
A few days have passed. However, Adriano's attitude has not changed to Mia. The blue-eyed man still kept himself locked up in his study. Mia chose to be patient and did not protest excessively, although until then she did not know what was the problem of Adriano, so keep her distance. Over the years, Adriano accepted rejection in favor of the harsh rejection she had. As in the early days of their marriage, Mia still did not want to be touched by Adriano. But the man was always patient with her. Mia thought, maybe it was the right time to reply to all the sweet treatment from Adriano by being patient and waiting until the man became calmer.
“Mother, mother is thinking what?” asked Miabella who was busy playing with dolls on her bedroom bed. By then, it was already late afternoon.
“It's okay, Honey. I was just thinking about Daddy Zio. I miss him,” Mia replied while blushing shyly.
The girl immediately nodded to listen to Mia's words. Her cute face looks so adorable when Miabella opens her mouth wide as a sign that she is in shock. “Daddy Zio not visiting Mom?” he asked with astonishment.
“No. Isn't Daddy Zio not going out of his room at all? Yes, right?” She asked back just to convince.
Miabella shook her head strongly. “No, Mom. Daddy Zio always comes by every night. She said good night, then kissed my forehead, her tiny index” she pointed to her forehead.
“That's impossible, dear. Your room's been fitted with a camera by Daddy Zio, so I can always keep an eye out through the monitor screen placed in our room. All this time, I've never seen anyone but you,” Mia poked her beloved daughter's nose in a fit of anxiety.
“Mothers wrong. Daddy Zio always comes by every night. I'm not lying, Mom,” Miabella pouted. Her tiny lips curled up, indicating that she was a little angry.
“Hm, well,” Mia relented, but her curiosity began to greet and tickle the woman's heart. He then decided to check the CCTV cameras installed in every corner of the room. How shocked Mia was to find out that all the cameras were in a dormant state.
“Yesterday, Daddy Zio squeezed the little thing, Mom,” reported Miabella as she giggled.
“Is that true?” Mia turned to Miabella, while the little girl nodded. “Then I have to ask him all this. Come on, we're ready, Bella. Today we will force to meet Daddy Ziomu!” bring Mia enthusiastic.
Not long after, Miabella has appeared neat. Same with Mia. He then took his daughter to the kitchen. As usual, Mia makes a cake while Miabella eats breakfast, then rushes to Adriano's study. In the past few days, Mia had always done that despite ending up disappointed. Adriano would never open the door to his office. Inwardly, he kept wondering, what exactly was the cause of Adriano's change of attitude towards him.
“Daddy Zio! My mom came back with the cake!” miabella exclaimed after the two of them arrived in front of Adriano's room. The little girl looked enthusiastic. She was unceasingly jumping next to Mia. However, that cheerfulness should stop when a woman appears who looks so beautiful and elegant.
“What is this? Why don't you just go in, madam?” ask the woman who is none other than Bianca. The tone of the woman's voice sounded half-mockingly.
Of course Mia would not answer if Adriano had deleted his access, so that he could enter the room freely. “Ti-no. I just want to give her a surprise,” let Mia stammer a little.
“Oh, yes? Looks like you weren't on time to give your husband a surprise. Yesterday I made an appointment to meet him. We will discuss the casino project today,” Bianca said confidently.
There was countless feelings of anger and disappointment that Mia felt at that moment. “You .. promised to meet my husband now? In her study” the brown-eyed lady repeated as if in disbelief.
“Iya, why is it?” Bianca crossed her arms while half looking up, as if challenging Mia. His confidence looks very high and seems to defeat all Mia's beliefs about Adriano.
Mia shook her head weakly, then smiled bitterly. Adriano refuses to meet him, but makes an appointment with Bianca. Mia really can't tolerate this. His chest rumbled with anger, so that he did not feel his hand move, pointing his homemade cake to the chest of Adriano's colleague.
Mia threw the cake until it fouled the front of Bianca's blazer. It looks clearly emotional and does not accept the face of the woman of French Argentinean descent. Seeing this, Miabella shuddered in fear and immediately hid behind her body, as usual.
At that second, Mia felt betrayed many times. All the beautiful shadows about Adriano were gone. Mia thinks that Bianca knows about it from Adriano. While her husband always confessed that he never told anyone about his biggest sin. Perih and disappointed, making Mia had to shed tears. “Come, we're getting out of here, Bella. I'll get Uncle Coco to pick us up. We're going home to Italy,” break up Mia.
Reflex, Miabella shook her head. “We went with Daddy Zio right, Mom,” he asked. But Mia did not answer. She continued to lead her daughter's tiny hands, away from Bianca who kept paying close attention towards Mia.
“Mia, wait!” suddenly Adriano's office door was wide open. The figure of the man he had missed for these few days, looked gallant standing in the doorway.
“Ah, Adriano. How fortuitous. Look what your wife did to me,” reports Bianca.
Instead of feeling sympathy, Adriano instead flashed a cynical look at the woman. “We cancel today's meeting. I can't concentrate on seeing your clothes that are too dirty,” rejected Adriano with flat intonation while passing by leaving Bianca flabbergasted.
The man half ran after Mia. “Mia, please!” the doubts in Adriano instantly disappeared, when he heard that Mia intended to return to Italy. “Don't go from my side!” adriano's hand now grabbed Mia's wrist and made the woman turn towards him.
“Daddy Zio, mother forbid me to look at you,” Miabella blandly said. His position was still on Adriano's back, thus making the blue-eyed man laugh amusedly. While Mia chose to hold back her laughter.
“I'm sorry, Mia. I didn't mean to reject you, but .…” Adriano can't continue his sentence. He then touched the wife's shoulder. His gaze was fixed directly, on Mia's brown eyeballs that looked so beautiful and soothing.
“No problem, Adriano. It means nothing anymore. I will stay away from you as you wish,” Mia asserted.
“Don't talk so, darling,” Adriano's intonation sounds so soft. “I just haven't been able to see you,” the man said in the end.
“Why? What kind of reason is that?” Mia folded her arms around her chest and looked question markingly at Adriano.
For a moment, the chairman of Tigre Nero was unable to say anything. For some reason, all his strength and courage seemed to disappear instantly, if he was faced with a beautiful figure who had always been the idol of his heart. Adriano will always be helpless by that shady-eyed woman. Whether realized or not, suddenly the sturdy man lowered his body. He knelt before Mia, with a face that seemed to harbor a million feelings of dilemma.
"Adriano, what are you doing?" Mia intended to help the man to get up immediately. While Bianca was in disbelief. As long as he knew the figure of Adriano D'Angelo, only this time he saw the man behaving so in front of a woman. Adriano is the ruler. Although the character is very calm and also seemed friendly, but the man always kept his wife in front of everyone he met. Abstinence for an Adriano to do so, under any circumstances. Then, what happened to him?
"What's the matter, honey?" Mia grabbed the nape of the husband's head, then grabbed and gently stroked the man's back hair. While Adriano buried her handsome face in Mia's body, still in a kneeling position.
For a while, Adriano was silent, closing his eyes while inhaling the scent of the wife's body that he hadn't seen in days. The longing was out and made him not want to be negligent even for a second, in smelling the aroma that had seemed to be an opium for him. "Punish me, Mia," Adriano said after a moment of silence. The man's voice sounded very deep and also heavy.
"What shall I forgive you, Adriano? You didn't do anything wrong to me" Mia replied gently and also sounded quite soft.
"I'm sorry for all the mistakes in the past. I never thought it would be like this in the end" Adriano said. Slowly, he looked up and looked at Mia who was looking down on him. Mia doesn't want to see Adriano in such a state. He immediately helped the man to rise. This time, Adriano said.
"How great is your mistake with me, that you should kneel like that? I don't think it's as big as my sin for you that has made you almost die. Whatever the reason that makes you feel like you want to stay away from me, hopefully it's not because you found another love" said Mia Lirih as she glanced at Bianca.