EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 273's

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“Nyonya—anda..” Lucy's voice rang out, it made me glance at her, this woman turned to pull three pieces of tissue from the table and quickly handed them directly to my right hand.

His expression and fear panicked when he looked at my face, he said with the tag. “anda nosebleed. So much!”

Now I blinked quickly and realized that my right nostril was bleeding, dripping from my chin, soiling the floor and the clothes I was wearing.

“We have to go to the doctor, madam! I will prepare the car and call the mistress Kirana.” Lucy darted quickly out the door.

I was still busy wiping off the trail of blood with the tissue Lucy had given me, looking up, thinking again, that something waiting for me in the darkness was no longer slowly approaching, but he actually caught me.

“Icha, what is it??” Mother's panicked voice broke my daydream.

“There is nothing bun, only nosebleeds.” My answer is because it is useless to lie, mother, Talia and Lucy have seen me wiping blood with a tissue.

“We have to go to hospital.” Mother approached me, looking at me worried.

“I'm fine, don't feel any dizziness or pain. Maybe just soy sauce or too much thought.” I tried to convince him because what I said was true. I felt nothing but blood dripping out of my nostrils.

“Lucy, please CCTV her yes.” I glanced at Lucy, reminding her again. The woman nodded and immediately turned around.

“What's up, Cha?” Ask Talia.

“Come sit down first.” Mother led me to sit on the dining table chair.

“I just want to check something. Mother and Daniel have changed the decoration of three rooms in this house.”

“Truly do not need to go to the hospital?” Mother tried to convince me.

I smiled small and shook my head, “Icha promise that someone will get sick later, it must be straight to the hospital.”

Finally the mother nodded, agreed with my words, then she proposed “how if the mother started packing your clothes first. You wait here until the dream stops.”

Seeing the look of tenderness in the eyes of the mother, I could not argue and just nodded while showing my room.

After driving her to her room, Talia took me back to the dining room. He led me back to my seat while continuing to thrust a sheet of tissue.

“Why are you suddenly a nosebleed? Is it possible—“ Talia glanced around the dining room, “there is something causing it here?”

“I'm not sure, but I smell rosmarin. It reminds me of the kidnapping incident in the village.” I replied half whispering while still looking up.

“Maybe I'm too paranoid.” I added seeing Talia who was beginning to look around us.

“Better prevent, ‘kan.” Said.

But before our chat continued, suddenly a tall man figure entered the dining room in a hurry as he called, “Mrs Icha!”

Dika greeted me then greeted Talia for a moment.

“How?” I asked after successfully plugging my nostrils with a tissue so I could face this man.

Without much ado, he handed me a paper that contained someone's data.

“The man who took the photo this morning was secretly a reporter from People Style magazine. He just came over to watch this morning.”

“You've seen him?”

“No. But I got word that he was near the office of the company madam.”

“Hah? Wh-wh-what for? Does he think he'll be able to meet me there?”

Dika tinkered at his phone for a while, then handed it to me. I received and saw a live streaming announcement.

“It is a live streaming schedule of famous artist Renata Velixia, from the rumors circulating, she will surprise her arrival at the mistress this afternoon.”

“’She is the hidden daughter of the business monster family. What is he like?’” I read the title and looked up again to Dika, “so he will come suddenly, introduce me in his live streaming? With this I cannot refuse his arrival and he will get more spectators for carrying a name

family father.”

“But, ten minutes ago canceled.” My frustration disappeared.

“Maybe he got word that madam is no longer working there?” Guess Dika.

I nodded, most likely father would have told her that I had resigned, plus, I told father that I did not like my identity being exposed.

“Didn't he ask your father for permission before making the live streaming announcement? Look, many are disappointed.” Talia who had been silent from earlier turned out to be looking for information using her phone, she showed me the comment column on the cancellation announcement and the average person who commented, they were disappointed in Renata.

“It looks like I have to go to Evano's father's house this afternoon after packing. I want to talk about Red Apple.”

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Felix.

The old servant who greeted me when I first came to Danendra's house with Bayu at that time, now greeted me again when the car that Dika was driving had stopped in front of the big door of the Danendra family house.

“Welcome, lady Icha. Mr. Evano told us that you were coming.” He said very polite and friendly.

I glanced behind her back which turned out to have lined up four well-dressed female servants acting ready to serve.

“Can I call uncle Felix?” My toot.

“You can call name aja.”

“No no! That's not convenient.” I shook my head, imagining calling the old man by name, was obviously impolite.

Uncle Felix smiled widely and nodded, “paman Felix is ready to serve.”

“What father has not come home?” I asked while following the steps of Uncle Felix who led me, Lucy and Dika to enter the house.

“Not yet, Mr. Evano is still scheduled to meet with Mr. Kenzo and Mrs Kenzie. At home there is only mistress Nella and lord Alvaro.”

Grandpa and Grandma who are waiting at home, I am still not familiar with them, it must feel awkward once later. Would I better come back later?

“What's the mistress?” Uncle Felix broke my daydream. It turned out that I had unknowingly stopped in the doorway.

“Au—“

“You're coming.” Grandma's voice cut through my doubts.

I glanced behind Uncle Felix's back to see the figure of a grandmother standing on the bottom of the stairs with very fashionable clothes and neat makeup. Her hair is high behind her head.

“Evano still has meetings. I want to talk to you.” After saying that, grandma turned around and stepped back up the wide stairs before us, towards the second floor of this house.

I subconsciously glanced at Uncle Felix, asking for his opinion but this old man just shook his head and smiled slightly at me, inviting me to go up immediately.

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Not only was Grandma well-dressed and elegant, but Alvaro's grandfather was also already wearing his luxurious suit when I walked into a room to follow grandma.

“Oh! You're here.” Grandfather who was reading the newspaper, leaning on the sofa immediately folded the thing to look at me.

Grandpa's tone of voice and eyes were friendlier than Grandma's, so I was grateful for that.

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