EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 143

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“Alright! You better get back to the villa and rest. Doctor Stefan will check on you.” Bayu sighed softly as his hand rubbed the top of my head.

This feeling suddenly warmed up, it turned out that I missed this habit of his.

“No need to dock. Really am! I'm doing fine. I'll just take a break.” I answered this time I had to reject it, besides not wanting to bother Doctor Stefan who had gone back and forth, I also did not want to be the attention of the women in the villa.

“Come a minute.” Doctor Stefan waved at the unconscious female servant from earlier watching us. The waiter quickly approached.

“Company him to the villa. Arriving there please bring ice water and a towel to compress his legs and back. Then keep all these events a secret.” I smiled happily to hear it. The woman in front of us nodded.

“Please rest until the end of the event at noon.” Bayu smiled and again patted the top of my head. My loving look I can see again!

I nodded and nodded to these three men. The lady-in-waiting who was walking beside me was about to help me walk but I refused because I was still able to do it myself.

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As I expected, as soon as I walked into the courtyard of the villa, the women who were having breakfast and gathered chatting at the courtyard table instantly fell silent looking at me. I sighed softly wanting to just ignore it and walked towards the table that I had just occupied with the Princess.

On the table beside the Princess there was still a medicine box belonging to Doctor Stefan. As soon as I got in front of the Princess, I turned to the servant who was still following me behind.

“Please return this to Doctor Stefan and after returning can bring what Doctor Stefan ordered to the upper room? Thank you.” I said hand the box to him. After getting a nod, he turned around and again walked out of the courtyard of the villa.

“K—you know doctor Stefan?” The princess asked in surprise.

I frowned in surprise and finally sat back before this woman. “Iya, why?”

“He's a doctor in the famous military! Besides being handsome and smart, Doctor Stefan has always been the target of all the women in my generation.”

“Ohh, is that it?”

“And where have you been? People here say you were brought in by one of the members of the phonex team?” Seeing how enthusiastic Princess was, I really did not expect the three men to be this famous.

“Eum.. Yeah, I just know him. I'm not sure what it's called a friend.” My answer is to recall how Benny treated me like a third person between him and Bayu.

“I think the women here are very curious about you right now, you are not a military man but you know Doctor Stefan and a member of the phonex team, then why is your expression like that?”

I chuckle softly. “What is that?”

“You look a bit distracted and like you don't know anything.”

“That's yes? I just didn't expect them to be that famous here.”

“Actually I heard a lot from my boyfriend. He often tells how great the phonex team is because it accomplishes many difficult tasks though, as well as doctor Stefan who is genius and said not easy to approach.”

Before I responded, suddenly a long-haired woman who was divorcing her hair this morning was sitting next to the Princess.

“Sorry, may I join?” He asked after sitting in front of me.

When viewed up close, her face was indeed small and beautiful. The type of appearance that women crave.

Sandra smiled at me. “You Princess, yes?”

“She the Princess.” I glanced at Princess Larasati.

“Oh great! You guys have the same name!” He suddenly screamed enthusiastically.

Nah!

My name is not Princess!

“You are not from the military but know Doctor Stefan! Last morning I saw Doctor Stefan come out of this villa, did he come to look for you?” Sandra's intentions are easy to guess. His face was enthusiastic and smiling no

it makes me want to smile at him too.

“Iya.“

“I heard that elder Jeremy's grandson is very close to Doctor Stefan. Do you know him too? Then you can be my friend!” I fell silent, not answering the woman's question directly. And what's the correlation between me knowing Doctor Stefan and him deciding I could be friends with him?

What should I answer? His intentions are really clear. Some people started to notice our chatter and it made me less comfortable.

I am not in a position to introduce myself to be friends of those men, here I am as Princess Nataremy, not Natasha Icha.

“It turns out to be true, Sandra knows the granddaughter of the elders. That means what they said this morning they were together was right!” Geez! Did they not realize that this whisper of theirs was heard in my ear?

“Isn't the granddaughter of the elders romantic? She must have missed Sandra.” I heard another voice that irritated me instantly.

Seeing Sandra who seemed unperturbed by the words of the people around us meant that she was indeed planning this.

I took a slow breath and smiled at him. “Sorry I said this, but I can't bear to ask, what is the correlation between me knowing Doctor Stefan and you deciding I can be friends with you?”

Princess Larasati held back her laughter hearing my question. Now the expression of Sandra who originally looked sparkling looking at me instantly turned a little sour and upset.

“Daughter, gossip here spreads that Sandra is a woman invited directly by the granddaughter of the elders.” The princess reminded me, she seemed to be smiling mischievously at me.

I smiled back at her and looked back at Sandra. “Ohh right! I heard the rumors spread like that in less than twelve hours I was here, but do you really know the granddaughter of elder Jeremy? I don't remember him ever mentioning you.”

Princess Larasati laughed now. He couldn't hold back his laughter.

“A—do you really know the elder's grandson? You came here by invitation from Dessy ‘kan?” He sounded accusing me.

So he checked my identity here. No wonder she was so brave to come to me and ask as if she was the woman Bayu had invited.

I'm the kind of person who is lazy to deal with this type of drama, but in fact Sandra and Jane are real-life, not just in drama.

“Betul. Dessy is my friend.”

“So you lied to know the granddaughter of elder Jeremy!!”

I let out a tired breath. Why did it sound so snapping like this, as if I made a fatal mistake.

“Did you hear what my answer was? Have I ever replied that I know the grandson of elder Jeremy?” I asked in a flat tone. Sandra looked silent not answering.

The attention of everyone here is now completely fixed on my desk.

“Because it seems that you are eager to interfere with my affairs to check my identity here, how about I say elder Jeremy's grandson is my girlfriend? Will you stop bothering me?”

“What?!” Sandra glared in disbelief, but the next second she laughed disdainfully.

“Hahaha. You're so funny! We all know here that elder Jeremy's grandson is a mysterious person who has extraordinary abilities even to the point of causing officials and businessmen to get into trouble due to disturbing him. Everyone here admires him and assumes he is everyone's girlfriend.”

The women who noticed me reacted differently, some agreed and some looked at Sandra with strange and dislikeful eyes.

It's a pain to hear this woman say that Bayu is their girlfriend. But I have to suppress my emotions, I don't want to be provoked by his words, it's just a silly debate.

“Put, I'm going to room.” I stood up and said goodbye only to the woman.

“Ehhh, I will spend breakfast first and follow up to the top.” The answer that was answered by me.

I'd step off the table but my hand was held back by Sandra. “Why did you leave? Our conversation is not yet finished.”

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