
Liliana was dumbfounded to hear it, she stares at the man in disbelief. "Have your head hit? I think I just hit your stomach."
"You don't misunderstand me, it's just a contract marriage! I need a partner and only you can."
Right, only this woman I can touch. Then he can be my contract partner. So that my mother does not match me with another woman again.
"I don't care about your business, sir. You better find another bride." Liliana spoke to her.
Is this guy crazy or what? Invite me to marry a contract?
"But only you can."
"Sorry, I refuse" Liliana said firmly.
Ish, this woman is very expensive. Aiden's grouse in his heart.
"I'll pay you, whatever you want I give you. Whatever you ask, I'll give you. This contract only runs for two months!" Aiden persuades Liliana to marry him.
Damn it! Every woman out there wants me and she's selling me big. I even had to persuade him like this.
"I can't." Liliana rejected the request, which she thought was very strange.
He evicted Aiden and Dorman from his home disrespectfully. Dorman grumbled annoyed that his King was treated like that by Liliana who he thought was an ordinary woman aka commoners.
"How dare he treat his majesty like this! He thinks who he is!" Dorman exclaimed while grunting in annoyance, he placed his hand on the waist. His eyes stared hard at the door of the house.
"Dorman, what do you think of that woman?"
"What?" Dorman looked towards Aiden with a frown.
"Will my mother believe me if I introduce her as my future wife?" ask Aiden seriously.
"Your highness, do you seriously want to make that bar-bar and jutek woman a noble wife?" Dorman looked up in disbelief at the words of his King.
"Of course I'm serious, but I'm only married to a contract" Aiden replied with a smile.
"Your highness, if your majesty knew about the identity of the wild woman, of course the queen mother would not accept the woman to be part of the royal family."
"That's right, but if I say I love her and we love each other, then my mom won't forbid. As long as the one being brought was a woman!" aiden muttered with a smile.
Mother was always worried about my marriage, if I take this woman to the palace and introduce her, then mother will not refuse. As long as I marry a woman.
"Your Majesty is right too,"
"Dorman, I want to know about his identity. Which family he comes from and how is his personality."
"Okay, your honor." As a subordinate, Dorman could only obey the orders of his superiors.
Why do I feel that your highness is attracted to that bar-bar woman.
During that one month, Aiden always bullied Liliana. He was always where Liliana was. Aiden did not return to his palace because he wanted to investigate about Liliana more deeply.
Liliana is annoyed that Aiden's continued approach, even her job as the head of the largest trade union in the entire kingdom, is hampered because Aiden keeps following her.
"It's so annoying, why do you keep following me? Are you unemployed?" liliana asked Aiden.
You are wrong miss, your majesty is the least unemployed person in this country! She was the busiest person, but because of the miss she left all her work. Dorman was anxious to talk like that, but unfortunately he could only speak inwardly.
"If you want me to go, let me agree to my request! We're marrying a contract, you have nothing to lose marrying me?"
"I told you, I don't want to!" Liliana was annoyed to hit the table in front of her.
"Miss, calm down.the aunt said that the lady must take care of her emotions." whispered Andreas to Liliana.
Holy hooch! Right, I have to be patient and hold back my emotions because there is my baby inside.
Shortly after, a waiter brought orders for Liliana and Aiden. Aiden ordered a lot of food for Liliana, she made an effort to persuade Liliana. "You still haven't given up?" ask Liliana while taking a spoon.
"I'm the one who will always get what I want, so I won't give up."
A tough woman like you, I might just let go.
"Actually I-"
Liliana's words were interrupted because she heard someone in the restaurant talking about the King Istvan coming to the island. Liliana fell silent and listened to their conversation.
"Hey, have you heard the news?" ask a man to his friend.
"What?"
"He said the king of the Istvan kingdom will come here soon."
"really? To this island?" ask his friend while looking at the man in front of him.
"I heard, King Istvan will also go with his future wife."
The deg!
Wife-to-be? Wh who?
Andreas and Liliana gasped in shock at the conversation. Dorman and Aiden were astonished to see Liliana and Andreas who suddenly fell silent.
Aiden was not interested in King Istvan, so he listened to the people's conversation because Liliana also listened to him.
"Who is his future wife? Didn't he say he'd be single his whole life?" ask a middle-aged man to his friend.
"It looks like it's a lie, the proof is in this newspaper..."
"Hey sir, what are you-"
Liliana is still considered a man because of her man-like appearance. Liliana saw the newspaper, I don't know what she read there. His eyes became teary, his chest became tight.
"Miss..." Andreas whispered to Liliana.
Your Majesty the King will soon marry Miss Julia?
Andreas sees the contents of the news, he is surprised because the contents say that Max and Julia will get married. Julia was predicted as the future Queen of the kingdom of Istvan.
"This.." Liliana's hands trembled as she read it.
Liliana you need to calm down, eventually this will happen. Love and feelings can change easily.
His ears and heart grew hotter, as the men began to talk about the former crown princess who was dethroned by Max and disrespectfully divorced.
"What a pity that the former crown princess once was, she was divorced with disrespect. Even now no one knows of his whereabouts," explained a man in a hat.
"Yes, I think he's ashamed that His Majesty dumped him."
"The king even chose women who were equal to him."
Max, are you getting married to Miss Julia?
Liliana's heartache heard all the words that pierced her heart. He put the newspaper back on the table.
The woman walked away from the restaurant with a broken heart. Andreas followed his nonanya anxiously. "Miss!"
Aiden and Dorman looked at Liliana in confusion. What happened to that woman? Then Aiden asked Dorman to wrap all the food on the table and bring it to Liliana's house.
Aiden followed Liliana, at a glance he saw the woman looking sad as if she was about to cry. Aiden wondered what made Liliana cry.
"Miss, are you okay?" Andreas asked about his state of nona.
"I'm fine, let's go back." Liliana held back her tears, she invited Andreas to return home.
Liliana who was walking while daydreaming, did not see any train passing towards her. Andreas will pull his body, but Aiden precedes him.
He pulled Liliana's body first, until they both fell to the ground. "Hey! Have you gone crazy? Don't see what, is there anyone here?" Aiden pelted the speeding train with a stone.
"Miss! Are you okay?" andreas asked as he approached Liliana anxiously.
"Ugghhhh.. hurts..it hurts so much.." Liliana held onto her stomach, she moaned in pain.
"Are you okay?" Aiden asked worriedly, especially when he saw his body bleed. Without saying much she held the pained Liliana. "Where is the nearest treatment?"
"There you are, sir" replied Andreas.
Aiden and Andreas took Liliana to a nearby medical center. He was examined by the doctor. The doctor said that Liliana had bleeding due to a fall, but fortunately the baby in Liliana's womb still survived.
Deg!
Aiden was stunned to hear that, he did not expect that Liliana was actually pregnant. "Sure you're pregnant?"
"Because you already know, you can leave me, right?" Liliana kicked Aiden out of her life.
Could she have been raped by someone? Or dumped by her boyfriend? Hence she cried just like earlier when she heard the story of the former crown princess of Istvan kingdom.
The woman's face looked pale, she moved out of her bed. He walked out of the treatment, Aiden still following him.
"Why are you still here? Shouldn't you be gone?" ask Liliana astonished.
"I won't stay away from you just because you're pregnant" Aiden said.
I'm even more curious about you.
"But you've given up on your offer to me?"
"Not really," Aiden replied while thinking.
"Huhhh.. Andreas, let's go back."
"Yes, miss." replied Andreas obediently.
He helped Liliana walk by wiping her, the girl's state was still limp because she had not been bleeding for long. Dorman also came to bring the food he packed. Aiden asked her to give the food to Liliana.
Aiden's face looked disappointed because he knew that Liliana was pregnant. The information he got from Dorman was also incomplete like something Liliana had hidden.
At her house that night, Liliana was alone on the balcony of her room. She holds a red jewel necklace that Max gave her on the first day they officially became lovers.
"Are you really going to marry her noble? Have you forgotten me?" Liliana looked at the black sky while crying, she missed Max so much.
*****
At Istvan's royal palace, Max himself swwang was near the palace garden. Laura who was walking with Eugene saw Max from a distance.
"My husband, look at my brother.he must be thinking about my sister-in-law again. Do you think she'll marry Miss Julia under such circumstances?"
"Yes, it is certain that the news is not true and that spreading it must be the parties..." Eugene did not dare to talk more about his mother-in-law.
"Yes, I know my mother is definitely behind all this" Laura replied.
Why can't my mother ever change?
...*****...