Ara left the company after they had their lunch and returned to their home. She put her bag on the sofa and went directly to the kitchen. Ara gets a jar to put some of the cookies she packed from what she baked for her son’s snacks. After closing the lid, she brought the jars full of cookies into the living room and placed them under the coffee table where her son put his snacks.Then she went to her study room, where all the documents she picked up from Arrianne’s personal belongings that she go where they used to live, to check whether there were some clues regarding how Arrianne's relationship with her brother.When she went to study, she noticed the door was slightly open. She frowned. She had already cleared from the servant that no one was allowed to enter their study rooms, especially her study room. She even emphasized that she would be the one to handle the cleaning of the study rooms because of some confidential documents that were in there.As for her, even if she does not
After Uncle Domeng left, she closed and locked the door. She changed her clothes to a pair of jeans and a shirt for a more comfortable and easy to move. She also chooses her favorite sneakers and shoes. She picks up her sling bag and puts the gun inside and other things she can use before leaving.When she came downstairs, she saw Uncle Domeng sitting in the living area, then stand-up when he saw her.She didn’t say anything, and she just went straight out. After she went out, she ordered the driver/bodyguard, which Harvey assigned to her, to pick up the car, and he quickly complied.“Drive to the restaurant,” Ara said after she sat in the backseat. Ara couldn’t think of a much safer place where she could meet the person Uncle Domeng wanted her to meet. So, she decided to meet them in her restaurant. Her reason? Because, first, the restaurant is her territory; second, it was just across from Harvey’s office; third, it was well-equipped with CCTV; and fourth, her office has a direct a
One day, the Priestess, who has been considered the most powerful wizard ever recorded in the history of the Marinaya tribe, whom no one can compare even with the other tribes, has been chosen. The power brings joy and blessings for some but is envied and feared by others, especially the other tribes. A fifteen-year-old young maiden. Her beauty is said to be enchanting. You will think that you have seen a real Goddess. Although no one could compare her power, she remains humble and kind, a true saint. Since the other wizards have been married and lost half of their ability, all the responsibilities fall on her. She remained in her residence and did the rituals to make herself more powerful to make up for the lack of powers of others. Every full moon, she will go to the forest to pick the herbs used for medicines, rituals, and all other things she needs to strengthen their power. And also she can fully serve the people in the tribe. They believe that during the full moon, they become
“You have. There were certain requirements that allow you to have that choice. However, you lost the chance to complete those requirements. Your transmigration to Arrianne’s body is considered accidental. We were only trying some method if you can still use your chance to return to the past.”“Okay, I’m listening. I want an explanation of this weird occurrence.”Yes, for her, it is a weird occurrence. For someone who doesn’t believe in rebirth or transmigration, although she enjoys reading with such genre, her situation was indeed strange and unusual.She admits that she was living happily in the company of the people around Arrianne and convincing herself that everything will be fine, but she still has fears and doubts about this life's existence. She knew from the very start that this life was not hers. The love and affections they were showing her were because she was in the body of Arrianne. Their feelings are meant for Arrianne and not because of her as Ara. But she doesn’t mind.
Ara was so surprised upon hearing the revelations from her Master. She even heard him say, “You heard me right, this body belongs to Harvey’s biological father. He was a military officer. He was your Uncle Domeng's superior in their department. Then, he got into a car accident, together with Harvey and his wife, Diana. At that time, your Uncle had another assignment, so he was not particular about what happened and cannot return immediately.”Ara’s Master was his father in the body of Harvey’s father. He is her and Harvey’s father.Harvey was five years old when the car accident happened and had no memory of the incident. While his father was comatose for five years and was under the tight security of the government.Two hours have already been pass since her Master and Uncle Domeng left her office, but she can’t still believe all the information that her Master had said a while ago.Aside from the fact of her origin and how this phenomenon happened to her start, there was also the fa
“A penny for your thought” Ara was startled when she heard Harvey. It was still early and supposedly not yet time to go home. She was engrossed in evaluating all the information laid down to her a while ago.“Just thinking of something. By the way, I remember you were investigating my so-called brother, how was it? Did you include my adopted family?” She asked. Harvey looked at her and silently gave her the envelope containing the result of the investigation. She immediately picked up the envelope and opened it. Ara saw different folders with different names in them. She picked up the envelope with her name and opened it. Ara was a little bit surprised by what was written but immediately calmed down. She already expected this as she was already suspicious of who is the real Arrianne. Since she already knew who is the real Arrianne, then she already knew how she should interact with her brother.Then, she pick-up the folder with Janet's name, and as expected, there was no information
After they finished their dinner, Ara went to Adrian’s room after washing up and doing her nightly beauty routine.While she knew that Arrianne was impersonating her true self, it did not mean she had to forget her beauty routine. In any case, the fact remains that Arrianne is the true mother and wife of Adrian and Harvey, and not her. And besides, she doesn’t want live ugly for the next seven months of her stay as Arrianne if she neglects her beauty routine.When she went to Adrian’s room, he already chose the book they had not yet finished reading. It was the book of Peter Pan.Meanwhile, Harvey went to his study first for a video conference. When he returned to the Master’s bedroom, he didn’t see Ara. Harvey went to Adrian’s room and slowly opened the door. He saw the mother and son talking about the book. He was about to speak to announce his presence, but he stopped when he heard the conversation.“Mom, why did Wendy leave when she loves Peter Pan?“Because the Neverland was not
Ara suddenly woke up and found out that she was not sleeping in the bed with Harvey. It was dark, but she could still see her surroundings with the help of the lampshade on the bedside table. While looking around, the quilt covering her body fell off. That was when she realized that she was not wearing anything. She attempted to sit up, but a hand pulled her back. Ara jolted in surprise, then thought that it was Harvey. But Ara could not see the man’s face when she was trying to look at the man. It was as if it was covered by fog. She wiped her eyes, thinking that her eyes were the problem. But suddenly, the man hugged her tightly and started kissing her. She felt alarmed and started to struggle, but her strength was not enough. The man was so strong that her attempt was in vain. She cried desperately. She cried for help, for mercy from the man, but her cries were drowned on deaf ears. “Hon, wake up!”“Huh!” Ara suddenly woke up gasping for air.“Hon, you’re awake. You’re having a ni
The next day, it was still dark outside when Adrian woke up. He immediately climbed out of bed and went to his parent’s room. He knocked softly but heard nothing, so he slowly opened the door and carefully climbed up in the middle of the bed, lay down, and hugged his mother before closing his eyes. Harvey opened his eyes. He can only shake his head but does not say anything. He carefully tugged the quilt to his wife and son and hugged them both.When Ara woke up, she saw Harvey sitting in the bed with his laptop and Adrian with his book.“Wake up?” Harvey said when he felt some movement in his wife’s side.“Hmmm, Good morning, happy birthday, baby!” Ara said when she saw her son. She got up and hugged and kissed him.“Good morning, Mom!”“What time is it? Why didn’t you wake me up?” she turned to her husband.“It’s still early. Don’t worry.”“Let me prepare for our breakfast first before we go out.”“Actually, why don’t we let Aunt Melba prepare our breakfast? You don’t have much rest
After another week of recovery at home, Adrian was finally able to return to school. And soon, Friday comes and it’s a day before Adrian’s birthday. It was planned that they would celebrate Adrian’s friend and classmates and tomorrow, the actual day of his birthday will only be celebrated by their family. When it the time for the student to return home, the class where Adrian belongs was happily chatting, while walking to the gate. When they reached the gate, they looked for their nannies or parents who picked them up, and then they looked at Adrian to ask for their service. Adrian looked around and saw his Aunt Lulu walking to their side.“Are you ready guys?” Lulu smilingly asked.“Yes!” the children happily shouted.“Then, let’s go”. There are only 20 children plus their nannies and the parents who pick up their children, so Ara rented a bus for them to fit in. Although some of the parents who pick up their children have their own car, they still ride the bus as it is a rare exp
Ara immediately went to the bathroom to wash up. When she opens the bathroom, she found no one inside the room. Harvey was not inside but heard him talking to someone on the phone. She lay down on the bed to wait for Harvey to finish his call, but before even Harvey returned to the room, Ara could no longer fight her exhaustion and tiredness. Her lack of rest and sleep this past few days had taken her the moment her body touched the bed.Harvey listened to his wife’s gradually steady and shallow breathing. He slowly lay beside her, embraced her, and kissed her forehead before closing his eyes. He was also sleep-deprived these past few days and needs to rest. After a week, Adrian was discharged from the hospital and allowed to recuperate at home. During this time, while the investigations were ongoing, the case had already been filed in court against the woman who injured Adrian. The case was also featured in the news and is trending in social media. There are a lot of video clips of
Ara confirmed first that Adrian had already fallen asleep. After waiting for him to be in a deep sleep, Ara got out of bed and tucked him in before she left the room. She went to the connecting room, which she used as her room while accompanying Adrian. The hospital really lives up to its tagline, where the patient lives like a guest in a hotel; just like the room they booked, it has its own kitchen, living area, and two rooms for the patient and the other for the one, for those who are taking care or looking after the patient.Ara picked up her notebook and wrote her ideas for her son’s birthday. She was in a good mood right now, and her ideas came effortlessly. Besides, the time is a bit tight because she only has a month to plan everything. She has a lot of ideas, and she writes them down in her notebook one by one and how they should be done. She also wrote the menus, the giveaways, gifts to give to those who will attend, prices for the games, etc. Of course, she needed to have A
After Ara’s emotions subsided a little, and after she calmed down, Harvey and Ara walked and sat beside Adrian’s bed. Harvey silently held his wife’s hand and sometimes hugged her to give her some comfort and assurance that everything would be fine and that Adrian soon woke up.It was terrifying quiet inside the ward, with only the sound of various instruments running. The wait for Adrian to wake up seems too long. But both the husband and wife did not want to break the solemnity of silence. They were comforting themselves and knowing the presence of the other was enough and having their own thought wishing for Adrian to wake up soon and his fast recovery.When the night fell, Adrian woke up, and Ara was so happy, and finally, her heart felt relieved and settled. She didn’t even realize her face was already soaked with tears from crying because of how happy she was. “Mom, I’m sick!” Adrian said while trying to look aggrieved and looking for an embrace from his mother, but Ara was too
After Uncle Domeng finished talking about the result of the investigation, she also instructed him to investigate further regarding the family of Janet and if they could uncover the mystery of Adrian’s birth. She was curious as to who is his biological mother. Uncle Domeng nodded and left the room to continue with the task. Ara picked up her phone and dialed a number saved on the phone. Her heart was beating faster as the phone kept ringing. Just the other party picked up the phone on his end, the phone in Ara's hand was suddenly snatched, and when she looked back, it was her father. She frowned and looked as if asking for the reason behind his attitude. Enrico saw the name on the phone and directly canceled the call before looking at his daughter questioning look.“Why are you calling him?” Enrico asked first, not minding the puzzled look from his daughter.“I just want to know if he knows that Adrian was not Janet’s son.” Despite the dissatisfaction of Ara, she still answered her
After Uncle Domeng confirmed that the husband and wife would keep the matter a secret, he expressed his thanks and immediately went to Ara’s side and saw Ara’s father opening the food pack.“Let’s eat first before you talk about everything. I know you want to know about the investigation, but it’s hard to think if you are hungry.” Enrico said to her daughter.“I’m not hungry,” Ara said while looking at her Uncle.“Even if you’re not hungry, you still have to eat, so you can have the strength to taking-care of Adrian. What will happen to him if you will get sick.” Enrico still tried to persuade his daughter, but Ara just closed her eyes while sitting on the bench near the ICU where Adrian was put for observation after the surgery. After looking at her daughter, he sighed and shakes his head. After a while, he called her using the tone which he usually used when he was disciplining her when she was still a child.“Arrianne Jade Lusuegro!” Ara suddenly opened her eyes when she heard her
Just after Ara hung up the phone, a nurse went to her side and introduced herself as the one from the organization and the one who would donate blood for her son. She found out that her name was Ana, a nurse in the Pediatrics Department in the Hospital, and was already aware of her son’s condition even before the organization posted a notice to the group.Ara thanked her and gave her a calling card to contact her if she needed help in the future. That was the only thing she could do for the woman as the organization prohibits members to accept payment in helping their members or their family when it comes to helping them with blood donations. So, to show her gratefulness for saving her son, Ara is willing to help in return. Besides, her husband was rich and powerful, and his connection was wide, so she believed it would not be hard to help in the future.Ana thanked her, and just as she turned around to go where she was going to draw blood; when suddenly, someone grabbed her hand. Ara
After coming down from Marinaya Mountain, Ara, and her father decided to rest at a nearby hotel before returning to the city. After they checked in, Ara checked her phone and saw that the battery was already drained, which could be expected considering that they had been staying in the tribe for almost a month. She picked up the charger and went inside the bathroom to take a bath. Although the tribe community was located in the innermost of the mountain, the tribe created a secret passage that allowed them to go in and out of the community to the town faster, but it was still exhausting going down the mountain for over half a day. Now, she only wants to have a long soak in a hot bath. She adjusted the water temperature, put a few drops of lavender oil, and lit a scented candle for a more relaxing effect. It’s a good thing that for a small town, they have such a 3-star hotel, and their services were already top-notch, and she saw that there was already tourist exploring the place. Ma