Oh My Cecunguk
Episode 42

I got back up to stand up. Expel fear and also tightness in the chest. I looked at that wrinkled face. The figure of the old man who stood arrogantly.

I have always loved and respected him even though he has been rude and unfair to me. I always wondered why my parents treated me and Alia so differently. They pampered Alia, telling me to give up when we were fighting over toys and men. I thought it was all because I was her brother. An older person must give in to a smaller one. Turns out I was wrong, that's all they did because they loved their beloved daughter. Maybe they don't want me, who's just a little boy living a happier life than his real daughter.

For a while I kept staring at my father. Love and respect are gone. He's not my father anymore, I don't have to be afraid of him.

"Kevin ..," I said, looking at the lover standing beside me. The man looked back at me. "Yes," he replied.

"You hear? Alia and I are not siblings. We don't have blood ties. So you can marry me whenever you want, no need to wait for you and Alia to get divorced first." After saying that, I looked back at my father. I saw her face turn red, her lips tightly clenched and her hands clenched. I smiled happily, seeing his anger. All this time Dad forced me to give up what I had and I just followed him. But from this moment on I will never do it again. I will take back what I should have. And the first is Kevin, my man who is loved the most by your beloved daughter. So just wait and look ahead.

I turned back to look at Kevin, as he grabbed my palm and grasped it tightly. We looked at each other with loving eyes. "I'll take care of it soon, Ly. You just wait, it won't be long before you become my wife. The real wife, not the second wife let alone the mistress, you are the only owner of my heart. Only you deserve the status of Kevin's mistress, not the others" Kevin said. He deliberately put emphasis on the last sentence. He told me that the only one he loved was me. He did not consider Alia at all, even though they were married.

Kevin and I both turned their heads as my father laughed. Kevin looked at my father with a frown. Similarly to me, confused by the attitude of the father who actually laughed, should not he be angry at both of us?

"Do you think you can get married that easily?" father said in a mocking tone. "Alea-Alea ... Do you think Kevin's parents would still accept you after they found out where you came from?"

I'm speechless. Dad's words seemed to stab me. You're right, I didn't think about any of that. I'm not sure, are Kevin's parents still willing to accept me again? I'm not from a family anymore, I'm just an orphan whose origins are unclear. While they are a distinguished family who do not choose and accept a woman as his son-in-law. I'm bowed. Thinking about it makes me sad.

Kevin reached out, grabbed my face and stroked my cheek gently. "Because you're kind, polite and understanding. Nothing is more important than that third. You also know that mom and dad love you so much, even more than I feel sorry for you" she said, reassuringly. Even though that glimmer of hope came to me, I still couldn't smile. I'm afraid that hope doesn't match reality.

"Smile, Ly. My heart aches to see you grieve like now. You take it easy, no matter what happens, even if your mom and dad don't approve of us, I'll marry you anyway. We'll stick together, Ly," he said later. He pulled me, took me in his arms. I looped my hands around her waist, hugged her tightly and buried my face in her field chest.

Hope it is like that, Mom. I wish we'd stay together, forever.

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