Reynald the CEO

Chapter 76

Reynald standing on the balcony of the penthouse was gazing at the full moon which was very beautiful for anyone who saw it. The time had already shown at 11pm but Reynald and Clara were sitting together in silence.

After making sure Jessy was fast asleep, Clara who had a lot of questions in mind decided to approach Reynald.to the balcony. It had been an hour since both of them were silent and just enjoying the night view of the Capital City.

Clara's breath as she stared at Reynald's back. It was like he had a long distance with that man. Reynald's many years were like creating an invisible boundary between them.

No more Reynald who is always chatty when Clara does something that may be a little out of bounds, no more Reynald who often protested to Clara so as not to be too intimate when acting with the opposite sex in a film, no more Reynald giving me a bouquet of roses every weekend and saying 'I love you'.

Reynald's changed. Clara realized it but her ego side said that she had to endure and restore the situation as before. All efforts have been done by him, but Reynald really close himself.

For Jessy, Reynald was a good father. But as a husband, it can be said that everything is just an illusion.

"Don't you feel like you owe me an explanation, Rey?" Clara broke the silence as the curiosity grew.

"What should I explain? Jessy told you everything". Reynald said without turning back.

Clara looked at Reynald's back and sighed softly. He immediately got up from his seat and approached Reynald. Standing right beside the man.

"I know Jessy told me this in outline. But a lot of things stuck in my mind".

Reynald shifted his body until he looked directly at Clara. "alright. What do you want to ask? Just ask".

Clara stared into Reynald's eyes. For a moment, he tried to think where he would ask the question.

"How can you play with Anggi in the mall?".

"I just met him by accident. Jessy had already called her back then, so inevitably I followed Jessy's will". Reynald.

"Then you took him to the penthouse?".

"When I wasn't around?".

Reynald looked at Clara right into his bead. Catching the look of the face does not like the woman.

"What do you really want to ask?"

"Jawab just my question, Rey" refuted Clara quickly.

"Yes. She was in the penthouse until night but she was in Jessy's room. Accompany her to play Barbie doll"

"He's someone else's fiancee and you're my husband. Is it worth it to take her when I'm not home?" Ask Clara.

Reynald took a breath. "Are you jealous?".

"Of course I'm jealous! I'm your wife!" Said Clara with higher intonation.

"Is our marriage worthy of jealousy? Don't talk about this. Nothing happened. You don't think too much" Reynald said, turning back to throwing his gaze around the corner of the city that was affordable by the blind eye.

A moment of silence was restored between them. The occasional night breeze blew until Clara looked at Reynald very seriously.

"Is she that woman, Rey?"

"Is the Anggi I met the woman who made you change?". Ask Clara suddenly.

Reynald was silent a thousand languages did not respond not even turning his head in the direction of Clara.

"Raynald!!!" Call Clara in annoyance.

"Why do you think like that?". Reynald replied at last.

Reynald turned his face away from Clara.

"Yes. She's that woman".

Just contact without excuse tears down the cheeks of Clara just like that. Not denied even in the last few years he has prepared himself to face a day like this. But as hard as He tried, the fact was that He was never ready. His heart was enveloped in jealousy, anxiety, disappointment and various things that stifled the chest.

"How can you?" Lirih Clara's.

"I met him for the first time at a university when I was doing seminars and I became his personal mentor".

Reynald exhaled slowly. "With my intensity meeting her, I somehow started to love her... His presence helped me heal the wounds caused by your departure" Reynald continued, glancing at Clara.

"The more days my love gets bigger. He gave me a different touch in my life. Something colorful and makes my life more cheerful"

"So suddenly you came back..." Reynald muttered as his fingers clasped tightly to the iron trellis supporting the penthouse balcony.

"You know what it was like in my position back then, Clara? You will never know and understand. You came back with Jessy, of course I have to take responsibility for you. But the truth is, my heart is somewhere else. No one could understand my feelings at the time. There's none".

Clara's heart was squeezed when she heard Reynald's honest words. He wiped his cheeks repeatedly trying to wipe away the trail of tears that kept wetting.

"Rey.. I know it's my fault. This all happened because of me. If only I hadn't gone and preferred you. This isn't gonna happen, is it? Because you love me so much"

"But, Rey... Don't you want to fix everything with me from the beginning? I'll make you fall in love with me like you used to. Forget that woman. You guys just stay together for a minute. He's just your escape to forget about me, isn't he?".

"If he's just my escape to forget you, there's no way this feeling will last for years". Reynald said with great emphasis.

Clara grabbed Reynald's hand and gripped him tightly. He looked into the eyes of the man with a face that was still full of tears.

"Rey, you used to say that you became the happiest person in the world because you finally met your soulmate, the love of your life. Remember those important moments of joy, Rey. Remember that taste for me".

"Even if your heart is filled with wounds and suffers because of me, they are still there, just waiting to be rediscovered in your heart. Please don't give up on me. We have Jessy..." Clara looked at Reynald with a pushy and frustrated look.

Reynald looked at Clara's face. That's right the woman said. He used to make Clara the queen in his heart. Accept all the shortcomings and advantages of Clara. Love your heart and never turn away.

Reynald is putting on his rough hair.

"Do you think I lasted 5 years not trying even once to regrow my feelings for you? I'm trying Clara! Even repeatedly!"

"But I realize I can't" Reynald said, drawing Clara's sharp wedge into her pupils.

Clara wiped her face with origin as tears spilled continuously. It breathes as much air as possible and exhales it slowly. Clara tried to regain control of herself to calm down.

"You-you... I've been trying to prepare myself if reality comes to me. But it turns out that it hurts so much, Rey" Clara kept wiping her cheeks until her chest went up and down in sobbing tears.

"I have prepared myself to release you from the shackles of this pseudo-marriage. But it turns out I'm-I... I can't"

Reynald was stunned when he heard Clara's words. He wanted to grab Clara into his arms to calm the woman down, but somehow his hands felt heavy.

"I realize that if I hold you too tightly in this marriage, I only have your body. Because in time the one I hold will come off. Either you let go or I'm gonna have to let you go".

"But for now, I can't do it".

"Claras....." Lirih Reynald's.

"Don't try to persuade me, Rey. Goodnight".Clara soon left Reynald.

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