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 afternoon, Axell left the orphanage and headed home. Axell didn't want to leave Emily for too long because of Emily's condition; she was pregnant and had fainted yesterday.Axell drove his car at high speed so as to get home not too late at night because the area of his house was passing through a vulnerable and unpopulated area.Axell couldn't think of Mr. Mattew, who was thinking of buying a house in the West while Emily was pregnant. Access to the hospital was quite far."What exactly is Mr. Mattew's goal?" Axell muttered as he lit his cigarette.Axell smoked his cigarette lightly and slowly through the smoke out of the car through the window that had been opened wide.Axell felt that his life had become a mess since Mr. Matthew forced him to marry Emily. Axell was caught up in it, and now his life is consumed by ambition.The car began to enter a deserted area. Axell increased the speed of the car and closed all the windows.At exactly six o'clock in the afternoon, Axell entered the gate of the housing complex, which was guarded by four security guards. This luxury housing complex didn't have too many houses—probably only about a hundred—and not all of them were inhabited. At night, it felt so tense to leave the house.Security saluted Axell and let him in, closing the towering gates again. This complex was probably for rich people to seclude themselves in search of tranquility or to also avoid the outside world. Either way, it was clear that Axell was now trapped inside this prison-like housing estate.Bidin, one of the workers at his house, deftly opened the fence for Axell to enter."Thank you," Axell said respectfully.Bidin just nodded.Axell entered the house with a variety of food and fruits for their needs."Emily, I brought you pizza," Axell said as he handed a box of pizza to Emily, who was sitting in front of the TV."Thanks.""Hmmm.""Let's start living a normal life without fighting; just consider me your friend," Axell said as he sat next to Emily."Or, if you prefer, consider me your driver and housekeeper," Axell continued.Emily just looked away, then refocused on the TV show while eating a slice of pizza."I'm going to my room; excuse me," Axell said as he walked away."Move to our room!" shouted Emily.Emily's shout stopped Axell in his tracks, and he walked back closer to Emily. Because they lived in a new house, they did sleep in separate rooms. because Emiliy really hated Axell."You're not wrong?"Emily just shook her head."Are you sure? Axell asked again."Yes," Emily replied indifferently."Why?" Axell probed."I need your body," Emily replied casually."If that's all, just call me when you need me. Or you can come to my room," Axell said as he walked back to his room in the back.Emily just squinted her eyes in surprise at Axell's back as he walked back to the maid's room."Would you like to eat, sir?" asked Inah, their maid, startling Axell."I'll prepare the food, sir?" asked Inah."Aunt, don't treat me like that; we're the same. We're the same servants here," laughed Axell."Thank you, but you don't have to bother; I'll get it myself. I'm not used to being served," Axell continued."But, Mr. Mattew said...," Inah said quietly, immediately covering her mouth with her hand."What did Mr. Mattew say?" asked Axell, turning around.****"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
"I know, sir," Reny answered casually, sitting close to Axell."Don't tease me if you already know Ren; you'll regret it," warned Axell."What's wrong with it, sir?" said Reny, frowning."I appreciate my wife.""No need to be hypocritical, sir. You married Mr. Mattew's daughter because you had to, right? And she doesn't love you either, right?" Reny replied irritably.Don't know what's wrong with this woman; she doesn't seem to like it when Axell mentions his wife."Whether we love it or not, it's clear that we are married," answered Axell, still closing his eyes."I can give you what she can't, sir," said Reny, holding Axell's cheek.Axell a little roughly brushed Reny's hand away, making the woman feel very annoyed."And you need to know that I am nobody and have nothing. All of this belongs to my wife's parents. So, don't try to tempt me!" Axell stared sharply at Reny.Axell went to his desk past Reny, who was disappointed at being rejected. This is the first time someone has rejec
"You're sick," Axell said later.Axell alertly guided Emily to the side of the road where there was a seat and gave Emily a bottle of mineral water, which was always available in his car."Drink first," said Axell, handing him the mineral water he had opened.Emily received the water and then drank half the bottle."I can't stand the smell," Emily said later."Well, let's just look for a minimarket," said Axell.Finally, the two of them got back into the car to look for a minimarket. However, after they were satisfied with wandering around until dusk became dark, they didn't find any minimarkets; there were only a few quite large shops, but when sunset arrived, everything closed at once.Emily just sighed at how bleak her life was now after being exiled by her own father."Just go home," Emily muttered quietly.Axell just nodded and glanced briefly at his wife, who looked disappointed."This is the reason why I can't let you go alone," said Axell, glancing at his wife."This place is
Axell was silent when he heard Inah's question. He himself wasn't sure about his feelings or whether he really loved someone like Emily, who used to sell his body. All this time, it had never occurred to him to love someone like Emily. However, for some reason, his heart sometimes warmed when Emily was kind to him.However, Axell immediately dismissed all of this; he was self-conscious because Emily never loved him in the slightest."Didn't Emily have a boyfriend?" Axell asked Inah."As far as I know, before she was found out, she was pregnant, but after that, he never came home again until now," answered Inah."What is their style of dating?" Axell asked probingly."Yes, that's how it is; sometimes they date in the room from morning until evening; if it comes at night, they stay in the room until morning," answered Inah."Doesn't Mr. Mattew know?" Axell asked in surprise."Mr. and Mrs. Mattew never pay attention to Emily; they only have to eat breakfast together, and the rest they do