Chapter 8: Independent Life

Before she knew it, times would fly by and it was getting late. They fall asleep quickly. However, not long before Airyn woke up from her sleep that she had to go to the bathroom. Once she came out from the bathroom, by chance she saw Zavier curled up on the small couch while holding a bolster. She took the blanket she just used and tucked it over him. Then she took the bathrobe she had used after taking a bath and used it for her blanket earlier.

The sunlight slowly seeped through the gaps in the window. Zavier had been sleeping soundly and woke up quickly as he realized that the new day just started. However, unlike Airyn, he did not bother that the sun went up. It was because he was very exhausted last night.

"Who covered me with the blanket?" Zavier muttered in disbelief when he came to his senses.

"Ah, am I stupid?" Zavier said to himself when he saw Airyn still curled up on the bed with a bathrobe she used to cover herself.

Without saying anything, Zavier immediately got up from the couch and walked over her with a blanket in his hand. He covered her body with it, then took the bathrobe she had been wearing since last night and put it in the bathroom.

He returned to the couch and checked lots of incoming notifications in his cellphone.

"Zavier, after you both wake up ... please go to restaurant G**** at 8 o'clock. We're all waiting for you there," it was the message Caroline sent him. He glanced at Airyn for a moment and sighed heavily before finally waking her up.

"Hey," Zavier called, shaking her shoulder lightly. Without wasting anymore time, Airyn immediately blinked a few times to adjust with the light before finally opening her eyes completely.

"Oh! W—what's going on?" Airyn asked surprised when she saw him behind her when she turned around.

"Get ready, we'll leave exactly at 8." Zavier replied, looking at hear indifferently.

"What? Wait, it's half past eight!" Airyn panicked after checking the time on her cellphone.

"Calm down, quickly get prepared," said Zavier still with a straight face. Airyn looked at him perplexedly for a moment until she finally came to her senses.

"A—ah, sorry...." she replied and went straight into the bathroom. Zavier just shook his head and checked his phone again.

After fixing up her hair and washing her face, Airyn immediately came out of the bathroom.

"Ah, sorry Zavier... I must get my clothes in the next room," said Airyn before going to the next room to get her clothes.

"Your parent has your, Airyn." Hearing that, Airyn widened her eyes in disbelief.

"T—then what about my clothes? How can I get out of here?" She said in panic. Zavier looked at her from top to bottom. Actually, she looked just fine, as there were many women out there who purposely wore clothes much worse than what she was wearing today. However, he began to understand her intentions. He also began to know that she was a type of woman who really did not like to reveal her private parts.

"You can wear my sportwear pants if you want," he said that made Airyn look up at him.

"Sure! Thanks again! Can I get it now?"

"Yeah." Zavier replied. Airyn quickly took one of the sportwear pants and went straight into the bathroom to put it on.

This time Zavier got ready with his jacket and car Airyn's in his hand. After Airyn came out of the bathroom, he was momentarily stunned to see Airyn in his oversized sportwear pants.

"Do I look weird?" Airyn asked while tilting her head timidly.

"No." Zavier said and came over her.

"Excuse me, but you can pull up the pants string so it won't slip down," he said while pulling the pants string that Airyn was wearing, which made her face turn red.

"T—thank you." Airyn said once Zavier had finished tightening the pants string.

"Yes." Zavier replied and walked out of the room. Damn, what have I done?! He said to himself. Airyn immediately took her cellphone and followed him, after locked the door.

"Where are we going?" Airyn asked after they were both in the car.

"Have some food." Zavier answered briefly, then immediately started his car and drove to the restaurant that his father was referring to.

After arriving at the restaurant, they went straight in and found their families who seemed to have been waiting for their arrival for a long time.

"Ah, the newlyweds have finally arrived." Rainer said, welcoming them with a smile.

"Sorry, we just arrived." Airyn said awkwardly.

"No problem, dear. Please sit down." Zivanna said as she gently pulled Airyn by her wrist and brought her to sit beside her.

"Thank you." Airyn said.

"Okay, let's just go straight. Today, we'll return to Jakarta. From now on, you're not allowed to stay in your own homes. You must live self-sufficiently." Giovani spoke straight forward as usual.

"Sorry Zavier, Airyn, you must help yourselves and find a place to stay. We won't give you a single penny. However, especially for today and tomorrow, we'll give some money for you to make the best use of it." Zivanna said. Hearing that, Zavier and Airyn widened their eyes.

"Okay, we'll use the money properly." Airyn replied slowly, but certain.

"Ah good, and Zavier… you'll be working at my company starting next week." Rainer said to his son.

"Well, then… can we go back to the hotel now?" Zavier asked aloofly.

"Why? You must have some breakfast first, Zavier." Zivanna said and looking at Zavier perplexedly.

"We'll have some breakfast outside, excuse me." Zavier replied and then immediately grabbed Airyn by her wrist and took her out of the restaurant.

"Where do you want to go?" Zavier asked without looking at Airyn when they were already on their way.

"H-how about having breakfast at the hotel instead? We can call the delivery or just take away." Airyn answered hesitantly.

"Okay, we'll just take away." Zavier said then drove his car to the nearest restaurant. Once they ordered some foods, they went straight to the hotel.