Lion had just walked into Mr Jack's room. Lily and Sky were already gathered there."Sit down, Lion." Mr Jack said, and Lion nodded briefly before turning to Sky."You're back, bro? How was business over there?" Lion asked Sky as they shook hands."Boring," was the only word Sky replied. "I'd rather be here with Dad," he continued. Sky's words left Lion with no more questions. The truth about Sky hating the royal family was already confirmed.Lion was silent and seemed to be waiting for Mr. Jack to speak. But a throw of a pillow from Lily stirred his composure."Hey, you disobedient brother! Don't you greet me and ask how I'm doing?" Lily protested Lion's indifferent behavior."Why should I ask? Seeing you here smiling, I hope things are fine in Thailand. I don't miss you anyway, bro," Lion replied while mocking Lily."Damn it! Even though you've been my little brother for over two years, you're still insolent towards me, huh?!" Lily said, annoyed, but his soft-spoken manner turned an
"Fried rice?" Sky, Lily, and Lion asked the woman Alice when a plate of strangely colored rice with small pieces of vegetable trinkets and an egg fried without the yolk being broken was placed in front of them. Food with such a strange sight was not something the three of them were used to seeing, but not Mr Jack. Instead, he smiled and watched as his three sons, who usually looked stiff and severe, became more human in front of Alice. "Yes, in front of you is a dish called Fried Rice. In my country, it's like the food of a million people because, on average, every house has something like this for breakfast," Alice answered hesitantly and a little scared as the eyes of the three big and serious men looked too scary. "Dad, isn't she too bold to mess with my kitchen? This is too much," Sky grumbled in his calm tone to Mr Jack, but his gaze was so serious looking at Alice. "I haven't seen such s
"Let's just say your thoughts are right, Sky. You too, Lily. I brought Lion closer to Alice because I wanted to see how much Lion would bear under my command as his father. Lion has enjoyed the blood so much that he has forgotten his human heart." "You probably already know the news that Lion was almost killed by the young man he entrusted to Simon, right?" Sky and Lily nodded at such a question. "He's powerful enough to destroy anything. But he's frail to people he considers important, even if those are enemies after his life. Lion was so weak that he was almost killed if I hadn't eliminated that young man first," Mr. Jack recounted. "Then what does that have to do with that young lady, Dad?" Sky and Lily asked simultaneously. "Alice is a stranger to us, especially Lion. But she's not an enemy. She's just a weak woman who needs to be trained to be strong." "I want Lion to
Alice shuffled without direction throughout her steps after leaving Mr Jack's house. She was a stranger in the neighborhood, especially once she got out of Mr. Jack's sprawling estate and into the suburbs of California. Alice passed through a shopping area with narrow alleys that only cyclists and pedestrians could pass through. Alice's steps stopped when a noise was heard not far from her current standing. Of course, it made her wonder what was going on. Why were there people screaming and wailing helplessly. Sure enough. At the end of one of the narrow alleys near Alice, about four men seemed to be thugs playing with a woman there. Alice gasped in shock. The trauma of the harassment she had almost received still hadn't gone away, and it scared her again to see the atmosphere in front of her right now. "Miss, help me!" the woman who was abused by the four men saw Alice tur
At the edge of the barrier of the open beach, Lion stood looking at the waves of the open sea with his mind blank. His treatment of Alice earlier made him regret it a little.'What did I do? Why did I kiss her?' He muttered to himself as his lips reluctantly opened to speak. He admitted that he was carried away by his memories of his girlfriend Lia.Seeing the weak Alice like that made him see Lia in the same state before she died that day.'Is it because I miss her so much? But I don't want to feel that way anymore. Love makes me weak and messes up my mind,' he continued.'Love? Nonsense. There's no way a spoiled and weak woman like her can pull at my heart and change my feelings away from you, Lia. Never!' Lion resolutely rejected Alice's presence in his life."What a ridiculous situation. I bet that woman will give up halfway through. Daddy made a tough decision by making her our sister." Lion muttered in exasperation this time as he clenched his fists tightly and stared intently a
"I don't blame you for being so weak. Your misfortune has been with you since birth, and everything keeps happening until you're at a helpless point in your life,"“Dumped by family, betrayed by love, and lost your own child. You don't even feel like you have any self-respect anymore after the abuse you almost received. I'm right, huh?" Mr Jack's question made Alice nod."But you finally met me and I accepted you to live here, even though my three sons questioned my decision, why did I bring that weak you into our midst who are not good people who can tolerate weakness. There are no weaklings here, just so you know, girl," he continued to say with a smile."Yes, that's what I wanted to ask, sir. Your reason for taking me still doesn't make sense to me. Although I resemble your daughter, I am a weak woman who is different from her. Your wife and daughter are great and strong women, but I'm just trash that my own family threw away, even to a place far away from them," Alice cried, recal
Meanwhile, the rest of his men had already had to disrupt the security network there so that there would be no trace of their arrival."If everyone in there is asleep, what about the people who don't breathe the air from in there? Like the people manning the security post in front of us, Lion!." Lily was a little worried about the two people manning the guard post right in front of the entrance of the customs office. He was afraid that they would hurt innocent people in their current mission."Play with that sharp tongue of yours and make some sense for them to understand and after that cover their mouths with this. They will fall asleep as well." Lion instructed casually while handing Lily a box of cigarettes."I have to give them these?" Lily asked."Then, do I have to do it too? That's funny when I've helped so many things without getting paid a cent." Lion grumbled, "Black Lily's getting rich, but I'm the one who has to be bothered, you bastard!" he continued swearing at Lily, bu
"He's helping you, not bringing you down with insults. Even though the words he said were sharp and piercing, but that was his," Sky began to speak in a calm tone to Alice."He saw that the wound on your stomach was festering slightly, and he knew it was dangerous to leave it like that. He's a great doctor, so don't doubt his expertise in caring for your body's health. Even though you don't like that he's being mean to you, admit that you're also grateful, even if it's only in the smallest corner of your heart,""You're not wrong for defending your pride, but he's also right for helping you. You're even.""You want to get stronger and will get out of this house when you can depend on yourself, but Lion also must take care of your health issues,""So, work together as much as possible for a better day. Realize that right now, you are powerless to fight him. The only way to defeat him is when you're balanced by having the position and ability of Lion,""In your sentence earlier, you sai