The Shackles of the Past

Selena and Josh: Almost to meet

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"Beb, I've had a meeting online for a while now. Are you okay shopping by yourself?" Josh asked Selena who was eating her breakfast.

Selena simply glanced and reluctantly replied to Josh's remark, "And you I won't get lost either." Answer Selena ketus.

Josh just let out a long sigh, seeing the wall clock already showing at six o'clock in the evening Indonesian time which means in America at six in the morning. The time difference between the two countries is quite a lot, which is 12 hours.

Wiping his lips, Josh gave his wife a debit card for shopping. "Wear as necessary." Josh said softly.

The creaking of the chair rang out, Josh had already risen from his seat and walked leaving Selena alone at the dining table. Selena just throbbed slowly from a long time ago until now Josh's irritable habits have not changed.

Soon she cleaned up the dinner marks today, brought the dishes into the sink, and immediately washed them clean. It didn't take much time as it was just two dishes and two glasses that he washed.

Selena stepped into the room to change clothes, as if she did not care about Josh who was in a meeting. Selena is seen pacing back and forth until some of Josh's employees or co-workers can see Selena.

Not many know if Josh is married, because Josh is so secretive, and mysterious. Josh who realized that his coworkers were not focused due to the wife who was dressing up in front of the dresser with clothes that were quite sexy as usual made Josh look back after closing his laptop camera with tape.

"Can you not dress like that?" Josh said flatly.

Selena stopped her movement, putting lipstick on her beautiful lips, turned her head and looked at her husband's visibly upset face. "Why? You should've gotten used to seeing me dress up like this, didn't you like it too." Selena replied with a slanted smile.

After saying that, Selena immediately took her tote bag and just left out of the room leaving Josh who was only silent a thousand languages. Josh who forgot not to turn off the microphone zoom made his co-worker seem to him.

For Josh's co-workers, no one can speak Indonesian, so they do not understand what the wife says. Realizing if he still has an important meeting immediately refocused and serious.

"Sorry to have our meeting interrupted, we can move on." Josh said firmly and straightforwardly.

His co-workers resumed meeting today without teasing or asking Josh about the private matter. Such is the western culture that does not want to interfere in the affairs of others if not the person does not say or talk about it.

Maintaining the privacy of others is very important, not all concerns of others we must understand. Subconsciously, we actually do not care more precisely just just curious or curious. And we will compare the problems of others with our concerns, because the truth is that easy for us is not necessarily easy for others and vice versa.

Selena walked out of the apartment with one bodyguard behind her, initially Selena refused but the bodyguard had to run her job because it had been rented by Josh while in Indonesia. Now the two were in front of the elevator that would take them to the first floor.

It didn't take long, the elevator had arrived and the door was open. Selena entered with her bodyguards, today the elevator was quiet there were only the two of them.

With Selena's chest closed, she asked the guard behind her, "How much are you paying?" Ask her in English.

"I don't know, Madam. Because we are only sent from service provider companies." Answer the honest guard.

Selena nodded her head, "It must be very expensive, is not it very dear to the money. Maybe it could survive for a year." Selena murmured in the heart.

Now that the two were in the apartment lobby, Selena immediately walked out of the building to the front to approach the online taxi she had ordered earlier. Soon he got into the taxi with the bodyguard sitting in the front seat with the driver.

Slowly the online taxi moved out of the apartment area to the shopping center, during the trip Selena just crossed her chest and threw her eyes out the taxi window. His mind floated thinking of a new episode in his life.

Asking Josh to divorce her in a good way he has done but no result, asking roughly increasingly makes Josh will not let go, he said, and being away from Josh's life further drove the man into a craze so he couldn't run.

Until the taxi had stopped at one of the shopping centers, immediately Selena came out who was followed by her bodyguard. Walk in tandem to the supermarket inside the mall. The bodyguards immediately took the troly for Selena and followed her from behind.

The beautiful woman seemed to choose and put the items she needed, walk to the fresh food area and choose vegetables, fruit, meat, and seafood. Not to forget also the seasoning, but his steps stopped when he was near a slightly open room.

Someone was angry, at first he did not care until a voice that was not so foreign but Selena was not so able to remember who the owner of the voice was making her heart throb pain.

The bodyguard who saw her then panicked in case something happened to Selena, "You okay Madam?" Ask the guard.

Selena shook her head, "It's okay, let's go." He tried to remember the owner of the voice but could not, only his heart felt pain and wanted to cry.

Both went to the cashier, time was getting late. In the morning the shops will close, better Selena finish her shopping today.

While inside the warehouse, a man in a middle white shirt with a waistline in front of a middle-aged woman wearing a light blue uniform was bowing his head deeply. The man was a self-service supervisor who Selena visited.

"Your salary last month alone can not cover your loan, how can you ask for your salary at the beginning again. Huh!" Sentak the supervisor.

"Sorry, but I really need him to pay the rent. I promise this is the last time, sir." Luna replied in a soft voice.

"Can't! Your debt has accumulated quite a lot and your salary of one month is not able to cover it, I am still kind enough not to fire you, Luna. Just divorce your drunk husband and start a new life." Said Kris slowly.

Kris who works as a supervisor at the supermarket is one of Luna's former school colleagues. They met when Luna was doing odd jobs at a food stall, Luna who asked for a job was given Kris as OG because of the age of Luna who could not apply for any part.

Luna clutched the apron she was wearing, "Can't Kris, she will definitely look for me all the way to the ant hole. I have to hold on until he dies by himself." Luna replied with teary eyes.

The gasps sounded harsh, "Find your son and stay with him, I can't help you anymore Lun. If you keep going like this, it's not me who will fire you but your own boss." Said Kris who then walked away from inside the warehouse to do his job.

Luna shed tears as Kris closed the barn door, violently wiping away the tears on her old face. "If I met Selena, I wouldn't dare look at her Kris." Luna said softly.

Kris's exit along with Selena's departure went to the cashier, if only Kris met then he would hold Selena and meet her with Luna.

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Vaporized but both eyes were still closed, all reluctant to open both eyes. However, he had to get up soon to execute the plan he had already laid out from afar. Slowly both eyelids open which directly looks towards the king size mattress.

A smile rose from his handsome face, staring at the woman he loved still soundly asleep like a baby. Josh immediately woke up his body that felt very sore because since the last time he slept one bed with Selena, Josh slept on the sofa.

Not without reason Josh slept in a small and narrow place, because the night after the incident. Selena did not sleep next to him but instead chose to sleep on the sofa, hurt and angry of course Josh felt, However, he held her back so as not to be rude to his wife, he succumbed to sleeping on the sofa as long as his wife did not want to sleep with him.

Hearing the sound of water gurgling, Selena frowned and opened her eyes. Staring at the wall clock lazily, time had already shown at half-eight. Instead of Selena getting up, she grabbed the blanket and closed her eyes.

The bathroom door was open, Josh came out wearing a towel wrapped around his waist only while the upper part was open showing his chest field and six pack stomach. Knowing his wife wasn't really sleeping made Josh smile, with his broad steps he walked over.

Tilting her body so that water droplets from her hair hit Selena's face below, making women who try to go back to sleep immediately wake up and sit down quickly.

"What are you doing!" Shouted Selena with an annoyed look.

Josh straightened his body and smiled faintly, "Fall a bath beb, I'll take you out." Josh replied, which then passed from before the wife.

Selena scooped her face violently due to the water that looked at her face, "Crazy ground" Selena muttered with her lips pursed. Despite the grumbling, she still got up from her bed and walked towards the bathroom after tidying up her bed.

Now, Selena and Josh are already in the car that Josh has been renting for a month. Ride by a bodyguard using GPS. Josh actually does the rest alone without the help of two families who give him information about Selena's whereabouts.

Even knowing if Selena is going to have a marriage with her ex-boyfriend does not make her nervous, because Josh is still the woman's legal husband, he said, he is not angry with Selena's ex-lover Josh feels guilty and participates in the chaos of Kenan and Alice's household.

If Josh had not done anything wrong to Selena, perhaps up to this point the two men who had been in a relationship would never have met and lived happily with their families.

"Where are we going?" Selena asked who had not received an answer from Josh.

"Where do you want to go, baby?" Josh threw the question to the question.

"I'm hungry, I want breakfast first." Answer Selena pout.

"All right." Josh orders the bodyguards to take them to one of the hotels for breakfast at the hotel's restaurant.

Greedily, Selena ate her breakfast in contrast to Josh who used to eat only a piece of sandwitch and a glass of milk or coffee. Seeing his wife's changing appetite makes Josh confused, whether his wife is not satisfied because she has eaten a food full of carbohydrates.

Selena has eaten from the name of soto, chicken satay, vegetable salad, fried noodles, padang rice, fried rice, beef rib soup, and others.

Although the portions are quite a bit, but for Josh still a lot with various types of cuisine.

"Where are you going, baby?" Josh asked astonishedly looking towards Selena who was standing from her seat.

"You take a drink." Answer Selena briefly.

Josh just breathed his long breath slowly, while looking at his wife's back from behind the middle to a stand in the restaurant. However, Josh's eyes widen perfectly when Selena comes up with a large glass of pink water with lots of fruit toppings.

"Darling, aren't you full yet? You said you'd take a drink." Josh was still shocked.

"It's a drink, don't you see this ice cube and water." Selena replied annoyed.

"What is fruit salad?" Ask Josh curiously.

"Es teler." Answer Selena briefly.

"Es teler?" Josh Beo.

Selena thrust a scoop of ice in front of Josh's lips, slightly moving it so that her husband quickly opened his mouth. With hesitation, Josh accepted a bribe from his wife. Looking from his face Josh thought, until his bright face appeared.

"Enak?' Ask Selena curiously.

Josh nodded, "May I ask you again?" Ask Josh slowly.

Selena fed Josh another runny ice, which Josh initially hesitated even now does not leave a drop of iced water that is in a large glass even Selena just tried two spoons.

"I'm really full." Josh patted his stomach slowly.

Selena chirped in annoyance, "One glass of iced jelly you spend yourself." The omel.

"Yes, it really makes me ice-stomach." Said Josh.

Josh during his time in Indonesia has never tried food or drink in his home country, he still eats like what he always eats in America. Even Josh himself doesn't know what 'teler' means'. Hearing Josh's reply made Selena tremble in annoyance withholding her laughter.

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