Replacement Bride
The Silent Night

Before actually getting out of the house that Alex bought for her, Zoya turned her head back but did not look directly at the founding of Alex. His feet were eager to step out but his heart was eager to be shouted at by Alex just to keep him from leaving.

And his hopes were in vain, as if the man he loved was indeed expecting his departure, Alex did not even flinch at all in his place. And that made the twenty-year-old woman's heart hurt.

With a weight he convinced himself to really get away from there. On a lonely night, Zoya stands at a stop not too far from her home.

Where is Zoya going this late? he doesn't even have anyone just to calm himself down. Kia! suddenly he remembered the name of his best friend, Kiandra. A taxi that happened to pass by immediately he stopped.

Mentioning an address, Zoya sat down in a huff. Yes even though he has some friends but for him only Kia is the one who can really count on.

The blue taxi wheel stopped right in the building of a large house, with a high gate barrier, Zoya stands at this time.

His hand pressed a button that moments later there was a man in uniform who seemed to be the gatekeeper of the Kiandra house.

"Sorry sir, can I meet Kiandra?"

"Miss Kiandra? oh sorry non, miss Kiandra hasn't been back here in a long time. The house has been empty for two weeks"

Zoya's brows frowned in wonder, which she knew Kiandra did live here, and what? haven't been home in a long time? where is Kiandra at the moment.

With a forced smile, Zoya thanked the gatekeeper. His head was bowed deeply, his friend who was always there was none at this time.

stepping heavily, Zoya again dragged her suitcase away from the towering gate. Despairingly? maybe yes, but Zoya can only move on and try to calm down.

Just a few feet away, there was a car that stopped nearby. A black metallic car, Zoya's eyes sparkle thinking it's Alex, but it's not! the one who got out of the car was a woman. There was a sense of disappointment in his heart but then he also felt astonished as to what the woman was here this late?

"Mrs Meher?"

Zoya stepped closer to the car, which had a woman standing with a faint smile.

"What are you doing these nights, on the streets?"

"Euumm. I just want to get out"

"With that suitcase?"

Zoya follows the direction of the woman named Meher, who is currently staring in wonder at her minikoper.

"Oh yeah!? madam, why are these nights around here?" ask Zoya back because she wants to divert the woman's questions.

"I? of course I want to go home"

"Ooh, uh..." Zoya fell silent again after a small laugh, really he felt awkward because he was dealing with his boss, precisely the XC main director where he worked.

"What's wrong? like you're having a problem?"

Zoya is silent, it turns out that she is not good at hiding her feelings which turned out to be very easy to guess by others.

"Nothing, then be careful lady-"

Zoya has turned around wanting to get away from Meher, but her steps are stopped due to her call again.

"Wait on! I need your help, there's a file you need to sign immediately"

"The file's at home, you can come with me"

Without waiting for Zoya's approval, the adult woman named Meher had opened the car door for Zoya, and she gestured to ask Zoya to immediately get into her car.

Thinking for a moment, Zoya nodded and got into the car. Leaving the dim place of the light towards a luxurious compound.

With a good car wheel stopped right in front of the big door of the house, aahh more can be said a mansion. Zoya is surprised to see the super big house. Indeed indeed! not only this time he saw a house this big because before he had also set foot into a palace-like place that is the residence of Louis' uncle, uncle Alex. 'But this is bigger than Uncle Louis' palace.' Zoya muttered in her heart.

"Zoya! comein!" invite Meher who was a little screaming because Zoya was just daydreaming next to the car by continuing to pay attention to her surroundings.

"Oh yes, sorry"

Zoya endlessly continues to admire the contents of the mansion, displays that are certainly fantastic value, as well as truly luxurious furniture all did not escape the attention of Zoya.

As soon as I opened the door, Meher was greeted with several women who were dressed exactly, yes they were dressed in a maid-style uniform in the drama that Zoya had seen.

"Mrs, are you living alone?" ask Zoya curiously.

"No, there's a lot of people here, like you saw the girls, and there's my grandmother too"

Zoya just nodded, the sad feeling was momentarily lost because it was distracted by the charm of the mansion.

''Necker! you just got home?"

The heavy voice typical of a woman whose age is quite fragile is heard and makes Zoya also Meher turn to the origin of the sound.

"Sir.have you not slept?"

"Yet. Who's she?"

"That's Zoya, marketing manager at the company"

"Greetings to the big lady, I'm Zoya"

'Call her grandma alone, she's not happy with the call!' whispered Meher and Zoya.

"Greetings to grandma.. I am Zoya" he said Langi rectified his call for the old woman.

The old woman steps closer towards Zoya, her gaze unmoved and just gazes at Zoya's sweet face which makes Zoya nervous because of her.

"Call me grandma, you grow up beautiful "

"grandmother..?" call Meher and the old woman goes straight from there.

Zoya fell silent, something was strange with the grandmother's words, why was her voice soft when she said her last word earlier? 'And why do I see him shed tears?' zoya muttered in her heart.

"Zoya?"

"I'm sorry, my grandmother is a bit sensitive because of her age which is not young"

"Yes, I understand" answered Zoya and she also agreed to what Meher said because it was at his age very sensitive.