One

As expected, the house is empty when I arrived from the city. I am Leny, simple as my name I can say I am an average woman. At the age of 28, I'm an office worker in the city and had just enough salary to save for my future.

Yes, I am single at the moment because I just broke up with my childhood sweetheart who just got married yesterday. He even invited mo on his wedding. I need to stay away from the messy city for a moment, good to know my cousin Lauri arrived with her fiancée last week and planned to hold their wedding in our grandparents house who took care of us when we were kids while our parents are working somewhere out there.

I know that there is no one inside, but I still hold the lock and tried to open the door out of habit, out of my surprise, it opened!

I walk inside with my suitcase and go straight to the way going to my room when I saw the door beside my room, it's opened, and I can hear someone shouting.

" I lost again! " Karl shouted while wearing his headset and both eyes on the computer.

I peeked on the door and opened it, it seems Karl did not notice me.

Slowly I walked beside him to see what is making him busy.

My father is the sister of Lauri's mother, we are of the same age. While Karl, his mother is the youngest of the 3 siblings. Karl is fifteen years old and is in puberty. He is now under their grandparent's care.

I scare Karl by blowing his ears and he was startled.

" Who the hell--- Leny?!" Karl is surprised.

" I told you called me big sis! " I jokingly punched his chest.

The monitor of his computer got my attention as I see some characters in the screen.

" Role playing game? " I asked.

" Yup. As my character goes up in level, I can sell online. Rich kids buy it. " Karl said.

" Oh? " I don't quite get it why kids these days even used real money in such things.

During my time, we spend our time outdoors.

But hey, this can help me to not think of my cheater ex-boyfriend. Should I try?

" So how it works? " I asked.

Karl is suspicious "Did you and Rafael broke up ? " He said that makes me off guard but of course I can't tell the truth to this kid.

I get the mouse of the computer and clicked it accidentally.

" Oops, sorry. " I said after realizing what I did.

" You won this round! " The computer spoke.

" Woah! What did you just do?! I spent hours of figuring that out! " He is impressed.

" Ha? " I smiled thank goodness that I don't have to answer his question.

" That character is complicated that it's not easy to deal with." Karl is happy with his tone.

" Really? " I just asked pretending to care.

" He's the viper prince, the shadow of the crown prince and is not easy to deal with. He is meant to kill for the crown prince. " Karl explained in excited way.

Somewhat I got curioused and sit beside him.

"So what's next? " I asked.

" The 'cousin beauties' level. Two cousins who have the same face shape, body shape and like a twin entered the palace. One of them is to join the contest to be a concubine and the other is to be her maid. I chose my character as the crown prince, so the challenge is I need to determine whether the one in front of me is the maid or the contestant. It should have a hint in every situation. " Karl has an intense look in his face while looking in the screen.

" But what if I chose my character as one of the twins? " I got curious.

" My friend chose that character and the challenge is not let the crown prince or anyone in the palace knew when they have switched. " Karl answers, but his attention is on the screen.

I want to see the rest, but I am tired and hungry. I walked to my room and put my things.

I want to buy my comfort food outside the house, so I get my purse and walk going out of my room.

" Hey do you want something delicious? " I asked Karl when I am in front of his door.

" Anything. " He answered while looking at the screen.

I understood what he meant, he wanted something delicious.

Our house is located beside the highway road. If I remember correctly, it is not like this before. The road is now cemented, unlike before. They cut a few trees and more houses are now beside our house.

How many years did I missed coming home? It's because of my ex-boyfriend, I supported him financially because I believed in his promises and I trusted him. We were supposed to get married. He was my childhood sweetheart, we grew up here together, but it seems it will end in a bitter ending.

We joint our account financially, all of my salary was directly going there. Not knowing that he was secretly using it for investing. Later he was scammed.

Knowing it , he cried and I

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