The Su family

"Me and Juan... We broke up almost a month ago." Tara chucked her drink in one shot chocking on it

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"Hey hey, lady. Slow down. It's fine." Lyra said rubbing her back. She got her some water.

Tara's cheeks were already so red as if it is gonna bleed. Lyra looked at her worriedly.

"Are you alright? Do you wanna go home?" Lyra asked concernedly, ignoring what she said about her and Juan. She didn't want to listen to anything about them. For her, it would be bad news regardless of the content. So she tried to put it on the back of her head.

Tara jumped at Lyra and hugged her tightly,

"Oh!" Lyra was surprised and stumbled back but she stabilized both by grabbing the counter. Feeling the wetness in her shoulder Lyra patted Tara's back.

Lyra patted Tara comfortingly while her mind was trying to think if what she heard was real.

"Tara... About..." Lyra started as she couldn't ignore it any longer but stopped herself as she felt it was not right to ask her friend that when she was bawling her eyes out. She also wanted to know. Though she will sad if Juan and Tara will get separated she still wanted to know about it genuinely as Tara was her friend too.

"Shhh, Shhhh, It will be fine. I will beat that ice-faced guy. You don't cry. How dare he make my baby cry! I will kick his ass for you, don't cry," Lyra said trying to lighten the mood.

And it was successful as Tara chuckled and pulled away from Lyra. She pouted her lips and grabbed a tissue and wiped Lyra's shoulder which is wet from her shoulders.

"I broke up with him. He... he didn't initiate it. It was me... who wanted to break up." Tara said throwing the tissue away.

Lyra asked in shock as she was not expecting that, "What? Why? What happened?"

Tara glanced at her, seeing that she was genuinely worried for her she smiled. She then told Lyra about her conversation with Juan on that day. But obviously, she skipped the part about Lyra.

"You guys never even hugged each other?" Lyra asked gasping out loud.

"How can he keep his hands to himself when there is such a pretty girlfriend? Is he a saint or what?" Lyra asked with furrowed brows.

Tara shrugged her shoulder but didn't tell her about the incident two years ago. She felt like if she tells that Lyra and her relationship will come awkward but if she doesn't know that Lyra will not approach Juan. As Juan was her ex-boyfriend.

Tara thought about the results and future and so Tara decided to come clean about everything. She didn't want to hold back Lyra now that everything was over between her and Juan. She is not over him now, but someday she will turn back and just smile at this past of hers.

When she finished telling she peeked a glance at Lyra. Lyra was not much surprised to hear the second part. She already guessed when Tara stopped talking about Juan in front of her. She knew that her friend was being considerate of her. She smiled and patted Tara's head like a big sister.

"I know. Don't think much about it. It is all in the past. And... About Juan... Did you really end things for good? Are you fine? Will you be fine?"

Tara shook her head and grabbed Lyra's hand and squeezed them, "We all know that whatever we had was a lie. It was just built inside my head nothing else..."

"And Lyra... about you and Juan... Get Juan. I know how much he means to you. I genuinely want to see you with him. And I really don't mind. I am totally fine. Don't think about me. I knew very well what our relationship was so I had not had any hope. And so I will also find the guy god has assigned me in my fate. And that guy is not Juan. I am 1000000% sure. So grab your man before he slips away." Tara smiled at her warmly.

Tara felt good now that everything was out in the open. Yes, she wished for Juan and Lyra to end up together. She knew their feelings for them so she blessed them wholeheartedly. Lyra's eyes teared up. Tara might have decided to be selfish but she was not to blame for anything. Things turned out good still. Though Tara is heartbroken Lyra could tell that she was serious about what she said.

Though Lyra felt like jumping at Juan right now, she stopped herself from calling him. She felt like a bitch to approach her friend's ex-boyfriend. She needed some time to process this. Though Tara didn't have any problem, she will feel cheap of herself.

But she isn't giving up on him. She will start torturing him again, slowly. But she will first enjoy being with her friend without anything weighing her down. She was not able to bond with Tara as much as she lived because of that ice-man.

Lyra chuckled as if all the dark gloomy clouds above her had vanished. When she turned to her right she saw Tara standing some distance away. She was pouting her lips and her hands were on her hips and she was glaring at the guy in front of her.

Lyra got up and approached her and tapped her shoulders, "Tara, is everything fine."

"Issss finnnnn," Tara said in her drunk voice.

Lyra blinked her eyes, she was just thinking for a minute or two, how did she end up getting drunk to this extent? She grabbed Tara's hand and look at the muscular man standing in front of her.

Lyra was slightly taken back identifying who the man was. He was the young master of the Su family, Seth Su. The Su family is a military family who are serving countries for so many decades now. Their power is strong that there are rumours that there are the actual rulers of the country behind the curtain. And it is true. The current patriarch is behind all the important decisions of the country. The Su family also has deep roots in the political and military sectors. There is nothing you can do without their support. Even the presidential candidate has to be approved by them. That's how strong they are. They are as strong as the Liu family.

While the Liu family holds a major market and controls all the business sectors and revenue of the country, The Su family does things on the military and political side.

Lyra greeted him, "Young master Su."

Seth met her eyes bowed slightly as a response. But immediately after that his gaze went back to Tara who was still glaring at him.

Lyra furrowed her brows thinking if Tara offended him or something, "Sorry, My friend is drunk. Please forget if she said anything rude."

Seth just nodded his head again but didn't utter anything.

'He is as cold as Juan. GOsh, What's with guys nowadays!' Lyra felt like crying seeing him not responding to her at all.