TWO

Brakk

Once again Eden slammed her food tray and made the entire floor of her room dirty because of the food she had been slamming all this time. The woman with a cold face looked at Aciel's servant and told her to leave because she would never want to eat if the food came from Aciel.

"Never feed me, because I will never want to eat it."

“But ma’am, you must eat to recover your condition.”

The servant coaxed softly with a frightened look on her face. She tried to give a plate of fruit to Eden which she managed to save when Eden slammed the plates on the floor, but again Eden refused and almost threw the bowl containing the fruit on the floor, before a man with an aristocratic face came inside room and told the servant to leave.

“Come out, I will persuade her to eat. Please just clean up the leftovers that are scattered here," told the man to be wise.

The servant immediately nodded deeply at the man and immediately excused herself to take the cleaning equipment.

“Ed, why did you turn out to be like this?” asked the man quietly as he sat down next to Eden.

Eden turned her face the other way and seemed reluctant to look at the person she was talking to.

"I haven't changed a bit, this is the real me. Let me go Aciel,” said Eden coldly.

Aciel turned Eden's shoulder harshly and forced the woman to look into his eyes which were already filled with a dense mist of anger.

“Your place is here! You are my wife, and I will never let you go. Like it or not, you have to accept it. After all we got married a year ago, so wherever you go you will always be my wife.”

"No! I don't want to be your wife. You forced me and threatened me using the people I care about. Now you've made me lose anthony, you even threatened me with Tranz and Zyan. Then…” Eden paused her words for a moment, seeming hesitant to tell Aciel the truth. She then lowered her head sadly while rubbing her stomach that looks flat. With a sad face, she then looked at Aciel pleadingly, “Please let me go right now! I'm going to marry Anthony."

Aciel felt that his heart was now being burned by a fire so great that it felt like the flames could make him sink into an unstoppable rage. After five years he lived peacefully without hearing the name of the bastard, now he must again be faced with the harsh reality that his wife only remembers her lover in the past, and does not remember the sweet memories between them that happened this one year.

In the past he should have killed that bastard right away so Eden could never see him again. But at that time he decided to let Anthony live, because he thought Eden didn't really love that man. But maybe there is something he missed, regarding Eden's past with Anthony, which is now more deeply embedded in Eden's memory than their recent sweet past.

“Forget about that bastard because you're only going to live with me. And accept your destiny now, for you are my wife and the mother of my children."

“No, I don't want to live with you! You have ruined my life, you should have freed me so I can live happily with Anthony!”

"But your happiness is here!" snapped Aciel loudly with a ragged breath.

The man looked at Eden sharply and gripped the woman's shoulder firmly to make Eden realize that the woman's real life was by his side.

One year ago when he lay sick due to stomach disease, the woman had promised to accept all this marriage and would raise Ciara with all her heart. The days after their marriage and when Eden was pregnant with Louise were the sweetest times for them, because at that time Eden began to accept her life as the wife of Aciel Lutherford, and Aciel began to learn to be a warmer husband and father for his little family.

During this one year a lot of things have changed about him because of Eden. Starting from the love he had almost never felt, until finally he was able to destroy his own ego for the happiness of his family. He was willing to cancel a contract worth billions of dollars when it was Ciara's birthday and Eden asked her to come home early. And there are many more things that he sacrifices for the happiness of his family, he clearly doesn't want to let Eden go just because Eden has amnesia and doesn't remember her happy family.

Whatever happens, he will still hold Eden, even though Eden will be very difficult to tame.

"Nonsense! I've never been happy here. In fact, I don't even remember what happy things you have done for me this year if you really make me happy. Instead I feel sick every time I see you because you have ruined my life so deeply."

"Mommy..."

The two adults immediately turned their heads towards the wooden door which was now slightly ajar and revealed the figure of a little girl with round eyes who was looking at Eden with longing.

"Mommy..."

"Ciara."

Mary called Ciara not to go into her parents' room, but the little girl had already run into her parents' room, screaming excitedly for her mother.

"Mommy... Ciara misses mommy."

Eden was frozen in place while looking at the little girl who was currently curled up on her lap with a sad face. The woman's body suddenly turned stiff, so that just to move her tingling hand, she couldn't. Ciara's appearance this afternoon surprised her because so far no one has ever explained to her that she has a child who also lives in Aciel's luxurious mansion. But is the little girl really her child?

“Ciara, you can't be here. Come out and play with me.”

"But Ciara misses mommy, daddy always forbids Ciara to meet mommy!"

Ciara protested loudly and made Eden again astonished because Ciara looked very stubborn, just like her. Moreover, Ciara's round eyes are also very similar to her round eyes. But if the little girl calls Aciel daddy, it means Aciel is the child's father. Then how could she give birth to that little girl if she hated this bastard so much? After all, didn't she miscarry at the time? She remembers so well when doctors told her her uterus was so weak that the baby died when she nearly attempted suicide by crashing herself into a speeding car on the highway.

“Mommy, mommy is healed? We can play again and Mommy can sleep with me again. And later we will also invite Louise to play together. Louise really wants to meet mommy."

Ciara's chatter was cute without noticing Eden's confused expression which turned pale. Not yet finished with her surprise with Ciara's appearance, Eden had to swallow her bitterness again with the presence of a name that managed to make her head dizzy. Who is Louise?

Eden's thoughts were shattered when Ciara began to hug her body tightly while cradling her head crazily on her chest. She stiffly began to raise her hand to hug Ciara that was so tight on her body.

This did not escape the look in Aciel's eyes and made the man conclude that Eden was very uncomfortable with Ciara being here because she had not been able to accept the shocking things that had happened this year.

“Ciara, today Mommy has to rest. Later, after Mommy is completely healed, you can play again with Mommy."

The little girl looked quite disappointed with Aciel's subtle expulsion. But in the end the little girl chose to obey her father's orders and let her mother rest fo a while.

"Okay Ciara will come out, I hope Mommy gets better soon. See you mommy."

Cup

The girl gave Eden a quick peck on the cheek before running out using her adorable little feet.

Meanwhile, Eden was still frozen in place like a dazed person because she really didn't know what to do. Honestly when she saw Ciara her heart did feel warm. But when she remembered who Ciara's father was, that angry feeling suddenly welled up in her chest and made her unwilling to acknowledge Ciara as her son. She must have been framed by that man into possessing Ciara.

“Who is that little girl, and who is Louise that little girl is talking about?” asked Eden coldly after Ciara actually came out of her room.

"My daughter, your child, our child. You were pregnant with Louise when the accident happened, and fortunately God still gave us the opportunity to raise our second child, even though the accident erased your memory of us.”

Aciel answered calmly with emphasis on every word. He didn't want Eden to think that Ciara and Louise were only his children because basically Ciara was their daughter, even though at that time it was by force. But not with Louise, the child is there with the abundance of love they have for their son.

"Impossible! I can't have children from you." Eden screamed hysterically as she grabbed her hair in frustration.

The woman seemed to have almost lost her mind due to all sorts of horrible facts she couldn't imagine. Even she couldn't understand how she could end up with Aciel and have two children from that man. It would be better for her to die than to be tied to that man, to raise their children.

"Impossible? Huh, but that's what happened. We played really hot back then, sadly you don't remember," whispered Aciel sensually in Eden's ear.

Hearing that Eden looked pale and immediately moved away while pushing away Aciel's face which was so close to her, that she could feel Aciel's warm breath tickling in her ear.

“I can't do that with you, you must be lying! You must be lying Aciel! I do not believe you." Eden accused him so hard that it made Aciel furious.

He rubbed his face angrily while brushing his hair, annoyed that his wife who was having amnesia was giving him a lot of trouble.

"Now look at me."

Aciel exclaimed sternly while pulling Eden's chin closer. At first Eden refused and tried to turn his face away from Aciel, but Aciel's strong hand pressure on the back of her neck made her unable to back down or turn her face away from the arrogant-looking man. She couldn't help but have to stare at Aciel's jet black bead that drew sharply right in her eyes.

"Keep it in your mind dear, you are my wife and always will be. Even if you try to run away from me, I will still chase you. Besides that Ciara and Louise need you because you're their mother, you don't want our child to feel sad, do you, hmm?”

"I'd rather die than be your wife!" spit out Eden loudly with a face full of anger.

Aciel tried to be patient with Eden's behavior which was very annoying, but he was afraid that one day he would lose his temper because the doctor could not confirm how long Eden would lose her memory. Even according to doctor Billy, Eden could have lost her memory forever.

"I don't accept rejection. Like it or not you will still be my wife! The mother of Ciara, Louise as well as my other children.”

Hearing the children's words spoken by Aciel made Eden shudder in horror at her own thoughts. She didn't even dare to imagine how her life would be after this, after all the horrible facts that were revealed to her. She couldn't take the man's explanation for granted. She had to listen to the explanations of other people who would really tell her the truth. She needed an explanation from Zyan or Tranz, her friends would definitely tell the truth about Aciel. All the rottenness of Aciel that the man had hidden from her.

"Honey, what are you thinking?"

Suddenly Aciel's voice turned softer. Their current position is still the same, face to face on the bed with Aciel's hand still holding Eden's neck so Eden can't avoid it. He needs to bring back Eden's memories of their sweet past. And probably the most powerful way to do things again they used to do.

“Don't think too much if you don't want to bother thinking about it Ed. Just ask me what you want to know, because I will definitely answer it honestly."

“What happened to me before I was in this damn place?”

“Ssshhh… don't call this place a damn place because this place is the place where we built our happy family for about a year. Even in this bed, we often do amazing hot things,” whispered Aciel with a sly grin on his face.

Eden looked at Aciel with a hateful gaze and threatened the man so he wouldn't mess with her.

“What I need is an explanation as to why I'm here, not all the silly bullshit you make up dear Mr Aciel Lutherford. I want to meet Zyan and Tranz” Eden hissed embarrassed.

“Zyan is long dead, three years ago he had an accident…”

Then Aciel paused to think. He didn't want to tell the part where Eden had been married to Zyan before. Apart from being disgusted by that fact, he also doesn't want to make Eden more dizzy with her current life. He didn't even know to what extent Eden's memories brought that woman to life in this world.

“Zyan had an accident three years ago, whereas you had an accident a week ago. A damn car hit you and made you forget about me. If I hadn't let you go to the supermarket then, maybe I wouldn't have seen you in a coma and waking up with all the memories of me and Ciara erased from your head. You even forgot that at that time you were pregnant with Louise.”

"That's a sign that God doesn't allow you to have me. God knows you are a bad man, so God wants to punish you through the people you consider important in your life.”

Aciel grinned horribly after Eden finished her words. The woman knew that Aciel would be very angry with her words, but Eden did not know that her words might endanger herself and maybe her loved ones out there.

“If God really wants to punish me, then you should also feel it because you have enjoyed your life for this one year with a bad man like me. Even before that you have lived with me for more than ten years. You must remember if I freed you from that shit orphanage, and if you dare to oppose me or plan to escape, then this time I won't think twice about killing Anthony, even Tranz!”

Without waiting for Eden's permission, Aciel immediately crushed those pale lips full of lust and anger. He had not been able to feel the warmth of her soft lips for more than a week. And now he wants to vent his longing by crushing Eden's lips. No matter how angry the woman was when he kissed her, for sure he would always try to restore Eden's memories of him.

“Fuck! Don't ever touch me as you please!"

“Huh, but I will do as I please since you are my wife,” snapped Aciel loudly before the man walked away leaving his wife alone with anger wrestling at the top of her head.

"Keep an eye on her, never let your guard down because Eden will definitely try to escape." Aciel ordered one of his men and immediately went to his office to work on the reports that were a bit neglected due to Eden's accident a few days ago.