"You?" Alicia repeated her question while busy keeping her head down in a car that turned out to be the car of someone Alicia knew."What's wrong with you, why are you hiding there?" said a handsome man, looking at Alicia with astonishment.Alicia tried to stand up, and her head looked back and forth at the man's back.The man followed her gaze and said, "Are you looking for someone?""I'm..." Alicia was about to say when several people behind the man's back appeared as if looking for something.Alicia recognized these people as the men who were looking for her."Aly?" asked the man while looking at Alicia with a confused look."Ah, yeah? I'm sorry, sir! Sorry!" Alicia exclaimed as she moved forward towards the man in front of her."Sorry? Sorry for what?" the man asked back.Alicia bit her lower lip, she had no other choice if she didn't want to be arrested. So Alicia bravely stood on tiptoe and began to close her eyes."For this...!" Alicia tremblingly hugged the man's shoulder in f
"Hahaha...Did you hear something?" the one who caught Alicia suddenly laughed and said sarcastically to his friend who was carrying Alicia. "I don't think so! Let's just ignore it! This girl is heavy too! I thought she was light!" said the person carrying Alicia."Maybe she's heavy in certain areas, perhaps? Young Master Pratama is very observant when it comes to women! Hahahah..." the two laughed again."That's it! Let's get out of here! Mr. Pratama will be furious if we don't give him his quarry as soon as possible!" said the first person."That's right! He'll be happy if we tell him that we've got her! Who knows, we could get a big reward, right?" said the one carrying Alicia."You bastards! Let me go!" cried Alicia, struggling.Meanwhile, Aaron, who heard that he was ignored, became very angry and shouted very loudly."You're not only deaf but stupid! I told you to put her down!" Aaron advanced with a fierce stare while continuing to roll up his sleeve shirt."We're not deaf! But
"Mister!!!" Alicia screamed so loudly, seeing someone lunging with a dagger from behind, Alicia closed her eyes suddenly. "Ah you guys took so long! It's a good thing you came at the right time! Take care of them! I'm too lazy to deal with them!" someone said. "Sorry, sir! There was a lot of traffic earlier, sir! Are you alright sir?" said another man. "Well, I'm fine, it's just a small cut! But Alicia helped me! Please take care of them! One more call to Mr Pratama and tell him our partnership is canceled!" said the first man. "You mean, sir? But... Sir?" said the other man. "Oh, come on Antonio, don't you understand what I'm saying? You understand English don't you? Just tell him so! I don't like working with someone whose son even tries to disturb my peace! Just tell him so!" said the man who turned out to be Aaron. "Very well, sir!" The man called Antonio turned out to be Aaron's assistant, Aaron's confidant all this time. Without waiting long Antonio took his mobile phone a
"Akhhh!! Let go of me! Damn woman!" Ryan Pratama shouted while enduring the pain in his hand. The situation was now reversed in the blink of an eye. Alicia was now twisting Ryan's hands tightly behind his back. Alicia had seen the opportunity for Ryan who was talking to Aaron while pointing the knife that was originally on Alicia's neck towards Aaron. Alicia quickly hit Ryan's ribs with her left hand very hard and twisted Ryan's hands backwards. This made Ryan scream in pain. Aaron, who saw the events in front of his eyes that happened quickly, was dumbfounded, silent. "What happened? Why didn't you do it earlier? It turns out you only know a little martial arts? If you had done it earlier, then I wouldn't have had to waste my time talking to this gnat!" Aaron annoyedly looked at Alicia. Alicia took a deep breath and exhaled, "You mean Sir, let him hurt me more and leave me on the ground, is that it? Huh? That's right! I was just waiting for the right moment! And you did me a favo
Alicia looked down at her mobile phone, which she had been busy playing with in the waiting room.Alicia repeatedly breathed in and out roughly.'Well, this is the best! I needed it! Now that I have a son, I have to start thinking about his future! My son is my responsibility! My aunt, my nephew are all my responsibility! Isn't this what I needed all along? To change my family's life for the better and never lack so much that I have to be humiliated by the villagers? Well, it's for the best!" Alicia repeatedly convinced herself of this big decision.Alicia still remembered the incident a few days ago, when she asked Aaron for something.Flashback to a few days agoAaron frowned and turned to look at Alicia and did not leave Alicia's treatment room."Sir? Our plane... we'll be late if we don't leave now!" Aaron's assistant suddenly entered while trying to remind his master while looking at his watch.Aaron gave an idea to his assistant and the bodyguards who lifted his suitcase by rais
Alicia pulled her ear away from her mobile phone when she heard her aunt screaming. Alicia knew something like this was bound to happen.How could it not? Alicia had not contacted her aunt since she was first evicted and forced to leave her home. All she had done was send her aunt a portion of her salary from working at a club in Jakarta on a regular basis even though she knew it wasn't very big. Now all of a sudden she contacted her aunt and said she was going abroad especially to the place where she had experienced a lot of bad suffering in her life, Australia. The place where she met Adrian loved, abandoned, humiliated, expelled from her university by revoking her scholarship, even made her feel the coldness of prison and the worst was being abandoned while she was pregnant! It seems Alicia's suffering should make anyone reluctant to step on a place that leaves so many bad memories! But not Alicia, she wanted to be a successful person! Her only wish is to never see Adrian again!
Five-Six Years Later Alycia looked at herself once more in the large mirror in her room. It seemed like only yesterday that she had met Aston, a man twice her age. A man who was sometimes annoying, but kind. Always by her side and always quick to help her when she fell. Alycia felt protected by his side. Until finally they understand each other, accept each other to fill the void in both of their hearts. So there was no reason for Alycia at that time when Aston asked them to become closer. The climax was finally Aston proposed to her right on the night of Alycia's graduation when celebrating Alycia's postgraduate graduation witnessed by her Aunt, her younger siblings and also her son Austin.And even then not even a month ago. "Puff!" Alycia exhaled as she recalled her path that was full of wounds and thorns but now she felt happy. Although Alycia herself was unsure of her feelings for Aaron, but only that man had always accompanied her, giving her support. And Alycia felt that
In front of her now stood a handsome man whom she had been trying to avoid for the past five or six years...Alycia's eyes rounded and their gazes met, both looking very surprised. Alycia looked agitated and stayed rigidly in place, after a long silence Alycia turned her face to the side. Alycia did not expect to be reunited with someone who for the past five-six years has tried to be forgotten and considered dead, now standing upright in front of her. The unlucky thing was that the man looked much more handsome and mature.The man also looked surprised, he did not expect the woman who had been trying to find for the past few years even to the country of his biological mother Indonesia to be in front of him, looking extraordinarily beautiful and even looking more charming at her age. With a sad and cynical smile, the man continued to stare at the woman who threw her face in front of him. His gaze did not waver at all, trying to look from Alycia's head to toe.'Nothing has changed, it
Alicia dropped an ice cube on her swollen leg and automatically screamed in pain.Adrian who saw it immediately threw himself at Alicia with a panicked look on his face."Hey! Why are you always so reckless! Look..your leg seems to be getting swollen! Be careful! Do you want to be treated here so that you can be close to my father? Use your brain!" Adrian exclaimed while looking at the condition of Alicia's leg and compressing it, and gently stroking Alicia's leg, this made Alicia's heart beat faster and faster.Alicia closed her eyes and hissed softly as Adrian began to gently massage her legs. Alicia immediately laid down her tired body slowly and unconsciously enjoying the sensation of Adrian's massage."Shush...!" a hissing sound came from Alicia's beautiful lips, and Alicia swallowed her saliva as she began to feel her throat suddenly dry.Adrian who raised his head saw Alicia who was enjoying the massage and closed her eyes while lying down. Adrian gave a slight smile, he felt h
Adrian held his nose which was hurting. Alicia lifted her face just as Adrian looked down so that Alicia's head hit Adrian's high nose quite hard.The startled Alicia felt bad, and said, "Sorry, Adrian. I'm sorry I didn't mean to! I didn't know you...why are you looking down anyway?" Adrian looked at Alicia who asked such a strange question, ' It wouldn't be possible if I said I looked down because I was mesmerized by her scent and wanted to kiss her, would it? What a shame, Adrian! Because Alicia doesn't seem to want that!'"Of course to see your condition! What else do you think, Aly? Look, you know I'm a lot taller than you! So there's no way I'm looking up, is there? Of course I'm looking down! That's weird!" said Adrian, holding back his embarrassment by diverting their conversation."Oh!" Alicia only replied briefly, because she was actually embarrassed herself, having touched Adrian's body a little intimately."Ehem! Now can you let me go, Adrian? I think I can still walk fine
Alicia frowned in confusion, 'What does Adrian want? Why is he stopping me? Does he not want me to get close to him? Do I disgust him?'Alicia continued to think in her heart, with a little disappointment and hurt she exhaled her breath and said, "Sorry! I didn't mean to approach you or anything I just... Hey! Where are you going?"Adrian didn't care what Alicia said, Adrian suddenly walked out of the room without saying anything."Shit! How rude of him! I was talking to him and he just left!" Alicia said in a slightly angry tone.Alicia unintentionally looked at Aaron who was still lying on the bed without waking up at all.Slowly despite having to endure the pain, Alicia approached Aaron and pulled a chair that was located not far from the bed where Aaron was lying. Alicia pulled the chair out and began to sit in it, right next to Aaron."When are you going to wake up, Aaron? I missed you... it turns out that you're the only one who always cares about me and always cares about me! I
Alicia tried to hold Adrian's hand but Adrian accidentally injured her. Alicia was knocked down on the floor of Adrian's treatment room in a sitting position, Adrian's elbow hit Alicia's cheek and made Alicia's right cheek red. Alicia's tears came involuntarily because of the pain she was suffering. "Akhhhh... It hurts!!!" Alicia said unconsciously. Adrian looked back and backed away from Doctor Smith. Making Doctor Smith breathe a sigh of relief, he had just escaped an injury that might have been severe if Adrian had continued his action. Adrian turned back and tried to help Alicia. "What are you doing, you idiot! Why are you holding and pulling my hand? Sorry! Are you hurt? Oh my God! Your cheek is red and a little swollen!" Adrian was about to touch Alicia's cheek. Alicia quickly brushed him off, knowing that Adrian's actions would probably make her position even more difficult as there was still Doctor Smith watching them. Alicia looked down with anxious eyes glancing at Doct
Alycia tried to turn her head in the direction of the sound, while then releasing her grip on Aaron's hand who was still unconscious. Alycia stood up and turned around and made room for a doctor who was around the same age as Aaron to approach her patient and best friend.Dr Smith came stumbling in, while rushing towards Aaron, and unintentionally violently pushed Alycia aside."Get out of the way! Let me examine him!" Dr Smith exclaimed harshly."Akhh" Alicia staggered backwards and was caught by Adrian."Are you okay?" Adrian asked softly with concern.Alycia just shook her head, "I'm fine! Thank you!" Once strong enough to stand, Adrian was about to approach Dr Smith who was busy examining his father Aaron while his back was turned to them. The look on Adrian's face held anger, but Adrian's steps and words were stopped by Alycia pulling his elbow while shaking his head, "Please don't make a scene here, this is a hospital, pity your sick father!"Adrian turned to Alycia as he said
BUGH!"DAD!!!" Adrian shouted and his scream made Alycia who had just touched the exit door of the room turn around in surprise. "Aaron!!! Oh, no!!! Oh my God...!!!" Alycia then supported Aaron's head and unbuttoned Aaron's shirt from above. And patted Aaron's cheek lightly."Help!!! Help!!!" Alycia shouted frantically.While Adrian stood in his place silent, he was shocked, the father he knew was so healthy that he never even saw the last time his father was sick, this was enough to shock him!"Hey! Adrian! Why are you silent? Hurry up and get help! I'm worried, he's having heart problems again! Please call an ambulance and call Dr Smith! Have him wait at the hospital! We have to get him there quickly!" Alycia said with a little tension."What do you mean, heart? What's wrong with his heart? What's wrong with Dad? Does Doctor Smith know about this? Why didn't anyone tell me? Are you lying to gain my sympathy?" Adrian looked confused but scared at the same time.Alycia exhaled her b
"What?"Aaron's eyes bulged while Alycia stared with mixed feelings. Hate and anger. "Who is he to say that I don't deserve Aaron?" Alycia's mind screamed."What do you mean, Adrian? Like Daddy said before... she's Alycia Zareta, she's your future stepmother, which means she's your Daddy's future wife!" Aaron said with a bit of annoyance and anger.Adrian glared at his father and then pointed at Alycia with his finger. "What? So she's going to be my future stepmother, Dad? Really? She's even more qualified to be my sister! Or...maybe my mistress! She must just want to make a fortune off you, Dad! Come on, snap out of it! She's nothing more than a deadbeat chick! So, how much do you want, huh? To leave my dad? 5 billion? 10 billion? How much? Name your price!" Adrian glared sardonically at the young woman who was currently sitting next to her father, right across from him. "BRAK!!!" "Adrian! Shut up! Watch what you say! How presumptuous of you! Alycia's not like that!" said the adu
"Look Adrian... you really... really..." Alicia pointed her index finger at Adrian with great emotion."What's wrong with me, what did I say?" Adrian stared with a mocking look on his face.Alycia took a deep breath, closed her eyes for a moment then looked back at Adrian with the same mocking look she had given Adrian. "Your mind is petty! Your heart is rotten! That's why you don't know anything! Just like before! All you know is that narrow mind of yours! I'm sorry but I'm not you who is petty and likes to play with people's feelings just for a game! A bet! Then leave her by betraying her! And you think you're that good in bed? Huh? I don't even remember it! Because we did it while I was unconscious! You must remember that, right? Or you could say you raped me!" Adrian's face reddened with anger, Adrian wanted to answer and reply to Alycia's words but then his mouth felt stiff, because there was one thing he realized, namely there was a part where what Alycia said was the truth.
Crack! "Excuse me sir, I'm here to deliver the order...sir...? What's going on?" a waiter walked into the VIP room carrying a trolley of food they had ordered while staring in confusion. Adrian shrugged his shoulders as he looked over to find Alycia already down from the table and now as if nothing had happened sitting in her chair. Adrian tugged the edges of the smile on his lips slightly and said softly, "You're so good at acting Aly!" Alycia ignored Adrian's words as if she didn't hear anything, but in reality Alycia heard everything he said. Word by word very clearly. Adrian walked and whispered to the waiter and put some money into the waiter's shirt pocket. "Do you understand?" asked Adrian. "Understood, sir. All right, I'll do it!" the waiter immediately nodded his head and left the room. Adrian was still staring at Alycia who seemed to be calmly sitting in her chair. "Don't stare at me! Stop your game! Sit quietly and we can finish this dinner in a calm and peaceful a