Aster Veren
Episode 223

- Ansel

Brak!

The sound of the door surprised me and Geri who was talking about Albert's crazy plan.

I saw Arsel enter my study with Khael and Carel behind them.

"Can't you come in after knocking on the door first?" My words were not listened to by them.

"I'm used to going in without knocking on the door. You forget I've been taking over your job for months and working here?" Ceplos Arsel sounds shitty.

"Why is this guy here?" Carel continued when he saw Albert's personal assistant sitting opposite me.

"Not take care—"

"What file is this?" Cut Arsel into pieces and grab the file in front of me and start reading it.

Whatever, I'm so tired of stopping it now. My mind doesn't have much energy to stop Arsel.

"Let me see." Carel joined him.

"For now can you go Geri? Tell Albert that I refused his wish, ask him to think of another reward and come to me again after—"

"What does this mean? Is he crazy?" Arsel and Carel said at the same time, according to what I thought.

I saw Geri just putting on a faint smile and saying, "don't you like that Mr Carel, aren't you the one who helped me with the agreement between Mr Albet and your father? Don't you know what deal they made?"

"What does that mean?" I asked along with Arsel.

"Why? What's up papa?" Khael's tiny voice distracted me, I saw that the boy was already sitting sweetly on the other sofa separated from where I and Geri were.

With a puzzled face he chewed on the piece of apple he had just bitten.

Why at a time like this did he bring his son to this place? My inner being sighed heavily as it did not have much energy to improve our current situation. Even to have a serious conversation and ask someone to bring Khael out, it feels like my body is already very tired.

"I wasn't told the deal was to unite Sean with Aster. Then why is she planning her son's match with Aster?" Carel said with a sharp look.

"Because Mr. Albert wants the power of the Veren family. So he planned to make a closer connection by uniting his son with the successor of the Veren family." It definitely makes me dislike it more.

"I understand, but it doesn't seem like that's all." Said Arsel while putting the documents in his hand back on the table in front of me. As for Geri, she could only show her faint smile when she heard Arsel speaking like that to her.

"Uncle?" The voice of Khael who was standing beside me, I quickly grabbed his body and sat him on my lap.

"I think I understand that too." Carel continued to stare more and more at the man in front of him after sitting next to me with a foot.

It's not that I don't understand what they're thinking. But I felt like I didn't have time to get involved with their conversation. The reason was simple, as Arsel had said before, he had already taken over my job for months and I was trying to take it back?

Shouldn't we at least have to talk first to see who will lead the Veren family? Should I return to that position or should I leave it to my sister? That's what you have to talk about.

It seems like I'm in too much of a hurry to get back to taking over my job from Arsel. Even though he has worked hard to take care of all my work, he even took a sabbatical so that he can focus on his work at the Veren residence.

"... as I thought. You both very quickly understand ya." Geri's voice again caught my attention, without me realizing I had missed their conversation by daydreaming.

"Ck, if you knew it would be like this, I would definitely not help the old man." Decak Carel with his unfriendly voice.

Once the oar of one or two islands is exceeded huh? My mind doesn't like Albert's crazy plans. So far I've guessed what he's been after. But I don't like the way he gets what he wants, he thinks he can make my daughter his stepping stone?

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- Esther

"You're Carel here?" I said when I saw him I was surprised because of me.

Did he just daydream? I continued inwardly watching him who was stroking his chest violently.

"What are you doing in a place like this?" Ask me again when I don't get an answer from him.

I don't understand why a Carel could be a figure I've never seen? As I recall he never ignored me, but why is it different now? Is there something he's thinking? What was he thinking about to ignore me like this?

I came to see him, but if I see him not caring about me, I'd better go back to my room, right? It was getting late anyway, and I had to clean myself up immediately before going to dinner and receive regular checkups from the doctors that my father had hired at the Veren residence.

I took my breath along with the wind I felt. Then I looked at the rose garden before me before stepping my feet, intending to leave Carel there.

But my steps stopped when I saw Uncle Hans arrive with Dean, Yuna and Sarah.

"Good afternoon, miss." His prayer broke my brief daydream as he remembered what my father had said this morning.

Apparently there was another reason why dad was so in a hurry to finish his morning breakfast, he went to see Hans who was ordered by him to pick them up? My inner.

"Sister!" Exclaimed Yuna who had run over to me and hugged my body with her sparkling eyes.

"I didn't know you were coming today." I feel awkward.

"Well that's it, we'll stay here for a few days." She looked the other way, like she was trying to avoid eye contact with me?

"really? That's very good ... Hans can you go meet Mila and ask her to prepare a room for them?" My word made Hans nod obediently and immediately leave from there after saying goodbye to me.

"So how are you doing now?" Dean asked me frowning confusedly, "it seems you don't remember me coming to save you that night, under the street lighting." The next thing surprised me.

"ah! So that guy was you?" I muttered as I realized the figure of the man approaching me when my gaze was blurry due to feeling dizzy.

"Snake's healed?" Yuna continued to ask with her head turned to look at me with her worried look.

"Yes, it's better." I answered while showing my best smile and gently stroked the top of her head.

"ah! That guy?" Dean said as he pointed at Carel beside me, I also saw him shocked to hear Dean's voice.

"You!" His exclamation returned Dean's performance with a surprised expression.

Wh why? Didn't they meet several times at uncle's bakery? My mind wondered with their strange reaction.

By the way uncle's bakery, I didn't see uncle and aunt. Didn't they go with Hans?

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