Husband From Hell (Home From Hell)

That's Love

Tonight Nicholas asks Helena to prepare a romantic dinner but still simple themed, because Nicholas knows that Natalie is not so fond of luxury.

A small table by the pool, a red rose in the middle of the table, as well as a few small candles that surround it, become a decoration place next to the luxurious house.

"Miss, come!" Helena pulled Natalie's hand towards the place, which Nicholas had already been waiting for her there.

"Where are you going, Bi?" ask Natalie.

"Already, come with Auntie!" helena said as she continued to pull Natalie's hand, until they finally reached the poolside garden.

Natalie was stunned in disbelief by what was seen before her eyes.

The romantic dinner she had always imagined was now in front of her eyes.

"Why is Nicholas doing this?... What else is he planning on doing with me?" Natalie keeps getting bad at the guy. Naturally, all this time Nicholas was often giving false hope to him. It's only natural that Natalie until this second did not believe so much in what she saw.

"Why do you keep standing there? ... sit down!" Nicholas's orders. Helena then inched away from that place after bowing her body to Nicholas.

Doubtful, Natalie sat in the chair right in front of Nicholas. Yes, indeed Helena only provided two benches in that place.

"Why?" Again Nicholas asked about the attitude of Natalie who like still do not believe in what he did. "It's weird looking at me like that?"

Still quiet, only Nicholas's fork and spoon rang, while Natalie didn't. This provoked Nicholas to glance at him.

"Are you not hungry?" nicholas asked, who for a second was then returned to his head by Natalie.

Grunting in annoyance, Nicholas then lowered his fork and spoon together. He then stood behind Natalie and began to raise Natalie's hand to hold her spoon as well as her fork.

React alone his actions made Natalie's heart beat fast.

"He why the hell? why is it so romantic again?" his inner. "Basic strange man. He thinks like this I'll be devastated and can be fooled again by him. Don't expect."

Nicholas was still standing watching his woman who was now starting to put one by one tablespoon of food into his mouth.

It was nice to be able to enjoy dinner together like this, even though Natalie was still forced to.

"At least, we have good memories before we parted."

Yes, that's the only hope Nicholas currently has.

He just wants to have sweet memories with the woman he loves so much they parted ways and before he leaves for good.

***

"GIMANA ANYWAY? why just take out one Reynald guy you're not so damn good?" Scream Kelly behind her phone. He was furious and upset when he found reports that Reynald had escaped.

"Sorry, Madam. We also didn't know that he still had the strength to escape."

Kelly thought hard, what his men said has a point as well. Seeing Reynald's condition this morning it was impossible for Reynald to still be able to release his body from the bondage, let alone to run fast. Someone must have helped the man to escape.

"Yes, quickly find him!. .. search until you find him!" cry Kelly. "If you don't find him, then I will kill you, remember that!!!"

"Good, Mistress. We'll go back to look for him."

The two Kelly mercenaries then returned to look for the whereabouts of Reynald who had disappeared suddenly this morning, while the person he was looking for was asleep in a room with a face full of bruises.

"How did you save him, son?" ask Stelli's foster mom. He did not expect that his son would have this kind of courage. The child she cared for since childhood has now grown into a brave girl.

Apparently Stelli was the one who saved Reynald, but he wasn't alone. He was helped by the person who had been spying on him for a few days.

The Flashback

Stelli's playing in the park. Yes, that place is his favorite place. Because there, he can chat with nature freely. But actually he did not like the crowd, so he chose a hidden location in the park, a small hut in the corner of the park. The little shack that his father purposely made for Stelli played there. The hut is on top of the tree. Or maybe we call it a tree house.

While sitting swinging his legs, Stelli saw two men dragging men into an empty building not far from where he was.

Faintly, Stelli saw the man who was being dragged was the man he knew.

Without a second thought, Stelli went straight down from the treehouse, followed the two men, until Stelli could clearly see that the man being dragged was Reynald.

At first Stelli was at a loss as to what he was going to do, as he was also scared to the point of seeing Reynald tied up as he is now. Stelli who had abnormalities even felt his body was already shivering now.

"Miss, quickly help me!"

Although Stelli did not know who he was, Stelli's little heart thought that the man was good, so Stelli wanted to help the man. He was assigned to watch over two guards drinking heavily in the other room.

"Observe them! lest they suspect we're here" said the man, who was answered only by a nod of the head by Stelli.

To be honest, right now Stelli's heart and blood are already churning very strongly. The sweat on his body started to pour, he was scared, really scared.

But somehow, for the first time Stelli can fight this fear just to save the man he does not even know his name.

Kelly only knew her face, but somehow she felt something was different from the man. There was a shade and calmness that Stelli had been looking for.

Looks like Stelli's starting to fall for the guy.

Off Flashback.

"Stelli, are you daydreaming again?"

The question from Stelli's adoptive mother returned to spread Stelli's daydreams.

"Yes, no need to answer now. Just finish your food! then take the medicine!"

Stelli nodded yes when his mother asked him to finish his meal, but after his adoptive mother left he went back to daydreaming again, thinking of the man who was now sleeping in the next room.

Yes, slept with his foster father.

Stelli wanted to see the man again.

He sneaked and peeked behind the curtains that were directly connected to his father's room. Their house is only made of plywood and glassless windows that decorate it, so it is not difficult for Stelli to see Reynald from his own room.

Stelli smiled unwillingly to fade when he saw the face of the man who was asleep right next to his father. For some reason Stelli felt so opiate to see his face, even though Reynald was bruised at this time.

"Stelli, what are you doing?"

Brugh

"Awhh."

Stelli held his painful buttocks from falling down from the sudden arrival of his mother.

"Yes my. Let's help you wake up!"

Stelli's adoptive mother then took her daughter back to her bed. "Why are you using all the macems?"

Ah, Stelli's so embarrassed. Caught peeking at the man until he fell, this was a disgrace to him.

Stelli smiled, revealing his white teeth. But his adoptive mother meant more.

"You love him?"

Stelli's smile turned flat instantly.

Love

Is that love?

Stelli never knew the word Love, other than the love for his family that he had heard from teachers during his school days.

"What is love?" ask Stelli.

Stelli's adoptive mother hugged Stelli tightly with warmth. She did not expect that her daughter would quickly grow up like now and eventually get to know love as well.

Though he doubted that Stelli would love a man because let alone to be close to a man, to befriend a fellow girl only he was afraid, and eventually the boy always ostracized himself.

But now it seems different, Stelli began to open his heart, and Reynald was the one who had succeeded in taking the heart of his adopted son.

"That means you're afraid of losing and afraid of something bad happening to her." Stelli's adoptive mother paused his speech while continuing to rub the top of Stelli's head. "You will also feel a heartbeat that works stronger than usual. You're gonna have a hard time eating, a hard time sleeping."

Stelli digested every word his foster mother said. It seemed like what he said was almost ninety percent true. Stelli felt that.

"You also have a sense of wanting to have it. You want to stay with her, be close to her, live forever with her. That's what love is."

To be continued