
What He Will Believe
Askelan approached the bed after closing the door, she switched away from the wheelchair, after staring at both of her legs in annoyance. Then, take off the suit and lie down on Lintani's side as well, hugging her from behind. He smelled his hair full of tenderness. Without a single tear falling on her cheek.
‘Should I apologize to him?’ Inner Askelan while closing the eyes. Then, she fell asleep with feelings she had never felt before in anyone, including her mother.
Just a moment ago, the doctor arrived so quickly after getting an order from Jordan, to check on Lintani at the Villa. The doctor who had bleached his hair examined his young mistress, full of caution either in a modern or even, the traditional way is to check his pulse.
“When, last time you menstruated, Miss?” ask the doctor, make Lintani shut up and think. However, her period was indeed irregular since giving birth to her first child, therefore she could only shake her head.
The doctor gave him a pregnancy test kit, which he deliberately brought as a form of attention and vigil because he was told that he would handle was Askelan's wife.
After Lintani used it at the doctor's request, she came out of the bathroom with a face full of helplessness, she did not know whether to be sad or happy. He was worried that Askelan would not accept it because she considered herself a cheap and dirty woman.
Lintani heard the doctor's advice well after knowing the test results. The old man said about what he should do during the first trimester, and gave him some vitamins as well as uterine strengthening drugs.
Lintani thought of a different pregnancy this time, because in the past, she felt nothing in her pregnancy, and she was like a woman who was not pregnant. The sky at that time sided with her, she was in a position that could not indulge herself, until she became an extraordinary strong woman.
The next day, Askelan woke up first, she only slept for a while because her mind was not calm. He shifted his body to the wheelchair carefully, not wanting to wake Lintani up. Then, get out of the room to his study room, while contacting someone via mobile phone.
Askelan checked several files from her email, thought carefully and concluded one thing, until she closed her eyes while taking a deep breath then, throwing them away slowly.
“You called me Master?” It was the voice of Pit, who entered after knocking on the door and was welcomed by Askelan.
Askelan nodded, while receiving the file from Pit's hand. During this time, he only relied on Jordan and Pit in terms of data processing. However, last night Jordan had been working hard with him, until he assigned Pit to bring the actual files, ready since a week ago. Yes, they managed to gather all the information about Lintani.
They only managed to collect it due to limited data and the disappearance of the girl's family before being adopted by the Lux family. However, from Lintani's confession as well as information from Luxor himself when the man was made drunk, making things easy.
Lux has vowed never to tell anyone anything about her niece. Because he has the same attitude as Dex and Marka's men in general, who would rather die than divulge a secret.
Askelan needed to prepare herself to read it, she had not been willing to see the bad reality, which had been troubling her mind.
He had already seen for himself the reality when Lintani brought him to the wooden house. The reality that a woman experiences if she experiences something terrible, it will show symptoms like the girl, she is so scared and traumatized.
Then from the DNA test results a hair found Jordan stuck to the wooden wall. Makes Askelan seem to fall into a gaping abyss.
“What all friends know about this?” ask Askelan while opening the file on the table without looking at the Pit in the slightest, but then, put the file back on the table.
“Yes! We discussed it and linked all the events together!”
Askelan looked up at Pit who was standing across from her desk.
“Promise me, you will not divulge this secret until any time, and do not reveal the mysterious sign in front of my wife! I'm not gonna make him deal with the Shaw family! Except, he himself wants it!”
“Good, Mr.” Pit said while nodding.
“Who are the five people you recruited to stay close and look after him?”
“I'll take them to headquarters anytime, you're ready to test their abilities!”
“Alright, prepare them another week, at least my legs are already firmly kicking!”
“Hmm!”
Askelan returned to the room after Pit's departure. There Lintani was still sleeping soundly, this was natural, because she had only fallen asleep after midnight, just before Askelan's return.
The man took the time to clean himself with a wet towel in the bathroom, and change clothes. He used to do it himself except, there was Jordan coming to help him.
Askelan is now sitting at the end of the bed, waiting for Lintani to wake up, holding her hand over her thigh. While the other hand, rubbing the head and brushing the child's hair on his cheek.
“Pearly! Pearly!” muttered Lintani subconsciously, making Askelan link her brows so deeply.
In his dream, Lintani saw a little boy in his lap who was smiling sweetly as he said, “Mother! He's my dad! Do you want to see Dad? Wake up Mom, he's my dad! He's here, Mom!”
However, the boy then came down from his lap and ran away leaving him.
“Pearly! Pearly!” Call him, but, the boy keeps going until his shadow goes nowhere.
Lintani opened her eyes slowly and the first thing she saw was, her hands were held by someone. The look in his eyes continued to rise until he got Askelan, who was also looking at him with a meaningful smile.
“You're awake, Princess?” asked Askelan in a soft voice, a voice that she usually only gave when talking to Haifa, making the fur of Lintani's neck stand up.
The girl shifted her head until she could see Askelan clearly and, ignoring the strange call.
“What time is it now?”
“Almost it's time for lunch.”
“Ah!” pekik Lintani while rising straight up her back, “I'm bad luck!”
“Are you going, or have an appointment with someone or ... You got something to do?” Askelan suddenly looked so attentive and chatty, asking about many things.
“No.” Lintani. “I just want to help Auntie, last night I made a mess.” Lintani said again, remembering last night he had made the bathroom floor and clothes full of traces of his entrails.
“Stay here, do not do any activity!”
“Why?”
“I want you to keep me company!”
“Oh. Just because of that?”
“Ya!”
Lintani stared at Askelan with question marks, remembering that the doctor and the test results last night, showed she was pregnant, of unknown age.
“Are you going to believe me, if I'm pregnant with your child?” asked Lintani with a serious look on her face. In fact, in his heart he knew, that Askelan must have known.
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