Don't Want To Be A Coward 5

Alcantara Residence...

"She's nowhere to be found!" Japhet said to Ryan when they met after searching for Yumi separately.

"Ryan, Japhet,!"

Ryan and Japhet turned their gaze to the female servant running towards them.

"The securities in the front gate called and they saw the Young Miss went out a few hours ago," The servant reported while panting.

Japhet and Ryan looked at each, they nodded their heads as if they understand with each other's thoughts!

The two of them hurriedly rode on the car and drive out of the garage.

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Alicia paces back and forth anxiously while Dimitry just stayed sitting on the couch.

After a while, Alicia pulled off the curtain and she peeked out of the window but it only made her more anxious!

The heavy rain is pouring down together with the loud sound of the thunder and the struck of lightning.

"Have they not found her yet?" She asked worriedly.

"They haven't called yet," Dimitry replied.

"How could you stay calm at times like this?"

"Your daughter is out there, alone!"

"What if something bad happens to her?" Alicia asked anxiously.

"What exactly happened in the study room for her to run away late at night?"

"We got into an argument again," Dimitry replied.

"I... I slapped her," He added.

Alicia stopped pacing back and forth, "W-What?" She blurted out in a faint voice as she throws Dimitry a questioning look.

"I didn't mean to do it, I..." Dimitry's calm expression slowly changed into guilt.

"I just want her to stop saying inappropriate words," He added.

"Is...Is it because of me?" Alicia asked in a faint voice.

"You hurt her because of me?" She asked again.

"No," Dimitry lied.

Alicia did just keep silent, she knew, Dimitry is lying, she can see it in his eyes!

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Back to the Park,

"Is there any way for you to like me?"

Jin was stunned to Yumi's word!

"I like you, Jin..." Yumi continued to speak.

She didn't know where she got all the courage to confess to Jin right now.

Yumi doesn't have a plan of backing off!

"I didn't know when did it start, I just suddenly realized that..." Yumi paused for a moment to calm her self.

"That I like you," She continued.

"At first I wanted you to be my tutor because I thought it was the easy way to make you fall for me," Yumi told Jin everything, she doesn't plan on keeping secrets form him!

"But karma is real," Yumi wanted to mock her self.

"You know why?"

"Because I fell to my own trap!"

Yumi doesn't regret telling Jin the truth. She just wants to let it out!

"Tell me, is there any way I could do for you to like me back?"

Jin's mouth is tightly shut as he stared at Yumi.

He wasn't sure if he is just hearing things or she is just bored and she is trying to play a prank on him.

But he can see the sincerity in her eyes?

"I..." Jin opened his mouth to speak.

Yumi become anxious as she waited for Jin to continue to speak.

'I like you, I like you since the very start.'

'You don't need to do anything just to make me fall for you because I have already fallen for you even if you did nothing!'

Those are the words that Jin wanted to tell Yumi but he couldn't!

"I..." Jin seems to have second thoughts.

"Just tell me, please," Yumi begged.

"I can't like you," Jin finally said.

Yumi's world seems to collapse as soon as she heard Jin's response!

She felt like there are millions of needles poked her heart, each poke makes her feel the pain!

It is so painful that she felt like her heart is bleeding!

"W-Why?" Yumi's tears started to form in her eyes.

Jin gulped!

He can see the pain in her eyes!

He, himself is also hurting inside!

Jin avoided Yumi's gaze, "It will only make things complicated between us," He said as he tightened his grip.

"Complicated?" Yumi repeated, "Why?"

"Is it because I am rich and you're not?" She asked.

Jin went silent...

'Yes! That was the reason!

"Yumi---" Jin was about to explain to Yumi, but his words were stuck in his throat when a black car stopped in front of them and came out Japhet and Ryan.

Jin instantly get up from his seat,

"Young Miss, we've been looking for you anywhere, " Japhet said as soon as they approached them.

Yumi got up from her seat with her blank expression. She rode on the car with no trace of emotion on her face.

"Why are you here too, Jin?" Ryan asked Jin.

"I followed the Yung Miss when she left the mansion," Jin replied.

"I'm sorry if I wasn't able to call you, I was in a hurry to follow the Young Miss when she left and I wasn't able to bring my phone with me," Jin explained.

Japhet and Ryan just nodded their heads.

"Get inside, we must go back home," Ryan said to Jin.

Yumi and Jin were silent in the backseat, neither of them planned to speak.

Yumi kept her gaze out of the window while on deep thoughts.

She didn't even look at Jin until they arrived at the mansion.

Yumi got off the car blankly.

Alicia hurriedly got out of the mansion when she heard a car's engine coming.

She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Yumi came out of the car. She wanted to run to her and embrace her but she suppressed her self not to because she knows that Yumi and her father got into an argument because of her. Yumi might only think that she is just faking her concern for her!

Yumi walks past Alicia and Dimitry, she did not spare a glance at them as if she hadn't seen them standing on the door.

"We found her in the park together with Jin, sir!" Ryan reported to Dimitry.

Dimitry throws Jin a questioning look!

Jin understands Dimitry's look at him.

"Uh, I saw the Young Miss when she left the mansion, sir, so, I decided to follow her." He explained.

"I'm sorry if I didn't call, I did not bring my phone with me because I was in a hurry to follow the Young Miss," He added.

"Uh,..." Dimitry nodded his head.

"Thank you for taking care of Yumi," He said.

"You should go and take a rest now."

"Yes, sir," Jin replied and then he walks to the servant's quarter with his heavy footsteps.

He stopped on the door and he touched his chest.

He may look unaffected on the outside, but his heart is bleeding right now!