The Lord's Concubine
First Day

"Yes, God! My leg hurts so much" Farra said, kneeling her ankle that hurt from a fall earlier this afternoon. Farra watched her sore leg closely and it turned out that her leg was swollen.

"Oh my God, it turns out my legs are swollen, could it be that my legs are sprained."

Holding on to the wall, Farra tried to get up and look for something in the wardrobe in the narrow room.

"Who knew there was eucalyptus oil or something like that, which I could use to smear my sick leg" he murmured.

However, the result is nil. Farra found nothing in the room. He returned to his bed and leaned against the wall of the room while imagining Aksa's face.

"May Aksa be well and I hope Lord King will not break his promise."

That night Farra could not sleep, neither could Aksa. That night was their first night of sleeping apart and they felt unfamiliar.

Aksa sat down while hugging her knees. He still sobbed while staring at Farra's pillow. "Sister, Aksa kangen Sister. When will I come home?" ogre.

This was the umpteenth time Nurmala had come to the handsome boy's room. Nurmala was tired of persuading him. However, how else, this was the only way that he could enjoy the King's money.

"If the King hadn't warned me about taking good care of this boy, I might have pinched the boy! It's a bitch," he grumbled.

Nurmala approached Aksa and sat down next to the boy.

"Already, Aksa. You better get some sleep now. Don't you have to go back to school tomorrow? Starting tomorrow, Aksa will be leaving with Auntie. Aunty will also buy Aksa a good meal! But now Aksa sleeps first" Nurmala said.

"Aksa miss Farra's sister, Auntie. Can Aksa contact Farra?" aksa asked with teary eyes looking at Aunt Nurmala.

Nurmala's face was upset. It is not possible to call Mr. King's mobile number at this time. Maybe the man scolded her and Nurmala did not want that.

"It's night, Aksa! Didn't you see the clock's pointing at what number?" nurmala said with a tone of voice that began to rise.

Aksa was frightened and he rewinded his body away from the middle-aged woman.

"At this time Aunt can still be patient, Aksa. Now you sleep! Tomorrow Auntie promised to call Farra for you!"

Aksa nodded his head quickly then immediately laid his body on the bed in a curled position. He tried to close his eyes in fear at the expression of Aunt Nurmala at that time.

After making sure Aksa had closed her eyes, the middle-aged woman immediately walked out of the room and returned to her room.

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After performing the ritual of bathing and dressing, Farra was prepared to do his duty, becoming a servant in the magnificent house just as the Lord King wished.

Dragging her still sore leg, Farra stepped into the kitchen. Since this was her first day in the magnificent building, Farra got lost while heading to the room.

It turned out that the Servants working in the house were not only one, but there were several maids with their respective duties. When Farra entered the room, all eyes were on her. They are confused and begin to wonder who Farra is.

"You who? New waitress, huh?" ask one of them, who was the butler at that place.

The woman watched Farra from head to toe. He was confused, neither Ivan nor the Lord King ever told him about the new servant who wanted to work in the magnificent house.

Farra was confused as to what to answer. Is she to tell the truth that she is the wife of the Lord King, the owner of the house. Or he must tell a lie by claiming to be the new servant.

"Huh, I asked you!" The woman began to get upset that Farra had not answered her question.

Desperate, Farra finally said the truth. "I am the King's wife and she ordered me to join you today."

Suddenly, they all laughed after hearing the answer from him. They even burst into tears as Farra's answer sounded very funny in their ears.

"Geez! Dream not of heights, miss! Yes, yes ... The King is very handsome. We admit that, but you have to be self-aware too, dong! Where would you like a King with a girl like you? Yes, even though you are actually beautiful, but Miss Vania is much prettier than you," the woman said with a chuckle.

"Miss Vania? Who's she?" ask Farra wonder.

Again the servants were confused.

"Where did you actually come from, anyway? To the extent that the name of the employer's own wife does not know," the woman replied.

"Wife?!" pekik Farra's. "You mean, Miss Vania is the wife of Lord King?"

"Yes! Miss Vania is the wife of Lord King, satisfied!" the answer.

Farra's face paled after learning that the Lord King already had a wife.

"O Lord, how they are! Why aren't they telling me the truth? Neither Lord King nor Aunt Nurmala told me that Lord King was married. I should have seen a ring on his ring finger last night" Farra said.

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