The Sweetest Harsh
Episode 75 - The Turning Point

Time was almost pointing at ten o'clock in the night when Alfa brought Tiara in a sling. The woman fell asleep in the car, exhausted with her body lying limp in the lap of the seat. Until now, the man had preferred to carry Tiara and carry her into the house to put her to sleep on the contest. Presumably, the woman was really sleepy to the point that there was no response whatsoever indicating that she woke up because of her sleep which had been disturbed by her body displacement.

Alpha looked at his wife who had fallen asleep on the bed with a mashgul. In recent months, the woman seems to be getting thinner with her hair that is no longer thick due to loss. Ah, the man felt guilty for failing to make his wife happy. Tiara constantly said that she felt heavy with the burden she had to carry alone. Being an imperfect woman because she cannot conceive properly and give her husband offspring.

The man closed his eyes with two fingers. There was a heat in his chest that was peaking into his eyes, until his petals were now wet, and with all his might, he tried to hold back. The man could not weep, except when the pain had reached the deepest part of the heart. Alpha exhales deeply and opens his eyes. He tried to strengthen his heart with greater patience.

He carefully knocked down his body beside his wife, tilted and surprised instead of playing when he saw Tiara opening her eyes and looking at her. Oh, did that woman see him earlier?

Alfa smiled knot. Swiping Tiara's head gently and said, “Did I wake you up?”

The glittering eyes of Tiara were endlessly staring into the eyes of her husband. The woman swallowed her saliva violently, while trying to stretch out her writhing which also brought her tears to the surface. The woman knew that her husband had asked her a question. He continued to be glued to the gaze of Alfa who looked at him with a hint of astonishment. Is her husband sad? Has he gone so far as to make the man become like this?

Without waiting any longer, Tiara pressed her head forward and touched her lips against Alfa's. His eyes closed with a circle of tears that were now free from defense. Just darted from the corner of his eye. Alfa who was so shocked by his wife's sudden attitude stiffened. Feeling the hot streaks begin to travel from the back to the entire body. The man saw his wife crying, and his chest tightened.

Even so, the sting of pleasure channeled from Tiara's tiny lips was domineering. Alfa also closed her eyes, enjoying her fast-pumping heartbeat, along with a kiss that was getting warmer and warmer. That guy can't hold back anymore. The flames of his desire are soaring. This time, it was the man's turn to master. Kissing with the greedy lips of Tiara. Pressing firmly on the woman's nape along with Tiara's hand which also hung down on her neck. Showing that he has the same desire.

Alfa did not care what she felt like, or how she was right now, because all she wanted now was to finish what had happened to her body. Demand satisfaction. The man shuddered, crazy about the will of his body that seemed impatient to immediately unite and reach the peak of pleasure.

Tiara who saw her husband so dominant and no longer curbed her desire smiled wryly as Alfa took off one by one her body cover violently. And ... the night with two people who meet each other's needs also moved. Fill their evenings with pleasant sweat and fatigue. Until the man stopped, scooping the air long as if what he had just done was taking no time for him to breathe.

“Sorry .. forgive me Tiara,” he said with a disjointed breath, then back lying down, clutching his wife's affection in arms.

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“There are two of your paintings that are in demand again by buyers. I've emailed you any painting you want to buy. And you just have to decide, whether the painting you sell or not.” Leon said on the other end of the phone in a hoarse voice.

“I will sell all the paintings in the gallery if only there were interested,” he said.

“What? You're kidding me?” ask him with the intonation of the sound rising. Unbelieving the words of his boss who suddenly changed his mind.

At the beginning of the opening of the gallery, Alfa asked her assistant to tell her first, which painting her fans would like to buy, but, now, which one, the man said so as if he was desperate and was about to sell all his paintings?

“I'm not kidding,” he said with a long breath. “My life is like being at a turning point. The house, the gallery and everything that happened was a nightmare for Tiara and I was trying to erase it. I've thought about it carefully."

“Oh. I'm so sorry for what happened to you, Alpha. Hopefully Tiara will improve soon, and you will soon be overwhelmed by happiness from an unexpected direction,” he hoped.

“Yes. Thanks Leon, sorry, I can't be sure when I'll be back in town. We will still stay here until later I tell you more,”.

“Well, you can always count on me,”.

Leon gave a small laugh and then kept his phone away from his ear when his boss closed the connection.

Alfa looked back ahead. Observing the blue of the pool water that shimmered in the morning sun. At a glance in the tail of his eyes, Tiara was playing with her favorite cat across the pond. Throwing a small plastic ball tied to it with a rope and laughing with Popo who catches the rope with a funny move.

Alfa breathed a sigh of relief, slowly Tiara smiled again even though she had not fully revealed her cheerfulness. The man's relief grew when last night, the woman actually allowed him to touch her again. Alfa was happy, as if she had just had her first night with her wife.

The brush that was still on the man's right hand rang the beat with his stool bar clearie chair, after a while, Alfa finally realized that she was still holding the brush and tapped the handle on the chair she was sitting in. The man's gaze returned to the canvas standing beside him. Showing her unfinished hand painting.

With a smile, Alfa turned her seated position. Face the canvas and start to re-attach the brush shoots on the colors that he has arranged in the palette. He again channeled the abstract images in his mind into his beautifully moving hand on the canvas.

Many theme changes to the images he painted. The man now more often paint about the natural scenery and a variety of animals, especially cats. He is trying to cultivate his love for the furry animal considering Tiara who is currently so happy with the presence of the white furry animal.

A gentle touch thanks to the cat Tiara who slowly sniffed at Alfa's feet, made the man momentarily bow, observing the furry animal that was now beside his feet. Alfa quickly turned, and sure enough, the cat was following his wife who was now walking behind Alfa's body.

“Tiara,” call him. The man then got up from his seat, observing Tiara's face without blinking. The woman halted her steps, observing the movement of her husband who was now walking closer to her.

A smile rang from the handsome face of the man along with his two hands that landed on Tiara's shoulders and slowly stroked his affectionate arm until it ended on the two fingers of the woman, holding her hand.

The two walked together to a long bench under the Tabebuya flower tree that stood not far from the back porch. They threw the body on the bench and inhaled deeply the fresh air pumped from the leaves.

Tiara looked straight ahead, letting Alfa who was sitting next to her while looking at her.

“You're really healthy, aren't you?” The man asked as he sighed at his wife's fingers, grasped her and placed her on his lap.

The woman looked over and smiled faintly. “Iya,” answer. “I feel better,” he said again.

Tiara is not lying. He did feel his heart slowly being able to accept the situation. Smiling without coercion, but, he really did not want to hope anymore, maybe in the near future. He will let time roll comfortably without being disturbed by his ideals or aspirations that might not make sense.

“Where are you taking me?” The woman asked by raising both eyebrows. Enthusiastic to his own question as if convinced that Alfa must be in an attempt to persuade him.

Alfa grinned. Turns out, Tiara understood the guts. “We'll go to a place you'll definitely like. I have a job to do photoshoots around this city, I hope you're really willing to come along,” hopefully. “You certainly remember, don't you? I haven't changed my decision to make you a personal assistant? So, let's go, your boss has a lot of work,” god.

Tiara laughed and nodded confidently, then also clasped one of her hands on the back of Alfa's hand that was tightly grasping her fingers.