
A man was sitting facing a large window that offered a view of the blue sky outside. But it slowly began to reflect a golden orange tinge. It was a few hours ago that he was like that, there was no passion for doing anything. His sharp eagle-like eyes looked empty, full of dimness there. Even though the steps of someone who had just entered the room did not once make him excited.
"It's late in the afternoon, sir, you should just go home to the Mansion. Let me take care of Miss Meisha." Nathan spoke as he watched his master's reaction. For twice his words have been ignored and not heard, as if he were not there. And this time Nathan ventured to repeat his words.
Hearing Nathan's words, Mikel exhaled heavily, then pulled out a bit of the long arm that covered his watch. Looking at the expensive timepiece that was coiled around his wrist, the hand of the clock had already shown at 17:20 p.m. It turned out that he had been silent for four hours like that right in front of the hospital bed, where his sister was lying there. Highlight his eyes then rolling staring at the figure of his sister, already lying weak there after one week of hysterical screaming and trying to end his life again.
There was regret in his heart, because he could not take care of his sister properly. Even now he had to accept the anger of his woman a few hours ago.
"Sweetheart.." he said softly. His hand was trying to reach out to his woman's arm.
"Don't touch me!"
Mikel was quite jolted by Elie's reaction, he could see if there was anger in her female hazel bead.
"Why are you angry, hm?" Mikel asked gently. His eyes were filled with Elie's face, so he didn't care about the girl standing next to him.
"Sister Elie, I'm reminded there's business. I'm leaving first." The beautiful girl is none other than Freya, the younger sister of Devano and the daughter of Edward with Olivia. The girl could see the gaze of a man's eyes that rained longingly, should he step aside, right?
"Frey, you're here" But before Elie could finish her sentence, her cousin's sister had just left with Mikel.
His gaze then turned to meet Mikel, there was no friendliness when he looked at the man, so that Mikel was struck by confusion and guessing.
Is that woman angry with him? inner wondering.
"Say what the hell did you come here, Mr Mikel?" Both of Elie's hands crossed in front of her chest, exhaling an irritated breath as she repeated the same question.
"Sweetheart, are you mad at me?" Mikel tried to reach out to the strands of hair that framed the woman's face. But Elie still did not let the man touch her body in the slightest.
"Why am I angry with you?" elie said, somehow he turned his face away from the man's gaze.
"If you're not angry, you can't call me Sir and you can't possibly not look me in the eye when you're talking to me. If you're angry, you're more alone in your anger than you should be telling the cause of your anger!" Yes, Mikel knew Elie very well, if the woman was sulking or angry, would throw her gaze in the other direction instead of staring at the source of her anger. Even Elie always kept something that made him angry until it dragged on, so that the woman felt at home lingering for a long time silence someone who had managed to make the woman angry.
Elie was stunned for a moment to hear Mikel's words. Rarely does anyone realize his feelings if he is in an upset mood or in a state of anger. He always allowed his anger to drag on. But there was no way he would admit that if what the man said was true, it was definitely just a coincidence.
"I'm not angry!" his objection. "Don't act like you know my nature. I'm like this with a foreign man!"
"I'm not a stranger, Sweetheart." Mikel grabbed both shoulders of Elie, this time successfully because Elie lost the energy to remove Mikel's hand from his shoulder. "You're my woman, I'm definitely yours too. So don't tell me I'm a stranger."
"I'm not yours. Between us there is no relationship whatsoever, did you forget that you already have another woman?!" exciting Elie. Her breath filled with stifled emotions.
"There's no other woman but you, Elie!" Mikel involuntarily crept both of Elie's shoulders. He really did not like when Elie said that between them there was no relationship.
Elie screeched hearing that, he brushed aside Mikel's two hands. "You seduced me like this, whereas behind me, you're still in a relationship with her!"
Mikel was stunned as well as revealing a confused frown on his forehead. "Who are you talking about? I have no relationship with anyone. You're just my woman, my lover and no other woman but you!" Mikel emphasized his sentence. There really was no other woman who could fill his heart but Elie. But the woman pointed at him with ambiguous words.
"Say who are you talking about?" he continued to demand an explanation from his woman.
Mikel was surprised, the phone screen showed a portrait of himself along with a woman who was none other than Helena. And he learned the portrait was taken while he was in the hospital looking for Helena's whereabouts to meet Jorge Bonham, the woman's father.
"It's not what you think it is. I met him to solve the problem." Mikel does not lie, he does solve problems with Jorge as well as help Helena face the family does not know himself.
"really?" Elie keeps her phone out of Mikel's sight. Of course he doesn't believe it. "What am I really thinking? If you see him it's none of my business. You've been together a long time, why explain it to me!"
"Elie, listen....." Mikel is moving forward. "One day you'll find out what really happened. For now you have to trust me, out there a lot of people want to take me down. So please don't be like this. You're really driving me crazy!" Mikel was not shy about showing a frustrated face when the woman got angry and called out to her with the word Master. Really his chest throbbing pain if the woman intends to stay away from him.
"I...." Elie was unable to recite. At the moment he is in confusion, on the one hand he is so angry with the man. He felt uncomfortable and suddenly upset when he found out that Mikel was still in contact with Helena. But on the other hand, he feels inappropriate if he must be angry or feel jealous.
"Look, I'm glad you're angry like this." Mikel's words broke the silence that occurred for a few moments. "Because it means you're jealous, in your heart there's already me." Mikel's index finger then points at Elie's chest, indicating that she is now inside.
"Then where have you been all this time? Aren't you going to see me again, but you haven't been coming for a week. Are you getting affected by Daddy and Ar's threats?!" exciting Elie. The woman suspected that the man disappeared for a week because he was affected by the threats and words of two valuable men in his life.
"I...." Mikel's lips suddenly twitched to explain. There's no way he's telling the truth. It was not yet time for anyone to find out his identity, before he managed to get rid of his Uncle. He was very sure if his Uncle had found his whereabouts and was ready to launch an act of revenge. Yes, Mikel has prepared himself to face his enemies.
"Are you having a hard time saying it?" Elie is upset, but she just wants to know what the man has been doing for a week. "Alright if you don't want to say it, you don't need to see me anymore!" An annoyed Elie passed by Mikel.
"Argghh, shit!" Mikel. He was trying to chase the woman. "Sweetheart wait...." But Elie did not heed Mikel's call, the woman continued to step into the room.
Arthur's steps suddenly stopped, there was no way he could get in there. Where there are those he knows are inside.
"I'm sorry, Sweetheart.." he muttered until it soon passed from there.
***
"Master?" Nathan again called his master who had been flinching ever since.
Mikel looked over, he then got up. "I'm counting on you, Nath. Take care of May no matter what. I need to see Sid, call me if Mei goes back on her rampage." Mikel pushed the chair she had just sat in and grabbed the gray suit attached to the back of the chair, then immediately put it on.
"Good sir." Nathan nodded in understanding. He will do his duty of looking after Meisha. Nathan's wistful gaze fell on Meisha who was still lying in bed after confirming her master had vanished behind the door.
To be continue
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