Love Worth Fighting For

53 Aldrich’s advice

Areez clenched his jaw, his veins bulging showing his immense anger. Seeing that Aldrich chuckled amused. “If you want to keep seeing Mira’s sweet demeanor longer, you better do what she wants, or you’ll see Mira who is fierce as usual. This is my advice to you.”

Aldrich’s second words succeeded in raising Areez’s emotions to a higher level. Areez would have thrown his fist at Aldrich by now if there weren’t that many people around.

Realizing that Areez was already so angry, Aldrich chose to go after Suri who was already walking towards the hotdog shop which was currently filled with teenage girls who were queuing up. Seeing Aldrich standing right behind Suri made Areez’s chest feel tight, Areez half ran towards his best friend and the woman he was crazy about stood up. With one push, Areez managed to get rid of Aldrich from behind Suri.

“Fuck...”

“What?” Areez immediately gave his murderous gaze to Aldrich who was about to curse.

Aldrich, who realized that Areez was currently so angry, immediately raised his hands in the air. “Relax dude, don’t be angry with me.”

“Don’t mess with me then.”

Aldrich chuckled, he knew where Areez was talking. As the queue moved forward, Aldrich immediately stood behind Areez. He did not want the queue to be occupied by someone else. From the front, Suri just smiled slightly, hearing the small debate of the two friends, Suri began to be able to read the situation. Suri also plans to continue all her acting until she is completely free from Areez or at least until the email reaches its destination, in her heart Suri continues to pray that her busy brother can read her email when he wakes up tomorrow morning. The time difference between Auckland and Luxembourg which was so far made her a little nervous.

“Areez...” Suri whispered hoarsely.

.....

“Yes,” Areez answered softly, so softly it sounded like a whisper in Suri’s ear.

“I don’t have money, I don’t accept card payments here either. Do you have any money with you?” Suri was a little panicked, the queue in front of her was only one person and she also just realized that the shop only accepts cash payments.

Arees smiled. “Of course I brought money, Mira. Don’t worry, you can buy as much of this food as you want.”

Suri immediately turned her body and immediately met Areez who was very close to her. “Is that true?”

“Yes.” Areez’s face immediately turned red instantly, being so close to Suri’s face that it was so beautiful made him uneasy and nervous. Suri’s wet lips were so seductive.

Suri smiled broadly, deliberately provoking Areez’s passion further. “So I can buy more than one?”

Ares nodded slowly.

Suri screamed loudly, her hands also immediately squeezed Areez’s fingers. One thing that Suri had never done for three years if not forced by Areez. Physical contact with Areez is one thing that Suri has always disliked, but this time Suri wanted to make as much physical contact with Areez as possible.

“Next, please...”

The voice of the hotdog seller made Suri immediately turn her body back, she immediately walked up to the seller who had just asked her to order. Not wanting to waste the opportunity, Suri then ordered one serving of all the best-selling menus. Never eating hot dogs for three years makes Suri go crazy.

“Your girl has a big appetite too, huh,” whispered Alrich quietly in Areez’s ear, commenting on what Suri was doing.

Areez snorted. “Shut up don’t make noise later Mira hears, after all I’m rich I can easily pay for everything Mira ordered. Even if Mira asked me to buy this hotdog shop I would buy it.”

“Tsk tsk.... people who are in love are really terrible,” said Aldrich again. “Okay, I won’t talk.”

Areez didn’t answer Aldrich’s words, he turned his attention back to Suri who was still talking to the chef at the hot dog shop. Despite eating food on the side of the road, Suri was very strict in giving instructions to the chef. Many things that Suri said to the chef who would make her order and Areez just smiled amused when he saw the chef’s pale face when she heard Suri’s request.

“Your order will be ready in fifteen minutes, Miss. All 100 dollars ( NZ$ ), miss.”

Suddenly Suri turned her face towards Areez. “Areez.”

Arees smiled. “I know.”

Areez immediately approached Suri and took out his wallet to pay, Suri who was not ready to wait for her order to be finished did not pay attention to the contents of Areez’s wallet. On one side of the wallet of an Areez Floyen tucked a beautiful photo of Suri that he took secretly one year ago when Suri was daydreaming alone in the back garden. Areez, who felt that Suri was so beautiful at that time, immediately took out his cellphone and immediately took a photo of Suri and printed it to put in his wallet. Back when he was with Angelica, his first love, Areez had never done anything this crazy. Only this time he had gone so far as to keep a photo of the girl he adored in his wallet.

“Let’s sit down, the order will still be ready in fifteen minutes,” Areez said quietly as he tucked his wallet into the pocket of his blazer.

“But...”

“Relax, as long as your order is not finished they will close the queue. So the chef can focus on making your order,” Areez said quietly, calming Suri who couldn’t wait to eat.

“Really?” shouted Suri loudly with sparkling eyes.

Ares nodded slowly. “Yeah, look at that if you don’t believe it.” Areez glanced at the cashier who had CLOSE written on the cash register to stop the queue.

Suri smiled. “In that case, good.”

“Then we can sit in...”

“What about my order? I haven’t ordered yet,” protested Aldrich, annoyed.

“I ordered a lot, Aldrich. You don’t need to order anymore,” said Suri quickly,

Aldrich immediately turned his face towards Suri. “You ordered for me too, Mira?”

Suri nodded quickly. “Not only for you, but for others as well,” replied Suri quickly while glancing at Areez’s personal bodyguard who was standing not far from where they were at this time. “Can I really eat that much food alone? I’m not that greedy.”

Aldrich’s cheeks reddened, holding back embarrassment. He felt guilty for having thought about Suri who had ordered a lot of food beforehand. Aldrich thought Suri heard his words.

“Give me a coin, Areez,” said Suri again as she held out her hand to Areez.

“Coins, what are coins for?”

Suri smiled, she immediately pointed at the stuffed claw machine which was not far from the hot dog shop. “I want to play.”

“That’s child’s play, Mira,” sighed Areez disapprovingly.

Suri immediately lowered her hand from the air, her head also immediately lowered, pretending to be sad. “I just want to play to relieve boredom while waiting for the order to finish, if you can’t, then that’s fine. I can just stand and watch people play.”

Areez’s chest immediately hurt hearing Suri’s words which sounded so sad, as if inside his chest at this time there was a big hand that was squeezing his heart.

Aldrich who felt bad for Suri then pulled Areez from in front of Suri quickly, he had no fear at all for Areez who immediately growled with anger.

“Come play with me, I have some coins,” said Aldrich softly as he held out his hand which contained some coins towards Suri.

Suri immediately lifted her face, looking at Aldrich with a sad face. “Can I really play?”

Badump..

Not only Areez who is tormented by Suri’s words that are so pitiful, Aldrich who has absolutely no feelings for Suri also has the same feeling.

“Yes, Mira. You can play as long as you want, I have a lot of coins,” Aldrich replied quietly, his voice sounding wiser than usual, who likes to talk casually.

Suri gasped, her chest shaking when she heard Aldrich speak. Aldrich’s way of speaking was so soft it reminded her of Christian, back when she was always whining for something Christian would speak so softly. Remembering the fun times with her brother made Suri’s eyes suddenly filled with tears that were ready to come out.

“Hey...what are you doing? Did I say something wrong?” Aldrich screamed in panic when he saw Suri about to cry.

Areez, who had been silent for a long time, immediately moved forward, taking a position as close as possible to Suri.

“Mira...”

“No, I’m fine. I’m just glad you let me play,” Suri answered hoarsely, trying to hold back her tears as hard as possible to keep them from falling.

Aldrich, who couldn’t bear it, grabbed Suri’s hand and brought her to one of the empty claw machines, with an uneasy feeling Aldrich then put several coins into the machine and tried the controller slowly. “It’s done, please try it yourself, Mira,” said Aldrich quietly, inviting Suri to play.

Suri nodded slowly, with trembling hands Suri grabbed the control device that Aldrich had previously tried. Suri who was still thinking about her brother suddenly fell to the floor and immediately cried quite loudly. Areez who was still standing in his original place immediately approached Suri and immediately knelt down and hugged Suri tightly.

“Shhh.. don’t cry, don’t cry, Mira. I’m sorry, I beg you,” Areez said regretfully, at this time Areez was cursing his stupidity for banning Suri from playing. Seeing Suri suddenly crying for no reason made all his defenses crumble.

Aldrich, who was still standing brushing his hair, seemed to know what made Suri cry. As a man who has a younger sister, Aldrich is more sensitive than Areez who was born as an only child.

“Let’s play, don’t you want to play,” Areez said again, still groping Suri’s back gently.

Suri who had started to calm down then quickly wiped her tears, today she was not careful because she got carried away. Suri almost screwed up her own plans.

With a puffy face, Suri looked at Areez. “Can I really play?”

“Yeah, you can play until you’re satisfied,” Areez replied softly. “Now wake up”

Suri nodded slowly, following Areez’s movement which led her to stand up. After taking a deep breath, Suri then focused her attention on the claw machine in front of her, Suri tried to control her feelings again. Missing her brother too much made her suddenly cry uncontrollably. Damn Areez! He is the only person to blame for all the sadness that Suri is going through right now, the three wasted years of Suri’s life are also Areez’s fault. One time Areez had to pay for all of that very expensive and Suri vowed to make Areez pay for everything.

Because Suri had focused on the claw machine, Aldrich then pulled Areez’s arm away from Suri who was concentrating on taking the stuffed rabbit out of the claw machine.

“See, it’s the result of your selfishness, damn it,” growled Aldrich..

“What do you mean?” Areez asked, confused.

“Mira is crying, she’s so happy today because you let her do what she wants after you locked her up for years ordering the food she wants. You can also see how she cries, can’t you. Come on, Areez. this, don’t lock Mira anymore. She has the right to enjoy her freedom like any other girl, Mira deserves her youth like any other girl her age,” Aldrich answered seriously, Aldrich thought Suri was crying because she was too happy to be out of Areez prison today. “Don’t worry, Areez. Mira won’t be able to run away from you, she doesn’t have the ability to do that while she’s with you.”