The Bride Pay
Marcel's Phrase

After arriving at Marcel's house, Sharaa immediately greeted him with a warm embrace, the face of Marcel's mother looked more youthful and beautiful.

Marcel's two-storey mansion is on top, around this place is a lot of tea plants and pine trees, a comfortable home and away from the crowd.

"Finally, your future daughter-in-law came," Sharaa chanted as she glanced at Hayley's surprised expression.

"Mrs ...." Marcel blinked gesturing to his mother.

As for Hayley, he looked awkward and confused by the special treatment the Marcel family gave him, he heard clearly that Sharaa called him son-in-law.

"Hayley, don't listen to me, I'm kidding" Marcel said.

"Hah, after all if he is the prospective daughter-in-law of the mother is also not papa," said Sharaa with a smile.

Hayley in Marcel's sidecar to the dining room, they spent time eating three while chatting about light things.

Marcel's mansion is decorated with various paintings of ancient kingdoms originating from Pakistan. Marcel is the only child and sole heir of this extended family, Sharaa is purely of Indonesian descent while her husband is of Pakistani origin.

"You wanna go around the house with me, Hayley?" bring Marcel.

"Ah, may." Hayley nodded, then said goodbye to Sharaa.

Marcel took him around to see all the common rooms in this house. And, the last place they saw was Marcel's private workspace.

"Your work space is good too" Hayley said. All the documents are neatly arranged on special shelves, various photo awards Marcel once got on display on each side of the wall.

"What's this?" hayley asked, he touched a batik cloth that stretched across the wall like it covered a large painting.

"Hay, wait!" Marcel was shocked and instantly stopped Hayley's hand that was about to pull the edge of the cloth. "This is an old painting, so I cover it with batik cloth" said Marcel.

"Why not get down if you don't like it?" hayley asked curiously, she felt Marcel was hiding something from her.

"Emm .. Just let it be there, if there's a new painting, I'll replace it."

Despite such a great curiosity about the painting that Marcel was covering up, Hayley still tried politely not to impose her curiosity.

Marcel pulled Hayley's hand gently, he showed Hayley a picture of his late father.

"This is a picture of my papa" Marcel said.

Hayley stared unblinkingly, the face in the photo was indeed very similar to Marcel, although in a no longer young age, papa Marcel still looks handsome and handsome with a high body posture typical of the middle east.

"If I may know, what's your reason for finding Alex?" ask Marcel. "Do you have a special relationship with Alex, or Aaron?"

"Mu-not that, Marcel," Hayley replied nervously, actually she did not want Marcel to know that Aaron was her husband, precisely a fake husband.

"I already have information about Alex's whereabouts, if you can give me a good reason, I'll tell you" insisted Marcel.

"Well, what is it?"

"Nothing is free in this world, Hay. I'm just asking for two things, give me a reason, and ...."

"And what?"

"And give me a chance to win your heart" said Marcel, grabbing Hayley's hands and holding her in front of his chest.

"Don't joke, Marcel."

Hayley almost fainted at Marcel's words, not expecting the man to say so soon about his feelings. Hayley's not a stupid girl who doesn't understand the special codes Marcel gave her.

Since the first time they met, Hayley had already felt that if Marcel paid so much attention to him, the man always displayed a different look of eyes when he looked at Hayley.

"We haven't known him for long, Marcel. Don't make our friendship awkward" Hayley said. Supposedly with Marcel not expressing his feelings, Hayley would not hesitate to tell him about himself.

"I know you well enough, Hay. Please, don't play with my heart" Marcel said. "I also think you have the same feelings for me."

"Marcel, I beg .. don't force." Hayley looked at Marcel's disappointed face, but she was powerless to reveal her current status.

Undeniably, Hayley also felt comfortable being next to Marcel, the man always kept her calm with his mature and affectionate nature. But for a special relationship, it feels impossible for now.

"All right, I don't mean it." Marcel took Hayley's hand off. "Then tell me, why do you care so much about Alex and Aaron?"

"Because they've helped me a lot. Aaron helped pay off my father's debts and paid for all my mother's treatment" Hayley said. "My mother had breast cancer, and my father died a few years ago."

"Why don't you tell me the same story, Hay?"

"It was a long time before we knew each other. I feel indebted to their kindness" Hayley said.

"Keep, what kind of reciprocity did Aaron ask for after helping you?" search Marcel.

"Reverse? what does reciprocity mean?"

"It's impossible for Aaron to help people without asking for anything in return, he's a man of ambition with power and wealth. Nothing is free for him" Marcel said. "There must be something that makes him want to help you" he added.

As a business partner, Marcel knows Aaron quite well, he already understands the strategy in business that Aaron has run all this time. Aaron's ambition in power is huge, the man is smartest in finding opportunities on the sidelines of narrowness, even if he has to sacrifice everything.

"He .. he just asked me to work for his company and help Alex, that's all," Hayley replied, increasingly pressed by Marcel's explanation.

"You sure? that's all he's asking for in return?" looking at Marcel, he looked at Hayley's face that was already sweating cold despite being in an air-conditioned room.

Marcel felt Hayley was not telling him the truth, something Hayley was hiding, feeling Marcel was guessing that Hayley must have given Aaron something he needed.

"Don't you believe me?" hayley asked, hoping that Marcel would trust her without asking her many more questions that would lead to her being cornered.

"Based on what I know, Aaron is not a very generous man. He must have been planning something" said Marcel, he watched Hayley's movements carefully, but not wanting to upset Hayley and get angry, Marcel relented and stopped asking about Aaron.

"If you don't want to tell me about Alex, don't papa. I can find out for myself" Hayley said.

"okay-okay. Don't be angry, Beautiful. I'm just curious," continued Marcel while trying to return to display his cheerful smile.

"This is the full address of Alex's apartment, and this is the number of a girlfriend who has been dating him lately, her name is Melanie," Marcel said, giving a piece of paper containing the address.

"So, should I get Alex to his apartment?" ask Hayley.

"He's like a conch, likes to move house. If you're not in the apartment, you can ask Melanie, she should know where Alex is" Marcel said. "If you want, I'll take you, beautiful."

"Ah, no need. Your help is enough for me."

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