Chapter 215 - 215: A Friend By Your Side (1/2)

”Did Elle go somewhere? She asked me to check on you, that's why I am here.”

A glint of hope lit Erick's gaze after he heard those words coming from Bryan. He immediately held Bryan's shoulder, facing him with eagerness.

”Is that true? When did she ask you? What did she tell you? Is she okay? Did she mention where she is right now?” Erick bombarded him with so many questions while shaking him.

Bryan just gave him a weird look and an awkward smile as he replied to him.

”Whoah! Take it easy! Please, just one question at a time. And... can you release me? You are gripping my shoulders too tightly bro! I also felt dizzy, you're shaking me too hard as well.” Bryan said as he complained to Erick. He was confused about why he was acting like this.

Erick suddenly released Bryan's shoulder from his tight grasp as he realized his improper action. He was just eager to hear something about Elle.

'She contacted Bryan!' This thought was enough to console Erick.

Bryan scratched the back of his head as he answered Erick's questions.

”When I woke up this morning, I saw her message. She asked me for a favor to see you. I thought you are sick and not feeling well. I told myself maybe she had gone somewhere that's why she couldn't take care of you so she asked me this. She was worried about you.”

Erick didn't dare to interrupt him. He was listening attentively to Bryan.

”When I asked her why and what happened, I didn't receive any response from her. I'll try to call her but her phone is unattended. So I decided to go here directly before coming to the headquarters.”

Bryan frowned after saying that as he observed Erick. He was very silent. By just looking at his worried and gloomy expression Bryan could tell that something was wrong.

”Hmm... I think I guessed it right. As of now, you look like...” Bryan paused for a moment as he eyed Erick, assessing his appearance from top to bottom.

After doing that, he shook his head as he continued: ”You look awful. Haggard. Horrible.” He didn't know whether he should laugh or feel bad for Erick.

Erick sighed deeply before saying: ”Yeah. I feel like sh*t right now. I messed things up between me and Elle.”

Bryan was dumbfounded after hearing that. 'So it's related to Elle. They just got married two days ago and now they got into a fight already?'

”Hmm… tell me what happened Bro. I am willing to listen.” Bryan said to him.

”Let's go inside first.” Erick invited him inside the house.

Bryan followed him from behind. They went straight to the living room. They both sat down on the couch.

Erick asked Bryan if he would like to drink or eat something but Bryan just refused his offer as he already took his breakfast before leaving his place.

”What time did she message you?” Erick asked him again about Elle.

Bryan just took his phone and opened his inbox. He scrolled down to find Elle's message. After he found it, he showed it to Erick.

It was just a simple message asking Bryan to check on Erick. It was sent at around 2:30 am. That was just a few minutes early before her signal disappeared from the GPS locator.

”Anyway, where is she? Did the two of you get into a fight? What do you mean that you messed up things? What did you do?” Bryan asked him curiously.

Erick was debating within himself whether he should tell Bryan the truth regarding Elle's identity or not.

'Elle is Catseye. My wife is Catseye. I hurt her. And she ran away from me. Now, I can't find her. I didn't know where she is.'

Erick smiled grimly. He couldn't say those words to Bryan right now. In the end, he chose to lie and cover-up Elle's identity even to his best friend Bryan who, at the same, assigned in catching Catseye, his colleague.

”She went somewhere. She said she needed time and space. Everything is happening too fast between us. I guess she got scared. I pressured her too much by asking her to marry me as soon as possible. I think I became inconsiderate about her feelings and I ended up hurting her.” There was sadness in his eyes and his voice was filled with regrets.

Bryan was tongue-tied. He couldn't find the right words to comfort his friend. He was not an expert in terms of love and relationship. He was not a 'Love Guru'.

But deep down, Bryan was surprised because he didn't expect this to happen.

'What? Elle ran away from home because she needed time and space? D*mn, why did she do that after a day of being married to Erick?' Bryan thought to himself as he couldn't believe it.

Then a peal of laughter could be heard in the entire living room. Bryan was laughing so hard. It seemed like he just heard a funny joke after hearing Erick.

Erick just stared at Bryan. ”Why are you laughing?”