
The next morning, Hestia lets Eros come with her to meet Darius. Although Darius did not expect it at the beginning, he quickly adapted and let Eros sit down.
"I'm gonna marry Eros, Pa." Hestia was already very used to smiling casually in front of Darius despite her smiling mood being out to sea. "I've spoken to Yohannes. He said he'd pull the proposal."
Darius smiled calmly. "So morning Yohannes came to deliver it. You always finish everything clean."
"That's what Papa taught me."
"When did you get married?"
The new Hestia will answer 'do when Papa thinks good' when Tamara suddenly makes a sound. "Why not include your son, Eros?"
I can't be quiet. Tamara growled inwardly seeing Hestia begin to fetch her happiness.
What did he expect? Everyone is happy he's back, then he marries Eros, enjoys wealth and tranquility with his son while Melia is mentally ill due to Hestia's departure yesterday?
Darius probably stopped beating Melia. Darius also did not beat anyone again after that. Butwhat? Forgive me and forget?
Just yummy!
Say that while watching his son banging his head against the wall repeatedly just to keep him calm from the violent shadow!
If it wasn't for Melia, Tamara would have bluntly said it was Hestia's son and she ran away because she was pregnant.
Unfortunately Tamara does not know that Hestia understands her feelings. Just as Tamara would do anything for her wounded child, Hestia was the same.
"I've met them." Hestia smiled brightly at Darius. "They're adorable and submissive kids, Pa. Their mother is dead. They are not illegitimate children. Eros married betel to a poor woman and not a prostitute."
He will do anything, including admitting his son is not his son if it is the safest for them.
"I don't mind." Darius gave an answer that left Tamara shaken and Hestia stunned. "You chose Eros, then that's what you wanted."
Eros glanced at Hestia's expression.
He was really not used to it when his father was being nice.
It's hard to understand. Hestia always reacted as if Darius was scary. And from Tamara's attitude as well, obviously Darius shouldn't be like that.
But Darius's eyes, sense of responsibility and feeling for his son, Eros as a fellow man recognized it.
He meant.
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Month by month changed.
In one month, her two children will officially attend Narendra's Asgard. In half a month, his marriage to Eros will take place.
Hestia sat in her study, staring at the void there in silence.
Why, dad? Why does it feel like something still has to happen? Why did it feel like there was still less and Hestia was sick of waiting for it to come?
Doesn't he have to be happy now? Everything's fine now. Even Melia had done nothing and Tamara was silent.
Why does it feel like there is less?
"I feel like I'm just running away." Hestia covered her face and gave a frustrated breath. "But run from what?"
No. gabe. Maybe he should not think about it because it will burden.
Hestia decided to leave the job for a moment, because there was no point working when her brain was unproductive.
Carrying his car drove towards the residence of Wija, thinking to find tranquility there.
"Are you too old to be happy as a bride?" insinuated the man, on the sour face of Hestia as a bride-to-be.
"Maybe." Hestia only drank without heeding the tone of Wija's innuendo.
"Hey, Miss who's soon to be Madam." Wija focused her elbow on the piano as she lowered her head on Hestia. "Why don't you just ask Darius?"
"Huh?"
"Just ask him. Ask him to say 'sorry has hurt you' or whatever you want to hear."
"I don't understand what you—"
"Obviously you understand. Why lie to? You want to forgive Darius, but you want him to 'admit he did wrong'. You want to accept that he changed and forgot everything, but before that 'apologize and remember everything first'."
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