Chapter 18: Accidentally Meet
Kalea several times watched Zeline, a blonde girl who was always alone and busy with her cellphone or mirror. Her mouth was itching to tell Zeline what had happened recently. However, she doesn’t have the time and opportunity to add Aluna who is always with her.
“Lea? Lea!” called Aluna, because Kalea didn’t respond to what she was telling her about her beloved cat who had just given birth.
“Y-yes?” Kalea said with a stiff smile.
Aluna narrowed her eyes, she turned back curiously to what her best friend saw to daydream like that. “What are you looking at, anyway?” asked Aluna curious. She didn’t see anything strange there not even a handsome man was there.
“N-nothing. So what’s with your cat?” asked Kalea, trying to change the topic again.
Aluna snorted, Kalea really didn’t hear her talk. “My cat lays eggs.”
“Oh, I see.”
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The burgundy haired girl scowled in annoyance. “No cat is laying eggs in this world! Your brain must be short-circuited, Lea!”
“S-sorry!”
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After finishing the last class, Kalea didn’t have any important agenda today. She only needs to do assignments with long deadlines or review material to teach in the classes she holds when the lecturer is busy with research, seminars, or the like.
“Lea, are you busy right now? Everyone wants to hang out, do you want to come?” Aluna asked, her facial makeup was even more enchanting because the lecture was over. To be honest, Kalea really wanted to come along, because so far she had never once gone to play with Aluna or any of her other friends. Moreover, her financial situation has improved a lot because she received an injection of funds from Arthur, but Kalea still doesn’t dare to spend the money in front of Aluna. Her friends must be wondering, she really knows how Aluna is. She’s a curious girl.
Even Kalea’s appearance remained the same as usual when she was on campus for fear that someone would notice her changes.
Kalea shook her head politely with a small smile. “Sorry, Luna. I have a lot to do,” she refused uncomfortably.
“Ah, that’s right. I always forget, sorry!”
“It’s okay, Luna,” Kalea replied with an amused chuckling.
“Remember, don’t put too much pressure on your body. You have to treat yourself every now and then, whether by shopping or sightseeing. You’ll get stressed out later.” Aluna reminded her with so much attention, that she didn’t want something bad to happen to her best friend. Kalea just nodded and after that Aluna walked away with the others to the cafe. Kalea’s face turned sad, she never meant to lie to Aluna, but she couldn’t imagine if her best friend knew what work she was doing now. Kalea wasn’t ready to say it yet.
“Zeline!” Kalea called as the pretty girl glanced past her nonchalantly. Zeline turned her head, as usual that beautiful face looked haughty but still so charming. “A-are you busy today? There’s something I want to talk to you about.”
Zeline was silent for a moment, she looked at the clock that was wrapped around her hand. “Hurry, I have a busy schedule,” she replied curtly. However, it was more than enough to make Kalea smile widely.
Kalea follows Zeline away until they enter a well-known beauty clinic. The girl is really never far from taking care of her face and body beauty. It’s just as beautiful as that, the cost is definitely not cheap. Kalea looks like a dazed person there because she doesn’t know what to say while Zeline is busy being massaged by the massage therapist. Kalea just silently watched the treatment.
“So what do you want to talk about?” Zeline asked, her eyes closed, enjoying the touch of the massage the servant was giving. Kalea wasn’t sure if she should talk about it in a place like this, because there was a stranger among them. What would the servant say if she heard about Kalea, who became a sugar baby for a handsome CEO named Arthur? Wait, but maybe not everyone knows that. Dammit, Kalea’s brain is getting dizzy from thinking too much. “Lea? You’re still alive, right?” Zeline asked again because Kalea didn’t answer and kept silent.
“Y-yes, I’m still alive.”
“Then why? You must want to tell me about Arthur, right? Have you agreed to the contract?” Zeline asked, right on target. “Just talk, what are you afraid of anyway?”
Kalea gasped, she still wasn’t used to Zeline’s fierceness. “Yes, I agreed to the contract.”
“I already knew that. Then why? Is that all you want to say?”
“Did Arthur tell you?” Kalea asked back.
“No, Arthur isn’t the type to tell people about himself. I’m just guessing,” Zeline replied. The girl got up from her stomach and told the servant to come out first. Now she looked at Kalea seriously. Kalea was mesmerized by Zeline’s beautiful face, pure white skin, and a big chest, although not as big as hers. Zeline really is like an angel. “You’ve done it with Arthur?” Zeline asked.
“Do-doing what?”
The blonde girl rolled her eyes lazily. “Don’t play dumb. You know what I mean.”
Kalea nodded slowly, her face turning sad. “Though unconscious.”
Zeline furrowed her brows, not understanding. “What do you mean? You were raped by him?!” Zeline screamed in a rising voice that made Kalea flinch, she panicked if someone else heard what the blonde haired girl said.
“T-that’s not it! He’s the one who’s unconscious!”
Zeline’s eyes widen in surprise. “Huh? So you raped him?!”
“That’s not what I mean, idiot!” Kalea replied until she let out a harsh word.
“Say it clearly!”
Kalea regulates her breathing regularly, while Zeline’s mouth seems to have to be patched because of her misguided guess. “He did it when he was drunk, I couldn’t fight back because he was more powerful than me,” Kalea explained so sluggishly. Her heart ached again as she remembered what happened that night. She also said that Arthur at the beginning said not to touch her because Kalea had never had sex at all. Those who almost canceled the contract but in fact continued even though, in the end something undesirable happened.
Zeline listened to Kalea’s story carefully, actually there was a little guilt for bringing Kalea, a smart and innocent girl into the dark world that Zeline was involved in. However, Kalea herself wanted a job. She could only offer that, even though Zeline was looking for a man who was promising, although not entirely a man who was really good. For the size of a sugar daddy, Arthur is the best choice. However, when it comes to being a boyfriend or husband, Arthur is the worst choice.
“It’s bound to happen. You know that too, right?”
Kalea nodded slowly, after finding out more about sugar dating, of course Kalea had prepared for the worst. The most important thing was money, she just needed that.
Zeline finally finished with all the treatment. Kalea continued to follow her from behind, she waited for Zeline to finish paying while looking at what was there.
“Huh? Arthur?”
Kalea’s body froze when she heard Zeline say that name. She turned back to see if Arthur was a man she knew or a different person. She couldn’t hide the look on her face that was surprised to see Arthur together with a beautiful woman, the woman was clinging to Arthur’s arm.