He's my son, not my brother
The pent-up fear
"Naina... are you sure you'll tell Aga the truth?" mother asked to reassure Naina a moment ago.
Naina nodded in confirming. "Nai can't linger in a mother's lie, ma'am. Whatever decision Kak Aga later Nai will receive it with a chest roomy. Anyway Nai doesn't want Kak Aga to be too deep in loving dirty women like Nai, Mom." Naina's face was down. He felt very dwarfed by the bad reality that had approached him.
"If you don't have this confidence, then why did you accept Aga's offer to be her lover, Nai? Don't lie to Mom. I know you don't really love Aga do you? I can see it clearly from the attitude and gaze of your eyes, Nai..." Mom clasped Naina's hand. As if strengthening Naina if she does not alone face this life. "There are Father, Mother and Amara who always support your decisions. I hope you can say honestly." Mother said as she stroked the back of her daughter's hand.
Naina sighed even more. It felt like he wanted so much to let out the fear he was feeling at the moment by shrieking his might. His breathing slowed down. Naina looked at the woman who had given birth to her. The gaze of the woman in front of him at this moment was truly sincere. Naina knows very well that Mom really loves her even after knowing the bad events that happened to her and has made a disgrace for her family.
"Mother..." Naina finally cried. As much as possible he held back so that the sound of his crying was not heard by his little daughter who was playing with Father and Amara outside the room.
"Say Nai... Tell me what reason made you accept Aga's love? I know very well if you really keep yourself from falling for any man. And I also know that right now you're not fully giving your heart to Aga's son." Next to Mom's hand raised. Mother wiped away the tears that flooded her daughter's face with her thumb.
"That's all Nai did because Nai was so scared that Zeline's biological father was trying to snatch Zeline from Nai's side. And Nai was so scared that the man had bad intentions for Zeline. She did not expect the presence of Zeline who was born from Nai's womb, Mom... Stupid, hilarious woman like Nai..."
Naina also told what she heard from the chat Daniel and his three friends in the cafe at that time to her mother. Her tears were shedding lanta recalled the painful incident. Mom shut her mouth. Can't believe that Zeline's biological father intends to abort her even when she doesn't know Zeline's presence in her daughter's womb.
"Nai is so scared, Mom... Nai's fear grows ever more since Nai finds out Zeline's father is the company leader where Nai works." Naina said that made Mother really surprised to hear it. Naina also told the story during the first meeting of Daniel and Zeline. How the man looked at Zeline and what happened last time at Daniel's engagement show when the man came after her with various accusations in the bathroom.
Mom nodded in disbelief. Mother's tears also dripped when listening to her daughter's story. Mother really did not expect if all this time Naina kept her fears alone. Mom's memory also revolves around events some time ago when she and Zeline met a man who she believes is Zeline's biological father.
"Was Zeline's real father the man who met Mom back then and the man's name was Daniel?" Mother asked as she looked at her daughter with a look of pity.
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