EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episodes 304

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There were about twenty people.

I quietly stepped closer and joined them. Then the two women who were chatting noticed my presence, they approached and started talking, “halo.”

“Halo.” My bro smiled, though,

“You're new here?”

“Yes. I just came yesterday.” My answer.

“I heard it said someone came yesterday, introduce, I'm Beautiful and this is Ria.”

“Halo.” I nodded greeting a younger woman named Ria, “my name Natasha Icha Danendra. Just call me Icha.”

“Welcome to this city, Icha.” Seru Ria smiled widely.

“Still.” I nodded and just realized there was something different about Ria's stomach, I smiled a little and said, “you are pregnant. How many months has it been?”

“Oh! Hehehe, you realize it? New in four months.” Ria rubbed her slightly enlarged stomach.

“This is Ria's first child with Justin, her husband.” Tell Indah, “if I, already have a three-year-old toddler, her name is Amelia. She's sleeping on top.”

“Oh glad to hear it. I want to meet Amelia.” sometime

“Of course! Come any time, I'm home every day. Ria also.”

“I too, for these two months, I will be at home, waiting for him to come home.”

“Two months?” Ask them in shock.

“The letter of duty ends two months from now.”

“Oh what a pity, even though you just came but will leave quickly.” Beautiful looking at me unwillingly. I laughed and nodded.

“Oh!! I remember!” Ria suddenly exclaimed excitedly making me and Beautiful look at her in shock.

Some of the women around us also had a glance at Ria, but they ignored us quickly.

This pregnant woman stepped over to me, grabbed my hand and said with excited eyes, “so you are Icha?! Women who came yesterday by way—full of surprises!”

“Hah?? full of surprises what—oh! I remember!” Beautiful glances at me too with sparkling eyes.

I frowned, confused as to what kind of reaction they should respond to.

“My husband was with captain Bayu yesterday during the bus accident!” Suddenly I realized that it was beautiful when I had said the name of Ria's husband, Justin. The man who came with Jack and Bayu.

“Oh. Yeah, I remember Justin.”

“She told me everything last night, she said, she never expected to meet Jeremy's daughter-in-law in such a situation. As long as he knew Captain Bayu, my husband had never seen him make a confused and worried expression to the point of being speechless, like when the captain met you in the accident situation. At first Justin was confused and did not know what to ask, but Jack told him that you were the wife of captain Bayu.”

Lovely grabbed my arm and whispered, “you might not have expected, but here, Jeremy's family is very famous. Many people are curious and want to know.”

“So? That famous?”

“Of course! Since long ago until now, the Jeremy family is known as the Military family, they always send descendants in every generation to become soldiers.” Ria whispered to me. I nodded, if that's what I know.

“So is you. One month ago, when captain Bayu moved into the apartment from the headquarters, many said that his wife would come. He said people want to get close to you. Anyway, you're the wife that Jeremy's family has chosen, which means you've graduated.” Beautiful Word

“Drawn? Pass?” I'm getting more astonished.

“Many news circulate if you are in a match. If you've been elected by a military family, doesn't that mean you've graduated?” Tanya Indah, “but don't be shy about talking about this, many here are also betrothed by their family.”

“Authen the military family is famous for matchmaking?” Askaqua.

“For residents of this apartment building, yes. We are no longer strange to hear it. Some end up falling in love after marriage, some not at all after a few years of marriage and on average they don't dare to sue for divorce, you know how sinister it is to deal with a family of soldiers.” Ria.

I nodded, understood, “but actually, Bayu and I were not in a match. We were childhood friends, at first they didn't know that I was the son of Jeremy's old family friend. After knowing, they admitted, if it is to match Bayu with his old friend's child, but they appreciate Bayu's choice and do not force. A bit complicated, but it turns out we are a matchmaker to set or not.” Beautiful and Ria nodded.

“Betul! That's soul mate. But it sounds romantic once.” Ria looked at me sparklingly which made me and Lovely laugh.

“Eh uh, look at Nadya. His face was bruised again. Looks like she had a fight with her husband.” Beautifully diverted our eyes.

I glanced at the person he pointed at, it was the woman I hit this morning, “so her name is Nadya? Last morning I accidentally bumped into him, asked him if he was okay because his face was bruised. But he just left.”

“Nadya Adiyana Princess. He said he was of conglomerate descent, but he was betrothed by his family to marry a military family, he had no choice, so his father was happy, he accepted the match. But who knows, it turns out that her husband is angry, you know, playing with his hands." Beautiful clucked while shaking her head, "here, we are no wonder again to see Nadya like that, surely every month his face or body is bruised.” Beautiful explanation surprised me of course.

“Didn't he report it to the police??” My toot.

“At first, she did report to the police, but her husband was more influential and from her own family did not want to take a headache for it, so she could not do anything. In fact, his son is still a child. New fifteen months.” Ria continued.

Beautiful suddenly shuddered, “fortunately, my husband is not like that. He became a gentle man when with me.” instantly me and Ria laughed and mocked him.

“My husband will not want to hurt me, even when there is a cockroach, he does not want to hit it and choose to catch it alive to be let out of the house.” Connect Ria.

Then these two women looked at me, as if wanting to hear my story as well, but I just chuckled in embarrassment and shook my head, “actually, we haven't lived together very long. Our marriage more than four months ago, she was quickly transferred here, while I also had a job that could not be left behind. But I'm sure!" I exclaimed with confidence, "since I knew him, he wasn't the hard-hitting kind of husband to flirt with. Although he often mocked me, but he was the one who worried about me the most.”

“So feels newlyweds, eh?” Lovely grinning, teasing me. I could not answer it and just smiled embarrassedly.

“Quietly, the apartment in this building is soundproof, so—“

“Ria!” I immediately cut off Ria's words, it again made the two laugh with satisfaction.

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