EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 77's

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As I thought, when the Cilia doctor came, Aunt Yuan and Aunt Nuri were demanding answers from me. They never imagined that two doctors in different fields were in my house, especially here claiming to be my doctor.

I finally cleared my throat and told her everything, about how I could become a patient of Cilia's doctor. The two listened silently, then aunt Nuri got up and paced before me while aunt Yuan took a deep breath, I could see her hands clenched.

When I finished telling the story, Aunt Nuri stopped and sat down to throw herself next to Aunt Yuan who was now both of them by my side. I was scared and did not look at them and just looked down at the two infusion needles attached to the back of my hand.

“What did you feel when you argued with mom earlier? Is it because of that now that you are lying in pain like this?”

I was silent long enough to string the right words together to answer Aunt Nuri's question. “I don't know if this word is worth saying, but I want to be free from this guilty feeling.”

“You can't let go?”

I looked up, looking at Aunt Yuan who asked in her own wry tone, for some reason I returned the gaze of this beautiful woman with a small smile. The softness in the look in his eyes calmed my heart.

“With mother attitude like this? I haven't been able to even though it's been years. Every time I think selfishly and don't want to care about mom anymore but I can't tan. The feeling of affection for mother is always there and I still try to want to make her happy in any way even though I know, in the eyes of mother I am still the child who always opposes it, she said, child who does not care about him or even a child who does not know thank you.”

“No darling! Don't think like that!!” Aunt Yuan sobbed loudly while pulling me, hugging me very tightly.

“You deserve to be happy. Everyone deserves to be happy. Forgive aunt who just found out now.” I hugged Aunt Yuan back, and this elegant-smelling perfume calmed me down.

“Then why do you have to get a blood donor like this? The bleeding that Doctor Stefan was referring to was because of your mother too?! Answer aunt honestly! If yes, aunt will never forgive your mother!!” Aunt Nuri looked at me sharply from behind aunt Yuan's back.

“You want to answer ‘kan? If necessary, aunt will take you to foreign medicine so you can recover.” Aunty let go of her embrace and cupped my face, persuading me to say everything.

Again my tongue seemed stiff, my mind immediately blankly remembering the cause of everything. Then the tightness in my chest cavity was felt again. I don't know how the two of them would respond if they knew Daniel was involved.

“If you do not answer, aunt will book a plane ticket right now to check you into the best hospital in singapore! So we'll know what pain you.”

I shook my head quickly holding the hand of aunt Yuan who was about to pull out her phone. “I haven't confirmed it yet. I still hope what I heard was all wrong.”

“Let's just tell me what you're hearing right now. If necessary, both of us will help you to make sure.” Aunt Nuri nodded in convincing me.

As if being the right timing, my phone vibrated a sign of an incoming call. The three of us reflexively stared at the screen of my flaming phone. That number is unknown but I've memorized Henry's last lift.

“She Henry. Mom already scheduled our meeting this morning.”

“Then what will you do?” Aunt Yuan rubbed her wet cheeks, looking at me curiously.

“I will meet him just to make sure if this matchup will never happen.”

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The ice capucino I ordered at this cafe is almost gone because of Henry's long wait. An hour ago when he called and forced us to meet at this cafe at ten, I had to rush to get ready even though my movement was not as fast as usual.

Doctor Stefan was the most upset because I had not rested and was still very weak and had just finished a blood transfusion had to leave the house.

I smiled a little considering again the annoyed and helpless expression of Doctor Stefan as I forced to leave the house.

Since then my eyes have been staring at the door every time I hear the bell ringing when someone opens it, but it's been thirty minutes since that man's appointment.

My body that still felt pain could not bear to wait. Finally after this capucino was completely used up, I immediately stood up and walked out of the cafe. Waiting for a taxi to pass in front of the cafe.

Then a gray luxury car stopped in front of me, guessing it was Henry. When the windshield was lowered, a man wearing sunglasses and shiny hair wearing gel smiled broadly at me.

“Ohhh Icha! Long time no see.” So annoying! Did he not realize it was already over thirty minutes late?

“Do you have no clock? Shouldn't you apologize for dating late?”

“Do not get angry, later quickly old loh.”

“Haishhh.” I wanted to punch him because of his smiling expression as if nothing was wrong.

“Come in. I'm late because it's our business too.”

“What?”

“Ck! Comein! You'll know later when we get to.” I don't want to finally get in his car. The very sharp aroma of hair gel instantly smelled.

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“Your mother has everything ready. All that remains is clothes. Your mother handed over her election to us.”

“Cannot be!”

“Y.. I can't refuse. Your mother persuaded me to keep getting engaged to you. Well, I didn't want to see a woman pleading like that so I decided to accept it. Anyway—“ Henry turned to look at me from bottom to top. His mouth was chewing gum.

Not caring about the next remark, I immediately turned around and walked quickly towards the door of the clothing store that sold this party dress. An employee who had greeted us at the door looked at me with a curious look.

“Like it or not we have to get engaged. Your mother will be happy and I won't be chased by another woman. Isn't win win solution?” Henry got in my way when we were in front of the store. The man who walked past us looked at us in wonder.

“No. it's a win for you. I came to see you to cancel everything! Really doesn't make sense.” I can no longer hide my anger. Lately my life has been surrounded by people like this.

“Have you always been selfish like this?”

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