The Bond of Our Love

CHAPTER 63 - Will Try to Forget You

Shreya was dumbfounded looking at Caffe who was located right on the side of the road. Caffe reminded him of Rahul. How the man patiently ordered whatever food he wanted. And accompanied him to eat all the food greedily when he invited him to the old city at that time.

He was very happy at the time. His heart felt so warm and comfortable. It was the most memorable moment he ever remembered.

He had just left with that man. But why does every memory with the man feel so precious in him?

"Shreya? Hey?" Dawn shook her hands in front of Shreya's face, when she saw the woman daydreaming again.

"Cock daydreaming again? So how? We eat here?"

"Mmm. No need. I'm still full. Before we left, we had breakfast at Om Helmi's house"

"Yes, you had a little breakfast. I think you're bored with home cooking. Maybe you'd like to try some outdoor cooking?"

"But I'm not hungry. I-I'm just exhausted. Probably because of the hormones"

"Yes, then you go to sleep. I'll wake up later"

"Yes" Shreya turned her body, then closed her eyes. Pretending to be asleep to end the conversation makes him even more tired.

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Knowing that his young master and mistress would return from out of town, the servants and bodyguards who worked as Fajar's loyal servants greeted their return with enthusiasm.

"Welcome, Mr. Madam. You guys finally came home too. If I can tell, how was the show there? Must be having fun, huh?"

Ask Ms. Olives politely, representing other workers who were impressed with her employer's event while out of town.

"Yes ma'am, the show is so exciting. I am also very happy to be together with Om Helmi, Aunt Lesti, and her two children, Rahul and Kak Gala. Although the show was a little chaotic, because yesterday I had some business to do in Thailand. My time there has diminished. But Shreya stayed with them. Aren't you?"

Dawn embraces the shoulders of the Olive Lady and tells her story with her sumring. Then he glanced at Shreya who was standing beside him.

But the woman was silent. His expression was still the same as before. That is not excited and wrapped in depression. Until he seemed unfocused by the ongoing conversation before him.

"I went to the room first" Shreya said in a bland tone.

Without waiting for an answer from them, he immediately walked towards his room with shuddering steps and a feeling of emptiness.

"Sir, is everything okay? That's....?"

Miss Olives pointed at Shreya with mixed feelings, between confused and anxious to see the attitude of her young mistress who looked uninspired. He was worried that there had been a quarrel between the woman and her young master.

"He's fine. Mom doesn't have to worry. Maybe he's just exhausted, out of the long way. Understand, Mom, she's pregnant. Maybe it's the baby's influence in the womb. Just let him rest.

Oh yes, I have to go back to the hospital. Please take care of Shreya. Later when he is awake, please make whatever food he asks" Pinta Fajar in a soft and calm voice, to the middle-aged woman who has been considered like her own mother.

"Good Sir"

"Yes, then I go first"

"Be careful, sir"

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Shreya opened the door of her room. He slowly stepped in, staring blankly at the spacious and luxurious room. His heart and mind were filled with Rahul. When will this taste end?

Though clearly here she is with a good husband and sincerely love her. But his mind was still focused on the man, who was also still the husband of another woman.

Perhaps at this time the man was still saddened by parting with him who had to return to Magelang. But maybe it will only last for a few days. Or maybe just for a few moments.

After that he will return to focus on finding his beloved wife who is pregnant with her child. His own flesh. No longer thinking of her, the woman who was carrying a child from Dawn. Marriage with his best friend.

Shreya held and stared at his large belly. Maybe her presence and the baby are just an escape for Rahul. Who is saddened by the loss of his wife and future children in a tragedy.

She hoped what she thought of Rahul, that was also what she would feel later when she had long been away from that man. Hopefully in the future they can both live life with their respective partners, without intersecting with each other.

According to Fajar, they married because they loved each other. At this moment he could not feel the love towards the man in his heart. Either the love is fading or wavering because of his condition which is currently amnesia.

To be sure he was very hopeful, so that the feeling could grow back slowly. Because he did not want to hurt men and husbands as well as Dawn any further.

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While Shreya was mourning her separation from Rahul, the same was felt by the man, who again had to feel the pain of losing a loved one.

That afternoon when he got into his car and was about to drive, his eyes even first saw a bouquet of flowers and some packets of food he bought at an elite restaurant.

Rahul took and looked at the bouquet of flowers and the package blankly. He just remembered, it turned out that night he accidentally bought flowers and food for Shreya. As a sign of his apology for making the woman sad, after he yelled at her in the morning.

She thought her apology that night would be very memorable. Before he had imagined it, a smile that was crammed on the beautiful face of the woman, who was excited to receive flowers and food from her.

He also imagined, the woman asked to be fed by him shyly as at midnight that time.

But it turns out, all of that is just wishful thinking. It was her fault too, for being too hopeful for the woman. Though clearly he himself knows, if the woman already has an owner. The woman was also pregnant with her husband's child.

But he forgot that fact and remained desperate to put his heart on the wife of his best friend. So it all has to end like this. Perhaps this was a rebuke from God that he should stop playing with fire and refocus on finding his wife.

Yes, Zahra. Women who have sincerely loved and accepted it. Even with all the flaws he had at the time. When everyone humbled him as a useless blind man.

But the woman accepted it with pleasure. And accompanied him through the toughest times of his life. Loans him with the spirit of life, when he has wallowed so deeply with adversity and despair.

But now, after being able to see and get his glory back? How easily did he forget the love and sincerity that the woman had for him? Because he was fascinated to see Shreya? The wife of a man whom he considered to be his own brother.

But maybe Zahra is currently in a difficult time and really needs it. But he's stuck with another woman here. God, what kind of man and husband is he?!

If Zahra had been here, and the woman had known of her behavior, what would his wife have reacted to it? Would Zahra think of him as a jerk and not know himself? Who would betray the sacred bond of their marriage, while he was in misfortune?

Argghhh!! Imagining it made it frustrating. Before this matter got bigger and seeped too far, it might indeed be better if he ended it right now.

Rahul got out of the car with a bouquet of flowers and parcels. Then throw it in the trash.

He hoped that by throwing away the items he had prepared for Shreya, then he could also throw the woman out of his heart and mind. Hope so.

Rahul picks up the phone and contacts his men

"Hallo, how? Have you found any clues about my wife's whereabouts?"

"Sorry sir, we still haven't found any clues" replied the voice of the man across the street in fear and doubt.

"What have you been doing all this time?! Looking for one woman only you're not smart! If you are unable, or have no intention of doing this work, just say so. Let me find someone else!!" Rahul rebukes his men with a high tone because of his emotions. Until he ended the voice call.

His mind was completely stifled at this moment. He was eager to meet Zahra. This is really weird. When Shreya was here, not one bit he felt homesick for his wife. But not even a day after the woman left, her mind had gone back to this mess.

Actually between Zahra and Shreya, who does she miss so much? Why can these two women make it this big?! There's no way her heart's imprinted for two women at once, right?