The Substitute Husband's Love

Chapter 5

Time shows at 06:30 in the morning. Elle began to open her eyes slowly, she was a little surprised when she realized that the man who had become her husband yesterday was not next to her. Slowly Elle began to rise while rubbing his eyes, then he circulated his gaze at every corner of the room.

Instantly, Elle's gaze was fixed on the figure of a man who was currently still sleeping soundly on the medium-sized sofa chair. "Did he sleep on the couch all night? Why would he do that? Aren't we officially a couple?" Inner Elle wondered as she looked at her husband.

"Ah maybe she fell asleep there last night, I can't think negatively about my husband." Elle went back inside and convinced herself that her husband had accidentally fallen asleep on the couch. Then after that Elle began to put her feet on the floor, then she walked to the bathroom.

"I'd better clean my face first, then I wake her up." Elle muttered as she accelerated her footsteps.

Slowly, Elle began to reach for the bathroom door handle, then she walked into the bathroom door, not to forget Elle also closed the bathroom door slowly, in order not to cause noise and disturb the sound sleep of his beloved husband.

Elle began to look at herself through the reflection of the mirror, then she smiled faintly. "It looks like my first night failed. Why do I have to think about my first night? Is my brain not sane? Why am I even thinking about that? It sucks." Said Elle while gently hitting her two beautiful faces.

"Rather than thinking about it, I better clean myself up first, before my husband wakes up." Elle spoke softly again, she immediately lit the water, and began to wash her beautiful face.

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Nathan began to blink both eyes as sunlight penetrated through the window and hit his handsome face. He slowly stretched the muscles in his hand, staring at the empty bed. Nathan sighed, then grabbed a bottle of mineral water that was already available on the table near the sofa chair.

Slowly, Nathan began to unscrew the bottle, and gulped down the water inside. It was Nathan's habit every morning after he woke up, he would drink water first, then after that he would check his cell phone as it is today.

There were several incoming messages from his assistant and also the doctor who handled his twin sister in Germany. Nathan immediately opened the message from the doctor, and read it carefully.

Doctor Alexa.

Your brother's condition is still as before, there has been no development. Pray, may there be a miracle from God for your twin sister.

Reading the message made Nathan have to sigh violently. He sent his brother abroad, but the result was the same.

"Miracle of God? Does it really exist? If there is, I hope the miracle comes soon." Nathan's inner self while putting his cell phone on the table. Nathan rubbed his face violently with eyes fixed on the ceiling of the room.

"Come awake, Rendra! I beg you." Nathan looked on with his breath. Nathan was both tormented and saddened by what happened to his twin brother. If he could turn the clock around, maybe he wouldn't let his twin brother wretch in order to protect him. However, unfortunately time cannot be turned back, and life will continue to go on even though it is very painful for him.

The drying of the mobile phone made Nathan aware of his daydream. He immediately grabbed his phone, then shifted the green button and placed it in his ear.

"Nathan! Are you awake?" Ask a woman who is none other than Melodi, Bladder mother Nathan and also Rendra.

"Yes, mah. What's up?" Nathan turned around with his slightly soft tone of voice.

"Mama just wanted to make sure, did Elleiana know about your disguise? Mama felt uneasy last night thinking about this disguise of yours. Mama's afraid Elle knows it." Mama Melodi's voice sounded a little anxious. Honestly, Melodi's mother initially disagreed that Nathan should be the husband of his twin sister's replacement, but since Nathan continued to convince himself and give a very reasonable reason, finally Melodi's mother agreed.

"Well, you believe in me, Nathan. And may your sister soon awaken, so that you can exchange and mama will not be haunted by guilt to Elle. Honestly, I felt very guilty because I lied to Elleiana because the man she married was not the man she loved. Mama's a bad guy, Nathan." Mama Melodi sounds guilty.

Nathan took a deep breath, then threw it away slowly. "Well, don't talk like that, this is all we're doing for Rendra. If we tell Elle the truth, then yesterday's marriage will definitely be void. And we don't know if Elle's going to accept Rendra's coma or if she's going to leave Rendra after she finds out that Rendra is in a coma and lying in the hospital." Nathan took a deep breath back, then slowly threw it away.

"Mom don't think about this anymore huh, just leave everything the same to me. I promise, I won't let anyone find out about my disguise. So, mama should calm down, ok." Nathan continued with a tone of voice that sounded so sure in the ears of mama Melodi, making mama Melodi a little calm across the phone there.

"Yes, honey. I will try not to think about this anymore. And you're gonna try to act like you used to if you meet Elle later." Melodi's mama's words made Nathan slightly smile. "Oh yeah, today you're going home to your mom's, right?" Asked mama Melodi with her tone of voice that started to turn calm.

"Yes, mah. Me and Elle.... " Nathan's closest utterance in the windpipe as a soft, subtle sound enters his sense of hearing.

"Darling, who are you calling? So serious." Ask a beautiful woman who is none other than Elle. At once Nathan immediately turned his gaze to Elle, the girl looked very beautiful natural, plus a sweet smile that adorned her face and the warm gaze of her eyes made Nathan's heart slightly pounding.

"My mother." Nathan's words are short and dense.

Elle walked closer to her husband, the smile on her face never disappeared for a second. "Yes, can I talk?" Elle asked with her tone still soft and delicate.

Nathan nodded slowly, and he handed the phone to Elle. "Speak, I happen to want to go to the bathroom." Nathan said as he got up from the couch. Elle just nodded her head while reaching for the phone given by her husband, while Nathan, she immediately rushed both feet towards the bathroom door.

After his departure, Nathan. Elle put the phone in her ear. With a happy face involved, he began to open his soft and delicate voice. "Mama, why didn't you tell me last night? Mama's okay?" Elle asked worriedly.

Mama Melodi smiled across the phone, she began to take a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. "Sorry baby, my mom came home in a hurry last night. So, my mother did not have time to say goodbye to you. But, you take it easy yes, mama is fine." Mama Melodi made Elle's heart feel relieved.

"Thank God that mom is okay. But, can I know why you came home so hurried?" Elle asked curiously to make Mama Melodi breathe her heavy breath across the phone.

"Emmm... Mom's brother's in the hospital, baby. Eat mama straight home and go to the hospital." Answer the melody, of course, it is a lie. Because in reality he came home because he could not help his sadness when he remembered his second son lying in a coma alone in an overseas hospital without him.

"Ah so. May the spit be healed for your brother yes. I'll take Nathan to see your brother." Elle's words made Melodi's mama a little nervous.

"Ah no need, baby. Because your brother has been transferred to a hospital outside the city at dawn. So, you and Nathan don't have to see her." Melodi's mom is lying again. However, the innocent Elle did not know that her mother-in-law was lying, and she believed what her mother-in-law said. "Dear, my mom closes the phone first, you will come home later today, right? So, mama wants to go to the market with the aunt to go shopping to greet you two, ok." Mama Melodi's mouth made Elle feel a little bad, because he had to be troublesome and made her mother-in-law go to the market just to cook to welcome herself and Nathan.

"Mama didn't bother to welcome the two of us, anyway... " Elle's words stuck in the throat.

"Shhh... My mom didn't bother at all. You are now a married couple, so you should be greeted with a special dong." Sela mama Melodi makes Elle chuckle softly. "Yes, my mom hung up first. Say the same Na,, eemmm mean mama Rendra, to be careful in driving his car. Understand darling." Continued mama Melodi who almost keceplosan mention the name Nathan.

"Yes, mah. I get it." Elle said without letting go of the smile on her pretty face. Then after that, Melodi's mother immediately disconnected her connection, while Elle, she was seen frowning her forehead. I don't know what Elle has in mind right now, only Elle knows.

Seriate.