The Sweetest Harsh
Episode 68 - Searching for the Truth

The copper metallic car was speeding in the middle of a fairly quiet road. Split the dust that was scattered along the journey. Penetrating time. Inside the cabin, Leon sat behind the wheel, Alfa was in the rear cabin with Tiara falling asleep in her arms, after that, Alfa was in the back cabin, the woman was worried about the cat they adopted one day ago.

Returning from Doctor Jeni the other day, Alfa actually took his wife to the largest animal adoption site in the city. Tiara is not allowed to enter the animal house of course. The man painstakingly made a video call to show one by one the furry animals in the place and to allow the woman to choose. After much deliberation, at last, the woman's choice fell upon the brownish-white male ragdoll with sapphire-blue eyes. Unmitigated, Alfa willingly bought a cage with the best iron trellis for the cat's house and sent it directly to Jonah's place as Tiara had requested before.

Now, having confirmed that the adopted cat for about the same price as the Alpha painting is safe and has been safely in his father-in-law's house, Tiara finally wanted to obey her husband's orders by closing her eyes, resting her body for a moment before arriving at the villa.

It had been an hour and a half that the car had sped up, bringing them closer to the destination. Tiara who felt a slight sudden brake surge on the vehicle slowly opened her eyes. The woman blinked. His head looked up to find a warm embrace from the large arm that was wrapping his hand. Alfa did not change position, still the same as the last time the woman saw her husband. The man remained unmoved with his head held firm and looked straight ahead, as if afraid that even a slight movement of his body would wake his wife from a deep sleep.

Alfa lowered her gaze and smiled, finding the unblinking Tiara staring at her with perfectly rounded eyes. “Awake up? Soon until,” he said then turned his head out the window.

Tiara corrected her sitting position. Stretching his body for a moment then let out a long sigh and sat upright beside Alfa. “Did I fall asleep long enough? You're not tired?” The woman followed her gaze out of the glass as the man did not look away when she spoke.

The man grabbed his wife's hand. “No. I'm not sleepy,” she replied. Alfa exhaled fretfully. Where can he sleepy especially to fall asleep if his mind continues to drift on everything that makes him have to be at this point. Doing a big plan with a lot of risks that he should be proud of.

It was inconceivable what it would be like to have one day without that woman. Staring at his sweet smile and indulgence was only in the shadows, yearning without being able to determine calmly, when to meet again. And .. must resist touching the hands on the sweet movements of his wife's stomach. Oh, honestly he couldn't if he had to be this weak, but, he has stepped up. It was hard for him to retreat even if one step. Everything he had intended, and did not want if happiness was only a punishment. Alfa will make it happen, even though aral transverse.

The woman shook her husband's hand and stared with a frown. Alfa looked dreamy and it made Tiara become popular. The man gasped and turned his head. Staring at the woman's eyes for a moment and then just distracted by the landscape of a magnificent iron fence lined up along the left of the car. “ Already arrived.” Alfa smiled faintly. Tiara then turned her head and raised both eyebrows.

“This ... villa Papa?” tanyakanya.

“Iya. Let's get down.” Alfa said with her body that had pushed open the door and got out of her car and walked around, welcoming at the side door of her wife that had opened. Embracing Tiara back in the arms. Leon is seen getting off the steering wheel and opening the trunk. Carrying the woman's belongings and suitcases.

Just two steps from beside the car, Tiara gaped at the sight before her eyes. Jonah and a cat perched on the porch of the villa. The woman was stunned, her heart was deeply moved to see her presence being greeted by the thing she was so eagerly waiting for.

His father-in-law stood gallantly on the terrace steps, smiling warmly at the sight of the two children he was waiting for had arrived. “Welcome,” welcome him by tilting his body and opening one of his hands, welcome in. For a moment Alfa let go of her embrace to Tiara and held her Papa as a greeting. Jonah patted his son's back with his haru and let go a few seconds later.

Tiara smiled at the warm-looking familiarity of the father and son. His gaze moved to the ragdoll not far from him. The cat remained a henchman in place with occasional looks towards the people milling beside him.

“I've ordered one of these home assistants to take care of it.” Jonah looked at the fat cat. With both hands he held on to the bag of pants before once again, the man walked up to the door and drove the two lovebirds into the house followed by Leon behind him.

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“It looks like something is wrong, Madam.” Julius sat down on the sofa with his hands together in his lap.

“What do you mean?” he said with a deep frown. Demanding answers.

“Yesterday I saw Mother Tiara at a resto.” The man advanced his body, as if preparing to embroider his words.

Helmia. His countenance turned irritated as he had waited enthusiastically for the insignificant news from the man. “Then?” The woman again concentrated on the sheets of paper stacked on the table. Not ignoring Julius who was hot cold to prepare his speech.

“Do you know if Mother Tiara is pregnant?” Julius asked with a frown and a tense expression of gestures. Know that once again maybe his words had no effect on his temperament master.

The sound of a ballpoint pen falling from Helmia's hand touching the surface of the glass table momentarily shocked Julius. The bespectacled man did not expect that Helmia would feel stunned by the news given by him. So, does the woman not know?

Helmia leaned her body against the chair. “You're dreaming?” Ask in a denouncing tone. “Where did you know Tiara was pregnant? Did you receive the results of a lab check from him to show me?” the cerocos.

“No. I'm not accepting anything from your daughter-in-law. I see with my own eyes if Mother Tiara is two-bodied with a changed body shape of course. Would you have thought also that it was a fake pregnancy?” Julius asked in half frustration.

The woman gaped. Tiara's pregnant? Helmia did not feel like daydreaming about it. Imagining in his mind the one thing he couldn't understand. I don't know why his brain suddenly stuck when he met the two words.

Tiara's pregnant? The words in his heart were roaring in his brain over and over again. Alfa and Karina have been successful in making the approach and now there is an unexpected thing that just cuts in front of her. How'this?

“Investigate further. I don't want one thing to be missed,” the order.

“Good Mistress,” answered.

“You can go.” Helmia said without looking at her assistant. Still with a random look ahead that the man could not have guessed. “Don't forget the report for this week. It was prepared by Jonah's employees as usual. Bring it here,”.

“Good,” he said then stood up and nodded his head, stepped towards the door and exited the room.

The woman closed her eyes. There was a heavy weight suddenly piled up in his eyes until his petals felt heavy to open. Tiara is pregnant while they are going to split up? Ah, that's right. Didn't Alfa know that his wife was pregnant so lightly left her for another woman? Helmia clicked, there was a sense that she did not know the meaning of immediately thinking about it.

Wait for. Why did he change his mind so quickly? Was it because she was secretly happy over Tiara's pregnancy? Ah, it's impossible. Julius must have been mistaken and misjudged. There is no way he missed one thing by not knowing if the woman was pregnant. Helmia put both hands on the table and covered her mouth with her hands. The glimpses of his meeting with Alfa's wife last time when they were both at the gallery again bothered him. The woman shook her head quickly to rule out all possibilities for things she did not know for sure.

Ah, he was desperate to find out the truth from Julius.