2. ELENA VESTER

"I'm sure there's still a way!"

It was almost midnight, but the curly-haired woman couldn't even stop herself from screaming through the silence of the night. A piece of paper with some writings was in her hand, and her hand couldn't even stop shaking.

Judging from the wrinkles that graced her face, she was no longer young, and she was probably over fifty years old. It was indeed almost midnight, and that was why she was now wearing her silk pajamas in maroon. Standing in front of her was a man who looked about the same age as her, and beside the middle-aged man was a young man.

The three of them gathered in a bedroom dominated by pink, but it seemed their mood was too dark to enjoy the cheerful color.

"I must admit your instincts were so accurate that you even woke up in the middle of the night, but it's still too late, Mom," the young man replied to the woman lazily. "That silly girl has fled without thinking about us, and now you'd better start thinking of some other way to repay your huge debt."

Hearing what her son had just said, the woman became even angrier, and she even glared at the young man.

Granted, she had previously slept with her husband in their bedroom, but somehow she had an inkling that something was going on in their house, and that was why she had forced herself to get out of her bed even if it was in the middle of the night.

At first, she stepped out to check every corner of the house, thinking her bad feeling might be caused by a burglar who had managed to break into the house. However, after checking every corner of the house, the only thing she found was a window that was slightly open instead of locked, but she found no suspicious person in the house.

Feeling even more certain that something was wrong, she finally went to one of the bedrooms in the house and tried to check on the owner of the bedroom, but all she found was a sheet of paper lying helplessly on the bed.

No one slept in the bed, and the blanket was also unused. She didn't even feel the warmth of the bed, and she became angrier as she read the writing on the piece of paper left on the bed.

[Mom, Dad, I'm still young and wild, and I don't want to marry that old man just to repay your debt. To be honest, I'm disappointed that you decided to sell me out just to repay your debt, but I'll try to forgive you as long as you stop forcing me to do something I don't want to do.

But now, I've decided to leave the house to find my hot, handsome young man, so you guys don't have to look for me. I'll be back when I find that guy, and I hope your debt has been settled by then.

Your beautiful daughter,

Elena Vester]

It was the letter that caused the Vester family to act as if their house was on fire in the middle of the night. Their only daughter had suddenly run away, leaving only a piece of paper in her room, and that was why everyone looked like they had steam coming out of their ears.

"That's the easiest way to repay my debt, and why should I try to use a more difficult method when there's something easy to do, Tommy?" The woman replied to her son. "The meeting with the Dahls is only next week, and that's why we have to find your younger sister before that day comes."

It seemed that the woman was very stubborn, and witnessing that, the two men standing in front of her couldn't help but remain silent after hearing what she had just said.

"I don't think your mother was wrong, Tom," the husband finally agreed, voicing his approval. "Elena is just a spoiled girl, and I don't think she would run away for real. Maybe she was too shocked after learning about our plan with the Dahl family, and that's why she couldn't think straight that she ran away from us. Once she no longer has money in her wallet, I'm pretty sure she'll come home."

It seemed that the couple could only rely on their son now, but their son just stared at them lazily. He was also sleeping when his mother suddenly screamed from his sister's room, and that was why he was forced to get out of bed too.

Now, he had even received a troublesome task from his parents, and that was why he lazily replied, "Even if I don't like that annoying girl, I can understand why she would choose to run away tonight. She should marry a thirty-something man while she is only twenty-two years old, and that must be too much for her. That man is even eight years older than me, so of course, a girl like Elena wouldn't want to marry a man she can even call uncle."

"That doesn't make any sense!" His mother immediately reprimanded him as soon as he finished voicing his opinion. "That man is from one of the wealthiest families in the country, and age doesn't matter. That girl is just an ungrateful kid! We allowed her to be Dahl's daughter-in-law, but she chose to run away without even looking at the man's photo! She is too stupid!"

The two men could only listen to how the woman was trying to vent her anger. As if words weren't enough to assuage the anger in her heart, the woman suddenly used her hands to tear up the letter her daughter had left before throwing it on the floor.

"Does she think she can survive outside our house?" She once again showed how angry she was. "Judging by her character, she'll probably be home in less than a week, but we still have to try and find her. We have to make sure that she goes to the Dahl mansion to repay our debt!"

It seemed that fire suddenly appeared in the woman's eyes as she glared at the nightstand next to the bed. There, a photo frame showed a girl with long light brown hair and a pair of blue eyes smiling as of nothing happened.