Trapped With The Devil

Section 59

Selena smiled wryly. “What...are you saying?” His hand automatically stroked his stomach. He was not deaf, but why did the man suddenly change his mind?

Eros sighed softly. “Isn't this what you want? Now I grant it.”

Selena regressed her steps while laughing bitterly. The woman was speechless, but her expression explained how disappointed she was. It was as if it was lifted up into the sky and just blown away all of a sudden.

Heart slashed. He really felt played.

Both of his hands clenched tightly until his fingers turned white.

“Good.”

Eros raised his head.

“Today I will return to my apartment.”

“No need,” sahut Eros fast. “You can stay in that house forever.”

Selena slips.

“Because from tomorrow..” Eros glanced at the woman. “...I will not go home.”

Selena knows what makes her cry. He will not hide anymore. He will not deny it anymore.

“What did you do that you became like this?” selena asked back to the man. “Jawab me!”

Clamps!

“Eros!”

Selena. That voice...

His eyes were rounded as he looked at Alex who entered the room and had a glance at him before approaching Eros.

“What...what is this?” ask Selena doesn't understand. His head suddenly dizzy. Dizzy because he was the only party who never knew anything. “Why Alex—“ Selena stopped her speech and started to realize something. His head shook quickly. “Cannot be. You made a fake funeral?” he said he was looking at Eros.

Alex turned his head and glanced at Selena. “Can you leave us both?”

Eros still hasn't moved in place. The man turned his gaze in the other direction.

“I beg...” said Alex later.

Selena took a slow breath before walking towards the door and slammed the thing hard enough—indicating her enormous disappointment.

After the woman left, Eros lowered his head, palpating next to his chest that was in pain.

He did not want his son born with the status of his father as a patient. Nor would he want to make Selena burdened if he said he was really in jail later. The media will attack the woman and disrupt her life. However, the appearance of Alex will invite a big question mark after his funeral ceremony at that time.

“Eros...”

Yep. Eros had even forgotten that Alex was already standing before him.

Eros looked up, but said nothing.

“Why?” ask Alex. “Why did you fake my death?”

Eros stared straight at the white wall before him. “Because I know that you love Emilia so much.”

Alex choked.

“I think, maybe it's better if you stay abroad and never come back. After seeing the state of Emilia and what she has done to you, I don't think you will be able to bear all the harsh realities.” Eros. “I just want you to live in peace. That's it.”

Alex looked at the ceiling of the room and sighed softly. Lately he has been crying a lot. What else when he heard Eros' confession. The man had indeed changed even though his haughty side was still so pronounced.

“You know doing all that will only make you hurt..”.

His heart felt like it was being hit by something. The bitter reality that until now he still does not believe, really makes Alex pray for—better—mati only. But when he saw Noah, he had reason not to give up on that very difficult position.

Alex cleared his throat slowly while trying to look back at Eros with a flat expression. “Selena is pregnant, right?”

Eros did not answer. Anyone could see the woman's distended stomach.

“I don't want your son to suffer the same fate as my son.” Alex biting lips. His son had to lose the figure of Emilia because the woman had to be treated in a mental hospital. He also did not want Eros' son to lose his father's figure because the man had to be in prison. “I'll drop the demands.”

Eros quickly raised his head.

Alex smiled faintly. “But I beg you, please don't hurt Andreas. He just wants to protect me.”

Eros took a slow breath. He has no desire to do anything more. All she wanted was Selena and to see the woman happily by her side. All his life, he had felt so scared like this.

“I will go with my son,” continued Alex while resting in front of Eros. His hand touched the man's shoulder and cried. “I hope you will be a good husband and father. And hope...Selena is the last woman who will give you happiness.”

**

Selena leaned her head back and stared softly at the view of the night sky from behind the car window. Mind empty. He doesn't know what he feels. Whether happy or not, but his heart was clearly feeling pain.

White particles suddenly fell from the sky. Selena straightened her body, staring with interest at the snow that fell that night. Beautiful, but cold as his heart.

Then the car suddenly stopped. Selena frowned softly as she looked at the road in front of her from behind the window.

His eyes were rounded as he looked at the figure coming out from inside the car blocking his way.

The man—

Selena hastily opened the door. He was glued for a while. Think about whether it is all an illusion or real.

But when the figure got closer and Selena could hear his hasty footsteps at that moment she was sure everything was not an illusion.

Selena stepped up to try to grab Eros who was walking towards her. Her tears were spilling right then and there. He did not understand but he felt very relieved to see the man there.

Under the increasingly heavy snowflakes Eros manages to grab Selena into his arms. Clenching tightly while giving thanks repeatedly, while Selena sobbed in her arms.

“I'm sorry..sorry me...”

They ignore snowflakes and air that can make them shiver because they know their hearts have warmed thanks to the presence of each other.

Eros goosebumps when he can feel Selena's stomach touching her lower body. True Alex said, he could not let the child grow up without affection from one side. It was impossible for him to let the child grow up to be a sinner like him.

Eros tightened his arms, never intending to dampen Selena's cries because in the end he understood the reason for what made the woman cry.

For two lonely people like them, the presence of each other is more valuable than just love speech which in the end just becomes nonsense.

But that night somehow Eros wanted Selena to know her feelings. He wanted Selena to realize that she had fallen on him deeply.

Then his hands took off their arms, changing to embrace the beautiful face that was now filled with tears.

Eros smiled faintly as he said, “I need you, Selena. I need you more than anything in the world. So...” He put his forehead on Selena and whispered softly, “....can we fix everything from the beginning?”

Selena's cry grew more and more, she hugged the man tightly again. “If you hurt me, I'll make sure you never see me again.”

Eros smiled small. Re-release their embrace to remove the teardrops that do not stop flowing. “I'm not a nice, gentle man, but I'll give you what I have. Even if it is my own life.”

Selena could see the seriousness in both eyes that had often given a haughty look. On that cold night, Eros' gaze looked so warm.

And he seemed unable to resist when the man's thin lips touched his almost frozen lips. Eros clenched his waist so tightly and brought his hands together to circle the man's neck. They drown in a pagutan that is so friendly and intoxicating, although the saltiness dominates because Selena does not stop shedding tears.

Problems will always come, but now they have a reason not to give up. Because they know there is ‘rumah’ that will always be their place of refuge when it is difficult.