"Bro!" Zach heard a familiar voice from behind.He turned around, and his eyebrows furrowed when he saw Torin walking towards him.
"Wow, so this is the fruit of your sweat and blood?" Torin murmured as he looked around, he was amazed by how beautiful Zach"s place was now.
Last time he had visited, it was still under construction. It was such a nice and s.p.a.cious land. All greenery and the air was so fresh…
Zach was inside the barn, where the horses were kept. He basically fulfilled his grandfather"s dream…
Then, Torin looked at Zach as he shook his head.
"The heck, Bro! Why do you still look handsome even with that ragged outfit?" He commented with a grin.
Zach looked at himself, he was full of dirt and was wearing loose and torn s.h.i.+rt. He was helping his grandpa with farming a while ago, afterward, he was cleaning up Duke-his favorite horse.
"Oh, you have already bought your neighbor"s land too?" Torin asked when he noticed the people, who were building a fence around the area.
"Yeah, Grandpa wants to do farming and ranching, so we"ll need more s.p.a.ce. Why are you here?" He asked as he walked to the faucet to wash his hands.
"I"m bored. I wanted to see your soon to be "hacienda" and ask you to let me sleep at your villa for a night. d.a.m.n, it took me hours of driving just to see you, Bro. Why are you so cold? Your nicest and coolest friend is tired, and you haven"t even offered me a drink first!" Torin said with downward curved lips.
"Do you want me to hit you instead?" Zach responded with an arched eyebrow as he walked to the backside of the house.
Torin scratched his head and followed his friend inside the house.
"I"ll just take a quick shower… feel free to roam and get your own drink and food. Feel like at home." Zack said and left Torin.
Torin followed his suggestion and checked the mansion. It"s really a nice and big house, then he paused in front of a big family photo, hanging on the wall.
"Nice…" he murmured, it was Zach"s family photo. Then, he stared at a particular image and sighed.
His staring was interrupted by the grumbling of his stomach, so he walked from the living room to look for the kitchen and saw Zach"s mom with their helper Ning there.
"Auntie Sheila…" Torin greeted and kissed Zach"s mother on her cheek.
"Oh, Torin when did you arrive? Zach has not mentioned you"ll be here. Sit down there and have a snack. I will prepare your favorite dish for dinner." Zach"s mom said with a smile, she was still very pretty despite her age.
Torin was like a brother to Zach and he was already treated as one of the family by the Lims.
"Well, it"s a surprise visit, so he didn"t know I was coming. The villa looks so nice, Auntie." Torin said and started digging in the snack that Zach"s mom had prepared.
"Yes… Zach made sure to fulfill his Grandfather"s dream. He is thinking about buying more lands next to ours and do a lot of arable farming and ranching." Auntie Sheila proudly declared.
Torin nodded. Zach"s life was always on the line and he deserved everything he had right now. If someone asked him, he would say that Zach deserved even more.
"Such a responsible man," Torin commented unconsciously, which made Auntie Sheila laugh.
"Yeah, I can"t agree less. I only hope that he also takes breaks sometimes. You know, I want my son to be happy, date like a normal man at his age, then marry and settle down, have someone beside him…" Auntie Sheila commented with a low voice.
"I"m beside him, Auntie. I think I suffice, don"t you think so?" Torin said jokingly, which made Zach"s mom laugh hard.
"You"re so full of jokes, Torin. You never failed to make me laugh. Yeah, you have each other, so you should convince your friend to go out with girls more, just like you. Well, just tell him to be serious to be clearer… Start seriously dating with a girl unlike you…" Auntie Sheila said with a teasing grin, which made Torin scratch his head.
He had the tag of a "playboy". If only they knew that his heart pumped for only one person.
He smiled and responded, "Well, I"m afraid of tying the knot, Auntie. The risks of being choked or strangled by that knot creep me a lot."
"By the way, where are the kids?" He simply asked.
"At school, as usual. The twins, for sure, will be glad to see you later. Lyra is in the city now. You know that girl is just like Zach… too absorbed with being a woman with a successful career. She wants to top the coming Bar Exam." Zach"s mom exclaimed.
"Well, I can guess… She"s burning her eyebrows for a long time now. I"m sure, like Zack, she"ll achieve her goals." Torin murmured.
Their talk was interrupted by Zach"s arrival.
"Torin, come with me, I"ll show you the layout plan for X Country," Zach said as he walked towards the refrigerator, got bottled drinks and threw one to Torin.
Torin"s face crumpled, "What the heck, Bro? Are we at work now? Oh please spare me…" he complained.
Zach"s eyebrows arched, "Who told you to follow me here? Come and take a look at it. I want to hear your opinion." He said and turned his head to his mom.
"We"ll be down at dinner time, Mom. Tell the kids not to disturb us till then." Zach said and gestured Torin to follow him.
Torin followed while he scratched his head.
Zach"s mom shook her head as she stared at the backs of the Zach and Torin.
"Those two need a love life soon…" she murmured.
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