The Bridge Of Love

CHAPTER 49 The House of Childhood

Miranda wiped her wet hands. "Thank you for dinner."

"Yes" said Renan.

"I'll sleep first. Tomorrow, early in the morning, Cindy's coming to pick me up."

"I don't mean to throw you out. If you need a place to stay, you can still be here."

Miranda shook her head slowly. "You've helped enough."

"Yes, all right," said Renan.

Miranda lowered her head at a glance, unintentionally glancing at the clothes she was wearing. "Oh, yeah. I use the bathroom and wear clothes that are in the closet without permission. I didn't mean to be presumptuous. I just can't wear dirty clothes."

"It's okay, the one you're wearing belongs to Carnation."

Miranda just nodded small. "Send her an apology and thank me."

"Yes." Yeah."

Miranda flipped over her body and walked towards Carnation's room. Renan just stared at Miranda's back with an indecipherable look on his face.

Closing the door and leaning behind the door. Miranda touched her own chest. Remembering the touch of their hands inside the foam. Instantly shook his head slowly, expelling the one in his mind.

Two people who can't sleep in different rooms. Renan turned on his phone screen. Open a photo gallery and stare at some pictures of her ex-boyfriend. "How are you? Can you forget me?"

Renan closed his eyes trying to rest. Trying hard to forget the ex-lover. It is often difficult to get rid of old memories. But tonight, the shadow of his lover faded very easily and changed with the face of the woman who for a while annoyed him.

He got up from his sleep, sat on the bed and cupped his own face. "Why does that woman keep pestering?" muttered.

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Early in the morning Miranda was ready to leave the apartment. He raised his hand to knock on Renan's room. Doubtful to wake the man just to be alone. However, he dared to knock on the door.

Renan opened the door when he heard the door being knocked. "You want to go now?"

"Yes, it's better early in the morning" Miranda replied.

Renan took a look at Miranda's appearance, the girl was already wearing clothes yesterday. "Where's your assistant?"

"He's waiting in the basement" Miranda replied.

"I'll take you, '" said Renan. He went inside his room and took out a material jacket to cover the pajamas used.

Miranda only glanced at Renan. The guy who just woke up but looks good to see. Face pillow but looks very clean fresh. It was obvious the man was keeping up his appearance.

They're heading for the basement of the apartment. Cindy starts the engine when she sees Miranda looking for her whereabouts.

Miranda rushed to Cindy's car. "I'll go first. Thank you for helping me" she told Renan.

"Yes, you can come to me if you need help" Renan said. Sincere or just plain stale. Renan did not know why he offered help.

"I know you're reliable."

Renan just gave a wry smile. "Be careful on the road."

Miranda opened the car door to enter. However, his feet had not yet stepped into the car. He stopped his steps and looked back at Renan.

The cup! Miranda kissed Renan's cheek. "Thank you." After kissing Renan's cheek, Miranda immediately got into the car and faced the front without looking at Renan again. The man just froze in place.

The car moves, Cindy drives the car at a steady speed. Miranda only saw Renan standing speechless through the rearview mirror.

"Are you starting to like that guy?" ask Cindy.

"Where is there!" refute Miranda.

"Then, why did you kiss her?"

"That's just a thank you for helping me."

"Miss, no meeting this afternoon. Do you want to have lunch in the office cafeteria or outside?" ask Vinnie.

"I'll eat out" answered Carnations.

Carnation and Vinnie out of the office. Vinnie drives to the restaurant that Carnations already mentioned.

"Turn left" said Anyelir.

"Isn't it supposed to be the right?" ask Vinnie wonder.

"I want to go somewhere first."

Carnations lead the way, Vinnie just follows the orders of Carnations. It took more than half an hour until they finally arrived at their destination. They stood in front of a luxurious house.

“Whose house is this?” ask Vinnie.

“Then, this was my home,” answered Anyelir heartily looking at his childhood home.

Vinnie only glanced at Carnations, he followed his boss into the luxurious building. The turnstile is unlocked, there's no iron to tie the fence. Carnations just frown.

The mansion looked clean and there was no sign of emptiness for several years. Carnations just want to know the state of his parents' house. Seeing the manicured house, made him suspect that the house already belongs to someone else. Yes, when he met with Chrysanthemum, the house was already owned by the bank.

A middle-aged woman came out of the house. In the past, he and Chrysanthemum had come to the house to try to buy it back. However, the owner of the house refused to sell and asked for a very high price.

Chrysanthemum business is just starting to develop, Carnation does not have the heart if you have to drain her husband's money for the sake of his childhood home. Therefore, finally Anyelir told Chrysan that the house was no longer important and Anyelir never brought up his childhood home.

Unlike the current, he had his own money. Try his luck to own the house again. So many memories of him and his parents in that house.

“What are you the owner of this house?” ask Carnation to the middle-aged lung woman.

“Not. I am Lani, only a worker here,” replied the middle-aged woman softly.

“Can I meet the owner of this house?” carnation Permission.

“This home owner?”

“Yes. A few years ago I came to this house. But I forgot who the owner of this house is, I want to meet him.”

Lani looked at Carnations, looking from top to bottom. Carnations are uncomfortable with Lani's gaze. “Isn't the owner of this house you?” asked Lani, after being convinced of her vision that Carnations was the owner of the house.

“What do you mean?” ask Anyelir confused.

Lani smiled, even though the Carnation's look was different. However, he was sure that Carnation was the same person who was in the photo inside the house. “I am the person in charge of cleaning this house, it has been almost 4 years working here. The first year, I was just cleaning up an empty building with no contents in it. For the past three years, the house has been filled with furniture. Inside, there is your photo. So I thought, this is your home,” explained the middle-aged pulmonary woman.

“Photoku?”

“Ya, I'm sure it's you.”

“Can I log in?”

“Sure,” Lani replied. Not suspicious of strangers coming. Lani was already very confident that the woman walking beside her was the woman in the photo in the living room.

Carnations and Lani enter the house. Vinnie followed behind. “You're just yourself cleaning this house?” ask Carnation. Luxury and magnificent house, would be tired if done alone.

“No. We have a team that cleans up once a week. Our team just got home and I'm the last person who will lock the door.”

Lani opens the living room door. Carnations entered the house, his eyes widened as he entered the house. He was immediately faced with a photo of his marriage with Chrysanthemum. Very simple wedding photos.

Carnations set foot until she stood just below the wedding photo. “What is this guy who bought this house?” ask her with eyes condensing.

“I don't know. I only work on the orders of Lord Aryo. However, he said, the person in this photo is the owner of this house,” explained Lani.

Tears of Carnations dripping. Her heart warmed, it was very clear that her husband had bought this house. Why did Chrysanthemum divorce her? What is her husband hiding?

"When Mr. Aryo asked me to clean this house. There were still some items from the previous owner. However, the owner told me that the goods from the previous owner were not discarded by him and stored in the warehouse" said Lani.

"Can I see?" pinta Carnation.