Lies
Seeing his Happiness

Mommy!”

One word that rang in Karan's mind. The man gasped, surprised to hear Luca's pinned call to Raya. Is Luca the son of the Kingdom? When did the woman have children? Karan is speechless. His mouth was wide open like his eyes were also wide open. No one could explain how shocked Karan was at the moment. Just now he was thinking of the possibility that Raya already had another man by his side. Just a possibility while hoping it will never happen. But what happened after? A few seconds later Karan's fear turns into reality. Not only did it have a man by her side, even Raya already had a child.

The boy who had been bothering Karan for the past few days, the son of Edgar, his business partner. Could this be happening? How could Raya and Edgar have a child like Luca? Karan wants to ignore his negative thoughts about the two people's relationship. But when he was about to try it, the man was again surprised after seeing someone appear from behind him, the place where Luca suddenly appeared just now.

“Luca! Don't run like that! You know how hard Daddy is after you, huh? Here, put your hat on! Daddy doesn't want you to have a fever anymore because you're exposed to direct sunlight!” Edgar immediately grumbled when he was near Luca and Raya. He put a white hat on his son's coconut while continuing to advise the son who ran away from him. The man did not even care about the sweat that flooded his forehead. As Luca got out of the car and out of his sight, he continued to chase after the boy.

He looked at Edgar. “What did he escape again?” his question was answered with a nod of the man's head. The direction of Raya's view moved to the son who was riding on the chair beside him. Because both of his legs are short and the existence of his school bag is disturbing, Luca also has difficulty sitting in his chair. He had to be helped by Edgar in order to sit well. Despite being angry at the boy's mischievous behavior, Edgar never ignored Luca at all. That's what makes Luca so fond of his father.

“Sorry, I just want to quickly meet Mommy,” uja Luca when her eyes see the glare of Raya's sharp eyes. She knew exactly how the mother looked when she was angry, so before she exploded, Luca chose to apologize first.

“Mommy knows you miss Mommy. But don't be so dear. Look Daddy! You don't feel sorry for Daddy? Daddy sweats like that to chase you. After all, you will also meet Mommy at home. Why do we have to run like that? What if you fall or hit people? Mommy doesn't want to see you get hurt, honey.” Raya gave her long advice to the son. Her delicate hand stroked the top of Luca's head gently, showing how much the woman's affection for the son had left her.

While lowering her head, Luca spoke again, “I'm sorry, Mommy. I'm not gonna do this again. I'm just so happy that Mommy's done. Aunty Maude said, Mommy will go out of town again after this. I'm just afraid I can't meet Mommy.”

This time even Raya who was filled to hear the words of Luca. Maybe because he left the boy too long so he thought he would not see him again in the near future. This is purely the fault of Raya. Just because of her many jobs made her have to leave Luca many times. Raya doesn't want this. If possible, he wants to take Luca with him. Unfortunately, Edgar did not agree to this. Luca needs to socialize with his friends at school. In addition, Raya also cannot monitor Luca if he takes it to work. Luca better stay with Edgar and his family who always have a lot of time to serve the boy's mischief.

She hugged Luca tightly. “Alright, this time will Mommy forgive. But do not repeat again,” order Kingdom.

Luca nodded his head. Not only to Raya, he also apologized to his father. “Daddy, I'm sorry. I promise I will not make Daddy exhausted like before,” he said sincerely.

Of course Edgar could not ignore the sincerity of his son. He touched Luca's head and gently stroked it. “Daddy knows you're very excited to meet Mommy, but Daddy just doesn't want you to get hurt.” The man let go of his hand and looked the other way. He gasped to see Karan in the chair looking at them. Since when was Karan there? Has it been since? Due to the focus of pursuing Luca, Edgar paid no attention to his surroundings, including not being aware of Karan's presence there. “Loh, Mr Karan is here?” stupefied.

Raya who had hugged her son had also realized something. He forgot that there were other people besides Edgar and Luca there. He forgot about Karan's presence. In order not to cause a commotion, Raya finally intended to introduce them. “Em, Karan, this is my son, his name is Wren Luca. Maybe you've met him because Edgar always takes him when I'm gone.” Raya introduces the person by her side from the priority scale where the child is always the most important in the life of Raya. Later, Raya just introduced Edgar. “And this Edgar—”

Although he wanted to be angry because the boy had been disrespectful by cutting off his mother's speech, Edgar still lethargic looking at the boy's sparkling eyes when he looked at him. The same eyes when he first saw her were born in the world. Luca who was crying suddenly stopped crying while looking at Edgar, which made the man love his little son very much. “Yes, Daddy this is your most dear Daddy,” Edgar said in reply to the child's confession. “But Luca, it's rude to cut Mommy's talk. Listen first to what Mommy said then you can reply.”

“Ah, yes. Sorry Mommy.” Luca showed his regret. The boy always showed a high spirit towards something he liked. His curiosity was so great that sometimes people would have trouble getting questions from him. But that's great because it shows that Luca grew and thrived in a good environment. There's just a lot more to teach the boy.

“Please forgive my son, he is indeed a little naughty, but he is not an unruly child.” Raya tries to explain her son's personality to Karan.

Although his heart felt very sore looking at the three people in front of him, Karan still showed a smile on his lips as his eyeballs looked at Luca. “Yes, you're right. Luca is indeed a good and intelligent boy.”

Raya was a little surprised to hear Karan's words that seemed very close to Luca. He knew Luca was going to meet Karan because Edgar took him, but he didn't know their relationship would be that familiar in such a short time. Raya also looked at Edgar to get an explanation from the man.

“You remember when Luca disappeared from the hotel lobby? It was Mr. Karan who found it in the restaurant. This child is very often difficult for Mr. Karan. Whereas that night we looked everywhere,” Edgar explained.

That explanation not only made Raya understand, but also strengthened Karan's belief that he had indeed seen Raya that night. His eyes may be wrong, but his heart is not. Karan was always able to distinguish Raya from other women because only Raya was the only woman capable of making her heart beat fast. His heart was never wrong, only he always had an inopportune time. It was like this time where he was in the midst of a happy family. There are feelings of envy and resentment. But there was also a warm feeling that enveloped Karan at this moment.

The ringing sound coming from Karan's phone appeared in time. Karan did want to escape from the presence of Edgar and Raya right now. Karan thinks this is not the place. Raya, Edgar and Luca seem happy without her. He should have just disappeared so as not to disturb the happiness of the ex-wife.

Unfortunately, he did not have a good reason. And that ringing sound seemed to be Karan's savior from this unpleasant situation. Thanks to other work reasons, Karan decides to say goodbye to the Raya family and leaves the place. If it had been there for longer, then his tears would have been released just like that. His chest will suddenly be tight to make him have difficulty breathing. Before everything happens, Karan prefers to run away. He used Ian's call as a shield to get from there.

“We're leaving now. If you can, book the fastest ticket to return to Jakarta. I really can't be here too long,” Karan told Ian who came to pick him up.

Karan continued to lash out at his chest as the feeling of tightness melted him. His sweat poured out profusely and his body began to tremble. Slowly a voice appeared that always haunts Karan all this time. The voice that whispered it in a disgusting tone to make nausea. “I told you, you'll never get away from me, Farraz. Never will be!”