Chapter 21: Chapter 21

"Anna, I can't. You know I only love Karin," said Edwin.

"I know," said Anna with a smile.

"I'll keep waiting."

"Anna...."

"Just as you waited for Karin, I will also wait for you. If you wait until someone officially owns Karin, I will do the same for you."

Edwin just nodded. His love for Karin may have been in vain, but he still couldn't forget her. Just like Anna's love for him, he may never be able to reciprocate her feelings, but just like him, Anna has not easy to forgotten her love to him.

***

Matthew walked in the next morning and handed a bowl of soup to Karin who was also awake.

"How are you now?" Matthew asked, looking at the girl who was eating the soup.

"I feel like hitting someone, but you're the only one in front of me. Do you want me to hit you?"

Matthew laughed at that. He was relieved that Karin was able to joke around, which meant that the girl was fine.

"Good, after this check out of the hotel. You just move to near my place. I've rented it for you," he said.

Karin choked and coughed for a moment. She looked at Matthew with wide eyes.

"Why should I go to that place?" She asked.

"Because from now on, you will work for me."

"I don't want to!" Karin exclaimed after a while.

"Why did you make your own decisions?"

"Who makes own decisions? You don't have a job, do you? And I need someone to work for me. Don't refuse anymore, hurry up and pack up, we also can't stay in this hotel forever. People and journalists may come here," he said. Matthew.

Karin sighed. Matthew was right too. In the end, she just can obey him.

***

"What are you doing?" Vian's manager scolded Vian while showing him the news in the newspaper. Vian just glanced at it and didn't say anything. The news was about his fight with Matthew. There, it was written that they were fighting over a girl. It was also written that he had hit Matthew first.

"This news spread everywhere and went viral. Vian, you have just restarted your career, but you have been involved in this kind of problem. You know Matthew's fans and people are asking you to stop being an idol," said the manager again.

He then showed the tablet that was brought. There, the news of the fight became trending in the first rank. Below, comments from people who mostly curse Vian.

"Whatever," said Vivian.

"I don't care anymore."

"Vian!" reprimanded the manager in a loud voice. However, Vian instead got up from his seat and walked away. The manager was just stunned with annoyance to see that.

Not long after, Cindy entered the room and approached Vian.

"Vian, I believe in you. The news must not be true," she said as she grabbed Vian's hand. But Vian immediately waved that girl's hand.

"That's true. I did hit Maathew," said Vian later.

"Vian, but definitely not over fighting over a girl. Vian, you and Matthew have been enemies for a long time, if you guys fight, it must be because he offended you."

Vian was silent. Cindy tried to grab his hand again, but Vian avoided it.

"Vian, yesterday's offer is still valid. Be my lover. I can definitely help you to raise your career again. Besides, this is a good way to deny the relationship with that girl," said Cindy.

"That's right, Vian, we have to do it," said the manager. Vian looked at the two people in front of him alternately.

"Cindy, I told you, I can't do it. I can't use you because I don't have other feelings for you. If I agree, then it's all just a lie. In the end, it will hurt you," said Vian.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter even if it's a lie. I'm still willing. I love you, Vian. ​​I will still do it for you," said Cindy.

***

"This is where you live," Matthew said, showing Karin a luxuriously furnished apartment.

"Matthew, this is too much, I can't stay here. I'll work for you, but I'll be staying somewhere else," Karin said as she walked out of the room.

Matthew immediately followed and grabbed the girl's hand. Half dragging, he led Karin to the room that was right next to what would be Karin's apartment.

"This is my place. You'll be working as my assistant, so you have to stay close to me so it's easy for you to arrange my needs," he said.

"We don't live close, we live next door," Karin muttered.

She then shook her head.

"I still ...."

"If you keep refusing, then I have no choice but to make you stay here with me," Matthew said with his eyes stared intently at Karin.

***

Karin had no choice. She was finally agree. The room where she lived felt so spacious and empty.

'If only Silvi lived here too, it wouldn't be this lonely,' Karin muttered to herself. She then grabbed the phone and looked for Silvi's number. For a moment the girl just stared at the cellphone screen in front of her. Silvi's photo and number are listed there. Karin took a deep breath and put the phone back on the table.

'I can't reach her. She will definitely say things. Our relationship will also get worse. Besides, she didn't contact me either, maybe she doesn't want to be friends with me anymore,' Karin said again.

At home, Silvi also feels the same way. She just stared blankly at the television screen.

'Karin, without you here, this house really feels empty,' she said to herself. Then she took the phone and put it back in her pocket.

'Not now, maybe Karin is still angry right now. She may not answer my calls. Give her a few days, then I'll call her,' she decided.

***

Karin woke up to the sound of the doorbell ringing loudly in her apartment room. At first when she woke up, she was still confused about where she was now. Only then did she remember that she had moved to that place.

Rubbing her eyes, she walked over and opened the door. Matthew who had been neatly in the doorway smiled at her. Karin who was fully awake immediately pushed to close the door. However, Matthew immediately held the door with his body. Push-push action occurs between the two. However, Karin lost strongly. She was pushed back and the apartment door burst open. Quickly, Matthew pulled Karin's body who almost fell in his arm.

"My beautiful assistant, you should have protected me, your actor, but why did I help you instead?" Matthew asked with a look at Karin's face and smiling.