Chapter 7

MY MOTHER HAS A NEW FAMILY

Aiden opens the door and went downstairs. He puts his hands inside his pocket but he stops when he heard a soft yet sweet voice whining over something. Aiden furrows his eyebrows and walks slowly.

That voice leads him to the kitchen. Once he saw it, there she is, with her blue short pants and crop top hoodie.

"Please!!!! Just this once!!!" Aurora pleaded with the maid.

"I'm sorry, Miss. But, Mr.Aiden wouldn't like it." She says.

"He wouldn't know it. Believe me!! We keep this a secret." Aurora says. Aiden hates it when she keeps something from him. He walks toward her without her notice.

"Miss, I can't-" The maid gasped and bowed politely. The girl frowns then she turns around.

She yelps in surprise and she almost stumbles back. Aiden raises his eyebrows at her. "A-Aiden..." Aurora looks down.

"What so special until you want to keep it from me?" Aiden asks with a cold tone.

"I...I um..." Aurora bites her lips in nervousness.

"Tell me!!" He raises his voice. She lifted her gaze with puffing cheeks and it makes Aiden melt with her cuteness.

"Don't screech at me!!!" Aurora puffs her cheeks.

"I'm not screeching you. I just want to know what is it." The man says, raising his eyebrows.

"I just want to go out.." Aurora finally tells him.

"Then?" Aiden asks.

"I know you wouldn't like it. So, I decide to...um..." She was scared to continue the sentence.

"Don't tell me you want to sneak out and escaped school but get caught by the maid." Aiden guesses it. She gasps and looks at him with fear. She slowly nodded her head. Aiden let out a heavy sigh and push his hair back.

"You know you will get yourself in danger if you go out without me knowing." He scolds her.

"Geez, don't scold me like I'm 5 years old. I just know you recently. Don't take care of me like you know everything about me." Aurora crosses her arms.

"Even though we just met recently, you are still under my watch. I told you, you are mine. Once, something happened to you, I couldn't forgive myself anymore." Aiden says.

Aurora looks at him and their eyes met. She falls into his blue eyes. But, she shakes it off. She clears her throat and walks away. "Where are you going!?" Aiden asks.

"School of course!!!" Aurora yells.

"Let me send you!!" Aiden says as he takes his car keys and his belongings.

Aurora who's upstairs groans when she hears that. She packs her books and stuff in her backpack. When she was about to take her jacket, something dropped from her jacket pocket.

"Huh? What is this?" She takes it and it was the pen drive.

Then, it hit her. She found this on the street then a group of men tries to find it. She still keeps it and didn't return it.

"Thank god, they didn't see me at that time," Aurora mutters. She stares at the pen drive and frowns. "What is inside this thing?"

Aurora becomes curious about this thing. Because those groups of men become panic when this thing is gone. So, she thought it might be something important inside it.

"Aurora!! Are you going to stay in your room or go to school!?" Aiden shouted from outside.

"J-Just minute!!!" Aurora replied.

That pen drive looks shiny. She shrugs her shoulder and puts it inside her bag. She went out after that.

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The bell has rung. Aurora is still in the car, waiting for Melda and her chicks to walk in. She doesn't want to meet her because there's no good thing that happens whenever comes to Melda.

Aiden stared at her with confusion. Bell already rings but she is still inside the car. He knows something that she hides from him or something that she hides from everyone.

"Hey, the bell already rang. Don't you want to get to your class? You might be late." Aiden says.

"Just a little bit more," Aurora answered simply.

"Are you okay? You look...tense." Aiden frowns. She turns her head and smiles.

"I'm okay." She turns her head to look outside the window again.

Melda and her chicks get inside the school and she sighs in relief. She grabs her backpack.

"I will get going now. See you." Aurora gives him a small smile and went out.

Aiden blinks his eyes, feeling confused by her act. In the class, the teacher starts the lesson. Aurora just writes the notes and focuses on the lesson. But, she felt someone staring at her.

She lifted her gaze and saw a guy staring at her. He has that blonde hair and looks charming. Aurora furrows her eyebrows and feels uncomfortable. So, she pulls her hoodie over her head to hide her face.

"Like there's no one else to stare at." She mutters.

That guy chuckles and focuses on the lesson back. Aurora peeks at him under her hoodie and saw he didn't look at her.

"Phew..." Aurora sighed in relief.

Class ended and Aurora packs her things. She went out but someone holds her wrist. She looks at that person and found the guy who stares at him.

"Yes?" Aurora asks.

"May I talk with you?" He asks.

"S-Sure..." She responds.

They walk to the place where there's no one. It breaks time so everyone is busy buying food and eating. Aurora stands awkwardly in front of him and waits for him to talk.

"So?" She asks.

"Are you perhaps...Aurora?" He asks while pointing at her.

"Yes. I am. Why?" Aurora asks in confusion.

His jaw drops. He chuckles and closes his mouth like he couldn't believe it. While Aurora looked at him with confusion. "Woah. I can't believe it." He says.

"What? Who are you? Why are you acting as if you know me?" Aurora asks.

"Hey, everyone knows you. A girl who is always getting bullied." He scoffs.

Aurora sighs. "If you want to talk about that then I will go."

"Wait!!" He holds her wrist.

But, Aurora pulls her wrist back harshly. She hates skin contact with unknown people. Aiden? Well, let's forget about that first. "You are my step-sister." He finally says it.

Aurora frowns and looks at him like 'WTF?'. "What are you talking about? I never have siblings." The girl says.

"Your mother married my father, Aurora." He smiles.

"W-What?" Her eyes widen.

"She divorces your father, right? So, she married my father and say that I have a step-sister. And her name is Aurora. I even saw your picture." He says.

Aurora couldn't believe it. Her eyes are teary and her hands clench into a fist. Her mother abandoned her and have a good life on her own without telling her or something.

"But, she told me not to meet you. Well, I don't care." He laughs.

Aurora couldn't think of anything but sadness. Why everyone abandoned her? Is she not good enough?

"Hey-" Without let that guy talk, She runs away without knowing his name.

"Aurora wait!!!" He yells.