Alexander glanced at his wife, enjoying her favorite ice cream beside him. Aria sat quietly while looking out the car window, unaware of those deep eyes that sometimes stare at her.They were on the way home from the hospital, and Aria had finished the needed examinations. By Alexander's expectations, they were directed to the Obstetricians. But there was something else he didn't expect at all."Don't you have a brain freeze when you eat this cup of ice cream only with three spoons?" Aria's question interrupted Alex's thoughts. He met with her curious, adorable, doe eyes.Then that sweet smile spread across his wife's beautiful face, making him flutter. And this only happens when he is with her.One thing was certain when he saw her smile. He would do anything to see it any time. He would never let her lose that smile on her face."No," Alex answered briefly. He reached out to wipe a little ice cream from the edge of her lips with his thumb and licked it. Her eyes widened and her chee
"She is pregnant.""Already?" Daniel smiled widely. “Well, no wonder, they are married and he used her raw…”The expression on his face doesn't tell how wicked his thoughts are.Daniel is one of those guys who has a genuine smile and expression, but his heart is as dark as the devil.He was holding a photo in his hand. On it was Aria and Alexander hand in hand coming out of the obstetrician's room.“What a happy family, huh?” He flicked it annoyingly.“Why does he always get the good ones? Not only those good business, he took what’s mine….my family… He even got a beautiful maiden as his wife. And now a baby?” Daniel crumpled the photo in his hand and slammed it on the floor."Any other information about them?" He asked his men standing next to the couch where he was sitting.“Sorry, boss. But we can only collect that one piece of information. Wherever they go, there will be many guards lurking around. I even had to pay a huge price for this information to leak into our hands.” He sai
Aria woke up this morning feeling incredibly nauseous and dizzy. She even missed her morning exercise that had been specially scheduled by the prenatal yoga teacher that Alex had hired for her.She sat down and took a breath to calm herself. She was hungry, but none of the food could enter her throat. Aria has been holding back this excessive feeling of nausea for three days.Grissham's family doctor said she was expecting and it was her eighth week. She was actually not that surprised that she could get pregnant. They had done it many times since they got married and didn't use any protection when doing it.However, she also didn’t expect it because she thought that she had been having normal stomach aches and menstrual pain as she usually experienced every month."It would be best for the two of you not to have sexual activity or intercourse until Lady Aria's pregnancy enters the fourth month or after an examination has been carried out that the fetus has strengthened." Said the you
Aria stared at the view from the window. Outside, dark clouds were everywhere. Looks like a storm will come soon.She sighed. It's been five days, Alexander is still out of town. Previously, he had only left her for a day or two. This time it turned out he was busier than ever and had to extend his stay there. Even though they still called each other and even made video calls, it was not enough when he was not around. Today, her grandma was also admitted to the hospital for her final chemotherapy. Suddenly, she was left alone and she felt quite lonely."My Lady, what's wrong?"Aria woke up from her trance and looked back at her teacher sitting across the table.She smiled and shook her head lightly. “It's nothing, Miss Clay. Sorry, I was a little lost today." She said softly.“Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?” She looked concerned. But Aria still said a little no.Miss Clay smiled when she realized something.“Master Alexander is not here?”Aria widened her eyes a little, "How
“Woah… This is my first time visiting this kind of place!” Aria admired her surroundings. This place looks deserted. Several people walked by. But it seemed like they were just Alex's men who were assigned to guard her.She didn't care, the important thing was that she was out of the mansion and had other activities."Really? You never visit this museum before?" a woman who was also Aria's obstetrician asked in surprise. Of course, she still doesn't know Aria's background. This is different from Miss Clay, who has been teaching Aria homeschooling for more than a month."I didn't have time..." Aria answered shyly and sadly. She didn't have time to go on a study tour because she had to work like a slave in her own house back in the day. When she was kicked out of her house and dropped out of school, she couldn't visit a place like this because she was busy struggling with her life.Sometimes in her little heart, she hoped that she and Grandma would never get sick. Because they really ne
The huge fire that hit the large National History Museum soon distracted everyone in the city. The fire was not completely extinguished until two hours later. Devour all the buildings and everything inside until they were razed to the ground. People gathered from afar to see what was happening behind the walls of the magnificent museum. The black smoke rose so high, that anyone in the city could see how big the fire was.Stores and markets, offices, and other buildings evacuate everyone in their area because of the big fire. They were afraid that the flame spread around and save their things if something bad happened.Scared and panic become one as they saw how everything in that building changed into ashes.They tried to find information from inside where some people who appeared to be wearing uniforms from the museum were standing and crying looking at the building. Hugging whatever they could save."...All firefighter units have tried to extinguish the fire that broke out, but up
Alexander downed the whiskey in the small glass in his hand. He had already opened one bottle and almost half of it was gone.His head could barely think straight. He was sure Aria was still alive. But for how long? Is she hurt? Where is she now? What happened to her?He sat in his office while looking at the tracking chip he installed in her necklace and their wedding ring on Aria's finger.One chip appears to still be around the Museum. Another one that was in her ring, he couldn't trace it. It's like someone deliberately disrupted his network.This must be Daniel. He thought about it all along. But who could possibly betray him?Alexander racked his brains, then he suspected one person.That bitch.A knock on the door woke him from his thoughts.“Master, she is here.”He nodded even though the person behind the door couldn't see him. He took another sip, took his gun from the table, and left.……………………………..Clara Layton. Or called Miss Clay by her co-workers and students, was lying
Aria looked in the mirror and sure enough, she looked… healthy? She didn't look as tired. As pale, and thin, she was even fuller than she remembered.What had she missed? How could she not remember anything?He was sure, something was wrong, but she couldn't say it.“Is it true that I’m married to Daniel?” She muttered softly.She used her fingers to massage her head a little. Then she realized that there was no ring on her finger. She looked closely and there was a white, faded mark wrapped around her finger.That means there was a ring there before.She is married…?But Daniel… That man was indeed a stranger to her. She doesn’t remember anything from him not even the slightest. She doesn’t feel anything either, not a single spark. Something was wrong here.She racked her brain to keep thinking. First, Daniel didn't tell her what hospital Grandma was in, then she couldn't find her phone at all as Daniel kept saying it was lost, what made her confused? Daniel didn’t allow her to call
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“Himaa!!!” Saoirse screamed in excitement when she saw her beloved pet sitting casually under the stairs.“Himaa!! I miss you, Mommy and Daddy said you could come with us wherever we go now!.” She hugged the big cat's neck tightly.Aria's attention was now diverted to her daughter who was hugging a large, white-striped tiger, that sat lazily on the floor. Saoirse looked so small compared to her pet.Alex found the tiger roaming alone in the forest just behind the mansion when she was only as size as a regular cat. Baby Hima was lost and parted from her family. Turned out that her mother died from a gunshot wound. Alex guessed that they were running from illegal hunters and ended up on his property.He took her home and immediately became the star of their attention. After just hours Alex brought her home, and Aria gave birth to Saoirse.Noah named her Hima, and she became more like a sister to them than a pet. Saoirse often did her makeup and put some cute ribbon on her, and Hima woul
“Why don’t we go back to the mansion and live there? We can play with Nana and I miss Hima...”A five-year-old girl, with chubby, blushing cheeks, said with a pout while folding her arms across her chest. Her eyes were squinted because of the glare of the hot sun shining on the seawater, her small red lips pouted making her even more adorable. Her older brother, who was five years older than her, pinched her cheeks.“Don’t you like the beach?” He asked his little sis who suddenly sat down beside him after playing sandcastle not far from the sunbed where her big brother was.“Hmp! I like it! But I miss Nana and Hima…” She started to sound like she was about to cry. Her brother tried to comfort him, even though it was the hardest thing for him to do because Noah wasn’t an expressive person, just like his father.“Saoirse, you know Nana is very old and it is impossible for her to travel far.” He said softly while stroking his sister’s long, soft hair, “How about I tell Mom to bring Hima
When they reached the third floor of the building, the first thing Aria saw was a hallway with purplish lighting that seemed to be dimmed. This floor was much quieter although she could still hear the sound of music from the rooms that lined each side of the hallway.She and Alex entered one of the rooms. Inside, Aria was thankful that the music wasn't deafening. Instead, it was just the soft strains of the instruments that made her quite relieved.The room was bright and quite spacious. Soft velvet sofas surrounded the sides of the room and teak tables were in front of them. From the design, this was clearly for special guests because all the furniture was luxurious and expensive.“Master Grissham! My Lady!”A man with a beautiful woman quickly stood up and bowed to them. Aria rolled her eyes when she saw how messed up the woman’s dress was. She could almost see her nipples behind that dress. It seemed that they just did naughty things before she and Alex came in.Aria looked at Alex
Alexander wrapped his hands around his wife's waist and gently rubbed her. He sat her down on his lap, facing him, with both of her legs beside his. He licked and sucked her lips, domineering her in this kiss. Telling her how much he wanted her now.Aria, being so little in his arms, felt breathless. She tried to push him away but she was nothing compared to his strength.“Alex…hmmpph!” Aria hit his chest lightly, telling the big, burly man to let go, she couldn’t breathe anymore.When Alex finally parted their lips, he didn’t completely let her go. His lips moved to her chin and neck, kissing her soft skin, repeatedly squeezing her buttocks gently, caressing every inch of her he could reach.“Hh.. Alex… not here…” Aria held back his naughty muscular hand, but her husband’s strength was beyond her control.Alex seemed not to hear her, he remained like a hungry beast. When his hand had reached the inside of her thighs and was stroking what was between them, Aria firmly pushed his hand
“I thought he was just…sick…” Aria whispered to her husband beside her. They had now arrived at a mental hospital in the city. Aria stared at the man sitting across them with frown eyebrows. He seemed to be sorting and checking imaginary documents in front of him.“Hmm… this is okay, it could be our project for next year…” He muttered seriously, opening the invisible pages in his hands.“This is also good, but it needs improvement. I also need to know how much the budget is…” He continued, still with a serious expression.Giovanni sat like he was working like usual, wearing a patient's uniform and a pair of toy glasses that a nurse had given him. He asked her for a pair of glasses and said he couldn't work without them.Apparently, Giovanni thought the nurse was his personal assistant.“Sir, Madam, he is not communicative. He will continue to be like this until it is his time to sleep,” said a nurse who accompanied them in the visiting room.Aria looks at Giovanni Wellbert, the former
Aria, Alexander, and Grandma sat at the dining table in the main dining room of the Grissham Mansion. Even though there were only the three of them, but the room was full of warmth. Alex's cold and intimidating aura was defeated by the warmth that Aria brought to the house. He is a man with an intimidating aura, his tall figure, and bulky, tatted body could make anyone scared. But when it comes to his wife, he could only obey her.Like right now. He had to be home in time because Aria had already cooked for dinner.Alexander certainly didn't want to miss out on his wife's cooking.“Here, eat it, I planted it, especially for your herbal medicine.” Grandma took a single, green leaf from a bowl that Aria had noticed since earlier. She was confused earlier because she didn’t cook that one. Aria immediately frowned when she recognized it.“Grandma….” She immediately complained.“It’s been boiled and given a little spice, it won’t be too bitter.”Aria doubted which papaya leaves were not bi
With his head leaning on the couch, Alexander stared at the high ceiling. In his mind, he saw his mother's sunken face, she looked exhausted and weak. Even though on her body there were no more bruises and wounds like back then, but her weak and sad gaze made him worried. She was sick. And he had to take her away from there.He took a deep breath before continuing, “Those missions, all my work facing the dangerous and tricky situation made me stronger. One day I completed a dangerous mission and the reward was a big deal. After almost seven years I became a slave for my father and tried to get the old Grissham's recognition so that they would treat me and my mother well. I finally gave up. I returned with victory and hoped that my mother and I could go far away from that hell. Starting a new life, a normal one….”But Aria could already guess that what Alex had planned at that time did not go as expected. And she was hardly ready to hear the rest.“I came home after almost three weeks
This time, Aria was silent and Alexander was the one who spoke. Although sometimes there was a pause for a few seconds, Aria patiently waited for her husband to tell the story of his past and family. She understood that Alexander was not as fluent as she was when telling a story. It's just the way he is, Aria thought. Because Alex was a man with a few words and now tried to tell and explain to her about the wounds that he actually wanted to keep hidden forever.They were still in the VVIP room in the hospital. Aria had changed her clothes, she was wearing a short, peach skirt and a simple oversized shirt with the same color as her white shoes. She liked her outfit today and people wouldn't believe her if she said that Alex was the one who chose it for her.Meanwhile, her husband was wearing his signature black t-shirt and trousers. She sat sideways on Alex's thighs, and his husband's hand kept stroking hers. He looked troubled in the first minutes. He opened his mouth but then closed