Substitute Mother
Chapters 181. The Downfalls
The scorching sun greeted his first steps out of the detention house. There is no warm welcome from loved ones, because basically he has lost everything. A threat that leads to destruction. It didn't take long to figure out who was behind it. There's only one name that's been his goal since he's been behind bars.
Jeanno Alexander's.
His handsome face was adorned with a terrible grin. Arman doesn't care if he goes back to prison. He also did not want to bother to devise an epic revenge plan. All he wanted was Jeanno's blood, as soon as possible. He will not stop until he gets the last drop of blood from young master Alexander.
“Wait for me, Jeanno”
**
The clink of a clock that creeps through the night, accompanying the figure of a man who was sitting looking fixedly at the little girl who had fallen asleep. Countless how long Jeanno had been in the position, looking at Aera who ventured into the dreamland. Her beautiful face inherited from her late mother, makes anyone feel at home looking at the little one.
The news that Judith was engaged not only broke her heart. But also he felt that he had disappointed Aera for the umpteenth time. Judith has not only taken a unanimous decision not to vote for him, but has also decided to take a more serious step with another man. One fact that will forever be stifling for that pair of fathers and sons. Because for good, Aera will never be able to have Judith as her mother.
“Im sorry papa.”
Jeanno's hand stretched out through the little guy's letter. Which was responded to by a frown on his forehead that lasted a few seconds. The guilt was still there and powerfully struck, bringing him to the abyss of deepest regret. If only he had not been rash, Judith would now be with them. Not planning a wedding with another man.
“We both need to be happy. Aera promises papa, huh?”
If Aera had understood the situation, she would have hated the father's actions which caused her to lose her mother figure for the second time. Jeanno, in her little heart, felt worthy to be hated, blamed for destroying the child's imagination. But how else, it all happened. He lost and had to respect Judith's decision, right?
Jeanno grabbed Aera's tiny hand, pecking at the back of her hand gently. “Papa dear Aera. Forever”
**
Jeanno's head throbbed pain from the notification of his phone that did not stop coming in. Do not know from whom, because he had previously told the secretary to empty his schedule that afternoon and all matters of urgency conveyed through his secretary. The only one he suspects is bombarding his phone is Mark Sebastian. Who else?
“What's Mark?” not wanting her head to get dizzy, Jeanno decided to pick up the phone. But not until Mark made a sound, the door of the room was opened forcibly. Appearing the figure of the father with an expression that can not be guessed.
“Jeanno Alexander”
Just as Jeanno lowered his phone, seeing the intimidating aura of the father who seemed to be in a bad mood, he chose to get up from the chair and stepped closer.
“What's up, papa?”
“You still ask what's up? You haven't seen the news?”
Jeanno's body stiffened, reflexively opening a news portal on her computer monitor. Various articles about him are plastered there, this time is not good news.
“Young businessman Jeanno Alexander is known to cover up the death of his wife, Nayara Alexander for two years. So who is the woman he introduced to the public as ‘Nayara Alexander’?”
“Forging someone's identity, Jeanno Alexander's rash move was able to impact on his good name and his rapidly growing company”
“Small ‘’ error Jeanno Alexander lowers public sympathy, is this the end of the young entrepreneur's success?”
Jeanno shut down the news site. He was no longer able to read everything. He is not sure what to react and how.
“What joke are you playing, my son?” Thomas walked over, slapping at the son who had made the tip of his lips bleed. Jeanno didn't fight back at all, he just looked down. He realized all this mess was his fault.
“Papa is really disappointed in you, Jeanno. Soon you're busting all this mess. Don't ask Papa for help to intervene. You are an adult, you dare to take the decision to marry one-sidedly, you also can definitely solve this problem”
Finals. Thomas Alexander turned his back to walk out without looking at him at all. Leaving Jeanno in a slump.
**
One of the parties who benefited the most in the explosion of news about Jeanno, which was none other than Arman Mahendera. Yes, he is behind everything. It is not expected that he stayed in prison, during his detention, he relied on his lawyers to gather evidence about Nayara's illness and death, and his grave to be handed over to reporters.
Surprise from Arman as a gift of his freedom. Jeanno's downfall may have been nothing to do with Mahendera's family business and Arman's divorce. But at least he can give Jeanno a warning that Arman is not the right person to play with.
“It's so nice to see you slumped. But it won't be long, Jeanno. Because soon you will meet Nayaramu”
**
“Who spreads?”
“We are still figuring it out. There is no bright spot for now, I'm sorry, Jean”
Jeanno sighed harshly. “I'm the one who should be apologizing, Mark. What about the office? Are there any reporters?”
“Tadi noon towards afternoon was quite a lot. But now there's no more. How are you doing there? Aera doesn't know, does she?”
The one asked once again sighed harshly, rubbing his face stiffly. “I will probably return to Indonesia to solve that problem. About Aera... My parents guarantee that she won't find out about this problem”.
“Good”
“Mark, have any of them known Judith's identity?”
A few seconds quiet. “Not yet. But if this news gets hotter, it is not impossible that Judith's identity will be revealed as soon as”
“Mark, can I ask you a favor?”
“Whatever it is as long as I can, Jean”
“Please cover the identity of Judith. It doesn't matter if I'm in trouble, but if they're going to uncover their identities and pasts, I can't, Mark. I won't be able to see him get hurt again”
“I'll help you as much as I can, Jeanno. Take care of your health, hopefully your problems quickly finish”
***
It would be a lie if Judith didn't know what happened to Jeanno. Thanks to the overcast weather and heavy rain that flushed the city all day so that the shop was quiet, so he had plenty of time to surf the internet. Where he accidentally saw an article on a national news portal that is quite famous.
It turns out that not only the news portal that reports Jeanno as headlines, but also almost all news portals and even international pages. Not all Judith read, some of the articles even display the grave belonging to Nayara which he thought had really crossed the line.
Lying if Judith is not afraid. Because he is currently the target of many news seekers, regarding the identity of the woman who dressed and appeared in public as Nayara Alexander. But rather than his identity and past being exposed, Judith is more afraid that something will happen with Jeanno and Aera. However, news like this should not be revealed. The agreement of the surrogate mother, which has passed almost two years, must now be revealed and is certainly detrimental to Jeanno.
I don't know how long he's been staring at his phone. Ignore the calls from Hannah and Mark. He wanted to ask about Jeanno and Aera's condition, but he was too scared. Fear if the answers they give are not in line with their expectations. Afraid something bad will happen to both of them. But on the other hand Judith was eager to call Jeanno. He wanted to hear from the man's lips that everything was fine.
Aera and Jeanno are fine.
**
Writerblock is real.
Every laptop has been in front of the bank either want to write what, even though time is already there.
I'm sorry for the delay.
Hopefully it can be more productive
Enjoyable.
