
"Excuse me, Sir! Sorry, Miss Joice's family car has entered the courtyard!", the maid gave her report which made all faces stiffen.
"Ken, what now?", asked Ana worriedly. The same worries everyone felt because Ana had not been hidden.
"How is this, Father?", Madam Rima asked her husband slowly. He was also worried, but he did not want to make his son grow dizzy because of questions he could not hold on his lips. She chose to speak her mind to her husband, Mr. Dion.
Sarah was biting her lower lip with a face that was no less worried. When he was brought here he was only told that his duty was to accompany and guard Ana while they were busy serving Joice later. But he also hopes that at least he can be useful for other things for Ana, his best friend.
Ken racked his brain to work effectively and efficiently so as to find the right idea. His eyes moved to the right and left, scanning all the places and situations they were currently facing. An idea came to his mind, then he caught a figure that matched the idea he had.
"Miss Sarah! Please take Ana to my room. And help you keep her there" Ken asked Sarah. Both Ana and Sarah, both nodding their heads in agreement. Ana walks over to Sarah, looks at Ken for a bit and starts to move in with the suitcase they have.
"Ana!", the woman stopped her steps when her husband called.
"Remember! In ka, mar, me! Our room!", a dictator's orders are inevitable. Ana smiled resignedly before finally turning around and giving Ken a high thumbs-up. Ana and Sarah, the two begin to continue their steps.
"Keeenn!", suddenly a voice came from the direction of the door.
"Ken!", the Joice family has arrived and Ana has not gone how far from there.
Ken tries to calm down while looking at Ana and Sarah who still have their backs. As for Sam, his sister looked even more frustrated. He rubbed his face rough, weighing what he should do.
"Do something Sam so your brother can stay here to welcome them. No one's gonna get suspicious if you're not around!", his father's orders get Sam an idea.
"Sister, let me help them!", Sam told Ken and walked quickly toward Ana and Sarah. Ken had not had time to nod in agreement when he saw his youngest brother was already moving quickly.
Just as Sam manages to pull two servants to stand next to him to cover Ana and Sarah's backs. The Joice family actually entered the guest room. Unknowingly, Madam Rima stroked her chest feeling relieved.
"Night, Auntie!", Joice first greeted her future mother-in-law and hugged her.
"Why does Aunt feel relieved so?!", he asked after releasing his embrace as well as that of Madam Rima.
"Ah right! Aunty was relieved that you finally came too. We've been waiting for you guys since. Yes, that's how it is", the middle-aged woman tried to cover up her true feelings.
"Good night Mr and Mrs Alexander!", greet Mr. Dion kindly to Joice's parents.
"Good night Mr and Mrs Wiratmadja!", Joice's father replied.
Finally they decided to have a light conversation in the living room. In the middle of their conversation, in the end, Madam Rima thought a little about the feeling of Joice's parents when they knew how her daughter had behaved so far. What if Joice's actions are exposed, how shocked will be the two parents who do not know anything. Mrs Rima invited Ken to speak to one of the corners.
"Darling, sorry if Mommy asks like this. It's just what you're gonna do to Joice, aren't you thinking about how her parents will feel? Sorry, Mother did not mean to defend him. As a parent, Mother only thinks about how they feel like parents" said Mrs Rima in a soft voice.
"What he has done, then he must account for it including in front of his parents though", Ken remained in his stance.
Indeed, from the beginning Ken did not agree to Ana do her revenge plan. But if you take into account, what Joice has done is truly unforgivable. Playing around with someone's life, really not something that can be understood just like that. Since Ken agreed on Ana's plan, he would fully support whatever Ana would do later. For he had promised himself and his late father-in-law that he would always make his wife happy.
"The night is getting late, what if we rest first now. We have prepared a room for you. Hopefully Om and Aunt can enjoy it as comfortably as possible. Please Om, Auntie, the waiter will take you to the room that has been prepared!", said Ken politely.
"Alright then it's good if we rest first. Come, Ma!", take Mr. Alexander to his wife who has nodded by her husband's invitation. They followed a servant who was currently walking in front while carrying their luggage.
"What about my room, Ken! Are we going to share a room from tonight?", Joice boldly grabbed Ken's arm for him to embrace. Not forgetting that he showed off his teasing smile as he rolled one eye.
"God! You don't know shame!", said Ken in his heart.
The man immediately shook Joice's hand and kept his distance from the woman.
"The waiter has prepared his own room for you!", said Ken coldly.
"Dad, Mother, I'm so tired. I want to go back to my room first, yes", then Ken immediately passed to his room on the second floor. But the main reason is to avoid any other physical contact with Joice. Ken's not comfortable with women trying to tease him, and Ana is the exception. Because if his wife teases him, Ken will instead gladly serve him.
"Joice dear, we go to the room first, yes", then just stay alone in the room after Mrs Rima and Mr. Dion leave.
"Just keep Ken with your cold attitude! After tomorrow, you'll be all mine!", Joice smiled as if a huge gift was already right in front of her eyes. He no longer cared about his dream wedding. Every woman must want a wedding that they have longed for. Just like Joice, she dreamed of a grand and festive marriage where she became the most beautiful queen in the middle. But for Ken's sake, he was willing to bury his dream by only doing a simple private marriage like Ken's current wishes. For him the most important thing is that he can have Ken, have the man he has been craving for all this time.
"Show me his room!", in his snob style Joice throws his suitcase at the waiter who is still left behind to drive him to the room.
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The room they occupy is the bridal room during their wedding ceremony the other day. Ken chose this room because from here the view of the villa courtyard looks as a whole clearly and beautifully. After entering his room, Ken took off the suit he was wearing and he threw it on a nearby sofa, then he approached his wife who was standing facing out the open window. She wrapped her hands around Ana's waist and hugged her from behind.
"What are you doing, dear?", asked Ken, sipping on the sweet scent of his wife's head.
"Stand up!", replied Ana briefly.
"Yes I know, I mean what are you thinking?", Ken tightened his arms as his chin swiped at Ana's head.
"I was just thinking, Ken. Will Joice be deterred after this? Will our life go on after this, like any other normal couple? Can I still be happy after I take this revenge? Do I still deserve to be happy?", Ana took a breath just before continuing her words.
"I want to be happy, Ken. That's all! But by depriving Joice of the happiness she wanted to achieve, am I still worthy of asking for my right to be happy?", Ana's eyes turned wistfully as her eyes glared out the window.
"Don't think too much, baby! Remember what Ben told you! Do not soften your heart for your enemies. Not necessarily they will reply with the same thing. Happiness, he who has robbed us of the happiness we are achieving, Ana! He who had played with destiny should have been ours!", Ken turned his wife's body so they faced each other.
"After this there will only be us and our children. I promise I will always make you happy, baby!", Ken gently caressed his wife's face.
"Thank you baby, I'm much calmer now", Ana finally let out a peaceful smile.
"Then can I get the appropriate reward?", Ken said spoiled while blinking one eye.
"What now is my husband becoming more and more calculating, heh?!", Ana folded her hands in front while staring intently at Ken.
"There is no harm in being reckoned with your own wife. What I want is not money or anything else. I just wanted to,,,,", Ana broke through immediately and moved away from Ken.
"My husband you better take a shower, okay! I'm going to Sarah's room to pick up my things left to her!", Ana smiles triumphantly and successfully tests her husband's patience.
"Well, I'll take a shower! But after this you have to promise to give me the reward!", Ken pulls Ana's waist until they stick tight. The man issued his plea, didn't he! That's the word he took out with his serious face.
"OK, ready boss!", Ana salutes Ken before opening the door to his room.
"But baby, what if you meet Joice?!", Ken just remembered that Ana still had to hide from the crafty woman.
"Just relax, I'll be careful!", Ana rolled her eyes and disappeared behind the door.
Ken shook his head while smiling. Then he decided to enter the bathroom to refresh himself.
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When he came out of the room he walked as carefully as possible and almost did not make a sound at every step. He had passed through the door of Joice's room which was slightly open, and it was seen in the room that Joice was talking to himself with a mirror in front of him.
"I'll be the only woman for you, Ken!", one sentence sounded that made Ana sneer her lips.
It was so eager for Ana to enter the room and pull the hair of the cunning woman that she was so upset she heard it. But not now, open this moment Joice feels something she can't forget. Finally, only this idea caught up in his mind. He grabbed Joice's doorknob slowly while the woman was unaware of his presence.
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Then he closed the door to Joice's room very tightly. Until Joice jumped from her place. Ana immediately runs to Sarah's room next to Joice's.
The woman was terrified, but she tried to ventured to open the door to her room. Joice turned to the right and left watching the silent second-floor passageway.
"It's weird, there's nobody here! Is this villa haunted?", Joice goosebumps. He rubbed his neck which suddenly felt cold and then immediately entered the room and forgot to close the door again.
In Sarah's room, by the way,
"Are you crazy? Why have you been laughing since?", Sarah scolded from her bed. He was busy playing his phone and was disturbed by Ana who came suddenly. Even after entering his room, his best friend did not stop laughing.
"I've just had two guys at once!", trying to ease her laughter Ana moves to sit on the bed and face Sarah.
"Whatchu mean? Try telling me?", asked Sarah with interest.
"First my husband, I made him hold back the turmoil of wanting to eat me on the grounds that I had to go to your room first!", Ana closed her laughing mouth while imagining Ken's disappointment earlier.
"Then the second one, I frightened the occupants of the room next to you by slamming the door of her room all of a sudden!", Ana chuckled back as she imagined how Joice would face when frightened. Ana was actually hiding behind a pillar when Joice popped her head out to keep an eye on the surroundings. He saw clearly Joice was trembling at that moment.
"Oh my goodness, Ana, you love to prank people! Tell me why you did that?", Sarah could only shake her head while holding her laugh so as not to explode. He did not want Joice to be suspicious of the noise they were going to make because the woman was in the next room.
"You know my husband the lion king himself, every time he always wants to eat me. I like it too, hehe. But I don't know, I was just thinking about just trying to justify it!", the two women chuckled together to hear Ana's explanation.
"Then what about Joice?", asked Sarah still curious.
"Huh!", Ana hit the bed with her upset face.
"I'm upset because he dared to claim that Ken was his! I heard him talking to himself, so I have an idea to prank him, hehe", Ana explained as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Good damn you! I can't imagine what if you and Mr. Ken had a child later, how that child would be as ignorant as his father and mother!", Sarah shook her head with her smile. Because he also knew that Ken was also equally ignorant, because Ana often told him since his initial meeting with Ken first.
"You know what else if her father and mother are too creative in thinking!", Ana's words make laughter between the two.
"All right, I'll go back to the room first! It seemed like Ken had finished bathing", Ana got up from her seat then stepped towards the door.
"Return quickly, I don't want to be blamed by your husband for holding you here too long. He seemed to have been very patiently waiting for you in the room. You have to me,,la,, yes, it's, it's good, okay!", Sarah flicked one eye so happy to tease Ana.
"Hey, since when did your mind get so dirty!", Ana rounded her eyes but clearly blushed her cheeks in embarrassment at the words of her best friend. Then he soon passed leaving Sarah who was still laughing herself in her room.
He again walked carefully in the middle of the light of this second-floor hallway. Ana returns to see Joice's room door still open. Then as quickly as possible he passed from there without making a sound.
But unfortunately, Joice had seen the shadow of someone passing in front of his room. The man was wearing long white clothes. Due to his curiosity, he slowly ventured to look out. And sure enough, he saw a woman in a white dress dangling and her long, unraveling hair walking down the hallway.
Joice smothers her mouth with perfectly large rounded eyes.
"Ha, ghost!", exclaimed Joice with a trembling and frightened voice.
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