Not a Show Wife
Chapter 1: The Bet

..."I may not be in line with the people around me. But what happens if I am not in line with the person who became my life partner."...

After his great strife, Elisha shut himself in the room as usual. He inhaled his inhaler well, otherwise he might be out of breath.

She recalled, the first time she met the man who is now her husband. Albert Sky's.

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In a casino room, a group of bookies were gathering to gamble there, visible tension in the room. It's so stifling, cigarette smoke everywhere. The sound of the glass is heard.

Two people were staring at each other while paying attention to the cards in their hands, one of them smirked in satisfaction. While the other one looks restless not care. They slowly opened the card, the agitated man snorted and then closed the card again.

"Damn!" The man is inward.

His opponent smiled wryly, he already knew this time he would definitely win again. After all the man's debts to him, what else would he bet? His wealth has been drained. "You must have lost again? Comeing! Open card!"

The man ran away and intended to escape, but his opponent's aide was too fast that he was successfully frozen. "Fuck up! Where are you going?" His opponent approached the man, pressing his chin.

"Hey, Skandar! You think you can run away from me huh?" Said the man while pushing Skandar's forehead.

"Choose! Your life or give up your house and farm! As a guarantee of all the debts you have borrowed from me!" the man who became Skandar's opponent was Albert Sky, a burly man who was about 190 centimeters tall was laughing evilly.

"okay! Just take my house and everything. From the one that moves and doesn't move!"

The opponent paused for a moment, trying to digest what the intent of the one moving and not moving. "All right, I happen to be in a good mood today. So, adjutant just let go of this jerk! But, before that you have to sign the agreement here!" Albert gave Skandar a blank piece of paper.

He asked Skandar to fill out the agreement he made earlier, then signed it. A satisfied smile was engraved on Albert Sky's pink lips. The famous European man was cold and cruel. Luckily Albert, due to Skandar's addiction to gambling, he easily destroys the man. "Hurry and let go of me asshole!" skandar.

"Damn it! You think by giving up all that, you've paid off all your debts? I'm just being nice, so I assume we're even now!" Albert said while shaking the man's head. Albert Sky let Skandar go, he let the man run away somewhere. Though the house and the farm that was made into a bet by Skandar is still far from enough to pay all the debts.

Albert Sky, is the greatest bookie in the city. The man was once just an ordinary slave. However, due to the result of his persistence, he was now able to reach the highest wealth and social peak in his city like now.

Albert or familiarly called Sky, at the age of 38 years, there is still no interest in having a wife. It was all because of her past trauma. The tragedy that made him a cold and cruel man.

Skandar House that Albert got from the results of gambling is located in a village that if calculated the distance can take about five hours drive. There, lived a sister girl from Skandar named Elisabeth, she was 28 years old. He was a bookworm and rarely came out of the house. Well, in addition to going to the party held by the head of the socialite in his city.

He often spent his time in farming, helping milking, gardening and even growing vegetable seeds with his workers. What happens if he finds out, about the bet his brother made. He will be disappointed and angry. Moreover, he was included in that bet.

The next morning, Sky immediately went to Skandar's home territory. He doesn't even know where the son of a bitch went. During the 5-hour journey, Albert Sky finally arrived. He entered the area of the house carefully. The atmosphere there looks quiet. But all the stuff or anything that looks in there looks really neat.

Not long after, a servant approached him and greeted Albert with a smile. "Good morning sir, who are you looking for?" ask the waiter.

"I want to meet the owner of the house." Sky smiled with his charming charisma.

"I'm sorry, but Mr. Skandar is not home" replied the waiter.

"I know he's not home, I want to talk to whoever's in this house. Please call!"

"You mean, Miss Elisa? But, he rarely received any foreign guests. If I could tell, who are you?"

The waiter widened, he opened his mouth slightly. "That's impossible, you can't be careless sir! You better go now!" The waiter pushed Sky.

Albert Sky swiftly restrained that small hand swiftly. "I'm not used to dealing with people like you. So, don't waste my time. Call your non or I'll flatten all this land!"

"I'll report you to the police!" Nori the waiter.

"What's this?" A woman with brown hair approached Albert and Nori.

"This man, he said something unreasonable Miss!" 

Albert Sky handed him a piece of covenant paper made by him and Skandar, Elisha's older brother.

"Your brother risked this house and, "Albert drew near to Elisha and whispered to the woman. Elisa froze, this was the first time a man dared to approach her. "Everything!" Albert Sky let out a small laugh, he lowered his head while taking a few steps back.

"No, my brother wouldn't have possibly risked our only family relic!" Elisha glared towards Sky.

The vile man laughed again, he called the lawyer who was in his car. "This agreement is official, made with Skandar's own consciousness."

Elisha was struck by lightning during the day, his legs felt limp. The waiter immediately helped her who had lost her balance. "Miss.."

Elisha tried to catch his breath, he felt tight. Elisha had asthma, so whenever he was shocked or panicked he would feel tightness in his chest. Nori ran into the house and got Elisha an inhaler. He returned and placed the device in his master's mouth. Elisha took a deep breath and inhaled the thing.

"Are you okay?" Albert tried to get close to Elisha.

Elisha shook Albert Sky's hand out to him. "How dare you intend to take over my family's relics! Until I die I won't get out of here!" Elisha looked at Albert sharply.

"I'm not asking you to get out of this house, because you're at stake!" he said while grinning evilly.

"My phone is not an item! You bastard! Stop your bullshit!" Nori tried to push Albert Sky again however, with one hand Sky held the maid. "You are included too!" he said pointing at the waiter.

Elisa and Nori went straight into the house. They decided to talk about it inside in accordance with the existing law. "Stop! Let's talk about this inside!"

Albert Sky nodded, they conversed with the lawyer Albert had brought in. The final verdict, Elisha will remain there but, the ownership of the house no longer belongs to his family but belongs to Albert Sky now.

Sky will also live there, in a special room that will be built next to the main house. He will occupy it at any time he wants calm. "Come with me!" Sky leaned his body while grinning, he extended his hand. Elisha just stared at the hand. He had no intention of being friends with Sky.

"What do you expect, from someone you took his house? A friendship? Hmh!" Elisha looked at Albert sharply, while clasping his hand.

"Technically, I didn't take this house by force. I'm just taking what's been my right." Sky smiled wickedly. The man sat in the chair crossing his legs. Elisha just looked at him hatefully. But he hates Skandar more. It could be that the man made himself and the house of his parents the betting material.

Now he doesn't know where Skandar is. The man completely ruined his own sister's life. How sad Elisha was, he had to live with a stranger he did not know. You could even say his brother's enemy. Elisha immediately returned to his room and did not care about Sky who was still there. He dropped his body on the bed.

She cried as she grabbed a second photo of her late mother and father. There was nothing to back him up, all this time Skandar could only spend their money. All the farms of Elisha took care of, now He must be faced with the bitter reality. That the house, no longer hers, the farm was too.

"Fuck you Skandar!" He nodded while tightening his embrace on the bolster.