The Devil's Touch
#66
After a while of talking to Miwa below, Tessa returned to her room. He walked over to the canvas in his room and pulled the white cloth that covered the canvas.
With her hands crossed, Tessa smiled to see the results of her paintings that she worked on for almost two days.
Under her is the name Maxime Louis De Willson, her foster brother whom she secretly likes. Unlike Miwa who dares to chase, Tessa prefers to keep her feelings a secret from Maxime.
"Sister, what brother do the four of us think will be in love with each other?" tessa asked when she was seventeen.
"No way!" maxime was buttoning his shirt in front of the mirror.
"The four of us grew up as sisters, no one would fall in love" Maxime turned around and stroked the top of Tessa's head and walked out of the room.
He leaves Tessa who can only bend her face with Maxime's answer.
Tessa's smile fades as her memories twist vividly where Maxime says no one will fall in love.
*
Maxime pulls out a blanket for a sleeping Milan. The man walked out after making the girl sleep.
He sat in the chair and called his sister, Miwa.
"Hallo."
"You haven't slept yet" Maxime said.
"I just finished taking a bath, brother" said Milan while rubbing hair with a towel in his room. "What's wrong?"
"Miwa... To be honest with brother, are you approaching Arsen?"
Miwa's hand that was rubbing her hair using a towel suddenly stopped. "I-I .. no, why do you think like that?"
"You said you've found a man who dares to face big brother, who else if not Arsen!" maxime Sahut.
"It could be Jack or Peter. They also dare to face big brother, right?!"
"Hey!!" I heard a dislike from Maxime.
Miwa chuckles as if covering her panic because Maxime knows about it.
"No brother, not brother Arsen .. so that's why you said I shouldn't look cheap? because you think I'm after Arsen's brother?"
Maxime cleared his throat in response.
"Oh come on .. This brother is a man not a shaman. Don't you know huh ..."
Maxime smile. "You're my five-minute sister, whoever wants to marry you must really take care of you properly hmm ..."
Milan smiled in his room. "Just calm down, I won't go wrong choosing men anymore."
"Alright, bring the man to meet with brother as soon as possible!"
"Okay sister."
"Sleep, sister wants to call Tessa first."
"Okay, good night."
Miwa turns off the call and Maxime switches to Tessa.
Tessa still looked flat at the painting in front of her until a few seconds passed she was unconscious of the phone in her pocket ringing.
He blinked then took the phone in his pocket and raised it with a smile when the name of Kak Maxi was printed on the phone screen.
"Hi, sis. Good night .." said Tessa eagerly.
"I'm good. Maxi hasn't told me much lately." Tessa pouted in her room.
Maxime smile. "Sorry, it's been busy lately."
"Busy what? petshop?" lamented Tessa who is always upset with Maxime because more time spent in his petshop.
Maxime chuckled softly. "How else, you don't want to be poor if this petshop is quiet."
"Huhhh basic!!"
Maxime smiled again. "Sleep, why haven't you slept. It's been so late, brother called you to ask how you were doing."
"I'm not sleepy yet, Miwa doesn't seem to be sleeping either. How about we video call the four of us. I miss the four of us gathering and I haven't seen Maxi's face in a long time ..."
"Hmmm okay ..."
Tessa in her room is so happy, she turns off her calls and makes a video call and invites Miwa and Arsen.
"Job ... What should be this night?!" lamented Arsen who was just about to fall asleep.
"Hi Kak Arsen .." call Miwa excitedly and when Miwa realized Maxime noticed himself he immediately greeted his older brother so that Maxime did not suspect anything.
"Hi Kak Maxi ..." Miwa waved her hand without dissipating her spirit like she had called Arsen.
Arsen just patted his eel seeing Miwa smiling towards him.
"Sister Maxi ... when to go home to the mansion?" ask Tessa.
"Eummm ... next week only," Maxime said.
"Why so long, brother. Why not tomorrow!" said Tessa.
"My brother is busy Tessa," continued Miwa, actually prefer Maxime not to go home so that he is free to approach Arsen.
"Just get Max back here!" arsen said, he understood why Miwa seemed to dislike Maxime to the mansion.
And Arsen himself prefers Maxime in the mansion alone so that Miwa can't get too close to him.
"Yes, I'm home ..." Tessa whining.
"Yes .. yes .. later brother comes home. You've been sleeping there" Maxime said.
"Okay sister," Miwa and Tessa replied simultaneously.
"Good night, brother." Miwa waved her hand while smiling at Maxime and then turned off her video call.
"Good night, brother." Tessa did the same.
And now Arsen and Maxime are left.
"I slept first, brother. Good night brother .." said Arsen waving with a smile.
"Give it!" maxime first turned off his video call.
When he finished the video call he turned to the room and found Milan peeking behind the door. The girl looked so envious at the harmony of Maxime and her sister, because Milan and Melisa were never close. Even tend to be hostile.
"Milan ..." muttered Maxime.
Surprised Maxime saw him, Milan immediately closed the door and went inside the blanket again.
Milan feels familiar with the voice of one of the women who video call with Maxime. But she could not see the faces of the two women on Maxime's phone.
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