By midnight, they finally went to sleep. They lay on the bed, hugging each other while discussing many things.
Just as drowsiness started to overtake Scarlett, Xander suddenly started talking about her plans to go to the US. Instantly her tiredness vanished as her eyes opened wide.
"So you're going to attend Rex's birthday party?" Xander asked. He had heard she promised Rex to come over, but this girl had never discussed it with him since then.
And now, he couldn't bear to hear directly from her lips about her plan to meet that bastard, Rex!
Scarlett slowly looked up into his sad eyes and felt slightly sorry. She knew Xander had a grudge against Rex, and that's why she never wanted to talk about Rex with him.
She thought, for a moment, about talking to Xander without upsetting or annoying him even more.
"Yeah, I've never missed his birthday since I've known him... You know, I'm close to his family, right!?" Scarlett said. She couldn't avoid this topic all the time, could she? At least she wanted to be honest with him about her special relationship with Rex. She didn't want Xander to misunderstand her.
"I know! But somehow, I don't feel like letting you go there." Xander took a deep breath before pulling her into his arms. He didn't want this girl to notice his gloomy expression. "I don't like you around him..."
Scarlett was speechless. How can she avoid Rex forever? She can't!
"Xander, do you know how I know the Morrisons!?"
"I know. You told me before..."
She pushed his chest lightly so she could see his face.
"The Morrison family, especially Rex's parents, and grandfather, already consider me a member of their family!" She continued her words while gently caressing his face, "…I saw Rex as my elder brother. Unlike you, I saw you as a man, the opposite sex, who can make my heart flutter and my mind full of you!"
Scarlett was taken aback when she heard her own voice. How could she have the audacity to say such a line!?
'Geez! This man is really capable of making me like this!!'
Instantly she can feel her cheeks feel warm, too ashamed of herself.
After a while, Scarlett continued, "So you don't need to be afraid that my heart will change if I meet him!"
Xander looked calm, but in his heart, he was joyful to hear this girl's confession. Apparently, he wanted to record her lines and send them to Rex. So that the man would know that he had no hope of winning Scarlett's heart!
He held her hand and kissed it gently. Before she could say anything, Scarlett continued, "...Xander, can you be honest with me?"
He frowned. Confused why Scarlett's expression and tone suddenly changed.
"Why do you hate him so much? What I heard, you used to be good friends with Rex!?" She asked.
She heard from Logan that Xander used to study in the US and is close to Rex Morrison because their families are very close. Hence, she was a bit confused why Xander hated Rex so much.
Did they disagree, causing their friendship to fade away!?
"You heard wrong. I was never good friends with him. However, my grandfather was best friends with his grandfather." The sense of irritation in his words was unmistakable.
"Oh, okay!" Scarlett knew his answer was not sincere. But she no longer wants to discuss this matter. "You can come with me to NYC!"
Not hearing Xander say anything, she continued, "If you want..."
"Okay! I'll come..." Xander answered quickly.
Even though he didn't like meeting Rex, he didn't want Scarlett to meet that bastard without him. He will undoubtedly accompany her.
Scarlett smiled happily after seeing his expression soften.
"Can't wait for December!!" She said as she buried her head into his chest and tried to close her eyes.
After some time...
"Are you sleeping?" She heard Xander's low voice above her head.
"Yes!" Her answer could make Xander chuckle.
"Scarlett, do you mind telling me why the Morrisons suddenly gave you a scholarship?" Xander asked curiously.
He knew Scarlett was brilliant, but why did a foreign company with no business on B island suddenly give scholarships to teenagers!?
After investigating, he found no answer about that. It makes him even more curious.
Scarlett hesitated to tell him because no one knew about it, not even her father. "Hmm, I have a hobby!"
"What hobby? And what does this have to do with the Morrison scholarship?" he asked, confused.
"Back in middle school, I loved doing things on my computer. And, I happened to do..." Scarlett paused, trying to string out the right words to tell him.
After a few seconds, she continued, "...The point is I did something I shouldn't have done. And Morrison finally came to the island to find me because of what I did. So that's when I got to know them, and they offered me a full scholarship..."
What kind of explanation is that? He was getting confused hearing it.
He let go of his hug and made eye contact with her.
ραпdα nᴏνa| сom "Babe, can you tell me clearly? I'm just getting more and more confused by your explanation."
Scarlett smiled. Xander is not the only one who is confused. She is also confused about where to start.
Before Scarlett could explain, suddenly, Xander's expression changed into shock.
"No way!! Are you saying that you're a hacker? If you are a hacker, you must be one hell of a genius hacker. Considering that hacking into Morrisons' companies would be god-level difficult. And you, you... are you sure you had hacked into one of Morrison's companies?" He felt what he was thinking now was too shocking.
Scarlett, "..."
'Okay, this man really, really knows about hacking!' Scarlett remembered how challenging it was to break the defense of Morrisons' Group servers.
"...well, back then, I wasn't a hacker! I had never even dreamed of becoming one. All I was was a little girl who loved playing with computers and machines' code!" Scarlett said calmly, but her confession was enough to make Xander speechless.
