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2024-10-29 19:42:56"You said you were out of town on an assignment. So, how soon can you come back?" chirped Maireen after being placed on the passenger seat beside the driver. She watched as Darren closed the car door and circled around the front hood to be beside her.
"Mom asked to see you earlier," Darren said as he started to drive Maureen's vehicle down the main street of town. His own car had been taken by the driver to the office.
As for Darren's parents, Maureen already knew the outline from the last phone call, and she was actually inclined to ignore Darren until he needed to be picked up in person.
"Great!" Maureen folded her arms in front of her chest and chuckled, "Within a day, I knew everything."
At the risk of messing with someone close, the family felt like they had to play a part.
"You ran away from home?" Darren questioned because Aya kept finding out Maureen's whereabouts through her messaging app. Even though Darren himself had a full day's schedu
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"I want to eat you." Darren turned and grabbed the hotel-provided towel robe and standard amenities on the table. He deliberately grinned and winked at Maureen who was also stripping down. "I'd like to..., but I'm so tired tonight." "Shower?" asked Maureen, reaching for another robe on the table. Darren's nod implied, "Yes." "I wanna come with you!" Maureen's exclamation managed to make Darren shake his head, not expecting her childish behavior to be entertaining. Not just following, but Maureen climbed onto Darren's back until he held her back to keep her from falling. "Still so spoiled, right?" "You can talk, yeah ...." After being lowered next to the bathtub, Maureen spread her arms, asking implicitly through the movement of her eyes for Darren to remove his bathrobe. Standing face to face, Darren found Maureen's height to be the tip of his nose. Her womanly eyes are occasionally brushed by
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"I thought room service was coming, but it's you." Maureen sighed roughly at the man who appeared behind the door. She made sure the blanket she was wrapped in did not sag when she reached out, demanding her brother's luggage."Hi, Sister!" Matthew had arrived because Maureen's call had come from Darren's number. Anyone would have guessed they were together. He was curious and glanced between the scantily opened door. "Why are you asking for a change of clothes at this hour? You have a suitcase.""I was forgot to bring mine, it's still in the car. How could I come out like this?" Receiving the shopping bag filled with clothes crammed into her hand, Maureen was pushed backwards until her back hit the wall of the corridor."Damn twins!" she complained."You're not alone, are you?" Matthew asked."Uh, why did you come in?"She wanted to swear at Matthew, but it was only Maureen's fist in the air that the young man laughed at when he made it inside the room.Her younger twin brother surve
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"Bi!"The call and pat Darren felt on his shoulder was very familiar. That soft voice was definitely not Maureen's. What a dream he felt?Darren patted the void behind him. No one lay there even though he had opened his eyes. Then, the woman who had been his partner for the past six years weighed down the edge of the bed next to Darren's waist."Ima?" Blinking again, Darren lamented Maureen's absence. "Ah, little bitch!" Surely the low growl that escaped his lips was heard by his wife.He felt trapped by being reunited with Iqlima in a state of undress. Being covered in a thick blanket also did not cover the fact that he was completely naked underneath."Who did you call bitch, Bi?" Iqlima leaned closer, pulling the blanket off Darren's body and searching for a scent she might recognize. "Who were you with last night?""Ima, please!" Darren refused to be stripped. Glancing at the silence around him, the drawn curtains showed that the sky outside the window was still dark."Whose cloth
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"Ben, don't you want to open your heart?" Maureen pushed her empty bowl to the center of the table. She grabbed her phone from her handbag as she spoke, "I mean, how many months have you been trying to be a widower?"If women could survive with the situation after being abandoned, most of the environments Maureen saw in men, they could immediately find a replacement partner under the pretext of needing to be taken care of. Like the revelation of their division head who chose to remarry after divorce.Is it because they are not used to taking care of themselves? Maureen thought. Then, what about a widower like Ben?Maybe it's because Ben has a lot of activities that can distract him from thinking about a life partner. Especially with children, he needs to consider a partner who is willing to accept his whole life."You can open your heart, but that doesn't mean you can open your crotch." Ben moved on, carrying the stacked bowls in his hands to the sink in the pantry."Aish, sarcasm!" H
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"Did you choose to settle here?" This was Maureen's question. I've gotten to know her better since moving to this country. Maybe a few blocks apart, but close enough to do our weekly shopping together."Ben said he had some business, so I guess his offer for me to stay here until graduation wasn't a bad choice," I explained as I pushed our shopping trolley into the trunk of the car, while Maureen looked tired from pushing the babies' stroller."Yeah..., I think your choice isn't bad. I can have someone to talk to too while you guys aren't back yet." Her intonation was clearly hopeful.For me who barely had any friends, moving around more than expressing what I felt, being friends with Maureen was a luxury. She was quite chatty, and I barely had anything to talk about other than responding to her."The twins really enjoy sleeping ...." I glance at the presence of Maureen's babies. Boys.I thought Maureen had a special relationship with Ben, but she ended up marrying Angga. I guess I wa
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"We need to talk, Uncle." Maureen almost pushed the blanket off her legs when Darren nodded. In his opinion, they needed to settle their dangling relationship outside of the decisions of the people around them. They had the freedom to decide their future regardless of the stigma attached to Maureen snatching Darren. "Yeah, we have to," Darren smiled instantly even though the airline's departure announcement seemed to delay them, "but later. See ya." The man signaled his departure by pointing outside. Of course Maureen clearly knew she had to wait for Darren to meet her. However, the flight--which she had read on the internet--lasting for over eight hours until arriving at the transit airport further strengthened her curiosity. "Shit!" There wasn't the slightest hint of enjoyment in any of the amenities that could divert his curiosity. The airline's signature main course reminded her of eating with Angga even though it was served in small portions. The expensive wine offered by th
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"Yes, Grandpa gave me a first class ticket. It's really cool, isn't it?" After going through the check-in section, Maureen dragged her suitcase through the corridor directed by the attendant to be placed on the flight baggage entry rail while continuing her phone call to a friend on the other side. "Not really. I've only ever been on private jets."It wasn't just a different island, but also a different continent. Serena's friend had already left for another country."I and Angga just let it flow. We don't have to get married quickly." Maureen's steps quickened as she looked at the white gold band-like watch around her left wrist. Her departure time was just around the corner. She needed time to relax her waist for a moment."Are you sure he can stay with you so far away?" Serena's question had been a long consideration for Maureen to maintain a relationship with Angga until it needed to be discussed.Angga's time-consuming profession sometimes made Maureen doubt if the man was only o
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"What, huh?" Angga tapped each of Maureen's fingers that hung in the air as they grasped each other, comparing the same shape that differed in size. "My family is not very close." Every time they met face to face, they would smile at each other, considering the accident as part of fate. "Is that how you get along?" Maureen recalled how Erlan, who was also a doctor under her father's position, could talk as light as a feather when they met. There was indeed a conversation that was avoided, and Maureen's curiosity led to questions until Angga, who was usually to the point, pulled out the trump card he wanted. "Well, just to say hello. Not more." Angga straightened his back, placing it against the glass wall of the room as he looked at the dark sky outside. Clear without clouds. "So, there's not much we can invite from your family?" asked Maureen, looking for ways to pry information using the alibi of their wedding needs. Angga's narrow eyes widened in amazement. "You said you haven
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"M.J. Abraham...," said the man who made Angga turn to the clapping hands nearby, "it's Angga's surprise, ihuh?" A couple of people Angga knew greeted him in turn, then Resti joined their small circle. Maureen reflexively followed Angga even though she felt she had never seen that two people before, she was a bit surprised by the title the man had given them as if they had known each other before. "Wow, Uncle Erlan and Aunt Iren came too!" Resti offered two glasses of drinks on trays carried by the waiters and was immediately greeted with a look of friendliness. Perhaps confused, or rather observing, Maureen had to take a quick look at each face near her in turn. There was no falseness that came to her from Angga's life, including the family that came. They were even newly reunited. "Can't word on your candidate, here." The woman called Aunt Iren chimed in. Although the knee-length dress she wore was formal with long sleeves and no special accents, she had her own charisma behind
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A dark SUV pulled up in front of a spacious ironwood house, dropping off a pair of people who seemed perfectly matched in both appearance and body language. The sturdy old building in front of them was surrounded by a heavy guard, reinforcing the notion that an important event was taking place inside."Do we have to come like this?" asked the woman, adjusting the skirt of her evening blue satin dress to cover her ankles. A headpiece of similar material was pinned with a simple silver hoop, adding to the expensive nature of the overall look.She regretted the impression of a family that had to look perfect at all events despite the fact that they were going through a long war of contention that had yet to be resolved. From legal settlements regarding the division of joint property during marriage, to custody matters and the accompanying financing.Iqlima could use the alibi of Darren's infidelity if he still insisted on taking their three children from her side. It wasn't just snippets
