Male Charm Storage
The bad past

Arriving at his room, Owen glanced at the items he had bought at the souvenir shop earlier. Maybe he will share it with his workers later.

Lying down, Owen stared at the ceiling of the room with a long sigh.

Wanting to sleep, but his head still felt throbbing due to the unfinished has rat.

He decided to call Oxela.

"What's up, brother?"

"Xela, can I ask for your help" he said, because he was well aware that Oxela was now pregnant.

"What is that, brother? I'll help you as I can."

"Please get my wedding with Gloria ready."

"Wedding? Gloria?"

Owen was sure Oxela's face was now in confusion.

"Yes, please take care of everything. I mean, you just call the people who will take care of all the wedding necessities. Don't go overboard, just for the family."

"So you've really met Gloria, sister?"

"Yes, we've agreed to get married."

"Oh God .. I'm so happy for you, brother."

"Hemm, please help me, yeah."

"Yes, you want that wedding, when?"

"Fastly. But, I want Gloria's parents to be there later as well. About that, let Jared take care of it. You just need to set up the show, then confirm to Jared when Gloria's parents are here."

"okay, Sis. I'll take care of everything" Oxela replied enthusiastically.

"Yes, don't get too excited, remember your condition now!" Owen's sweat.

"Yes, I know, brother...."

Owen disconnects his call with Oxela, then starts contacting Jared to arrange for the arrival of Gloria's parents. He wanted to surprise his woman, so he didn't have to tell Gloria about this.

After giving orders to Jared, Owen was finally able to fall asleep despite not being so sound.

Owen woke up when the door to his room was knocked from the outside. He thought it was room service to deliver dinner. In fact, when he opened the door it was Gloria who was there.

Gloria laughed at Owen who could not cover her waking face.

"You just woke up?" kikik Gloria's.

"Yes, come in..." Owen pulled Gloria's arm to enter her room.

"Where's Jeff?"

"I've left it to Hans, because we're going to the Bar to make my resignation statement."

"All right, wait here. I'll take a shower." Owen stroked Gloria's face at a glance.

"Hemm.." answered the woman.

Owen immediately went into the bathroom.

While waiting for Owen, Gloria chose to take a look at the room occupied by the man. He saw so many packages containing souvenirs arranged in the corner of the room.

Then, Gloria looked at Owen's suit that looked like it was thrown carelessly near the sofa. Gloria chose to pick up the suit, to hang it on the standing holder. However, his hand accidentally touched something that was in the pocket of the suit.

It felt quite heavy, making Gloria finally take the object out of the pocket of the suit.

"Gun?" Gloria surprised. As long as he lived with Owen, he had never found anything like this in the Owen Apartment. But, he did not deny his ignorance about any business that Owen wrestled.

Gloria immediately put the gun back in Owen's pocket, then hung the suit to the hanger.

Owen came out of the bathroom, staring at Gloria who was pecking at the pias face.

"Darling, pick me a shirt, yeah..."

Gloria cleared her throat, neutralizing a sudden heartbeat after finding Owen's gun.

"Yes... Where's your suitcase?" tanyanya nervous.

"There," said Owen, pointing beside the nightstand.

Gloria opened the suitcase, choosing a suit for Owen to wear. However, he was curious to ask about the gun.

"Owen.." -...."

"Yes?"

"As long as we're together, I don't know what your job is."

"Other than that?" gloria asked with a trembling voice.

Owen drew closer to Gloria, noticing that there was something strange about Gloria's voice intonation. "meaning?" He asked back in wonder.

"Other than that business, do you have any other business. Business...dirty, maybe."

Owen was speechless, why did Gloria suddenly ask this.

"Why are you asking me this?"

"Jawab, I think I deserve to know because we're getting married soon, right?"

Owen did not answer, he took the clothes that Gloria had been holding since but had not given the woman to him.

"Do you have an illegal business?" press Gloria again.

"Hmmm," Owen answered briefly.

"Are you a gangster?"

"No!"

"Mafia?"

"Jeez, Gloria..."

"My jaw! I want to know everything..."

Owen put on his clothes in front of Gloria, but the woman crossed her arms as if waiting for an answer from Owen's lips.

"Why are you suddenly asking this?" ask Owen at last.

"I found a gun in your suit!"

Owen breathed a heavy sigh.

"I do have an illegal business, it's a gun-selling business"

"So you're really a mafia?" cut Gloria fast.

"Hey, calm down, things aren't what you think they are, baby."

"Owen, I don't want to endanger Jeff with your dark business!" Gloria suddenly shed her tears. "I'm afraid bad things happen to my son."

"Gloria..." Owen wiped Gloria's tears with his finger. "I don't want to put my son's life at risk."

"So?"

"The gun business is my father's legacy. I just enjoy the benefits. About the mafia, I'm not the mafia, honey. My late father was a mobster and he wanted me to be his successor but I refused to continue, all those dark kingdoms had been taken over by my uncle."

"really?"

"Yes, I don't want to sacrifice a lot of people for that kind of life. If my father was still alive, he would have forced me, but since he's dead, I can choose my own path...."

"Owen, you mean it, don't you?"

"Yes, honey. Actually I don't want to tell you this because I'm traumatizing the mafia world."

Gloria frowned in wonder. "What happened?"

"My father was killed, my mother was depressed because of my father's death. Then..."

"Then, why?" gloria.

Owen breathed a heavy sigh. "Then, I also killed someone to avenge my father's death."

"Owen?"

"But that was a long time ago, I've left that world, dear."

"Who did you kill, Owen?"

"The wife of my father's shooter. Galandra Charista. Never mind, I don't want to remember..."

(That has read the author's novel "Love wrapped in Nista" must know about the short story of this murder, yes.)

Gloria held Owen who suddenly snuggled up because she realized her mistake in the past.

"But now I've regretted it, Gloria. I regret having so cruelly killed that woman, separated her two children and lived so unsettled for so many years" lamented Owen.

"I used to think everything I did wasn't even worth it to get back at them. I even want to finish off all the descendants of the man who shot my father dead and made my mother a mental hospital patient."

"Owen, I'm sorry I made you open this old wound. I didn't mean to."

"What's wrong, you deserve to know. You're right to ask my history. All for the safety of our children. But believe me, I am clean now. The dirty business only receives its profits without managing it. If you mind, I'll get out of there too, I want to live a quiet life" Owen said in Gloria's speech.

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