Chapter 128 - Ch. 128 Kaylee's Hidden Agenda
The next day, Kaylee decided to skip college and meet Robert at the man's favorite bar. After all, she doesn't have a morning class schedule and only needs to give her final assignment to her literature professor.
Therefore, Kaylee decided not to come to campus and reach her cousin.
Kaylee had never entered a bar before, and she desperately wished her cousin had arrived before she entered the bar.
Her cousin was remarkably bothersome. Why doesn't he want to meet her if their meeting place wasn't at this bar?
Kaylee walked into the bar, which was fortunately quiet enough that Kaylee could immediately find her cousin.
Her cousin was in his mid-30s, but his face looked still young as if in his mid-20s. He had dark brown hair and charming round chocolate-like eyes. He was super handsome, and it was no wonder her best friend fell for this hot sexy guy.
Wendy was not much different from her brother, who likes flirting around. But Nick never dated the girls while Wendy, she changed lovers like changing clothes.
Once she finds nicer clothes, she puts away the old ones and puts on new ones. The same thing happened to Kaylee's cousins, but there was a very noticeable difference in their relationship.
Robert and Wendy have been dating since five years ago and broke up after three months of dating. But they started dating again after six months of not seeing each other before breaking up again.
Their relationship was a love-hate relationship with Robert. He constantly chased Wendy until her best friend was forced to hide at her maternal's grandmother's house in New Jersey to avoid Robert's advances.
In the end, Wendy gave up and let Robert date her again but on the condition that Robert should not keep contacting her.
Kaylee felt sorry for Robert and once persuaded him to forget about Wendy and find someone else. But her cousin was stubborn and did not know the word surrender. And apparently, this man seemed much happier even though he couldn't be with Wendy as much as he wished.
Luckily Wendy was her best friend. Otherwise, Kaylee would have cut ties with the girl.
Kaylee walked to her cousin's place and sat opposite the handsome young man who was busy with his laptop.
"I'm here."
"En. Wait a sec." Robert glanced at Kaylee briefly before going back to typing something on his laptop.
Kaylee didn't have to wait long because Robert closed his laptop and smiled at her how an older brother smiles at his younger sister.
"Here you are, sitting in front of me with a hidden agenda." teased Robert made Kaylee frown.
"I don't have any hidden agenda."
"Really? After we haven't seen each other for a year and you've forgotten me, you called me out of the blue. Tell me, dear cousin, if you don't want something, why look for me?"
"Is it wrong that I just want to meet my cousin?"
One of Robert's eyebrows rose as if he didn't believe Kaylee's words. "How is the preparation?"
"What preparations?"
"It's already December, Kaylee. The competition is in March next year."
"Competition?"
Robert sighed hopelessly and stretched his hand to pinch his cousin's smooth milky cheek.
"Ugggg… het hi hoooo~ let me goooo," Kaylee whined as she tried to get her cousin's hand off her cheek.
As soon as Robert pulled his hand, Kaylee pouted while rubbing her pinched cheek.
"I hate you. Why do you always pinch my cheeks? I'm not a kid!"
"As long as you're not married, you're still a kid in my eyes."
Kaylee's anger skyrocket hearing that. "Then what about Wendy?"
"She's different. She's a woman."
"We're the same age!!"
Robert chuckled in amusement, seeing her frustrating behavior. "Still different."
"Hmph! You're so annoying. No wonder she broke up with you again."
"No, we didn't."
"But she said so. She even found a date through a dating app. Don't you know about it?"
"Did she now?" for some reason, Robert's voice sounded heavier and scarier than before, making Kaylee gulped in guilt.
'Wendy, I'm sorry.'
Ugh! Why couldn't she hold her tongue and reveal something Wendy's little secret?
She would think about it later. For now, there is a more critical problem than helping her friend from her cousin. But…
'Here you are, sitting in front of me with a hidden agenda.'
Kaylee felt she had fallen into her cousin's trap if she immediately voiced her intention to meet Robert. Her wicked brain tried to think something to fulfill her purpose without justifying her cousin's suspicions.
As if a light had flashed above her head, Kaylee found something that could help her and correct her mistakes.
It was called kill two birds with one stone.
"Rothbart, I have a wonderful idea."
"It's Robert Kaylee. Robert. I've already changed my name since ages ago."
"Oh, right. I forgot it sometimes." Kaylee gave an innocent chuckle, ignoring the frown from her cousin.
"So, what ideas are you thinking?"
"I can help you."
"Help me how?"
"I'll find out who Wendy is going to date and tell you the location of their date. That way, you can show up and take her back."
"Hmm. It sounds nice to me, but I doubt you'd be willing to do it for nothing."
"Hehehe… You do know my way of thinking."
"Didn't you want something from the start?"
"No, of course, not." denied Kaylee while hiding the truth. "I wonder if you can do me a favor."
"What is it?"
"It's about Nick. I heard he was forced to join the music camp in M University, and you're the one who made it happen."
"Yeah? And then?"
"I know he doesn't want to join it. Is there a way to make him not need to join?"
"No." was his short reply, shattering Kaylee's last hope. "But I can arrange something in the camp."
"Like what?"
"He'll know it later."
The knowing smile on Robert's face brought nothing but confusion. She was eager to ask and reveal that she would replace Nick in the camping program. But it only meant she dig her own grave by doing so.
Robert would tell her father about this, and her parents would force her to come home and not allow her to go to college again.
Hhhhh… What should she do?