Part 103

03

"Pregnant? Is that it?" Alesya rubbed her flat stomach before staring at Bryan's closed bedroom door. "Just once, I think that's enough."

She slowly got up, grabbing the staircase railing for support. Alesya walked, dragging her steps to knock on Bryan's bedroom door. She was ready to entice her husband as the beginning of her efforts.

"What is it?" Bryan opened the door. "You can sleep in another room, not here. I'm not willing."

Alesya held the door with her foot. "I beg you, Ar. Just this once, I want to get pregnant!"

"Don't be crazy! I won't allow it!"

"Bryan, please, I can't let my parents' graves be evicted!" She winced. Her foot was indeed stuck, but she didn't mind as long as she could get in.

It seemed like Alesya was truly insane now. She forced her way in so she could pressure Arya into doing it.

"Bryan!"

"You're crazy!"

"Why are you two constantly arguing!"

Bryan and Alesya stopped. They both turned to Nicholas, who was at the threshold of his room.

"Alesya here wants to make a baby. Help her out, we're all Handoko's kids anyway!" He released the two knots on Alesya's shoulders and dragged her. "Nik, prove to our parents that you're not deviant." He pushed Alesya, who had lost her dress, into Nicholas's arms.

"Bryan!!" Alesya screamed. She almost fell because Nicholas didn't catch her. "You're insane!"

"You're the crazy one!"

Bryan pushed Alesya and Nicholas into the room at the same time, causing them to fall onto the hard floor.

Fortunately, Nicholas allowed Alesya to fall on top of him, saving her from harm.

"Make a child to secure your future if you both want to survive!!" Bryan grinned cunningly. He took the key from the door and locked Alesya and Nicholas in the room.

"Bryan, you're insane!" Alesya shouted loudly. She tried to get up and pound on the door to get Bryan to open it. "Hey, you crazy person! Open the door!"

"Mad people shouldn't mock each other!" Bryan said, shaking his head. He stared at Alesya from head to toe. "So, you're making a baby?" he teased, winking.

Alesya was taken aback. She stopped her hand, which was about to pound on the bedroom door. Slowly, she turned to Nicholas, who was still sitting on the bedroom floor.

Alesya swallowed hard. She looked at her own body, dressed only in underwear.

"Oh my... my dress!" she exclaimed silently, hugging herself to hide her body from Nicholas.

"No need to cover up. You're not wearing anything, and I'm not interested!" Bryan laughed.

"Eh?" Alesya blinked.

Alesya shook her head quickly. "It's impossible that you don't like women." She remained cautious to prevent Nicholas from doing anything wrong.

Although Alesya had heard from Handoko and Bryan that Nicholas had some unconventional tendencies, he was still a man, and she was a woman.

Alesya was a bit flustered. "You're free to believe it or not. If you want to try, it's fine," he said casually. He left Alesya, who was still leaning against the door. She hugged herself, covering her precious assets so that Nicholas wouldn't enjoy them.

Nicholas casually turned off the room light, leaving the bedside lamp on. He lay down and pulled up the blanket.

"It seems like I'll sleep soundly tonight. There's someone guarding the door, and it's free!" he teased, glancing with one eye. He smiled, seeing that Alesya hadn't moved at all. She remained still like a statue.

"N-Nik, do you have no heart or what?" Alesya asked nervously. The relatively cold air conditioning was starting to make her shiver. If this continued, Alesya might catch a cold and have a stomachache.

"I do. It's inside my chest cavity. Why? Want to see it?"

Nicholas replied without opening his eyes.

"Not that heart."

"Then which heart?"

Alesya grimaced. "You! You have no feelings. I'm freezing here, and you're sleeping comfortably over there."

"Oh, that." Nicholas scooted up. "It's not that I have no heart. It's just that you're playing hard to get and don't want me to help. I offered you to sleep here, but you declined, afraid of something happening, even though I already said I'm not interested in women."

"I don't believe it. In my eyes, you're perfectly normal, Nik!"

"Oh, really?"

Alesya nodded quickly. "You're a man. You must like women. You're handsome too, not effeminate."

"But my parents and my sister say I'm deviant."

"Why?"

"I don't know. They say I'm not normal."

"Why?"

"I already said, I don't know. That means I don't know. And now you're asking too." He took a deep breath. "But if you want to try and test whose words are true, let's do it." Nicholas opened both his hands. "Bryan told us to make a baby, right? Let's go!"

Alesya shook her head. "No, you're crazy."

"Why are you calling me crazy?" Nicholas slowly got off the bed and approached Alesya. "They said you want to have a child, right? Let's do it."

"You're crazy, Nik." Alesya started to feel afraid as Nicholas got closer. He hugged her tightly, eliminating any distance between them.

"I'm not crazy, Al." He tilted his head. "I'm just answering your question, whether I'm deviant or not. And I'm also helping all of you with business through cross-breeding."

"Cross-breeding?"

"Yes, you're marrying Bryan for business purposes. Debts and credits, that's common in the business world. Unfortunately, Bryan already has a wife."

"A wife."

Nicholas nodded. "Yes, a wife. You didn't know? Well, that's interesting."

"But I don't care."

Nicholas raised an eyebrow.

"I just want to get pregnant and be done with all of this. I want all of this to be over soon, and I want to go home. Honestly, I'm scared, Nik. I just want to go home, be free, nothing more," she whispered, allowing teardrops to fall, wetting her cheeks.

Not only that, Alesya began to sob, imagining how bitter her life would be. Just earlier, Bryan had easily left her with three other men, all for the sake of having a child without any physical relationship between them.

Now? Bryan had locked her in with Nicholas without wearing proper clothes. She was only covered by a pair of glasses and a triangle-shaped piece of fabric that barely concealed her slender body. What would happen next?

Which girl wouldn't be shattered if her life turned upside down like this? Alesya was just a normal girl who needed love. But everything had disappeared since the departure of her parents.

It hurt so much. Tears flowed uncontrollably, even though it was just a little. And again, she didn't know why, but when she was with Nicholas, Alesya couldn't pretend to be strong. She would be herself, no matter if Nicholas was part of the Handoko family.

"You want to get pregnant? I'll make you pregnant. It doesn't have to be Bryan, right? Just pregnant?" Nicholas asked as he removed the thin shirt he was wearing.

"Yes, just as you heard from Bryan, just pregnant. That's enough."

"Let's do it!" Nicholas hugged Alesya again after successfully taking off his shirt.

Alesya didn't refuse, nor did she accept Nicholas's invitation. She just stood there, still as a statue, and was startled when Nicholas put a shirt on her.

"You...?" Alesya was puzzled.

"Cry!" Nicholas grabbed Alesya into his embrace, holding her tightly and kissing her forehead. "What kind of dirty business is my father involved in?" he muttered to himself.

He questioned what his father was planning, to the extent of making Alesya Bryan's wife. Even though Bryan already had a wife, Shabila, though they got married without blessings or a wedding ceremony. However, it was enough evidence that Bryan and Shabila were legally married.

And for a child, Bryan could have one with Shabila. So, what was the purpose of Alesya's presence?

It was quite puzzling for Nicholas, who had never known about his father's company. He had been focused on spices and kitchen equipment since he was young. As a result, two successful restaurants had been established with Nicholas's own recipe as their specialty.