Jaehee didn"t have time to clarify since they called her name up. She wished her friend good luck and after thinking for a few minutes. Lila went for a quick walk around. Maybe Yori is just loitering around the area....
1 hour later
After Lila wandered around for a whole hour, Lila saw no traces of Yori and frowned. She"s not here. Lila looked all over the building, at least the areas where the Dream Stars Tournament is being held but no traces of caramel-colored hair at all. Lila tried calling a few times, but it always leads her to voicemail.
It was a typical scene - something common in the entertainment industry. Though Lila had yet to stumble upon something like this in the middle of a tournament. A woman on top of a tattooed man, the woman"s outfit was rather revealing, but the man"s clothing remained in tack only his s.h.i.+rt unb.u.t.toned. Heavy moans pa.s.sed the woman"s lips as she continued her advances.
Lila, however, noticed something off about the scene, the man didn"t seem to respond. She hesitantly got closer and noticed the scene was one-sided. But that"s not the point the woman and man in question were Linda and Haruka.
The scene she saw shattered her heart, while she knew Haruka was immobilized n.o.body would like to see their lover in this situation with another girl. Now she has another reason why she wants to shut this girl down fast. Since the start of this tournament, Lila"s been very lenient on her. But now, Lila angrily walked over and yanked the girl away from Haruka.
"Miss Linda, it seems like you really want to challenge me."
"Aren"t you the one interfering? We were having a good time before you came here."
"Is 14 your real age Miss Linda? You seem way too knowledgeable about matters like this."
"There"s nothing wrong with hiding my age; everybody does it."
Mmm, so she just confessed she"s older? Good time? Lila looked towards Haruka who was still in a daze. She walked over and pressed her lips against his. In seconds Haruka wrapped his arms around her, "Ari?"
"Ah-huh."
Haruka looked around and cursed, "d.a.m.n." he turned to Linda, a deep scowl on his face. Haruka momentarily let"s go of her and walked over to Linda.
"Did I not warn you before?"
"But I…" the girl suddenly reverted to being timid. "I still like you."
Haruka however only looked bothered by the confession, "Leave, it"s still the break, so you have time to reflect on what you did. Or rather what is a partic.i.p.ant doing in this area?"
Linda looked towards her as though to ask why he isn"t scolding her. Haruka followed her gaze and called her over. Lila does so, and Haruka wrapped his arms around her waist.
"This one you see is my girl; she"s an exception to everything."
….
"I was wondering Haruka when"s the limit for partic.i.p.ants to sign in?"
"Hm? Why?"
"Yori."
"Kogami signed in first didn"t she?"
Lila nodded, "But she isn"t here now."
"It"s fine; I can delay it."
"Thank you."
Lila looked at his appearance and saw that Linda had replaced the mark she made on Haruka"s neck. She frowned. That woman is trying to mess with her. She wrapped her arms around Haruka"s neck, "I don"t like it."
Haruka smiled, "Yeah. I like yours better."
She turned red when she felt his hand tug on her outfit, "Haruka."
"You belong to me, and I"m yours too. Don"t worry; I"ll do something about Linda."
"But.."
Something like this, she can handle it herself. Lila, however, didn"t get a chance to say anything when she felt Haruka"s impatience grew. He"s always so needy for her. Oh well, it"s not like she dislikes it. She likes it a lot whenever he held her, whenever he touched her.
"Lila, we didn"t do anything. Don"t hate me," he murmured against her ear.
Her eyes widened at his words, and she frantically shook her head, "I know what I saw."
Linda only managed to kiss him a few times while that disturbed her greatly. Even she knew that nothing happened in that situation. Still, to completely immobilize Haruka for a few minutes. What type of drug was it?
....
On the way back, however, she noticed that Linda was waiting for her. Lila rolled her eyes; it seems like this woman is finally revealing her true colors. Well, she preferred it this way, if she kept up that cutesy act then she would have found a way to make her show her real self forcibly. This way she doesn"t have to stain her hands in any way.
"What is it?"
"Miss Ari, no Miss Teras.h.i.+ma Lila I believe we need to have a little chat."
"I"m listening."
The girl took a deep breath, before she spoke up, "You see, I think it"s high time you leave Haruka alone."
Lila rolled her eyes at that comment, who permitted this girl to use his first name? She said nothing though and continued to listen. What is she trying to get at here?
"I"m saying this for your own good. Haruka is an exceptional man, but it"s not like he"s the only one around. Austin Kiryu for example, your ex. I believe it"s high time you returned to him instead of wasting time experimenting with Haruka. Or are you telling me you harbor no more feelings at all for Austin Kiryu?" the girl questioned, her tone domineering.
For a split second, Lila froze, "Why are you bringing up Kiryu?"
"Tut tut, you"re too focused on Haruka that you don"t know what"s going on around you. Why don"t you check up on the news regarding your ex-boyfriend?"
Before Lila could question Linda anymore, the girl already walked away, and Haruka emerged from the room. He wore a scowl on his face that showed that he overheard everything. Lila ran over to him and grabbed hold of his sleeves, as she asked him with a worried expression.
"What happened to Kiryu?"
Haruka looked down.
"Haruka?"
Haruka deeply sighed before he pulled out his phone; he quickly typed a few words in the search bar. The first thing that came up after she saw him type Austin Kiryu was the words scandal. Her eyes widened in alarm, and she immediately tapped the video below the heading.
Lila, however, looked at it puzzled.
"But, that"s not Kiryu."
Haruka raised his eyebrow, "You can tell just like that?"
Lila nodded. She can tell, the man in the video is lankier, and his silver hair is more grey than silver. She spent so long with Kiryu why would she mistake a strange over him? How many years did they spend together? This type of thing can"t fool her.
"Regardless of what the actual situation is. People believe this video. Selia"s real ident.i.ty was exposed a long time ago, and everyone knew Austin Kiryu brought his a.s.sistant back home a few times. So it"s not like these rumors are without bias."
… Lila paused. Who would do such a thing? Kiryu has done nothing to harm any— she froze as she recalled Rosalia"s words. Is this her plan? So much time has pa.s.sed since then so Lila forgot about it. But now that she thought about it, only Rosalia is capable of something like this.