Prologue

She never thought that the game nine years ago is a scheme by his father.

"Dad, that's unreasonable!" Alora retorted.

"Alora, behave yourself! The company is already at stake and you are still stupid!" her Dad yelled back. He is in anger given the fact that Alora is not convinced to the idea of getting married as soon as possible.

"I cannot do that! I have big dreams other than getting married!" Alora is in deep sadness while thinking of a life she didn't plan for herself.

"Where is your brain? Don't make it hard for me!" Her Dad stood up from his office chair while glaring at her.

"You're making it hard for me too, Dad! I've been by your side so many years, I did all the things you wanted me to be, but I won't let you decide for the rest of my life," she protested.

There is only person in her mind— her bestfriend.

Alora went out of her Dad's office even the latter was calling her name. Therese, her Dad's secretary and a second wife at the same time, is heading to her Dad's office.

"Why are you crying, my dear?" Therese is worried.

"Don't fake your character," Alora said and passed her stepmother. Therese followed Alora through her eyes until she is gone. "I mean it, silly girl," she whispered to herself as she smile a bit before entering the office.

Alora is crying while taking the hallway out of their company. Her white dress is already in a mess and her high heels made her ankles sore.

It's getting late that's why taxi cabs and busses are seldom to pass along the sidewalk where she is. She is reaching for her bestfriend through a call but the line is busy.

"Gab, please pick up..." she whispered while trying to dial it again. She noticed a taxi coming towards her. She waved her hand desperately and almost hit by taxi. The driver stopped the car.

"Miss, if you're going to suicide, not here, and I have a passenger," the driver confronted her.

Alora close his eyes firmly with the thought of the driver. "I am in a rush, Sir. I don't have time to kill myself."

She opened the taxi in the backseat. There is a young man in a suit leaning on the other side. Alora thought that he is sleeping.

"Pardon me, I really need to go." Alora somehow felt guilty but she doesn't want to be caught by her Dad's bodyguards. Otherwise, her life will be more misserable.

"Miss, this is a special ride. You can still wait outside–" The driver didn't finish his words when the young man raised his right hand and gestured 'stop', but his eyes is still close.

"Let her be," the only line he said as if it's nothing.

"Thank you," she almost whispered but the young man didn't bother. "You just take him first, it's fine with me."

"It depends on your location," the man interrupted while the driver starts to take the highway.

Alora was embarrassed but she thinks of other way, "How about I will pay for your fare?"

"I already paid yours," the man replied.

Alora's eyed widened and confused. "I will repay you–" The man interrupted her.

"Get out of the car if you can't shut your mouth," he said.

Alora pissed off but she took a deep breath and shut her mouth. She thought that this man is kind, but actually a hearthless.

Suddenly, her phone is ringing. It's Gab. She immediately answered the call and didn't give a care to the other person.

"Finally, you picked it up!" she almost cried. "Gab, I need your help. May I come into your house tonight? I have nowhere to go. I have to tell you something," she added.

"What's with the reaction? Okay, you come here. Just take care," Gab agreed.

On the other hand, the young man described Alora as a stupid girl based on her actions.

"Sir, please take me to #101 Ling Steet, East Village," Alora stated. The man is confused as well as the driver.

"Miss, did you quarrel?" The taxi driver asked.

"With whom?" she asked but she already get what the driver meant. "No, no. It's my first time to meet him. Why?"

Before the driver could answer her question. The man answered. "We are both heading the same location."

"Oh, I see–WHAT?!"

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