Chapter 92 : Unpleasant Tie


    Arabe was so amazed with the mansion’s elegant interior. The trademark of a billionaire was


    screaming inside the mansion. The shiny polished woods and bricks were at their finest and high


    qualities. In the corner was a chimney and the lightings were warm that reserved the coziness of the


    ce.


    She thought that she already had entered all the rooms in the house, but still, she could not find Bill.


    Just when she identally tripped a button on the brick wall.


    The wall automatically slid to the side, revealing a stairway down to the basement. In every step, the


    pathway lit until she reached a huge door that was slightly open. From her position, she could hear


    some noiseing out through the open.


    It made her more curious and strode towards the room. From the small opening, she sneaked to see


    what’s inside only to find out that the room was dim.


    Bill was sitting on a leather chair and he was seriously watching on the big screen in front of him.


    The room was like his own theater room.


    Though it’s dark, she could still see how big this room through the lighting from the big screen.


    She could only see Bill’s broad back and she couldn’t stop thinking why this room was secretly located


    in a basement.


    ‘Did hee here just to watch a movie?’


    ‘Why did he have to bring me here?’


    ‘Definitely, he had no time to dispatch her on the road.’ Herself refuted.


    With a curious expression, she averted her gaze to the big screen.


    For some reason, she felt delighted with the random pictures and videos showed on it.


    There was a cute little boy and an old man.


    They were like very happy being together in every picture.


    The little boy’s handsome face had a mere resemnce to the old man.


    She could easily tell that the cute little boy was Bill and the old man was his grandpa.


    Her hand subconsciously touched her belly. She seemed to see the actual face of her baby when he


    grows up.


    Wanting to see more, Arabe tip toed and got inside silently. She sat on the other leather chair nearest


    the door.


    “My boy, look! These are the materials I prepared for my gift in your birthday. This is just a wood, I


    know! I just got it outside. You may think it has no value, but I want to let you know that, happiness is


    not measured on expensive things.” The old nobleman cheerfully said in a recorded video.


    Then the noble old man carved the wood in the video. His face was very sincere and optimistic toe


    up with a good creation. He was very skillful that in just a little while, he did make a wooden robot out of


    it.


    “Tadaahhh…. The simplest thing can give you great happiness.” The noble old man added when he


    finally finished the wooden robot. His noble face was full of satisfaction and happiness. His happiness


    was a mere reflection of his achievement by making up a good gift from a piece of wood that he just


    saw in the forest while he was hunting.


    “I am so excited to give this to you. I hope you will like it. I know you will conquer the world soon. I don’t


    have any doubt of that! But do not ever forget to live a happy life. The life that you wanted not the life


    that others wanted you to be. Promise me that.”


    “I love you, my boy!” He added cheerfully showing his wooden toy robot in the video.


    This was supposed to be his grandpa’s gift to him in his sixth birthday, but his grandpa died the day


    before his birthday.


    It was the most tragic part of his life.


    That was the day he first broke his heart.


    Bill was just five at that time, but the heartbreak he had felt was trapped in the deepest part of his


    being.


    The supposed to be a children''s birthday party became a wake of his loving grandfather. His


    grandfather seemed to know that he would die before his birthday since he brought his gift wrapped


    with blue and red ribbon the day before he passed away but Bill opened the gift exactly in his birthday.


    He was so happy to see his toy robot personally made by his grandpa yet the sadness he felt was


    incurable for losing his best friend and the only man who spoiled him a lot. He had a very hard time to


    believe and ept that his grandpa wasn’t with him anymore. For so many nights, he cried in his sleep


    and woke up lonely and no appetite to eat.


    With his grandpa, he felt so much alive as he could do everything what the normal kids do. But after, he


    was only left with a wooden toy robot and his spontaneous words of wisdom together with their good


    memories together.


    Though he was so young at that time, he clearly remembered everything and valued every single


    memory of his grandfather.


    After the loosing of his grandpa, Bill didn’t celebrate his birthday anymore. He mourned every year and


    he never missed to visit his grandpa’s grave in his every birthday. The toy robot he cherished the most,


    was carefully put into a ss disy container in his room.


    Until one day, he entered his room with shattered pieces of ss on the floor together with his broken


    toy robot. The head, arms and legs were detached from the main part of the body.


    His heart was broken again for the second time.


    This was because of one little girl. A trouble maker girl who deliberately went in his room and destroyed


    his most treasured toy. That was the only toy in his life made by histe grandfather, but the girl was


    cruel.


    She destroyed everything.


    Jane Foster.


    Arabe Jones.


    Bill clenched his fists in anger. If he had a favorite ce in the world, it was histe grandpa’s mansion.


    If everything turned so tiring in the city, he traveled about 3 hrs. just to recharge in the mansion. Every


    time he went there, he always spent the time watching his beautiful memories with his grandpa, but


    every time he saw the toy robot, his anger on Arabe always welled up.


    “Hmph..Hmph..” A weeping cry was heard in the room that made Bill snapped back to his senses.


    He quickly pressed the button to open the lights and turned around only to see the woman who he


    hated the most sitting at the back. With bursting fury, he stood up and dragged her up immediately.


    “Out!” Bill was enraged that he shouted very loud.


    Arabe shivered in fear. She didn’t know why he was so angry with her when she just sat and watch


    the big screen quietly. She didn’t mean to distract him, but she could not help to cry when she heard


    the loving message of histe grandfather.


    “I am sorry. I was just curious.” She exined while her eyes were amazed of how big was the room.


    Now, she could clearly see the wall of the room were full of pictures with him and his grandfather.


    There’s also books and some old collections in the corner. The room was full of memorabilia of histe


    grandfather.


    “Curious?” Bill held her arm tightly and dragged her closer to the screen.


    At this time, a picture with a little boy with the wooden toy robot in his hand appeared.


    Bill held her two shoulders behind preventing her to move while they faced the screen.


    “Now, do you remember that toy?” His voice was agitated.


    Arabe frowned. She had no idea what he was talking.


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    “No! What are you doing?” Arabe felt pain on her shoulder as his grip tightened.


    “Think Jane Foster, think!” Bill eximed with resonating voice enough to send her goosebumps.


    Arabe shivered in fright and at the same time, she was puzzled with his unrestrained action.


    She knew there must be something about his anger as he called her old name. Then, her gaze focused


    on the toy robot. She tried wracking her brain. The wooden robot was indeed very familiar.


    In just a minute, Arabe’s shoulders suddenly dropped. Her big tears rolled down uncontrobly. The


    shivering in her body increased and her head slowly looked down before she slowly turned around to


    face him.


    “I am sorry.” Arabe cried the kind of cry with guilt.


    She had remembered everything.


    That time, she with her family went to Sky’s family house for a close family gathering. She even yed


    some few piano pieces after the dinner. Everyone was very fond of her. She was like a little princess in


    the eyes of everyone.


    But not with the boy who always went directly to his room after every dinner. He always had an


    unfriendly face and she never saw him smile.


    That day, she decided to approach him and make friend. She knocked his door, but there’s no answer.


    She continued to knock until she decided to enter inside.


    When she saw that there’s no one inside, she decided to go out but her eyes caught something on his


    bedside table.


    It was her first time seeing a wooden robot toy. So, she couldn’t help to touch it. She lifted the ss


    container, brought it closer to her and stared at it closely. She smiled as she was so amazed until


    someone suddenly went inside the room that made her rattled and unknowingly dropped the ss


    container.


    She saw the ss container shattered and the robot broke into pieces. She felt very devastated and


    wronged specially when the boy dashed inside and cried while picking up the pieces of his robot. His


    hand was scratched with fragments of ss and bleed tremendously, but the boy didn’t mind it at all.


    He looked at her with disdain, then, she ran away terrified.


    After that, she didn’t have the chance to step again into the Sky family’s mansion.


    “Now out! You are forbidden in this ce. Don’t dare toe here again.” Bill screamed at her while


    forcefully dragging her out. Then he closed the door with a bang.


    “Bill, I am sorry. I didn’t mean it.” Arabe was crying while she leaned on the door outside. At this time,


    she felt very wronged. She didn’t expect that she had done that in the past and the most shocking part


    was she did it to Bill.


    Who would have thought that they knew each other since they were kids and she had wronged him?


    Is fate ying at them?


    Though they were young that time, she knew the pain she caused to that little Bill. Now she realized


    why Bill was cruel to her.


    It’s all because of his wooden toy robot.


    She destroyed it and he had all the reason to get his revenge. All she could do was to apologize to him


    and make up for her wrong when they were young.


    It was already noon time when Arabe decided to have a walk outside the mansion with a heavy


    heart. She needed a fresh air to think and have a good sight of everything. It was a shocking memory


    for her that she didn’t expect Bill and she had a tie since they were young.


    An unpleasant tie.


    They started bad. How could she fix it?


    How could she make Bill to forgive her?


    Sitting on a bench, Arabe breathed out heavily then an idea came up to her.


    She quickly stood up, then went back to the mansion.


    Cooking dinner for Bill would be a great start to show her sincerity. With the help of two servers, she


    cooked a pasta and a steak with oven roasted vegetables. She also served wine.


    After, she knocked again on his door, but he didn’t answer.


    “Bill pleasee out and have dinner with me. I cooked good food for you.” Arabe knew his


    weakness when ites to food. All she could do was to put a little hope in her cooking.


    Bill didn’t reply so she went back to the dining table and eat alone with no appetite at all. The food had


    no taste as her mind was with Bill in the room.


    She understood to give him a space. Time would heal everything and she was willing to wait for Bill to


    finally forgive her.


    Night came and she decided to get ready for bed. Her mind was still with him. He didn’t eat his lunch


    and dinner. She felt sad for him that she couldn’t sleep.


    Maybe he was also sleeping alone and lonely.


    At this time, she hoped to hug him sincerely.


    Gathering all her courage, she went to the basement again. In the middle of the night, she knocked his


    room. She didn’t care if she would face his anger or he would not open the door. All she wanted was to


    share his burden.


    “Bill, please open the door.” Arabe said in a low voice. She was scared, but it’s a way for her to make


    up for him. She was determined to try her best even if her best wouldn’t be good enough for him.


    Unexpectedly, the door opened.