"How was it?" asked Axell, who had just come out of the bathroom with a mocking smile.
"Son of a bitch, what do I have to sign?" asked Emily, staring Axell in the eyes."Don't be angry; everything is reciprocal," whispered Axell, who then handed Emily a piece of paper.It turned out that Axell had prepared everything; he had prepared several sheets of the same paper. Because he knew Emily would not sign it with just one threat,Emily furrowed her brow as she read the paper Axell handed her. "Why make another agreement? Didn't you already sign an agreement with my father?"Emily gave Axell a probing look."That's different. The agreement with Mr. Mattew was between me and him. And this one is between the two of us," Axell replied casually.In the event of a divorce between Axell and Emily, forty percent of Mattew's property belongs to Axell Waned. [And if they stay together, Mattew is obliged to give Axell twenty percent of his property to be managed by Axell.]That was one of the contents of the agreement made by Axell."Asshole! You want to rob?" asked Emily, who still didn't want to sign the letter."If it's robbery, I'll take 100% without telling you. This is an agreement, and the options are quite diverse.""You can choose that we divorce and your parents lose 40% of the wealth, or you can remain my wife with only 20% transferred to me. And if you refuse both, then the third option is that you will lose all your property and live as a hobo on the streets, because I will spread Mr. Mattew's crimes," Axell continued as he grabbed Emily's chin."Put your hand down; I'm disgusted to be touched by someone like you!" Emily said it coldly."And what's this? You want to be the CEO of Mattew Group; you really need a big mirror so you know who you are. Don't look up so high!" taunted Emily as she read all the agreements made by Axell."I don't care! Whether you want to or not, the choice is yours!" replied Axell later.Grumbling, it wasn't long before Emily picked up the pen that Axell had also prepared and signed the agreement."Done!""Clever," said Axell with a satisfied smile, and he put the agreement away."Want this?" Axell asked Emily, showing his the brown envelope that she had been reading."No need!" replied Emily."Good!" Axell then kept the agreement letter that Emily had just signed along with the brown envelope.The document was obtained by Axell by accident. Some time ago, Mr. Mattew asked Axell to copy quite a lot of documents. And one of them was the document that was in the brown envelope. And it seemed to be Matthew's negligence.Because he felt there was something strange about Mr. Mattew's request to marry his daughter, Axell dared to copy and save it in case he needed it one day. And sure enough, on his wedding day with Emily, he used it to his advantage.Emily was still staring angrily at Axell. And then, unexpectedly, Axell hugged Emily's body and tried to kiss Emily's lips roughly."Be a submissive wife, Emily," Axell said.Emily, who was not ready to get such treatment, tried to rebel and hit Axell with her hands, but her strength was inferior to the strength possessed by Axell.Finally, Emily could only accept Axell's treatment; even Emily closed her eyes when Axell's hands explored her chest."You hypocrite! Your mouth and body are out of sync, Emily," mocked Axell as he released Emily's body from his arms."Your mouth says disgust, but your body shows a different reaction. You've only touched it a little," Axell chuckled as he walked back to the sofa.Emily was speechless; she was so angry that she wanted to finish Axell off. However, this time Axell had great strength.**Breakfast in Mattew's family.Emily and Axell walked hand in hand to the dining room; there was already Mr. Matthew and his wife, Emma."Who told you to sit here? There's no room for hoboes! You eat in the back with everyone else," Emma said casually to Axell as she spooned fried rice into his mouth."Okay, Mom," Axell replied as he turned to walk away."Don't call me mommy; it's disgusting to hear. Call me madam!"Axell just nodded and headed to the back room, where the servants ate together."Why, mom? Just eat; just leave Axell here," Emily said to Emma."What, you want him to eat here? Who let this rascal dirty the dining table?" asked Emma angrily."He's Emily's husband!"The husband and wife's eyeballs rounded at their daughter's words. They were surprised that Emily cared about Axell when they had only been married for one night. And Emily had refused to marry Axell from the start.Meanwhile, Axell smiled to himself at Emily's defense."I'll stay behind," Axell said, walking away."You're here!" snapped Emily, asking Axell to sit next to her again."I'm fine, Emily," Axell replied quietly."Then I'll eat over there," Emily said, to everyone's surprise."Emily! Go back to your seat! And you, Axell! Go to the back!" commanded Mr. Mattew angrily as his daughter melted toward Axell.Axell enjoyed his breakfast by chatting with all the workers in Mr. Mattew's house.Axell was more comfortable with them than being at the same table with Emily and his in-laws. Axell didn't even feel embarrassed to laugh with them.After breakfast, from the second floor, Emily looked at Axell with a sharp gaze."You trash; it should be back in the trash can! Emily muttered when she saw Axell helping Sari take out the trash.Axell smiled, knowing there were a pair of eyes watching him. "One person is already in my plans.""One day the Mattew family will recognize Axell Waned. You picked the wrong person, Mr. Matthew," Axell continued in his heart with a sly smile.After taking out the trash, Axell quickly approached Emily."How old is that womb of yours?" asked Axell as he threw his ass on the chair next to Emily."None of your business!" replied Emily curtly."I'll be the father," Axell said casually."Unclean!""So you're going to tell his later that he doesn't have a father? Or rather, that he doesn't know whose seed he's growing because so many people are fucking you?" asked Axell."That's my business!" replied Emily."Who exactly are you? Why did my father choose you to be my husband?" asked Emily curiously.Axell just laughed at Emily's question."You don't know me? Well, my name is Axell Waned," said Axell as he extended his hand to Emily.Emily just let Axell's hand evaporate in the air without welcoming it, until finally Axell smiled and lowered his hand."Your father, Mr. Mattew, already knows who I am, who is nothing but a photocopier at his company. So, what else don't you know?" Axell asked Emily."I don't need that answer; what I want to know is why you wanted to marry me. For money?" Emily probed."You already know the answer. Why do you still ask?""Money?" asked Emily, guessing. Though it should have been from what Axell did, Emily no longer needed to ask. Everything was clear."What else? I was forced into it by being given money. I had no choice but to accept," Axell replied casually."Do you already know my situation?""No! I thought you had a disorder or that you were an unsalable person, so you needed to find a mate.""After finding out?""The original goal of accepting you for who you are and building a good household immediately changed course. My orientation towards this marriage changed," Axell answered honestly."Became?" asked Emily as she furrowed her brow."Money and power by using you!" replied Axell."You're sneaky and shameless!" growled Emily as she clenched her hands into fists."I'm just using and learning from circumstances and reality, Emily! Am I wrong?" asked Axell, smiling into Emily's eyes.Emily was increasingly angered by Axell's behavior, who seemed to be an obedient cat in front of his parents but became like the incarnation of the devil when he was just alone with her."You're more savage than the devil!" Emily shouted angrily.****"Isn't it worth it?" Axell asked again."What is?""You ruined my life with this marriage, and here I am not considered human. So, there's a price to pay, wifey," Axell chuckled as he patted Emily's cheek."Don't think you can get me! As you know, you don't deserve to be married to me!" replied Emily with a chuckle.She even swatted away Axell's hand, which was still on her face, very rudely."We'll see who falls to their knees in love.""Ck! That sucks!"Axell smiled, grinning, which annoyed Emily even more.Right now, Emily really felt like she had lost to Axell."I'm going to ask you to move into my mom's house," Axell said then.Emily widened her eyes at that; even thinking about it made her shudder in horror."No way, that would be a cramped, stuffy hut!" replied Emily, refusing Axell's request."You're my wife now, so you have to come with me wherever I go," Axell said casually."I still don't want to; I'm not a goat who has to sleep in a rickety house," replied Emily, who was
Mattew stared at Axell with a piercing gaze, like he wanted to eat him alive."What is this nonsense?" he snarled."Just a copy of a document, sir; the original has been scanned, and I'm ready to send it to ABC Group," Axell replied casually."Oh yes, sir, I have one recording that can make you happy," continued Axell, sending a video that he managed to record that night.Yes, last night, Axell accidentally saw and heard what Mattew was doing with his secretary, Lily. That night, Mattew was making love to Lily while plotting a plan to ruin the ABC Group company. That's when Axell took the opportunity to record everything and now uses it as a weapon to intimidate Mattew."You bastard, how dare you?" Mattew asked emotionally and pulled Axell's shirt collar. He certainly didn't expect that the person who was married to his daughter would now have the audacity to threaten him. And Mattew also felt that he had misjudged Axell, who had looked like an obedient dog, now that he was turning in
Before arriving at the orphanage, Axell shopped for some of the orphanage's daily needs as well as various snacks for the children."Brother Axell!" greeted the children enthusiastically when they saw Axell's arrival, especially seeing so many snacks brought by Axell."Hi, my dear brothers and sisters," said Axell while holding one of the boys, who was about three years old."Where's mom?" Axell asked. "She's inside," they replied simultaneously.Axell smiled. "Come on, let's eat the snacks together. You call mom?" Axell asked the eight-year-old girl."Yes."Axell was lost in happiness with his mother and younger brother and sister."Mom, Axell is moving out of town to the west," Axell said with his head down."Why did you move so far away?" asked Mrs. Ania."Mr. Mattew bought a house for Axell and Emily in that area, Mom. I'm sorry Axell won't be here much. But Axell will always send needs here.""Yes, be careful. Greetings to your wife.""Yes mom."At exactly two o'clock in the af
"Mr. Mattew said what?" Axell asked again when he found his maid silent and shaking her head."Ah, no. Nothing," Inah replied nervously, and she went to her room.However, before she could take a step, Axell had already grabbed her hand."Where are you going?" Axell asked."To the master's room," Inah replied hesitantly."Aunt, I hate lies the most. Tell me what Mr. Mattew said," Axell said quietly, but with a frightening look in his eyes."Yes, sir.""Tell me quickly!" Axell pressed. "Earlier, when Mr. Mattew was here, he said that Mr. Axell is the president director of his company, so we have to monitor your every move. There's even some CCTV installed in this house, but I don't know exactly where. I swear!" whispered Inah softly."Is there one here?" asked Axell, pointing to where they were talking."I don't think so, because I didn't see them in the kitchen.""Alright, thanks. No need to prepare my meal; I'll prepare it myself.""Yes, sir."Axell walked away and entered his room,
Axell grunted in annoyance and chose to sit on the terrace again until the morning."Why is Mr. Axell here?" asked Bidin when he came out of the house after dawn."It's okay, just getting some fresh air," Axell replied while putting out his cigarette."I think you've been here since last night; there are so many cigarette marks," continued Bidin while sitting next to Axell."From one o'clock.""Why sir?"Axell shook his head, and then both of them fell silent with their own thoughts."Sir, can I ask you something?" asked Bidin hesitantly."You can.""Where does your family live?"Axell let out a long sigh before answering Bidin's question."I've lived in an orphanage since I was a child; my parents dumped me in an orphanage in the East," Axell replied dreamily."Since what age?""Since I was a week old, my mother found me near a garbage can guarded by a dog all night.""What does that mean?""I was thrown out in the middle of the night; there was a dog looking for food."Axell took a
After breakfast, Axell said goodbye to Emily and went to work."I work first," said Axell as he stood up from his seat."Do you know the place?" asked Emily."Mr. Mattew sent a car with a driver.""Who?""Peter.""Peter's the driver?" asked Emily as she frowned."Yes, why?" replied Axell briefly."It's okay," Emily replied a little nervously. It seemed like Emily knew Peter well.On the front porch, Bidin was ready and waiting for Axell. Bidin was going to the nearby market to buy gardening supplies.After about thirty minutes, they arrived at the paper mill that Axell was going to lead. Bidin got off at the gate and continued to the market by motorcycle taxi.Meanwhile, Axell went straight to the thirty-minute introductory meeting. Axel walked around the factory. When the opportunity arose, Axell put on his jacket and glasses, went to the ojek base, and followed Bidin to the market.The distance between the factory and the market was about twenty minutes by motorcycle taxi. Axell arr
It was almost nine o'clock at night when Axell arrived home. Emily was still in front of the TV, wearing a shirt that lacked material. Peter glanced at Emily several times before entering his room."Where did you buy it?" asked Emily ignorantly."Near the factory, there are many who sell it.""Hem, I don't like street food!" Emily replied curtly."Why?""It's not delicious.""Okay, it's okay if you don't want it. But until when? You look around here; this is a dumping ground. Where you have to travel for about four hours to reach the city and buy the food you're talking about.""And it's not every day that someone goes to town either," Axell continued."I have a car.""Whatever you want," Axell said as he carried the box of martabak back and placed it on the dining table.Axell climbed the stairs to his room, which Inah had cleaned, and his study.Loosening his tie and opening the window, he let the night breeze into his room. Axell breathed in the night breeze, calming his heart a li
Axell was still standing on the balcony, looking around. Only a few houses seemed to have lights on to illuminate this complex; others only had dim lights in front of the house, indicating that the house was uninhabited.Without feeling the time showing midnight, Axell was still standing in his place. Don't know how many cigarettes he has smoked. Until now, Axell had started coughing; maybe he had swallowed too much smoke.Finally, Axell chose to enter to immediately rest his body. Looking at the white sky of the room and hypnotizing Axell, he immediately fell asleep.Meanwhile, in her room, Emily could not close her eyes. She cursed Peter, who had abused her. In the past, Emily often invited Peter to accompany her when she was feeling down.The dazzling morning sunlight made Axell wake up. The sun had shone through his room because the windows and curtains were not closed. Axell immediately checked the clock on his wall; it was still seven in the morning. Even though he had overslept
Slowly, the ground began to rise; Zahra was truly gone forever and never returned.From a distance, a man accompanied by two other people seemed to be watching Zahra's funeral procession and saw how fragile Axell was left by his wife. He was Axell's biological father, namely Fredd Waned.Slowly, the mourners left the cemetery area, leaving only Axell, Mrs. Ania, Mrs. Celline, her father and mother, Zahra's older siblings, and Jojo and friends.Axell hugged Zahra's gravestone while kissing it."Come on, son, be sincere, be sincere," said the father, reminding Axell and patting Axell's shoulder.Ari and Frans also waited in the distance.Meanwhile, a man dressed all in black had entered a car and was watching Axell, who was still stunned beside the mound of red earth on Zahra's grave, which was full of flowers from inside his car."Come on, son, let's go home," said Mrs. Ania to Axell.Axell only shook his head slowly and was still stunned by his position."Son, let's go home. It looks
The recitation of the holy verses of the Qur'an echoed throughout the room, sounding so compact. Those who had just arrived took their respective positions and immediately became absorbed in reading the holy verses of the Qur'an."Mom," Tama called softly when Emily and Aunt Sri invited the two children to dinner."Let's eat first, son, or you'll get sick," Emily coaxed Tama and Rikel."Do you want Mama's omelet?" Tama said a moment later.Making Emily and Aunt Sri look at each other."Mama will make it, son?" Emily said and went straight to the kitchen. Aunt Inah, who saw that, approached."What do you want, son?" asked Aunt Inah."Auntie, help Emily, Auntie. The children want Mama's omelet," Emily said hoarsely.Aunt Inah, who had seen Zahra make vegetable omelettes several times, tried to make them."Hopefully the children like them," said Aunt Inah, handing over two of the children's favorite vegetable omelets."Thank you, Auntie," replied Emily, who walked towards the dining tabl
"Alma Putri Waned" was the name they gave to their beautiful newborn daughter.Everyone rejoiced over the birth of the biological daughter of Axell Waned, who was once an abandoned child and is now a respected young person.Axell was stunned when he looked at his wife, who was being treated by a doctor and several nurses. Doctor Bella's face looked anxious."Zahra," Axell called to the body, which was already pale and limp.Zahra opened her eyes and smiled at her husband. Axell saw Zahra, who was so beautiful when she smiled, even though her face looked pale."Hang on, dear," said Axell, holding Zahra's hand with tears in his eyes."Hang on, dear, for the sake of our child Alma," said Axell hoarsely.Zahra just nodded weakly. Axell held on and continued to kiss his wife's hand. Meanwhile, his father and mother were also at the tip of Zahra's head.Father continued to recite verses from the Qur'an, Mother continued to whisper the name of Allah in Zahra's ear, and the doctor, assisted b
Rigo drove the car at high speed towards the nearest hospital, where Zahra usually had her check-ups, and also where Doctor Bella practiced.The road conditions on the weekend were more congested than usual, even though Rigo had turned on the hazard lights but still seemed to have difficulty breaking through the traffic jam."Be careful, go," Axell warned Rigo, who honked several times at two-wheeled drivers who seemed to be breaking through the traffic jam."Yes, sir," Rigo replied."Also, look at the pedestrians," said Mrs. Celline."Yes, ma'am," Rigo replied without taking his eyes off the road.Zahra had not felt any severe pain, only occasional pain, and it went away."Honey, forgive Zahra if I did something wrong. Be pleased with Zahra, honey," Zahra said softly."Yes, honey, honey apologizes too. Honey is always pleased with you," said Axell, hugging Zahra tightly while crying."Mom, Zahra apologizes," Zahra said, looking at Mrs. Ania.“Yes, dear, I have forgiven you, and forgi
"Ehm," said Emily, making the couple who were watching the fish in the pond turn their heads."Emily! Come sit here," invited Zahra enthusiastically."Sorry to bother you; I brought breakfast and want to have breakfast together here," said Emily with a smile."Sure," replied Zahra.While Axell just stayed silent and still held Zahra's hand tightly,."Let's have breakfast; Aunt Inah has prepared it," invited Emily."Aunt Celline told me to call you both," continued Emily again."What did you bring?" asked Axell."Uduk rice, fried food, plus siomay," answered Emily happily.“There are so many menus; Aunt Rasi and Aunt Inah also cooked?” asked Axell.“No, because last night I called Aunt Inah and said that I wanted to bring breakfast here and eat with you,” laughed Emily while scratching her head that wasn’t itchy.“Okay, honey, let’s have breakfast,” invited Zahra while pulling Axell’s hand.Axell just nodded, walking, holding Zahra’s hand, and following Emily, who walked first.“What d
“What’s wrong with you?” asked Axell while framing Zahra’s face with both of his hands.“It’s okay, honey; I just want to leave Alma with you,” answered Zahra softly.“Don’t tell me you want to leave, honey.” said Axell.“It never crossed my mind, honey; Zahra never thought about leaving,” said Zahra, holding back her sobs.“So what?” Axell.“None of us know how long we’ll live, honey; we don’t know how long,” answered Zahra.“Honey, I understand; maybe you’re scared of giving birth, huh?” asked Axell.Zahra just nodded.“Think positively and be enthusiastic; we’ll raise our child together. "Darling, I'm always there for you," said Axell, hugging his wife."Don't be afraid; we pray together to Allah. Ask for help and protection," said Axell, gently stroking Zahra's hair while holding back his tears.Axell also thought about what Zahra was afraid of. And he was very afraid of it happening, imagining his child being raised without a mother.Axell lifted his face up, holding back his tea
Zahra lowered her head. However, who would have thought that the woman would walk closer to Zahra?"Zahra, right?" asked the woman.Zahra held Axell's left hand. Axell realized something, turned his head, and put the cellphone in his right hand's pants pocket."Yes, ma'am, what's wrong?" asked Axell."Ma'am? Do you think I'm your mother?" asked the woman rudely to Axell."But the women here are the ones who want to check their pregnancies, so where did I go wrong?" asked Axell in surprise.And now they were the center of attention for the waiting patients."Ma'am Zahra," called the nurse on duty.Coincidentally, Zahra's name had been called, and Axell embraced Zahra casually, leaving the woman.The doctor checked Zahra's pregnancy; everything looked fine. The child inside was also growing very well and moving actively."The gender is already clearly visible," said Doctor Bella.“Doctor, you’re just curious, so what’s the gender, doc?” asked Axell.“It looks like a girl,” answered the
“We’re going to the doctor today, right?” Axell asked Zahra while she was getting ready to go to work.“Let Zahra be alone, honey,” Zahra said while preparing socks for her husband.Axell stopped the activity of his hands that were buttoning his shirt.“What’s wrong?” Axell asked then.“Nothing, honey; who knows, honey is busy. It’s a weekday,” Zahra replied, looking away as she made eye contact with Axell.“It’s normal, right? We check on weekdays. And what’s wrong with that?” Axell asked.“Yes, Zahra is afraid of disturbing honey’s work; who knows, honey is busy,” Zahra replied, pretending to be busy with the socks in her hands.“I work for my own company, Zahra,” Axell replied.“Even though it’s my own, you can’t just set a bad example for your employees, right, honey?” Zahra asked.“What’s wrong with you?” Axell asked, approaching because Zahra always avoided him when their gazes met.“What’s wrong, honey? Zahra is fine, honey,” Zahra replied.Axell held Zahra’s hand as she was ab
"According to my biological mother, he is my biological father. But I don't know if it's true or not, because I can't find his whereabouts," said Axell, looking down."Are you looking for him?" asked Alin."Yes."“Why shouldn’t he be the one to come? You’re already famous, and your mother has appeared in the media admitting that you are his child,” Alin teased.“I was hoping for that, but years after his mother appeared, she still didn’t come. Maybe she’s happy with her family because I’m not the child she expected,” Axell said quietly.“Maybe she’s embarrassed, because he’s a businessman who disappeared without a trace,” Alin argued.“Why embarrassed? I already know the story,” Axell said.“Will you continue looking for him?” Alin asked.“Yes, because I’m afraid of my future descendants. I’m afraid of meeting a blood relative, and we don’t realize it,” Axell said.“Hmmm… Sorry, sir, our story has deviated far from business,” Alin said, smiling.“Ah yes, I was just confiding in you; f