Butterfly In You
Chapter 8: The Beginning of Tragedy

In his confusion, Lilis walked back and forth in front of Shehan's work space. He saw his master enter the room fifteen minutes ago. Then Lilis wanted to see Shehan to say about his resignation.

However, do not talk if he wants to resign. To knock on the door of that room alone, Lilis was already trembling. He frowned so nervously. Each time Lilis' fist would reach the door, she suddenly pulled again.

Lilis undoes her intentions while waiting for courage to appear in the heart. Even so, that courage has not arisen until now. As a result he just walked back and forth there like a dazed person.

'O Lilis! Masa' open the door just scared the hell!' Inner Lilis nagged herself.

Three seconds later, an unexpected event suddenly occurred. Shehan who was inside his study room immediately opened the door.

Chequek!

"Huh!"

"Came on!"

Both are equally gasp. Shehan was shocked when he saw Lilis instantly appear before him. While Lilis was also flabbergasted that her employer had already opened the door before she knocked.

'Ouch, caught! Mr. Murad has caught me here!' Lilis's eyes were swaying uneasily.

'Why is Lilis here? It's not that since yesterday he's been avoiding me.' Shehan's gaze interrogated.

"What's up, Lilis? Why are these nights here?"

The hour hand is already showing at 21.34 WITA. It would be wrong for Shehan to ask that.

"I-that's Mr ...." Lilis did not dare to speak.

Chequek!

Shehan stepped out while pulling the door lever shut tightly. He was standing right in front of Lilis. "Nurbanu's asleep?"

Lilis nodded briefly. "Here you go, sir."

"Why are you here?" ask Shehan. Her serious mimicry made Lilis even more afraid.

"I-that, Sir. I-that ...."

"That's what? What do you want to say?"

Lilis dipped left and right. Wanted to make sure that no one else but him and Shehan were there. "Eum .. I would like .. to resign, sir." Lekas Lilis lowered her head after successfully saying her heart. Now the fingers are fighting each other unsettled.

Shehan was automatically surprised to hear Lilis's words. He did not expect that Lilis would choose to resign to avoid him after the problems of that time. "Why would you resign? Is it because of that problem?"

A moment Lilis silenced. "No, Mister. I just want to go home. Want to stay with Mom for a few days."

Forced Lilis to lie so as not to offend Shehan. Although the man had hurt Lilis, but he always had no intention of retaliating. Lilis tried to hide the bad things that had happened and did not want to take revenge.

Shehan's heavy sighing was clearly heard in Lilis's eardrum. The girl knew her master must be thinking hard. However, Lilis remained lowered not daring to raise her head to look at Shehan's expression. "We'll just talk inside. Come with me now!"

Shehan opened the door of his study again. Lilis went inside too. The two faced each other behind a door that had been closed tightly. Shehan was sitting in his chair, while Lilis was standing in front of the table.

'Why is he so childish! There's a little problem immediately wanting to quit work.'

Shehan's gaze didn't even slightly shift from Lilis.

'Lilis, you can do it!'

Lilis herself desperately gathered all her courage again, in order to speak firmly to her master.

"So you're sure you want to resign?"

Lilis' chest cavity seemed to be filled with air. Slowly the bushel deflated, along with a puff of breath that slid out of the mouth. The girl raised her head, pretending to be firm while trembling.

"Yes, Sir."

"Why would you resign?"

"I ... want to see my mother in the village, sir."

"If it's only a few days, you can ask for leave."

Lilis moistened her dry lips while looking down, contemplating Shehan's words. It seems that Lilis realized that Shehan already knew he was lying.

"Sorry, Sir. I don't know when I'll be back here. That's why I decided to resign."

"Have you got a new job there?"

"Then you take a leave of absence. After that you work here again."

"Can't, sir."

"Why can't it?"

"That's because ...." Lilis looked down again.

The girl's worries further solidified Shehan's belief that Lilis wanted to resign due to her past-day problems with him.

"Lilis, be honest! You're resigning because of our null and void marriage plans, right?"

Lilis remained silent. His gaze was still down, faintly unclear in which direction. He was worried because Shehan already knew the real reason he wanted to resign.

"If you are silent, then my guess is correct. Lilis, you can't confuse personal matters with work." Shehan's intonation pressured, affirming his words.

Suddenly Lilis dared to take a stand and reply to Shehan's words with an honest answer.

"I'm sorry I lied before, but I feel bad working here after the time, sir. I know I shouldn't confuse personal matters with work. I tried but I still don't feel good."

"I know I'm guilty, Lilis. But I also want to make amends. You don't want to take it."

"I don't want to be indebted because you've made a home for me."

"You are not indebted, let my bad feelings also disappear. I also felt bad after that time."

"If you want our bad feelings to be lost, just give it back as the original agreement. That way we're even. No one owes each other."

Shehan's light brown iris stared at Lilis who was now transformed into a stern woman. Not clinging like that.

"Are you serious, Lilis? You know I married you just to be my life permit guarantor in Indonesia?"

"Yes, Sir. I seriously. You also know I approved of the marriage because I wanted a house for my mother's residence."

"Are you willing to play?"

"We're both playing games."

"What about your mother? He does not want us to get divorced. While our agreement is only a year of marriage."

"I've read a book. It says we live only for today. Because yesterday has passed and tomorrow has not happened. Do your best today as a savior for tomorrow."

"Aren't you going to regret being a widow?"

"What we sow, we will reap. So I won't regret it because I already know that we're just marrying contracts. Let me sacrifice, as long as my mother can live comfortably in her old age."

Lilis exhaled a long breath. He was completely confident in his decision this time. His determination was round to make the mother happy.

Shehan got up from his seat. Walking over to Lilis without taking her eyes off the girl for a second. When the distance between the two of them was close, Lilis' hand was grabbed and tightly grasped.

"Tu-Tuan ...."

Lilis's eye contact widened. Trying to pull his hand that Shehan was holding.

Dag! Digs! Dugm!

The girl's heart was pounding incoherently. The manic moves nervously around Shehan's face. From a close distance like this, it is clear that the man's good looks are indeed a beautiful masterpiece of the creator.

"Don't pull. Leave this way. In the future, maybe we will often hold hands. Only the two of us know that this is just a marriage contract. But other people think we're a real married couple."

The warmth of Shehan's palm immediately moved inside Lilis. The girl's lips twitched to answer. "Yes ... Mister."

"Don't resign because we're getting married soon."

A line of Shehan's smile rose on her reddish-soaked lips. The arch is perfect like a crescent moon on a clear night. Long enough the smile was left to shine just for Lilis.

'Her smile is so sweet!'

Lilis was stunned to the point of not being able to blink her eyes.

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