Fated.

Aaron entered Li Hwa's apartment.

Li Hwa already gave Aaron a spare key, since Aaron sometimes babysits Yong-Hyeon.

Also, Li Hwa doesn't mind it. They are in a relationship, they respect each other and have trust in each other.

Li Hwa after thorough thinking decided to give a spare key to Aaron.

Arriving in the living room, Aaron saw Li Hwa was chasing Yong-Hyeon.

Yong-Hyeon was laughing and Li Hwa had an irritated expression but there was a slight smile on her face.

"Choi Yong-Hyeon stop this instance!" Shouted, Li Hwa.

"No!" Yong-Hyeon yelled back.

Yong-Hyeon seeing Aaron mouthed 'Help me!'

Aaron nodded in response.

Yong-Hyeon then ran towards Aaron, Li Hwa on his trail.

Aaron stepped aside and let Yong-Hyeon pass by him.

Just as Li Hwa was on arms reach of Aaron.

Aaron stopped Li Hwa.

"Stop!"

"No, that little son of mine must pay for his sins!" Yelled Li Hwa.

Seeing that, she was not going to stop pursuing Yong-Hyeon.

Aaron pulled her into his embrace.

The sudden action of Aaron startled Li Hwa.

"Why don't you stop for now? You can teach him a lesson later."

Aaron softly whispered in her ear before he stared deeply into her eyes.

Li Hwa stiffened.

She stared into Aaron's beautiful light green eyes in a daze for a moment before she blushed biting her lips and buried her face on Aarons's chest.

"!!!" Li Hwa.

'Ah! My girlfriend is so damn cute!!!' Aaron thought in his mind seeing Li Hwa blush.

"Ugh!" Aaron groaned when Li Hwa suddenly hit him.

"Th-t-that was a c-cheap move, Aaron!" Stuttered Li Hwa.

Aaron nodded in response, thinking it really was a bit cheap but it was worth it!

Aaron saw Yong-Hyeon nearby.

When Aaron looked over, Yong-Hyeon gave him a thumbs up.

'Damn that Devil! Nothing is free with him, he will surely ask for a price later. Even though it's me who helped him' Aaron said in his mind.

Yong-Hyeon quickly left from the scene, leaving Aaron and Li Hwa alone.

"So-uhm, what did he do?" Asked Aaron, breaking the awkward silence.

Remembering what happened before Aaron arrived, Li Hwa sighed.

"Its nothing. He broke a vase before, I told him it's nothing to worry about it was just a vase but this idiot son of mine had other thoughts in his mind. I give him lunch money for his school since he doesn't like the food from his school cafeteria. Yong-Hyeon instead of buying lunch, been saving the money to gift me this damn VASE!" Pointing towards the vase on the table near them, Li Hwa explained everything to Aaron.

"Oh, I see!" Aaron quickly understood why Li Hwa got mad.

"But you know? Even though he acts mature, he is still a child. He probably felt guilty, thinking it was your favourite vase and you might be sad since he broke it. You know he loves you too much that he doesn't want to see you feel sad, all because of him. It was your favourite vase, right?"

"Yeah, it was."

"I was also the same once when I was a child. I broke a precious glass ornament of my mother, unlike Yong-Hyeon who saved money to buy a new one. I didn't have any money to buy a new one, I felt bad for weeks and was depressed. I avoided my mother and felt shame, you know. I kind of understand his feelings." Said Aaron trying to make Li Hwa feel better and help her understand Yong-Hyeon.

"But that son of mine! He shouldn't have skipped his lunch. What if he had gotten sick or something!!!"

"I know, I know! So stop feeling bad, don't worry about him. I will talk to him, okay? Right now, he will probably think you are overreacting and worrying too much. No matter how much you lecture him, he won't listen to you. He will understand later what you meant, so don't worry."

Hearing Aaron, Li Hwa sighed thinking Aaron is right.

"So, I can see that you are already finished packing up!" Looking around, Aaron saw many carton boxes.

Most of the decorations have been cleared out and were inside those boxes.

"Yeah! I have already got an amazing apartment for a cheap price. I thought it was a scam but it was real! It's a great place, much better than this apartment. The apartment also has more room and is very spacious." Li Hwa's eyes sparkled talking about her new apartment in Starfall City.

'I know because I bought the whole apartment building and sold the apartment to you dirt cheap!' Aaron said proudly in his mind feeling satisfied with his arrangements.

Aaron is planning to surprise, Li Hwa by popping up as her neighbour.

Li Hwa is moving to Starfall city cause of her work.

Surprisingly, Li Hwa is transferring to Carson Elites as a cultural studies professor.

Not only that but she also graduated from Carson's elite school.

Aaron took a couple of class under Li Hwa.

Cause why not?

It's his girlfriend.

He wants to see every side of her girlfriend!

After talking about the apartment for a few minutes, Li Hwa finally asked Aaron how come he is here at this hour!

"Aren't you supposed to be working? Why did you come here instead of going to work?"

"I have a day off, so I figured spending the day with my girlfriend would be better! What! You don't want me here? I can help you pack your things, you know." Replied Aaron.

Li Hwa's eyes lit up.

"That will be helpful!"

Then Li Hwa guided Aaron to Yong-Hyeon's room and asked him to help her storing everything away.

The two started working while talking about various topics.

~~~

Aurora was going through some reports on her laptop.

She was wearing a bathrobe and her hair was still wet.

After going through all of the reports, Aurora sighed.

Closing her laptop, Aurora turned to her side.

She saw Erina just came out of the shower, Erina was also wearing a bathrobe but hair was wrapped in a towel turban.

Aurora frowned seeing that towel turban and gave Erina a little advice.

"You shouldn't wrap your hair in a towel turban! The weight of the towel will pull at your roots and cause breakage, especially since you're wrapping it when it's wet and at its most vulnerable."

"Gently squeeze off excess water and let it air dry instead!"

"Really? I didn't know that. Usually, I don't wrap my hair in the towel but instead air dry it." Erina.

"Well, now you know. Also, don't leave it to air dry completely. Like I said, gently squeeze the excess water first. Leaving your hair wet for too long also does damage to the hair too."

Taking note of the advice, Erina walked towards Aurora while gently squeezing her hair with the towel as Aurora advised.

"Is something the matter, ma'am?" Asked Erina seeing Aurora's troubled expression.

"Yes. Is there no way we can get any information about the Blood family or any of the Sacred families and clans? After the rite of passage, we will learn some knowledge about the 23 Sacred's but even that is limited to the common knowledge inside the noble society! If we need more thorough detailed information then Aaron has to become a Blood candidate and Sabastian has to become a candidate for the title of the Sword Saint. For Nyx, she has to become materfamilias of the Prince family. With Lyle Prince currently in power, she can't do anything!"

Erina fell silent hearing Aurora.

She can't help Aurora regarding matters related to the Sacred families and Clans.

After all, she is not one of them.

Erina suddenly felt a great distance between Aurora and her.

She feels inferior to Aurora.

She wants to help her badly, but she can't.

Erina feels useless, hopeless and worthless.

Reluctantly with a heavy heart, Erina replied.

"I'm sorry, ma'am. There is no way we can infiltrate the 23 sacred's. I wish I could be of help more but this is the best I can do."

Aurora sighed hearing Erina.

She held her head with both hands.

Looking down, Aurora muttered.

"It seems like there's no peaceful solution, brother. It is our fate!"

Seeing Aurora in distress, Erina felt pain in her heart.

The person she is in love with is suffering and she can't do anything to help her.