
Nathan who followed Aleea's steps immediately held Aleea's hand and gripped her tightly.
"I don't like pretending in front of other people Aleea, so don't ask your friend to come here again!" nathan said to Aleea.
"That's your problem, not mine" Aleea replied with Nathan's gaze.
"You......"
"I don't care what your problem is, Nathan, like you never cared about me!" aelea said, cutting Nathan's words.
"But this is my home, I have a right to choose who can come here!" said Nathan.
Aleea smiled faintly by taking her eyes off Nathan.
"It's very childish" said Aleea slowly, which made Nathan instantly withdraw Aleea's hand and clutch him even more tightly.
"Listen Aleea, you're still living here and you're still my wife, so you can't do anything you want without my permission!" nathan said with a sharp look in Aleea's eyes.
"Izin's? I haven't been your wife since you didn't love me anymore, Nathan, so stop managing my life and don't have to care about anything I do!" reply Aleea.
"As long as you stay here and receive money from me, you must keep following my orders Aleea!" said Nathan.
"If that's the case, I'd better get out of this house!" reply Aleea.
"Are you going to stay with Evan again? or you'll stay with other men and sell your body to those who......"
THE PLAAAAAAKKKKKK
One slap landed heavily on Nathan's cheek after Aleea dropped her bag and slapped Nathan.
Not stopping there, Nathanpun without hesitation returned Aleea slap quite hard.
"You.... women don't know they're lucky!" nathan was full of emotion.
Aleea simply fell silent, his two teary eyes holding back the pain on his cheeks. Nathan immediately took his steps away, climbed the stairs and entered his room by slamming the door.
Aleea was still speechless, thinking about the destiny of life that went very far from the happy path he had hoped for.
Aleea wiped the tears on her cheeks and then took her steps up the stairs slowly to get into her room.
Aleea walked into her room, closed the door of her room and sat behind the door of her room.
With tears streaming down her cheeks, Aleea hugged her knees and held back her sobs.
Aleea thought she was already a strong woman and was ready to face whatever Nathan's attitude was to her.
But in fact, he still feels pain, his heart feels sore to get bad treatment from someone who had once convinced himself to dare to make a decision to marry.
Aleea lamented her decision to marry without waiting for her memory to return because now all she felt was pain, without any memory of the happiness she had ever felt with Nathan.
Now Aleea begins to doubt everything Nathan has ever told her, about their relationship in the past, about how they love each other and about how she used to live her life.
His memory recounted when Aleea woke up in the hospital and found that all of his memories had been erased.
He was grateful that Nathan was with him at the time and there was no reason for Aleea to distrust Nathan because only Nathan was with him at the time.
"From the very beginning of meeting her, until we left Paris and even until our wedding day, I never felt the look of love from her eyes, I only believed her words without me ever feeling any love from her for me" Aleea said in her heart.
On the other hand, Evan has just arrived at Nathan's house, intending to meet Aleea, because before Evan leaves the cafe, the waiters approach him and give him a cell phone left at Evan's desk, Aleea and Tika sat down.
Knowing that it was Aleea's phone, Evanpun took it and intended to return it to Aleea.
Arriving at Nathan's house, Evan immediately got out of his car and walked towards the main door.
"Can you please call me Aleea bi?" ask Evan to aunt.
"Mmmmm... that's... non Aleea.... mmmm....."
After what had just happened between Aleea and Nathan, aunt was not sure if Aleea would meet Evan, but aunt was also hesitant to tell Evan about what really happened.
"What's bi? Aleea's home, isn't she?" ask Evan to worry.
"Yes, non Aleea's at home, but....."
"But what is bi? please tell me clearly, did something happen to her?" asked Evan who was impatient with the aunt who seemed hesitant to answer his question.
"Sorry sir," the aunt replied by lowering her head, choosing not to say anything to Evan.
Evan let out a rough sigh then carried his steps in just like that. Evan climbed up the stairs and immediately knocked on Aleea's bedroom door.
"Aleea, it's me, are you okay?" evan asked from the front of Aleea's room.
Soon the door opened and Aleea stood in quite a mess. Evanpun could clearly see the bruises that were on Aleea's cheeks at that time.
"Evaann...."
"Did Nathan do this?" asked Evan who was only replied to a nod of the head by Aleea.
"I have to see him" said Evan who was about to walk away, but Aleea immediately held Evan's hand.
Aleea shook her head, trying to hold Evan back from seeing Nathan. Evan let out a long sigh, grabbed the hand of Aleea holding her back and brought Aleea into her arms.
As Aleea's cries broke again, she sobbed in Evan's arms. He no longer cares who Evan is to him, he just wants to finish the sadness he felt at that time.
Evan was silent, letting Aleea cry in her arms. Both of his hands hugged Aleea's back tightly, as if trying to suppress all the sadness Aleea was feeling at that moment.
After feeling calmer, Aleeapun released himself from Evan's embrace.
"I'm sorry" Aleea said with her head lowered.
Evan shook his head slowly, grabbed Aleea's hand and led her into the room and sat Aleea on the edge of the bed, while Evan sat crouching in front of Aleea.
Slowly Evan flicked Aleea's hair and put it behind his ears, his hand gently stroked Aleea's face and wiped away the remaining tears on Aleea's cheek.
Alee was grimacing a little in pain when Evan accidentally touched a bruise on his cheek.
Evan just kept quiet without saying anything. Guilt again disturbed his heart when he saw what happened to Aleea due to Nathan's actions.
One hand Evan then clasped Aleea's hand trying to give Aleea strength to live her life firmly.
For a moment Evan and Aleea just fell silent without talking to each other. A ripple of sadness and pain clearly emanated from Aleea's face, making Evan fall even more in his guilt.
Evan then relinquished his hand to Aleea, placed Aleea's phone on the table then walked out of Aleea's room and closed Aleea's room door.
Evan was silent for a while, staring at the door of Nathan's room near Aleea's room. But Evan immediately takes his steps away, driving his car away from Nathan's house.
**
Nathan and Vina take turns explaining everything related to the event, while Evan just silently notices.
In his head back then was only Aleea. Since leaving Nathan's house until the day had changed, Aleea still filled Evan's head. There was nothing Evan thought of other than Aleea after he saw how Aleea was doing last night.
Until suddenly someone nudges Evan's shoes, making Evan aware of his daydream. Evan immediately took his gaze around him and realized that everyone in the meeting room was watching him.
"It's presentation time!" nathan told Evan.
Evan nodded his head slowly and then moved from his seat and began his presentation.
But several times Evan lost his focus, suddenly he stopped his speech because he was confused by what he explained at that time.
With the help of Vina, Evan finally finished his presentation even though it was clear that he was not focused at the time.
Evan returned to his seat and shortly thereafter Nathan ended the meeting that day.
Together with the others, Evan moved from his seat and returned to his room. Evan dropped himself in his chair by staring blankly at the computer screen in front of him.
Evan's door opened, Nathan came in and sat down in front of Evan.
"What are you thinking about Evan?" nathan asked his daydream.
Evan shook his head then took the file on his desk and opened it.
"Did something happen?" nathan asked who was returned to his head by Evan.
"I know you're out of focus today, Evan, you don't usually like this!" said Nathan.
"Come out Nathan, I don't want to be disturbed!" evan replied without bringing his eyes to Nathan in the least.
"I'm not bothering you, I'm just....."
"Can't you go? I need to concentrate on my work!" evan cuts Nathan's words.
"Well," Nathan replied, then he got out of his seat and walked out of Evan's room.
"You can take time off after the event is over if you really need time to rest!" nathan said before he got out of Evan's room.
Evan was silent, ignoring Nathan's words.
Time passed, the clock was already showing at 12 noon when Evan came out of his room. Evan walked to the toilet, washed his face and dried it with a tissue there.
The contents of his head were still filled with Aleea, especially after he had contacted Aleea several times and was not connected.
Evan was increasingly worried about Aleea, but there was nothing he could do. Evan had already contacted auntie to ask about Aleea's situation and aunt said that Aleea was fine, but somehow Evan couldn't stop thinking about Aleea back then.
Evan let out a long sigh and took his step out of the toilet and walked towards Nathan's room.
Evan knocked on the door a few times before opening it and entered Nathan's room.
"Everything okay?" nathan asked who was aware of Evan's arrival.
"Since it's out of business hours, I'll tell you, '" Evan replies and takes himself to sit in front of Nathan.
"What's wrong?" ask Nathan.
"I know you don't love Aleea, but can you not hurt Nathan? slapping him was not only an exaggerated action but also extremely outrageous!" obviously Evan.
"So you weren't focused on your job just because of it?" ask Nathan.
"He's a nobody Nathan, even from the beginning we didn't know him, wouldn't you be so outrageous if you hurt him physically like that?" reply Evan.
"It looks like you guys are closer than I know, he even told you things like that" Nathan said.
"She didn't tell me anything, last night I came there to give her the things she left behind and I saw a slap on her cheek, even if he didn't say anything, but I know it's what you did!" obviously Evan.
"I wouldn't do that if he could keep Evan's attitude, he humbled me by suddenly slapping me, he....."
"He couldn't have slapped you without Nathan's excuse, there must have been something you said that had him slapping you!" evan cuts Nathan's words.
"Do you know Evan well? why do you always defend her like you know what's really going on!"
"I don't know, because he didn't tell me anything, but I know him better than you know Nathan" Evan said.
"I....."
Nathan stopped his words when Vina suddenly walked into his room. Seeing Vina's arrival, Evan moved from his seat.
"You'll regret it if you keep acting like this Nathan!" evan said before he walked out of Nathan's room.
Nathan just kept quiet with a long sigh. He did not understand why Evan always defended Aleea.
"What's wrong with her? did you guys fight?" asked Vina who was only returned with a headband by Nathan.
**
Time passed, the clock was showing at 5 pm after Evan cleaned his desk.
Evan then tries to contact Aleea and turns out to be connected.
"Hello Aleea, are you okay?" evan asked without further ado after Aleea received her call.
"I'm fine, I'm with Tika right now" Aleea replied.
"Tika Together? where's the?"
"In area X, I'm looking for some equipment that we should buy to fill up shophouses" Aleea replied.
"Come here, Evan, because I have to leave soon after this!" sahut Tika half yelled to be heard by Evan.
"No need for Evan, just finish your job, I can do it myself" Aleea said.
"Wait there Aleea, I'll be there soon" Evan said, ending his call.
Evanpun immediately drove his car out of the office, towards where Aleea was.
After some time on the way, Evanpun reached where Aleea was. Evan was silent for a while, looking at Aleea who was chatting and seemed to be joking with Tika.
There was absolutely no sadness on Aleea's countenance back then, only a smile of laughter and a happy countenance.
"You're a great Aleea, you're a strong woman, I'm sure all this is coming to an end, sooner or later you'll really be able to feel the happiness you've always wanted," evan said in his heart.
Evan let out a long sigh, leaning his head still looking at Aleea from a distance.
Seeing Aleea laughing happily made her relieved, although she was certain that Aleea was still holding some sadness in her heart.