NUMBNESS
Part 74 Secrets That Are Kept

"You talk too much." Alea releases Kenzo's kiss. He looked at Kenzo's handsome face. His face was blushing, as he looked at Kenzo's red lips that were slightly swollen from his kiss. Kenzo rubbed Alea's wet lips after their kiss.

"It sucks!" Alea covered her face shyly.

"Why closed?" Kenzo forcefully opened Alea's hand covering her face.

"Ken!"

Alea immediately hugged Kenzo, hiding her merry face in the man's arms. While Kenzo chuckled, looking at Alea's behavior.

Kenzo hugged Alea tightly. The man closed his eyes, hugging Alea, although Alea could not fully put herself in his heart, at the very least, with Alea's attitude willing to accept it like this alone, already made Kenzo happy.

Kenzo was convinced that one day Alea would accept it with all her heart.

Due to exhaustion, the two of them fell asleep while hugging.

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Bian returned to his house with a shaky step. No smile adorned his lips as he usually did. Usually he will go home with a cheerful face especially when he sees Devan. Devan welcomes his arrival as usual, accompanied by Lisa behind him.

The boy smiled at Bian, then immediately ran towards Bian.

"Mr ...." Devan's voice was heard calling out to him. Usually, Bian immediately approached and held Devan. But this time no, the man just stared flatly while smiling faintly.

"Papa take a shower, baby, you're the same as Lisa before."

Bian rubbed the boy's head, then kissed the two cheeks of his puffer.

"sir, ndong ...." Devan asks Bian to carry her as usual. The two little boy's eyes had even started to glaze over.

"Papa want to take a shower baby, then just carry it, yeah."

"Ndak au .. chekalang." Devan started crying.

"Lisa, please take her. I'm tired today."

Lisa then tries to hold Devan, but Devan thrashes, then cries. While Bian immediately left the two of them towards the room, regardless of Devan's cries.

"Pa-jp ...."

Lisa tries to persuade Defan, but the little boy continues to cry and thrashes out calling his papa's name.

'Actually what happened, why do you look weird today, Mr. Bian.'

Lisa looked at the indifferent Bian, not even she cared about Devan's cries. Not really as usual.

Bian cleans up his tired body in the bathroom. After bathing, Bian laid his body on the bed. His mind returned the moment he met Alea earlier.

The woman just looked at him without saying anything at all. Bian remembered very well, Alea's face looked so shocked when she met him.

"Alea, dear ... it's been a long time since we met, but after we met, why did it happen like this?" inner Bian.

'When I had wanted this meeting for so long, but it was my turn to meet, I couldn't even hold you. Don't hug, just talk I can't.'

Bian let out a deep breath, then tried to close his eyes. Tired, he was tired. Living in regret is exhausting. It had been two years, but Bian still could not forget what he had done to Alea.

All his deeds that had injured Alea repeatedly, were recorded in his memory, and continuously became a nightmare for him. If Bian did not routinely take drugs and follow therapy, maybe now he has ended up in a mental hospital.

"Name ...." Bian said softly, while opening his eyes. Her net immediately collided with Alea's face in her wedding photo. Bian did deliberately put a photo of his wedding with Alea on the wall that was right facing him. Until the moment Bian woke up and opened his eyes, his gaze could immediately stare at Alea's beautiful face as if smiling at him.

The sound of knocking on the door blew his daydream. Laras, his mother, was seen at the door carrying a tray of food.

"You haven't eaten, Bi, Mama brought you dinner, you ate first, yeah." Laras smiled looking towards Bian who looked crumpled and tired.

Laras was very worried when he heard Lisa's words earlier. Her instincts as a mother could instantly guess what had happened to Bian.

"I'm not a laper yet, Ma."

"Let Mama bribe."

"Ma ...."

Regardless of Bian's words, Laras immediately fed Bian's mouth.

"What's wrong?" asked Laras, when Bian had fed his food several times.

"I met Alea, Ma."

Barrel jerked in surprise. I don't believe Bian's words.

"You met Alea, Bian? Really true?"

"Yes, Ma."

"When?"

"So late afternoon." Bian chewed his food lazily. He really didn't want to do anything, let alone eat.

Laras looked at Bian, actually he already knew, if Alea had now returned to Jakarta. Because Alea's family had told him. Alea's family even threatened to do anything if Bian again harassed Alea, including destroying their small company that Bian and his papa currently control.

"Bian, you better not bother Alea anymore, you should forget about her, son." Laras said carefully while looking at Bian.

"What does Mama mean?"

"Mom, you know, you really want to go back to Alea, but you know for yourself, right, how did you treat Alea all this time?" Laras looked at his son who already looked emotional.

"It is precisely because all this time I treated Alea poorly, that is why now I want to make up for all my mistakes, Ma."

"Mama knows, Bi .. but that doesn't mean you have to go back with her again, does it?"

"What does Mama mean? I love Alea, Ma, even though it's too late for me to notice. I want to go back with him, make up for all my mistakes, and make him happy." Bian looked at Laras solemnly.

"Mom know, Bi, but do you think Alea still wants to be with you? After what you did to her?" Laras looking at Bian reminded his son once more.

"Bian .. not only are you going through a difficult time, son, Alea's situation is even worse than yours." finally Laras opened the secret that he had been keeping.

"What does Mama mean?"

"Bian, Alea suffered as much as you. All the deeds you have done to her have left a deep trauma for her. He was the same, it took quite a long time to heal his heart wounds," explained Laras with teary eyes.

"Mama's really concerned, Mama didn't think that you were that good with your own wife, Bian."

"Ma ...."

"Bian, promise Mama, don't bother Alea anymore."

"No, Ma, Bian will keep looking for Alea and meet her back." Bian insisted.

"Bian, this time please listen to your mother. Mama please ...." Laras looked at his son with a clear face.

"Don't let Alea's trauma recur because of meeting you, Bi," said Laras finally, because he saw Bian still silent.

"Where do you know that Alea was traumatized by my actions, Ma?" Bian looked at his mother with a suspicious look.

"Or don't you know, Mama knew Alea's whereabouts all this time, then purposely hid her from me?"

Barrel exhaled his coarse breath.

"It was Alea's family who told Mama that Alea was severely traumatized after the violence you committed. It took Alea almost two years to get rid of the trauma you left behind. Just like you, Bi, Alea also had to go back and forth to the psychiatrist so that she would recover quickly." Laras looked at Bian with both of his already dewy eyes holding back tears.

Laras recalled the moment he called Alea while in Bali. Laras also recalled his meeting with both of Alea's parents yesterday.

"Keep your son away from my daughter, Alea has just recovered after two years of having a very difficult time because of your son's actions." Rajasa firmly reminded.

"Don't let the trauma Alea experienced come back when she meets Bian later." Anita her best friend and Mama Alea added.

"So, my daughter has suffered so much all this time because of your son's actions, so I hope, you will cooperate with us to keep your son away from my daughter!" rajasa said firmly.

"Alea my daughter deserves to be happy Laras, no matter how much Bian has made her suffer all this time. So I beg you, keep Bian away from Alea, he has no right to approach Alea anymore." Anita looked at Laras with a pleading gaze.

Not yet Laras replied, a firm statement from Rajasa made Laras surprised.

"If Bian is still determined to get close to Alea and continue to bother her, I won't hesitate to destroy your husband's company without a trace!"

"Where do you know that Alea's trauma will recur when you see me, Ma? I'm sure Alea will recover after seeing me again." Bian confidently spoke loudly, to disperse the daydream of Laras.

"Since you are the source of her suffering and pain, Alea will not be fine after meeting you, Bian." Baras stared intently at his son.

"Hearing Mama just say your name, she screamed hysterically especially when she saw you, Bian."

"Mrs ...."

"Mama once called Alea when we were going to pick up Amara's body in Bali. Alea was so scared when Mama mentioned your name, she even cried out hysterically and uncontrollably."

"Ma ...." Bian looked at his mother who was now starting to cry with a look of disbelief.

"At that moment, Mama realized that you had left a deep wound for Alea, Bian. Mama really felt sorry and sinned by what you did to her."

"Mama, don't tell me that you've known where Alea is, and purposely hid her from me." Bian was still staring at Laras with a look of disbelief.

"I'm sorry Mama Bian ... Mama hid Alea's whereabouts from you, because Mama didn't want to see Alea suffer again for what you did."

"Mama didn't want to see Alea suffer, but Mama let me almost languish in a mental hospital because of the regret that kept haunting me!" Bian really did not believe the words of his mother.

"I'm sorry Mama Bian ...." Tears melt instantly.

Finally, the secret that he had been keeping open. Not that Laras does not pity or not want to defend Bian, especially Bian is the only son he has.

But Bian's cruel deeds against Alea are undeniable. It was fortunate that Alea's family did not charge Bian with the law, but they had enough evidence at the time to drag Bian to prison for the abuse Bian had inflicted on their daughter.

But they don't want to do it, they just ask Bian to sign the divorce papers so that Bian no longer bothers Alea.

Bian's remorse and Bian's suffering are risks Bian must bear because of his evil deeds to Alea. So, all this time Laras and her husband just wanted Bian to realize all his mistakes, so they deliberately hid the fact that they both had actually known Alea's whereabouts all along.

Although Bian was his son, Bian's mistake was quite fatal, therefore they did not defend Bian, because Bian was wrong in this. Although Bian said the reason for that was because he did not love Alea back then, but still, his actions were unjustified. Moreover, even Laras was a woman and also a mother, she clearly knew how it felt when Alea was hurt by Bian to cause Alea to lose her baby candidate.

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