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⠀⠀⠀⠀Walked like the knight wearing
⠀⠀⠀⠀the thickest armor. Shouted like
⠀⠀⠀⠀a commander on the bloody roar.
️⠀⠀⠀⠀He is the dice with those invisible
⠀⠀⠀⠀dots, living as the wisdom branch
⠀⠀⠀⠀for their disturbing roots.
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“What do you mean? You want us to betray the agreement with Darren and just attack Wu right now?”
Ricky seemed to be in the final stages of his frustration, “Come on. Darren could be killed by Wu if Abraham Langford manages to get out of prison. You know it.”
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“Pa!”
Dylan flinched at the sudden exclamation.
“Papa!”
His eyes focused on several men in front of them who looked worried, there was one figure who seemed more anxious than the others. The boy let his hand off as he moved away from where they were standing in advance.
Ricky, who still couldn’t understand the meaning of his words, seemed to have no choice but to throw the dice on the table too. There are only two possibilities; if his score is less, Dylan will betray Darren to save Langford. Simon will definitely have a lot to thank for this.
Dylan’s eyebrows furrowed. He was trying to remember the man who seemed familiar to him.
Somehow, some unpleasant scenes just appeared one by one to fill his mind, especially after the boy successed to find his father among the crowd. He pointed to Dylan and Diona from afar.
Dylan said firmly, then gave the sheets to the clerks when the judge agreed to suspend the testimony given by doctor Louis. Meanwhile the prosecutor froze for a moment, because he clearly knew about his witness’s involvement in the violations that just described.
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“I will ask them.”
In accordance with his previous words, Dylan just immediately got up from the sofa and rose his hand, blocked several visitors that want to rush forward or cut the queue for getting out of there faster.
Feels like immediately switching positions at the first attack, Simon slightly stared at Darren who was sitting next to him for a moment. Asking the younger man to take over their conversation or... lighten the mood, at least, because Dylan is not an equal opponent for them.
His words just cut off because wasn’t sure about the nickname given to Diona who did not turn around at all since earlier. Dylan glanced at his sister, while put one arm around her waist immediately.
“My wife.”
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Not a single smile came out from the lips curve until Diona’s voice slipped into his auditory canal, connecting some various nerves to the main commander in his body regarding the woman he was looking for.
He moved to Jayden and gave a vagued curves,
“Nice to meet you, Jayden.”
“Thank you, Uncle.”
“Nice to meet you too.”
Jayden replied happily then shaking his father’s hand as sending a code of the impromptu plan they had put together, right before approaching Dylan and Diona.
Erika pressed her fingers together as her palms faced forward, pledging her promise in front of the opposing parties, the judges, the audience and reporters from several well-known media that started coming after the adjournment session ended.
Instead of the warm greeting he received upon entering the room, several people precisely seemed annoyed because Dylan’s arrival was later than they expected, as delaying their main topic to be annouced eventhough everyone was present.
“Let me handle this.”
“Don’t move.”
He whispered while releasing his palms, just pulled his sister closer as cut the distance between them.
“I wanna say thank you for taking care of my son. We were separated because my guards were careless enough when I had to receive a call.”
Dylan presented another surprise to disrupt the prosecutor’s preparations for their trial. Related to the previous witness, once again, Erika Lynn is the ex-wife of Louis Hendrik who several years ago divorced him due to ‘incompatibility’.
His corpus approached Diona, like ensuring that other people’s gazes were blocked from reading their personal data written there. Though it’s not that dangerous for now, the things like this moment can always be a trigger for Dylan so that he moved without any warning.
“Darren put his life on us. This is about a human’s life, Dylan. You don’t need to interfere God by shortening their life using your stupid shortcuts.”
Darren didn’t answer as he chose to immediately got up from his seat and gave a code to the bodyguards that were there, to take Simon away to their car. He bowed slightly towards Dylan.
“We excuse ourselves, Mister Klee.”
“Dylan.”
He continued Ricky. Followed by an equally rigid behavior from Simon, a potential user of their services who had previously been stripped of background information by the attorney.
“Simon.”
“Simon Langford.”
I forgot how many times I found her asleep in our living room while waiting for me to come home. From the deepest of my gratitude, I can’t thank you enough.
Proudly showing off Didi’s masterpiece for our breakfast. Kaya toast and egg tart just remembering me about Lau Pa Sat, Didi’s favorite breakfast spot, though it’s been a while since the last time we enjoyed the morning breeze around Shenton Way.
Postur tubuh Anais yang disinari oleh semburat matahari sore benar-benar terlihat indah di matanya. Bahkan dari jarak belasan meter seperti sekarang, kemilau sang puan tak pudar sedikit pun.
Memang, wajah kecil Anais dan suasana sore hari kala itu adalah kombinasi yang sempurna.
“This is my personal assistant, Darren Liu. You can contact him anytime when I am not in Singapore, you know...”
Simon whispered, “I am having so much things on my plate right now.”
His gaze turned to the figure who was sitting beside Simon.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀“This is just a part of my curiosity
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ as an audience for this case. Why
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ you can stab your boyfriend easily
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ when he does the same thing as
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ what The Defendant did?”
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even the central government for any several times. Until one day, their biggest alliance was involved in a corruption scandal and gave a big impact to them.
The Langford fell.
They lost their public trust only in one night.
The rose has withered, they said, along with other flowers that flickered to celebrate its death with their ambiguous emotions. Some of them were happy as the thorns were no longer inflicting pain, yet two pleasant one seemed dropped a few petals as a sign of their mourning.
Dylan focused on his explanation very well, looking at the father and son alternately, meanwhile Jayden for some reasons already noticed the strangeness of his gaze.
“It’s not a big deal though, we were about to make a report before your son recognizing you first.”
Kompas moralnya mungkin sudah bergeser dan Dylan tak perduli tentang itu, pun tak pernah tertarik untuk memikirkan hal tersebut lebih jauh. Selama Diona tidak memintanya untuk berhenti, maka bisa ia simpulkan bahwa mereka akan baik-baik saja.
“W-what?”
Dylan tilted his face slightly to look straightforward, “Do they know that you ever sued your housemate, no, your best friend, your lover, or whatever you call it, for sexual assault?”
His rose petals moved between the blowing of the wind which pierced the glass door, as he returned the vase near a jar with golden hornless dragon carvings.
Even if had symbolic as the strongest dragon, he died too fast in a pretty pathetic way after all.
Ricky entered Dylan’s room after knocking the door several times without any answer. Surely, he guessed that his friend was staring at the hourglass meaninglessly or playing with his dice for fun as usual.
“What’s the plan?”
Dylan didn’t move.
“Mister Langford, I think your question is not on our discussion topic for today.”
Simon laughed, “Isn't it normal if I want to know more about my prospective lawyer? We need to build a bond before trusting each other. Don't we?”
Dylan smiled to the disagreement, like an endless sarcasm without having to say anything. He got up, walked towards the place who Darren was standing before his fingers tapping his allies's shoulder for few times.
However, he only heard the story about Dylan and Diona from his senior, Richard Klee, who was the twins’s adoptive father. Ricky has been dragged too far since he decided to join the lawfirm which owned by Richard.
For Ricky, Dylan more than just a friend.
He is his brother.
Dylan started the attack while Simon throwing his gaze to him, looked a little surprised by that question.
“I heard that you were able to obtain an establishment permit there because the insider. Yakizawa Miura, did you use a Japanese name for now or is he a different person?”
The attorney adjusted his sitting position,
“We have agreed,”
He intertwinned his fingers with each other before placing them on the table neatly.
“Haven’t we, Mr. Prosecutor?”
He didn’t know how long he had spent second by second to enjoy Diona’s pillow face as his morning view today. His fingers danced between strands of her hair, occasionally, making them neater while stealing a spot to rub her cheek using his knuckle.
“Let me know what lies Simon Langford made up that can make you unable to make a move like this?”
Dylan stepped closer to pick up two dice that had been lying there for a long time, became a silent witness to their conversation which sounded increasingly tense.
Dylan looked away when voice of the assistant broke the tension between them, “You will create an ambience that the trial process was according to the law itself, in front of the reporters who may be present.”
Darren concluded his explanation, “We don't want any disablement.”
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“Shall we?”
He looked unsure at first, but Darren would take over everything when there was a sudden call from their client if Dylan couldn’t be contacted, right? Well, it might be okay to close the access for a while as he would definitely enjoy their ‘only them’ moment too.
Simon is an outspoken man. Indeed. As Ricky could not handle the situation, Dylan immediately moved so that his sitting position became straighter while continuing to look at Darren and Simon. Alternately.
“How is your pharmaceutical company in Japan?”
On the next second, the judge switched the focus to the prosecutor while Dylan returned to his place, as the lad should take his turn too. Indeed, their today agenda needed to be repeated from the beginning because previous statements couldn’t be counted as the expert testimony.
小河: but I will shoutout for another ‘nyeleneh’ SL since it becomes SHUI’s favorite.
He is a chef who has a grudge against his sponsor (also the murderer of his parents). Pretending for years, secretly dating with their daughter, but ended up getting caught in a trap he set.
“What have you been up to lately, Mister Klee?”
Simon asked as trying to be an innocent, then was immediately interrupted by Ricky because he really knew Dylan was not typical of person who wanted to waste his time on that kind of trivial questions.
Dylan threw the dice on the table and let the small cube spin for a few seconds before completely stopping. Shows 6 dots which are none other than the maximum score of the dice.
He turned to Ricky immediately.
Dylan placed himself next to Valentine, feeling a bit awkward since they had never worked in a group and barely talked in advance.
He only knew that
@beIIedesoire
was the daughter of this school owner and she is good at playing musical instruments, if he wasn’t mistaken.
Or the second one if they draw, both Dylan and Ricky have to work harder to create an almost impossible strategy to save two parties with whom they have an agreement, Abraham and Darren, from their respective deaths threatening.
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He stopped, went back to the kitchen and mumbled to himself, “the marshmallow.”
A cup of hot chocolate plus her favorite topping is placed on the shiny dark brown table. The sparkle seemed to be able to mingle with the twinkling of their Christmas tree in the corner of the room.
Detak jantung yang tak beraturan, aliran darah yang seakan berdesir kuat setiap kali Anais menatap matanya, aroma parfum Anais, hingga setiap kalimat yang terdengar bak suara harpa dari surga, meninggalkan sensasi aneh bagi Jaeho. Pun entah bagaimana, ia sangat menyukai itu.
Dylan brought his lips closer to the portable mic in front of him, “No, it’s enough, Your Honor.”
Boom! Everyone seemed surprised by Dylan’s straightforward statement, except for Ricky, who can immediately understand the direction of his partner’s strategy.
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He gently ruffled his sister’s hair from behind, not even caring if Diona would scold him after this till his movement was stopped, again, as Diona turned around and stated his turn.
Sounds like an absolute command, Dylan took out and tap his card on the sensor for seconds.
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“A chocolate?”
He paused for a moment as feeling hesitate for offering something, but still, he stood up from his chair and stepped to the kitchen area.
“May i get wine instead?” he asked, spilled the hot water into her mug before stiring her drinks.
“As starting, you could take Langford's family to be your pawn since their oldest son, Simon Langford, is trying to find a great lawyer to pull her father out from their trap.”
He was budging, still busy to arrange the roses into a beautiful vase in front of him.
“As Simon was so infatuated with women, I think Diona's involvement would make your business..”
He turned, “Take your words back or I will kill you, right in front of your senior's ashes, Ricky.”
“Make sure you won’t dance like that in front of your customers.”
Acted like a protective brother—yet overly possesive—as he just tried to save his pride by admitting that whatever his sister did, she always looked charming, warm and being the cutest creature he has ever met.
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After spending years together, Dylan has become an expert in reading her behavior. That's why he chose to ignore her about that unusual nickname of him and moved to their next topic.
“What do you wanna do for today?” he said after tucking a few strands of hair behind her ear.
“Aku tidak peduli jika kau sedang dalam misi memperbaiki nama baik di depan ayahmu atau bagaimana, tapi setidaknya perhatikan bukumu agar tidak terbalik.”
Seori melayangkan protes sesaat sebelum dirinya menempati kursi kosong di depan Jaeho, sementara pemudia itu hanya mendecak.
Akhirnya, dengan jari yang diselipkan pada halaman yang sedang dibaca, Anais pun mencari tempat duduk.
Dekat dengan jendela karena matahari sudah tidak panas. Ia melanjutkan bacaannya. Bukan sebuah novel dengan alur cerita penuh drama atau petualangan seru.
Ricky frowned, Simon was trying to reject their agreement at the very beginning of their meeting. Something that he did not calculate when they left Dylan's house earlier.
“Mister Langford, does it mean our deal won't happen?”
“Who knows?”
“Merry Christmas.”
He said without giving a sight to her, though his fingers put a small box on the dining table right in front of
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. As her twin brother, he hope the gift could make up for the amount of time lost due to his busyness. Lately.
One of his sharp fangs was stuck in Simon's shoulder right now.
“Mister Klee,”
“I think we were too tense in our first meeting. Please drink some tea, and next,”
Darren gave a fainted smile to Dylan, “Let me explain the strategy we want in court later.”
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The previous overwhelming worry that seemed to be able for making his heartbeat stop, just evaporated as he saw her acting out of consciousness.
“Your cheeks aren’t gone,”
“I just borrowed it for a moment.”
‘Kenapa harus bersama yang lain?’
Jaeho bergumam ketika Anais berusaha menghindar untuk ke sekian kali, pikirnya. Padahal mungkin saja tidak, siapa tahu puan itu memang lebih menyukai tempat ramai saat menonton film.
“Sepertinya mereka sudah punya agenda.”
“Kau mau coba tanya?”
Abraham seemed can calculation his target precisely as in just a few years after being affiliated with Wu, the Langford’s good name was restored to its previous state. They trusted by the public again, eventhough still unable to rebuild cooperation with the government.
@cursedomain
Seeing how you are talking about the life as an arena for survival, seems you have a challenging world ahead. Aside from that, i feel moved to take a part. Call me anytime.
Dylan pulled his hand away slowly so that his movements wouldn’t disturb Diona. A vagued smile was created once again, right before a quick peck landed on her cheek.
Part of the footage that showed a quite clear evidence, the statements of credible expert witness, plus Abraham does not have anything that could incriminate his position to date. Therefore, the opportunity to save the perpetrator seems to be lost soon.
Pagi ini, Jaeho menatap papan informasi tentang Anais cukup lama sebelum menyematkan tiga lembar foto baru disana. Foto itu memang sengaja diunduh dari media sosial sang puan lalu dicetak sendiri di ruangan pribadi miliknya. Secara teknis, ia tak melakukan pelanggaran ’kan?
The dice that became his identity elsewhere.
Those dice that could bring Dylan to this place.
“I would really appreciate it if you didn’t waste time like this when we both know that his first trial starts tomorrow.”
“Do you have any plan, Mister Klee?”
Ricky’s dice stopped spinning right next to Dylan’s as his deeper gaze fell on his friend’s figure for the twice.
He brought his attention to the two dice on the table, “You can’t save two of them at once. You won’t get anything if you want to save everyone here.”