"What"s with your gloomy face, dear?" Mrs. Chan asked the next morning."You have finally achieved your goal on being admitted to the Military Academy, how come you look like uhm not that excited, unlike before? You still can quit early, dear… Study abroad…" Mrs. Chan added.
"It"s not that, Mom, it"s Jeru. I mean I feel like he is acting weird. I clearly tell him how I don"t see him as a partner last night but he smiled." Keira murmured. She was feeling uneasy the whole last night.
"I see you are worried that Zach might do the same to you like what you did to Jeru? Or is it that you feel bad about Jeru?" Her mom asked, looking closely at her as she was curious what was it that her daughter was pondering about.
Keira sighed and smiled at her mother.
"I think it"s both, Mom. But you"re wrong about Zach… You know I never quit what I have started, so wait for those six months and let"s see how everything progress. About Jeru, I just hope he is sincere with his words that he just wants to make friends and nothing more. But… it"s just that I feel like he is up to something or maybe I"m just paranoid?" Keira said with pouty lips.
"You are too confident about Zach" Her mother muttered.
"Haha, it"s because I always have a fallback plan, Mom… If he refuses this time. There"s still years ahead." Keira said laughing.
"And during those years ahead he will be well guarded in case I"m not present…" Keira said and left her mom confused. Keira just laughed and added, "Don"t think too much, Mom, or you will age and have wrinkles."
Her mom let out a weary sigh and wanted to answer, "How can I not think that much? You are my only daughter and as much as possible I don"t want you to experience hards.h.i.+ps and pain."
But Mrs. Chan did not voice it out. Her husband was sure that Zach would turn down Keira in the end because of Keira"s age. For Zach, it was a big factor.
She still remembered how her husband said it, "Even if Zach ends up liking our daughter, he will not take advantage of her, given the situation. Their age gap is still there. He would prefer Keira to grow and mature from a girl to a woman first. Zach is the type of man who will not cage a bird no matter how beautiful and enticing it is in and out. He will let it fly and enjoy her freedom first because he believes it will return to him at the right time."
She asked why he sounded so sure and her husband just laughed at her, saying that it"s a man"s intuition.
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"Bro, I"m so excited to come back to the Military Camp," said Torin as the two were having dinner at Zach"s unit.
"By the way, where"s Lyra? I thought she will stay here?" Torin asked casually.
"She found a new place near the company where she will work," said Zach.
"Oh nice, she got a job early as soon as the results are up. Being a top pa.s.ser of the BAR is really something. Like you get to choose the companies drooling over you. By the way, what offer did she accept?" asked Torin, feeling proud of Lyra who was like a sister to him.
"She"s part of the Head Legal Team of Liu Group," answered Zach.
"What? Liu Group? Do you mean Jeru"s family? The Liu Group? And you allowed her?" exclaimed Torin, totally flabbergasted.
"Why not? It"s a good company and Lyra said that their offer was a good one. Besides, you know I don"t meddle in things like that. It"s Lyra"s call, Torrin." said Zach with a creased forehead.
"But that Jeru loves to bully you a lot. You know how arrogant that man is and you"re like an enc.u.mbrance to him. If he gets to know about it, he might also bully Lyra. Geez, just the thought of it makes my blood boil." Torrin said full of irritation.
Zach was always calm and never paid attention to Jeru most of the time, so Torin was actually shocked when Zach answered back to Jeru when the latter boasted about owning Keira.
"Don"t exaggerate, Torin. Do you think Jeru will have a lot of free time like that? Besides, you know Lyra well. Is she someone you can easily bully? If something happens, I think you should be worried about Jeru instead of Lyra because the man will surely end up crying because Lyra will be the one to beat him," Zach stated formally, which almost made Torin choke on his food.
"The h.e.l.l, Bro, is that supposed to be amusing? I mean, I"m sure there"s humor in that sentence, but why do I feel that something is wrong with the manner of how you delivered it?"
Torin shook his head and muttered, "You should teach me your ways, Bro. I think that kind of thing attracts women more! c.r.a.p! I should try to copy you from now on!"
"Start from now and shut your bubble mouth." Zach hissed.
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