UNLIMITED SYSTEM: THE ULTIMATE HEIR

“Thank you for today, sir!” A man had just come out of one of the restaurants in the district where he lived. Wearing a thick brown coat and rubbing his hands together, he walked through the snowfall that happened to come that night. The hazel-eyed man continued to walk tirelessly until his steps stopped when he saw a woman holding a red umbrella was standing right in front of him. When the umbrella was half-raised, the woman’s beautiful face looked so real, gray eyes that were so round, a sharp nose that looked small and a red on her beautiful lips. The man smiled, then ran to embrace the body of the woman in front of him until the red umbrella fell perfectly. “Hey, I picked you up on purpose with this umbrella, Stephan. So how could you make my red umbrella fall?” The beautiful woman seemed to grumble, until finally her lips were kissed sweetly by her man. “I am sorry, dear. I never thought that you would come to pick me up. This is such a beautiful thing, the most beautiful surprise that has ever happened in my life!” The man exclaimed so enthusiastically, it made the woman smile too. “How about you spend the night at my rented house, Bella?” “Okay!” Stephen picked up the umbrella that had fallen, then he held Bella’s hand tightly. The two of them walked under the protection of the red umbrella while breaking through the snowfall which was increasingly falling quite heavily. Until finally the pair of shiny black shoes made Stephen and Bella’s footsteps stop, the glare of the car lights behind the figure wearing the pair of shiny black shoes made them both completely silent. “Bella, what are you doing here, in the middle of this cold night?” asked the man. Bella swallowed hard, but her grip tightened on Stephan’s hand. Stephan looked down at that, he tilted his face perfectly to see the tense expression on his lover’s face. What was it? Who was he? The question crossed his mind so clearly that finally, quickly, the man dressed in black walked quickly towards him and Bella, then … a slap landed on Bella’s cheek. The man’s hand was forced to loosen the grip, but Bella and Stephan were stubborn enough to keep holding each other tightly, until finally the man became angry, he hit Stephan repeatedly until Stephan’s body fell completely on the ground. “Stephan! Luis, what are you doing? Stop all this, I beg you!” Bella shouted, just as her grip slipped from Stephan’s, and Stephan lay helpless on the ground. “Why are you here with that poor, ignorant young man, Bella? Do you intend to tarnish our family’s good name?” “His name is Stephan, he’s not the poor young man you mentioned, Luis!” “So what do you call a cheap maid like this, Bella? Even his life is in an alley full of rat nests! You will only suffer living together with him!” Luis, who was so stubborn, immediately pulled Bella to leave Stephan, while Stephan was just silent and couldn’t say anything. Yes, the distance between him and Bella was so clear, so far away and seemed unreachable. If Bella’s family were stars, he was just trash who would never have any meaning. Stephan could only watch as Bella continued to struggle to be with him, but Luis roughly put Bella in the car and then the car sped away. Shit! What kind of destiny was this? Stephan grimaced then got up from his seat, his clothes were now wet from the snow. Shivering from the cold, Stephan picked up the red umbrella, then he walked down the narrow alley and into his rented house. Yes, that was right … the rented house he lived in was very small, measuring 3x4 meters and not even habitable at all. When a rainstorm comes, the rented house will always leak, especially when it snows like this, the cold feeling was very real, especially since there was no heating at all in the rented house. Being able to live without hypothermia was an extraordinary miracle. Stephan took a deep breath, then he glanced at the source of the voice shouting in front of his apartment, but Stephan was completely reluctant to come out. “Hey, poor young man! Can you afford this rent? You’ve been in arrears for three months, how long are you going to continue to be in arrears, huh?! I’ll wait until tomorrow, if tomorrow you are still reluctant to pay then immediately leave my house!” Stephan immediately covered his ears with a pillow, then he closed his eyes tightly. It seemed like sleep would dull his hearing enough, so he wouldn’t have to hear the chatter of the landlord all night. And in the morning, a message arrived on Stephan’s cell phone, he slightly raised his eyebrows to read the message perfectly. Yes, a sweet message from Bella and she said that she was fine. Stephan smiled, even just one message was able to lift his spirits completely. Stephan was again excited to welcome this bright day. Starting from delivering newspapers and milk to local residents, then coming to the restaurant where he usually worked and hoping that his work will be busy today, so that at least his wages will be enough to pay off his rent arrears. Stephan walked out of the rented house after he had finished some of his work at home, until then his eyes fell on Bella’s figure who was standing in front of the alley of his rented house. “Bella.” “Hey!” Bella waved her hand perfectly, then she jogged over and grabbed Stephan’s arm. “I came here on purpose in the morning, and I told the people at home that I had work to do at the office.” “You shouldn’t have done this, Bella. You can be scolded again by Luis, your cousin really doesn’t like our relationship.” “Who cares? I love you and I think that’s more than enough.” “You are rich, while I am poor. How can we be together?” “You don’t believe me, Stephan?” Bella stopped in her tracks and of course that made Stephan take a perfect breath. Indeed, this debate will never end at all, of course. “I’ll prove it to you, Stephan. That I really love you.” “Bella, listen to me, I-” “The day after tomorrow, is my father’s birthday party, I hope you come with me. Prepare your best clothes, and buy a sweet gift for my father. Believe me, my father is a good person, and I’m sure if our relationship will be approved by my father then we will get married soon!” Stephan could only remain silent when he heard this. Coming to Bella’s father’s birthday party meant the whole family was coming. Would Stephan really not be insulted by them? More than that, where can Stephan get the money to buy a gift for Bella’s father which was definitely not cheap? Stephan was increasingly confused by Bella’s request.