THE LATE IN LOVE

episode 6

I was too naive, holding back all the feelings I was feeling. Even so foolishly pretending to be okay. It was as if I didn't know what was going on.

— Anyuna Viandra —

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Thinking about what happened last night, and this morning made me feel less calm. Unknowingly I almost hit someone, and made my forehead become injured.

The man didn't say anything, as I asked about him. The pain in my forehead is still not gone.

"Master hasn't come home yet" said Bella, as she greeted me.

I frowned, because I knew where he was at the moment. Before I got home, I saw her car in the basement parking lot.

Time shows at eight o'clock I put on an apron and start for a wife's activities, cook dinner for her. When I finished, I went to prepare his bath.

It felt like what I was thinking, made my body so tired that I decided to take a bath and sleep after finishing preparing all the needs.

My wedding ring I took off, and I put it in its original place, it feels free to use it now. Even an Erlan did not acknowledge in front of others as his wife.

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The water in the bathtub is still the same as last night, it looks like he didn't come home. Yeah, he's definitely not coming home, because he's mad at me. The girl I mentioned was her lover.

My heart really, felt so strange that tears were dripping down my cheeks.

The flowers I had gardened in the backyard started to grow fresh, as if she wanted to comfort me. I sat down and sipped a cup of hot coffee before leaving for work.

Some of the house assistants, looking at me with pity, I knew what they were trying to say to me. I answered the question indirectly with a smile.

This morning it was the same, I did the same. Cooking, and preparing her warm water for a bath, do not forget I prepared her clothes.

Valued or not, I can only follow my heart, because the duty of a wife to a husband is mandatory.

A car picked me up, the man in the hospital who is currently my friend. Rion.

"Master told me to drop you off and pick you up from now on,"

I just fell silent not answering, and went straight into the car next to Rion.

"Miss, about yesterday..."

"Call my name, when we're just the two of you, from now on you're my friend" I said, focusing on reading the medical book I just bought.

"Do you know anything about sir..."

"You're the one hired by him, right, you have to obey what he says, right?" my many.

"Yes," Rion answered briefly.

"As my friend, there are some things you can't tell your master. Including, if I already know about the girl's whereabouts," I said with a smile.

"What are you..."

"I like everything about her too much, marrying her is a fortune to me" I said.

"Do you also know about why sister miss left before the wedding day?" ask Rion.

"I'm just guessing, if brother also found out about Clara's presence," I said.

Rion looked at me for a moment.

Now I know why my sister left and told me to replace her. It felt like my heart was getting hurt, there were thousands of knives slashing and tickling at the same time.

I was silent, digesting everything. Then I took a very rough breath, wanting to release all the burdens that were in my heart.

"So that's the story" I said. "Why he was so angry back then" I now understand why he was angry with me. "Even my family knows it" I said staring intently at the front.

"Can you make her feel my presence a little special? I want myself to be a little special in his heart" I said.

"As a substitute for my brother, I just want a little special in his heart. So that after I go out of his life I can fill his heart even if only a little," I said again inwardly.

I even married her, without knowing the reason and all about her I desperately offered myself to marry her.

Maybe this guy beside me feels like I'm a stupid girl to like and marry a guy like Erlan. But love sees nothing in this world, even if this heart hurts so much, I still love it. Am I really fooled by my love? but I love her so much.

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I sat down and enjoyed my lunch as usual, my mind somehow drifting to where, until a man of my husband's status was in front of me, to make everyone around us, look with a curious look.

"What are you thinking?" erlan asked surprised me.

"You. since when you're here..."

"It's been a while. What are you thinking, until you're not aware of my existence" Erlan said.

"There's just something vaguely going through my mind" I told Erlan.

"Why is your forehead hurt?"

"Oh this, I didn't accidentally suck the door," I said lyingly, I couldn't possibly tell her I was about to ram someone down.

"Let me see," Erlan suddenly approached while rubbing my milk bangs, revealing a wound on my forehead. "Shouldn't underestimate a small wound like this" Erlan said.

Oh my God, this guy is so close, my face feels hot. I can't hide my embarrassment, this guy did what he wanted in front of a lot of people. What am I gonna do, they're gonna gossip about me again.

"I will treat it," Erlan said as she pulled my arm to leave from there.

I tried to let go of her hand that was holding mine.

"Erlane... I'm a doctor, I can treat my own wounds" I said. "My body, it's my body, I know how bad my wounds are" I said as I left the man in the hospital corridor.

"Erlan, I can take care of myself. I can treat myself if I'm sick. I'm not a girl who gets sick often. If you're too good like this, I'll misunderstand you," I said everything I thought in my heart.

Is that really what I did? Ignored him? Don't we? but, why did my heart hurt so much while ignoring it. Right, I was faking it, enduring the pain in my heart from seeing it.

"Anyuna.. stop there.." cried Erlan to me.

I don't care about the pangilan.

"Anyuna.. I said stop there.." cried Erlan once more. "I said stop," he said again as he grabbed my hand.

My body was resting on the wall.

"You are mine, your body is mine, I won't let your body hurt" said the man, there was a strange sense of dampening my anger and jealousy when the man said a few words.

I just fell silent, lowering my face. Dare no longer, to argue or to leave from there.

"So let me treat it" Erlan said.

Her tone was so gentle, I could only endure the turmoil of my heart that was so happy. As if there were thousands of butterflies tickling my heart, my face was hot and red again because of Erlan's words and behavior.