Chapter 129

129 Have To Be Firm

“Why does she have to be your sugar baby?”

Suddenly, Arthur’s eyes rounded perfectly when Angela suddenly asked him about it. How could her sister know Kalea’s status?

“W-what do you mean, Angela?”

“I know your true relationship. You don’t have to pretend anymore in front of me, Brother,” Angela said, looking the other way. “Why are you in a relationship like that? Aren’t there many women who are still playing around with you? Then why did you keep an ordinary woman like Kalea to be your sugar baby?” Angela asked in disbelief.

“It’s a long story, at first I just wanted to help and it ended up like this,” Arthur replied, sounding reluctant to discuss this. However, his sister already knew, he could not avoid it anymore.

Angela laughed lightly, though she was annoyed that her brother was really hiding something from her.

“Then you harmed Lea because you knew she was my sugar baby?” Arthur asked, which Angela immediately denied.

“No! I told you it was a real accident! My heels were broken, and I should have been badly hurt, b-but Lea helped me,” Angela replied, biting her lower lip; actually, she was reluctant to admit that it was Kalea who had saved her life.

“Then what did you do to keep Lea away from me? Did you threaten her?” Arthur asked again, prying for any information about what had happened between the two women.

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“I just told her not to deal with us anymore. As well as making her cancel the contract,” Angela replied, making Arthur’s eyes go perfectly round.

Arthur’s jaw hardened, he was still trying to contain his emotions in front of his sister. “You’ve crossed the line, Angela,”

“I really don’t like her, brother! Why should you have a woman like that? She’s just using your money, a typical materialistic woman!” Angela screeched, staring at her brother with teary eyes.

Arthur closed his eyes, willing his anger to calm down a bit. He did not want to scold his sister even though he knew that Angela’s behavior had crossed the line. Arthur began to remember what happened the last time when Kalea suddenly asked not to see him for almost a month with the excuse of visiting her mother’s family.

Was that a lie? Did Kalea actually want to terminate the contract because Angela told her to?

Arthur cursed himself silently for being so stupid. He did not realize that at all. He sighed heavily, his gaze growing sharper and more serious, making his younger sister a little bit afraid. “My relationship with her is to take advantage of each other. I have no problem giving her money because I get what I want.”

“But she’s really intent on draining our treasury!”

“Angela!” Arthur snapped furiously at his sister’s negative thoughts. “You’ve completely misjudged Lea. Do you want Mom and Dad to know what you did?”

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“T-that’s-” Angela bit her lower lip, she was holding back the tears that had been stuck in her eyes. “It’s up to you.”

“I’m not going to tell Mom and Dad, especially since I don’t know everything you’ve done to Lea. I know, you haven’t told me everything,” Arthur said, still staring at his sister even though Angela had already looked down. “I’ve been patient all this time, allowing you to despise the women who are close to me. But not like this, Angela. It’s not appropriate for you to be childish. So I don’t want this to happen again. Do you understand?” Arthur asked as he lifted Angela’s chin to look back at him.

He did not have the heart to scold Angela, but he could not keep spoiling his sister. Because Angela might do something even worse in the future. It was undeniable that he was disappointed, maybe Angela did say that yesterday’s accident was a pure accident. However, nothing happens without a cause. And Arthur did not know that for sure.

“Don’t cry,” Arthur said, stroking his sister’s cheek gently, but instead the woman’s tears escaped down her smooth cheeks. Arthur smiled bitterly as he wiped the tears away, then said, “I told you not to cry.”

“You’re annoying, Brother,” Angela whispered. Her crying would have been even louder if Arthur had not covered her mouth with his index finger.

“I’m sorry. I know you’re just afraid of my attention being divided if there’s another woman by my side, right? Don’t worry, you and Mom certainly have room in my heart. You’re my precious family,” Arthur reassured his sister in such a gentle tone as he brought Angela’s body into his arms. “And about Lea, she’s my sugar baby, but our relationship is just that. I have absolutely no feelings for her,” Arthur continued to explain.

“Lies.”

Arthur furrowed his brow. “Huh?”

Angela pushed Arthur’s body away from the embrace. She wiped her tears roughly and then gave her brother an annoyed look. “You lied about your own feelings.”

“I don’t-”

“You like Lea, brother. I can see it in your gaze. How you look at her, it’s definitely different from any other woman,” Angela explained, making Arthur knit his eyebrows. Still trying to digest his own sister’s words. “You don’t even realize it, do you? You two keep denying your own feelings,” Angela continued, laughing lightly.

“You two? I don’t know what you mean, Angela. I told you I don’t think of Lea that way,” Arthur continued to deny his feelings. He did treat Kalea with kindness and care, but that was about it. Arthur felt that other women received the same treatment.

Angela rolled her eyes lazily, reluctant to go into any more detail because it was useless. Her brother would continue to be in denial until he realized it himself. “Whatever,” the woman said curtly, and she got up from her seat. “Okay, I won’t interfere with your love life anymore, brother. With this and that woman, I won’t forbid and tell them to stay away from you. Never again.”

“What-hey, Angela! Where are you going?!” Arthur shouted as Angela moved away, leaving him alone. She did not care about Arthur, who kept calling her name.

Arthur was silent, his sister’s words still ringing in his brain. Does he like Kalea? Seriously! There was no way he would lick his own wrist and renege on the contract he had written!

“Haah, Angela’s just talking nonsense,” Arthur muttered softly as he leaned back in his chair.

On the other hand, Dariel came out of Kalea’s room looking for the Jefferson siblings, who had been talking for too long. For some reason, Dariel was worried. He raised one eyebrow when he saw Arthur alone in the chair and approached his friend. “Hey, why are you still here? Where’s Angela?” Dariel asked in surprise.

Arthur looked up briefly and then returned to his original position with a tired look. Since yesterday, his brain had been working harder than usual. Not to mention the worry that kept hitting Arthur because his sugar baby and little sister fell down the stairs. He got up from his seat with a limp; if Dariel had not held Arthur down, he might have fallen to the floor.

“What’s wrong with you, anyway? What were you talking about with your sister?” Dariel asked as he draped Arthur’s arm around his neck. Supporting his friend’s body so that Arthur could walk properly.

“I’m fine, Dariel. Let go of me,” Arthur said, removing his arm from Dariel but Dariel resisted.

“You’re exhausted, stupid. You should have rested in that room too,” Dariel said. They returned to Kalea’s room, who was only accompanied by Zeline.

Kalea, who saw Arthur’s pale face, was worried. “Arthur, are you okay?”

Dariel sat Arthur’s body on the sofa, the man with black hair with a mole under the eye just shook his head slowly. “I’m fine. Don’t worry.”

“Liar, your face is as pale as the undead,” Zeline chided.

“You should be treated too, Arthur,” Dariel suggested.

“You’re crazy, I’m just plain tired. Besides, if I get treated, who’s going to keep Lea company?”

“Of course me! I’m right here!” Zeline exclaimed excitedly, pointing at herself.

Arthur stared at Zeline for a long moment, then said, “Not very convincing.”

“What do you mean, asshole?!”

On the other hand, Kalea was still staring anxiously at her sugar daddy. Because of her, Arthur had to be exhausted like this. Arthur, who felt that he was being watched, turned to Kalea and smiled slightly, then approached the girl.

“Move away, Zeline, I have to sit there,” Arthur shooed her away.

“You-”

“You better obey him,” Dariel said as he lifted Zeline’s body easily.

“Damn it, you guys! Let me go, Dariel!” Zeline shouted, struggling because Dariel had not yet lowered her body.

“Zeline, your screeching is really noisy. Better throw her outside, Dariel,” Arthur chided, annoyed that Zeline was always yelling.

Arthur did not care about the couple anymore, he returned his attention to Kalea. “Is there something you want?” Arthur asked gently as he took Kalea’s hand.

Who would not be touched by this kind of attention? Kalea had memorized Arthur’s sweetness toward any woman. Her heart was beating so fast, she realized she really loved this man.

“I want you,” Kalea replied casually, which immediately made Arthur a little surprised.

Even Dariel and Zeline immediately fell silent from their little argument. Zeline gaped in disbelief, hearing her friend be so blunt about her feelings.

She never expected Kalea to be this brave!

Arthur chuckled amusedly, he did not take it too seriously even though his defenses were starting to crack, especially after Angela said that nonsense.

“I’m serious, Babe. Any food or anything you want, I’ll give you,” Arthur said again.

Kalea shook her head slowly and replied, “No, I don’t need that. As long as you stay by my side, that’s more than enough.”