Bin stood there frozen for a few seconds when he saw the familiar car. An angry-looking Jasmine suddenly got off the car and headed their way, startling Rika, who was in a relatively good mood after their picnic.

His master of his jumped on her friend and tightly hugged her while expressing how worried she was

"We've been deeply worried about you! How could you disappear like that?!"

The short-haired girl just stood like that and accepted her friend's hug without doing or saying anything. Jasmine's ears were already moist with small tears tricking down her cheek. She was genuinely worried for her friend's well being and thought that a horrific thing may have happened to her.

She was aware that Rika has family problems but didn't know the details, she just knew that Rika could occasionally run away from home only to return after half a day. In some cases, she'll go live with Melissa or Jasmine for a few days.

"Where have you been?"

While holding her friend's shoulders and locking gazes with her, Jasmine asked. Unfortunately, she got nothing but silence as an answer as Rika turned her head away, clearly avoiding to reply. Left with no choice, Jasmine s.h.i.+fted her attention to Bin, who was at the back.

Her soft gaze turned into a chilling glare, she walked up to him and said

"What did you do?"

He chuckled and retorted:

"What happens outside of work is none of your business."

While pointing at her Rika, she yelled:

"She's my friend, of course it's my business!"

Sadly for the master, she was interrupted again as little Mina pushed her while standing in front of Bin and saying

"Stop shouting at big brother, meanie!"

After seeing that, Jasmine could only sigh and back away. She was weak to children and blaming and berating Bin right off the bat is wrong as she still hasn't heard any explanation.

"Anyway, come with me."

She tried grabbing Rika's hand but the latter retreated a few steps while shoving away Jasmine's hand.

"I'm not going anywhere."

At last, Rika talked but what she heard wasn't something Jasmine expected to hear. Usually, Rika would quietly go back home or accompany her to the manor. Surprisingly, this time was different as she seemed h.e.l.lbent on running away.

Jasmine didn't try to insist as she knew that her friend attempted to kill herself, so, unable to come up with a solution, she pulled Bin to the side while whispering to his ear.

"What happened? Explain!"

He cracked his neck while talking to himself

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"Ahh my back is aching…"

He glanced at her then his back, clearly signaling her to do something but the girl was totally oblivious, not knowing what the h.e.l.l he was about. Only after ten to twenty seconds did she understand the meaning of his words.

She withheld her acc.u.mulating anger and, with a twitching mouth, raised her hand and initiated a short ma.s.sage

.

"Y-you'll regret t-this…"

"Hm? Did you say something?"-Bin

"No no, please tell me what happened."

He closed his eyes and pretended to ponder before he told her about what happened, more or less. He left a few things out but he still narrated the gist of what happened, giving Jasmine a clear idea of yesterday's events.

"Since she stayed with you means she trusts you to some degree. Go convince her to go home."

In response to Jasmine's 'order', Bin shook his head and rejected it by saying

"No way, do you want what happened to repeat itself? Though I agree it isn't good for her to stay here, but it's also worse if she goes back home. You should take her to your hous- Aw aw you're hurting me!"

He pushed her ma.s.saging hand away while glaring at her. The master grinned at him and said

"That's what I wanted from the beginning, you dimwit!"

…

In the end, Bin managed to convince the reluctant Rika to go with Jasmine. Her parents were also informed but they were told not to meet up with their daughter for now as she's still traumatized.

Bin planned to rest with Mina in the apartment before going out again to have lunch and enjoy the remainder of the day. Now that things turned out like this, he decided to go with Jasmine and co.

Apparently, Angelica was looking for Mina, probably to take her out again, which is why Bin agreed to go with them to the manor. While they all boarded the limousine, Bin went upstairs to get some money, planning to buy a small gift for his sister.

Unfortunately, 'When it rains, it pours', It was supposed to be a happy and joyful day but got ruined by Jasmine's arrival and it only got worse when he noticed his apartment's half-broken door.

There were clear signs of someone breaking in, however, there was nothing to steal, or so he thought at first. His reaction completely changed when he entered the bathroom only to see a small part of the wall broken.

That's exactly where he was the stash of money, moreover, the b.a.s.t.a.r.ds even took the pillow and cus.h.i.+on, leaving the apartment naked.