Chris heard Jean's words and laughed sarcastically, "Huh? Why do you think I have to explain rry's situation to Samuel?" He asked in surprise.
rry worked as Lilia's assistant, so it should be Jean who needed to explain it to Samuel. At least, that's what Chris thought.
But that thought was easily overpowered by a single sentence from Jean.
"Because you are her brother." Jean answered calmly, as if that was enough to explain everything.
"Are you kidding?" Chris raised his eyebrows and smiled as if Jean said it was funny, "The sa goes for you. Aren't you rry's brother who watched her grow up all this ti?"
"I am married." Jean replied briefly.
Those three simple words seed to pierce Chris's heart and made his smile disappear. The man was now looking worriedly at Jean. Did his friend know about his feelings?
Jean t Chris's gaze with his usual flat expression. He might not have cared much about the fate of the young woman, but Chris was different. Jean knew that this man in front of him could not let rry face her punishnt alone.
Chris took a deep breath before grabbing his coffee glass. He drank the coffee in one gulp, then put the empty glass back down. Only then did then he have the courage to ask, "How did you know?"
The man didn't explain what he ant by what he had just said, but Chris was sure that Jean would understand. Not only Jean, but even Clifford could understand what Chris was saying.
Jean's chief bodyguard quietly clenched his fists under the table. Even though his hands were clenched tightly, he still felt as if the thing that was most precious to him was slipping away from between his fingers. Clifford did not think that the Hartanto family's second grandson would finally confess his feelings for rry.
Jean didn't answer Chris's question, but he could guess how Jean knew it. As the saying from the land of the bamboo curtain said, there were only two things that could not be hidden in this world—coughing and love!
Chris was sure that he had been carefully hiding his feelings. But in the end, he realized that it was just an illusion. Everyone could see clearly that Chris was in love with rry— all but rry herself!
*****
After rry's true identity had been revealed, Lilia's life was turned upside down. But in reality, nothing had changed from their routine.
When Lilia was busy shooting every day, rry was always by her side, chattering cheerfully. The young woman had beco more open since Lilia found out about her family. The days were so calm that Lilia suspected that their conversation at the hotel had never happened.
But the day rry feared finally arrived.
Two days later, Jean left the hotel at the sa ti as Lilia. All this ti, that man had always stayed at the hotel while Lilia was away for filming. But today was the day when Genesis Company officially developed their business in Jakarta. Jean must be present for the event.
anwhile, Lilia's filming schedule was getting busier. Sotis, she even slept three to four hours a day. Lilia felt endless admiration for the people who chose to beco actors. She also applauded the film crew who fought tooth and nail behind the scenes to make things go smoothly.
That morning, when Lilia and rry's car arrived at the film studio, they saw a group of black cars parked in front of the building. rry's body imdiately turned stiff as soon as she saw the row of cars. Her face looked deathly pale as she turned her head towards Lilia. rry knew that her ti was up.
The number plates beginning with the letter 'L' on the row of the car show who owned it. The Hiroshi family had co to their place.
Clifford also saw a row of cars neatly lined up outside the studio building. The man gripped the steering wheel tighter and turned toward rry. Clifford looked as if he was going to say sothing to the young woman, but he ended up closing his mouth tight.
Clifford almost offered rry to take the woman away from here, but he knew that it would only make things worse. No one could stop the Hiroshi Family from bringing rry back. Neither Jean nor Chris was here.
Two days ago, Chris returned to Surabaya. The man said that he would go to the head of the Hiroshi Family and talk about rry, but it seed that Chris's efforts had failed miserably.
rry took a deep breath, then changed her sitting position so that she was facing Lilia directly.
"Sister Lilia, I don't want to get you into any further trouble, so I'll go ho with them. I really enjoyed our ti together." rry said, forcing a big smile.
Lilia nodded and held rry's hand, "I also enjoyed our ti together for half this year. You are the best assistant I've ever had, rry." She said with a serious look.
"And Sis Lilia is the best model for ! I feel lucky to be working for you! If I could ... I ... don't want to be separated from you...but..."
At the end of her sentence, rry's tears fell and rolled down her cheeks. She wiped her wet face with her sleeve. Clifford held out a tissue to her and it made rry's tears flow even harder.
"...But I ... sob ... really ... don't want to be separated ... sob ... from you!" rry said between her sobs, "I still want to… sob… accompany Ms. Lilia… until your shooting is over… and… onwards!"
Lilia's eyes felt hot and she hugged rry tightly. She didn't care if the young woman's tears ran down her clothes. Lilia only hoped that she could do sothing to repay rry's loyalty who stuck by her side for half a year.
But no matter how hard Lilia racked her brain, she couldn't change this situation. As she released rry from her embrace, Lilia felt very helpless. All she could do was watch her assistant get out of the car and surrounded by the personal bodyguards of the Hiroshi Family.
rry followed the n in black uniforms without a fight. She knew very well that even if she tried to escape, the Hiroshi Family's bodyguards would catch her easily. Before getting into the car, rry turned to Lilia's car one last ti.
The model stood beside the car, her gaze was fixed on rry's figure. Lilia's expression was filled with sadness and regret, which made rry feel even more guilty. She waved at Lilia and said, "Goodbye," without a sound.
Lilia clenched her fists as rry's tiny body disappeared into one of the black cars. In just an instant, the impressive array of cars had sped away.
As Lilia walked into the studio, she had to remind herself over and over that this incident was a private matter for the Hiroshi Family. As an outsider, Lilia had no right to interfere. rry had made up her own mind, so she too must suffer the consequences.
But Lilia couldn't stand still. She pulled out her cell phone and called Jean. Lilia might not be able to set foot into the Hiroshi Family's mansion, but Jean sure could!
Lilia briefly explained the current situation to Jean, then imdiately hung up the phone when finished. She could hear a crowd on the other end of the line and she didn't want to bother Jean for too long.
The model arrived at the door of the dressing room. She reached into the backpack rry always carried and found the key to the room. Lilia opened the changing room door, but her legs refused to move.
The silence in the room sounded very loud and made Lilia's heart prickle. She was so used to rry's nagging, that when the young woman suddenly disappeared, the world seed to have lost its voice.
Lilia couldn't take it anymore and sent a ssage to Chris.
[Lilia]: "Brother Chris, rry was taken away by the Hiroshi Family."
Less than a minute later, Chris replied to her ssage.
[Chris]: "Don't worry, I'm currently at the Hiroshi Family's house."
Reading the ssage gave Lilia so calm. Jean once said that Chris would definitely protect rry, so right now she could only trust him. Then Lilia sent another ssage to Harold.
Her manager imdiately sent two new assistants to Jakarta to replace rry. Harold didn't know about the identity of Lilia's forr assistant and Lilia herself had no intention of telling him. The model only said that rry had to return to Surabaya for family matters. However, Lilia did not explain when the young woman would return.
Lilia was determined to go visit rry in Surabaya as soon as she had free ti.
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