Love Lanterns
CHAPTER 23

"When are you here?" erick asked after having full consciousness and realized there was Feby in his room.

Feby was just silent, he still remembered the words Erick said that he loved Ayunda so much in his sleep, there was a sad feeling when he realized Erick was still so great love for Ayunda.

"Feby, what's wrong?" erick asked when he saw Feby was silent.

"Do you love me?" feby's question made Erick exhale violently. He can't answer it and there's no way he's saying he doesn't love Feby.

Feby knew that Erick would not answer his question, quite clearly from the photos he had seen on Erick's phone that were still on when he came in. It is clear that there are many photos depicting the intimacy of the two, how the future husband embraced Ayunda from behind with a sigh and saw Ayunda who was asleep in the arms of Erick.

"They slept together" Feby murmured as he saw her.

"What's wrong?" Erick asked again.

"Are you going to continue our marriage?" feby's return question could not be answered Erick.

Ting. ting.. ting. three incoming messages on Erick's phone, he immediately picked it up and opened it.

Erick's face immediately changed when he saw the message sent was a photo of Ayunda's affection with other men, clearly drawn Ayunda who was hugged and kissed from behind, and, The comfortable Ayunda was in the man's arms and Ayunda was kissing the man.

"What's wrong?" feby asked as he looked at Erick's displeased face.

Not getting an answer from Erick, Feby picked up his phone and followed up with a message sent. Feby stared in disbelief at what he saw.

"The sender of the number is unknown" he murmured.

"Did Ayunda deliberately disappear and send this to make Erick hate her and marry me?" inner Feby.

Ting. One message back in .

Ayunda is getting married, that's her future husband" the incoming message further makes Feby convinced that this message was sent by Ayunda.

Erick followed the last message that came in, then again saw a photo of Ayunda's intimacy and in the magnified face of the man who embraced Ayunda.

"He" Erick said as he recalled the face of this man who had been with Kevin and his grandfather a year ago when he and Ayunda played in the mall.

"You know him?" ask Feby.

"I've seen him with Kevin and his grandfather, I'm sure Ayunda was brought by his grandfather at this time and betrothed to this man" replied Erick who was very sure of what was on his mind.

"Don't let your father know" Erick pint at Feby and gets a nod in agreement from Feby.

Elsewhere Jony handed over the photo he had just received from his confidant to Mr. Sami and Kevin.

"We'd better postpone Miss Ayunda's wedding, until I can find out the truth" Jony said after Mr. Sami and Kevin saw the photo he showed.

Mr. Sami nodded in agreement, he did not want to make a mistake a second time.

"Make sure Nathan has nothing to do with the woman and the child" he replied.

"Jo, what about Erick?" tanyanya, because Jony has not given any news.

"Mr Yuda hastened Miss Feby's marriage with Erick sir, it seems she doesn't know about Miss Ayunda that we've secured" replied Jony who kept getting information from her subordinates.

"Did Erick agree to it and not look for my grandson again?" Mr. Sami finds out that Erick loves Ayunda so much from Mama Mira's story.

Jony tells Mr. Sami that Erick is still looking for Ayunda's whereabouts to date and already knows what Mr. Yuda means. Erick does all this to protect Ayunda, he doesn't want Ayunda to end up like Kevin he thought was gone.

"So much love for my grandson" muttered Mr. Sami and was heard by Kevin and Jony.

"Grandfather, can I tell Ayunda and explain everything?" ask Kevin.

"Sister Erick is very close to Ayunda, even my sister misses him a lot" Kevin told Ayunda.

"Sister Erick" muttered Ayunda who was asleep in her dream.

Mama Mira who just came in and will wake Ayunda took a deep breath, "You miss her and you must love her so much" he said as he clasped his daughter's hand and let her stay closed.

"Ma.." Kevin's voice surprised Mama Mira who was staring sadly at her daughter.

"I'm sorry if I startled you" said Kevin when he realized that Mama Mira's eyes were watering, he sat on the floor beside Mama Mira's feet and leaned on Ayunda's bed.

Mama Mira rubbed Kevin's head gently, although not born from his womb but he considered Kevin like his son. Kevin never felt the caress of a mother's hand feel touched by what Mama Mira did, for her Mama Miralah her mother at this time.

"What's up?" mama Mira asked because Kevin went into Ayunda's room.

"Would we tell Ayunda the truth?" kevin asked after he heard Ayunda calling Erick in his sleep.

"You better talk to your grandfather" Mama Mira replied, she couldn't carelessly act.

"What to talk about with Grandpa?" ask Ayunda who woke up from her sleep when she heard the conversation Mama Mira and Kevin.

Mama Mira and Kevin both saw Ayunda, they just smiled and quietly did not know what to answer.

"Ma. sis.." call the second Ayunda who is silent.

"There is no dear, just a matter of marriage" replied Mama Mira.

Ayunda woke up and came down from her bed she rested in front of Mama Mira.

"Ma can Yunda see Brother Erick before marriage?" tanyakanya.

Kevin was touched to see Ayunda pleading with her mother.

"Silver will ask permission from grandfather" Kevin replied when he saw Mama Mira just silence while leaving Mama Mira and Ayunda.

Mr. Sami listened to Kevin's story about Ayunda, he felt it was too late to know everything.

"Jo quickly found out the truth about Nathan and the woman, I was afraid Nathan would marry Ayunda not because he loved my granddaughter" he said.

"Prepare for a flight for me too, I want to see Tere, his daughter and Erick" Sami said.

"Don't let me make the wrong decision again" muttered Mr. Sami as he frowned.

Elsewhere Nathan is being preoccupied by a boy who does not want to get off his trunk.

"Boy coming down, you're getting heavier now" he said asking Boy to get off his carrier.

"No, I miss you" Boy kissed Nathan's cheek so the man wouldn't lower him from the sling.

Nathan looked at the woman who lived in her apartment three months ago.

"Are you ready?" nathan asked the woman and got a nod from her.

"We're leaving now" asked Nathan who leaned Boy while pulling a travel bag.

"Where are we going? Is it going to go far" asked Boy when he found out Nathan was carrying a travel bag.

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