Curse The Mainframe! 467 Give Them A Chance

She felt a complicated mix of emotions that she didn't know how to describe. Seeing her brother look so vulnerable, unlike his usually composed self, made her feel that he was more human. His usual perfection was nowhere to be seen.

She had never imagined that one day he would be like this in front of her.

Regis had always been composed and gentle to outsiders, and to her, he was strict, but she could feel his care most of the time even if it was subtle.

This was a side of him that she had never seen before.

She felt a little complicated when she thought that her brother had allowed Gareth to see him at his weakest, eyeing Gareth.

His motions were entirely too natural.

If Gareth knew what she was thinking, he would have cried out 'injustice'. This was the first time that he had seen the walls on his friend go down this much, while Katherine probably saw it even less because of the way that Regis wanted to look his best in front of his sister.

Katherine put her superfluous thoughts to the side and cut to the chase, not wanting to waste any more time. They had barely gotten started with their sabotage techniques, but her brother and his friend had suddenly appeared. She would be lying if she said that she wasn't upset.

"What are you doing here?"

She didn't forget Jae and Brian's words about the wild goose chase that her brother had sent them out on. They might not feel that way, but with her understanding of her brother, she knew that they had likely annoyed him beyond his threshold, and he made a move to get rid of them.

Gareth shrugged carelessly. What could he say? That his sis-con friend had been worried about his sister being in the company of two people who liked her while they were in a pub?

Katherine frowned. "You wouldn't randomly come here, so it must have been my brother who dragged you here."

Gareth raised a brow. He clapped slowly, which annoyed her.

She continued, "What does my brother mean by coming all the way here?"

"It wouldn't be good for me to say it. You can ask your brother yourself."

"Tell me," Katherine demanded. She knew that the weak link in this situation was Gareth. Her brother would never tell her. He would clam up of a sh.e.l.l. From the past till now, she had never managed to get another word out of her brother the moment he decided he wouldn't speak.

Gareth usually never said anything about her brother's matters, but apparently, this time was different.

"He heard that you were drinking in a pub with the two people you had rejected previously."

Katherine was speechless.

How? And why was he so worried that he had come all the way here after hearing that information? It didn't make any sense!

Gareth was about to dig a pit for his friend but at that time, Regis suddenly sat up from the bed, startling the two of them.

"R-Regis, I wasn't going to say anything-"

"Brother, I wasn't prying into your secrets-"

Regis face was slightly pink, but his eyes looked serious and strict. This made the two of them quieten down. It was a bone-deep fear that they had to his frown. It was almost as if they had been conditioned to quieten down any time they saw it.

"Katherine," Regis said slowly, causing Katherine to stand at attention, "you can't hang around them."

"Ah?" Katherine was stunned but she still answered with perfunctory words. "Yes, brother…"

Regis lurched forward and grabbed Katherine's hand, startling her.

Behind them, Gareth had started to secretly laugh. He judged that Regis was still flat out drunk and was speaking his true thoughts for once. Then, when he sobered up the next day, he couldn't blame Gareth for it at all.

"You can't… let those lecherous fools trick you-" Regis said with the most serious face that he had.

Katherine could only hold onto her drunk brother and nod her head continuously like a chicken pecking rice.

She didn't know whether or not he would remember it the next day, but regardless, she would still agree to whatever he said, even if it was nonsense.

Regis let out a whole string of nonsense for about five minutes before he finally pa.s.sed out again and fell back down on the bed.

Gareth wheezed, finally seeing Regis go down again.

Regis sat back up. "You're not allowed to laugh at me!" Then he fell down again.

Gareth couldn't hold it back and broke into laughter, pounding the floor with tears in his eyes.

He had never seen Regis so long-winded and stern, like a mother hen protecting his chick. He had said everything that he wanted without a single filter at all and blurted it out without a care about the consequences of his words.

Even if his sis-con behaviour made Gareth roll his eyes countless times, he knew that Regis secretly wanted to connect with his sister more.

This was the perfect chance. Gareth whistled and left the room cheerfully. Regis couldn't say that he'd never helped him out, alright?

Katherine was left behind in the room, dumbfounded.

What would she do with her drunk brother?

And what did those words mean?

Katherine's brows furrowed, and she moved forward to roll her pa.s.sed-out brother onto the side, scared that something bad would happen if he vomited in his sleep.

As Regis slept and even snored, breaking her elegant image of him in her heart, she was full of turmoil as she went over the words that both Regis and Gareth had said.

People who had consumed alcohol and became drunk often spoke without inhibition, which meant that it was more likely their true feelings. However, being drunk could also cause them to do things that they usually wouldn't do.

Then, was this real or fake?

From what she had gathered, it seemed like Regis had been protecting her from the dark all the while, chasing away the boys and other girls that had wanted to approach her before.

Then, he had even tried to chase Brian and Jae away, but in the end, they found her instead of being sent on a wild goose chase.

The little things added up, and her previous image of her brother completely shattered. This should be the truth, right?

Her brother loved her as much as she respected and revered him, but he never knew how to show it at all.

Instead of being stifled by his actions, she actually felt a little warm in her heart. Their parents may be gone, but the two siblings could depend on each other.

However, she would not stand by idly when she thought about how Regis had chased off every one of her pursuers.

Perhaps she would… give Jae and Brian a chance?