Between Love and Obsession

ACDO Chapter. 44

Chapters. 44

Bowing while holding the bouquet of red roses that Henry had sent for her, Areta felt a sudden awkward atmosphere when Agatha suddenly wanted to speak to him four eyes.

"Manything's pretty. From Henry?" Agatha started the conversation with a light question while poking at a smile to unravel awkwardly. And comfort to Areta. As they talked in the middle room.

Areta nodded slowly in response.

"Do you like flowers?"

Areta nodded. "Yes, I like it. This flower is my favorite flower, Mah," she replied gently.

"If you give flowers, do you like them?"

Silent. Areta did not answer that question, and did not want to answer it. He only gave a thin smile. His tongue felt like he wanted to say something that went against his heart.

Without the need for Areta to answer it, Agatha already understood enough. From the gesture, from the look on his face, even from the way Areta interacted with Henry, Agatha was able to understand it. Unfortunately, he just realized it now.

"Henry was a good boy, obedient, loyal friend, also very ambitious." Agatha said slowly about Henry's personality. His beloved son was once a sweet child, but was closed in on a number of things. Including about women.

"Since Henry grew up, Mama never once saw him close to a woman. He was always busy with his work. Many of his peers are married and have children. Mama thought at that time no woman could pull her heart. Mama until have a mind to match him with the daughter of friends Arisan Mama. You know what he's doing?" agatha told me about Henry's past.

Areta lifted her face, then looked at Agatha. He was confused honestly, I don't know what Agatha meant to tell him about Henry.

"He rejected all the women Mama introduced him to. Do you know how Mom felt then?"

"Mommy disappointed?" Areta guess.

And Agatha even put on a smile.

"Mama was not disappointed. But my mother was suspicious of him. Mama even thought that Mama's son was a same-sex lover. Just look at the office, the secretary's a man, right?"

Areta is quite surprised to hear Agatha's suspicion of Henry. But he refused to respond.

"Yes. Mama even had such thoughts towards her own son. The boy closed himself and his heart to one woman. Sadly, that woman is you." Agatha turned her head, staring at each other in a straight line. The look on her face that was originally happy, now turned tense.

Make Areta swallow her saliva chelate. Because the aura emitted by Agatha now feels different. There was some sort of anger that he was harboring.

"Mama thought, you were the first woman to win her heart when she grew up. But it turns out that Mom was wrong. You are the first woman to fall in love for the first time since she was a teenager. Just imagine how long he harbored and kept his feelings for you. The woman he's wanted the most in his entire life." Agatha stared fixedly at Areta's eyeballs.

Which instantly makes Areta wrong. He even had trouble breathing because of Agatha's sharp gaze. That seemed to hold even anger and disappointment in it. And he didn't want to conclude. Enough he just listen to the obedience of his mother-in-law.

"Mama wants to ask you. How do you feel when you know there is a man who loves you so deeply. You are the only woman in her life. Because of her love for you, she even closed the door of her heart to other women.

"Do you know, you were the only source of his spirit until he became what he is today. Mama wants to know, how do you feel about Henry?" agatha put on a pleading face. His heart was actually sad to find the woman who most loved the son turned out not to put the least heart on him.

Areta stuttered, not knowing what to answer. His gaze returned to the bouquet of flowers in hand, just as a diversion of whacky nervousness. Because honestly, he has no answer.

"If you don't answer Mama's questions, then Mama will assume you're just using Henry for your sake." Agatha hit him hard, because he couldn't bear to remember Henry's love was just clapping one hand. Although the way Henry got Areta wrong, but did not deny there was a sense of compassion in his chest to see the sincere love of the son never reciprocated.

"Sa-my... I'm..." Areta really can't answer Agatha's question. If he answered, it would hurt Agatha. Agatha, however, was a mother. And there is no mother in this world who does not want her child to be happy. Agatha is no exception. Agatha wanted the best for Henry.

"Areta, Mama is also a mother. You know what you're doing for your son. I understand how you feel right now. Mama would appreciate it if you stayed by Henry's side. But Mama also will not forbid if one day you choose to go. Because of your happiness, you alone determine. And Henry deserves to be happy." Agatha stood up and left Areta.

But before he left, he said again.

"And for your child's medical expenses, if Henry stops him, let Mama pay. You don't have to worry, Mama will always keep her promise. Mama just asked, you think about this carefully before you make a decision."

After saying so, Agatha also gushed her steps swinging towards her room. Leave Areta who is confused by her wandering mind.

From Agatha's sentence that was thrown as if implying meaning if Agatha wanted him to leave this house immediately. He doesn't know what the cause is. Agatha may have known that her marriage to Henry was only due to agreement, not love. But isn't this an opportunity for him?

...

Through text messages Henry told if he would return home late this tomb. Because there is still work to be completed related to his cooperation with Kenjiro Hiroshi. Henry also told Areta to have dinner first, not to wait for him to come home.

However, his chatter a moment ago with Agatha made Areta feel awkward and unwell at one table. So Areta chose to stop for dinner. He chose to linger in the bathroom, soaking in the bathtub. While thinking about the offer of choice given Agatha.

Finished soaking, he rushed out of the bathroom just wrapped in a towel wrapped around the armpit to the thigh. Simultaneously the door of the room was pushed open by someone from outside. It made him startle, looking quickly at the door.

However, even more surprising, Henry came home sooner than he had rumored a few hours ago. He thought that the man was right to come home late, so that he could freely use this room. But it turned out ...

"You-you? Didn't you say you were going home late tonight?" said Areta stammered because she was overcome by nervousness when Henry even came closer.

Henry throws the origin of his briefcase, takes off his suit, throws it away anyway. As he stepped slowly removed the tie that was coiled around his neck. Unlink the buttons of his shirt one by one while continuing to approach Areta. His gaze fogged passion. Seeing Areta's half-open look ignited the flames of her passion instantly. So that makes it no longer able to stem.

Areta, meanwhile, freezes in place. With a great roaring chest. Stomping violently hit his chest cavity. He was frightened, and helpless to avoid. And can only hope that he is saved from this situation by anyone and at any cost.

"Have you eaten?" Henry asked, stopping his steps right in front of Areta. While staring fixed with buttons shirt that has been opened entirely.

Areta shook her head in fear. "Not yet."

"Didn't I tell you to eat first without waiting for me?" While taking off the shirt, throw it origin. It fell on the floor of that room.

"I-i just... I ha_" Areta had not yet finished her sentence, her mouth had been silenced by Henry with her lips.

Making Areta gasp. Not ready to accept or fight. While Henry even increasingly flurried, blindly and forget themselves.

With all her might Areta tried to resist. But his power was outweighed by Henry's power. Until the end ...

PLAQUES

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