Husband's Regrets: Revenge Marriage
(MM&GL) CHAPTER 39. Sincerity Love.

Devan went home and cleaned himself up. He could not have gone straight into the room to meet Joana with this blood-stained shirt and hands. Devan thinks Joana may still be asleep because it's still 4 in the morning.

However, Devan was surprised by the existence of Joana who was waiting for him in the middle room.

"Joana, why are you here?" Devan was really surprised, he closed his eyes briefly, of course Joana already knew if had gone secretly.

Joana looked at Devan fixedly, her breathing seemed to stop as soon as she saw Devan's messy condition and full of blood spots. Without even asking Joana knew if Devan had just done what.

"Are you okay?" Joana does not pay attention to anything else, she instead worries about Devan's condition. Moreover, he saw the corner of Devan's lips hurt.

"Yes, let's go back to the room. I'll clean myself up" Devan asked.

Joana said without saying anything, the woman seemed to hold herself back from getting angry. Arriving in the room Joana immediately took a towel for Devan and prepared her clothes.

"I actually want to ban you from bathing, but you're so fucked up. I'll get your clothes ready" Joana said without looking at Devan at all.

Devan nods his head in assent, he must prepare himself if Joana will soon be angry because he was caught lying to the woman.

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Not up to 30 minutes, Devan had out of the room using his towel kimono. The man looked fresher than before. He approached Joana who seemed to be sitting on the bed and was daydreaming.

"Hey," said Devan, gently touching the woman's hand.

"Eh? Is it done? I've got you a P3K box, I'll treat your wounds." Joana flinched, she hurriedly picked up the cotton and betadine in order to immediately treat Devan's bruised-looking corner of the lip.

Devan was silent, he felt so guilty to see Joana like this. The woman did not directly pierce him with many questions or corner him. But Joana was busy treating her wounds.

"I'm fine" Devan said.

"It's a bruise, I'll treat it for a minute." Joana ignores him, he continues to treat Devan's wounds until they are completely finished.

After that Joana took Devan's hand to check if there were any injuries or not. He saw the man's hands covered in blood.

"Have anyone been hurt again? Try to show me, I'll treat it," said Joana still checking Devan's other body.

Devan shook his head slowly, he held Joana's hand gently so the woman looked at him.

"What's wrong?" ask Joana.

"You mad?" Devan asked back.

Devan poked his lips, he knew Joana was angry but the woman did not show it. "I'm sorry for this. I can't just stop, there's a lot of things I need to get done before I actually leave everything behind" Devan said.

"Yes, I believe you." Joana just nodded softly while smiling in response.

"Rest, I'll give this back for a second. There's still time before morning" Joana said as she cleared the town of the medicine she had just used.

Devan holds Joana's hand again, this time stronger than before. "I know you're angry, tell me everything, Joana. Scold me, hurt me if you need to. I was wrong to lie to you" Devan said, not liking Joana to be quiet.

Joana let out a long sigh, she let go of Devan's hand then touched her cheek making the man quite surprised.

"If you ask me if I am angry? Yes, I was angry. But my anger is not as great as my worry for you. I don't care, and don't want to know what you're doing out there. I just want to know if you're hurt and you're home safe it's made my heart so happy, Dev. Even I will always believe in you even though what you say is a lie," Joana said in a soft voice, as well as her disappointed eyes mixed with deep disappointment in Devan.

Devan opened his mouth, very surprised by Joana's response. He can feel it, a very sincere feeling of love and almost never Devan got from Mega long ago. Devan never thought Joana would give him such great love.

"Dev, you better not tell me anything. I won't ask you anything, I just want you to return home to me safely, can you promise me that? Stay fine, Dev." Joana spoke again, this time holding onto Devan's cheeks and looking at the man deeply.

Devan could not answer, he was embarrassed because of Joana's attitude like this. He could only grab the tiny body and hold it very tightly.

"I don't want to say anything, just want you to know, I'm so lucky to have you" Devan said, kissing Joana's hair.

Joana herself tightened her embrace, really loving this man with all her body. He was very angry and disappointed when he found out Devan was lying to him. But the longer Devan doesn't return the more fearful his feelings become. And Joana finally realized that her love is greater than her anger towards Devan.

Devan breaks his embrace, rubbing Joana's flowing tears and kissing her.

"It's morning, let's get some rest. You must have not slept before" said Devan.

Joana nodded briefly. "I'll return this first" said Joana pointing to the medicine box she had brought.

"Let me, you rest." Devan forbade her, he immediately took the box and immediately placed it on the dressing table after which it instantly returned and laid itself down.

Devan opened his arms and smiled at Joana. The woman already knew the meaning, she immediately approached and hugged Devan and joined her to lay down beside the man.

"Sleep" said Devan, smiling, he kissed Joana on the forehead and hugged her while rubbing her hair slowly.

Joana nodded as she put her hand into Devan's kimono, touching her chest which was now a habit during her sleep. Joana really felt the comfort of her own while with Devan. The man who was once very cruel turned out to have something that made him reluctant to just turn away.

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