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"Please Madam, you can ask any question and I will try to answer it honestly" said Ara calmly, maybe she is not as rich as the Anderson family, but her mother has raised her affectionately, she will not be outdone by the stern gaze of Lady Margaret Anderson.
"Heh, you're braver than I thought" the woman snorted.
"I didn't do anything wrong, ma'am, so I don't think I should be afraid" a no less fierce answer came out from Ara's lips.
As Lady Margaret sighed, "Listen fig, I know you're not a bad woman, nor have I ever had a problem with you in the past, arguably when you were Hansel's nanny, you're my man I trust enough, let alone you being so kind to Hansel back then."
Lady Margaret seemed to reminisce about the past, while Ara could only silently listen without being able to chim in on Margaret's words.
"But you know yourself. If Hansel was a very stubborn, selfish kid. Since childhood everything he wanted was always to be obtained, whether it was goods or toys, but Hansel was the type who easily bored, for a while he would throw and leave toys that were no longer interesting to him," continued Lady Margaret.
"You remember? When Hansel insisted on getting his friend's toy at the time, he did not even hesitate to hurt his friend to get what he wanted. But just played it a few times Hansel was bored and left it lying in the corner of the room. I, as his mother, know how my son is, and I don't want that to happen to you either" he added.
"I mean madam, I'm nothing more than a toy that Hansel would throw away as soon as he got bored?" Ara asked skeptically.
"You think it won't be?"
Ara could not answer the question from Margaret's mistress, she could only bite her lower lip, she said, because in his heart Ara was also not sure if Hansel really loved him as the boy always said or just was playing with him. Making Ara can only bow silently.
"Listen to me Ara! Did Hansel, after that night, ever do that to you again?" Lady Margaret refers to the night of Ara and Johan's engagement which ended with the discovery of Ara sleeping with Hansel.
"I'm sorry," Ara frowned, a little uncomfortable when someone studied her domestic life deeper.
"Ara's answer, ever or not?" emphatically.
Ara shook her head, making Lady Margaret sigh in relief.
"This," Lady Margaret handed A tespack and the Pill to Ara in a slight whisper asking Ara to put it away immediately.
"What do you mean, madam?"
"Stttt, keep this a secret from anyone, including Hansel. You can do a tespack if your monthly guests do not come, to ascertain whether you are pregnant or not. And for the pills you can take it just in case, just in case, because Hansel might force you to have a marital relationship."
"But why should I take the contraceptive pill mistress? Our relationship is valid both religiously and legally, why can't I conceive Hansel's child?" Ara was getting confused.
"Listen to this Sahara! I don't know what you're imagining about this marriage, but for the good of everyone, I want you to keep your distance from my son, maybe right now he still thinks of himself as his favorite toy,but none of that will last forever. So for your own good, it would be best if you kept your heart so that when Hansel turned away you wouldn't hurt too much. We'll try to get Hansel to divorce you as soon as possible, so you can also marry the man you really love and love" Margaret said slowly but firmly and emphatically.
A divorce??
" For a while that's all I wanted to tell you, Hansel is the heir to the Anderson family, so you also know that he needs an escort who can support his company and business. And do you think Hansel has to lose everything to keep you. I know you're Ara's wise woman, so I beg you not to go deeper into Hansel's snare, or else you'll be shackled forever" Margaret said.
Ara was at a loss for words, she did not know what kind of reaction she knew at this moment she felt pain in the corner of her heart.
Then the two walked to the terrace, following Hansel who seemed to be laughing loosely along with Mr. Robert and Vanessa, even looking occasionally Vanessa patted the shoulders of the familiar Hansel and looked so spoiled on Hansel.
"You see! May you not dream too long Ara, I fear that you will not be able to wake up again, "said the lady Margaret then passed by her husband.
"Fuck? Are you tired?" soon Hansel brought Ara to sit next to him, shifting the place Vanessa had originally occupied.
Ara simply shook her head and forced a fluffy smile on her lips.
Hansel realized something was different with his wife immediately saying goodbye to her family. Now they are in the back seat of the black car with Roy as the driver.
Ara's eyes glared far through the darkness of the night on the streets they passed, her net just kept staring out the window, she was reluctant to see Hansel sitting next to her, his head was now filled with the words he had heard from the mouth of Margaret's mistress.
Why does everyone think I am unworthy of anyone, my mother misses you, Ara's inner voice screams against this injustice.
***
Next morning. Ara came down from her room in a full work suit, Hansel who saw her immediately blocked the hand of Ara who was about to tread to the first rung of stairs.
"Don't you say you've resigned?" asked Hansel firmly.
"my resignation is suspended until next month by our President," replied Ara coldly expressionless, immediately let go of Hansel's hand checks and continued his steps towards the dining table to fill his stomach before he had to face the work that piled up in his office later.
"Ara, I'm serious," Hansel's tone has gone up an octave, he doesn't like it if Ara still works at Johan's company. Soon he catches up with Ara to the dining table to finish their conversation.
Hansel's black work boots also galloped down the stairs, as did Ara's high heels. The black suit was perfectly attached to Hansel's body. Today he's going out of town, on business. Previously he had felt calm to leave Ara because he knew Ara would stop working, but now everything became chaotic.
"Ara stop! our conversation is not over. Why didn't you say this from last night?" Hansel again held Ara's arm that was almost occupying his chair, even Hansel slightly jerked Ara's body so that the woman would look at him. Hansel was stunned, his clenched hands were released, he could look into Ara's expressionless eyes, those eyes seemed cold heartless, different from the Ara he had always loved.
"Oh, last night I forgot," indifferently Ara, took her seat again and started filling her plate with food that looked like fish soup and mushrooms and porridge.
"If I asked you not to work, would you obey him?" hansel said quietly as he also took food for himself.
"Heh," Ara snorted the corner of her lips lifted with a scornful expression, "Are you not satisfied playing house-housing with me?" said Ara sarcas.
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