The Painful Love Story

Chapter 55

Morning at Mr. Wildan's hospital.

Ellina blinked and opened her eyes as her consciousness began to return. He focused his gaze on the ceiling of the room that felt foreign to him. The smell of medicine smelled, gushing into his sense of smell.

And coinciding with that, suddenly Zyl's face appeared before him.

"Sister-in-law! Are you conscious?!" zyl exclaimed in a happy and haru tone.

"I where?" asked Ellina in a loud voice.

"You're in the hospital, sister. Good thing last night I and Adrian found you on time and brought you here right away..."

"My fetus.." by reflex Ellina held onto her stomach. He remembered the last time he had a severe contraction before he fell unconscious. "What about my baby?" asked Ellina with trembling lips.

"Your fetus is fine Miss. Last night the gynecologist checked you. Luckily your fetus is so strong that it can still be saved. However, if something like this happens again you will likely lose your fetus. Therefore the doctor advises that you avoid excessive stress so as not to trigger similar events." replied Adrian who was in the room with Zyl.

Ellina glanced at Adrian. The look on his face showed both relief and sadness after hearing the statement. Then he looked at his stomach with sadness.

"I'm sorry, son. Because of Mom's mistake, I almost lost you." Ellina spoke while shedding tears.

Zyl turned to Adrian, gesturing him through the eyes for the man who works as a personal doctor of his family to come out for a while, because he wanted to speak with Ellina.

Adrian who understood also nodded his head and asked for permission to resign.

After Adrian's departure, Zyl pulled up a chair and sat down next to her sister-in-law's gurney. He stroked the stomach of Ellina, whose niece was there gently.

"What really happened to you, brother? Why are you locked in the room?" zyl asked carefully while looking at Ellina's face.

Suddenly Ellina stopped the movement of her hand that was rubbing her stomach, then turned to look at Zyl who was waiting for her answer.

"Your brother locked me in." replied Ellina in a stifled voice.

"What?! Zean locked you?!" pekik Zyl could not believe it.

Ellina nodded then cried. He recalled the incident yesterday afternoon, where Zean was so angry when he saw him with Devan at the city park. Then the man violently dragged her home and locked her in the room without caring about her moans.

With tears in her eyes, Ellina told Zyl what she had experienced without being exaggerated. And of course Zyl felt surprised and furious when she heard the story of her brother-in-law.

He did not think how could his brother be locked his own wife in a room without anyone in their apartment?

Had Zean known that Ellina had just been bleeding and nearly lost their fetus, he was sure that her twin would have regretted it for life.

"What is your friend? And where do you know him?" ask Zyl curious. Because of her fate, Ellina only had one friend and that too was a woman, Tiara. So there's no way that Zean would be jealous of Tiara just because he saw them sitting together, right?

"Devan. Name's Devan. We got acquainted in the shopping mall after I helped his fallen niece." replied Ellina softly.

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"Who?! Devan?!" repeat Zyl in a surprised tone.

Ellina nodded.

"Yes Devan. Wh why? You knew her?" ask Ellina.

For a moment Zyl fell silent, then shook her head.

"No. I don't know him, but ..." Zyl seems to think, is it possible that Devan Ellina's friend is the same Devan who destroyed Zean and Lyora's relationship?

Zyl begins to combine the stories of her grandmother and Ellina. She was silent for a long time until she gasped when Ellina called her name.

"Zyl!"

"Yes?!"

"But what?" ellina asked in a demanding tone.

Zyl looked at Ellina. And soon he began to tell what happened to his grandfather as well as what he did to Zean.

Ellina was so surprised to hear that. He did not expect that Mr. Wildan would be able to go that far in order to marry his granddaughter to a family that was compatible with their family.

Then Ellina and Zyl begin to conclude that Devan, Ellina's friend, is the same person who destroyed Zean and Lyora's relationship at the behest of Mr. Wildan.

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"When have you experienced it?" Zean looked at Lyora coldly. Both are currently in the hospital room. The hospital is different from Ellina.

Last night since Lyora's stupor, Zean took the woman to the hospital. Lyora's state was so weak, that it made Zean worried. And that worry grew when the doctor said that Lyora was suffering from a deadly disease. Leukemias.

"Ah, you already know what it looks like." Lyora replied with a bitter smile.

"My answer is Lyora, since when have you experienced it?"

"Ljora!"

Lyora turned her face aside and shed tears.

"One year ago" he said.

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"One year ago?!" Zean looked surprised. "Why didn't you tell me? Weren't we still..." Zean did not continue his sentence.

"Still together? Yes, I deliberately kept my illness a secret from you. I'm afraid you left me after knowing that I was a sick woman."

Hearing Lyora's reply, Zean's heart felt squeezed. Lyora could think that way about him.

Zean's gaze that had been upset now softened. Zean grasped Lyora's hand with his right hand, while his left hand gently rubbed the woman's head.

"I'm sorry." whispered Zean.

Lyora turned towards Zean until now the two faced with such a close distance.

"Stop apologizing. You're innocent."

Zean lowered his head deeply. His sturdy fingers clasped Lyora's hand as if forgetting the limit that they were no longer lovers.

"Zean, are you crying?" asked Lyora who saw Zean's shoulder shake. "Zeez!" Lyora shook her hand held by the man.

"I will pay for all your treatment until you recover as you are" Zean said, raising his head. His face was soaked with tears.

"no need. I can still afford to support myself."

"It's not an offer, it's a decision. I've decided to finance you. So you have no right to refuse."

Lyora was silent, it turned out that her man was still the same as before, stubborn.

"It's up to you" he replied, not arguing.

A moment of silence stretched between them. Creating an awkward atmosphere that they had never felt before. Until Lyora's question made Zean aware.

"You don't want to go home? Your wife must be worried waiting for you at home." said Lyora. There was pain when he said that sentence.

Ellinas.

Zean immediately remembered the woman. The woman he's been holding since yesterday afternoon because of the jealousy that hooked him when he saw Ellina with that jerk Devan. How could he forget Ellina?!

At once Zean stood up with a restless face.

"God! How could I forget it!" zean said while rubbing his face rough.

Lyora observed Zean's expression, is it possible that Zean loves Ellina?

"Then go home!" tell Lyora with a heavy heart..

"But what about you?"

Lyora tried to smile.

"No need to worry about me. There are sisters who will take care of me here." she replied as if understanding.

"Well then, I'll go home."

Lyora nodded.

Just as Zean was about to turn around, Lyora suddenly held the man's hand.

"Zean."

Zean looked over until the two of them looked at each other.

"Yes?"

"Please promise me you'll come back." Lyora asked.

Zean glanced at Lyora doubtfully.

"I beg you!"

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