COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 5 - Season 10 Episode 5

“Let’s not forget that the person who is gonna spend his life with her is your brother,” added Sora as she hiccuped. “You as a sister can share your opinions but you can’t force them upon your brother. No, that’s for everyone. You can’t force your ideas on others. For instance, you like your fried chicken with the classic fried flavor, I prefer it with sweet and spicy flavor. Each to their own choices and tastes. I said it before and I’ll say it again, just because you don’t like her doesn’t mean she isn’t right for your brother.”

“I can’t believe you just used the example of chicken,” stated Amiah as she picked up a chicken wing to eat. Drinking beer alone didn’t seem as tasteful to her right now. Besides, she didn’t feel like getting full on Sora’s criticism. “But you’re right. I don’t have the right to mess with my brother’s choices. Besides, he seemed very happy around her. I hadn’t seen him that happy in a long time.”

“It’s all about happiness,” slurred Sora. She was really getting drunk already. She definitely didn’t have the talent for drinking. “Aren’t we all chasing happiness in life? He found his. What a lucky guy!”

“He found this happiness before as well,” Amiah pointed out to her.

Sora gave her a look, “So what? He got hurt? That’s what you want to say? But who can guarantee that you’ll be happy forever? The point is, he is happy now. Who cares what tomorrow is gonna bring? Do you even know whether tomorrow is gonna be yours or not? Why bother with so much bullshit?!”

Amiah tipped the beer bottle to take another sip as she continued to keep her eyes on Sora. In the end, she couldn’t help asking, “What’s really going on with you? Why do I feel like you’re not yourself tonight? Did something happen? Why do you look like you’re trying to drown your sorrow with alcohol?”

She at least knew the habits of her best friend and Sora wasn’t someone who’d come out to drink that often. Mostly, it’d be Amiah dragging her out to drink. It was very rare for Sora to come out to drink on her own.

Sora didn’t look like she was planning on answering Amiah’s questions. She continued to drink carelessly but her eyes had lost their luster and anyone could see she was feeling blue.

After an unknown amount of time, Sora broke the prolonged silence as she told her, “I’m saying goodbye to my first love.”

Amiah straightened up. She didn’t think Sora would answer but she also didn’t expect the answer to be something like this. But it made sense. Finally, she had the answer to why her best friend was behaving out of ordinary.

“That’s not how you say goodbye to your first love,” said Amiah. “You should stand before him and let him know before saying goodbye. But then again, you had been in love all on your own. It’d be weird if you suddenly went to say goodbye to him.”

Sora narrowed her eyes at her, “You’re making fun of me.”

Amiah shrugged, “I told you long ago that if you didn’t do anything about it, he’ll be gone. Just because you’re scared of expressing your feelings to him, doesn’t mean others would be scared like you. They’d take the chance and go all out.” She didn’t look as sympathetic as Sora had expected. “While you’re busy hiding behind your laptop screen to create fictional words, he was living the real world. While you wrote about beautiful love in your books, he was experiencing it for himself. Do you expect him to wait for you to gather your courage when he didn’t even know what was on your mind?”

“That’s not the reaction I wanted from my best friend,” said Sora indignantly.

Amiah looked straight at her, “Sora, dear Sora, you aren’t even all that sad. At most, he was your first crush because he was way too nice to you. You’re too used to guys treating you as a nerd and keeping a distance from the girl who wore big glasses and braces. But your sister-in-law’s brother ended up being kind to you. That kindness took root in your heart and you assumed it was love. Get over it. We aren’t even teenagers anymore. How can your idea of love be the same after so many years?”

Sora glared at her hatefully, “This is called giving respect to your first crush. So what if I don’t feel the same way about him? It still… It felt strange when I saw him so happily talking about his girlfriend.”

Amiah tapped her head, “Then don’t look like the world is ending. I can find you, someone, better as long as you’re willing to step out of your room and look elsewhere aside from your computer screen.”

“Think about yourself first,” retorted Sora. “Even after being a famous director, you couldn’t even take a handsome actor to your bed. Shame on you!”

Amiah choked and coughed violently as she gave Sora a strange look. She wiped her mouth and said, “Are you for real? Am I that kind of a person?”

“I’m just saying,” said Sora. “It’s not like we’re getting younger. How about giving someone a chance?”

Amiah’s mind wandered off when Sora mentioned that. She didn’t speak for a while.

Sora observed her and said, “You really like, Yue Fai?”

Amiah was startled by that question.

Sora shook her head to clear up her thoughts and said seriously, “I’ll say, give up.”

“What? Why? Why can’t I date him? Because he is younger than me?”

Sora waved her finger before Amiah, “Nope. But because he isn’t your cup of tea. You can’t handle him. As your best friend, it’s my job to warn you. Don’t walk on the road with a dead end.”

Amiah was feeling complicated when she heard that from Sora. She couldn’t understand why her best friend said it was a dead end.

“Because he is close to my sister-in-law?”

Sora shook her head, “No. It has nothing to do with that. It’s purely because he is too much for you. From my interaction with him, I can tell you he isn’t all that he appears to be. You… Forget it. My job is just to remind you. The rest is still up to you and I know, you aren’t listening to me anyway. I’d rather not waste my breath.”