Aster Veren
Episode 225's

- Esther

"Sister?" Yuna's voice surprised me, I saw that she had walked into my room in her cute nightgown, pink with lace on her collar, arms and waist.

"Yeah Yuna?"

"That's .. Can I sleep with you?" He looked hesitant, still standing in front of the door with his hand still holding the door knob with his body on his tiptoes.

"Come here." I said after smiling my best smile. Seeing her like that somehow made me think of the past when I asked to sleep with Hana because of my nightmares.

With her sparkling eyes, Yuna walked into my room. But just a few steps away, Khael had already stopped him with his shout, leaving me shocked.

"You! What are you doing there?" Ask after raising his voice. Then with surprise Yuna turned towards Khael who was standing behind her while pointing at Yuna.

I saw them straight down from the top of my bed and started to approach them when I saw signs they were going to fight.

"A—remember Khael." I said as I grabbed her shoulder after squatting between them.

"Sister?" Yuna muttered immediately hiding behind my body with teary eyes.

"Who are you calling brother? He's not your brother knows!" Khael's words slightly lowered his tone, but not with the look of his hostile sharp eyes.

"Hah~ you two this why this hour hasn't slept?" I try to calm myself.

"I intend to sleep with Brother Aster. But I saw him go into my sister's room first. Why did he come to my sister's room?" Khael answered while pointing at Yuna behind me.

"Yuna will sleep with me too."

"Eh? Why?"

"That's it, don't fight anymore okay. You two just sleep together with me."

"No way!" The cry of Khael surprised me and Yuna.

"Uh ..," muttered Yuna still cursing behind me.

How good is it? If I choose to sleep with Yuna, Khael will definitely sulk. If I choose to sleep with Khael, Yuna will definitely cry right away. But Khael did not want to sleep together with Yuna either. My mind was feeling tired and had involuntarily let out a short sigh.

Tok tok!

The sound of knocking on the door distracted me, without me noticing I was even happy that there was someone who could help me escape from this annoying situation.

I saw Hans standing on the doorstep and greeting him, "excuse me miss. The master calls you to the living room." His words left me confused.

Why do you call me these nights? And into the living room? Who's having a night like this?

"Ekhem, because you called me. For tonight, it looks like you should sleep in each of your places. Go and rest." I said after clearing my throat and stroking the tops of their heads simultaneously before leaving them.

"Hans, take them to each other's rooms." I continued after passing through it.

"Well miss."

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I saw that my father and uncle were already sitting opposite to someone who looked familiar to me. Besides, is he a guest who came a while ago?

"Aster, come here." Said my father when he saw me standing behind the guest.

I slowly walked up to my father and sat down in the empty space beside him.

Uh! Mr Albert? Why is he visiting this night? My mind was a little surprised when I saw him smiling faintly at me.

He promised to keep his mouth shut no matter what, but what did he do? He even exposed my identity and my fake death in the media?

It's not that I've forgotten his help over the past few months, I'm so grateful that I've been able to live a little more peacefully where I've never been. But I still feel angry at him now.

Maybe he thought, 'cause I'm still alive and so I can go back to my family. It was very clearly visible on his haughty face. It sucks!

"As you can see." I answered after a short breath.

"Yes, you look healthy and well. I'm relieved that you're finally back in your family." He said according to what I think.

"Then forgive me for having to reveal your identity. If I don't do it—"

"No problem, forget it." Cut me up not intending to listen to him any longer.

All I wanted to do now was return to my room and rest in peace. Then if I could, I wouldn't want to see Mr. Albert's face again forever.

"So dad? Why did you call me here? Is it just to welcome that person?" I continued to surprise everyone with the word "that person" coming out of my mouth.

It's not without reason that I say it, I just want to make an affirmation that I don't like Mr. Albert. Then, from this moment on I will stop being a person who is taken for granted. I don't want to forget the impression I made when I was a substitute for my father.

Even though I had forgotten about it because I was too shocked by the bad situation that day. Unknowingly, I turned back into a weak girl.

"Pft... Did you hear that Albert? Looks like my niece doesn't like you. Are you sure you want to convince him to agree to your wish?" My uncle jolted me and looked at him sitting down.

What does it mean to agree to his wishes? Does he want to ask me something?

"It seems that after a long time of not meeting, his nature has changed a lot huh?" Ask Uncle Albert with his faint, forced-looking smile.

"Well, this isn't a wish anyway. But what he's got to do, right?" It kept me tightening my jaw, trying to hold back my anger.

"So your words are Albert!" I cried, raising his tone. Judging from the situation, it seems that father also does not like the guest's speech in front of him, even uncle has also looked seriously at the figure before him.

"... having acted arbitrarily, without my consent. Now you want to ask me something? Isn't your facial skin really thick, Albet?" My daughter after calming myself down.

"Aster?" Dad's murmur made me glance at him and meet his confused red bead.

"Well, I was expecting you to behave like this. But I don't mind, then read it. You'll understand my wishes." He said while pointing the file in front of me.

So in the end he helped me with another goal huh? I was really fooled, I think he helped me sincerely. Apparently there is something he is after ... If my guess is correct, he must want the influence of the Veren family right? My mind looks at the file in front of me.

"Whatever it says. I can't grant you Albert's wish." I said after being silent for a long time, not intending to touch the file in front of me.

"really? What if it's already been approved by Ian?" The question surprised me.

What does that mean? Isn't there no reason for him to seek approval from uncle Ian?

"But our side hasn't approved it yet, so you don't have any rights over Aster." Uncle Arsel's words surprised me even more.

"What does that mean?" I muttered while looking at my uncle and father in turn, and then you didn't want me to grab the file and start reading it.

I squeezed the file in my hand when I found out what Master Albert's goal was to make my father and uncle look that bad.

Apparently he wanted me to be his son-in-law in order to gain influence from the Veren family, besides if I became his son-in-law, wouldn't his son eventually become the head of the Veren family and gain his power?

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