Chapter 71

71 Don’t Know What To Do

“W-what? Luna and Arthur? What do you mean?”

Zeline rolled her eyes lazily, she shouldn’t have interfered so far but her disgust at Kalea’s naivety had exceeded the limit. “Your best friend likes Arthur and intends to take him from you. I once caught them kissing at the club,” Zeline explained.

Kalea gaped in disbelief, what nonsense was she hearing right now? Her best friend likes Arthur? Kalea was still digesting and remembering what had happened to this day. She really never suspected their behavior because they looked normal.

“I’ve already told you, Arthur is a playboy. It doesn’t matter which woman comes to him, even someone very close to you.”

“Arthur approached Luna first?” Kalea asked subconsciously raising her voice, she should not have agreed from the start to bring the two of them together if the outcome would be like this. Arthur broke the promise between them. Arthur is still Arthur, a jerk who likes to play with women.

“Hey, don’t talk nonsense. Your best friend seduced Arthur.”

“That’s not possible!”

“Damn it, how long have you been denying everything I said?! If you don’t believe me, ask Arthur or your bitch friend!” Zeline snapped with great emotion. The blonde girl couldn’t understand it, Kalea seemed to close her eyes to the truth she was telling. However, maybe Kalea wasn’t wrong either, because she didn’t provide any solid evidence at all. After saying things that shocked Kalea, Zeline left from there, letting the girl with hazel eyes look down with a desperate look on her face.

She still hopes that Kalea really uses common sense without involving the rotten friendship that Kalea and Aluna have. She believes that gradually Kalea will realize it.

.....

Zeline doesn’t go to class anymore, she’d rather skip class than have to meet humans like the devil. She was also sick of seeing Aluna’s face, who pretended to be innocent. She’d better go to the mall to pamper her body and do some shopping. Mentally Kalea, maybe not as strong as her. Kalea wasn’t as brave as Zeline to fight them, the girl was too kind and naive.

“Argh, damn it! Why should I worry about her!” Zeline muttered in annoyance making the employee who was styling her blonde hair surprised. She pressed the green button, dialing the man who would become Kalea’s sugar daddy.

[What? You’re bothering me while having sex.]

“Fuck you, you can still do that and not care about Lea’s condition?”

[Huh? What do you mean? I haven’t seen her in a few days. She’s staying at her parents’ house.]

“Haha, so you didn’t know?”

[No need to beat around the bush. What do you mean? What’s wrong with Lea?]

“One of your women has made Lea lose everything. Lea’s secret on campus was leaked by Luna. Lea was bullied, her scholarship was revoked, and she was forced to leave her job as a teaching assistant. What did you do to make Luna do that to Lea, you bastard?”

[... where is Lea?]

“You think I know that? But I’m sure she lied to you. She must be in the apartment. Oh, yeah. I told her about you and Aluna playing behind her back.”

[What? [What made you say that?!]

“She should know! I’m sick of seeing Lea, who always thinks her best friend is very good. The rest is up to you to make her believe and not be duped again.You understand-”

Arthur disconnected the call.

Zeline hissed in annoyance, she cursed the man. However, at least she was a little relieved after telling Arthur this.

On the other hand, Arthur has no desire to continue his lovemaking activities. He left the woman he had met for the first time and put his clothes back on and walked out of the room to the car. He had to meet Kalea no matter what. Before that, he contacted Aluna to ask for an explanation.

[Hi, Arthur. You don’t usually contact me.]

Arthur’s jaw hardened, he squeezed the steering wheel he was holding. He suppressed the anger that was boiling up in his chest. “Why would you do that to Lea?”

[Ah, you mean Lea’s secret being a sugar baby? Don’t worry, your identity won’t be revealed! It was indeed her fault, even though she was the best student in campus but did such a despicable thing.]

Arthur smiled annoyed at the nonsense that came out of Aluna’s mouth. “Don’t you want to do that despicable job? Don’t you remember if you wanted to be my sugar baby?”

[Shut up, it’s because I can’t accept you dumping me.]

“Then if you’re upset with me, take it out on me instead of Lea!” Arthur snapped, unable to contain his emotions any longer.

[Don’t you care about anything that concerns Lea? Why are you doing the opposite now?! You love her, right?!]

“Shut your mouth, damn it.”

[I did it to make you feel bad for me! I can do whatever I want, even once for Lea. If you want to know, I never considered her a friend at all. She’s just a pathetic human who has nothing in her life, isn’t it nice to let her imagine having a genuine friendship?]

“You’ll know the consequences, Luna.”

Arthur hung up the call and threw his phone down until it cracked. He shouted loudly to vent his anger after talking to Aluna. That girl is a real devil. The black haired man closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down before deciding to meet Kalea.

The girl must be alone. No wonder Kalea told him not to come to the apartment. So that Arthur wouldn’t see Kalea, who was down and crying all night.

After feeling quite calm, Arthur drove his car at an average speed. He must not be carried away by emotions for too long, all problems will not be solved if he uses emotions. That’s what Aquila taught her son. Arthur walked a little faster until he finally reached the penthouse.

Arthur opened the room and found a fragile girl curled up on a large bed. “Lea,” Arthur called softly.

Kalea got up from lying down, suddenly she was surprised when she saw Arthur was there. Even though she had already told Arthur there was no need to come to the apartment. “W-why are you here?”

Arthur ignored it, he approached Kalea and immediately hugged the girl’s fragile body. “Sorry,” he whispered softly. The hug tightened even more, but there was no intention of hurting. He should have been by Kalea’s side, Arthur didn’t understand as his heart and brain seemed to be out of sync. He couldn’t see Kalea sad and alone like this. Actually, it was Arthur’s habit not to let women grieve, but it felt like Kalea had a special room to control herself.

Kalea smiled bitterly, Zeline must have told Arthur that’s why the man was here now. With trembling hands, Kalea gently patted Arthur’s back.

Arthur let go of his embrace, cupping Kalea’s face, which was swollen like she had just cried. “Feels heavy for you, huh? I’m sorry, it’s my fault.”

Kalea looked away, she was embarrassed because Arthur saw her swollen face especially in the eyes. “I-I’m fine, it’s not your fault.” Her mind crossed Zeline who said Arthur and Aluna were playing behind her. Kalea wanted to ask, but somehow she wasn’t ready to accept the truth.

“It’s my fault, Lea. Luna likes me and always said she would take me from you. And when I threw her away, she actually exposed your secret,” Arthur explained, staring intently at Kalea’s hazel beads.

“So ...is that true?” Kalea asked with a sad look. Even Arthur couldn’t see it. Kalea hit Arthur’s chest limply. She wanted to cry, but the tears didn’t come out because she had shed too many tears. “Why did you do it? Why do you have to do it with my best friend?!” Kalea snapped.

Her chest is so tight. She hated this fact.

“Did you have sex with Luna?” Kalea asked.

Arthur was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly. “It was an accident, when she was drunk.”

Kalea laughed lightly, always having something to do with the alcoholic drink. “Drunk again? You’re drunk too, right?” The girl covered her face, feeling uneasy. It’s like being betrayed, but why does it feel weird?

“Lea, I told you Luna could like me, but you didn’t believe me at all.”

“Yeah, and you said you wouldn’t be responsible for it. You’re right, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have brought the two of you together, now I don’t know what to do with Luna. She spread my secret, right?” Kalea asked, still looking down to cover her face.

“I’ll take care of this, you don’t have to-”

“No! Please don’t do anything!” Kalea forbids while holding the man’s arm. “This is my problem with her.”

“From the start, you weren’t involved at all. Because of me, you have to lose what you’ve been fighting for all this time,” Arthur said in such a gentle tone. He caressed Kalea’s cheeks which were glistening with tears. “I can’t let you suffer like this.”

“Arthur, I beg you. Let me talk to Luna first. I wanna know why she did that,” Kalea pleaded.

Arthur sighed heavily, he had always been unable to win when faced with the pleading face of a good woman like this. Then he nodded in response to the sugar baby’s request.

Gradually, Kalea will know how rotten Aluna is. The friend that the girl was always proud of turned out to have never considered her a friend from the start. Arthur promised, at that time he would be by Kalea’s side.

Arthur grabbed his cell phone which was cracked because he had slammed it earlier.

“Why is your phone cracked?” Kalea asked surprised.

“I am accidently venting emotions on this thing.”

“Geez, don’t be like that again,” Kalea said, rubbing Arthur’s phone screen, which was almost destroyed but amazingly it was still on.

Arthur smiled bitterly, then said, “better this one crack than you.”

Kalea was silent, no longer commenting.

“Maybe this will hurt you, but I want you to know that Luna is not as good as you think,” Arthur said as he directed his chat room with Aluna. It shows how Aluna seduces him, sends naughty photos and chats that always lead to sex. Even when Aluna badmouths Kalea, it’s all there.

“So when you suddenly left me, it was to meet her?” Kalea asked, Her finger stopped at Aluna’s many bubble chats and asked Arthur to come over to Aluna.

“Yeah, I’m hard to ignore because Luna really almost got raped.”

Kalea closed her eyes, enjoying the pain that kept hitting her. She really didn’t know what to do.