ELARA: FATED TO LOVE

19. Act unknown

Elara took a deep breath, she tried to act ordinary and continued to move again despite the gaze of the man in front of her seemed to intimidate her.

We recommend that this unexpected meeting is interspersed with good acting so that nothing dramatic happens, thought Elara.

From Elara's analysis and based on her instincts, the girl was already able to deduce the situation.

Stevi is Shane's wife. Not wrong again, because his father also said that the man's wife was pregnant. And it's true that Stevi is currently pregnant. That means the guess didn't miss. That's what Elara can conclude after seeing all this.

"Kyle, meet .. this is Shane," Stevi told Kyle-introducing the man still standing on the doorstep.

Kyle reached out to the man with greenish eyes, then Shane was seen welcoming him.

"Yoye, bro! I'm Kyle. How are you?" kyle was as friendly as ever.

"I'm not good" Shane said as he glanced at Elara. "I've heard quite a bit about you, Kyle," he continued.

"really? What's Stevi's story about me good? Or did he say something that was my disgrace?" kyle as usual.

Shane responds to Kyle's scratch with a flat look, while Stevi and Gracia laugh at the joke. While Elara herself looked down more, her confident attitude flew and disappeared somewhere since finding Shane in the same place as her.

To be honest, Elara wishes Shane didn't recognize her. Elara never expected that their meeting would be this fast even though she knew sooner or later she and the man would still meet. So, seeing this state of affairs, Elara chose to play her role better, acting a little to make everything seem ordinary. He would act as if he never knew the man in front of Kyle, Gracia and Stevi of course.

"Well, Shane, if this one's Ela. Kyle said that Ela was his best friend, but I can't believe they look like lovers, right?" cheltap Stevi then. He intends to introduce Elara to Shane who seems to put a cold face there.

Doubtfully, Elara reached out towards Shane. "I ... Ela," he said introduce himself. A thin smile on purpose Elara.

Of course Shane frowned at hearing the girl's name was different. "Ela?" he muttered in surprise, all he knew was that the girl in front of him was Lara not Ela. Shane needed to confirm this later, he felt that he did not mistakenly recognize the girl in front of him, but why did Elara seem to not recognize him?

Elara cleared her throat for a moment, seeing that Shane's fingers did not let go of the hand between the two of them. To be honest Elara was afraid of her acting getting caught let alone Shane's gaze looking probing at her.

Stevi, realizing that, quickly took over Shane's hand, passed it from Elara, and then they smiled. "How about we start dinner?" he said break the awkwardness there.

Shane took his hand off Stevi who was sidling, he looked uncomfortable with the behavior of the woman.

"We just eat," said Shane flat, the man first passed and headed to the dining table in the mansion.

Now Stevi looked at Kyle and Elara with a gloating face.

"I'm sorry about Shane's attitude, yeah. He has been so since an incident in the forest" Stevi said as she stepped in with them.

"Insiden in the Forest?" kyle asked the cousin.

"Yes, Shane was lost in the woods and he almost ate wild animals there."

"really?" ask Kyle again.

While Elara knows another fact about Shane who was attacked by wild animals. Was this what caused Shane not to return at that time? Elara wondered in her heart until it turned out that they had already arrived at the dining room.

Elara was surprised to find her seat had to face directly with Shane. He could not choose because Kyle first pulled a chair for him.

And Kyle's treatment was actually caught by Shane's eyes, making the man shower Elara with a sharp gaze full of warning.

Elara immediately threw away her face, turning her eyes to something else, either on the menu at the table or even looking at Stevi's two-bodied stomach to make Elara aware of her position.

"Please, Ela. Why are you daydreaming?" stevi was sitting next to Kyle.

"Ehm, y-yeah .. thank you," replied Elara nervously, she still looked at Shane who was highlighting her with the same gaze, making her a little dazed.

"Where do you want to eat? Let me get it?" kyle asked for attention. Elara was not surprised, because he and Kyle were used to it for a long time so Kyle's attitude was not made up like Elara who suddenly stiff here.

"anything. I'll eat it" answered Elara random.

"When did you give birth, Stev?" ask Kyle.

"Maybe early 3 months. That's about two months away."

"Well, it won't feel. Congratulations to you guys," Kyle said sincerely.

"Thank, Kyle. When did you and Ela catch up to get married?" continued Stevi.

Instead of denying or quibbling, Kyle looked at Elara as if asking for an answer from the woman.

"How's Ela? Stevi asked when we got married?" kyle said with a little laugh.

Elara only shook her head faintly, she could not twitch as Shane continued to intimidate her with a sharp look.

"Ela wouldn't accept you if you proposed to her that way, Kyle!" gracia said commemorating her nephew.

And Kyle immediately chuckled at hearing that.

"Ela and I were just good friends, Aunty. But if Ela wanted to be with me, I wouldn't turn her down" Kyle said with a wink at the girl by his side.

Elara saw that, she also carried a small smile. He also often teases Kyle with a glance so Elara still considers Kyle's speech as a joke between them - as usual.

"Could you excuse me to go to the toilet for a second?" elara asked finally, she needed time to neutralize her sudden rhythmic heartbeat. However he tried to make a show by not knowing Shane there, but still it was difficult.

"Of course you can, the toilet is there" Gracia said, referring to one of the directions just behind Elara.

Kyle wiped the tip of his lips with a napkin, then asked the girl.

"Do I need to be with you?"

"No need, Kyle. I can do it myself."

Elara stood up from her seat and quickly moved from there to the toilet.

Arriving at the toilet, Elara reflected while taking a deep breath. It was completely beyond his prediction. Should he just go home now and never go back to the table again?

Why is Shane looking at her like that? Was the man not afraid that Stevi caught him staring at Elara with such a look? Basic husband does not know himself, his wife is beautiful so can still look at other women, inner Elara a little emotion on Shane's attitude.

Elara tidied up the new bangs covering her temple. Yes, he did trim the bangs since arriving in Hamburg. In addition to covering the scar that was there due to the plane crash at that time, the bangs also minimize Shane to immediately recognize him, although he was not sure enough to remember Shane's gaze on him earlier.

Ah, never mind, Elara has to get out of the toilet before anyone suspects why she's been there too long.

Before you actually leave the area. Elara washed her hands in the sink first. Hopefully, by feeling the cold water, his brain will also cool as well as his already agitated feelings.

Just as Elara walked out the door, the figure of the man she had avoided was already standing there to block her.

...Connect ......

Where is this support? Continued no? somehow every othor up more than 1 chapter a day, must like in the last chapter at most, while the previous chapter is not like. Did you forget or miss? huhuhu🥲

Elara cut the bangs.

Shane is waiting for Elara