“This is between us, so don’t involve her,” Ren cautioned. “Although you avoided this subject, the more you shy away from it, the more intrigued I become. You seem to be extremely protective of her.”
“We should only talk about work, Victoria. I’m not interested in discussing anything else. Goodbye.” Ren hung up on her. He took a deep breath and checked his watch. It was already 9.30PM and he needed to get home.
At that moment, his phone rang and it was a call from his sister. “Hey, Scarlet,” he uttered upon picking it up. “Make some time to see Mom and Dad tomorrow. They’re going on and off about you again.”
“All right, I’ll do my best to take some time out for them,” Ren replied before casually asking, “Has Ruka gone home?”
“Ruka will spend the night at her classmate’s.”
The man’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Is it a male or female classmate?”
“I didn’t dare to chime in! Even if it was a male classmate, she’s out of our control at her age. Ruka is no longer a child,” Scarlet said as she smiled at the other end of the phone.
Ren sat on the couch after hanging up the phone with Scarlet, rubbing the area between his brows with one hand while holding the phone in the other. When his cold gaze finally rose, he picked up the phone and dialed a girl’s phone number.
On the other hand, Ruka was already drunk on the table when she heard her phone ringing. Keeping her spirits up, she piped up, “Rit, my phone is ringing.”
“Hold on” Rita reached out and retrieved the phone from Ruka’s bag to check the caller ID. “Your uncle is calling. Do you want to answer it?”
Ruka plopped onto the table again and closed her eyes, looking very drunk. “Hello.” Rita had to answer the phone for her.
“Is Ruka next to you?” A magnetic and charming male voice came from the end of the phone and Ren recognized right away that it was not Ruka who picked up the phone.
For a few seconds, Rita was stunned. What a charming young uncle he is! He has a wonderful voice!Beautiful and captivating. “Oh! Hello, Ruka’s uncle. I’m her classmate. She’s currently too drunk to answer the phone.”
“Where is she?” he asked in a low voice. “We’re at a cocktail bar!” “Send me the address and I’ll meet you there,” Ren instructed with a calm voice.
“Uh… Ruka said she’d spend the night at my house. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of her,” Rita quickly assured. However, he insisted on coming despite her assurance. “Please send me the address, I’ll come over now.”
Rita lacked the courage to refuse Ruka’s uncle, so she could only reply, “Okay. Wait a second. I’ll send you the address.”
After the phone call, she texted the address from Ruka’s phone and patted her on the back. “Ruka, wake up now. Your uncle is on his way to pick you up.”
“I’m going to stay at your place.” Ruka licked her red lips, clearly inebriated and in a different place.
“Your uncle insisted on picking you up and I’m powerless to stop him!” Rita exclaimed helplessly. “By the way, why do you have an uncle? Isn’t your mother the only child? Is he your biological uncle?”
Ruka propped up her flushed face and opened her pair of drunken eyes while giggling. “I have an uncle, who is very… very handsome! Well, he is not my biological uncle, but he is kind to me…”
