He's my son, not my brother
They look happy
Listening to her mother's words made Naina speechless. Is it true that his daughter misses his father? Has he been selfish if he intends to keep Zeline away from his biological father? How is his little girl innocent not if you want to feel the affection of a man who has the status of his biological father?
"Give Zeline a chance to be close to her father, Nai. He deserves to feel Daniel's affection." Mom closed their conversation that afternoon when she saw Amara and Zeline who had just returned from the stall walking closer to them.
Naina noticed the innocent face of her daughter. Is it time he really made peace with the past for the good of his little daughter? Sacrificing her feelings to see her daughter happy? Daniel didn't do what he was afraid of anyway, did he? Naina keeps getting involved.
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"Aren't you coming home, sir?" Marko asked as he watched Daniel just fall silent in his study chair while staring at the window with a blank look.
"Awhile more. I'm going home to Kak Dara's this afternoon." Said Daniel.
"Miss Dara?" Marko then fell silent. Looking at Daniel's different face makes Marko guess that Daniel is in trouble right now.
"Mama's already starting to suspect that I'm keeping a secret behind her. So is Kak Dara."
"Sir..." Marko seemed hesitant when he wanted to say something that he had not been able to say.
Daniel tilted his body. Staring intently at Marko as if commanding that his assistant go back on with his words.
"A few days ago I just found out if Miss Dara hired someone to investigate Miss Naina's past and yours."
"What has he got?" Ask Daniel at the core.
Daniel dropped his back on the back of his chair. The thing he was keeping secret finally slowly revealed as well.
"I'm going home right now." Daniel said and got up from his seat.
Marko nodded in understanding. Marko immediately exited Daniel's room to his room to pick up his briefcase and car keys.
"Are we heading straight for your brother's house, sir?" Ask Marko when the car is already running on the highway. That afternoon Daniel asked Marko to take him home.
Daniel nodded without a sound. The man's gaze was blankly staring at the fairly crowded street that afternoon. Until his gaze was stopped to see a couple and a little girl who he estimated to be the same age as Zeline seemed joking on their bike. The little family seemed happy in their jokes on their old-fashioned motorbike.
Daniel's thoughts drifted immediately. If only he had been in that position, he would have been so happy to be able to joke with his daughter while passing through the crowded streets like this afternoon.
The car continued to drive until it reached the front of Dara's house. Daniel took a long breath. The long night he will pass at his brother's house tonight with questions that will surely corner him. Daniel did not care about it, with steady steps and surely he got out of the car and entered Dara's house.
Just a few footsteps stepped on Dara's house, Daniel's steps stopped when he saw Mama and her brother standing not far from where he stood as if waiting for his arrival.
"Clean your body. Mama's waiting for you here to explain everything." Mama Hasna said with a sharp look.
Daniel nodded. He was able to catch what his mother wanted to talk about at this time.
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