The Wife of the King's Pay

Chapter 37 Bad News

"How about Cleantha, are you going to take these shoes too?" ask Gina.

"Yes, just take that one. How muchisit?" alvian asked impatiently.

"Mr Alvian doesn't have to pay anything. Vira will pay for all Cleantha's groceries" Gina explained.

Gina immediately had her employees wrap clothes and shoes for Cleantha.

Cleantha just resigned. He felt he had no power to express his wishes. Perhaps it had been his fate to always be under the control of others.

In childhood, it was his father who controlled him, followed by his brother and stepmother.

Worse, in adulthood he sold his own freedom worth a hundred million rupians. Thus, it was the same that he had lost the right to himself. Now he must obey the King and all members of the Adhiyaksa family.

Without saying much, Cleantha carried her groceries into Alvian's car.

Alvian hurriedly drove his car. A sense of awkwardness was felt between them after the accident earlier.

Outside, the wind was blowing quite hard. Coupled with the cold car AC, made Cleantha's body shiver.

When stopped at the red light, Alvian glanced at Cleantha who was rubbing her palms together.

"Are you cold?" ask Alvian.

"A little bit, sir."

"Take my jacket in the middle seat. You can wear it."

"No need, sir. I can still bear it," Cleantha replied trying to resist.

"Fast take, if you are sick Brother King will blame me," said Alvian insisted.

"Yes, sir."

Cleantha turned around and extended her hand to grab Alvian's jacket. But because his hands were less long, his efforts were unsuccessful.

"That's just how it can't be" muttered Alvian shaking his head.

Before the green light came on, Alvian turned away from the wheel and pulled his jacket. Accidentally, their hands touched each other.

"Sorry, sir," said Cleantha nervously.

"Already wear the jacket," said Alvian again concentrated on the wheel.

Cleantha wore the black leather jacket to protect her body from the cold. Secretly, he hoped to arrive home as soon as possible so that there would be no need to be alone with Alvian.

"That's your phone ringing, why not pick it up? Maybe it was from the King's sister," asked Alvian hearing the ringtone from Cleantha's phone.

Cleantha took the phone from inside her bag. He was surprised to find many missed calls and incoming messages from Keyla.

Cleantha immediately felt a bad feeling regarding her father's health condition.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

"Dad, Clea. He suddenly cried and called your name. He also does not want to take medicine. I think he wants to see you. Please come by the house for a moment. I'm afraid Dad's condition will worsen. If he has to stay in the hospital again, who will bear the cost" Keyla said, sounding worried.

From across the phone, Cleantha could hear the voice of her stepmother speaking behind Keyla.

"Tell Cleantha to ask her boss for a minute's permission. His bosses don't have a sense of humanity's fairies? Or maybe your sister has become a bad boy?" exclaim Ana.

"Clea, beg the Lord King just this once" Keyla said.

"I.iya, Brother. I'm going to the house now" Cleantha replied in a panic.

Cleantha kept her phone with a troubled feeling.

"Who called you? Is that your family?" alvian asked seeing Cleantha's lips paled.

Cleantha was silent for a moment, thinking about what she should do.

Perhaps this was the only chance he had of being able to ask Alvian for help.

"Sir, my father is in poor health. May I ask you to take me to see my father?" pinta Cleantha with a pleading gaze.

"I promise just for a moment" Cleantha added looking desperate.

Somehow seeing the look of sadness in Cleantha's eyes, Alvian's heart was moved to ease the girl's suffering.

"What is your father sick?"

"Stroke, sir," Cleantha replied sadly.

Alvian glanced at his watch.

"Well, where's your home address? I'll drive you."

"Thank you, sir," said Cleantha.

Cleantha felt like she had a light shining down on her in the darkness.

After Cleantha gave her home address, Alvian immediately increased the speed of her car.

His goal now was to help his brother-in-law and immediately drive him home to the King.

"Is this really your house?" alvian asked to look at a simple house in front of him.

"Yes, sir."

"Come in. I'll wait in the car."

Cleantha immediately ran into her house. At the door, he was greeted by his stepmother.

"You've finally come too. Who did you come here with, Clea?"

"Wow, whose car is that? Did you get your boss?"

"No, Aunt. I went inside to see Dad. My time is not much" said Cleantha hurriedly leaving Ana.

Cleantha went into her father's room. He saw his father lying on the bed. While Keyla sat by her father's bed with a concerned face.

His father's eyes glared far away, as if his soul was wandering in another world. There were tears in the corner. It showed that the old man had just lamented his pain.

"Dad," call Cleantha down.

Cleantha hugged her father tightly. Release the longing that has been as strong as his energy held.

Knowing the youngest daughter was coming, Mr. Sigit tried to move his hand to caress Cleantha's hair.

Clear liquid just flowed from both eyes.

"Cle.aaa," said Mr. Sigit stammering.

"Dad, Clea is here now with Dad. Don't be sad anymore."

"Riin.du," continued Mr. Sigit.

Her father's words made Cleantha's heart shred. He felt guilty for not being able to be by his father's side when needed.

"Clea misses Dad too. All this time Clea had to stay at Clea's employer's house. Forgive Clea, Father."

Cleantha cried while hugging her father. They each shed their own grief.

"Now I'm taking medicine."

Keyla handed three pills of medicine and a glass of water to Cleantha's hand.

Cleantha helped her father sit down and carefully administered the medicine.

"Every day I have to take medicine. Clea promised she'd try to find time to see Dad."

"Dad, now rest. Clea had to go home to Clea's employer because it was night" Cleantha said.

Mr. Sigit nodded slowly. He knew that his daughter had sacrificed a lot for his recovery.

Outside, Ana finds out about Alvian's identity. He knocked on Alvian's windshield several times.

"Good night, sir. Why don't you just go inside?"

"I'm here, ma'am, so as not to disturb Cleantha and her father's meeting."

Judging from Alvian's appearance, Ana believes that the man is a young executive as well as a descendant of the rich.

"Sorry, sir, who are you? Are you Cleantha's boss?"

"No, Ma. I'm his boss in the office."

"office? Isn't Cleantha the babysitter in your house?"

Alvian confusedly answered Ana's question. He finally answered what it was.

"Cleantha also works in the office as my staff" Alvian replied.

"So Clea had two jobs at once? But it's good. He had to work hard to support his father who suffered a stroke. You know that the cost of stroke treatment is very expensive. Cleantha used to be in debt to a loan shark to make up for her father's operating expenses. It's a good thing that he won a hundred million" Ana explained.

Alvian seemed surprised to hear the word 'rentenir'.

Now she understands why Cleantha is willing to be the contract wife of her brother. It turned out that she was not the double-eyed girl she had imagined all along. Instead she was a girl worthy of pity and a noble heart.

"That's it Clea's coming, sir," said Ana, watching Cleantha walk out the door.

"Tante, I'll go home first" said Cleantha to her stepmother."

"Yes, next time come visit your father."

"Sir, I'm done. Let's go home" Cleantha said, opening Alvian's car door.

"Master, thank you. You were so kind that you wanted to get Cleantha here" Ana told Alvian.

"Together, Mom, I say goodbye. Good night."

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The king was still on his way home with Dion to his house.

While leaning his head on the car seat, King checked the incoming message on his phone.

The topmost message came from Zevira, his first wife. He wanted to read the message, but Zevira had already contacted him.

"Hello, King, what time did you get home? I'm worried about Cleantha."

"I got home in about twenty minutes. What happened to Cleantha?"

"Cleantha hasn't come home yet. I told him to go to my boutique after work. Because I want him to represent me at the Good Foundation auction. I asked Alvian to take Clea. But I don't know where the two of them are going right now."

"Why did you tell Alvian to go with Cleantha?" asked the King to raise his tone.

"I am forced to be King. Cleantha needed to be accompanied by someone because she wasn't good at picking out dresses. I was getting anxious after receiving a photo of Cleantha and Alvian that a Princess boutique employee had sent me. Let's see for yourself. I sent it to your phone."

The king immediately turned off the call from Zevira. The next second he read the incoming message that Zevira sent.

His jaw was tight looking at the photos. His blood seemed to rise to the crown. Especially when he saw Cleantha being hugged by Alvian with their eyes looking at each other.

"What the fuck? Did that girl mean to tease my sister? It was the same with Vira. I need to find out where the two of them are now,"

muttered King growled.