18. Don’t Give Up

"Remember the stocks of Wenceslas Group are just crawling up to an improvement. If something bad happens to me, it will definitely bring the stocks down. And the wave of unemployment can't be avoided. It can be said that what you are doing right now has huge risks for other people if you fail to do it." That similar illogic threat was also often addressed to Surya. Later was addressed to Hery.

But Surya was good at making other premises so that he was kind of safe from such threats from his boss. Surya was good at business, while Hery was not at all. This man finally chose to stay up in hunger and his body became the prey of wild mosquitoes to fulfill the absurd request of his boss.

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"Ouchhh" that girl squealed in shock when she felt something landed on her stomach and gush of warm breath behind her neck.

Feeling something odd, she pulled up her blanket and saw a big hand was there, an arm hugged her tightly.

_Whose hand is this_ in the next second she screamed louder due to shock.

"ARRGGHHH…"

"What's going on? What happened?" The man lying behind her jumped from his sleep and directly sat on the edge of the bed. He did not realize it was he himself that made his wife scream.

"Hendra?? How on earth did you come here?" Aruna was in big shock seeing that man was sitting next to her.

He smiled sheepishly and revealed his angelic innocent face. "Hehehe… I missed you so much until I couldn't handle it. I had to meet you."

Aruna smiled listened to his confession. Hendra looked like a little cat hunger for feeding.

In an instant, those huge hands reached her body and pulled her to bed.

Both lovers in unspoken love looked at each other. Their faces were shy but clearly both were bearing unmistaken emotions.

That blue eyed man looked at the face he could only see through video calls for some time closely.

"Knock knock knock" suddenly there was someone knocking the room door.

"Aruna….what shall I do?" Hendra jumped out the bed in horror.

"Hen… hurry! Hide yourself!" Aruna tried to come up to her normal sense and ran to the door.

"Where is your bathroom? Where should I hide?" he lowered his voice and checked any space in that room where he could possibly save himself.

"This house is small, no bathrooms in the bedrooms."

"What? What must I do then?" Hendra got even more confused. It was not easy to hide his tall posture in such small room. Aruna pushed him to a small space in her wardrobe.

"This will ruin your wardrobe." But both of them realized there was no other way. No space under the bed, either. Not for Hendra's tall and athletic posture.

Hendra curled up under his wife's clothes which were hanging in that narrow space. With such difficult position, he faintly heard the talks out there.

"What have happened? Why did you scream in the middle of the night?" it was father Lesmana who knocked his youngest daughter's room.

"Hehehe…. I'm so sorry Dad, I was watching a horror film. The ghost scared me"

"Oh…okay. You can't sleep? Do I need to stay here until you sleep?"

Aruna rolled eyes in disbelieved.

"Give me a break Dad. I'm not a little girl anymore. Just go to sleep. I'm okay. I'm sorry to bother your sleep." She pushed her father body so that she could close the door.

That old man had no reason to stay with her daughter. She was not his little girl anymore. Hendra kept watching all those scenes from a small opening of the door. The wardrobe door was not securely shut. It remained opened to leave small air for Hendra to breathe. Curling up in such tiny room was not easy for him. He wished he could jump out as soon as the father left. The air got hotter in there.

"Errr…wait Aruna" suddenly her father turned around and held the door handle she was about to close.

Hendra jerked to stop from jumping out. He held to his previous position to curl up there and held the door firmly.

"I heard a man's voice from here. It couldn't be your voice." He sneaked into her daughter's room and searched something he was suspicious about.

"Oh… that voice? It was when I was watching that film and threw my mobile phone and the earpiece that was stuck in my ears was loosen, too. So, the man voice came from the film." Aruna tried to make up story to make her dad believe her.

After he could not find anything suspicious, Lesmana kissed her forehead and went out.

"Don't watch horror films until late though. You have classes to attend tomorrow." He made sure his daughter listened to him well before he went back to his room.

"Sure Dad" she smiled to calm him down. She securely locked the door and hurried to the wardrobe. She found her husband was wet with sweats and his head knocked the wardrobe walls.

"Hahahaha" both were laughing.

He looked at the girl he really loved now was standing in front of him. All his tiresome was vanished. He hugged her tightly.

"I love you…"

"I love you, too."

His whispered was replied the same. It sent such strange sensations to his body and his heart pounded hard.

"Aruna…can I taste your lips?" the only heir of Wenceslas never asked permission first. He knew his fault and he wanted to build new images to the girl he married with so many complications. The girl he stalked today and he was full of regrets.

Aruna smiled. She inhaled the warmth of his breath and reached him closer. She stood on her toes and tried to reach him.

Hendra smiled at her effort. He held her up and bent his head. He hugged her firmly.

And…he got a perfect kiss from the girl he previously found it hard to kiss.

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"How's you study honey?" Hendra open the talks after both of them back to sit on the edge of the bed.

"Fine"

It hurt him to hear her lie to comfort him. He knew she was not fine at all. She did not trust him yet. Suddenly there was an urge feeling that he wanted to be needed by her. He could be the place she cried all her tears out. He wanted to get involved the in the life issues she face.

He tried to control his pain by folding her blanket. The he found her buried her face on his chest, hiding her face there. Hendra pulled himself down to catch her eyes.

"Hendra…" she buried herself even deeper. She did not want him see her sad eyes.

"Seeing you is expensive. You should know what I have done in order to see your face. So, don't hide it from me. At least not this night."

Aruna heard him. She sat down and let him see her face completely.

"Hen…" she had not finished her words, suddenly Hendra buried his face to her stomach, circling his arms around her and hid there.

"I am so sorry" he sighed and lowered his voice as if the express how deep was his regrets to cause her face very big disappointment.

"What is wrong with you? Sorry for what?" she ran her fingers to his brown hair and caressed it slowly, and the touch warmed his heart.

"Aruna…." He held up his face and his hands on her laps

"Never ever give to be my wife. I will try my best so that we can sleep together every night." He said.

She snapped her finger to his forehead lightly.

"Only that stuff comes to your mind."

"Hehehe… since you are away, I have to do some exercises every night to feel tired. That way I can sleep faster"

"That is good. You get healthier"

"The problem is I get new phobia. I have to move my private room to Wenceslas Ritz Hotel."

"What? What kind of phobia?"

"I'm a phobia of your traces!"

"Huh! You got to be kidding!"

"I'm serious! I replaced all the interiors and I can't go in to our room in the main house."

"You are number one on weirdness."

"Because I love you so much. Please stay strong for me until I can find ways for us to be together. I can't promise you happiness or safety. But I use myself as the warranty."

Thud thud thud

Finally the cold heart of that young woman was alive again as he made a confession.

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The book [One A CEO Wife] is the season II from the book [Stealing The Wife's First Kiss]. If you want to read it in chronological order, you can start reading it in season I [Stealing The Wife's First Kiss]. Moreover, the novel [Once A CEO Wife] can be enjoyed independently because it presents different conflicts.