Chapter 26 - You’ve Never Experience Being in Love (2/2)

Something might have come up. It was very unlikely for Luna not to come for work without valid reasons.

”What valid reason?” he asked.

”I have no idea, sir,” Daryl admitted.

”Are you saying that I am paying you thrice as what the others could get, and yet, you had failed to get the details I needed?”

Daryl's eyes widened in horror. ”I'll do it right away, sir.”

Without waiting for Hero's answer, he turned around and walked out the door. He almost bumped into Joanna who just arrived to talk with Hero again.

”You scared him away,” she told Hero. She noticed the sour mood of her elder brother and shook her head. Someone who could make him pissed like this was sure asking for their death warrant.

”He could always quit if he couldn't do his job properly.”

”Must you be always like this, Hero?”

”Relax,” Hero reached out a hand and stroke the picture of Amber on his desk. She was just a year old in the picture. Her cheeks were flushed from her constant crying. ”Whatever you're thinking right now, I ȧssure you our brothers and sisters won't be short-changed once I get married again.”

”I'm not worried about that,” Joanna replied, but her face turned into an unbecoming shade of red. ”We had a deal, and I'm sure you wouldn't break your promise.”

Hero met her eyes and was satisfied that Joanna was able to recall the deal they made years ago.

”I know. I'd let him go, didn't I? But I will never understand why you chose to save him in spite of all the things he did to you.”

”Of course, you wouldn't understand. You've never experienced being in love.”