
Nicholas just drove Jennifer into his house. He did not stop by, because there was something he had to pursue immediately.
"I'm going straight home!" he said after giving a kiss on Jennifer's forehead that was still sulking at him. "Go to sleep! and don't forget to take your medicine!" continued.
Jennifer nodded and entered her home after a gatekeeper opened the door for her.
After making sure Jennifer got inside her house safely, Nicholas immediately returned to his car and immediately grabbed his phone to contact someone.
"Hello, Reynald." Apparently the person he was in contact with was his right-hand man, Reynald. "What's? she's not home yet?" Nicholas was surprised because it turns out Natalie has not yet reached home. She should have gotten there first if Natalie had really come home while the show was still going on. Because of the distance between her house and Jennifer's house, Jennifer's house is much farther than that restaurant.
"Yes, you just wait at home! let me go find her at her parents' house. If you have any news, call me!"
Nicholas hung up after hearing Reynald's 'Yes.
"Where'd he go?" nicholas' inner self as he started his car engine, sped towards Thomas's house, Natalie's father.
***
"Why? ... You quarreled with him?" Thomas is interrogating Natalie who suddenly comes to his house without any prior notice. Moreover, Natalie came in the middle of the night, without her husband. Clearly it made Thomas as a parent worried about the child's domestic relationship.
"Gpp, Dad. I just want to stay here." Natalie tries to cover up her problems in front of Thomas. He did not want it to rot Nicholas until it was known to his master. He doesn't want to make them sad. Had enough of his family problems so far, he did not want to be a child who burdened them.
"Really?" Thomas seems a little suspicious. From the gaze of Natalie's eyes, there was a deep look of sadness. Not to mention the slightly swollen eye bags due to crying it makes Thomas's premonition as the parents are more sure, if there is something that is not okay with his daughter. "You can tell me if there's a problem with your husband, son!"
"Yes, Dad. I'm gpp." This time Natalie tried to carve out her smile, to have Thomas believe her charade.
"Well, if nothing happens to your husband, I'm grateful" Thomas said. "But your husband knows you're staying here tonight?"
Natalie fell silent. He did not tell Nicholas that he was going to stay at his parents' house. Let alone to tell, remembering his name alone had made the wound in his heart open again.
"It was, Dad," he answered lying. "Oiya, how's mom doing at her new workplace?" Natalie's trying to divert the conversation.
"There's no news yet. Last mom said, that she got there safely."
"Oh, so it is! I hope you're comfortable there. I'm really worried about him."
"It's okay. He'll be fine. Yasudah, now you better rest well!"
"Yes, Dad."
Natalie then went into her room which she had left for a long time. The last time he came to that place he did not have time to stay, because Nicholas forced him to go home that day.
"This narrow place is more soothing than the spacious room belonging to Nicholas," he said while laying his body on the mattress.
When closing his eyes, suddenly the shadow of the incident in the restaurant was back in the shadows and dancing on his head.
The Flashback
Host: "Oiya, by the way, who is this guy you brought? is boyfriend?"
Jennifer: "Ah, no,"
Eliza: "No, Nat. Maybe Jennifer and Nicholas just happened to come together."
Host: "Then, if you can tell, who?" the host asked again.
Jennifer: "Prospective husband."
Flashback off
"What exactly has Nicholas kept secret from me?" Natalie again shed her tears as she recalled the heartbreaking incident. Until the end ...
Someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" natalie asked with her heart, "ah, maybe Dad? or Neva?"
Without thinking, Natalie opened the door.
"Huh?" Natalie surprised. His eyes and mouth opened wide when he found out who was coming. "You?" he stepped a few steps back, while the man sneaked in without excuse "why did you come here?" said Natalie while looking at the man who has now laid his body on the mattress.
There's no answer. Nicholas closed his eyes on the bed.
"Hey, I asked!!! why did you come here?" Natalie's tone began to relax, making Nicholas feel disturbed by her voice.
Nicholas stood up from his sleep, then stared intently at Natalie's eyes.
"I came here to pick up my wife." Nicholas' voice sounded very flat. Like feeling that everything is fine. In fact, Natalie's heart is really hurt by it.
"I don't want to go with you?" sahut Natalie is no less flat.
"I didn't give you a choice" exasperated Nicholas.
"And you have no right to force me either!" natalie is back.
Nicholas started to give his sharp look. His hand quickly pulled on Natalie's wrist. "Follow me now!"
"No .. I don't want to." Natalie keeps trying to let go of herself, but unfortunately Nicholas' energy does not want her to beat, "get off!!! sick."
"No. I won't let go until you come with me."
"will not. Nor will I ever go with a man who cheats on his wife's back with that secretary." Natalie's curse just made Nicholas' eyes glare at her. Natalie also no less fierce to look into the eyes of Nicholas. So that now the room turned instantly into heat.
"The cup is here. I was looking in the living room no longer exists." Thomas suddenly surprised the two.
"Dad." Natalie tried to let go of her hand, but her power was greatly outdone by Nicholas, so she could only surrender and show as if they were holding hands like a husband and wife.
"Yes, Dad. I went straight into Natalie's room. Sorry yes!"
Thomas saw it so disturbing. "Eh, I'm sorry, I've been bothering you. Then I'll go into the room first." Thomas turned his body.
"Wait, Dad!" stop Nicholas, "i'm .. I want your permission to go home."
"Come home?" reset Thomas. While Natalie rolled her eyes in annoyance. The guy really likes to be pushy. "Don't Natalie say she's staying tonight?"
"Ah, that. Suddenly I have some business out of town tomorrow and I'll take Natalie with me." Nicholas lied.
"Taking me out of town?" natalie murmured in her heart, "you're really good at tongue-licking, '" he continued.
"Oh, so so. Yasudah, then let's take you to the front." Thomas offered himself.
"Hmpp," Nicholas nodded.
After Thomas came out of the room, Natalie again tried to let go of his hand. But this time Nicholas didn't stop him. She let the woman loose, as Natalie could not possibly refuse her wish this time. He couldn't possibly not come home after his father waited in front.
"Ckkk, it's appropriate that you succeed until what you are now," said Natalie, bringing Nicholas' eyes back to her. "You're very good at the show" he continued, pulling his bag and cell phone and walking out ahead of Nicholas, who was still in his room.
"I won't let you go anytime, Nat. Because you are mine. And something that's already mine I won't let go. Whatever happens."
To be continued