Dusk In Moorea

Starting from the beginning

"Is there anything you've come this early, Lily ?" Lady Katherine stood up and welcomed her beloved daughter who had just arrived.

"Lily's lazy to live in that house, ma'am ! Irgi and his mother always bother me." Beverly complained to her mother.

Lady Katherine then brought Beverly to sit on the sofa. Then, he called the waiter to make tea for himself and Beverly.

"Patience, dear ! It won't last long. At least, only until your baby is born and gets the recognition of the Antonio family as their offspring."

"Yes, mom. Beverly will be as patient as possible until that time comes." Beverly smiled and hugged her mother briefly.

Mr. Jonathan, it looks neat and ready to leave for the office. His steps are stopped when he finds the figure of Beverly, the firstborn who has caused him to lose his youngest child himself. Beverly immediately smiled and stood hugging her father.

"Good morning, father !"

Jonathan Liem did not answer. His facial expression was flat and so cold since Arumi's departure who had gone somewhere. The detectives he had asked to investigate where his daughter was going, nor did anyone give a soothing answer. Same everything. No one knows where Arumi is until now. The youngest daughter disappeared like she was swallowed by the earth.

"What's with dad's face? Why does it look so dislike me so much ?" Ask Beverly astonished.

"That's because we got rid of your father's favorite daughter, Lily." Timpal Madame Katherine.

Jonathan Liem smiled wryly. He looked at his wife with hateful eyes. "Are you two happy if Aru isn't around ?"

"Of course, dad !" Beverly replied with great pleasure.

"Then, just enjoy your pleasure at this time. Karma will come soon and avenge you much more cruelly." Jonathan was serious.

"If we're exposed to karma, then you'll also be affected, Jo !" Katherine's mouth is cold. Her eyebrows shot up perfectly challenging confidently to her own husband.

"No problem. My life that has been burned by fire will still make no difference if I plunge into the flames. Nothing's gonna change."

"So you're feeling miserable for throwing away your bastard daughter ?" Lady Katherine looked at Mr. Jonathan with eyes gleaming with anger.

"You know very well how I feel, Kate ! I certainly love Arumi so much because she is my daughter from the woman I love so much." Jonathan smiled. Turning challenged his wife with a cynical grin at the corner of his lips.

"Then, what about me, Jo ? Did you never love me ?" Katherine's crying has begun to spill. Her heart always hurts if Jonathan mentions Nancy, the woman who always owned her husband's heart.

"I never even dreamed of marrying you if you hadn't set me up, Katherine !" Jonathan was angry. His patience was completely exhausted by his shameless wife.

"Don't call Arumi an illegitimate child. She was born in a legitimate marriage bond between me and Nancy. You should know, who's the bastard in this house, Kate !" Jonathan continued in a hurry.

Beverly sat down. The look of hatred from his father was the first time he had seen in a lifetime. In addition, the father's last sentence that states that it is not Arumi who is an illegitimate child in this house. So, what does his father mean that an illegitimate child is himself ?

"Don't mind your father's words, Lily !" Lady Katherine tried to grab Beverly's hand directly on the sexy woman's tepis.

"Am I a bastard, ma'am ?" Beverly asked.

"No, baby ! Your father didn't talk about you at all."

"Then about who, ma'am ?" Beverly's snapping doesn't take it. "Did you still have other children besides me and Aru ?" Connect again.

Lady Katherine tightly clenched both her hands. His hardened jaw held back the emotions that wanted to overflow because they did not accept the words Jonathan had hurt his favorite daughter.

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Arumi's last days on the island of Moorea felt so empty and empty. The girl seemed to have no desire to continue the day since Leon never appeared before her again. The man disappeared like a sleeping flower that disappeared the moment you opened your eyes. Arumi asks if Leon's existence is real or just something his subconscious creates as a painkiller.

Sure, that crazy assumption was soon on the verge. Because, if Leon was just limited to his imagination, of course Charlie would not be able to see Leon. But in fact, Charlie knows about Leon which signifies that the man is really real.

"Are you starting to miss him ?" Charlie who was sitting next to Arumi asked in a soft tone.

"Entai ! I don't know, Charlie." Replied Arumi while shrugging her shoulders.

He and Charlie were among the rocks and sitting under a large rock that looked like a cave. The same place, when he met Leon and accepted the man as his friend. The memory of how the man appeared dramatically, made Arumi hope that there would be a miracle that could make the man reappear at this moment and this very second. However, things do not go as Arumi wishes.

It was possible that the man had already left and was just joking nonsense about the 5-day mission that he had promised first. Maybe it was just a lie that he used to prank Arumi. Arumi should have been aware of that and not taken it seriously. Because if this is the case, there will be no one responsible for the heartache that Arumi feels because of being too hopeful.

"Forget him, Aru ! You can't keep hoping he'll show up like this. Tomorrow we'll go back to Paris. Get ready to start your new life." Charlie stroked Arumi's delicate cheek and kissed her.

"Thank you for your spirit, Char !" Arumi smiled and nodded obediently.

"Say me whenever you need my spirit."

"Of course I will. Don't worry."

The two were laughing while gazing at the sea at the end of the last twilight in Moorea. Tomorrow they will return to Paris and Arumi has promised to bury everything about Leon on this island.

Let the beautiful and infuriating memories that the man once gave you remain on this island for good. Arumi will step forward and become a new person tomorrow.

Let all the sadness be carried away by the ocean currents that will take him away from Arumi. Now the girl will only live for herself from now on. Forget Irgi. Forget Leon.