"This place is stunning." Anna's eyes lit up as she wandered around the vast party hall. She held Dakota's hand after they showed her the invitation card they had brought. Showing the proof that they were invited to the place, Anna glanced at Dakota. "Well, this party doesn't look like a grandparents' celebration, does it?" Anna laughed.Dakota shared his look. Then he nodded in agreement. The place did not look like a celebration for the elderly. He could see that the party looked more like a royal party. Everything looked marvelous. "No wonder you're so enthusiastic and call it marvelous. The event is indeed amazingly made." Dakota marveled at how luxurious the place was, which made her admire James even more.Although the party hall was spacious and extraordinarily luxurious, with various banquets on the tables, the guests who came to the place were not crowded at all. They seemed to be standing in groups or sitting in one place and then going back and forth to other groups, talkin
"Sit down." James invited Dakota to sit in one of the chairs in the room.Currently, Dakota, James, and the man who was James' servant were in a closed room. The room was no bigger than the previous hall, it didn't look like a living room and more like a private study, but the appearance was so luxurious, themed with a classic feel. The ornaments in the room were almost completely made of brown wood that was varnished in such a way that it was shiny.Dakota sat in one of the wooden chairs with cushions on the seat. Then he saw James himself pouring tea, which Dakota didn't know what kind of tea it was, from a pot into a small cup and then handed it to Dakota.James then looked at Dakota, who seemed to be staring at the tea in the cup. "It's called fennel tea, good for your health." He smiled at Dakota. He slowly sipped the tea with pleasure and then observed Dakota again. "Drink it. This tea has many benefits if you drink it regularly."Dakota lifted his cup, then sniffed the odor fro
"I guess sweets are better in any situation," Dakota muttered, walking around the city adjacent to the sea after parking his car. He glanced at the people enjoying the afternoon while sipping cold americanos that looked fresh as they drank, but he didn't feel so. "Bitter drinks will only torment your throat." He muttered as he stared at them. Then he turned his gaze in another direction.In the direction Dakota was looking, a fairly large supermarket was standing majestically in the middle of the city, far away from where she lived. Dakota's eyes lit up at something written there. "There's a big discount there." He was interested in shopping.Even though he was already wealthy, it seemed that Dakota still couldn't forget his habits when he was poor. He is still tempted by discounts despite having a lot of money. Dakota walked over and entered the supermarkets, which were crowded with mostly housewives."Hurry up and we'll run out!" Dakota glanced at the mothers who walked hurriedly fr
"That wasn't entirely my fault." Dakota walked up to him and spoke to him. "It's your fault you tried to take what I have." He emphasized one thing.If that woman hadn't tried to snatch the small ball that he took, then that kind of incident wouldn't have happened either. After all, she didn't pay any damages, and he was the one who paid for the fine, so he had no reason to be upset.The woman looked at Dakota with widened eyes. "My fault, you say?" Her body moved to face Dakota. From the look on her face, she didn't seem to accept Dakota's words. "Don't you understand the concept? How can you call that thing yours? If you haven't got it in your hands, then it's not yours. You haven't even paid for it!" Her gaze looked dumbfounded. "Damn it, how nice of you to accuse me of causing that mess while you're the one who hit me so hard." The woman spoke somewhat softly while glancing at the motorcycle she was carrying.The motorcycle would not start. Where the problem was, she did not know.
James sat on a large chair in a room different from the one he used to entertain Dakota yesterday. The old man seemed to be staring at a portrait of a boy whose approximate age was around eight. James looked at him with a look of longing in his eyes. "How is he doing now? Is he still alive somewhere and doing well?" James looked regretful within himself.He imagined again the events that had become his nightmare all this time. Even though it had been a long time, James could never be okay. Another reason why he cared so much about charities targeting orphanages and child welfare was because he remembered his grandson. Even though he knew that his grandson was no longer a child if he was still alive, he still remembered his little figure.Next to James stood Ray, staring at the same portrait. He looked silent, but his gaze held many stories on the figure. He regretted that he could not do anything, and his carelessness in ensuring the safety of the O'Connor family made a big loss to be
Dakota was stunned. He snorted an incredulous laugh, glancing at the ball, and then looked back at them. "You two are acting like children." He got up from her seat. "At your age, you should be aware of how the world works and be able to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate actions." He noticed them staring at him with indifference. "You should apologize to me." H stood near the ball that had landed beside him as he dodged.The two men looked at each other and laughed. One of them walked over and stood facing him. He was not to be outdone. So, he shows that he is not intimidated by what Dakota is doing. "Apologize?" He frowned. "Shouldn't you be the one apologizing to us?" He raised his hand to point at the sea. "You're the one who threw our balls over there." He stared in annoyance."If we hadn't quickly picked up the ball, it would have been washed away by the waves." His friend, who had thrown the ball at Dakota on purpose, added. He gave Dakota a fierce glance while
"Thank you," Dakota said to a waiter who came to deliver his dinner order.Dakota, who has been busy for the past two months, deliberately took time this week to take a vacation, and he chose an inn near the beach for his summer vacation. Even then, it was not a vacation that was too luxurious, just a vacation that he did without a preliminary plan, which he only decided a few hours before and then left.When he had decided to go on vacation he deliberately arranged everything his self, not even Anna was invited to join him because he really wanted to enjoy quietly on his own time.But it seems his plan didn't entirely work out. Dakota accidentally caught the figure of the woman he had met on the beach. The woman clearly realized that Dakota was sitting at the table, and she deliberately chose the empty chair next to Dakota to sit on."Just here, baby," the woman said to her girlfriend, who was invisible to Dakota because he didn't care what the woman was doing there and who she calle
"Sir?" The woman murmured, ensuring her ears didn't mishear her lover called Dakota by a polite-sounding title.Dakota looked at her. Then he remembered that face was one of the men he saw in the office bowing politely to her when he came in with Anna. He had only caught a glimpse of it, but he remembered it well."You don't need to be polite to him, dear." The woman spoke to her in annoyance, the look on her face looking at Dakota sarcastically, then back at her man. "He's a very annoying guy. He's been bothering me with his rude remarks ever since."The man she was talking to rounded his eyes. He looked choked up and panicked at what she said. Then he watched Dakota with a worried face.But the woman ignored the look on his face. She had no intention of stopping. "You saw for yourself even just now that she turned on me before you, right?" She snorted. "He's a freak." She seemed to hold a grudge against Dakota. "I want you to teach him a lesson."Despite being called a freak, Dakota