Embrace Love's
CH 53'S. Lonely

Joanna stood by the window of the mansion. He intends to see and check email, maybe there is something he can do from the workspace.

He went in and opened the laptop, but was never able to concentrate. His mind was spinning, back and always back in Vincent's arms that night at the villa. The hug Vincent gave her because Joanna asked for it.

Finally, he stood by the window. Looking unblinkingly with a very agitated heart. No one told him what really happened. But Joanna could guess. It has been twice and is the one that has always been the target. Did the nightmare come back ten years ago?

Yoana sighed heavily. He went to the shelf in the corner of the room. Start fiddling with the music player there. Looking for a song he really wants to listen to right now. As the music begins to play, Yoana returns to the front of the window, looking back to the past accompanied by the melodious voice of the male singer with a very authentic voice, Richard Mark. The lyrics of one more time flow in the room.

Yoana closed her eyes, the song pierced into her heart, feeling very fitting to her current state.

No more candlelight

No more purple sky

No one to be near

As my heart slowly dies

The tears of Joanna flowed. He whimpered, his lips opened, but there was no sound at all.

If I could hold you one more time

Like in the days when you where mine

I'd look at you

Till I was blind

So you could stay

This time Joanna really sobbed, her heart ached. The burden on his heart made him feel like he was about to explode.

I'd say a prayer each time you sign

Cradle the moments like a child

I'd stop the world if only I

Could hold you one more time

"Vince ...." Joanna said softly, she took a breath and looked up at the sky. He always tried to be strong, all this time he showed a spirit and soul full of vitality, his arrogance made him refuse to give up and cry for himself. But she is also a woman, sometimes when the night is approaching, she sleeps with a heart that feels very empty, she is lonely and expects the love and affection of a lover.

He can find a lover, many established men who approached him long ago. But with the tormented Joanna realizes, she only wants Vincent.

His suffering increased, when his heart knew the man was very close. Sleep on the other side of the same mansion, in a room that only stays visited and on tap if he wants to meet.

But Vincent's attitude has not changed, it has been 10 years and Vincent has not changed his decision. His heart still did not melt, it still froze and kept its distance from Joanna.

Joanna was still crying until the song ended and changed to another song. He did not hear when the door opened and Hamilton entered the office.

Hamilton only intended to check on something in the study, not expecting to find Joanna there. The woman sobbed, staring out the window.

Taking a deep breath, Hamilton closed the door again. He stood there for a long time, thinking about Joanna and Vincent. Two people who are very close but also very far away, love each other but also stay away from each other, pay attention to each other but also indifferent and who are both stubborn and torture themselves.

"Why are you pensive there, Uncle?" Catalina greeted Hamilton as he climbed up and saw the man frowning in front of the study.

"Catalina .. Where are you from?" hamilton asked, leaving the front door.

"I'm from the park. Just wanted to go back to my room. But I saw you pensive there." Catalina pointed in the opposite direction from where Hamilton was standing.

"Where's Leon?" ask Hamilton again.

"Together Simon and Claude in the garden, Uncle."

"Lina .. will you accompany Joanna? He was sad" said Hamilton.

"Of course, where's Yoan?"

Hamilton pointed towards the workroom.

"Tap the door, take him out. Tell him you're looking for him because you want to get him together with Claude and Simon who play with Leon. It's incomplete without their oldest brother."

Catalina looked in surprise at Hamilton.

"Look at him .. You'll understand" said Hamilton again, and the old man left Catalina.

Catalina walked towards the door of the study. He knocked a few times.

"Yoan .. Are you inside? Can I come in?" Catalina called. There is no truth from within. Catalina finally pulled the door handle and opened it.

"Yoan?" Catalina stared at Yiana who rushed to grab the tissue and wipe her face. The woman turned her back on Catalina and stared out the window.

Catalina waited, frowning when she realized Joanna had just cried. The woman waited for a while before finally turning around and looking at him. A smile was forced to appear on his lips.

"What's up, Lina?" tanyakanya.

"I'm looking for you. Leon plays with Claude and Simon in the park. It doesn't feel complete if you don't exist" Catalina said. Said exactly as Hamilton told him.

"Then come on, Lina. We go there," Yoana took a step ahead of Catalina out of the room.

Catalina followed from behind. I had to step back into the park. He intended to return to his room.

They arrive at the park and Joanna immediately seduces Simon who is holding Leonard.

"you're a perfect fit to be a father, Simon. You just have to find a wife" said Joanna.

Simon raised his lips to hear Joanna.

"Don't take care of me to find a wife. Claude is older. He's the one you need to take care of first, Yoan," said Simon.

"Oh, Claude is getting married to Simon. The candidate has been set. He had to carry it out because he lost the bet."

Simon widened his eyes at the grinning Yoana, then he looked at Claude who was just tilting his face with both eyebrows raised.

"Who am I getting married to?" ask Claude. He glanced behind Joanna. Catalina only dared to stand on the terrace, looking at the Bernard family from a safe distance. The girl could be seen holding her eyes back from looking at Claude.

"Do I need to mention?" ask Yoana.

Claude chuckles. "No need" he said.

Simon approached, looking at Joanna with a curious face.

"Tell me! Who's!? Since when marriage comes to be your priority," Simon said asking questions to Yoana as well as to Claude.

"With the right people, it feels like the right decision, Simon," Claude told his sister.

"So you admit defeat and get married?" asked Joanna with a big smile.

"Yes, I admit defeat to Yoan. I'll get married according to the agreement, although I honestly say, I don't mind," Claude said with a wide grin.

"You still have to work hard, he hasn't accepted you yet." Yiana grinned back at Claude.

"Oh, just calm down, Yoan. It's only a matter of time that I'll make him accept me. Besides ... He's not going anywhere anymore."

The two brothers spoke in a lowered tone of voice. Catalina who was standing on the terrace could not clearly hear their whispers.

"you're very sure ... are there any recent developments I don't know about?" ask Yoana curiously. He immediately remembered Claude spending the night with Catalina in the hunting lodge.

Claude chuckles. "That's a secret, Yoan. I'll keep it just for myself."

"You're circling! Tell me who the girl is" Simon said impatiently.

Both of his brothers remained silent. Simon looked at Claude for an answer.

"Claude ..," said Simon in a pleading tone that he usually applies if asking for something to Claude. The tone that made Claude always forgave him.

Claude shook his head. "No!"

"Yoan ..," wooed Simon, trying to pry from his sister's mouth.

"No!" joanna answered firmly, then both grinned at Simon who was puffing his cheeks with his lips raised. Both of them remembered that if Simon was upset, he would do that. Another habit of their sister besides rubbing their nose when forced to confess if they make a mistake.

Simon thought quickly, scowling irritably towards his two brothers. He wanted to test his conjecture earlier, that Claude liked Catalina.

"Yes if you do not want to tell .. We are not too curious, is not it Leonard? Uh ... talk about a wife for me, I'm Leonard's father and Catalina is his Mommy, how about ...." Simon fished his two brothers.

"Don't try!" cut Claude.

"Dispose your mind!" exclaim Yoana.

Both of his brothers cut Simon's words quickly. Simon gave a big grin with a face as if he had broken up a mystery box.

"Don't tell me it's him." Simon glanced at the terrace. Catalina was already sitting in a leisurely chair. Enjoying the wind that seemed to caress her face and hair.

Claude and Yoana just kept quiet, did not answer and did not react. Let Simon know that his guess is right. The youngest son of the Bernard family laughed out loud.

"You told me without needing me to ask again" he said, sneering at his two brothers.

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