The Love of a Mr. Nauder
Flashbacks

Leana walked over here. She was confused as to how to tell Maudy everything, and her engagement to Richard would last two days. And he didn't want to be late in delivering this

Right now, she was in front of her stepmother's room. He can't let Mateo hurt Maudy, much less get Maudy hurt. At first he hesitated to tell me this. But Leana had no other choice. He has to tell Maudy now.

After thinking all night, Leana finally decided to tell Maudy everything. Before long, the door was opened from within by his future stepmother.

Maudy came out of the room, she frowned when she saw Leana was in front of her. "Leana," call the woman. He frowned when he saw Leana looking agitated.

Leana stopped her steps then turned her head towards Maudy. "Aunt Maudy," she called him with a paled face.

Leana felt so hard to tell a story, but she couldn't put it off anymore. Maudy now bends her legs, equalizing with the girl.

"You want to talk to Auntie?" ask Maudy. She looked at Leana gently, as if to say that everything would be fine.

Leana nagging. "Auntie can I speak honestly?" Leana spoke with a lowered head, as if embarrassed to speak.

"By, Leana. Is this about your father and Uncle Matteo?" asked Maudy who directly guessed what this girl in front of her wanted to say.

Leana rounded her eyes when she heard Maudy's words. "Something about Daddy and Uncle Matteo?" ask her in surprise.

"Let's talk inside" Maudy said, as this must be very sensitive.

Maudy was now sitting on the sofa, she crossed her legs facing Leana who was also the other way around.

"Auntie, do you know anything about Uncle Matteo and Daddy?" leana asked, making Maudy sigh. However, before long he smiled so that Leana did not feel hesitant to tell a story.

In fact, Maudy does know that Richard and Matteo are a forbidden couple. He got the fact the day after receiving Ricard's love. At that time he came to Ricard's house to pick Leana up, but accidentally saw a scene that should not have when coming secretly to the man's house

Angry and disappointed, of course. Maudy almost went into the room and caught both of them.

However, Maudy finally chose to keep the show as if everything was fine and continue their relationship, there is one more reason why Maudy stayed with Richard, even though he already knew everything, it was because of Steve.

When asked if Maudy still loves Steve, the answer is yes. He loves that man.

A year after Stev moved to Germany.

as he became close to Steve, that sense began to grow. He didn't know when the feeling was present, until he realized that Steve had filled his heart.

But in the midst of his love, Maudy is still afraid of something. Although it seems to have forgotten everything, but Maudy still remembers every inch of pain inscribed by Steve, until he continues to feel suspicious of him even though he has moved.

In fact, he accepted Richard's love for wanting to forget Steve's shadow. She did not want to continue to have feelings for her ex-husband because she did not want to get hurt again.

However, the day after officially dating Richard, he must find out the truth that the man has an illicit relationship with Matteo.

When he decides to cut Ricard out of knowing everything, Maudy suddenly thinks of something, at least if he stays with Ricard, he believes he can forget Stev's shadow.

Maudy thought that if she kept dating Richard and continued with him, she could forget about Steve. However, after a year of dating Richard, her heart still continues to be linked to her ex-husband.

And when Steve gave her the necklace, Maudy was so happy that she wanted to fly into the clouds. Maudy doesn't know Stev loves her or not. In the past, he had accidentally seen Steve's phone where he saw a lot of photos on the man's cellphone.

And this is also one of the reasons why he stayed with Richard, he loved Steve but he didn't want Steve to go near him because he didn't want to get hurt for the umpteenth time

"Auntie," call Leana to wake Maudy from her daydream. "Auntie knows Uncle Matteo and Daddy's relationship?" Leana asked again when Maudy did not answer. Maudy turned her head, really she was confused about where to explain. While their discussion is very sensitive and moreover Leana is still a teenager. Where might he discuss bluntly with Leana

"Auntie, please don't marry my Daddy. I don't want you to be the same fate as Mommy" Leana said.

"Mommy?" Maudy's Birthday

Leana nodded. “Hmm, Mommy ..” Leana told me everything about what happened in the past. In fact, Richard married Leana's mother because of the demands of the family, especially his parents who were very eager to hold a grandchild until he was forced to marry their choice, a woman named Katrina.

After his marriage to Ricard, Matteo frequently terrorized Katrina. But, Katrina had never bullied him, thinking that it was just a fad from a stranger.

For nine years, Matteo continued to terrorize Katrina and foolishly Katrina did not realize that Mateo was the one who terrorized her, because in Katrina's eyes, Mateo was only her husband's best friend..

During those nine years, Richard managed to hide his relationship with Matteo until Katrina found evidence and learned of the forbidden relationship between them.

At that time, Katrina was so frustrated. He raged at Richard for feeling lied to. At that time, he understood the reason why Richard rarely touched him for work reasons, because in fact he played crazy with other men.

Matteo is a pretty cunning person as well as manipulative. He was also jealous that he would not accept Richard being touched by someone else. But somehow, despite knowing that Mateo's nature like that, Richard still continues to maintain their relationship.

Because in fact, Richard's love for Matteo was so passionate that he always understood what the man was doing. Even during Katrina's life, unbeknownst to anyone, Mateo stored a small dose of poison powder in order not to be too conspicuous into Katrina's drink.

Matteo put poison to paralyze Katrina's nerves until she was helpless. When the quarrel happened because Katrina knew everything, Mateo was there.

When Katrina's back touched the balcony, Matteo suddenly came from the side and quickly pushed Katrina's body until she fell from the fourth floor.

Richard himself witnessed all of that, but because of his great love for Matteo, he just fell silent without any reaction even though he just snapped, as if he was understanding what Mateo was doing.

Yep, all of those incidents were witnessed by nine-year-old Leana. He saw and heard all the things from behind the stairs.

Leana witnessed firsthand when her mother pushed Matteo. Before everything was revealed, he was suspicious and afraid of Matteo who almost every day came to his house.

Matteo always looked at her fiercely, even several times trying to drown her in the pool when she would complain to her mother, her mother did not believe, and so did Richard. When everything was revealed, then he understood why at that time the father did not believe him.

From the moment Matteo pushed her mother, Leana's fear of the man grew.

When she saw her mother's body being pushed, Leana immediately couldn't move at that moment. He was too shocked by what happened, including when he overheard a conversation Richard and Matteo had had after his mother had fallen from the fourth floor.

Beyond a doubt, instead of blaming Matteo, Richard calmed the rampaging Matteo down. Matteo thought Richard was too long-winded, so he acted determinedly by pushing Katrina's body.

Leana is further devastated when she realizes that Richard is not sad at all when his mother is pushed by Mateo.

At first, Richard intended to divorce Katrina for wanting to live alone with her forbidden lover, but before it materialized, the woman first knew everything.

The reason Mateo took Katrina down, was Fear Richard would defend Katrina,

As Leana tries to move, and is about to call Richard, suddenly someone comes smothering her mouth which turns out to be the butler in Richard's mansion.

He was Ani who was none other than the butler in Ricard's mansion, who at that time, moved quickly to bring Leana down and then went to the room. She did know everything about Richard and Matteo, she also knew how great her master's love was.

Maudy's eyes are now wet when she hears all that Leana has to say about her past and her mother. He did not expect that this child was harboring such a huge wound.

Because of the butler's support, Leana was able to pretend not to know what was happening. That was why, after the mother died, she turned into a naughty child.

However, a year after her mother died, she was trying to keep all of that in check. But one day, when Leana went into her father's room, she saw what she wasn't supposed to see, making Ricard very surprised.

In the end, Richard explained everything. When she said of her relationship with Matteo, it was Leana who was not at all surprised. She was just pretending to accept what this man was doing, even though in solitude she was always crying even now.

Yesterday, he could have met Matteo alone. But apparently, he had to return to fear because the man challenged back and said that Richard loved him more than Leana. Destroyed, of course Leana was very destroyed. Even he had to hear Mateo make fun of him.

That's why Leana was crying at the bus stop. This was also the reason why she did not want Maudy to marry her father, because she did not want Matteo to harm her stepmother.

In the end, now Leana managed to tell what she complained to Maudy with details about what happened. Maudy's heart now crumbled when she heard the girl's cry. Maudy was really speechless, how could Ricard bear to give this much burden to Leana.

Maudy did not expect, a child as small as Leana could save tremendous pain until now. For years the girl lived with fear without anyone protecting her.

In the end, Maudy now hugged Leana who was more relieved, some of her burden seemed to have disappeared after telling the woman.

Now, there was no more burden squeezing Leana's chest. Even if Maudy did not marry Richard, she wanted to join Maudy because Stev Maudy was safe.

***

Maudy stroked Leana's sleeping hair. Apparently after being satisfied crying with enough time finally, Leana fell asleep. As Maudy daydreams, the door of the room is opened by Elsa.

"Is he okay?" asked Elsa in a soft voice.

Maudy rolled her eyes when she heard that, "Mommy has heard everything" replied Elsa, as she had been silent in front of Maudy's room.

Maudy keeps her index finger on her lips. "Let's talk outside, Mom," Maudy asks for fear of waking Elsa. Elsa nodded.

Then here they are, in the living room with Elsa and Maudy sitting next to each other. The woman clasped her daughter-in-law's hand making Maudy turn her head.

"You sure you want to marry a guy like that?" elsa asks, this is Elsa trying to speak from Heart to Heart, hoping that Maudy will cancel her marriage to Richard.

Maudy rolled her eyes. "Mommy knew Ricard like that?” ask Maudy.

"Since you've been close to Richard, Mommy and Daddy have known the truth, but you don't want to interfere much in your affairs, because Mommy thinks you already know about your future husband and you don't have a problem with that. But after hearing everything, let's think again now, Maudy," said Elsa, "you're too precious for a man like him. Don't let you be the next victim."

"Mommy, actually I don't love him." In the end, Maudy is honest with Elsa.

"You don't love her, then why do you want to marry her?" ask Elsa again.

Maudy explains everything, including how she felt about Steve and why she accepted Richard for wanting to forget Stev. Elsa now closes her mouth with eyes staring in disbelief at her daughter-in-law. This is truly happy news.

It was a gift from God when Elsa heard firsthand that Maudy still loved Steve, even when her son had the same feelings for this woman.

"Maudy, so you love Steve?" repeat Elsa who still does not believe in the words of her daughter-in-law. I think he wants to record Maudy's answer

"Yes, Mom, I'm too scared to step. I don't want to feel pain anymore" Maudy said with a soft face.

Elsa clasps Maudy's hand. "Maudy, Steve feels the same way as you do."

Maudy did not answer, but it turned out that her feeling that Steve had more than just a friend to her was true.

"Do you know that?" ask Elsa.

Maudy Nodding, “Hmm, Mom. I know.”

"Your engagement will be in a moment, so make Maudy's decision soon. Mommy won't force you to vote for Steve, but Mommy just asks you to be careful" Elsa said, "Mommy won't ask you to come back to Steve, either, but Mommy knows your little heart can judge what she's like now. Steve won't let you down again. He was even willing to leave everything in his country just to be with you and Geo." Elsa tries to convince Stev that Stev has completely changed.

Moudy nagging. "Mommy can you help me?" maudy said, it seems Elsa's words can really melt Maudy, until she decides to trust Stev.

"Sure, Mommy and Daddy will help you.”

Maudy plans a kidnapping at her engagement party. He could have asked Richard to cancel everything, but he didn't want to embarrass Richard.

The best thing is to create a kidnapping scenario, and the guests must have thought that she was indeed kidnapped because it did not affect Richard's good name at all.

After the lights went out, she was pulled by her younger sister, then took her away in someone else's car. She did not expect that Steve would chase after her so she could see the man's concern.

Maudy was convinced that Steve really loved her. After being taken away by January, the woman decided to return home believing no one would think that she was coming home by herself.

Flahsback.

Maudy, who had been sitting on the balcony, immediately closed the curtain for fear of Steve appearing. Luckily Geo and Leana already knew their plans until things were easier.

Leana felt grateful that Maudy took this step. The woman even allows if Leana wants to stay with her or Steve.

Meanwhile, it appears Richard who is now out of the hotel after seeing CCTV footage that does not show anything. He only saw a car driving away from the engagement site, and it was January.

"Where else should we look for Maudy?" ask Richard.

Steve was confused as to how. Before this, Richard had called the police.

"Do you have any enemies?" ask Steve. He looked at Ricard with a question mark

Richard remained silent. Previously, he had already locked Matteo up so he felt, there was no way the man would do it.

Richard's reason for doing so was so Matteo wouldn't hurt Maudy. He had promised the man that, after marrying Maudy for two years, after his father and mother had moved abroad again, he would divorce Maudy.

But at that time, Matteo did not believe in making Richard lock him up for fear that Mateo would harm Maudy, just as Mateo had harmed Katrina.

This time, Richard acted a little resolutely at Matteo. Because if Mateo harms Maudy, Ricard will look back in Leana's eyes. That's why he wants the woman to be okay. He'll persuade Mateo after his affairs are over.

"What if we split up?" ask Steve.

Richard nodded and they got into their cars.