The Throne of Desire of the Candidate Duda

Chapter.13

Alvino and Aliya enter a mini market located right in front of the apartment building they occupy. With their faces covered in medical masks, they stepped together. When Aliya picked up a pack of frozen meat, Alvino added it to five packs.

Aliya still looks patient and does not respond to this. He again stepped onto the shelf to pick up a pack of bread and jam, but again Alvino added the same item to the trolley in more quantities than Aliya took.

Aliya, who could no longer hold back her emotions, exhaled heavily and turned to Alvino. "Sorry before, sir. Can you not interrupt me shopping? Why is it that every time I take an item, you add the same item again."

"Hey, you live alone and eat alone. Then what about me? Don't you want to cook for me, too, you have to." Alvino again turned to look at the contents of the shelf to take a few snacks.

While Aliya is still trying to understand what Alvino said to her. Their relationship is not a relationship bound by the sacred promise of marriage, Aliya feels that she does not need to behave like a wife to Alvino because she is just a bed partner.

"When do I agree to cook for you?"

Alvino who was busy putting some potato chips and other snacks into the trolley turned to look at Aliya sharply. "What do you mind now? Now this is living in a house, of course, have to eat together."

"I'm not your wife, sir. I'm only in charge of meeting your inner needs" Aliya said in a whispering voice.

"Then let's get married, then" Alvino said casually, then stepped back down the hallway while pushing a trolley.

Aliya was silently fixated with round eyes when she heard that remark. After a while he immediately stepped in quickly to catch up with the man who had really made him run out of sense.

Aliya tries to align her steps with Alvino. "Hey, you don't joke. In the letter of written agreement that our relationship does not need to be tied to the rope of marriage, it could be so easy you invite me to marry."

Hearing the words of his mistress, Alvino stopped his steps and immediately changed his position facing Aliya. "I'm just offering, what's wrong? If you don't want to share your life with me except for the bed, then we'd better get married, because I want you not only to satisfy my desires but also I want you to help me through these times. You know I'm like I'm standing on the edge of a cliff with one leg, no grip."

For a moment Aliya looked at Alvino's eyes that were not closed in the mask, from those eyes she clearly saw the same wound, the wound she had seen when she first met Alvino. His logic was frozen, so he could not think what he was going to say.

"I'll cook for you, forget what you said." Aliya stepped back while pushing the trolley that had been pushed by Alvino.

Alvino only smiled as he looked at Aliya's departure, in fact he did not know why he reflexively said such a thing to Aliya, of course the young woman was surprised to get a sudden invitation to marry.

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After you finish shopping. Alvino and Aliya waited for all their groceries to be counted. After completion, Aliya issued a black card that had been given by Alvino for her to wear.

But Alvino also issued a black card and thrust into the cashier table. Of course the minimarket cashier was confused about which card to take.

"So, which Master and Miss would you like to use?" ask the cashier.

"This is it" Alvino and Aliya said simultaneously.

They looked at each other and looked at each other.

"Let me pay" Aliya told Alvino in a soft but stressed voice.

Feeling that there was no point in refuting Alvino's words, Aliya simply snorted in annoyance and nodded her head.

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"Hey, he said it's for us, but why did I bring it all!" aliya exclaimed to Alvino who was casually stepping in front of her, while she painstakingly carried all the groceries.

Alvino stopped his steps and turned to look at Aliya. "Don't complain much, walk fast, don't be like a turtle."

With an earth-shattering step, Aliya approached Alvino. "It's so much and heavy, my hand could break. Take and bring some, he said these groceries for us."

"Yes it's for us, but I've never brought such groceries. You must have gotten used to it, so I assigned this to you huh," Alvino said, smiling and patting Aliya on the shoulder.

"Hufftt, what man can't carry groceries is... um I mean his own groceries." Aliya immediately stepped quickly ahead of Alvino, she was embarrassed because she almost called herself a wife, it seems she was still carried away by Alvino's words earlier.

Seeing Aliya who was about to cross, Alvino immediately followed. But suddenly Alvino accelerated his pace when Aliya crossed without looking at the left and right sides.

"Aliya, lookout!" peekik Alvino who still managed to grab the woman's hand and immediately pulled it. Aliya was almost hit by a car that passed by on the highway.

Aliya looks shocked when she was at once nervous when she realized she was in the arms of Alvino, she to release all her groceries fell on the asphalt.

What is this taste, why is it so comfortable. Did he just save me, Inner Aliya.

Alvino keeps Aliya away from her body. In his eyes the girl with a full gaze to worry. "Why did you just cross! How about you get hit by a car, huh!"

"Sorry, but why are you so angry?" Aliya seemed confused by Alvino's attitude to her, because she could see that the man in front of her looked so worried.

Alvino released the grip of his hand from Aliya's shoulder as he regained consciousness that he was out of his safety. "Because you're reckless and stupid." Alvino immediately took all the bags and held them in one hand.

While his right hand grabbed Aliya's hand and immediately he held it tightly. Alvino stepped across the street while watching the streets.

Aliya could only be silent as she looked at her hand held by Alvino.

Being by your side is not a dream, but I hang a hope that I can start my life again, but the longer I feel the more I have to build boundaries so I don't fall too deep to involve feelings, the grip of your hand right now feels so warm and makes me feel protected just like when you first saved me from that abject place, the inner Aliya.

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