
“So morning I was visiting Cheryl's apartment,” Joya said when she met Lusy at her home.
“How is the condition? The man didn't hurt her, ‘kan?” Lusy still thinks negatively about Orion.
Joya raises one corner of her eyebrow, then smiles and picks up a cup filled with tea, before answering Lusy's question.
Lusy himself could not wait for Joya to answer, why his friend was even casually drinking and did not answer the question first.
“Joy, tell me if my guess is wrong!” Lusy was worried about Cheryl.
“Indeed,” said Joya while putting the cup back on the table.
“Orion is very responsible, Lu. He wakes up early, prepares breakfast, even before Cheryl wakes up. When I got there he was busy in the kitchen, while Cheryl was still sound in her bed. I thought Orion really loved and loved Cheryl. I also saw that Cheryl liked her husband. It could be seen from how Cheryl was acting spoiled to her husband. You know for yourself, Cheryl will not be easy to be spoiled to just anyone,”, Joya said at length to tell what she knows.
“If the man loves Cheryl, why would he rape her?” Lusy still couldn't accept remembering the tragedy.
Joya took a deep breath, then sighed slowly.
“I thought it wasn't Orion.”
Joya's words made Lusy surprised and immediately looked at his friend.
“What do you mean?” ask Lusy.
“This is just my assessment. Cheryl doesn't look scared or traumatized when interacting with Orion. Orion himself is gentle and very respectful of Cheryl. That's quite the opposite of everything that should have happened. Cheryl looks so comfortable with Orion.”
Joya presents all her views on the relationship of Orion and Cheryl, hoping that Lusy can judge from a positive point of view and can accept Orion.
Lusy was silent, negative thoughts still enveloping the mind due to anxiety over the happiness of his only daughter. However, Lusy tries to accept Joya's opinion, maybe he also has to assess directly, in order to know how the relationship between Cheryl and Orion really is.
**
“That day you said you were going to the cafe, why didn't you come?” orion asked as he went to college and met Gaby. The two now walk side by side to the classroom.
Gaby is surprised to hear Orion's question, then tries to smile at the young man.
Gaby didn't actually leave because she thought of Orion being so considerate of Cheryl. That night he went there and thought he wanted to accompany Orion to work, but who would have thought that night when he came to the cafe, Gaby saw Orion talking to a woman. The two chatted so closely and laughed occasionally, making Gaby very sure that the woman was Orion's wife.
“Oh .. I guess why.” Orion did not ask again.
Gaby looked at Orion's radiant face and it looked so bright.
“Ion, what is your pretended wife like?” asked Gaby to vent.
Orion stopped walking and looked at his friend.
“Actually not pretending, Gab.” Orion tries to straighten out his initial and current confessions.
“Meanway? Aren't you married by agreement?” asked Gaby with a smooth frown.
“At first, but now he has accepted me. So, our marriage was not a charade. We decided to continue this relationship, let's just say without going out and we immediately became husband and wife,” Orion replied with a sweet smile on the face.
Gaby was so shocked to hear Orion's reply, she looked at the young man in disbelief.
“Meanway? You guys are really being husband and wife and there is no chance of you splitting up?” gaby asked with a shocked facial expression.
Orion nodded small to answer Gaby's question.
“I've loved it for a long time, now being able to truly be her husband is amazing for me,” Orion said.
Gaby grew more and more incredulous, looking at Orion with a look of disappointment.
“Already, let's go to class or we'll be late.”
Orion walked first leaving Gaby who was still dumbstruck.
Gaby herself still did not expect that Orion would actually be the husband of another woman, breaking her heart and feeling so broken.
I've liked you for a long time, Ion. I'm trying to hold her back because I know you don't want to date. But why is it like this now?