡± Euna scolded them.


    ¡°Grandma Euna is another badass,¡± said Jax,ughing.


    ¡°Hmp!¡±


    Theyughed again.


    But to be honest, it didn¡¯t ur to him that something had happened sexually with his girlfriend before they were married. That joke of his friend Jax was vague.


    He¡¯s not a saint. He¡¯s not even a righteous person, but Euna is different from the women he¡¯s known and loved. It sounds corny and unbelievable to those who hear it, but he can¡¯t see himself living without her.


    Euna is the girl he will marry, he knows that to himself. He just hope he will have the courage to tell her the things he knew she¡¯s been waiting from him.


    It doesn¡¯t matter, just a little more time and he will be able to fix everything.


    ¡°It¡¯s the noise of your Grandpa Red, isn¡¯t it, baby?¡±  Reyna, who just arrived.


    ¡°He¡¯s just happy because my attention has gone to this beautiful baby, right, baby? Grandpa Red thought he was absolved of his arrears to me because of you,¡± said Euna to the baby.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    He just scratched the back of his head with a smile.


    ¡°Grandpa Red¡¯s birthday ising up! Dude, where are you going to go? It¡¯s time and I¡¯m thirsty for wine,¡± Jax teased him.


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯m just waiting for your pocket, Grandpa Jax,¡± he joked back.


    His response to him wasughter.


    Yes, and his birthday ising soon.  And of all the people whose birthday ising up, he is probably the one who is not excited about that day. That if only he could prevent that asion, he really asked God to wean him.


    ¡°Auntie¡­¡± Everyone who was there turned to Nica who had just woken up.


    Reyna attended immediately. ¡°Sit down slowly.¡±


    ¡°It really hurts,¡± Nicained weakly.


    Euna¡¯s grimace did not escape her as she watched her nephew¡¯s difficult actions.


    It seems that Euna is afraid to give birth. He could clearly see that in the register of her face.


    He couldn¡¯t help but grin. His grin widened as his girlfriend looked at him with concern in her eyes.


    He stood up from the windowsill he was sitting on to approach her.


    Hey, if only the woman he loved knew that he could find a way to reduce the pain she would experience if she were to give birth. He heard that there was something like that in the big private hospitals.


    If only she knew everything, he was sure they wouldn¡¯t be in that small clinic right now.


    ¡°Babe,¡± Euna said to him when he stood behind her. Heughed softly. It¡¯s like when she said that, she was telling him that if possible, she doesn¡¯t want to give birth.


    He just ignored Euna. He focused his attention on the baby she¡¯s holding. ¡°That newborn baby is so cute. Soon it will be more prominent which of her grandparents she looks like.¡±


    The baby seemed to understand him because she smiled.  He smiled also, as if something touched his heart when he saw the baby¡¯s gentle smile.


    He shifted his gaze to Euna who remained watching him.


    He put his arm around his girlfriend¡¯s shoulder. ¡°Babe, you don¡¯t have to be scared, you know. Because pregnancy and childbirth are normal for women,¡± he said kindly to Euna. ¡°But of course, it¡¯s your body, your body, your choice. You don¡¯t have to force yourself to get pregnant and give birth if you don¡¯t want to.¡±


    ¡°Are you sure?¡±


    Heughed at her question. ¡°Of course. Also, that kind of thing needs to be nned. It¡¯s too early for you to be afraid,¡± he said and winked at his girl.


    ¡°Thank you. You know, maybe soon, by technology, it will be possible that boys will give birth too.¡±


    He was dumbfounded.  ¡°What?¡±


    Reyna and Jax¡¯sughter filled that room followed by Euna¡¯s giggles.


    Sh¡¯t, does she wish for him to get pregnant and give birth?

 9:

    ¡°TOO much stare. Euna might melt,¡± Reyna said to Red¡¯s silent stare at Euna.


    Red was at the table quietly sipping coffee.


    Euna was there in the small living room, busy with her granddaughter. He looked at them from where he was sitting.


    Nica and Aneecka were there today.


    It¡¯s so happy to have a baby at home.  Baby removes worries and fatigue. He didn¡¯t think that even he would feel those feelings upon the arrival of the little angel in their lives.


    Yeah, their lives. He belongs.  He really felt that to his core.


    ¡°Nothing. It¡¯s just fun to watch Euna holding a baby.¡±  He smiled in return as he joked with Reyna.


    ¡°Oh, I think you are thinking about your baby,¡± the woman yelled at him in a yful tone.


    He just gentlyughed at that.  ¡°A little, maybe? But seriously, it¡¯s also funny that Euna raised her nieces and nephews, even now that she has a child, she still hasn¡¯t given up being a good aunt to them. You know, there are only a few like that.¡±


    ¡°Hmm, I know.¡±  Reyna sat across from where Red was sitting. ¡°Euna gave a lot of dedication and appreciation to her nieces and nephews because they were the only ones left to her when thend owner of the railroad burned the railroad when we were little. Imagine, the kids were left to her in her age when she doesn¡¯t know how to take care of a child yet. In Euna¡¯s case, with children.¡±


    ¡°I did hear about that fire.¡±


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s terrible. Really, when that happened, it seems that it was nned that no family would be left behind on the railroad. It¡¯s just because of that incident that they were robbed of their ownnd because a lot of people died. They said there was an investigation, we don¡¯t know what happened there. Because those people are rich, no matter how long they will be absolved of their arrears even if they kill too many people. That fire is a nightmare for most people here.. It¡¯s a nightmare that even if we don¡¯t want to go back, it won¡¯t happen and thisnd is still not ours, even though many lives have been taxed for it,¡± Reyna seriously said to him.


    He swallowed violently at what he heard. He felt the burning anger in Reyna¡¯s heart even though the tone she used towards him was neutral.  ¡°I-Is there no news on the case? I mean, on the progress or anything? At least I hope they pay damages.¡±


    She stared at her intently before speaking again, ¡°At that time the son of the owner of thend where the houses are standing here in the squatter came here, everyone kicked them out. There were families who did not receive a single from the donation that was given. There were a few who epted because it was money, apart from the fact that there was nothing to do and the houses were finished, money was needed. That was the time when this ce looked like a funeraria because of the dead families.  ¡±


    ¡°That was¡­ too much¡­¡±


    Reyna nodded.  ¡°Everyone was sleeping when the burning was done and then they med the people here for the incident, which they said was because of the electrical jumpers that caused the fire.¡±


    That story is a typical case of rich people who want to get theirnd back to them.


    Even though it¡¯s typical and he¡¯s heard that, he still can¡¯t quite figure out why some people just kill like that¡­


    ¡°I¡­ I don¡¯t know what to say¡­¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t need toment on the events that have already happened. Red, I want to tell you that I am very grateful that you are there for Euna. That I have a lot of trust in you, so no matter what things that you know can cause trouble for the both of you, I hope you will take care of it. Being busy is normal. The only thing that is not normal is our guts that push us to make us more confused.¡±


    Reyna suddenly burst into tears as their conversation went on.  So he didn¡¯t know what to say next.


    ¡°Hey, let¡¯s not talk about that and it¡¯s over. I¡¯m okay now, you, how are you?¡±


    ¡°Me? It¡¯s okay. I¡¯m good. Yeah,¡± he answered, shrugging his shoulders.


    ¡°Because you¡¯re too busy. It¡¯s good that you¡¯ve been heretely, your girlfriend¡¯s sanity is diminishing.¡±


    He froze. Is he right to think that what Reyna was telling him earlier seemed to have substance?


    ¡°Red, if you have something you can¡¯t mention to Euna, why don¡¯t you try to mention it now to reassure her.¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t Euna telling you something that we have a problem with? I mean,tely I¡¯ve been busy with the new area assigned to me. If only I could be here on the railway to deliver,  there would be no problem.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s why, why did your area change?¡±


    ¡°Why? Ah, I¡¯d better talk to Eunater.¡±


    ¡°That idea is better. Caress her and maybe she justcks that tenderness,¡± she joked to him.


    To be honest, in the long time since he and Euna knew each other, Red has only talked to Reyna for that long. They only shared regr greetings and a few jokes, so he was surprised by her behavior.


    Or, maybe he¡¯s just thinking about something?


    ¡°Ah, Reyna?¡±


    ¡°Or?¡±


    ¡°I just have one question¡­¡±N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    ¡°What¡¯s that?¡±


    ¡°Do you know the name of the owner of thisnd?¡±


    ¡°Huh? Why did you ask?¡±


    ¡°Ah¡­¡± Why?  Think, Red!


    ¡°But as far as I know H Builders? I¡¯m not sure. But H Builders seem to becking¡­¡±


    ¡°H&D Builders?¡±


    ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right! They are. They really have firms. They are really rich. After that, they nned to take thisnd for the expansion of the railroad. In your case, the people here are not theirs to be given a good ce to move.¡±


    ¡°Why not? I mean, it¡¯s a new project-¡± Red couldn¡¯t finish what he had to say because his phone rang on the table.


    He stood up and apologized and excuse to Reyna, who just nodded.


    If Red would have turned around, he would have seen Reyna following him until he left the house to talk to the caller on his phone.


    She followed him with her eyes because she caught the name of the person registered on his phone¡­


    ***


    ¡°NO, H, don¡¯t me. Yeah, yeah, I¡¯m going home. Yes, you heard me right, I¡¯m going home because I have something to discuss with Grandpops. Yes, bye.¡±


    That¡¯s what Reyna heard from Red before he hung up the phone.


    Going home¡­


    Have something to discuss with Grandpops¡­


    He couldn¡¯t be wrong about what he heard from the rider.


    Is that what Euna says that is not normal here?


    Because if she asks about the sudden pounding of her chest now, she knows that there is something different from what she heard and saw just now from Red¡­ Henson!


    ¡°Reyna, I¡¯ve been looking for you inside for a while now, you¡¯re just there,¡± said Euna, who had just arrived.


    ¡°E-Euna¡­¡±


    ¡°What happened to you? It¡¯s like you saw a ghost, I just touched you¡­¡±


    She shook her head.  ¡°A-Ahm, nothing. Nothing. U-I was just surprised by the ck cat suddenly jump here earlier,¡± she simply reasoned.


    She pulled her best friend away from there before she could see her boyfriend talking to someone there.


    ¡°Come on, I¡¯ve cooked dinner. Have you eaten yet?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s why I¡¯m looking for you, so I can invite you to eat. You and Red. Have you seen him?¡±  Euna asked her.


    ¡°R-Red said goodbye to buy something outside.¡±

 10:

    It¡¯s been almost a week since Eunast saw her boyfriend Red. He said he¡¯s been busy with his worktely.  That was also the only reason he gave to her for his missing in action for so long.


    For her it was no problem. Red updates her by text and call. It¡¯s just that more often than not she¡¯s already asleep when he texts and calls.


    She still had no problem with that. She was just expanding her understanding to him. Besides, they were not children anymore.


    She will repeat, what¡¯s important to hee is that he makes her feel good and doesn¡¯t forget his duties as her boyfriend. The important thing is that she knows what is happening here.  Even if she can only talk to him once and it¡¯s only for a short time.


    Okay, she will admit that she misses her boyfriend so she often sulks here and she almost doesn¡¯t reply to him anymore so he would have just opened the door of her house as he used to whenever she felt slightly angry with him. But it doesn¡¯t seem to have any effect on her boyfriend now. Maybe he¡¯s just too busy.


    She doesn¡¯t want to think about her boyfriend¡¯s sudden busyness every hour and she also doesn¡¯t want to entertain the bad thoughts thate to her every time she thinks about it and at the same time she also entertains her bad feelings  that there was no basis for her to feel-that she and Red seemed miles apart.


    ¡°Hey, this! it¡¯s right for Red!¡±  Reyna said as her mind wandered.  Her friend was holding a long sleeves polo when she looked at her. She must have just pulled it from what they went through.


    She don¡¯t know, she didn¡¯t realize it.


    ¡°Besides Red might be handsome in these clothes by chance.¡±


    Euna answered her friend with a forced smile when the next thing she pulled from the clothes racks there was a necktie that matched the long sleeves polo she was holding.


    She just shook her head. She took Reyna¡¯s hands and then returned the clothes to where she got them from.


    Reyna is often really crazy.  ¡°You¡¯re really bad, Reyna, where will Red use those?¡±


    As if the birthday boy was in the office for him to wear it like that.


    Yes, Red¡¯s birthday ising soon. That¡¯s why she and Reyna are here at the mall today to shop for gifts for her boyfriend.


    She just wished that he would be less busy on his big day. It was still his first birthday that they had a rtionship.


    ¡°Oh, I¡¯m sorry. I just got really excited. But that really that suits Red, admit it,¡± Reyna hissed at her own foolishness.


    ¡°Of course. That really suits Red. It¡¯s just that he can¡¯t use it. That¡¯s why I told you that maybe I¡¯ll just give him a helmet.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s boring! Your boyfriend¡¯s helmet is still new for you to give him a new one.¡±


    She just shrugged her shoulders in response to Reyna. Yes, she also noticedst time that Red¡¯s helmet was new.


    To think that the price of that helmet is still ying at 6k to 7k.  She didn¡¯t even ask about it and in life, especially if you work a lot, you deserve to buy yourself some pricey things that will make you happy.


    ¡°Sis, don¡¯t be sad about that. Red wille on his birthday or else, he will be afraid that you¡¯ll curse him,¡± Reyna joked when her sudden silence was probably criticized.


    ¡°You know that¡¯s not what I¡¯m sad for.¡±Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    Reyna sighed. ¡°Euna, do you know that when you¡¯re sad, I feel that too?¡±


    Stunned, she faced her best friend.  ¡°I-I¡¯m sorry, but I just can¡¯t stop thinking,¡± she said sadly. She also smiled bitterly afterwards.


    Even though she always told herself that she didn¡¯t want to think about anything, she still couldn¡¯t help it.  Because they are talking about Red here and not just anyone.


    No matter how hard she thought about Red, she couldn¡¯t bear to be separated from him.


    ¡°Hey, Euna Del Fierro, that¡¯s right! Let it go and when Redes I¡¯ll try to tease you two all the way,¡± Reyna  joked to her.  She just shook her head and smiled again at her best friend.


    Reyna is like that, lightens everything that is heavy.


    ¡°You¡¯re really bad, Reyna, oh my. Oh, hey, let¡¯s get out of here. I¡¯ve already thought of a gift to buy for Red and that store has its own store outside and it¡¯s not here,¡± Reyna said as soon as she pulled her arm.


    ¡°Let¡¯s buy the two teenagers a treat. Hen¡¯s Donuts is said to be newly opened here, I heard a while ago that they have a grand opening. Of course, what else is the best treat for the kids? That¡¯s their favorite!¡±


    THE  branch of Hen¡¯s Boys Donuts just opened inside the biggest mall in the Metro.


    Just far away, Euna and Reyna can see the group of people who are making a fuss to buy there, colorful balloons, loud music that suits the atmosphere that is happening now in the store. There are also people with cameras. It is also inviting to buy because of the big ¡®Opening Promo¡¯ banner posted in front of the store.


    The beautiful and smiling model also has a standee¡­


    Her eyebrows furrowed. If she wasn¡¯t mistaken she had seen in person the model on the standee in front of the store-this was the woman who had once been a customer of her and Joy!


    ¡°I¡¯ve seen thisdy,¡± she said to Reyna when they got to the standee.


    ¡°Of course, Haya¡¯s famous. She¡¯s often in TVmercials. She¡¯s the one who always endorses fast food chains,¡± her friend replied to her.


    ¡°I mean, I¡¯ve seen her in person.¡±


    Reyna¡¯s eyes widened. It turns out that her attention is no longer on her.  When she followed what she was looking at, she was also surprised by what she saw¡­


    ¡°Euna,e on, Haya is here! Let¡¯s take a picture, quick!¡±


    She just realized that his friend dragged her into the donut shop. Quickly.


    ¡°THIS toast is for theeback of the Hensons CCEO!¡±


    ¡°For the noisy return of the CCEO,¡± said Red¡¯s crooked cousins. They held up the beer cans they were holding and chuckled to each other.


    ¡°Shut up. You guys are not supposed to call me like that because we are not in the office. I don¡¯t even know if I will be able to return to the office. But I guess, with this activity I will act,¡± he honestly said to  his cousins.


    ¡°There is no problem, as long as we can make it another huge sess for the Hensons Boys!¡±


    Red just smiled and shook his head at his cousin Grey. He also foolishly lifted the can of beer he was holding.


    If anything, his job is really fun and fulfilling, especially if hees home with this much sess.  He was happy that he had once again proven his ability to his grandfather in the short time he had given him.


    Well, he won¡¯t be called ¡®Golden Head¡¯ for nothing.  And he¡¯s so grateful to God for that again.  His sess today is different than his past sesses but he admits that his current concerns still defeat him.


    How not?  A big problem awaits him that involves none other than his weakness¡­ the woman he promised himself he would present at the shrine¡­


    ¡°Ew! Look at the mess you¡¯ve done! You ugly bitch!¡±  That shrill and artistic voice interrupted theughter of their cousins.


    They are familiar with who the owner of that voice is, they have irritation when they look at her and to her new show.


    What¡¯s new?  As they had expected, all the people there turned to the woman who screamed-Venus all was used to that attention seeker.


    Yes, it¡¯s Venus again. She actuallyes to the Hensons¡¯ events even though she¡¯s uninvited.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with her this time?¡±  Grey whispered beside him.


    Red shrugged his shoulders. He took a sip of his beer before turning his attention to Venus Valderama.


    His eyes widened from the beer in the can he was drinking¡­


    Because the only one next to Venus, the only one who taste the curse of thetter now is none other than¡­ Euna!


    ¡°Euna¡­?¡±


    ¡°Euna? The girl you¡¯ve been talking to-¡±


    Euna is now running out of the store!


    Yes, as soon as he saw her and their eyes met, she ran out!


    ¡°WHO¡¯S that freaking b`itch? After filling me with a drink, she just ran out! I bet that froglet doesn¡¯t even know that her life is less than the price of my dress,¡± Venus said, then she screamed-again.


    ¡°Venus, please, stop making a scene,¡± said Haya to her.


    Reyna snorted. She calmed herself as she looked at the girl Euna had bumped into earlier.  Yes, the drink that her friend was drinking was spilled on this Venus, but that was because of the shock when they saw Red there.


    ¡°Miss, I heard that my friend apologized to you earlier,¡± Reyna said to the woman the model Haya, called Venus. The people there looked at her.  ¡°It¡¯s obvious that you have a lot of money. If you can¡¯t wear the clothes with stained but can be washed, just buy a new one instead of being hysterical like you have nothing to buy a new one. Also, before you bet your LV bag,  first make sure that you will win the battle with the one you chose to fight against and maybe you will end up crying in regret when someone else got the bag you will love,¡± she said here, before she marched away from that ce.

 11:

    RED chased Euna as quickly as he could, the mall was packed with people because today is Sunday. As soon as Euna mingled with the crowd, she almost disappeared from his sight.


    ¡°Shit! She runs so fast!¡±


    And with the speed at which she was running, he was afraid that the mall guards might just pick them up and mistake them for shoplifters!


    ¡°Oh hell!¡±  he cursed under his breath.


    He noticed Euna climbing up. Where will she go?  The exit of the mall is not there!


    But of course, he was only asking himself questions andining that the running he was doing was out of breath because he knew in himself that he wouldn¡¯t let Euna go home now without them talking.


    He needs to be able to exin to her what she witnessed. He still hoped that somehow she would understand him.


    Red had that thought when his knees gave up from running so he rested for a while. Another thing is that the way Euna took to run was an uphill slide!  So it¡¯s really breathtaking.


    Yes, she went to the parking lot of the mall for a reason he didn¡¯t know!


    Now he is really more impressed by Euna, seriously!  She doesn¡¯t seem tired from running since earlier.


    ¡°RED Henson. One of the Hen¡¯s Boys of Director dimir Henson, why did you stop? Are you giving up? Immediately?¡±  Reyna mockingly said to Red.  She suddenly appeared beside him while he was panting from exhaustion and holding onto his knees.


    His eyes widened automatically when he heard from Reyna.  ¡°Y-You knew¡­¡±


    She nodded.  ¡°I already knew it even this day hadn¡¯t happened yet. I¡¯m sorry, I never thought that you and Euna would reach out like this. I didn¡¯t know that Hen¡¯s Boys Donuts belonged to you an your family.¡±


    ¡°I¡­¡± Red didn¡¯t know what to say.  If his brain is going to put words in his mouth, why does the process take so long?


    ¡°Euna ran really fast,¡± Reyna said again, ¡°She brought home many medals when we were studying because of her speed and agility in running. Do you know that she mes herself for the fire that happened before because of your family, because she can ran fast and she saved her nephew and nieces and herself because of that. But her running skill was stillcked then. She still couldn¡¯t catch the fire that consumed their house and end her family¡¯s life.¡±


    Silence.


    Red¡¯s not numb, he could feel that Reyna had not finished speaking.


    Reyna who is sympathy can be seen on her face now. Sympathy for him¡­


    ¡°Euna doesn¡¯t know yet. All she knows is what happened today so I hope you can tell her everything too.¡±


    ¡°Reyna, ahm¡­¡±


    ¡°Again, I¡¯m sorry, I didn¡¯t know Hen¡¯s Donuts was yours, it just happened to be Henson Donuts. Well, I wish I hadn¡¯t taken Euna there earlier. But it¡¯s over, it¡¯s over now.¡±


    ¡°I understand.¡±


    ¡°I just hope Euna can understand you too.¡±


    Reyna¡¯s eyes and words seem to mean something.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°Euna has an issue with the rich people. First, because her father is also a rich businessman like you. Her father left her mother. That¡¯s why even though life is difficult and her father knows Euna, she never asked for help to him. Second, because her father was also rich like those people who set the railroad on fire.¡±


    ¡°Del Fierro? Is this the certain Del Fierro Hotels?¡±


    Reyna¡¯s answer to him was just a nod. Then she gave her a sympathetic look before turning away.


    He just followed Reyna¡¯s back. But after a while he was shaken- he had to be ahead of Reyna to get close to Euna because thetter would definitely go home when she and Reyna met!


    He immediately ran again.  It doesn¡¯t matter to him now that the road he¡¯s running is uphill.  Until he passed Reyna on her way.  He didn¡¯t look at her anymore and just continued running.


    RED caught Euna lying on the cold floor of the parking lot of that mall, right next to her car. She was sitting on her own knees, crouched position. He wasn¡¯t even sure if she was crying.


    ¡°B-Babe¡­¡± He hesitated whether to touch her or something, but he still approached her and slowly put his arms around her even though he was still panting from the run.


    Euna sobbed, a sign that she was crying.


    ¡°Babe, look, I¡¯m sorry. I was going to tell you everything, just in case you¡¯re here now, you already knew. That¡¯s why I¡¯ve been busy the past few days because I¡¯m fixing it. I¡¯m fixing this for us¡­¡±


    ¡°How are you going to fix it? For keeping me looks like a stupid, right?¡±


    ¡°Babe¡­¡±


    ¡°It hurts, Red!¡±  Euna yelled, her eyes filled with tears.


    Red clenched his fist. He is the reason for her crying.  For a man who promised that it would be fun to get her out of thefort zone, he used to be very dumb now.


    Euna violently wiped away her tears.  ¡°I wish you had just told me! I wish you had just told me!¡±  she said it weakly, she was so strong that he could feel that he was really angry at what he had discovered.


    ¡°Euna-¡±


    Euna stood up, shook her butt and then dashed away from Red¡¯s palm that was anchored on her arm.


    ¡°Euna, please listen to me, first. We¡¯ll fix it okay? We can fix it¡­ it can¡¯t be.¡±


    ¡°Which one? Maybe you¡¯re delusional, CCEO Red Henson, hey, wake up. The Red I knew and loved was the railroad delivery rider and not the CCEO they say. Not the CCEO that is now  in front of me.¡±  Euna seemed to measure him when she looked at him from head to toe.


    He was singled out. He is still wearing formal clothes now, the point is that he is far from what Euna says is a rider¡­


    So his girlfriend looks at him with full of disgust.


    Still clenching his fist he said, ¡°Stop saying that, Euna.¡±


    ¡°Here, hey, CCEO Red Henson!¡±  said Euna, pointing to the front mirror of her car. ¡°The sticker on your car was so big that I easily guessed that this Ford was yours. I actually went to your car to tell you that you can get out of my life, Red.¡±


    No, Red doesn¡¯t want to cry.  Euna was just confused and given that because of what she discovered.


    ¡°Euna¡­¡± Red tugged his own hair in annoyance.


    He was annoyed because he was still out of breath from running earlier but here was Euna, just chilling from the chase between them and really determined to fight him.


    ¡°What? Are you going to tell me now that you¡¯re out of breath? You¡¯re out of breath huh?¡±  Euna quickly rushed to him and hit him on the chest.


    When Euna didn¡¯t stop hitting him, he tried to take her arms. ¡°Obviously? It¡¯s terrible, I ran a long way to chase you, Euna, and now you just tell me to get in my car and leave.¡±


    ¡°Hey, you¡¯re crazy.¡±


    To Red¡¯s surprise, after Euna wiped away his nasty tears that kept flowing down her cheeks, she hit him.  It¡¯s a crisp neck and it really rings!


    ¡°Ouch!¡±Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    ¡°You deserve it!¡±  She wasn¡¯t satisfied yet, when Red tried to pull her arm off just as she was turning away, she quickly kicked him in the butt.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±  And of all those who ask if someone is okay, who knows they are not, Reyna seems to have the coldest expression.


    A few momentster, Red¡¯s cousins ??appeared on the scene.


    ¡°OMG! R, what happened?¡±  Red¡¯s cousin Haya asked and approached him immediately.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know what good medicine for that, Red. But try a coldpress,¡± that¡¯s all and Reyna left them there too.


    The f?  Seriously?  Coldpress?  And what if his friend ¡®down there¡¯ couldn¡¯t stand again because of that ice?


    Argh!

 12:

    ¡°THE sess of Henson is all over the news, congrats! Papa,¡± Celeste greeted her father inw, dimir, that morning. She kissed the don on the cheek in greeting as usual.


    The Henson men, who are dimir¡¯s sons Vincent, Victory and st, greet the old Henson too.


    ¡°Thank you, Celeste, you know the skill of my grandchildrens when ites to business is truly unmatched,¡± Don dimir Henson proudly said.


    ¡°I totally agreed with that, Papa,¡± Celeste replied with a smile. Obviously she and her father inw are close when ites to business matters because Celeste Gandi-Henson also has her own business that she inherited from her parents.


    ¡°Ehem, I raised and molded Blue, it¡¯s only natural that his skill in handling business will be inherited from me,¡± Victory interjected in the conversation. He¡¯s referring to the CEO of Henson Corp. which is Blue.


    Zen couldn¡¯t help but feel angry at what his arrogant husband Victory said.


    Yes, Victory raised Blue Henson.  Thetter¡¯s parents, who was the eldest child outside of Don dimir Henson, died early.  But no one asked about that so Victory should have been kept quiet.


    ¡°Fifty two branches and all of them are grand opening, that was a huge sess, Papa. Considering that it was only done for one month,¡± said Don dimir¡¯s eldest son, Vincent.


    ¡°You said, Vincent!¡± Don dimir replied happily.


    ¡°And why, I knew whose performance is like this. Whose style.¡±  Vincent nced at the people facing the table one by one.


    ¡°What do you mean by that, Vince?¡±


    ¡°st, you know what Vince is saying,¡± Don dimir uttered.


    ¡°I have trained the children longer than you Vic. And just like the other businessmen, my nephews also have their own style in running a business,¡± Vincent voice out.


    The don grinned at the conversation between his children. They are both high and mighty like him so it¡¯s no wonder they don¡¯t get along.


    ¡°Good morning, oldies!¡±  Blue they were talking about arrived from jogging. Blue immediately waved at his grandfather and kissed the cheeks of his two aunts.


    ¡°I would like to congratte you, Blue Henson. You nailed it again!¡±


    ¡°Er, I guess there¡¯s a little mistake here. Grandpops, didn¡¯t you tell Uncle Victory?¡±


    The don just shrugged his shoulders.  ¡°Do I need to?¡±  Don dimir said sarcastically. His eyesnded on his son, Victory.


    RED heard that argument. He just hid in the kitchen area and didn¡¯t show up to the Henson elders.


    These are the reasons why he came to Jax- his family.


    Well, he really doesn¡¯t want to think about the things that are over and the only thing that matters to him is right now. He returned to the Henson mansion because of Euna. Because of what they have. He needs to talk to his grandfather about him and Euna¡¯s rtionship. A rtionship that he thinks he has really prepared for this time.


    ¡°They¡¯re arguing there, they¡¯re never bored,¡±ined his cousin Grey who had just entered the kitchen area where Red was.


    ¡°What else is new? That¡¯s why I¡¯ve lost the desire to go with them,¡± Haya spoke, her only female cousin who is the daughter of her Uncle st and Auntie Celeste.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    ¡°You guys areining like you are Red,¡± Blue interjected, referring to the aforementionedints of Grey and Haya.


    The faces of the two continued to crumple.  When it¡¯s Blue who sneezes, they can¡¯tin. They grew up as cousins ??with Blue as their superior just like his position at Henson Corp-CEO.


    ¡°And you, Red, I expected you toe out earlier.¡±


    Heughed softly.  ¡°I won¡¯t be here long Blue, even if I go back to work.¡±


    Haya took a deep breath.  ¡°Whutt?! You gotta be kidding us, R!¡±


    ¡°Hmn, not really. The purpose of what I¡¯m here for now is to talk to Grandpops and make our conversation clear. After that, you know I¡¯m going to court Euna again.¡±


    Euna, to be honest, he doesn¡¯t know what to do. He called her several timesst night since she came home from the mall but she did not answer even one of his calls or texts.


    He was going to let his girlfriend go for a while, and he didn¡¯t go to her house to see her after she found out about his personality because when they returned to the newly opened Hen¡¯s Donuts store in that mall, they were surprised that their grandfather was there.  It¡¯s not his job to go to his grandchildren¡¯s businesses.


    And yeah, he couldn¡¯t leave after that to visit Euna at least for a while.


    ¡°But you can make her fall in love with you again while you¡¯re here with us,¡± Haya said artfully.


    ¡°H, until now you haven¡¯t changed your speech,¡± said Red.


    ¡°Ack, you¡¯re diverting the conversation!¡±


    Red justughed at his cousin. ¡°I just need to talk to Granpops, that¡¯s all. Please call me when he¡¯s at the library,¡± he instructed his cousins.


    He had no intention of leaving the kitchen just to see and face his own father.  Just to get stress.  His mom will again force him to be with her even though he is the one who doesn¡¯t want to be with him. To think that he is still his son, he doesn¡¯t even hear the slightest bit of pride from him regarding him.


    Oh, he had no bad bread with Blue. He is also free to ept that he is second best to Blue, that is often diverted because of Victory Henson.


    They, who are cousins, are fine with each other.  If they have a problem, they fix it right away even if they don¡¯t talk about it.  They are so flexible with each other.


    ¡°Alright, I will text you.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, thanks, Blue.¡± In that simple conversation between him and Blue, they knew, no one can stop them from being glued in life, together.


    ¡°HELLO, my stubborn grandson.¡±


    ¡°You know that that¡¯s not true,¡± Red replied firmly to his grandfather.


    Red sat in one of the four chairs lined up in front of Don dimir¡¯s table for a reason he didn¡¯t know. Well, because he¡¯s not awyer to begin with, for those four seats. Another thing is that room is a library office. If someone visits their grandfather there, surely, only one person will be able to enter there by the don¡¯s strictness.


    Ah, what does he care about those chairs that even if he asks him, his grandfather will definitely not answer sensibly either.


    ¡°That¡¯s true, my grandson. You inherited that stubbornness from Victory.¡±


    He raised his eyebrows at Don dimir¡¯s words.  ¡°That¡¯s not true. He couldn¡¯t do what I can and could do for yourpany.¡±


    The donughed loudly.  ¡°I just knew that¡¯s what you¡¯re going to answer me.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s stop including Victory¡¯s name here. Grandpops, you¡¯re too happy right now and I know that¡¯s because you brought me back here thinking you¡¯re absolved of your arrears to me.¡±


    Don dimir let out another loudugh. He¡¯s truly  happy when talking to his grandson Red. Red is so stubborn that the only thing he follows is himself.


    Well, Don dimir would have given Red that attitude if only he would not be ruined by his decisions in life.


    ¡°Well, I¡¯m d that you are back, first and foremost, Red Henson.¡±


    ¡°Thank you,¡± Red replied formally to his grandfather.


    ¡°About our agreement, I¡¯m d you didn¡¯t disappoint me again.¡±


    ¡°Don d, apart from not being able to disappoint you because you will lose your temper and disinherit me, you do not ept disappointment.¡±


    The donughed again.  It was obviousfort to the grandson who had longed to see him again in his mansion for a long time.


    ¡°Oh, Red, stop talking that you think you will beg when I disinherit you. You still inherited something from your grandmother.¡±


    In truth, Don dimir was happy with the courage Red showed him when he ran away and lived as an ordinary person far from the luxury he was used to.  But of course, all his actions are monitored by him.  That¡¯s why he also knew that this day woulde.


    ¡°Hmn, maybe. So, let¡¯s go to the agreement, I¡¯m getting impatient, Granpops,¡± Red said, obviously bored.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have anything else to say about that agreement, grandson, otherwise, congrattions.¡±


    ¡°Congrats and? Looks like something is missing, Grandpops¡­¡±


    The don grinned.  ¡°Yeah, what I did to Aira will never happen again. Go ahead, grandson, and multiply.¡±

 13:

    ¡°EUNA, please, talk to me. Let¡¯s talk at least for a moment,¡± Red whispered to Euna again but ignored the fact that thetter continued what she was doing.


    Euna turned her back on Red, because she was taking a box from their stock room to stack the goods on the shelves. And Red is waiting for her again to follow her to whatever part of the store she goes to.


    In truth, he is not happy about Red interfering with her work. It¡¯s just a matter of time before she¡¯s going to yell at her, just a matter of time, and he knows that she knows that.


    ¡°Babe, let me exin, please¡­¡±


    Euna turned around the other shelf of their products in the store to avoid Red following her and she was carrying thest box she could take out from the stockroom.  But when she turned, Red also surrounded her, he¡¯s also stacked an item on the shelf!


    ¡°He¡¯s handsome!¡±


    ¡°I think he is the owner of the handsome car outside.¡±


    ¡°Probably, he is the owner of this store.¡±


    Euna closed her eyes tightly at what she heard.  Who doesn¡¯t close their eyes when they¡¯re annoyed, right? What she heard from their customers is annoying!  It seems that their customers in the store are saying how far apart she and Red really are. In fact, Red¡¯s appearance is the only thing that matters to them now.  She will bet that they see her as Red¡¯s assistant and not his girlfriend.


    With those who yed in her mind, Euna piled items on the shelf.


    Terrifying!


    Red, who keeps arranging the items, is especially terrifying!


    ¡°Babe, listen, I¡¯m sorry, okay?¡±


    Still ignoring Red, Euna wishes the time will hit fast. She will be out of her duty by ten minutes from now.


    Red is disgusted in that store even though he knows what he is doing is illegal. But because he can buy the entire convenience store, it didn¡¯t matter to him.  And Euna will admit that it makes her feel even more angry because they shouldn¡¯t be like that if he told her a secret about him right away.


    ¡°Babe, I have so much to tell you, I hope you¡¯ll give me a time to exin-¡±


    ¡°Euna.¡±


    Finally!  Her recement on duty has finally arrived!


    ¡°Babe-¡±


    ¡°Take your hand off my arm,¡± Euna said softly to Red when he grabbed her arm and stopped her.


    Sighing, Red did what she wanted even though it seemed against him because of his sigh that was released.


    She responded with a scoffed to Red before turning away.


    If Euna would have turned around, she would have seen how Red stepped on the shelf of items that she arranged to help, and how all the items there fell down, including choctes!


    Joy and the guard on duty at the store frantically approached Red to see what happened.


    ¡°Use my personal card, Joy. Pleasee back to me when you¡¯ve bought the ones that need to be reced from the ones I damaged.¡±


    ¡°Huh? But Red-¡±


    ¡°And please, don¡¯t tell this to Euna.¡±


    EUNA was hit by a car that had just parked in front of the convenience store. It¡¯s pretty obvious whose car that is. That¡¯s exactly what their young customers were talking about earlier.


    Got stuck?  No, it¡¯s better to lie.  The wealth of a Red Henson is staggering. If she thinks that she didn¡¯t know what he did by kicking the shelf that he helped her arrange the items, he is wrong because even though she didn¡¯t look at him earlier, she clearly heard the falling of the items.


    Oh, well, maybe it¡¯s Euna¡¯s bitterness but yes, she¡¯s really bitter by the truth that Red can really pay for it.


    She looked up at the dark sky to feel the tears that were about to fall to her cheeks.


    She was in such a good state when she felt Red at her back-without his car.  Yeah, for his sorry effect.


    ¡°Babe¡­¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dare touch me,¡± Euna threatened emphatically as Red grabbed her arm again.Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    If he wants that dog-like thing that follows her one after the other, that¡¯s up to him.  But he didn¡¯t need to touch her.  She was so annoyed by this that she might not be able to control herself and hurt him again. She is still violent with people who can make her blood rise up to her head.  Maybe Red still hasn¡¯t forgotten the cut she made on her jaw.


    ¡°Euna, please. I have a car, we shouldn¡¯t be walking and it looks like it¡¯s still going to rain.¡±


    Euna silently gritted her teeth. She calmed herself down for a moment and she didn¡¯t want to be in front of Red and she might really throw him up, especially since he was proud of having a car with him. How insensitive!


    Well, she knows that for others, what she is doing is just a joke. But for Euna, that¡¯s normal for people like her who were deprived of wealth so they were oppressed by rich people like¡­ Red.


    She shouldn¡¯t say that he¡¯s her boyfriend. The day she found out what he really was, was the end of their rtionship.


    Calm down, Euna. Breathe.


    And since Euna is walking while Red is behind her tail, she needs a distraction and it¡¯s hard, maybe she¡¯ll feel sorry for him.


    When he passed by the sellers of fishballs, she stopped there to buy. She missed eating it while walking. Her food trip there was only stopped when Red picked her up from work. When she wanted to buy it, he turned her away because for Red, it was dirty. Well, she¡¯s going to buy it now for all she cares about Red.


    ¡°Babe, that¡¯s dirty,¡± Red whispered to Euna as soon as he saw her looking like she was going to buy street foods and he actually put the sauce in the stic cup first.


    ¡°Man, it¡¯s hot.¡± Euna eximed when she poured the hot fish balls on the stic cup.


    ¡°Euna, what the hell! Not this way, Babe,¡± Red continued. He was still being reprimanded.


    Euna felt that the people there who were also buying and the seller himself who was a man¡¯s age were already looking at them and wondering.


    ¡°Babe, please¡­¡±


    Red said again like a twisted que. She was already irritated. It¡¯s good to be quiet for a while. She paid for the fish balls she took when the salesman handed it to her with tissue paper that she forgot.


    ¡°Thank you,¡± said Euna to the salesman. She was about to turn away and didn¡¯t want to hear what Red would say to her more, but he heard anyway¡­


    ¡°Keep this money mister, so you get home and it looks like heavy rain ising.¡± Euna heard Red say to the seller.


    Ah, she should add that while the seller was surely very happy with what Red did, she gritted her teeth because of it.


    She¡¯s really annoyed to the core!


    Euna started walking quickly, the rain was reallying. She could let the rain pour while staying in front of the drugstore. At least, just a short walk and she¡¯s home.


    ¡°Babe!¡±


    Euna rolled her eyeballs.  Red is still not tired with her stubbornness!


    The raindrops fall. Euna ran fast, she didn¡¯t notice the swaying car that was about to cross!


    ¡°Euna!¡±


    Okay, Euna wants to say that it¡¯s a good thing Red was there to save her, but that¡¯s not what her heart is screaming. Instead, she squealed even more.


    ¡°You saw that, huh?! You saw it?¡±  She yelled at Red, while thetter was still grasping her waist.


    ¡°Wh-at?¡±


    ¡°The car is nice! Just like your car! Your rich face is really thick, you can run over, you still don¡¯t care! Howe you have money to pay!¡±  Euna couldn¡¯t help herself anymore, she poured the stic cup she was holding containing fish balls with sauce to Red, ¡°That¡¯s what you want to do with that food, right? I¡¯ll throw it away because it¡¯s dirty. Are you happy that I threw it away?¡±  Then she hit Red hard on his chest.  ¡°I¡¯m wondering if the rich people like you would be happy if the poor do the same to you,¡± she said while crying and catching her breath.


    ¡°Euna-¡± Red tried to catch Euna¡¯s arm but she struggled and when she faced him, she pped him hard on his cheek.


    ¡°Stop it. We¡¯re done, Red!¡±

 14:

    ¡°NO. Let them go,¡± Don dimir Henson immediately stopped his bodyguard to approach Euna and Red.


    He saw everything. He and his two bodyguards witnessed everything. They witnessed how Red chased his squammy girlfriend.


    Yes, Don dimir wanted to use those words to make it clear in his mind for what and for whom the woman his grandson was chasing, who is now gold by that.


    And his dumb grandson, at the height of his lime in their family, now looks like a wet chick in the middle of the road, getting wet in the rain, fists clenched and bent over like a madman.


    Don dimir did not know what Red was still waiting for when his proud girlfriend had left him and it was raining very hard.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it funny how love can make a person stupid? Tsk, tsk, tsk,¡± he said to his two bodyguards, even though he knew that they would not respond to him.


    Work etiquette, simple as that.


    ¡°I remembered my wife, she said that maybe being in love and being stupid is actually the same thing on her because she chose me as her husband. Bute to think of it, that¡¯s how many lovers there are. Tsk, but that seems to be the opposite of Red. Hey  , my grandson Redd Ford Henson is really¡­ just always sloppy.¡±


    ¡°OMG, why are you getting wet in the rain, you witch!¡±  Reyna nervously attended to her friend who opened the door.


    She immediately wrapped her shoulders with a towel.


    ¡°What are you doing with your life? You¡¯re the one who always reminds me not to get wet on the rain but here you are now, Fileuna Del Fierro, whu?¡±  Reyna rants to her friend when she als sits down on one of the chairs at their table.


    ¡°I-I left Red there, in the middle of the¡­ road at the nearby drugstore¡­¡±


    ¡°What??! With the heavy rain, you should let him in our house too!¡± Reyna surprisingly blurted out.


    Next thing, Reyna didn¡¯t know if she woulde out to bring Red an umbre, or what.


    Euna pulled Reyna¡¯s arm.


    ¡°Euna-¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s over there in the corner. I left him there. But I guess he can make it. Don¡¯t mind him, he has a lot of money.¡±


    Reyna was stunned by what she heard from Euna. She also kept her mouth shut and didn¡¯t want to say anything that she knew she wouldter regret. Euna is angry at what she discovered and she has no right to interfere with her decisions. She¡¯s just there by her side to guide her in her decisions, no matter what. Even if she¡¯s not agree with it, now.


    She just hugged her friend with a sigh.  ¡°Oh, Euna¡­¡±


    And there, Euna couldn¡¯t help but cry on her best friend¡¯s shoulder.


    ¡°Why is he still¡­ Why is itplicated, Reyna?¡±


    ¡°That will be fine. Don¡¯t close your mind for you and Red¡¯s reconciliation.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m done, Reyna. We¡¯re done¡­¡±


    Reyna chose not to respond and just stroked Euna¡¯s back so that she could somehow calm her down.


    ¡°That¡¯s okay. You will be okay too, Euna,¡± Reyna could only whisper to her friend.


    The ringing of Euna¡¯s phone interrupted their tight hug at each other. The caller is eager because it doesn¡¯t stop ringing.


    ¡°Who is that?¡±


    ¡°I do not know.¡±  replied Euna. She wiped her tears with her palm.


    ¡°Check your inbox first and maybe there¡¯s a text there before the call,¡± Reyna suggested, which Euna did in turn.


    They stared at each other when Euna received a text from an unregistered number too.


    They stared at each other because the sender sh caller introduced himself-said to be Don dimir Henson-grandfather of Redd Ford Henson¡­


    WHEN her grandmother told Euna about her father, she swore that in return for what he did to her mother, she would never talk to him and would consider him dead.  Which she did triumphantly, so she secretly patted her own shoulder until now that her nephew and nieces had grown up and she didn¡¯t ask her father for any help.  Her honor and dignity is so important to her.


    And now she¡¯s here, she can¡¯t believe what she heard from Red¡¯s rich grandfather.


    Don dimir Henson, offered her a one million in exchange for leaving his grandson¡­


    ¡°I want to be frank here, I don¡¯t want you for my grandson. I don¡¯t care what you want to think of me now . I don¡¯t care where you take the money.  Oh, of course you could think now that I am rude. Well, I¡¯m just being true to myself here, Ms. Euna Del Fierro¡­ Ah, wait, your surname rings a bell¡­¡±


    She swallowed hard. ¡°I can¡¯t ept that money. I can avoid your grandson without that money.¡±  Euna is at the verge of anger. She felt it in herself. So while she still had a little bit of sanity left that told her brain that the man in front of her was an old man and should be respected, she must have left the don there.


    She already knew what the don would say about herst name. With thatst name story, she knew she would explode.


    The don raised an eyebrow. ¡°Ms. Euna, I was therest night. My two eyes witnessed how my grandson chased you.¡±


    Euna was stunned, she just closed her mouth immediately and might just yell at the don for spying on her!


    He took a deep breath before speaking.  ¡°Don dimir, excuse me, but maybe that¡¯s not my problem anymore. That¡¯s your grandson¡¯s problem. If you were there, you would have seen that I¡¯d ended what was between the two of us.¡±


    ¡°Of course, of course, I know. Based on the way you threw the sticky sauce on my grandson¡¯s face and clothes, I already deduced your scene even though I didn¡¯te close.¡±


    ¡°He deserves that,¡± she said, proud and loud.


    The donughed mockingly. ¡°And you deserve this money as well, hija. The further away, the less my grandson will mess with you.¡±


    Euna frowned.  ¡°Why are you forcing that money on me? Why don¡¯t you just tell your grandson to stay away and stop?¡±N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    Don dimir¡¯s next response to Euna wasughter again.  ¡°As if it¡¯s that easy? Ms. Euna, love, especially when it¡¯s just beginning, is very naughty. My grandson won¡¯t stop you unless he finds another woman to focus his attention on.¡±


    Euna doesn¡¯t know why someone poked her chest when the don said that.  When she imagines that Red will disappear from her because there will be a new one who will rece her in his heart¡­


    ¡°Okay, it looks like you¡¯re having a hard time deciding, I will help you.¡±


    ¡°You can¡¯t pay me,¡± Euna firmly hissed. She stood up and slung her bag over her shoulder in preparation for leaving.  ¡°Thank you for the offer, Don dimir, if only I had known that this is the important thing you are referring to, I wish I could have told you on the phone that no matter what happens, you will not be able to repay my honor and dignity as an individual who¡¯s only have it all her life.¡±


    Euna bowed slightly in farewell to the don, then she turned her back.


    The don just let him walk to the door.  And when Euna held the doorknob, he spoke again¡­


    ¡°Even if I tell you now that it was the Henson-Do¡¯s who set the railroad on fire?¡±


    She frozed.


    ¡°Yes, Henson-Do is the owner of thatnd that was sold to Henson Builders Corp. long ago. I guess I should also remind you-to you who have been taking advantage of mynd for a long time.¡±


    Euna tightened her grip on the doorknob because of what she heard. Anger rose up in her chest. Memories filled her. She felt and heard how her heartbeat with anger in those memories.


    ¡°I¡¯m offering you a win-win situation here, Ms. Euna, take this one million in exchange of leaving my grandson, which is what you¡¯re already doing in fact, I just don¡¯t want it to be reported that you wooed my grandson because that¡¯s how love is stupid. I want you to go far with my money.¡±


    With what the don said, Euna¡¯s pounding chest with anger gradually became deafening.


    Don dimir is an enemy.


    The man she love-loved-was her enemy too.


    Because if she considered anyone an enemy in this world while she was alive, it was the rich owner who set fire to the railroad that took the lives of her entire family.


    ¡°You are animals,¡± she said sharply when she turned her gaze back at Don dimir. Clenching her fists, Euna faced Don dimir, who still had the guts to grinned!  ¡°You are an animal. A heartless one, to be exact,¡± she hissed, squinted her eyes at the old man.


    ¡°I know. Believe me,¡± the don replied proudly.


    Euna held tightly the strap of her bag when Don dimir pointed to her the suitcase that¡¯s on his office table.


    ¡°Take this and leave my grandson or¡­¡±


    Euna approached the ck suitcase, took a look at it, and immediately closed it tightly.  After all, if the don wants to y, she will give it to him.


    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll take it. But not to the condition you want. It¡¯s easy for me now to hate your grandson. I will take this money because you are the animal who killed my family.¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡± the don reacted sarcastically. He looks like the viin in the movies who even lit a cigarette and stood up.


    Euna looked up. ¡°I¡¯ll take it, I don¡¯t care about your grandson anymore. I¡¯ll take it and in exchange is the railroadnd. Please fix the contract right now, Don dimir Henson of Henson Builders Corp. because I have no intention of stepping on my cheap shoes again in the ce of my enemy.¡±

 15:

    ¡°WHERE is Euna?¡±


    ¡°Euna is no longer here, Red. She has effectively resigned, it was supposed to be next week, so I don¡¯t know why she didn¡¯te here now to take herst duties,¡± Joy answered him with a sympathetic look.


    Red gritted his teeth. ¡°How about Reyna? I¡¯ve heard she¡¯s studying, what school? Or, when is her duty here? What time will she be here?¡±


    Joy shook her head.  ¡°Reyna also resigned.¡±


    Red clearly sees the pity in Joy¡¯s eyes, but damn it, he didn¡¯t need it. What he needs is info that can tell him where Euna is.


    ¡°Try to call him, Joy, please,¡± he pleaded with Euna¡¯s co-worker.


    Just maybe if this is the one who calls her, Joy will be connected to Euna.


    He didn¡¯t want to put it in his mind- but maybe because he¡¯s blocked on Euna¡¯s phone so he can¡¯t reach her.  Although he tried to call her using Grey¡¯s phone earlier, Euna¡¯s number was also out of reach even if it¡¯s ringing. He guess, what¡¯s happening right now hasn¡¯t even sunk in to him yet.


    That Euna-Left. Just. Like. This.


    Joy immediately followed his request.  A few momentster, they were both waiting for a response on the other line.


    ¡°What?¡±  Red asked Joy impatiently.


    Joy shook her head again.  ¡°Out of reach,¡± she said sadly afterwards.


    ¡°Damn!¡±  Red was about to kick the goods in front of the counter where he and Joy were talking face to face, but his cousin Grey pulled him away.


    ¡°Hep! Dude, calm down.¡±


    ¡°Red, please calm down! Oh, ghad! I don¡¯t have a co-worker here right now. I can¡¯t fix items while I¡¯m here at the counter,¡±  Joy also weaned at him.  ¡°Oh, by the way, here, here¡¯s your card. I didn¡¯t touch it.¡±


    Grey took the card that Joy was handing to Red.


    The kick that Red was about to do was actually kicked on air. He just straightened himself up and rubbed his own palm on his face in annoyance because of the frustrations he felt at that time. Then he was punched in the air.


    ¡°Bullshit!¡± he blurted angrily.


    ¡°Well, she¡¯s gone here. So, where are we?¡±  Grey asked.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go to the railroad. Maybe we¡¯ll catch them up.¡±  While Red was saying that, he was walking out of that convenience store.


    The convenience store that witnessed his love with Euna. He smiled bitterly at his thoughts. Then he tiredly leaned against the back of his car that Grey was driving.


    ¡°Show me the way and I won¡¯t memorize it.¡±


    ¡°Just go straight¡­¡± until we just bump into another car and die¡­


    If seeing Euna now was a collision or death, he would rather have die. Just the thought of Euna had hid from him, he couldn¡¯t take it anymore.


    If Euna thinks that his feelings for her are shallow, well she¡¯s wrong.  So it¡¯s annoying. Her attitude is annoying because she thinks she is the only one who has the right to decide between the two of them.


    THERE is no one in Euna¡¯s house. That¡¯s what was pressing into Red¡¯s brain when he got there because there was a padlock on the door which didn¡¯t happen before.


    Actually, he already knew that there was no one there because when he was far away earlier, it was obvious because there was no light, that was not happening either before.


    ¡°Hey, Red, it¡¯s you. Wow! You¡¯re a big time now?!¡± Marites said when Red kicked the small fence of Euna¡¯s house.


    Why is it that everyone seem to want to stop his kick?  Damn it!


    He sighed, and faced Marites.


    But Grey managed to speak before him, ¡°Hello, do you know where Euna is? Do you know where they moved to?¡±


    Red was stunned. By the way, Marites know everything that happens on the railroad!


    ¡°Oh, yes, they left a while ago. They seem to be in a hurry,¡± replied Marites.


    ¡°Do you know where they moved?¡±  Red repeated Grey¡¯s question with a speed tone.


    Matites should know. If she knows, he will give her a reward immediately.


    ¡°What time did they leave?¡±  Grey asked Marites a follow-up question.


    Thetter seemed to be thinking.  ¡°They¡­ Well, I actually don¡¯t know where they moved to. Euna just said that thisnd is ours. That they will not return here, that maybe, their house will soon be rented because they have already moved to another house.¡±


    ¡°What time did they leave?¡±  If that¡¯s why Euna is totally going off the railroad, maybe she won¡¯t leave¡­ Nica!


    ¡°Just recently. About 20 minutes ago,¡± replied Marites.  ¡°Oh, maybe you would still catch them up. Euna said they will go to Nica first!¡±


    ¡°Thank you!¡±


    He¡¯s stupid. He didn¡¯t think of Nica right away! They just go straight to Jax¡¯s house first instead of the railroad!


    Damn! They wasted a few more minutes talking to Marites.


    ¡°SO, is your n finalized?¡±


    From arranging the things they had moved, Euna turned to Reyna. Those things are still in the box. She and Reyna take it out. Both of them helped each other arrange their stuff.


    ¡°Of course,¡± she replied dismissively to Reyna.  ¡°Why? Here we are now, and we¡¯ve moved.¡±


    ¡°I mean, I know that you¡¯ve been nning this for a long time. But Euna, I hope you didn¡¯t ept the money. We¡¯ve already paid for the house and we¡¯ll be moving in a little while. The title to thend is also in our name. Are you still going to take the money you received from Don dimir?¡±


    Euna sighed before answering Reyna. ¡°Reyna, have you forgotten that thend in the railroad is the recement for that?¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t forget that. I just didn¡¯t feel its substance and purpose, and what else was it for, now we have our own house again. Shall I repeat that it¡¯s just a little bit-¡±


    ¡°Leave it alone, please. At least, our neighbors¡¯nds are safe. They now owned it, period.¡±


    ¡°Are you going to run for a captain position of the railroad? Well, if that¡¯s the case, why are we leaving there?¡±


    Euna responded to Reyna¡¯s sarcastic remarks with just a brief nce. She knew that she could not ept her decision because it involved her moving away from Red.


    ¡°That¡¯s the way it should be, Reyna. I can¡¯t even let myself love himpletely knowing his level in life.¡±


    ¡°Hmm, isn¡¯t it?


    ¡°Aunt Euna, I saw it in the stuff below, it¡¯s cute! Can I just have it?¡±  Their conversation is interrupted by her niece, Arabe.


    Fortunately, Arabe dide and Euna didn¡¯t know how to handle Reyna.


    ¡°Oh, that umbre!¡±  Reyna eximed when she remembered something Arabe was carrying.


    Euna will never forget where that umbre came from.  Yes, it was cute and little so her niece, Arabe was happy when she saw it in the things they moved.


    ¡°That umbre¡­¡±


    ¡°Yes, Reyna,¡± she just said to her friend who was suddenly excited. After all, that umbre was part of their past, so Reyna was so happy to see it again.


    ¡°Can it be mine?¡±  Arabe asked her aunt again.


    ¡°Of course. Just handle it with care,¡± Euna said to her niece. She caressed her hair as well.


    ¡°Yes! Thank you, Aunt Eun!¡±


    ¡°Alright, go y in your room.¡±


    Arabe¡¯s nose wrinkled.  ¡°I¡¯ll be there in the living room first, Aunt Eun. I¡¯ll watch first.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±  Reyna asked Arabe.


    ¡°Well, I¡¯m still not familiar with my room, that¡¯s why.¡± Shrugging her shoulder, Arabe uttered.


    ¡°Huh? But your Sister Nica and Baby Aneecka are also there¡­¡±


    Arabe bowed to what Reyna said. She replied softly, ¡°That¡¯s right. I¡¯m still not familiar that there¡¯s¡­ another baby here at our house.¡±


    Reyna smiled at Arabe¡¯s confession.


    Euna hugged her niece.  ¡°Come on, you are our baby but you¡¯re not a baby anymore like Baby Aneecka. You¡¯re an older sister of Baby Aneecka now.¡±All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    Arabe¡¯s face crumpled even more at what she said.


    ¡°Oh, I know, let¡¯s wait for Baby Aneecka to grow up so you can y together,¡± Reyna suggested.


    Arabe¡¯s eyes widened at what Reyna said. ¡°That¡¯s cool!¡¯


    Reyna just stared happily as Arabe ran back to her room where the mother and daughter, Nica and Aneecka were also there.


    Of course, Euna has also included Nica and the baby with them. Just so Nica knows about their new house.


    ¡°You kept that umbre. That¡¯s funny!¡±


    Euna just shrugged her shoulders in response to Reyna.  ¡°It¡¯s no big deal if it¡¯s hidden or lost.¡±


    ¡°There it is! There¡¯s a fire on the railroad- oh, I mean¡­¡±


    ¡°Reyna, you¡¯re just too sentimental.¡±  Euna just shook her afterwards.

 16:

    EUNA slowly removed that umbre from Arabe¡¯s embrace. Her niece¡¯s breathing is normal.  It¡¯s a sign of sleeping well. She kissed the top of her nephew¡¯s head before she left her alone in her room.


    ¡°Alrightsue!¡±  When Reyna met Euna in the living room of the house, she raised two cans of beer in the air.  ¡°I¡¯m really waiting for you, I bought it to make us sleepy,¡± Reyna said to her.


    Reyna already arranged the beer and chips on the small table in the middle of their living room. It¡¯s ready.


    ¡°That umbre is really funny. How old are you then when you got it?¡± Reyna asked when she noticed she¡¯s holding the little umbre.


    She looked at the small umbre first before she answered Reyna, ¡°Ten.¡±  then she immediately gulped down the beer.  ¡°Drowsy,¡± she said to Reyna after swallowing.


    Reynaughed softly.  ¡°You¡¯re funny, you know.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡± She snorted at her friend.


    ¡°Funny and a little bit crazy. Why? Because you¡¯re the only one who makes yourself suffer.¡±


    ¡°Did you take a look at the spot I¡¯m telling you about earlier?¡±  Euna  just diverted the conversation.


    She¡¯s referring to the ce where they are about to open a flower shop near Dangwa. They both knew how to arrange flowers. So, that¡¯s the business that suits them.


    ¡°Of course, I also fixed the flowers that were delivered earlier-which I remember, the customer is really annoying!¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s annoying and he¡¯s a naughty man.¡±


    Eunaughed. ¡°Sorry, it¡¯s yourst delivery, promise. But what does your customer look like?¡±


    ¡°Oh, handsome! But the case is antipathetic!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m asking what he looks like, not if he¡¯s handsome.¡±


    ¡°You see, you¡¯re really allergic to the rich, but yes, he looks rich. It looks like he and his girlfriend got into a fight.¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­¡±


    ¡°The handsome man even has bodyguards!¡±


    ¡°Hmn¡­¡±


    ¡°Anyway, I also remember Red by him. Red  isn¡¯t that arrogant even if he¡¯s rich.¡±


    ¡°Why is his name included in this?¡±  Euna rolled her eyeballs in an instant.


    Reyna seems to be hoping that she won¡¯t notice.


    Reyna giggled.


    Euna turned her gaze to their door and shook her head after. Disappointed is an understatement. They left the railroad where Red coulde home anytime he wanted¡­


    ¡°So, are we going to talk about Red?¡± Reyna teased her.


    Euna scoffed. ¡°No. Never! Hey, I remember, maybe you are the one answering his call! Reynalyn, admit it!!¡±  Euna pointed her beer in the can at her friend.


    ¡°He hasn¡¯t called me yet-¡± as if on cue, he and Euna caught a glimpse of her phone ringing on the table¡­


    Red Calling¡­


    RED dialed Euna¡¯s number several times but she never answered.


    Well, at least her number is still active. But, he can¡¯t do anything about himself that he should be satisfied knowing that. He feels like tomorrow that he won¡¯t be able to contact her¡­


    ¡°Damn!¡±  thinking that, he threw his phone.


    Given that it rattled on the floor.  But he didn¡¯t know why heughed as if he was losing his mind at the raucousness of it.


    ¡°You threw it and then youugh as if that phone can be fixed by it? Tsk, hijo¡­¡±


    ¡°¡®Ma¡­¡±Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    ¡°Oh, c¡¯mon.¡±


    When his mother got close, Red clung to her waist like a child. It only took a few minutes for his tears to betray him. Yup, he was crying like a child while his mother hugged him so tight.


    ¡°Oh, son¡­¡± Zen caressed his son¡¯s back.  ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    ¡°No, ¡®Ma, you don¡¯t have to¡­¡±


    ¡°I am, son.¡±  Zen caressed the cheek of his only son and wiped away his tears herself.


    It wasn¡¯t the first time she¡¯d seen Red cry over. It was only then that she saw Red cry because he loved that girl.


    She didn¡¯t expect that his son would turn out like this.  Because he is so loving but he is always the one that gets hurt in the end.


    ¡°She loves me, Mom.¡±


    ¡°Of course, son, who wouldn¡¯t love you?¡±


    ¡°But I¡¯m not sure now.¡±


    ¡°Now that she knows Henson set the railroad on fire and you¡¯re her enemy?¡±


    Red was stunned.


    ¡°Yes, hijo, I know. Before you started investigating I already preceded you.¡±


    When they didn¡¯t catch Euna at his friend Jax¡¯s house, he immediately called a private investigator.  He didn¡¯t listen to Jaz that Euna was just there somewhere and maybe just chilling. He doesn¡¯t like the feeling that he doesn¡¯t know where she is. He felt like he was going to kill himself with worry especially since theirst meeting was not good.


    Euna is angry with him. To his family.  So, no one could me him if he thinks that her love for her might be overshadowed by her anger.


    ¡°I know everything, son. And I hated myself for choosing your father. For loving him. Everything shouldn¡¯t have been thisplicated for you. It was with Aira, now it¡¯s¡­ I¡¯m so sorry.¡±


    It¡¯s just awful. It was Aira who was paid by his grandfather to stay away from him, so he was hurt then. And now, Euna¡­


    Yes, he found out all that in just one day through the private investigator.  When he confronted his grandfather because they had an agreement that he would not do that again, he only answered him one thing: You don¡¯t deserve a woman like them.


    ¡°Grandpops trick.¡±


    ¡°Oh, Red, if they weren¡¯t my choice, everything wouldn¡¯t have been so cruel to you.¡±


    ¡°No, ¡®Ma, you know that¡¯s not true.¡±


    ¡°Redd Ford, you didn¡¯t set it on fire so she shouldn¡¯t have hurt you!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m still Henson, ¡®Ma. By blood. He considers me an enemy.¡±


    ¡°Then forget her. There are many other women, hijo. There¡¯s still Venus, that socialite is a pain in the ass by her personality but I know you two would click.¡±


    Red burst outughing.  ¡°¡®Mom, she¡¯s not my type.¡¯


    ¡°Hey, I don¡¯t know about you, the girls you like are¡­ are¡­¡±


    ¡°What?¡±  Red was really waiting for Zen to continue what she was saying.


    ¡°Son, what I¡¯m saying is, you know it¡¯s hard for me every time you get hurt.¡±


    He just smiled at his mother. ¡°Go to sleep, Mom. I¡¯ll forget about Euna too,¡± was all he said to his mother because he knew that was all she was waiting for- assurance that he would be okay.


    ¡°Good to hear, Red. Do you know the three month rule? Just let me set you up on a blind date after three months, son.¡±

 17:

    ¡°SAMPAGUITA!¡±  Euna¡¯s offer the flower to those who go to church that Sunday.


    She needed to run out of goods because she was intrimited and she got involved with those who sold them. If she can¡¯t finish, her mother will pinch her because she didn¡¯t like that she was selling something like the kids her age in their area.


    ¡°Euna, let¡¯s go! The sky is dark, it might rain!¡± Reyna called her attention.


    Her eyes widened in shock when she saw nothing on Reyna¡¯s hand. Her Sampaguita has already been sold out!


    ¡°What the hell, where¡¯s your flowers?¡±


    Reyna giggled. ¡°I offered it to the rich. Those who have cars. Well, it¡¯s you, you don¡¯t want to offer it to them!¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to! Maybeter one of them will be my father!¡±  Because her mother said that her father is rich.


    ¡°Oh, it¡¯s impossible and this is not just the only church here. By the way, If he was here, he would have taken your mother. It¡¯s near the railroad.¡±


    When it started to rain, they ran quickly together.


    ¡°It¡¯s a shame, I have three more.¡±


    ¡°Just put it on your altar. Oh, I wish you¡¯d offered it to Ford!¡±


    Euna¡¯s eyes widened.  ¡°Is he there?¡±


    Ford is one of the rich people who regrly go to that church every Sunday. He became one of their ymates  because he is always running away from his parents as if his father notices it.


    Yes, Ford is an attention grabber who is hard to ignore and cute. She has a crush on him.


    He¡¯s so cute with his nose¡­


    ¡°Oh, you really have a crush on Ford!¡±  Reyna teased her.


    ¡°Hey, no!¡±


    ¡°Ena, don¡¯t me!! I knew you very well!¡± Reyna even said, calling her to her pet name.


    ¡°Wait, hey, that¡¯s Ford!¡±  What they were talking about suddenly appeared out of nowhere.


    ¡°Hey, Ford, hi!¡± Euna greeted him when he approached them.


    ¡°Ford didn¡¯t answer. He just reached for something in a paper bag.


    ¡°What is it? Food?¡±  Euna looked excited.


    ¡°Just open it.¡±


    Umbre!  What a beautiful umbre!


    ¡°Wow! It¡¯s beautiful! I heard it will be popr in the market because it¡¯s trendy,¡± Reyna teased her again when Ford said goodbye to them.


    6 to 7 PM mass is the time Ford¡¯s family always goes to that church.  He told her that sometimes he goes to church really early because his grandfather and not his parents are with him.


    That¡¯s how Ford is, whenever he¡¯s with her, they¡¯re talking about his family.  She just listens and diverts the conversation. He told her that she was the only one who could do that to him, to be able to make him forget the burden that he brings to his family¡­


    SHE could not let go of Ford¡¯s gift to her. Her heart was so happy that she didn¡¯t know why she felt that way. Though, it wasn¡¯t the first time she received a gift.  But she was sure, this was the first time she was so happy because after all it wasn¡¯t just a simple gift.  It just came from someone who she couldn¡¯t put in the simple category because she was sure that Ford was very close to her heart. Ford is one of her friends that she loves to see and be with. Always.


    ¡°Ena, go to sleep,¡± her mother said when she noticed that she probably hadn¡¯t slept yet.


    Theyy next to each other and crowded together on the pallet so it was impossible for her mother not to see her awake.


    ¡°Yes, ¡®Ma, I will do,¡± she simply replied.


    No matter what she does, she can¡¯t sleep because of the excitement she still feels.


    Until she heard someone whistling outside their house. Oh, that¡¯s maybe her friend Reyna!


    Slowly, she got up and walked to their door¡­


    ¡°Why? It¡¯s gettingte,¡± she said to Reyna immediately.


    ¡°It¡¯ste but you¡¯re still awake,¡± Reyna responded with a snort.  ¡°I went to see you, you¡¯re probably still awake because I¡¯m sure you¡¯re still excited.¡±


    What?


    She just rolled his eyes at his friend.  ¡°Well, why?¡±


    ¡°Come on, let¡¯s go to the Circus! I really want the orange jug, maybe I can get it now!¡±Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    Sighing, she nodded to her friend.  ¡°Okay, okay, wait. I¡¯m just going to hide something for a while.¡±


    Of course, she will first keep the gift that Ford gave to her in a ce that she knows no one can touch it. Yes, even at night sometimes because her nephew and niece wakes up so she can¡¯t just leave it on the pallet.


    ¡°Oh, it¡¯s still hidden in the tree!¡±  Reyna eximed in disbelief when she saw that she hid the umbre in one of the trees on the side of their house.


    ¡°Yes, maybe my nephew and niece will wake up and y it.¡±  As for the trees that were there, they made a door out of the holes in the roots, that¡¯s where they hide their chalk whenever they y pickaxe.


    THE feeling of winning at the circus is so much fun-especially if you won without spending anything!  Euna giggled and eximed in her mind as she and Reyna made their way home.


    ¡°Did I say I¡¯ll get the jug now!¡±


    ¡°By the way, thanks to this, we have a new mosquito and nket.¡±  Those are the ones she had won.


    ¡°Oh, that¡¯s because of you, we won.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    ¡°I invited you because I know you are happy now because of Ford¡¯s gift. Do you know what they say, ¡®when a person is happy, her mindset is only positive. So there, it¡¯s all because of you.''¡±


    They giggled.  Reyna often reads something so that¡¯s what she says.


    But their giggles stopped as soon as they were far from the railway, they heard themotion of the people.


    They first stared at each other, before they ran together towards the railroad!


    IT¡¯S depressing¡­


    When they came to the railroad that night, it was no longer a normal railroad that even though they knew the people living there were poor, the people were happy.


    It¡¯s a big smoke now that seems to say that the railway is gone. The railroad houses must disappear.  Even those houses must disappear and in order for that to happen permanently, that¡¯s it, it¡¯s burning now.


    A big fire is engulfing all the houses on the railway- they are sure, even the people living there were not spared by that big fire!


    ¡°UNGH¡­¡± Euna¡¯s arms stretched out from where she was curled up when she woke up.


    She looked at Reyna who was still gaping on the sofa. They fell asleep there from drinkingst night.


    ¡°Reyna¡­ wake up, hey, it¡¯s already five o¡¯clock¡­¡±


    They need to wake up and move now. Because they will open their shop in Dangwa at seven o¡¯clock.


    ¡°Reyna..¡± She tapped her friend¡¯s cheek and arm to wake her up.


    Reyna growled.  A sign that she woke up.  Well, she¡¯s really mischievous, so when she stretched, she hit the things on the table in the middle. It made a noise when it fell so Reyna opened her eyespletely and got up.


    ¡°Oh, sorry! What time is it?¡±  Reyna scoffed.


    Euna just shook her head and picked up the ones that fell.  ¡°It¡¯s five o¡¯clock. We fell asleep here.¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡±  Reyna said, yawning, she also bent over to pick up the items that had fallen. ¡°Here, that umbre, oh, Ena.¡±


    Euna was stunned.  That pet name of hers has not been heard for a long time because when she came to her senses, she forbade the people around her to call her that and it was the name of Japayuki who was also from the railway.


    ¡°Hey, you look odd. Wait and I¡¯ll make you some coffee.¡±  Euna pulled Reyna¡¯s leg so she couldn¡¯t go away.


    ¡°Reyna¡­¡±


    ¡°Why?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s Red¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh dear. Yes, I know that. Red is on your mind.¡±


    ¡°No! I mean, this umbre is from Red. He is Ford!¡±


    SURELY Euna needs space so Red let her for a while  Lately, he will admit that he has a hard time teasing Euna and wooing her. He really hates the Hensons.  That if he puts himself in it, even he will be the same.


    Red just let her go for a while while he works out a way to solve his problem with the Hensons. As he roasts Don dimir Henson with his antics.


    Haist, if only that old man wasn¡¯t really his grandfather, he would have challenged him to a fight because he really was annoyed with him.


    ¡°How are you, Red?¡±  His cousin Haya was the one Red looked at when he looked up.


    ¡°Hey, what brought you here?¡±  He also congratted her.


    ¡°It¡¯s so close to where your girlfriend moved, it¡¯s terrible! It¡¯s just walking distance,¡± said Grey.  He then noisily dropped a folder on his desk that read: Euna Del Fierro.


    Ah, yes, he didn¡¯t stop investigating Euna.  He wants to make sure that she¡¯s okay until now. He didn¡¯t feel any anger in his chest at the knowledge that she epted the money from his grandfather. He really hopes that one day, Euna will be the same to him again because there is nothing they can do about what happened in the past.


    That¡¯s over.  The only thing he can do now as the CCEO of a bigpany is to apologize to his family on his behalf and fix the mess made by those who will go through thew.


    He knew Euna had a point, that the rich were favored by thew. That¡¯s why until now his Uncle Vincent who set the railroad on fire is still here- Yes, he found out that it was he who ordered it and not his grandfather.  That¡¯s why he wants to talk to Euna and exin to her the truth about it.


    If only Euna knew that her Uncle Vincent has changed a lot since then.


    ¡°I¡¯ve apanied Grey to you so I can help you.¡±


    Red raised an eyebrow at his brat cousin.  If Haya¡¯s n is to y again, well, she¡¯ll just let her know right now that he has no intention of tolerating her game.


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that!¡±  Haya immediately wrinkled her nose andined to Red.


    Greyughed.  ¡°Listen first. I brought Haya with me because she has a point.¡±


    Red sat straight in his swivel chair.  He clenched his fists and put them to his lips as he shifted his gaze to his cousins.  That way he can convey to them that he is not in a condition to joke.


    ¡°What is it?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m also a woman, Red. I know how to deal with Euna more than you knew.¡±


    ¡°Ah, really?¡±  Red¡¯s lips also sounded sarcastic without meaning to.  Maybe he¡¯s so hot-headed that¡¯s why he¡¯s like that now.


    ¡°Red, of course, Haya knew how to handle the feelings of Euna more, because she is also a woman,¡± Grey defended Haya.


    Red shifted his gaze to his cousins.  ¡°Yes, you are also a woman. But are you aware that Euna is a different kind of woman, Haya¡­ she is different from others. She¡¯s unique¡­¡±


    Ah, he didn¡¯t want to cry but he couldn¡¯t help it either.  Red then stood up from his seat and faced the ss window of the Hensons¡¯ building overlooking the towering buildings that were still lower than where he was.  He was surprised that he didn¡¯t seem to have anyone in his office room.


    ¡°Red, we¡¯ll leave you alone so you can read more,¡± Grey said, mming the folder he was carrying on the table again.


    Red was forced to look at his cousins ??again. ¡°Sure. Thanks.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re too formal, Red! Ew!¡± Haya reacted immediately.


    Grey justughed. ¡°Red Henson, prepare your pocket for what I will ask in return when I help you with your problem with Euna.¡±  Haya gestured her palm to Red.


    Red let out a breath.  Then he was forced to ept Haya¡¯s palm.


    Shake hands then double fist bump, that¡¯s how they close talks, deals, bets and all¡­

 18:

    ¡°EUNA and Ena, the girl with a missing front tooth, are¡­ the same¡­¡± Red said to himself after he read what was in the private investigator¡¯s report.


    It was surprising that he found out about it, buttely it seems that if fate gives him the important details about him and Euna, he couldn¡¯t help but think that they are really for each other now that they are together since they were kids¡­


    ¡°Good morning, CCEO,¡± It¡¯s his Uncle Vincent.


    ¡°May I know why you¡¯re here?¡± Red fix himself at his swivel chair.


    His uncle went to the pantry and got something to drink from the fridge. He took Gatorade there.


    ¡°The only person whoes to my office is the CEO so it¡¯s surprising that you¡¯re here. Have a seat, Uncle Vince,¡± he offered, out of respect.


    ¡°Okay. It looks like our talk is going to take a long time, why not?¡±


    ¡°Thank you foring, by the way,¡± Red began, his Uncle Vincent was already sitting in the chair in front of his desk.


    His office became very crowded when his Uncle Vincent came there.  Honestly, every ce he goes, every ce you get to be with Vincent Henson is suffocating. He has such an aura like that. Superior.  No wonder he handles their businesses so well.


    ¡°It¡¯s been a long time since west talked,¡± Vincent replied to his nephew. ¡°That¡¯s why I¡¯m surprised you summoned me today, CCEO Ford Henson.¡±


    Red shrugged his shoulders.  ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk that formally, Uncle Vince, though, if it is still about business, why not?¡±


    ¡°Oh. But yeah, I¡¯m here because you need me, right?¡±


    Red looked straight at the face of his Uncle Vince.  He even leaned on his office chair, so that it was easy for him to capture his every reaction.


    Red smiled before starting to speak, ¡°I¡¯m not going to mess around anymore, Uncle Vincent, because I found out that you were the manager of Henson Builders Corp. when I was only eleven years old. I wanna know, what happened in the railroad fire? Why did you order that from our men when you know it¡¯s inhumane?¡±


    Vincent flinched, but only for a moment.  He looked at his nephew intently before he spoke, ¡°Nightmare. That¡¯s my nightmare that I¡¯ve been wanting to forget for a long time but as the days go by, the sting of my conscience grows stronger, Red. Help me get over it.  that¡¯s a nightmare, can it be?¡±


    ¡°I WANT Teleflora in a Ford ¡¯48 flower arrangement. Well, anyway, you guys still have time to arrange and get what I want,¡± their customer Venus demanded to them that day.Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    As they say, the customer is always right.  Yes, even this is the annoying girl that Euna bumped into and threw a drink at the mall the day she found out about Red¡¯s secret. Speaking of, it looks like Venus will give the flower to thetter.


    ¡°So? Can I count on you guys on this one? I¡¯m gonna pay 200 dors without tip. Or name your price for it, I¡¯ll take that.¡±


    Euna secretly swallowed.  She¡¯s known in the railroad, she doesn¡¯t hold back, so even if it¡¯s for Red he¡¯s doing it-obviously-she¡¯ll take it.  Even though her mood was cringing at the thought, when she was still the owner of the flower shop, she didn¡¯t think it was a good idea to give it as a gift to Red- Stop! She won¡¯t give Red a present because they are no longer okay so she should stop thinking about something!


    ¡°Okay, madam, please just write the message here if there¡¯s any.¡± Euna handed to the artistic and social girl a small piece of paper that she could write on the message for the flowers.


    Looking at Venus, it¡¯s surprising that she doesn¡¯t seem to have recognized her and it was only a few months ago when they met at the mall but Euna also thought who is he to care about her?  As for the many people who meet her, will she still be remembered?


    ¡°Got it, madam. Hmn, is it your boyfriend?¡±  Reyna, who suddenly stepped in from behind Euna, took the piece of paper that Venus had written on and then read it.


    ¡°Yes, sort of, you know, I hope we can be official on his birthday since our whole family wants us to stay together,¡± Venus responded to Reyna¡¯s question here.


    ¡°Ah. Yes. That¡¯s what I wish for you also, madam. He¡¯s lucky for you, your gift is so unique.¡±


    Venus giggled as if she was pleased with what she heard.  ¡°I know, right. Am I? He will never meet a woman as unique as me.¡±


    The look is unique, yes!  Well, the face of Venus is the boss but her eyebrows are painted too high!


    Yeah, that¡¯s unique-er¡­


    ¡°Anyway, I gotta go. Just give me a call about it, okay?¡±


    ¡°Okay, madam. Bye!¡±


    When Venus left, Euna violently pulled the paper she had written on from Reyna¡¯s hand.  ¡°It¡¯s mine!¡±


    ¡°Oh, why are you angry, sis? Are you jealous?¡±


    ¡°Stop it, Reynalyn. I feel bad,¡± she said to his friend.  She stood in front of theputer to find an idea of ??what Venus wanted to happen.


    Reyna justughed at that with vigor.  ¡°Haist Euna, you¡¯re so obvious, gurrrl!¡±


    ¡°Stop it!¡±


    ¡°READY your Dior, Chevy Henson!¡±  Venus said when she got into the car where Haya Henson was there inside.


    ¡°What happened?¡±


    ¡°Well, what else, sess! I made her jealous!¡±


    Haya giggled.  ¡°Are you sure?¡±


    ¡°Of course! Is it me? For Dior? You know me, girl!¡±


    Haya contracted her friend Venus for her n to help Red talk and reconcile with Euna again. She remembered that Venus made a scene at the mall where Euna found out that Red was rich.


    Oh, of course, Haya knew what was going on between Red and his girlfriend, Euna. And based on what she sees in the end, she really loves his cousin.  That¡¯s why she was also surprised by the revtions about Henson and the old issue of what happened to Euna¡¯s family.


    Well, again, that¡¯s an old issue. That¡¯s why she¡¯s here now to enlighten Euna.


    Through Venus.


    ¡°Thank you and you have some use besides acting, don¡¯t you?¡±  Haya¡¯s true joke to her friend.


    Yes, Venus is her friend, so their brains are on the same page when ites to business.  That¡¯s why even though her cousins ??get irritated with Venus-especially Grey-they can¡¯t help it every time she invites Venus to their social gatherings together.  Venus is also the daughter of a businessman, so she was invited sometimes. Yes, she often invited herself, especially since she knew Grey was there, Haya justughed at what was running through her mind at the moment.


    Venus tormented her. ¡°I don¡¯t know about you, you¡¯re ying cupid now but look at you, you don¡¯t even have a love life!¡±


    ¡°My love life is none of your business, Venus,¡± She also tormented Venus, of course.


    ¡°Hey, how¡¯s my love life, you¡¯re making it perfect,¡± Venus said sarcastically, ¡°Hello, Red¡¯s not my type, Come on, you¡¯re annoying!¡±


    ¡°Well, you¡¯re not Grey¡¯s type.¡±

 19:

    ¡°WHY are you running away from your dad, Ford?¡±


    ¡°Because he¡¯s unfair.¡±


    ¡°Unfair? Hey, isn¡¯t he say sorry?¡±


    ¡°Well, even if he apologizes, it won¡¯t cover the mistakes he made.¡±


    ¡°Ford, my mother said, God knows how to forgive. That¡¯s why we should also learn to forgive.¡±


    ¡°Haist, what are you talking about, Ena! Let¡¯s go, it¡¯s a waste of time if we just talk. Let¡¯s go, let¡¯s go!¡±


    Ena and Ford run. That¡¯s all, they were so happy while chasing that they didn¡¯t notice a dog that just appeared out of nowhere and chased them!


    ¡°Run, Ena! There!¡±  Ford taught her a different path from the one he was taking.


    She knew what Ford wanted to happen. He wants her to lose track so that the dog can chase him and not her!


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to! I won¡¯t leave you. Come on, let¡¯s run!¡±


    When Ford smiled and took Ena¡¯s palm, they both ran off giggling. Well, a few minutester it was one dog, added by another, and another¡­ it became three!


    ¡°Can you climb a mango tree?¡±  Ena asked Ford.


    The only safe ce is in the mango tree.


    ¡°Oh-Yes, go ahead, go up, Ena.¡±  Ford barely pushed Ena to move uphill because the furious dogs were already there, trying to reach them!


    Ena followed Ford.  But no sooner had he satfortably on the higher side of the tree than he heard Ford shout¡­


    ¡°Ahhh!¡±  Ford¡¯s fall to the ground is what Ena looked at.  Her eyes widened in horror!


    ¡°Foooord!¡±  Just as Ena was about toe down from the tree, she first took a mango fruit to throw at the dogs who were nning to pet Ford even though he was there,nded on the ground and he almost didn¡¯t move when he fell!


    ¡°Ena, calm down. Ford has a lot of money. He will be fine.¡±


    ¡°Reyna, you haven¡¯t seen him. It¡¯s like¡­ he¡¯s not breathing anymore¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯M HAPPY to know you¡¯re okay, Ford. Redd Ford,¡± Euna said softly to herself as she remembered that one memory from part of her youth.


    Youth where Red was already there. Did she think that this was the boy? She sipped the coffee in front of her.


    She is working tonight on what Venus orders so Euna can¡¯t help but remember Red.


    Red and their bittersweet memories together.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know why there¡¯s an argument with me now even though I know that I did the right thing because that¡¯s what I knew was the right thing to do,¡± Euna said in the air. In front of herptop where she can see the image of a Ford car.


    Then Euna nced at her phone which was also lying on the table.


    How are you Red?


    Is he still contacting her even though he knows she has changed her number?


    He¡¯s rich, is it possible that he would find her?  Well, if that is so, why hasn¡¯t he been at the door of her house until now?


    ¡°I¡¯m going to sleep, Euna, are you okay if you¡¯re the only one here?¡±  Reyna yawned in her stupor at the screen of herptop that she bought second hand from an acquaintance.


    ¡°Are my kids asleep?¡±N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.


    ¡°Of course. It was a while ago. Nica said goodbye to you that they will go to the mall tomorrow before they go home to her father inw, right, so Arabe went to bed early.¡±


    Yes she remembered. It seems like never before.  Before they couldn¡¯t leave without her, now they can go for a walk by themselves.


    ¡°Alright, go to bed first. I¡¯ll just finish it.¡±


    ¡°Alright¡­¡± Reyna answered while yawning again.


    Euna let out a sigh when Reyna left.


    Now that she couldn¡¯t understand what was happening to herself, she thought¡­


    ¡°I have to return the one million. I have to meet with Don dimir again. Maybe it¡¯s because of this one million that I can¡¯t be quiet¡­¡±


    But what about his neighbors on the railroad?


    What is she talking about?


    Ah, Euna didn¡¯t think she could make a decision that would destroy her sanity.


    ¡°I¡¯ll return the money, yes, that¡¯s right. I won¡¯t return to his grandson¡¯s life. I¡¯ll ask for thend on the railroad to be the recement for my return of one million, bringing his grandson out of the conversation between the two of us.¡±


    Maybe the don will agree?


    Damn, how sure is she?


    Then she realized her fingers were searching Henson Builders Corp.  even the fire that took the lives of her family¡­


    ¡°DOC, what is my illness? How many months will Ist?¡±


    The doctorughed at what his patient said.  ¡°You¡¯re not going to die yet. You¡¯re a bad weed.¡±


    ¡°Aldrin, I¡¯m not joking with you,¡± Vincent couldn¡¯t help but speak to his doctor and call him by his real name.


    Aldrin was one of his ssmates in college.


    ¡°Neither am I, Vincent Henson. Alright, it¡¯s a brain tumor. Stage 3.¡±


    ¡°Uhm, ¡®Pa? -Doc Faustino, if the patient you¡¯re talking about needs me, I¡¯ll be right there in the cafeteria,¡± Aldrin and Vincent were interrupted by another doctor who slipped through the opening of the opened door after knocking twice.


    Aldrin just nodded at the other doctor. The young doctor who called him ¡±Pa¡± immediately left after apologizing to them.


    ¡°Is that your son Alfa?¡±


    ¡°Uh-huh,¡± the doctor replied simply.


    Doc Aldrin is a friend of the patient in front of him now, so somehow he is careful about what he says to her because he doesn¡¯t want her to get hurt even more after hearing about the pain. That¡¯s why fate showed his son here. A son that Vincent Henson was never blessed with, even one.


    ¡°Alright, I guess, I¡¯ll go first,¡± said Vincent, standing up and shaking Aldrin¡¯s hand.  ¡°It¡¯s great to know that your son has be a doctor.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, he¡¯s a pedia doctor.¡±


    ¡°IT¡¯S so envious,¡± Vincent said to himself like a child as he was walking out of the hospital he came from.


    Because he never once wished to have a child.  Son that the barren like him will never have.


    Heughed secretly, he was barren, he still had a tumor.  Son of bad luck!


    Or, is it bad luck?


    Vincent onlyughed harder as he walked out of St.  Jude Hospital.  How can he notugh, he knows very well that all the things he went through and is going through are nothing but what they call karma.


    He made whatever is happening to him now.  Not destiny.  All the bad things he did in the past have boomeranged on him, yes, now he realizes all that.  That¡¯s why he begs Red to help him at least reduce his nightmares.


    At least reduce it to the end.  Before everyone gets caught up in the-


    ¡°Sorry, excuse me!¡±  Vincent was hurriedly apologized by someone who bumped into his shoulder and disturbed his quiet walk.


    He immediately recognized the doctor who ran into him, it turned out to be Aldrin¡¯s son.


    Vincent¡¯s eyes immediately widened when he understood why the doctor was rushing to walk-he nned to save a child who was in danger!


    ¡°The child!¡±


    ¡°My God!¡±


    Vincent could barely hear themotion around him, his feet also voluntarily ran towards the imminent ident that would end the life of a kid- the kid will be hit by a big truck that when Vincent looks at it, looks like the truck driver has no brakes or the brakes are broken! Even his horn!


    ¡°Doc! Just wait for the kid and took her so she doesn¡¯t fall on the concrete!¡±  That was Vincent¡¯sst shout to Doc Alfa.


    To Doc Alfa that he pushed with strength so that he could save him with the child who did not want to leave the hem of the doctor¡¯s coat.


    He reced them.


    If dying with a saved person can reduce the sins hemitted while he was alive, he will wholeheartedly ept that death.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, God¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯M not in the mood to get involved in arranging my birthday, Haya. Actually, I¡¯m not in the mood to have a celebration on my  birthday,¡± Red told his cousin Haya boredly.


    He just let her chase him to the elevator.


    ¡°You¡¯re so boring, Red! It¡¯s so bad, birthdays onlye once!¡±


    Red just ncedzily at Haya.


    ¡°Even if I can go with¡­ Euna? You really don¡¯t want to?¡±


    Red smirked. ¡°She won¡¯te, believe me.¡±


    ¡°Huh? Well, what? Are you just going to let her go?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s all she thought. That I¡¯ll just let her go. Because even if Granpops offers him ten million more and he epts it over and over again, it¡¯s never going to happen that I¡¯ll just let her go.¡±

 20:

    VINCENT Hen¡­ son is the name of the one who saved Arabe¡­?¡±


    ¡°W-What?!¡±  Euna immediately grabbed the paper Reyna was holding.


    And then, she actually read the name of the man who was the root of his hatred for the Henson.


    When she researched Henson Builders Corp. and about the fire when she was still a child, she realized that it was Vincent Henson who ordered his men that if the railroad people could not be obtained in a proper plea, burn it if they did not leave the houses.


    Red¡¯s uncle is known to be rude in business and rude in person. She even read in articles on the inte that it just happened like that when his wife left him and traded him to his brother.


    ¡°I-It¡¯s surprising¡­¡±


    Even Euna was surprised by what she found out.


    ¡°Ah, the good thing is that I¡¯m going into Arabe¡¯s room first. You? Are you going to Don d¡¯s today? You¡¯re going to return the money, aren¡¯t you?¡±


    Euna nodded. ¡°Yes. All right, all right,¡± she pushed Reyna away.


    Her niece and nephew came from the mall and Nica noticed that Arabe was left outside her store in Dangwa. Arabe was almost run over and was saved by someone she didn¡¯t know who, because they went straight to St. Jude Hospital where Arabe was rushed by doctor Doc Alfa.


    And that¡¯s it, after Arabe was treated and the tension and nervousness subsided, the doctor mentioned to them that a DOA patient saved Arabe from death. Who lost his life in just a few moments.


    Shocking. It was too much to bear.


    Come close to me and don¡¯t be afraid¡­ you.


    The sun will rise, there is new light, you are not alone¡­


    Euna blinked when she heard that music that if she had heard it before, she would have ignored it for sure.  But because it fits her and Red¡¯s story, every time she hears it, she frozed.


    She blinked and only then did she realize that she was crying.


    ¡°Why are you crying?¡±  The girl with the cell phone asked Euna where the song she heard earlier wasing from.


    The girl is wearing a wig. That¡¯s why she cried even more. Is that why she doesn¡¯t want to go to the hospital, because of this scene.


    ¡°Because my boyfriend left me,¡± she joked to the girl.


    ¡°You¡¯re so beautiful, he left you? Ah, I know, you look like an aunt in what you¡¯re wearing, that¡¯s why.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    ¡°Yes. You are now an aunt. Certified Aunt.¡±


    ¡°Shocks, the kids haven¡¯t lied yet. Euna, right? You¡¯re the one in the flower garden over there?¡±


    Euna only responded with a modest nod to the neer Venus. She simply wiped away her tears afterwards.


    Venus wore a ck cotton bodycon dress and white expensive rubber shoes. Anyone will be turned away by her dress. Compared to her who was wearing a simple shirt that she just bought at the market. She was wearing jeans pants that she dressed up with doll shoes. Maybe that¡¯s why the liitle girl said she looks like an aunt.


    ¡°You are beautiful!¡±  The girl praised Venus before leading her to what was obviously her mother who approached them and called the child.


    ¡°See? The kid doesn¡¯t really lie.¡±


    ¡°Yes. You¡¯re beautiful,¡± Euna said softly. She just decided to give it up to her.


    She felt that she followed her when she walked out of the hospital.


    ¡°Euna, do you know that I¡¯m excited for Red¡¯s birthday?¡±


    Euna couldn¡¯t help but stop walking when she mentioned Red¡¯s name.


    ¡°A-Ah, yes. We¡¯re working for the flowers, madam,¡± she pretended to recall.


    ¡°Yes. I¡¯m excited for his birthday because we might be together that day.¡±


    Okay, Euna couldn¡¯t prepare for what seemed like tiny needles that suddenly pierced her heart¡­


    ¡°Uhm, it¡¯s good. At least, you¡¯re not single anymore, madam,¡± was all she managed to answer.  Pretending not to be affected, ¡°A-Alright, bye, I¡¯ll go first,¡± she said goodbye to Venus, before her tears will betrayed her.


    ¡°Wait, I seem to remember you, Euna¡­ You¡¯re the one who ran into me at the mall, right? Yes, that¡¯s you!¡±


    ¡°Madam-¡± Euna gasped at Venus¡¯ sudden pull on her arm. She chased her because she remembered what happened to them at the mall?


    ¡°I knew it! You¡¯re Red¡¯s ex?!¡±


    Venus was legitimately surprised by Euna¡¯s hearing.  ¡°Madam, ahm¡­¡±


    Wait, why is she in the hospital too?


    ¡°Madam-¡± Euna couldn¡¯t continue what she was supposed to say or to ask Venus, because when she opened her mouth, she was surprised when someone covered her nose with a white handkerchief!


    Venus¡¯ scream also hung in Euna¡¯s ears.  Because she was slowly getting dizzy from what someone pped her on the nose¡­


    Wait-don¡¯t close your eyes, Euna, Don dimir¡¯s one million is in your bag!N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.


    Nica, Ian, Arabe, Reyna, Aneecka, Red¡­


    These are the things that are on Euna¡¯s mind right now as she is blindfolded and is slowly being consumed by the intoxicating smell of what a man put in her nose.


    Yes, she even spotted that arm, it was a man¡¯s arm, she was sure!


    WHEN Euna¡¯s conscious back, she was in the car.  A moving car. That¡¯s what she was sure of. She also gradually estimated the situation she was facing right that moment.


    How long did she lose consciousness?


    ¡°W-Where am I? Where are you going to take me?¡±


    No response.


    ¡°Where is Venus? You animals! Take the one million in my bag, go ahead, just don¡¯t rape and kill me!¡±


    nk.


    But now it¡¯s a different kind of nk and Euna seems to hear something that force to barelyugh¡­


    ¡°You guys are still funny, huh!¡±  Euna swung her legs and kicked the people she was sure were in front of her.


    Yes, she was also sure that there were two people in the car with her now because the entedughter she heard earlier did note from the driver, ¡°fools- ouch!¡±  Sheined as she sank into the seat in front of the car when the car they were riding in suddenly stopped.


    A few momentster, Euna felt herpanions get out of the car.


    Shit, she thinks they¡¯re going to rough her up and¡­ and¡­ these idiots, did they think that would happen?  Huh!  They will see!


    Euna felt the click of the car door, an indication that it had opened. She made an automatic move, she got out of the car. Then someone led her somewhere.


    They walk softly. Feels like grass¡­


    . Euna should just feel sorry for herself. She had to think now because she couldn¡¯t use her mind earlier.  She didn¡¯t even take care of herself, she was carrying a million!


    She ns to meet with Don dimir, she even called the don earlier. They talked, he agreed.  When she tried to call him for the second time, he couldn¡¯t contact him, it turned out that his son, Vincent, had died.


    Ah, why does it seem like so much happened in just one day?  Her only constion is that her niece is safe from harm.


    Thanks to Vincent Henson.


    Yes, she didn¡¯t think the day woulde when she would be grateful instead of hating Vincent. Henson.


    It¡¯s simple, what happened to Arabe, when Venus came to her flower shop to remind her of Red¡¯s birthday, only one thing stuck in her mind: That the present is more important than the past.


    But here, when she was about to fix what she and Red had, this happened to her. But no, she needs to find a way to survive there!


    Think, Euna! Think!


    ¡°Oh, we¡¯ve done it, you know.¡±  Euna heard who it was when they stopped walking steadily.


    Euna also felt that she had been abandoned and abandoned by the two men she was in the car with.


    ¡°Hey! Whore- remove my blindfold! Untie my wrist! How can I face your boss, huh?!¡±  Euna asked the men who she felt had turned their backs but she still shouted.


    The loudughter of those men earlier in the car continued today.


    ¡°Ms. Euna, don¡¯t be too loud and you will be raped by our real boss, go ahead!¡±


    Euna heardughter again. She frowned, wait, why doesn¡¯t this seem like a normal abduction? What she meant- her eyes widened in shock! She untied the rope on her wrist quickly!  It¡¯s just a handkerchief tied to it!  When she took off, of course she followed his blindfolds.


    ¡°R-Red? You?!¡±


    It¡¯s Red.  His face was puffy as the strong wind blew his hair that still hadn¡¯t been cut to this day. His facial expression was serious but there was warmth in his eyes staring at her.  On his face.


    Yeah, iIt¡¯s me.¡±


    ¡°I-It¡¯s you¡­¡± Euna said in disbelief as she approached him.


    ¡°It¡¯s me, Euna.¡±


    ¡°Red¡­¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s me- ouch!¡±  Red¡¯s nose wrinkled when Euna gave him a tight hug when she got close to him.


    That¡¯s solid!  He was really hit in the neck!


    ¡°You idiot!¡±


    Red was confused when Euna turned her back on him and marched away!


    ¡°Hey, wait! Babe!¡± Euna¡¯s walking stopped because of Red¡¯s back hug to her.


    ¡°I missed you,¡± Red softly whispered to him.


    And Euna doesn¡¯t know why she suddenly felt the corner of her eyes heating up.


    She just closed her eyes, feeling the hug that she had longed to feel again¡­


    ¡°I miss your face¡­¡± She responded to Red with a smile.


    As Red used to do in that position before, every time he hugged her, he put his chin on Euna¡¯s shoulder and nuzzled her neck¡­


    The corner of Euna¡¯s eyes got even hotter at what Red did.


    ¡°Babe, I¡¯m sorry, I picked you up because I know you won¡¯te with me if I ever tease you again.¡±  Red heaved a sigh.  ¡°I don¡¯t know how to apologize to you, for what happened to your family before because of Uncle Vincent, maybe, tell me I¡¯m thick-faced but I¡¯ll still tell you now that maybe you can forget that. Let¡¯s start. You love me, don¡¯t you?¡±


    ¡°Y-Your uncle is dead, Red¡­¡±


    ¡°I know, Grandpops told me earlier. I am saddened by his death even though we are not close. No one is  close to him in our family. He is aloof and stiff. But then, Grandpops said, maybe because after his death, for his saving of Arabe, Uncle Vince will let us be together.¡±


    Euna burst outughing. Let us be together? Really?


    ¡°Why are we greeting each other, eh, your grandfather doesn¡¯t want to brag about me. Wait¡­¡± Euna united Red¡¯s arms that were hugging her and faced him. ¡°You fool! Where is the million?!¡±


    ¡°A-million?¡±


    ¡°A million, yes! The money your grandfather gave me, it¡¯s in my bag, I¡¯m going to give it back!¡±


    ¡°In your bag?¡±


    ¡°Oh, silly! Hey, are you floating? It¡¯s in the bag! I thought that¡¯s why I was abducted earlier- and, wait, there¡¯s another one, Venus, you and Venus are supposed to be together!¡±


    Red smirked.  ¡°Venus?¡±


    ¡°Yes, where is she?!¡±


    ¡°We¡¯ll be? It¡¯s just- aw!¡±  Red screamed again when Euna pinched him.


    ¡°Don¡¯t make me repeat myself, Red Henson! Yes, that¡¯s what Venus said. You two will be officially together on your birthday!¡±  Euna eximed as she kept pinching Red¡¯s cuter nose.


    Redughed.  Then he grabbed Euna¡¯s palms.  ¡°How can that happen? Well, our engagement is on my birthday. It was supposed to be a surprise, but you¡¯ll be g-¡± Red couldn¡¯t continue his litany.


    Will he be able to continue? When the kiss of the woman he has been in a rtionship with since the beginning of their lives has seized him now, as if the world would disappear tomorrow¡­


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