Under the Veil of Night

"Laura, are you alright?" Kanae asked as she released her grip.

Laura looked towards her arm. There was no mark as she didn't feel much pain. Even though Kanae held her firmly, it was not to the point of giving pain to her at all.

"Yes, thank you, Sis."

"No worry," Kanae smiled. "Let's go back to the room. There's still some work you have to finish, right?"

Laura nodded her head and followed after Kanae obediently. Inside the room, there was no one else as Jason was out. Kanae leisurely took a seat by the side as she picked up the document about the advertising company.

"Sis," Laura suddenly spoke up. "Do you think it's worth it to give so much to me while you only get a little portion?"

"Why is it not?" Kanae asked back. "You're my beloved little sister. There's no need to ask, I'll surely help you if you're in need."

"I… I just think that you're giving me too much. I can't possibly repay them back to you."

Kanae shook her head lightly. She beckoned for Laura to come closer. When Laura was near, she pulled the girl into her side and hugged the other party tightly. This sudden movement caused Laura to be startled. She didn't expect her sister would do something like this so suddenly.

"Sis!"

"I never ask you to repay me back with anything," Kanae said slowly. "I just want you to have a better future because you have a better chance than me. That's all I want."

"But you're not any stupider than me."

"Are you cursing me to be stupid?"

"No! It's just, I want you to be happy too, Sis."

Kanae sighed to herself. Her sister was still rather naïve compared to her. It was the very reason she was the one who stepped out to give their family the chance to live a better life. Considering Laura's personality, there was simply no way that Laura would be able to survive alone on the street.

Has she ever thought about it was being unfair?

It would be a lie if she said that she hadn't. There were times when she wondered why she was the one who born as the older sister. However, those thoughts never lasted for more than a few seconds as she wanted her sister to have a better life. If one of them should live a hard life for the other to have a better one, she would surely pick herself.

Why? It was no other than because she was the older one and because she loved her sister so much.

It might be irrational, but that was just how a feeling was. Just because of one word, one would be willing to give her all for another person. An extremely simple reason, yet it could drive people to do much more than what they thought they were capable of.

"Don't worry about it, Laura. I'm happy," Kanae rustled her sister's hair tenderly.

"Sis! Don't mess up my hair, I'm having another meeting later!" Laura immediately protested. Compared to her sister, she cared about her appearance more. Besides, her hair was harder to maintain than her sister.

Kanae laughed. "Don't think too much, just do your work better."

"Mhm," Laura nodded her head. She stood up and headed towards her table. Her eyes caught the paper about the deal just now. She quickly picked it up. "Sis, I have decided the name for our company and the brand that we should use."

"I thought we have decided from a long time ago?"

Laura rolled her eyes. "They're not good enough! I change it again including the brand that we're going to use."

"Let me see," Kanae picked up the paper as she inspected the content. At the very top, the name of Kara Company was written. Kanae was startled to see the name because she knew how it came to this. Kanae-Laura, she used 'Ka' from Kanae and 'ra' from Laura.

"What do you think?"

"it's quite good, what makes you chose this name?" Kanae asked with a smile.

"I'm looking at the dictionary and find out that this word has the meaning of 'dear' in different language," Laura grinned.*

Kanae tilted her head. "Is it not because of our name?"

"Well, that's the other reason."

Jason walked into the room while holding a stack of paper. He looked towards the two of them with wonder. "Did something happen when I'm not here?"

"Why?"

"I heard from the others that their president is acting strange and scary," Jason explained with a grin.

Laura rolled her eyes. "There's just someone who irks me just now. By the way, why did you not appear, Brother Jason?"

"I don't think it's very suitable for me to show myself in front of Vena," Jason answered calmly. Considering his identity as someone from Wells Family, this might lead to a dispute between the four big families. For him, he preferred to not have it that way. It would be too troublesome to involve the Wells Family in this matter.

As a core member of the family, he knew very well how the core members competed with each other for the inheritance and so on. It would be hard to tell who was your enemy and friends. This was the reason those from the core members usually distanced themselves from other people.

Do not trust anyone easily.

"She's truly annoying," Laura's face scrunched up. She never had any good memories with Vena. If she could, she wished to beat up that girl for once and won in their endless clashes.

"She's quite dangerous as an enemy," Jason warned. Even he himself didn't want to get into Vena's bad side if it was possible. Thankfully, so far there was nothing that required him to clash with those from the Aida Family.

"I know."

Kanae rubbed Laura's head again. "Don't worry. She won't be able to harm you. I'll make sure of that."

Laura looked towards Kanae in confusion. She didn't understand how Kanae could be so confident in this matter. From what she knew, the Aida Family was very powerful. In addition, Vena was on a different level than Sakura. This woman could easily deploy anyone she wanted without waiting for the instruction from the others.

She has more than enough authority and qualification to do so.

However, since Kanae said so, she would believe in her sister. With a smile, Laura nodded her head. "I understand, Sis."

Jason looked towards the two of them while shaking his head. He truly envied these two right now. Having someone whom they could trust fully was truly a relationship he wanted the most. Hopefully, he would be able to have someone like that in the future.

Not that he didn't trust his friends in Fiore Group, but he longed for one that would stay by his side forever.