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2024-10-29 19:42:56Angel passed Dave when they were about to walk into the sitting room. They stood up and looked at each other awkwardly.
"How are you?" finally, it was Dave who started the conversation, looking Angel from head to toe, appraising her.
Angel averted her eyes from Dave's piercing gaze. "I'm fine."
Angel's mind was still filled with that thought, the thought that maybe Dave was the brain behind the burning down of her house, that he was so cruel and mean to her. The thought hurt her more than she thought. Because Angel still loves Dave very much. Really love this man.
"The police will probably come here asking some questions. Well since you're the owner of the house, I hope you're in good condition enough to take them in."
Angel nodded her head. "I'm fine," she contemplated sadly.
What would happen if she revealed her suspicions to Dave to the police? Will the police help her? However, seeing Dave's calm demeanor, Angel thought that he must have
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"He built a greenhouse for you?" Jim's first reaction when Angel told him what Dave had done was, to his great surprise. "Is that so, Angel?""Now the greenhouse is finished, and he's offered to drive me to buy some unique varieties to fill the greenhouse." Angel held her breath as her eyes glanced at the beauty of the greenhouse that now stood tall and luxurious, reflecting the sunlight that made it sparkle.Jim seemed pensive on the other side. "Are you sure that Dave did it sincerely without any intentions behind it?""I do not know."Angel herself had her doubts, but so far, Dave had been really nice to her. The man took care of her, always asked her condition and no more hurtful harsh words. Angel suddenly realized that Dave was serious about what he said that because of the arrival of their baby, he would change his attitude.Although his attitude did not return to the loving attitude he showed before marrying Angel, at least Dave had appreci
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What? Dave has a mistress he is hiding in a secret house? Is it true? Angel wanted to not believe the info, but this info came from Jim and he could not have lied to her.Suddenly Angel remembered about Dave's mom's visit that time. His mother seemed to have asked if Dave had ever introduced her to Daisy or something like that. Her memory was hazy, but she felt Daisy's name was familiar when Jim said it, and she was sure it came from Dave's mother. She remembered how Dave's mother tried to divert the conversation and looked nervous when she realized Angel did not know anything about Daisy.Angel's breath was tight with tears. How dare Dave to her!“Can you steal some time to meet me, Angel? If possible maybe I can better explain all the information I got to you.”Angel was stunned, still confused, but then she made up her mind. She should be able to find out the truth about that woman named Daisy. At least that way she could know where she was
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However, as soon as Dave's car left the house, Angel called Jim."Dave is gone. I'm going out with a private driver with the excuse of buying some varieties of plants for the greenhouse; you can meet me at Moon Cafe.""Okay. Be careful, Angel,” Jim mumbled briefly then he hang up the phone.Angel really bought several varieties of plants, and then asked to be delivered to Moon Cafe,"You can leave me for a while. I'll probably be sitting in this cafe for a while, while you can go rest and have lunch," Angel muttered, hoping the driver would take her advice.The driver was stunned. In the early days of Mr. Dave's marriage to Mrs. Angel, Mr. Dave loudly said that he had to watch over and follow Mrs. Angel wherever she went. However, since Mrs. Angel's pregnancy, Mr. Dave really relaxed the rules he made, even Mr. Dave once ordered him to let Miss Angel relax, enjoy her time alone. Mr. Dave's only message is that he must report it to Mr. Dave in
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Dave called his mother and asked her to come to the office, and since his mother was nearby, she was able to meet him. Dave looked at his beautiful and elegant looking mother, of course. If she cannot look beautiful, it will be in vain for her mother to take care of herself like that."One of my employees said that Mother had visited Angel a few months ago."Jenny raised an eyebrow at Dave's question. "I thought you knew that for a long time, why are you only asking now?""I didn't think it was important before." Dave glared at Jenny. "Did you see or have any contact with Angel after that, recently?"Jenny looked at Dave confusedly. "I did not. I did intend to contact Angel in the near future, but haven't had the time yet, why are you asking that?"Dave's gaze was still as sharp. "Did you tell Angel about Daisy?"Jenny looked taken aback. "No, I never told her." She seemed to think for a moment. "But I accidentally mentioned Daisy's name in
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They entered the big house with high fences. Angel looked at the house and admired it. The building was like a well-maintained and luxurious Dutch colonial building, and the garden, the wide front garden, is very beautiful and well-maintained. Angel glanced at Jim, if it was Jim who was in charge of taking care of this garden, he would take care of it with all his heart because the garden is truly, incredibly beautiful."Come on." Jim half led her into the house.Angel followed slowly behind him, alert. Her mind raced. What is the girl named Daisy like? What will her reaction when she sees Angel? Will she get angry and hurt Angel? Or will she be sad and cry like Angel's first reaction when she found out about Daisy? Has Daisy known about Angel for a long time? Or is she the same as Angel? Not knowing each other's whereabouts?Angel was too preoccupied with her thoughts to notice how comfortable Jim was moving around in the house, as if the man had grown ac
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When Angel opened her eyes, she was already in the hospital. The room was all white and smelled of medicine. She touched her stomach and immediately sat up anxiously.A strong hand held her."Relax, Angel. Your baby will be fine."Angel turned and saw Dave holding her with one hand. The man looked pale and had a bandage on his arm; apparently, Jim's shot hit his arm.Dave followed Angel's gaze into his arm and grimaced."It's not fatal; it just grazed my arm-"Angel looked at Dave worriedly. “Jim? Daisy?"“Jim was shot in the hand too, by the police. He is now being cared for in police custody. Daisy is fine; she's under the guidance of a psychiatrist."Angel thought about Jim's mother and siblings and suddenly felt anxious. "What about Jim's family?""Police have informed them, they are now at the police station.""They must be confused." Angel grimaced sadly.“Just as confused as you are
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The feeling of loss is not something that time heals easily. The pain was still the same as new even after so many weeks. Angel doubted that she would be able to ease these feelings; relieve her gnawing pain even after so many years have passed.Angel refuses to come out of her room for days, has no appetite or grooms herself. Most of the day, her mind felt empty. She did it on purpose because every time she forced her brain to think, then the figure of the baby who did not succeed in being born into the world will land in her mind and her heart will feel like being squeezed by pseudo hands again and again.The door suddenly opened, but Angel's attention was not distracted, she kept her eyes fixed on the window with her white blinds fluttering in the wind.“Angel, have lunch.”It was Dave's voice. The man was standing behind the door he had just closed, staring at Angel's back with a co
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Angel realized that something had changed from Dave's attitude towards her. The man seemed to return to his former self, when he pretended to love Angel, before Angel realized that it was all just a play.Is it the same now? Angel was too scared to trust Dave completely. He was afraid that what he felt was another form of game that Dave was about to play with her.Hence it made it difficult for Angel to trust Dave again; she always wondered every time Dave came to her room and showed his concern. Angel would stare at Dave, watch the look on the man's face, see if there was a lie—even a little—that had escaped her sight.This morning, unlike usual, Angel got up early and got ready to go down for breakfast. She had already decided that it was time for her to get out and live her day. The flower shop that she had left lying dormant was still her responsibility which she couldn't just leave.Angel came down to the dining room. The maid who s
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"Are you okay?" Reeves asked the woman beside him who had been silent for a while with a sad face, occasionally glancing at the wounds on Reeves' body.Reeves chuckled. "You have to look at yourself. You're hurt too, Vida. Don't worry too much about me. I'm fine."Vida immediately looked away and rubbed the corners of her eyes. Her whole body was screaming in pain, but the injuries to Reeves' body were so much worse that the pain Vida was suffering seemed to be nothing.“Take it easy. Soon the doctor will come to examine us again.”Vida laid her body tensely on the hospital bed which felt very uncomfortable. Shw just wanted to get out of here immediately and dispel all thoughts of the accident earlier. They were finally placed in a VIP room together at Roy Wijaya's request after some time. He just wanted his men to be able to keep an eye on them without being split into two rooms like before.Meanwhile, even though their injuries
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The wind blew the blinds on the open windows. The breeze was cool and immediately hit Mira's face who was sitting on her bed with a blank stare at the cotton tree outside, where two birds were making nests—picking up small branches and arranging them on one of the tree's branches. Apparently, the two birds are a couple, who are building a house for their future children.The birds then reminded Mira of her relationship with her husband. Which over the years has cooled and cannot be called fine. They too used to be like the bird, building their harmonious home for their dear son; Reeves. However, all of that was broken like a storm and rain which one day would also hit the bird's nest on the cotton tree, the presence of an illegitimate child, who Mira never suspected existed.As a result of all that, she became like this. Spent the rest of her meaningless life on a lonely bed. Her husband is somewhere, she doesn't care.But her son ... Mira missed him. She
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A few moments later, Roy Wijaya's assistant came after completing the administration. He also informed that Miss Vida has been transferred to the VIP room which is the best service in this hospital.“Master, Miss Vida has already been transferred to the VIP room. Are you going to see her for a bit?” reported the assistant to Roy Wijaya.“Is Miss Vida awake? I will ask her a little information," asked the policeman then took out his notebook.The assistant turned to Roy Wijaya intending to ask his permission whether he could tell the police or not. Roy Wijaya just nodded in agreement."Yes, Miss Vida is awake and she was taking her medicine earlier," replied the assistant. He then invited Roy Wijaya to walk first.The three of them then walked to the top floor, which is a special VIP room floor using the elevator for guests. When they got there, they saw Vida had
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Their trip was fine at first. Reeves with a cool style while driving while Vida with a happy face because she will eat food which is one of her favorites. Until suddenly a truck came from behind. It looks like the truck had a brake failure and at high speed descended the downhill road. The truck crashed into the car that was being ridden by Reeves and Vida unavoidably. Due to the force of the collision, the rear body of the car was badly damaged and both their heads bounced forward and hit the windshield. The seat belts managed to keep them from hitting the windshield and shattering them and throwing their bodies forward, which has been confirmed that down there is a ravine, with very hard and sharp rocks down there.Reeves' car horn blared as his cheek pressed against the center of the steering wheel causing the noise. However, it was thanks to the noise that people who were around the scene ran towards the accident. They wanted to help the two of them but both
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Vida couldn't believe what she heard with her own ears. She even banged her ears for fear of having trouble with her ears. Reeves who was annoyed to see the girl's behavior restrained her hand so as not to hit her head again.“If you want to hit your head, at least not in front of me!” said Reeves curtly. Vida pouted. She became awkward again when she realized Reeves' hand was holding hers. Likewise with the man who did not realize that he had touched her without his permission. He finally let go of the hand of a woman who would easily smile if she saw something she thought was funny.“I apologize for what I said a few days ago. I was a little too much at the time," said Reeves shyly admitting his mistake."A little? You say a little too much? You've hurt my feelings so much. Do you know that, Mr. Reeves Wijaya?” Vida sarcastically let out the feelings in her heart.&ldq
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A few dozen minutes later Reeves' car stopped on a hill with a fairly large parking lot. Not many people were there. Just a few people with their partners. It's the same with the two of them who came in pairs."What place is this?" Vida looked through the windshield to see the place they had visited that night.Reeves half holding back his smile. "You'll find out later. Come on down," he muttered in his usual flat tone for Vida."I don't want to. Until you answer my question, I'm not getting out of the car. Answer quickly! What place is this? Why did you bring me here?" Vida asked just as stubbornly. She folded her arms in front of her chest.Reeves rolled his eyes. "Just come along, Vida, I won't do anything bad to you if you're worried about that." The man was silent for a moment. "Or do you want us to stay here all night?" He shrugged. "I don't mind, you know."Vida is s
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Holding back his anger, Liam intends to follow Reeves, who is taking Vida to the rehab where Vida's father is being treated. He could have been made to lose steps from his half-brother. If this continues, that girl's heart might be stolen by that damn Reeves. This cannot be tolerated. As long as he was still breathing, he would keep trying to get Vida's attention at all costs. He would never be willing to lose in any case to Reeves.Driving the BMW 8 Series Coupe, the latest luxury car with beautiful and futuristic body curves, Liam penetrated the city streets which at that time was approaching the hour of work for the workers or employees. Of course he couldn't get to his destination right away because of the traffic jams which annoyed him immensely.Several times the sound of honking horns was heard because they were impatient with each other. Due to the noise that is waiting for him in front of his eyes, plus Liam who was annoyed to hear
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Only Reeves and Vida were in the room. Vida observed him leaning casually on the door. The man now looked as usual, looking handsome. The girl's eyes traced his lips and then her cheeks flushed red as the memory of her kiss with him on the balcony hit her straight away. Reeves seemed to know what was on Vida's mind. Maybe because he saw her cheeks suddenly turn bright red."Would you like to go with me?" suddenly Reeves asked. "You don't have anything to do this holiday, do you?"In fact she have. Vida wants to visit her father in rehab while today is a holiday. "No, I have something to do."Instantly Reeves gaze sharpened. "You're going with Liam?"Vida frowned. "No. I don't even know where Liam is. I'm going to visit my father.""In rehab?" Reeves looked thoughtful for a moment. "I'll take you," he continued later, in an undeniably firm voice."No need!" Vida half shouted to refuse. She couldn't imagine spending her day off with Reeves, le
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Liam half slams the door to his room, his breath panting and he furrows his brows, actually frowning at the pain. Cold sweat ran down his forehead and he felt excruciating pain all over his body. Liam tried to catch his breath, but a rancid smell wafted from his nose filled with fresh blood, flowing non-stop until it reached frightening levels.He wiped the blood from his nose with his handkerchief, then threw the red handkerchief on the floor. His legs were shaking, he was shuffling trying to reach the bed, but apparently the bed was too far for him.His body fell to the floor, losing consciousness.When Liam opened his eyes, he was in a faint white room. His eyes blinked because of the light that contrasted with the darkness that always surrounded him. Having overcome the light, Liam looked around the room. The first thing he saw was Roy Wijaya. The old man looked somber, sitting in the chair next to his bed."Grandpa, you come back from London?"
