Substitute Mother
Chapters 170. You Belong With Me
Mark shut his mouth, for how long. Sekon continued to roll starting from his new self refueling, and found Jeanno sitting alone in his living room with a hard expression. There was no time for a strand of questions to be said about the cause, Alexander's man had already thrown a certificate about Judith's pregnancy on the table.
“You know?”
That awkward silence finally broke when Mark decided to respond. “Yes, I tau”
Disappointment cannot be denied from Jeanno's face. “You know but you didn't tell me? There's a woman who's pregnant with my son and I'm the only one who doesn't know?”
The last time she saw Judith, there was no sign of the woman being pregnant. Making his chest rumble and his face paled would be a bad possibility that happened. “Mark...What have I not known all this time? Besides Judith regularly coming to Nayara's funeral every month?”
It is undeniable that there is a speck of compassion in Mark when he sees his cousin's vibrating tone. The last time he saw a weak Jeanno like this was when he thought Arman was taking Judith. Stupid Mark thought Judith's pregnancy would be a secret forever. The secret that eventually unfolds unexpectedly and hurts Jeanno. Because after all it is not a good thing to cover up the pregnancy news, especially from his own father.
“Well..” in Mark's heart constantly apologizes to his wife, for reneging on their agreement not to tell Jeanno about Judith's pregnancy first.
“Judith did get pregnant, your son. When you are under agreement. All I know is that she was very happy with her pregnancy, and took care of her womb very well. Until..”
A long breath became Mark's silent link after that. Not sure if he should go through the details or not.
“Forward, Mark. I wonder how asshole I used to be.”
The cousin nodded in the end. “Until you fucked her up violently. After that, it was fine, thankfully. But what happened after that was much worse. Judith was too stressed with your lawsuit, which brought labor's influence on her fetus”
Jeanno lowered her head, her palms squeezing her mane tightly until her knuckles turned white. Mark had no intention of stopping, he would only stop when Jeanno asked.
“Me and Hannah found her unconscious on the floor of her apartment, with blood running down her legs”
“Judith miscarriage, Jeanno”
One sentence that was a blow to Jeanno Alexander, the man closed his eyes after passing a tear.
“Losing her fetus was a tremendous blow to Judith. He did not stop crying, did not stop apologizing for not being able to keep the grace. Two days later he did not speak. Eat only a little. Just like someone who has no passion. Hannah and I kept brainwashing how to lure Judith back to the Judith we know, or at least.
“One week, Jeanno. It was a tough week because we thought we were going to lose Judith forever. But one day, she responds to what Hannah has to say. And you know what brought Judith back to her sanity?”
“Your daughter, Aera”
“Judith loves Aera more than you think, Jean. She served her role as a surrogate mother not just for money. When you cut off her relationship with Aera, she always asked about your daughter through Hannah, every day. How was the day, how was the school. I don't know if you'll find a woman who'll love Aera as big as Judith”
Mark moved to his position, to sit closer to Jeanno. The soft shoulder of the cousin. “I hope after hearing all this, you can further lower your ego, Jean. You love her, Aera loves her, Judith has taken Aera as her daughter. So what is less? Pursue Judith, get her back before another man begs her”
“Do not punish yourself by assuming you do not deserve to be happy”
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The gym room's air was hot as a result of the angry aura coming from the handsome man who was busy throwing his fists at the innocent samsak. For two hours, Jeanno spent time venting his anger on himself. His hands were numb and scuffed, nor did he stop to beat the samsak. Imagining the oval object is the form of his former self, which has the heart to kill his own flesh and blood, albeit indirectly.
Jeanno hates herself. Especially when his conscience is unable to defeat his blind ego. How could he so violently oppress a woman who had treated her son so well? how could he blackmail a helpless man, just for the sake of a rupiah that really doesn't mean much to him?
Cowardly.
Because Jeanno can only vent that baseless ‘dam’ with the help of the power behind it. Hail Judith with inappropriate words that lower her pride as a woman. Once again, he said the word prostitute to the woman who was pregnant with her child.
He was disappointed in himself. Guessing that he had enough guilt for his past actions. Who would have thought Jeanno would discover a new fact, a secret that further cornered him in the abyss of guilt. Makes her even more reproachful of her former self.
Mark says Jeanno has had enough to escape, now is the time he fought Judith as hard as he fought Nayara before. But.. can it? does he still have the guts to meet Judith?
Judith already has a lover. Another man who treated her so well was like a queen. Not wasting much less hurting him from all sides.
Or.. should Jeanno release Judith? But his heart was not willing. How could she just let go of the woman who became the perfect mother figure for Aera? How could he let a woman who had ever conceived her child marry another man?
No, Jeanno's gonna catch up with Judith. Jeanno will make sure Judith gets back to him.
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