Trapped Charm of Neighboring Wife
Chapter.9 Just a prisoner?

Liora got off the public transport with two shopping bags filled with meat and vegetables, while Mak Onah carried one shopping bag filled with spices. Davi also brought his own snacks that he bought.

By carrying heavy shopping, they had to walk about five minutes into the complex to reach the house. Liora exhaled violently, looking at the distance of the path she had to cross under the scorching morning sun towards this afternoon.

"Let's just Mak who brought his groceries, Non." Mak Onah tried to grab a bag of groceries in Liora's hand. However, Liora directly kept the grocery bag away from the old woman's hand.

"Let me, let me" she tried to smile, although her body was not as strong as she thought and now she was tired.

Geez, not only is her brain stupid, it turns out that this woman also has a weak body. Ck! Liora clucked to find that sweat had started to drench her entire body.

It seems that from now on I will have to train my body again in order to be even stronger to fight against that savage actor and husband. I also don't like the completely unattractive body shape like this, Inner Liora started to devise a plan.

Liora who was still astonished by Tiara's attitude all along, finally ventured to ask Mak Onah. In her patience and emotions that were only as thin as a tissue, Liora could not understand, why Tiara was able to stay afloat amid the inner pressure of her own husband.

"Sir, why did I get so resigned to accept Mas Dery's treatment like this?" Liora tries to find information from the woman referred to as Tiara's nanny.

"It's only been a day that I've been through all this, I feel like I'm just leaving that house. Isn't it that if we're divorced, Mas Dery can't bother me anymore?" groused Liora.

After waking up from a dream last night, Liora decided to find out the marriage system in this country and all the information she could get on the internet.

Yes, Rere had handed the contents of Tiara's bag to her which turned out to contain a cellphone, wallet and some personal belongings Tiara. From there he could see that Tiara was a simple female figure. Even the phone is not locked at all.

In Tiara's room, Liora also finds a laptop that may have been very old Tiara's, only that there are some files that are locked, and she has not been able to open it.

"Because it's not just a matter of marriage, Non. Non Tiara survived in the house because the company papa Non Tiara is now still in the power of Mr. Dery," explained Mak Onah.

"Company, Mak? So all this time Tiara, uh max me .. have company?" liora asked with a deep frown.

"Yes, Non. It used to be when papa and mama Non Tiara accident they left a legacy in the form of a company and some other assets. But, since Non Tiara was still a child, the inheritance was taken over by Non Tiara's in-laws to be managed. After Non Tiara married Mr. Dery, the company is now in Mr. Dery's hands" replied Mak Onah who made Liora widen her eyes.

There is something strange, if indeed all the answers Mak Onah is true. Tiara is more like a prisoner in the Dery family to take possession of the inheritance from both of Tiara's parents. Dery did marry her not out of love, but it could have been just because of possessions.

"But, why doesn't Rere know about this, Mom?" liora asked, considering that Rere had never mentioned the company.

"This matter no one knows, except the higher-ups in the company and Mr. Dery's family. While Mak, know because Mak heard himself when papa Non's lawyer read the inheritance rights in front of Mr. Dery's family." Mak Onah is back.

"When Non Tiara and Mr. Dery were in college, you worked at the Non Tiara family company together. But, after marriage, Non Tiara decided to stop and focus at home" continued Mak Onah again.

Liora nodded her head faintly, in her heart she was surprised instead of playing because it turned out that the problem faced by Tiara was quite complicated. Worth it, even after Tiara found out that her husband was remarried to a former call woman, she still survived.

"Then, what about the accident case? Has the culprit been convicted?" ask Tiara again. He recalls Rere's story saying that Tiara fell into a coma after being hit by a car. Liora also begins to suspect the accident that befell Tiara.

"Already, Non. The culprit was the private driver of one of Mr. Dery's colleagues. He admitted that he was driving in a sleepy state" replied Mak Onah.

"So that's the story." Liora muttered softly, with all thoughts recalling the unfinished words of Tiara when she had a dream last night.

Without feeling now they just live past a few more houses to arrive, when suddenly there is a black Pajero sports car passing ahead of the two of them.

The car's open glass allowed Liora to see clearly who was sitting in the car. His eyes widened when he saw the person he knew very well was looking outwards right as he passed by, until the eyes of the two had met.

"Charly?" muttered Liora while looking at the car that had preceded her, then turned into the house, in front of her house.

For a moment Liora stared, she still did not expect to see the man again, in this second life. The man who was his enemy when he was California. The man who was hunting him was like an animal. And, the man who was also able to fascinate him many times.

I didn't see it wrong, did I? That was Charly? Why is he here too? Is it possible that it was my guess before, that he turned me into this, and this is the whole story? He wants to keep an eye on me, is that why he's here? inner Liora asked.

"Mak? Whose house is it?" Quickly Liora asked Mak Onah, to make sure that it was Charly.

"Oh, the house was empty, he said it sold recently. It seems like the person who bought it just moved away," Mak Onah replied while taking a glimpse at the house with predominantly light gray and black paint.

"Do you know who bought it?" liora asked trying to investigate.

"No," nodded Mak Onah with a frown on her forehead.

"But, he said that he will live here abroad," continued Mak Onah again.

Liora nodded slowly again, she looked back at the new neighbor before passing through the gate. However, the gate in the front house was closed, so that it looks only black iron fence that is no less high than his own house.

It's impossible, right, if Charly finds out I'm Liora? How could it be, while I was stranded in the body of this weak woman. Liora sat inwardly, with worry in her heart.

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Meanwhile, at a restaurant that provides breakfast, a man with brown skin and stocky body, seemed to be sitting with Dery and several other men.

"What about the preparation of our twenty-fifth transaction?" ask the brown man.

"It's almost ready, sir. We just have to coordinate with the parties there," replied Dery convinced.

"Good, try not to change the location, so that we can start to pay attention to the situation there." The man said sternly, his sharp gaze with the luxurious clothes typical of a businessman made everyone unsuspecting of their conversation.

"Well, sir," replied Dery and the other men while nodding for sure.

Some of the people resumed the conversation between them, until finally disbanded after more than an hour there.

Dery looks back on the black BMW X7 car, joining other riders on the road that looks still crowded. Playing jazz music to accompany his journey.