Chapter 22 - Alina Kai

It was about 6:05 AM when Ethan left his house again to cycle towards the train station to pick up his aunt.

Since it was morning, traffic was low, and Ethan was able to ride at a speed fast enough to not worry about bumping into other vehicles yet reaching the train station as fast as possible.

He only hoped that the train won't be early, though the chances of that happening was almost nil.

Ethan soon reached the Akuma Train Station and quickly parked his cycle as he enquired at the counter if the train his aunt was coming in had arrived or not.

"Huh? It arrived early? Damn it!" Ethan was surprised to learn that his aunt's train arrived earlier than expected and quickly rushed towards the platform to search for her.

Just a dozen meters away, two youngsters wearing crinkled clothes and with unkempt hair were standing before a thirty-year-old woman wearing just a simple blue butterfly-sleeved trapeze dress. Based on her dressing style, one would think she was coming from some village or an area that was located too far from the city. Otherwise, who in this modern age would dress like this?

However, if one saw her tempting voluptuous body from behind and her slender curves, which were tightly enveloped around by her dress, they would wonder how the gods could sculpt such an amazing body.

From the front, even though her gown's design was conservative, it could do nothing to stop itself from accentuating her bountiful bosom that was pushing up against the fabric of her dress, creating a sight that could make any man feel the blood in their lower half go crazy.

But if they just lifted their gaze and looked at her pure and innocent face, they would feel their hearts melting just by looking at her dreamy face.

She had long silky black hair that was extending till her round buttocks; her eclipse shaped eyebrows were a midnight-black; her hazel eyes had a certain allure yet giving off a gentle aura; her nose dainty and elegant; her luscious lips a blossom pink while her face was a lovely heart shape.

With all this, there would hardly be a man who wouldn't admire this woman's beauty for a while and appreciate the immaculate aura around her.

However, the two young men standing before her were sleeping on the bench from the hangover of yesterday night's drinks. And upon seeing such a dreamy and pure beauty stepping out from the train and looking around as if in search of someone, how could they not go up to her and 'help' her out?

"Hello, big sister, are you feeling lost?"

"Yeah, how about we show you around and drop you off wherever you wanna go. Free of charge," One of the young men with a rowdy smile said with a wink as he scanned this tempting beauty from top to bottom.

The woman's forehead creased with visible nervousness on her face, "No, thank you...Someone will be here soon to pick me up. Please don't waste your time with me," She said politely and gently.

"Come on, big sister. We are like your brothers. No need to get nervous."

"Yea. We can take real good care of you," One of the youngsters said with a shifty smile as he ogled at her seductive curves.

"Aunt! You reached early?" Suddenly the familiar voice of a young man from behind startled the woman as she turned around and looked at him with a radiant smile, "Ethan!"

She immediately ran towards Ethan with her heavy handbag on her shoulder before hugging him tightly as she let out a sigh of relief, "Phew, Ethan. Where were you? Aunt was really getting worried here. I am glad you showed up. Otherwise, these two young men would not just leave me alone," She said with a worried expression as she clutched his shirt timidly.

This mature yet shy beauty who was hugging him was none other than his step-aunt, Alina Kai. Even though he called her aunt, she was not related to him by blood or even legally.

But his mother had said that she took her in when she was a young girl and treated her like a little sister. She was also the one who constantly took care of him from the moment he was born, and so she became an aunt to him.

Ethan frowned, hearing her words, and glared at the two youngsters in front of him, who clicked their tongues in frustration and sneakily left as they mumbled, "Did you hear what that punk called her?"

"I know, right! How could a chick like her be an aunt to a dude who isn't much younger than us? He must have purposefully said it to appear cool and steal her from us, heh!"

"Leave it. Our luck isn't good today, sigh…"

"Ah, Ethan. They got scared of you. I knew it. You are really the strongest man I know," Alina said with a proud glint in her eyes as she awkwardly took a step back, realizing she was hugging him too tightly.

Ethan let out a helpless sigh as he said, "Aunt…didn't I tell you to call me if you don't see me right away? There are always bad guys wherever we go. You should be more careful. Nobody bullied you while you were away, right?"

Ethan knew that even if his aunt was a mature woman, she was a bit too innocent and awkward in public. The reason he even comes to pick her up despite her not being new around this place was that she easily gets lost and has a poor sense of direction.

And like this, she depended on him for many other small matters as well despite being an adult. However, he was only happy to take care of her no matter even if it was for silly matters.

"I knew you would scold me for this. But don't worry. I had my pepper spray prepared always just like you instructed me to, and during my travels, nobody dared to bully me since I had this," Alina eagerly said as she showed him the pepper spray in her bag.

Ethan was able to relax seeing that and said in a concerned voice, "Next time, get a taser as well. Then I would feel more relaxed."

"Of course. What would I do without my sweet Ethan? I really missed you a lot. I would have come back early if I could," Alina said with a glowing smile as she hugged one of his arms closely and leaned her head on his shoulder as they began to walk.

"I missed you too, aunt," Ethan awkwardly chuckled and felt his heart slowly increasing its pace the moment she hugged his arm, which was pressing against her soft yet firm side breasts.

He knew she was very attached to him and loved him just like how he loved her as well. But as he grew up, her affection was affecting him in ways he didn't expect, though he always told himself that this was just how she was.

Surprisingly enough, she was still unmarried despite being so beautiful and cute in many ways. His mother told him that her work was probably the reason why she was too busy to think about marriage or that maybe she wasn't uncomfortable with the idea of marriage.

His aunt was actually a doctor and mainly treated small kids by running her own clinic that was not too far from his home. The clinic was actually a house where she sleeps as well, and in fact, she would have slept in his house if not for his mother insisting that a grown-up woman like her should sleep in her own house instead of hers where she did not even have a spare room.

Alina said she could sleep in Ethan's room, but Lena strongly disagreed.

Ethan felt that his mother was being a bit harsh to Alina, but his mother told him that Alina would never become independent if she always depended on him for everything.

So Ethan couldn't refute since he felt that there was some truth to her words, though he would only be glad if his aunt got to stay with him all the time.

The two were walking towards his cycle when suddenly, Alina let out a startled cry, "Ah! He stole my bracelet!"

Ethan heard her cry and saw a man sprinting off with a silver bracelet in his hand.

"Oh no…you picked that bracelet for me. I don't want to lose it..." Alina said in a crestfallen tone as her eyes began to get misty.

Ethan patted her dainty hand as he said, "Aunt, just stay here! I will go get it from him for you!" Saying so, Ethan immediately began to chase the thief with complete determination to get it back, especially since that bracelet had a sentimental value to both him and his aunt.