
Xavier brought the three children into a nearby room, as if Esther's room could be seen from the large number of toys placed there.
Not an expensive toy but an artificial food that Aurel seems to make for his daughter.
" Dad, rest first, Papa will talk to Mama Aurel" said Xavier gently as he rubbed the top of his son's head.
A kiss landed on the little girl's forehead as well as the two chicks.
" Alvaro, take care of your sister, you go to sleep" Xavier said.
" Good uncle" he answered.
Xavier got up from there, but Esther stopped her footsteps by hugging the man's calf, "Pa..." He was still beaten and saddened by Aurel's yelling.
" Is there a son?" Xavier crouched down and looked at Aurel.
" Don't fight with Mama, it's Esther's fault, pity Mama has been looking after Esther but she was ridiculed by the villagers, Esther did not want to see Mama crying silently again, silent, Esther just wants Mama and Papa to be happy" he said, crying as he pleased.
Once again Xavier hugged his little daughter and patted her head gently.
" Be calm, dear, Papa will speak well with your mother" said Xavier.
Esther nodded her head and tightened her embrace on Xavier.
Afterwards, Xavier closed the bedroom door and made sure the children were getting ready for bed.
He came out of the room and....
Plakkkp...
His face was rewarded with a hard and crisp slap from the hand of Aurel who had stood up and noticed Xavier's behavior in his home.
" Mister,"
"How dare you miss!!" Not Daniel.
" Be calm, Daniel, will handle it yourself!" Said the man while looking dejectedly at Aurel who was recklessly hitting him in the face.
"Go!" Aurel said with a voice full of emphasis.
He stared firmly and sharply but clearly in Xavier's eyes, the girl was trembling.
"We talk!!" Xavier said as he drew Aurel's hand.
But quickly the girl brushed off Xavier's hand and looked at him again with a sharp look.
" There's nothing to talk about, get out of my house now!!" Strictly again.
" If I don't want to, what do you want Aurelia Amora Jovanka!??" Xavier brought his body closer and stared intently at the girl while gripping her hand firmly.
Aurel was silent, for a long time he had not heard someone mention his full name even up to his surname.
Xavier pulled the girl's hand and went into another room in the house, Aurel's room.
Without further ado, Xavier pulls Aurel's hand and enters the room.
“ Daniel, take a break and make sure everything is safe,” Xavier said before he closed the room .
“ What do you want huh? Get out of here,” Aurel snapped again while staring at Xavier who locked the room door .
The man turned around, his height which was much different from Aurel made himself increasingly show a domineering aura. He looked at the girl, walking slowly closer to Aurel without saying a word.
Aurel was speechless with a trembling body, not daring to look into the eyes of the man who thought it was so creepy and made his hair goosebumps.
“ Ma... what do you want..” he said who is now cornered to the table by his bedside. He looked at the man with a look of fear and confusion at the same time.
Xavier stopped in place, he looked at Aurel, the corner of his face that had been bent now turned into a wistful.
The two brown eyeballs continued to stare at Aurel's netra as his body slowly landed on the floor with his knees down.
Xavier sits on his knees in front of a girl, for the first time in a man's lifetime.
“ A... What are you doing, ke. why are you doing this to me?” said shivering.
Xavier looked up,” thank you and sorry,” those three words came out from the lips of the lieutenant General who respected everyone.
Hearing Xavier's words, of course Aurel was surprised and confused,” Ka... You why? Ja.. don't do this,” said Aurel. Who would not be confused by this extremely shocking attitude of Xavier.
Xavier looked at the girl, ” sorry for my sudden arrival and frightened you, but I came here not to take Esther from you, but to protect her, to protect her,” obviously Xavier slowly” and you too certainly,” he continued in the heart.
“ I am a bad father, I only found it after five years of age my little girl, thank you for taking care of her and bestowing affection on her even though her real mother sold it to you, I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Xavier said earnestly.
Aurel fell silent as she poked her lips, clenched her hands and held back her tears upon hearing Xavier's words. Tears of relief with the fact that his daughter will not be taken away from him.
“ Ke.. Why are you looking for him now? Do you know what that woman did to Esther? She doesn't admit my little girl even hit her, Esther grew up not knowing who her father was and accepted so many insults, supposedly being insulted not her but the two of you, irresponsible parents, she said,” said Aurel while crying.
“ Esther, growing up with her heart wound, even if she didn't say it, I know that she is sad, why did you come now and destroy her happiness, she said, if the villagers see you then they don't know what else they're going to tell Esther, the whole village can't know who Esther's mother is, if they know, Esther might get kicked out, she said,” clear Aurel with tears streaming.
Hearing that certainly made Xavier speechless, he was not ignorant of this. All the information about his daughter and the woman who nurtured Esther he had read, had been given in full by Grape.
He knew that not only did Esther get unpleasant treatment from the village people but Aurel also got more insults and insults and was branded as an unmarried woman.
“ Stand up, don't sit there,” Email said.
“ Thank you,” reply the man while moving and sitting on the chair ,” tell me what really happened, and why his birth mother left Esther,” Xavier said.
Aurel seemed hesitant, the story was long gone, he wanted to bury her and not bring up the dark incident. But the one who asked her this time was the one who was more entitled than herself even though she already had the official document of her little girl's adoption.
Aurel was sitting opposite Xavier,” Dian knew she was pregnant, at that time she was a good friend of mine who chose to wander into the city. After a year she found a job she said, but I didn't think she worked as a paid girl,”
“ however, when I visited her at the woman's apartment, she sold Esther to me and told me that she hated the child from that one-night relationship, he wanted to get rid of Esther many times but her fetus was very strong and managed to be born healthy, long story short I brought Esther after getting approval from the court as well as official documents so that someday she can't take Esther from me,”
“ She didn't explain who Esther's father was, she didn't even remember the man she slept with that night, I brought Esther to this village and confessed to the residents that my deliberate departure for a long time was to give birth to Esther,” she explained briefly.
Xavier actually already knew, but he wanted to hear her clarity from Aurel to test whether the girl was honest or not, and as a result, Xavier knew she was an honest good woman.
“ So who have you been taking care of her with? How do you finance your lives?”
“ I worked odd jobs, farmed, opened stalls, wrote novels and much I could do because I planned a good education for Esther, soon she'll be in school, I plan to move from this village, my money is good, this house I will rent also the inn will be managed by Bi Yuni, at least it is my plan for now,” he explained .
Xavier sighed,” Did Dian propose you out of this village? Does he want a cheap house and alimony money for Esther? Look at me and answer honestly,” Xavier said.
Aurel gasped in shock, how could Xavier know that, he didn't even tell anyone, only he knew that. But why did Xavier know everything?
“ Answer me..”.
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