Mr. Stegen: A Man with a Hidden Identity

Kayu Cottage

Lilia looked at Ludwig for a moment. Then he smiled softly. “Why are you suddenly interested in my father?” tanyanya.

“Because I don't know him very well,” Ludwig replied straightforwardly, without further ado.

Lilia grabbed Ludwig's hand. He led the handsome man in ash grey hair back to the dining room. Strangely, Ludwig was like a buffalo whipped in the nose. The softness of Lilia's attitude, made the hard and cold character that had always been her trademark seem to fade. He did not even refuse, as Lilia sat the sturdy body of the man on one of the wooden chairs of the dining table.

Ludwig continued to watch Lilia's movements. The twenty-three-year-old woman was so innocent that she seemed unaware of the strangeness of Gunther

“I'm glad we can have breakfast together,” said Lilia, after filling the plate in front of Ludwig, with some food menus that have been served on the table. “Today, I woke up early to prepare all the meals that ...”

“You haven't answered my question,” by Ludwig. He doesn't want to talk too much.

Lilia was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the husband. A beautiful and sweet smile spread on her soft lips. “What do you think of my father?” tanyakanya. Lilia sat in one of the chairs near Ludwig. “He is a very good man. Dad took care of me alone, since my mother was gone,” he explained while filling the plate with food.

“When did your mother die?” ask Ludwig full of probes. He's like a detective interrogating his source.

Lilia did not immediately reply. The young woman thought. His body language is like someone who remembers something. “I cannot remember clearly at that time. However, my father said that I was only five years old when my mother died,”.

Ludwig did not divert the slightest attention from Lilia. His curiosity for Ghunter's identity continues to tickle, making him feel interested in learning more information from his wife. “You know why your mother died?” ask again.

Lilia who had already taken one mouthful, put the spoon back onto the plate. Again, the copper-haired young lady seemed to be recalling something she might have forgotten.

“I don't know how to be sure. But that night, I woke up to hear a noise. When I came out of the room, I saw a lot of people dressed in white. Then the ambulance sirens sounded. Father said that mother will be checked in hospital.” Lilia bowed while playing the food inside the plate.

“Some days passed, I did not see the whereabouts of mother here. I remember that day everyone seemed busy. So too with dad. I was surprised, because my mother was taken down from the car. He fell asleep in the coffin.” Lilia kept her head down for a while. The young woman said nothing more. The silence surrounded the couple.

“After that, you just stayed with your father?” ask Ludwig again after a while.

Lilia raised her face, then smiled. He nodded slowly. “Dad took very good care of me,” he said.

Ludwig looked at the beautiful woman for a while, until he finally turned his attention to the food before him. “Ya. Eat.” Ludwig scooped up his food and began to eat breakfast.

After the conversation with Lilia in the dining room earlier, Ludwig rushed to the farm. He had to deliver food to Petra. However, the place was apparently guarded by two of Gunther's men, whom Ludwig had met in his father-in-law's study.

“Mr Gunther forbids you from entering,” prevents one of the two men.

“I just want to deliver this food,” said Ludwig while showing a stainless container containing breakfast menu for Petra.

Ludwig doesn't want to talk much. However, he also did not directly move from the front of the barn. Not knowing why, his instinct told him that there was something strange on the farm. I don't know what secrets Gunther is hiding from everyone.

Ludwig turned. From a distance of several meters, he saw Lilia walking towards him. The young woman looked very beautiful with her hair tied in a ponytail. “Where are you going?” ludwig asked without any exaggerated expression.

“Guide me around. This is a periodic check-up schedule for the cows.” Lilia smiled sweetly. Without waiting for an answer from Ludwig, he immediately grabbed the hand of the tall-steady man.

Again, Ludwig could not refuse Lilia's invitation. He accompanied the woman around the farm. Lilia had to look at the condition of the cows in the cage, then write it down in a report book. The woman did not look shy or disgusted, when she had to hold the milk-producing animal.

By midday, Lilia's work had been completed. However, he did not immediately invite Ludwig back to the main building. Lilia instead took Ludwig to another part of the farm. There, there was a wooden hut quite large. The cottage was in a meadow area, with a small stream next to it. From the log cabin earlier, the beauty of the Alps looks so clear.

“Before mom died, dad always invited me to play here. However, after my mother died, she forbade me from coming here. Dad even locked the door and made a rule to all workers not to open it,” Lilia explained. He was standing by the window of the log cabin earlier.

“Indeed why did he make such a rule?” ask Ludwig. The curiosity is back.

“Entahlah. I guess, maybe because this place holds a lot of memories,” Lilia replied with a small grimace. He sat on the steps towards the terrace of the cottage.

Meanwhile, Ludwig looked around the cottage earlier. The building has only one entrance, which is at the front. However, on the side of the wall, Ludwig saw there was an elongated line with the size of a door. Ludwig intended to examine the door-shaped line earlier. Too bad, Lilia called him first.

“It's lunch time. What if we go home?” bring Lilia. He was standing not far from Ludwig. However, the woman's attention was diverted to the stainles container that Ludwig had brought.

“Ah! Comeoverhere. We eat here only.” Lilia approached Ludwig who was seen still holding a curiosity. The copper-haired brunette took Ludwig to sit near the terrace steps.

“Are you hungry?” asked Lilia while opening the lid of the box where the food was.

“You just eat. I'm still full,” Ludwig refused.

“Cannot! You must accompany me to eat, even with the same menu as this morning.” Lilia laughed softly. He scoops the food in the box of stainles, then thrusts it near Ludwig's mouth. “Open your mouth,” tell it.

“No. I'm not a kid. I can eat alone,” Ludwig refused again. He felt angry, because he had never received such treatment from any woman.

However, behind her gentle demeanor, Lilia turned out to be a forger. Gunther's only daughter, continued to direct the spoon near the husband's mouth. He did not give up, though Ludwig refused.

“You're stubborn, Heinz!” Lilia began to dislike Ludwig's rejection. He put down the box of stainles earlier, then left it with a pouting face.

Seeing this, Ludwig soon caught up with him. He held back Lilia's steps by pulling the young lady's arm. As Lilia turned around, Ludwig immediately gave her one kiss.