"Wow Reyka, you're so nice."
"Our Reyka is really amazing!"
"My kitty!"
Calief ruffled Reyka's hair again.
"Brother Calief, stop messing up my hair!"
The people around them laughed happily. They were concentrating only on Reyka and Calief, they didn't notice Maeva at all.
They came to see Maeva, but it seemed like they didn't really want to.
Maeva noticed Calief's look at Reyka. It was clearly a look of love. Calief had never looked at her like that before. Come to think of it, several times Calief couldn't accompany her because he was busy working outside the city.
While Reyka was busy studying outside the city.
Maeva, who always tried to entertain herself by doing a lot of housework so as not to drown in loneliness due to Calief's absence, never thought of anything.
At that moment, Maeva happened to notice the servants laughing at her. Maeva thought that since Calief wasn't around at the time, everyone in the house was still insulting her.
Until Maeva overheard the waitress in the kitchen talking about Reyka's college, which was in the same area as where Calief worked and where they often met.
Maeva was so stupid that she never thought about it. She always came to the conclusion that it was natural for them to meet, after all, they were family.
Besides, Maeva heard from Calief himself that Reyka had been his friend since childhood and that they were very close.
This closeness became romantic behind Maeva's back. All this time Maeva was lied to.
Maeva doesn't like apples.
Reyka brought apples.
Only apples.
Calief knew Maeva didn't like apples.
"Looks like Calief never told you that I don't like apples?" asked Maeva in a cold tone.
Reyka's face changed immediately.
Maeva had been very kind to Reyka before.
How could Maeva be so bold as to speak to her in such a tone?
Calief was also surprised. Maeva couldn't just call him by his name. Usually Maeva would call her honey or my love. But he understood immediately that his future fiancée was in a bad mood.
"Maeva, don't be like that! You should thank Reyka for bringing you an apple. You see? If they don't visit you, who will? They'll be your family after you marry me, too," Calief said.
"I'll never be your wife," Maeva snapped in her mind.
Maeva would rather not eat than have to eat an apple. Calief had always kept the apple away from Maeva, but now the man was doing the opposite.
Maeva looked down. She could see Reyka's leg kicking Calief's. Calief returned Reyka's sweet joke.
"I'm sorry Maeva, I didn't know you didn't like apples," Reyka said with a sad expression on her face.
Reyka couldn't possibly not know, because at that time Reyka had seen her other siblings forcing Maeva to eat apples. Reyka must have done it on purpose.
"No need to apologize, Reyka. You don't know, so what can I do?"
Calief took one of the apples, cut it into big pieces and fed it to Maeva.
"What are you doing?" asked Maeva.
"Maeva, it's not good to refuse gifts from people who have tried to visit you. Even if you don't like it, you have to eat it. It's good for your health," Calief said, trying to force the apple into Maeva's mouth.
Maeva's mouth opened as Calief continued to force it. Maeva was forced to chew and swallow the apple. Maeva didn't like it, but that meant nothing to her compared to the fake attention Calief was giving her.
"Brother Calief, I need to talk to you about my studies, can we talk alone outside?"
Reyka hugged Calief's arm. Calief nodded and then spoke to Maeva.
"Reyka wants to talk about her lectures as usual, I'll stay a little longer, okay? You three take care of Maeva! If anything happens to her, I won't hesitate to kill you!"
In the past, Maeva had been very happy to receive such attention. But now, her expression was blank.
The three Calief brothers nodded.
Calief kissed Maeva on the forehead before he left.
After Calief left, the Calief brothers immediately moved away from Maeva, covering their noses.
"So disgusting!"
"You stink!"
"Your appearance makes me want to throw up! It's a good thing we have Reyka to look up to, so we won't be tormented by your appearance."
Indeed, the hospital clothes Maeva was wearing were stained with blood.
"Just leave," Maeva snapped.
The three people did want to leave. It was good that they did. Maeva went out to find out what Calief was talking about with Reyka.
Maeva wandered through the corridor but didn't find either of them. When Maeva went to the toilet, her footsteps stopped. Her heart was beating very fast and her breathing was labored.
Unintelligible voices came from a stall. Maeva recognized the voice. They were the voices of Calief and Reyka.
