"Wait a minute, Riki!" Evan continued to chase after Riki, who kept walking, searching for Sofie.
The first thing that came to Riki’s mind at that moment was the luxurious rooms for rent there. He didn’t know why, but Riki just thought that the lecherous old man must have taken Sofie to a place like that.
Suddenly, Riki stopped when he saw the commotion in front of him.
"What’s going on, Rik?" asked Evan, who also stopped and looked at the commotion in front of them.
A beautiful woman in her thirties was dragging someone out of one of the rooms.
The woman was not alone, but with her friend, who was recording the incident with her cell phone camera.
"Isn’t that Sofie?" muttered Evan.
"Why did you guys stop?" Jayden’s voice suddenly came from behind. It turned out that not only Evan, but Jayden, Jake, and Jean were also following Riki.
[It’s better if you don’t get involved in this matter, master]
[It will be dangerous for your reputation]
That’s what the system said. Because of that, Riki was hesitant about whether he should help Sofie, who was being humiliated, or not.
Riki hated himself for being too kind. He didn’t want to care, but he felt he couldn’t let Sofie, who was still a minor, be humiliated like that.
Even though Riki knew that Sofie was in the wrong. But wasn’t the man more at fault?
[You can interfere, as long as you beat up the man and charge him with child molestation]
After the system gave him a reason to do it, Riki felt unable to.
The memory of how badly Sofie’s family treated him made him unwilling to help.
Ugh, why was Riki so hesitant?
"If you can’t do it, I can help you, buddy," said Evan, patting Riki on the shoulder and smiling.
Riki nodded, "Yes, please beat that man up, and Jake, report him for child molestation."
Jake nodded, "Okay!"
Meanwhile, Evan approached them, and without further ado, he immediately beat the man up several times, shocking the women there. The man’s wife, the woman who had dragged Sofie away, begged him not to hit her husband anymore. However, Evan showed no mercy, then he turned to the camera that was broadcasting live with an angry look.
"Is this how you treat underage girls? I know she was wrong, but remember... she was manipulated by that ugly old man! But you defend him and choose to humiliate the girl instead. You are just as bad as them," said Evan.
Evan grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around Sofie’s body, which was still clothed, except that the women had torn some of her clothes to humiliate her.
Soon after, security arrived at Jayden’s call. They secured the adults who had bullied Sofie and waited for the police to arrest them.
Meanwhile, Riki and the others returned to the previous room.
Sofie was silent at that moment, no one knew what the girl was thinking. Her tears kept flowing without any sobs.
"Do you want to eat?" Jean asked, feeling sorry for the girl.
At that moment, only Jean, Jayden, Riki, and Sofie were in the room. Meanwhile, Evan and Jake were dealing with the man and two women from earlier.
Sofie shook her head slowly.
"Riki, take me home," Sofie requested.
"You said you didn’t want to be my cousin, right?" replied Riki, who had already grabbed his car keys and finished his drink.
"You’re being unreasonable, aren’t you? At a time like this, you’re still acting like a child! You know they humiliated me, right? Luckily, I wasn’t touched at all and I got money from that man! But it turns out he’s afraid of his wife..." Sofie said, between sobs.
Riki sighed deeply, "Hey Sofie, you realize that it’s all your fault, right? You made a man who was in and out of prison for illegally selling stolen cars your sugar daddy or whatever... you even knew he had a wife, so why did you do something so reckless just for money?"
Hearing Riki’s words, Sofie finally cried even harder.
"Of course I’m desperate! You know yourself that my father is bankrupt, my mother left with her lover, and my sister also chose to leave with her boyfriend! Meanwhile, my father just sits at home complaining. I think I have to get money for him... he says I have to be devoted to him. He even told me to sell my body for money! If you don’t care about me anymore, I might as well kill myself," said the girl, tears streaming down her face.
"Is suicide the only thing you can think of? You’re still very young, try to be better," said Jayden, making Sofie and Jean fall silent.
"You’re making me lose my appetite, Sofie. Let’s go home. You want to go home, right?" asked Riki. He was already standing and ready to leave. The most update n0vels are published on novęlfire.net
"But I don’t want to go to my home... Take me to your place," begged the girl.
"Taking you to my place would be like keeping a thorn in my flesh," replied Riki.
Sofie immediately stood up and hugged Riki’s arm, "Riki... you’re all I have!"
Riki snorted lazily, "Are you going back on your word now? Don’t you remember what you said before? About me being poor and all that? Have you forgotten?"
Sofie showed her pitiful face, "Come on, Riki... just for tonight, I promise!"
"Take her, Riki... I think it’s better for her to be with you than left alone," said Jayden.
Riki had no other choice at that moment. He took the girl home to his apartment.
***
Sofie woke up after having a nightmare. She felt scared, alone, with no one to help her.
She almost started crying again, but when she saw where she was, she was stunned.
"Wait a minute, is this not a dream? I’m... really in Riki’s luxurious apartment?" Sofie muttered.
She looked around, and there was no mistake.
The Manor Residence, one of the most luxurious apartment buildings in the city center.
How could Riki own such a luxurious apartment? Was there something Sofie didn’t know about her cousin?
Suddenly, feelings of guilt returned to her mind.
For years, Sofie’s family had sabotaged Riki’s family’s wealth, claiming that it all belonged to her family. Sofie’s family lived luxuriously afterwards. And they also knew that Riki was wandering around and suffering. But Sofie’s family laughed at him, without any intention of helping him.
Sofie, who was still a child at the time, didn’t know what was right or wrong. She just imitated whatever she saw around her.
Now, she began to realize... that her family was very selfish. In fact, Sofie had insulted Riki before Riki came to ask her friend for help her.
She felt very ashamed at that moment.
Suddenly, the phone rang. Sofie stared in horror at her smartphone lying on the nightstand.
Her mother was calling. What should Sofie do? She didn’t want to be forced to go home. So, she turned off her smartphone and went out to look for Riki.
"Riki! Where are you—" Sofie stopped when she saw a guest in Riki’s kitchen.
At that moment, Riki was cooking breakfast for himself and Sofie. Then, Deva and Sean arrived, who hadn’t had breakfast yet, so they helped Riki there. They made various kinds of sandwiches, warmed up some croissants that Riki had ordered from the bakery, and also made hot ginger tea.
Riki turned around at that moment and waved his hand, signaling for the girl to come over to them.
"Come have breakfast with us, sit there."
"Ri... Riki, what happened? How come you’re friends with them too? Are they actually your bosses? Do you work with them?"
"Calm down, Sofie, they’re just my friends. This is Deva... and this is—"
"SEAN!! Oh my gosh, you’re so handsome up close! I’m one of the fans who voted for you to win the award!"
Riki and Deva were very surprised, not expecting the girl to be Sean’s fan.
Riki even thought Sofie would prefer someone like Deva.
"Really? Thank you, your name is Sofie, right?" asked Sean.
"Riki! He knows my name!" said Sofie, very excited. If that was the case, she was just like any other teenage girl.
Riki thought that Sofie was just in the wrong crowd.
"Of course he knows, I told him earlier," replied Riki, but the girl wasn’t listening.
Sofie sat next to Sean, wanting to take a picture with him, but she remembered that she had turned off her phone.
"Riki, lend me your phone, I want to take a picture with Sean!"
Riki didn’t think twice, he immediately gave his smartphone to the girl.
But the girl was surprised to see her cousin’s smartphone, "What is this? Why is your smartphone so sophisticated? Isn’t this the latest model that costs more than two thousand dollars?"
"Is that strange? I have a lot of money now," said Riki.
Sofie was stunned. She just realized that her cousin had changed a lot. No wonder he had famous celebrity friends.
"If you have a lot of money... I can stay here, right?" asked Sofie.
Riki laughed when he heard that. Sofie thought Riki would agree because he was very kind. He usually just stayed quiet when people were mean to him. He wouldn’t just kick Sofie out, would he?
"No, Sofie. I’m only letting you stay here today."