The Love After Agreement

Chapter 17

After the breakfast was over, Gryson decided to go to work. Filia did not realize that her husband's appearance was a little different than usual, but when the car had left then she realized.

"Tumben Mas Grys doesn't wear formal clothes as usual?" muttered Filia while continuing to stare at the car driven by her husband before disappearing from her sight.

Yes, Gryson did not tell Philia the circumstances at all, not the intention to cover it up, just that he did not want Filia to keep her distance anymore because she felt guilty about him.

Gryson runs his car towards the restaurant he is in, from now on he will work and watch him himself there, maybe sometime he will bring Filia to come there.

The staff who were there were already lined up neatly to welcome his arrival.

"Welcome, sir," said the manager.

"Morning too. As I talked about yesterday afternoon, from now on, I will join you. So, please help him and let's work together to run this restaurant" Gryson said as he conducted a morning briefing.

"Good, Sir." The staff there compactly answered the superior's remarks.

After the briefing was over, they disbanded and carried out their respective duties, while Gryson walked to his private room, followed by the manager with some bookkeeping files that he had to check.

"Please, Sir." The manager keeps the file on a table that has been prepared by his superior.

"Thank you, Toni" Gryson told his manager, Anthoni.

"Together, Sir. Then, excuse me for retreating." Anthoni bowed slightly as a sign of respect before he left Gryson's room.

"Yes, please."

After Anthoni left, Gryson began to open the bookkeeping files that he received earlier. He used to come there and regularly once a week to monitor the development of the restaurant.

***

Philia herself was in that house, and she did not know about this area. His house is in an upper middle housing area. So the atmosphere there is quite quiet because people may be busy with their respective activities.

Filia was confused as to what to do, the work in the house was done since this morning.

"Akh, the boss ...!"

He picked up a cell phone in his room and tried to contact his parents.

Tut .. tut .. tut ....

Long enough to wait, but the call went unanswered.

"Is my mom busy?" muttered Filia while twirling the phone she was holding.

"I'll try to chat first, huh."

He typed a few words before sending them to his mother.

Me 📨

Hello, Ma. How are you doing?

Mama is busy?

Lia misses and wants a call ...

Mom 📩

What do you need to call Mama?

My mom is busy, can't be bothered!

Filia stared sadly at her phone, hoping to communicate with Mama Rini, but the answer given by her mother made Filia claustrophobic and sick simultaneously.

Not desperate, he sent me another message.

Me 📨

Lia misses Mama.

What is your mom busy?

Filia kept staring at her phone, the message read immediately, but got no response. A few minutes passed, and Filia did not receive a reply from her mother.

Why did Mom and Dad change? Their attitude became cold towards me, what was the reason? Why are they avoiding me? inner Philia wondered at the treatment of her parents.

***

On the other hand, Mama Rini and Papa Dean were having a warm conversation with her niece, Bellina. Bellina sat in the middle of the family, even she did not hesitate to indulge in her cousin's parents.

"Tante, what did Lia say?" bellina asked because she had just caught a glimpse of the message received by Mama Rini.

"Hey, don't mind the kid. You are with us now."

Hearing Mama Rini's words, Bellina could judge if now Mama Rini did not care about her child, she grinned. Satisfied you Filia ...! Your parents no longer care about you ...!

Mama Rini and Papa Dean completely changed their attitude towards Filia, who usually both parents were always worried about their children, now they are indifferent as if they never had Philia, he said, even the photos of Filia have been replaced with photos of Bellina.

They began to hate Filia when her son was caught by the citizens being alone in a man's car, so they were forced to marry. Coupled with the incitement of Bellina who said that it was Filia who asked her to go home alone, but she met the man who is now her husband. From that, Mama Rini and Papa Dean did not like Filia or Gryson as his daughter-in-law.

"Tante is not like that, however, Filia is still the son of Aunt and Om," Bellina said as if she was defending Philia.

"Alright, baby. You don't have to think about that kid anymore. From now on, consider us as your parents. You'll soon be our adopted daughter." Papa Dean gave a very surprising news, because it was what Bellina had wanted all along.

This also prompted him to commit an entrapment of Philia. He had intended to sell his cousin to a fat bald man he met at a nightclub, before Filia was found by the residents and forcibly married.

Actually he was upset that his plan did not go smoothly, but he tried to accept it when he saw the cold and stiff figure of Gryson at the wedding of Filia. At that time he was sure that the man who married Philia would torture him and even hate him. However, Bellina unexpectedly once saw the interaction of the two of them in the supermarket and they seemed to have a harmonious relationship.

Bellina became increasingly upset about it, and she began to draw closer to the parents of Philia and tried to take their heart, so that up to this point he felt successful because he had instigated the two parents of his cousin.

"really? So from now on I can call you Mama Papa?" bellina asked with excitement.

"Sure, dear Bell," replied Mama Rini while hugging her, while Papa Dean rubbed his head fondly Bellina.

"I hope you won't let us down, like Filia who let us down." Mama Rini hugs dear Bellina.

"Of course, Ma. I won't let you two down, because I'm not Filia" Bellina replied as she returned Mama Rini's embrace and displayed her sneaky grin behind Mama Rini's back.

Have you seen Filia? Mama Rini and Papa Dean are now my parents too. How are you feeling right now? Are you hurt? If 'Yes' I'm very satisfied.