Bond of Love
20

Shanum, who was daydreaming, jumped when he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind his back. Not only that, the back of his head that was covered in hijab was enveloped by a warm breath of the man who owned this room.

The woman turned around, then took one step back because the distance between the two was too close. Their pair of eyes then collide with each other with inner conditions that may be opposite.

Staring silently with question marks. Shanum was slightly stunned by the appearance of the man before him.

Under the light of the lamp, Ben's face looked so handsome. His jaw line was very deep and cold, while his thin lips were clenched waiting for an answer from a woman who was none other than the mother of his child.

"Didn't you remember me at all?" Ben asked as Shanum did not answer.

"J-what answer should I give you? It's very confusing for me" said Shanum.

"Six years ago, we were married, and five years ago you gave birth to Mikayla"

Silent, Shanum thinks Ben is lying.

"Your name is Ralline Shanum Daniswara, and after marriage, your name is Ralline Shanum Harefa"

"Is it because my face is so similar to yours that you're saying we've been married?"

"Are you accusing me of lying?" Ben asked back with a different expression than before.

"Because I feel like I never married you"

The man threw a glance at the large photo that was displayed on the wall with the corner of his lips raised.

"The photo is clear evidence that the bride is you"

Shanum focused on Ben's photo. A second later without saying anything, he lifted his leg, but just two steps past Ben, his wrist suddenly choked.

"Where are you going?" Ben asked without turning around.

"home"

"It's late, I can't take you. Kay's alone at home"

"I can go home by myself"

"But I can't let you go home alone these nights, let alone out of a very heavy rain of wind"

"I can"

"And I can't" Sergey Ben won't lose. "If you want to know the truth about your past, I can help without forcing you to remember it"

"But I can't just believe the stories of strangers like you"

"That's nothing to Nonik or daddy Emir and mommy Anita is free, because their answers will definitely be the same as mine"

Not Ben's sentence that makes Shanum stunned, but the name of daddy mommylah, why Ben can know.

"You know my daddy and mommy's name?" Shanum turned around, looking at the man standing behind him.

The man clucked, then took off a hand that gripped the wrist of his interlocutor. "I'm his son-in-law, it's ridiculous not to know my own name"

"Hand, you can occupy this room. I'm going to sleep in the tv room" Ben added as he walked towards the walk in closet. He wants to get some sleep clothes.

Minutes passed, Shanum was still standing in place after Ben returned with a clean towel and sleeping pajamas.

"In the nightstand drawer there is a memory album, you can see what your past is like. If you still do not believe please ask your personal assistant or family members"

After saying that, Ben immediately stepped foot and headed for the public bathroom outside the room.

"Shut up and rest, your clothes are still neatly tucked away in the dressing room. Good night, Ralline Shanum Harefa"

Shanum's heart pounded as his name was mentioned.

Ralline Shanum Harefa's?

Is he telling the truth? We ever married? But why didn't daddy and mommy tell me?

Suddenly the woman remembered Ben's words.

"Photo album?"

Shanum immediately walked a few steps and pulled the first drawer.

There is no ...

His hand turned to the second drawer.

"F-photo?"

His hands stretched out to reach all the albums that numbered roughly over five.

He opened the first album with a cover that read the wedding R and B.

It's all about her marriage to Ben. One thing that made him think hard, was about his second expression that displayed a forced smile. Just one photo that smiled sincerely full of happiness. Photos are also displayed on the wall with a size that is quite large.

Wh why?

Is this marriage a push?

Both me and Mr. Ben, daddy and mommy did not show any happy expressions at all.

But not with Shanas and Sheina. Their smiles looked bright.

What's with this wedding?

Why Ben's family isn't in the picture at all.

There's only Kellen, daddy Pandu and mommy Nayla?

What's Ben's relationship with them?

The woman is still monologuing in the heart.

"This?" Shanum found a picture of Pandu who was holding his signature.

"In addition to Daddy Aksa, daddy Pandu who was a witness at our wedding?"

"Why are they hiding something this big from me?"

After seeing the wedding album, Shanum switched to a photo album containing Ben's vacation with him. There is no Mikayla on the album yet, but there is one difference from the previous album. A happy smile between the two.

From the photos showing the days of silence until she gave birth all Shanum had seen until not realizing that the clock on the wall had shown the time almost in the middle of the night.

The woman rushed to sleep, but no doubt, she could not close her eyes until three in the morning.

Seriate