The Bride of the Curse Repellent
The Limits Between Us

Because so shocked, immediately Vicky stopped his car. The guards' cars driving behind also came to a sudden stop.

"What did you say?! Poison?!" ask Vicky who wants to make sure if his ears don't hear wrong.

"Yes, when I was held captive in the barn, I was poisoned by my stepmother. Some of it I've been spitting out, but I'm not so sure it's all, it's possible that a few drops were swallowed" Sherina replied in a nervous tone. He began to worry about his safety and the condition of his own body.

"You're not kidding, are you?!" ask Vicky trying to make sure once again.

"No Vicky, sorry to just say it now. I was too shocked when you saved me, so I briefly forgot about this" Sherina said with a regretful face.

"All right, I'll turn around now! Your stepmother must have the antidote!"

"Don't! It's too far if we turn around. After all, now they must have been furious once. I know them, they must have gone berserk and dumped the antidote. It'll be a waste if we go back there!" prevent Sherina.

"Then we go to the hospital!" Vicky immediately stepped on the gas and drove as fast as possible to the nearest hospital. It is fortunate that the distance to the central hospital is not too far from where it is now. Due to a very urgent situation, Vicky also contacted the doctor she knew. Aslan, a doctor who has previously examined Sherina's condition.

Lucky because currently Aslan is not scheduled to perform the operation. As soon as Vicky and Sherina arrive at the hospital, they are immediately served specifically by Aslan. He immediately told Sherina to lie down and check on her body.

Vicky who was currently looking from the side felt expectantly anxious. He hoped that the poison in his wife's body could be neutralized or excreted immediately. "Hows it? Is it bad?" vicky asked as soon as Aslan finished examining Sherina with a stethoscope.

"In a moment," Aslan replied while helping Sherina to sit down. "Vicky, one thing you should know. This wife of yours .. she's very healthy."

"Eh?! What did you say?! But he's already swallowed poison!" vicky's protest was quite surprised by the results Aslan said.

"Look at your own eyes, your wife is now conscious. Does he look like he's dying of poisoning? Is there foam coming out of his mouth? Is he convulsing? No, right?" asked Aslan who was feeling a little annoyed because Vicky doubted the results of his examination.

"But Doctor .. I swear that I was poisoned by poison. The liquid that I felt was also very bitter and slightly smelly, I experienced a bad torment. I really did not make it up, the evidence of bruises on my face. I got this wound before I was drugged by the poison, the person who did this to me told me that this poison would kill me slowly" Sherina said, unwilling to be considered a fraud.

"Do you feel like there's something wrong with your body? For example pain, headache, feeling weak, nausea, abdominal pain, or shivering?" aslan asked Sherina with a serious look.

"Ehmm .. no," Sherina replied as she shook her head. He himself also felt strange because he did not feel that something was wrong with his body.

"I've also checked that your heart rate and breathing are all normal. If it's like this, you don't seem like a poisoned person at all. Tell you what, when you get poisoned, that guy tells you what kind of poison it is, doesn't he? If he had said it, I'd be able to give him the right antidote."

"He never said what kind of poison it was" Sherina said with a lowered gaze.

"Sherina," call Vicky suddenly.

"Yes?" Sherina looked up again and looked at Vicky.

"Aslan had said that if there was nothing wrong with your body, you might not have been poisoned. After all, it does not rule out the possibility that your stepmother just wants to scare you. Maybe he's aiming so you can't live quietly and keep on fidgeting."

For a moment Sherina was silent, what Vicky said was indeed a reasonable opinion. "Maybe you're right, Vicky. Just ... earlier it seemed forced, he tried desperately to get the strange liquid into my mouth. In fact, he also wiped his own hands that had been exposed to poison. He's the one who wanted me dead a long time ago. So I thought, what I was drinking was really poison."

"Ehem! From your explanation just now, I can already understand the clear picture." Aslan.

"Do you have a solution?" vicky asked with a gaze waiting for certainty.

"Yes, I've thought of a solution. First, Sherina has to take off her clothes!"

"Hey, what do you mean?!" vicky snapped which immediately glared at Aslan. Sherina was also shocked by Aslan's request just now.

"Geez, this isn't what you think it is! There's no way I messed with my friend's own wife, I'm not that low!" refute Aslan who does not want these two people misunderstand him.

"Then? Explain why you want my wife to take off!"

"You look at the bottom of her collar, your wife's shirt looks wet. I'm guessing it was the poison that spilled when Sherina rebelled. Is my guess right?" ask Sherina. And then Sherina replied with a nod of the head.

"Well! Because we don't know for sure what kind of poison it is. I'd like to research the poison residue left behind in your shirt. And to be able to research it in the laboratory, then your clothes must be removed. But ...," Aslan's remark halted for a moment, he glanced at Vicky with a mocking look. "Your husband is apparently mistaken, he's jealous~"

"Yes, then I'll take my shirt off." Sherina looked down, she grabbed the buttons of her shirt and was about to release one by one. Suddenly, Vicky stepped forward. It is between Aslan and Sherina.

"Ahead there! Get back to the body! Don't look at people's wives!" tell Vicky with a fierce look.

"Haiss .. fine." Aslan sighed, he was really lazy to argue with his friend this one. He turned around and obeyed Vicky's will. In fact, he who is actually a surgeon, has countless more to see the parts of his patient's body. Although this time he also considered Sherina as a patient, he still relented in order to avoid the commotion that Vicky made.

"...." - ".Secretly Sherina smiled, she felt a little funny watching Vicky act up like this for her. And after Sherina finished taking off her clothes, Vicky immediately thrust her suit to be worn by Sherina.

"Thank you" Sherina said with a smile.

"It's nothing!" vicky replied in a slightly tart tone, he felt ashamed of himself for already doing this. "Here, you can take Sherina's shirt to the lab!"

"Hahaha .. fine." Aslan received the shirt while laughing. He could tell that this one friend seemed innocent, even though he was married long enough now.

"What are you laughing at?!" snatch Vicky again.

"Nothing," replied Aslan who was still grimacing with a grimace. "Oh yeah, before I go, I need to explain a few more things. For prevention, I'll give Sherina the activated carbon drug, it will work by absorbing the toxic substance. Although not all types of poison can be absorbed, but this action is enough for now."

"And one more thing, there will be a nurse who will come here to treat the bruises on your body. Take blood and urine samples to be checked in the laboratory. Stay here for a while, if you don't feel any other effects or symptoms, you're allowed to go home."

"Doctor, about when will the lab results come out?" ask Sherina curiously.

"I'll try as soon as possible, when the results come out, I'll call your husband to take the test results." Aslan then stepped away, but a step before she came out, she suddenly looked back and said, "I'll go~ Now you can enjoy time with your wife~"

"Aslan! You ... You insolent doctor!!" yelled Vicky whose face was as red as a boiled crab.

Now, Vicky continues to avoid direct eye contact with Sherina. As a result of Aslan, now he feels awkward to do everything. Fortunately, not long after came 2 nurses who broke the awkward atmosphere, these two nurses did what Aslan had said earlier.

After the nurses left, Vicky sat down on the gurney next to Sherina. With a slightly nervous expression, he said, "Ehmm ... How are you feeling now?"

"I'm doing fine. Fortunately, the poison I drank was not a dangerous poison like cyanide. And .. I want to apologize. Before I panicked excessively, sorry to trouble you .." Sherina said in a soft voice. He felt ashamed that he had behaved like this, and apparently nothing serious happened to him. Deep down there was also guilt, because he thought he was wasting precious Vicky's time.

For a moment Vicky was stunned, then suddenly clasped one of Sherina's hands gently. "Here you go, you don't have to apologize. You're my wife, so you don't have to feel like you've been bothering me. I'm your husband, Sherina. It's my job to take care of you."

"Tasks?" Suddenly Sherina pulls her hand held by Vicky. He also turned his face to the side. "Vicky, don't be like this .. breaking boundaries, it's not good. Before marriage, we have made a deal not to interfere with each other's affairs, nor do we need to carry out our duties and obligations as husband and wife."

"I-I'm not saying this because I don't respect you. I'm just trying to stay self-conscious. The purpose of our marriage was solely to avoid a curse, I married you just to replace Cleo. Everyone knows about this, I came into your life only as a victim. However, you've been too kind to this fall .. My debt to you has been too much."

"Enough, Sherina!" vicky's snapping immediately made Sherina startled to look at him. He held both of these women's shoulders firmly, also staring fixedly at this beautiful amber-colored eye bead.

"Let's end that deal right now! I'm sick of all these limits!"

"Vi-Vicky .. what is—"

"Stt ...! Be quiet! Let me talk!" cut off Vicky while sticking his finger on Sherina's lips.

"Sherina, it's up to you to think of me as a selfish person or to act like one. I admit that I made the deal myself, at first I thought it would make me feel more comfortable. However, now I feel constrained by it."

"I made that deal before I knew you, and now .. once I get to know you, I feel like getting to know you more deeply. However, whenever I get close to you, you always back off because of the deal. You're not wrong, Sherina. I'm the one who's wrong. So, I want to nullify that deal."

"I don't want us to be strangers anymore. I don't want you to think of my caring as a debt of gratitude. I'm sorry I made that deal. Because of that, you become self-limiting and always keep your every business secret from me. I don't want to be pretentious to interfere in your affairs, of course you deserve a secret. It's just .. I want you to be more open to me. I want to help you while I can help."

"Sherina, let me into your life. Then I will welcome you into my life. From now on, no more boundaries between us. This deal, let's just end it, shall we?"

"...." - ".Sherina silent a thousand languages. He still did not expect that all those words came out of Vicky's mouth, even more so spoken with great earnestness. Suddenly he smiled, removed Vicky's finger from his lips and shifted forward.

THE CUP!