ILLUSIANA (CONTRACT MARRIAGE)

CHAPTER 79

The night breeze after the rain seemed to bite on the skin of Lusi. Cold, but he likes it. Making the tip of her tiny nose redden and both of her cheeks gush a hue.

He folded his hands in front of his chest to withstand the cold wind.

The view is straight away towards the multi-storey buildings vying to reach the sky, but looks very beautiful with a variety of colors of lights that radiate brightly in each section.

There was one building at the end of there that caught his attention. Large lamp shaped letters ‘F’ brightly lit on it. It looks like an initial logo from the building.

“Ferdian," call Susi a fad of guessing the letter. Her small smile expands at the corner of her lips. But it disappeared instantly. Replacing with a gloomy and sorrowful look.

It's been five days not on Ferdian's side, not seeing his handsome face, not being able to touch his sturdy arm, not being able to kiss the back of his hand, making him feel like he's missing something from inside him. Something that became the back of his life.

“I kangen. Where are you, Mas?“ The unanswered question.

It felt like he was going to Ferdian's house to find out but he was afraid to meet his sister-in-law. And he believes Ferdian is unlikely to be brought home in critical condition.

Or to his office, asking his secretary, but he was afraid to make a row and panic there. Because he believes all Ferdian employees do not know what happened to the leader.

On Bang Reynard?

He had absolutely no idea where Reynard lived and where he worked. His contact number does not remember, only on a phonebook in his phone that was lost during an accident.

Ask every hospital? It seems impossible to go to one by one hospital that number in the thousands in Jakarta.

Moreover, Very Very Important Person patients such as Ferdian must have their privacy very tightly guarded.

“I can go crazy like this, Mas,” he said himself. Grunted in annoyance that he no longer knew how to find Ferdian's whereabouts.

Outside the room, Dio was busy with his activities in his minimalist kitchen. Preparing dinner for Lusi and herself.

Two plates of white rice, a teriyaki beef and a vegetable salad are neatly arranged in a large dish on the table. His look is very appetizing.

Not wrong, cooking is another cleverness that Dio has in addition to designing buildings.

Triiin...

Dio's phone screen is brightly lit. Quickly he grabbed his cell phone lying on the dining table.

A message is listed in the conversation application from Cantika. He opened it and read it.

‘Hai Handsome, what's up tonight?’ very tempting message.

Dio smiled happily. But not immediately reply. Directed the camera phone to his homemade dinner dish and photographed it, then sent the photo to Cantika.

‘Wow, dinner for two? Are you with someone else?’ Reply messages from Cantika came with an emoticon thinking.

Dio patted his own eel after reading a reply from Cantika. Stupid he why the two white rice plates were with him portrait.

‘Yes, with my best friend. It just so happened that he visited, ' Dio had to be honest.

‘Can I see you tomorrow? I'm again sad and miss joking you.’ reply Cantika again.

‘Iya can, where?’

‘We have lunch at the regular cafe tomorrow?’ reply Cantika back.

‘OK.'  Dio nodded his smile alone. Then tuck his phone into his pants pocket.

Deegh....!

He gasped as he looked up and found Lusi standing before him.

The girl smiled slightly as she glanced at him. Dio so misbehaved to see the glance of Susi that contains suspicions.

“Ooh, hi Lusi. I've prepared dinner for you. Come sit here.” Dio seemed groggy sliding the dining chair for Lusi.

“Thank you, Dio. this must be delicious," praise Lusi for smelling the aroma of Dio's teriyaki beef that tickles his hunger.

“Iya dong, I made her take love,” Dio said as he sat down in front of Luci and started scooping the salad into the bowl and he thrust it in front of the girl.

Lusi laughed a little hearing that.

“That WA was the love huh?” seductive Lusi glanced at Dio while stirring his salad.

Dio smiled groggyly at Lusi.

“My love is you Lusi,” replied Dio teasing Lusi.

“Don't do that, ah. Ntar the love who was angry WA, loh!” janda Lusi with a smile looked at Dio who looked wrong in front of him.

Dio was silent digesting the words of Luci. To be honest, he was upset with his own feelings. His love for Lusi was clearly undeniable. The love that he nurtured from school until now, even though Lusi has now become the property of others.

But now there is Cantika who always makes him comfortable when he is at his side.

Cantika's charm often plays around in his mind. Moreover, the spoiled attitude of the girl made Dio anxious and at home linger with her.

But unfortunately, Dio has not been able to consider it more than just clients and good friends.

“Lusi, so what are your plans now to find your husband?” tanya Dio opened the conversation.

“I don't know, Dio. Wanting to go to his house but I was afraid of being evicted again by my sister-in-law,” replied Lusi while looking down sad.

“You want me to drop off?”

“Oh, no, Dio. I'm afraid instead they accuse me that will not be.”

Dio shrugged his shoulders at a glance, then continued his meal.

While Lusi was still silent in his daydream. Her brain was completely dead-end thinking about her husband's whereabouts.

Dio noticed the face of Lusi who was starting to look gloomy. The girl just nodded slowly at her food.

“Lusi, can I ask you something?” ask Dio gently.

Luci raised his face and nodded.

“Are you starting to fall in love with your husband?” Dio looked at Lucia's face full of hope. Hope that Lusi will answer ‘Not’.

But Lusi's lips were still docked, as his eyeballs looked deeply at Dio.

Lusi nodded again. “Iya Dio, I fell in love with my husband,” replied Lusi finally.

Dio let out a breath that instantly felt heavy. His eyelids fell down. Lusi's answer made him quite gasp, even though he was actually preparing to hear a bitter answer for him.

For a moment Dio smiled a little at Luci, then ate back his food which now began to feel bland to him.

****

Reynard stood looking out at his private pool. His mind raged erratically. Thinking about Ferdian lying in a coma, thinking about the whereabouts of Lusi, and his office work that had been one week he could only monitor from his apartment.

Especially at Ferdian, he really hopes there is a miracle that can wake him from his long sleep.

Suddenly his phone vibrated from inside his pants pocket. Soon he reached out and saw the name of the contact who called.

Ms. Tantri.

Soon he answered.

“Iya, Ma?”

“Reynard, Bramanto kidnapped Merry's mother's son, I can't help him out.” Bu Tantri's voice with sobbing cries sounded hunting.

“What? I'm sure it's Merry's son?” Reynard was shocked.

“Yakin, I heard myself from Bramanto's lawyer conversation in the study, Rey. And now the boy has been taken away by the people of Bramanto.“

“Gosh! You have any information where the girls are usually sent?”

“I don't know Rey, who's sure to some nightlife spot. And Merry's son said there was a file containing evidence of Bramanto's illegal business. Stored in the archives of his laptop, hidden in the closet of the main room of his house. He mentioned the address but I forgot his panic. You should immediately search it.”

“Good, Mom, “

The phone connection was interrupted by Bu Tantri. Reynard bowed as he massaged his forehead. His head was getting heavy and squeezed.

“Pak! Sir! Patient no response.”

Suddenly the nurse's voice surprised Reynard.

“Hah? Ferdian?” Quickly Reynard stepped into his room and approached Ferdian's bed.

Sure enough, he saw Ferdian's fingers move weakly for a moment.

“Bro, wake up...” whispers expectantly.

“Call Devia's doctor, Sister," he ordered the nurse who was still busy checking the medical supplies on the side of the bed.

“Already, Sir. Soon the doctor will be coming.”

Before long, Devia's doctor appeared from behind the door and rushed to check Ferdian's body and check all the medical equipment that was still noisy.

Ferdian's fingers moved again, still weak. But this time it's longer.

“Ferdian, wake up, please,” call Reynard again full of hope.

But Ferdian's eyes remained closed. Her lips behind the ventilator mask seemed to twitch. Back, some of his fingers were lifted weakly.

“Aa .. aah ... a...”

Ferdian's voice was very slow, but it could be heard by Doctors Devia and Reynard who were right on his left and right side.

Both look cramped. Doctor Devia kept checking Ferdian's pulse which started to beat fast.

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