Love Without Memory
Slap for Nathan

Aleea, who had been waiting for Evan's arrival, suddenly moved from her seat as she heard a voice coming from the front door of the apartment, he immediately ran small towards the door because he was sure if the one who was pressing the password on the door was Evan.

Aleeapun immediately opened the door with a smile after the door was unlocked.

But Aleea's smile faded as she looked at Nathan who was with Evan at the time.

He was so shocked and just froze for a moment.

"When have you been here, Aleea? do you two live here?" nathan asked with his eyes on Aleea and Evan alternately.

"Please don't misunderstand Nathan, come in. I'll explain everything to you!" evan told Nathan.

"No need, I don't care about him at all!" nathan replied and walked away.

As Evan was about to chase after her, Aleea immediately held Evan's hand.

"Let him go Evan!" aelea.

"But Aelea...."

"Come in!" aelea cut Evan's words.

Evan sighed while looking at Nathan who was getting further and further away from him. Evan then walked in and sat in the living room with Aleea.

"I know what you're thinking now Evan, you're not comfortable with this, are you?" said Aleea at once asked who only answered a nod of the head by Evan.

"You don't have to feel guilty for Nathan, I'll explain to him if I force him to stay here" Aleea said.

"No Aleea, I have to explain the truth to Nathan" Evan said.

"I'm sorry Evan, I shouldn't be here and put you in this position" Aleea said.

"It's not your fault Aleea, the circumstances that forced all this to happen" Evan replied.

"Maybe it's time for me to get out of here and face my own problems, Evan" Aleea said.

"Nathan might misunderstand all this, but you don't worry, I'll...."

"No Evan, didn't you hear yourself if he didn't care about me at all!" aelea cut Evan's words.

"You are, after all, his wife Aleea and he is my best friend" Evan said.

"Can I still be called a wife if she doesn't even love me and doesn't care about me at all?" ask Aelea.

"Aleaea....."

"Evan, I'm so grateful for everything you've done for me, as long as I've been here I've been thinking a lot and now I know what to do, I'll face Nathan no matter how he treats me and I'll make sure your friendship stays just fine" Aleea said.

Evan nodded his head imposing his smile. Aleea did have to go back to Nathan and it was time to start the days without Aleea like before.

"Can I ask you something, Evan?" aelea asked as she had just moved away from her seat.

"Of course, what do you want Aleea?" reply Evan.

"Friendship," Aleea replied with a smile.

Evan smiled and then moved from his seat and approached Aleea and hugged her tightly.

"Make sure I'm always in that part of your life Aleea, as well as you who will always be in that part of my life" Evan said.

Aleea nodded her head in Evan's arms and went into the room to pick up her sling bag.

"I'm not going to bring the things you bought for me, Evan, but I'm really very grateful for all the things you've done for me over the years," aelea said as she prepared to leave.

"I'll take you Aleea" said Evan.

"No need for Evan, I'll go home by myself, I'll explain everything to Nathan and I'll make sure your friendship will be fine" Aleea said.

Evan let out a long sigh then re-hugged Aleea before he actually let Aleea go from her.

Alee has finally left Evan's apartment. Aleea ordered a taxi that drove her home.

In his heart, there was still fear that Nathan would do something that hurt him again.

But Aleea had already steadied her heart and made up her mind if she was going to face Nathan no matter what kind of attitude Nathan had towards her.

After some time in the journey, Aleeapun arrived. Aleea got out of the taxi and went inside the house.

Aleea walked up the stairs without hesitation and knocked on Nathan's door several times.

"Get out Nathan, we have something to talk about!" aelea said from Nathan's doorstep.

There was no answer from Nathan's room, but shortly thereafter Nathan's office door opened and Nathan walked out of his study.

Aleeapun immediately walked over to Nathan.

"There's something we need to talk about!" aelea said to Nathan.

"I don't care what reason you're in Evan's apartment, I don't even care if you've slept with him, only cheap women....."

THE PLAAAAAAKKKK

A loud slap landed on Nathan's cheek, leaving Nathan so shocked and staring at Aleea with a sharp glare.

"I'm not that low as Nathan, nor do I care whether you love me or not, but if my existence in your life is meaningless anymore, just divorce me!" aelea said with a sharp gaze from Nathan.

"Dissolving you is the easiest thing for me Aleea, but I won't do that!" reply Nathan.

"Then I'll be suing for divorce myself, I....."

"You can't do that Aleea, have you forgotten the deal you signed? only I can file for divorce or you'll have to pay 100 billion in fines if you cancel the deal!" nathan cut Aleea's words.

As Aleea fell silent, she forgot about what Nathan had just told her.

Nathan smiled faintly and brought his steps closer to Aleea.

"Your slap doesn't hurt Aleea at all, but you've lowered me with your slap that's not how much, now I make sure you'll always be in a cage that I'll never open, your whole life you'll only be in a cage until I'm tired of keeping you!" said Nathan.

Nathan smiled faintly then walked into his room, leaving Aleea still standing in place with her hands clenched, holding back the emotions in her chest.

"I should have slapped him harder!" aelea said angrily and then went into the room and dropped herself on her bed.

His gaze stared at the ceiling of his room, a clear circle dripping just like that from both corners of his eyes.

Although he tried hard to look stronger in front of Nathan, the sadness remained in his heart.

**

The day has changed. Aleea was still lying in her room even though she had been awake since morning.

He is too lazy to see Nathan, the man who used to always convince himself if they were a couple who love each other, but now Nathan only looks like a bad man in Aleea's eyes.

Aleea sat on the balcony reading a book while waiting for Nathan's car to leave the house.

After seeing Nathan's car coming out of the gate, Alee went out of the room.

Aleea simply picked up the fruits for him to eat that morning before he began to occupy himself in the garden which had been untouched for several days.

As time passed, Aleea was already getting ready to go to the cooking class that day. Not to forget Aleea booked a taxi before he got out of the house.

"Good morning, no" said Budi who was preparing to open the car door.

"Aleea will go alone sir, from today Budi sir does not need to drive Aleea again" Aleea told Budi.

"Why non? I'm sorry if....."

"No sir, Mr. Budi is completely innocent, Aleea is very grateful that Mr. Budi has been driving Aleea all this time, but now Aleea will go alone, excuse me sir," said Aleea cut off the speech Budi sir.

Aleea then walked away and immediately got into the taxi that was waiting for him.

When he arrived at his destination, Aleea immediately entered and greeted one by one his friends there.

One of them told Aleea, if that day there would be no cooking class and replaced with a seminar that would discuss the culinary business.

As a result, within hours of the meeting, Aleea gained a lot of new knowledge about the culinary business.

The speaker at the seminar convinced all audiences not to be afraid to try new things, especially those related to the culinary business, because many culinary businesses can be started with not so big capital.

At the end of the event, the head of the cooking class provides an opportunity for anyone who wants to start a culinary business to enroll.

Those who apply will take an interview and must submit a proposal to be able to get capital loan assistance from the cooking class.

Aleea who was actually interested, was not brave enough to make a decision that quickly, especially with the problems he was facing at that time.

"Didn't you want to try Aleea?" tanya Tika, one of Aleea's friends over there.

"I am still in doubt" replied Aleea.

"Come on Aleea, just try it, maybe we can work together later," Tika said trying to persuade Aleea.

"I'll think about it first" Aleea replied.

"OK fine," said Tika and then registered himself.

After the show was over, Aleeapun again ordered a taxi. Shortly waiting, a taxi ordered by Aleea came and immediately drove Aleea home.

Along the way, Aleea was still thinking about the seminar she had just participated in.

"I'm still Nathan's wife, she must have prevented me from doing anything that could attract the public's attention, it could have been that mom and dad would have prevented me too" Aleea said in her heart.

"But I can't possibly stay home waiting for the end of this marriage, I have to do something!" inner Aleea with her sigh.

**

Elsewhere, Evan was focused on doing his work in his room. Since morning he has not met Nathan because Nathan had to attend meetings in several places with Vina.

Since the incident at his apartment, Evan has not said anything to Nathan because he wants to explain everything when they meet.

Evan's door opened and Nathan walked into his room and sat in front of him.

"Don't get too busy working, it's lunch time!" nathan told Evan.

"How was the meeting today? is it going well?" ask Evan.

"I've done everything, now it's just waiting for their decision, I hope everything will go according to plan" Nathan replied.

"Nathan, about what happened yesterday, I....."

"There's no need to explain anything to Evan, I don't care!" nathan cut Evan's words.

"Did Aleea explain everything to you?" ask Evan.

"No, he just slapped me," Nathan replied with an annoyed look.

"Slap you? what did you do to him, Nathan? what did you say until Aleea slapped you?" evan asked in surprise.

"Nothing, forget it" Nathan replied.

"But I have to keep explaining everything to you Nathan, I don't want what's happening to affect our friendship" Evan said.

"What happened has nothing to do with our friendship Evan!" said Nathan.

"I'll keep explaining Nathan, so I hope you hear it well" Evan said.

"Actually I've met Aleea since she left the hospital, I got out of the hospital because I was looking for her, I had already intended to drive her home when I met her, she said, but he refused because he didn't want to see you" Evan explained.

"So she asked to stay with you?" ask Nathan.

"No, she wanted to stay in a hotel, but I forced her to stay in an apartment with me, I thought it was a better way than to let her be in a hotel alone" Evan replied.

"I think she's an innocent woman, it turns out she's no worse than Vina, equally a cheap woman!" nathan said with a faint smile.

"What do you mean Nathan? Aleea and Vina were clearly different!" evan responds emotionally to hearing what Nathan has to say.

"You know Vina has always tried to get close to me Evan, she even did something that lowered her self-esteem just to tease me, just like Aleea who did such a lowly thing by living in another man's apartment while she was still a wife!" said Nathan.

"Aleea just stayed at my place Nathan, she stayed there because I forced her, she didn't do anything wrong while she stayed with me, either, he was even willing to sleep on the living room sofa for me to sleep in the room!" said Evan.

"You don't have to tell me all that Evan, I have to tell you how many times if I don't care about him, I don't care if you're close to him, either, as long as you don't do anything stupid anymore just to save!" said Nathan.

"Do you know what he did that day Nathan? when you say you don't love him!"

"I don't care!" nathan replied as he moved from his seat.

"She was intending to kill herself Nathan, she almost gave up on her life when the only man she believed in let her down, when the man who was a wish for her already did not love her!" said Evan.

Nathan stops his steps when he hears what Evan told him. He did not expect that Aleea would go that far just from hearing that she did not love Aleea.