Chapter 39

Taria had to stay at the hospital for three more days, and Tian stayed with her every single minute. He woke up with her, ate with her, and held her hand whenever she was in pain, writing his name deeper and deeper in her heart. They both laughed together, talked together, slept together, and felt the love in its purest shape, love at sickness and needfulness.

Taria and Tian were talking normally when a knocking sound interrupted them, Tian got out of his bed and opened the door to see one thing he never expected he would ever see.

"Get away from my way, I'm not here to see you", aunt Mari said, holding a bouquet of flowers and walking past Tian

Taria tried to get up to greet her politely, yet she was still unable to rise up by herself. She looked at Tian to come and help her, however, the aunt stopped her and asked her to relax

"Nice to meet you again, aunt Mari", Taria said, not knowing what should she do to give her a good impression

"Are you feeling better now? Josephine told me everything. I came here to thank you for saving my nephew, Taria Park", aunt Mari said coldly, but it was enough to make Taria's heart shiver

"No need to thank me, I did what any girlfriend would do", Taria said with a warm smile

"HOWEVER, that doesn't mean I would accept you as a part of the family. You need to go through many investigations if you wanted to stay with Tian", aunt Mari said

Taria fell into her dark thoughts after hearing those words. Investigation means that she would know fast about her father, which is basically a huge reason for her to not accept Taria no matter what. Tian, who was sitting beside Taria, held her hand to pull her up from her thoughts, then he looked at his aunt with his normal cold face.

"I never asked for your acceptance in the first place. Investigate as you want, and do whatever you want to do, I will never leave her side", Tian said

"You were always a troublemaker, but I know you well, Tian, you are incapable of being loved", aunt Mari said

Taria felt mad once Tian's aunt finished her sentence. She wanted to talk back and tell her about the parts of Tian she didn't know, about how strong and brave he was, however, Tian pressed on her hand and nodded for her to calm down and stay out of that issue after he saw her sharply gazing at his aunt

"What would you do? Force me to break up with her, just like you did with Josephine and Kai? I'm not your son, aunt Mari, I'm my mother's, the woman that you hated till the last day of her life, the woman that you made her life a living nightmare, the woman that LOVED your brother more than you did. You better stay out of my life since I would never do as you want, and as your nephew, I would like to give you a small advice before you leave: let Josephine live her life as she wants, don't force her to live your life once again. You can leave now, thanks for the flower and the nice visit", Tian said coldly

Aunt Mari got out of the room calmly as if she did nothing wrong, but what she didn't know was that her daughter heard every word she said. Josephine entered the room not long after her mother left, and seeing the love flames between Tian and Taria made her heart heavy as if it turned into a rock

"Don't worry, Taria, my mother was forced to marry someone she didn't love, that's why she hates when two people fall in love. As long as you have this brat and Ve, mother can't do anything to you", Josephine said energetically, burying her heavy heart between her rips as well as her jealousy.

"Oh, hi Josephine", Taria said warmly, then Josephine pushed Tian away from the bed and sat instead of him

"Hey, I'm injured as well you know, and how the hell can a girl be this harsh", Tian said

"What do you mean? girls are weak?" both Taria and Josephine said, then they laughed together as they found it to be a funny coincidence for them to say the same thing at the same time.

Tian sat down on his bed, leaving Taria and Josephine to talk together while he was typing on his phone anxiously. However, Taria realized that he was hiding something, so she just asked him

"Nothing, I was planning our traveling things", Tian said

"What traveling?" Taria asked

"The doctor said you would be able to move normally a week later, so I'm planning on taking you to the Maldives, but if you want any other place it would be ok too", Tian said while looking at his phone

"...WHAT? your exams are around the corner, and I would never be able to afford going to the Maldives", Taria said angrily

"I'm ready for my exams, and who said you needed to pay anything as long as you have me?" Tian said

"Tian, we have been through this, I already told you to stop spending your money on me, didn't I?" Taria said coldly

"Oh relax, if I was you, I would have treated him like a credit card. Your boyfriend is filthy wealthy", Josephine said

"No, Josephine, I hate being a burden, but he keeps on giving me this feeling every time he spend his money on me", Taria said

Tian took a deep breath, then he walked towards her bed and held her hand softly

"You would never be a burden for me. I already said that many times. I'm not going to go through this any more times, Taria, and if you didn't agree to go with me as tourists, I would by an island there and take you to it", Tian said with a sharp look in his eyes

"He.. he can't do that, right?" Taria asked Josephine, but she nodded her head

"You have three seconds to decide if you want to go as a tourist or a visitor. One.. two…", Tian said

"OK OK, I will go with you, but you need to promise me that you would study for your exams when you come back", Taria said

"Ah, I wish I have someone to go with" Josephine said whimpering

"You can come with us. She can come, right? Tian", Taria said, shooting a knife in Tian's heart as well as all his plans, yet he couldn't say no to her when she was using her sparkling eyes against him as a golden card

"Yes yes, she can come", Tian said grumbling, but seeing her excited and happy was worth changing his plans from a romantic journey into a family one