Chapter 34

In all his life, Darwin never thought that his way of life could be as complicated as it is now. In fact, if you look far back, his life can be said to have been so happy.

Career and work that he lived so smooth. Even about romance, there has never been a single obstacle. Being in a relationship from always being together, then being separated for a while, did not necessarily dampen the romance between Darwin and Vicky.

Both of them are able to get through all the storms that hit. Just keep looking after each other, support each other, promise to be faithful under any circumstances.

Until, the big problem appeared. The position of the Khiel Group suddenly faltered, giving rise to Gerald Khiel's idea to ask a friend for help. Feeling indebted and remembering past promises, this man of Chinese descent arranged Darwin to marry his best friend's daughter.

This is where the complexity begins. Darwin's plan to build a household with his idol had to run aground in the middle of the road. He was forced to leave Vicky to comply with orders to marry Velove, the girl his father had provided for him.

Darwin complied. But that doesn't necessarily mean that Vicky is out of his life. After marriage, he kept in touch with his old lover. Even blatantly cheating on his wife.

Initially, Darwin felt the upper hand. All his actions seemed to run smoothly without problems.

Until finally, Velove felt hot. The woman Darwin had thought was weak, began to show her fangs and even started to turn things around. Revenge for all the heinous acts that Darwin has ever done. In fact, with all the means he had, Velove managed to get rid of Vicky temporarily from Darwin's life.

Now? After being separated for some time, and when Darwin was starting to focus on learning to open his heart to Velove, suddenly Vicky appeared again. At a big party, the two of them accidentally bumped into each other which made Darwin barely able to think straight.

"Darwins."

The call sounded so soft to greet Darwin's senses of hearing. Had exchanged glances with Vicky for a while, instead of greeting him back, Darwin decided to ignore and then left.

The man, even tightened the link of his hand, which from the beginning had held Velove intimately. Bringing his wife back around to greet business colleagues without the slightest heed of Vicky's presence, who was clearly reprimanding her and even calling her name.

Of course this did not escape Velove's observation. Throughout the course of the party, Darwin focused on the guests and several business partners. In fact, when Velove deliberately separated himself, Darwin's movements were not seen in the slightest which he thought was suspicious.

"You are so beautiful tonight."

Velove's reverie was immediately broken when he heard a familiar greeting in his ear. Turning to the source of the sound, Nathan was already standing and smiling kindly while handing a glass of drink to Velove.

"Nathan ... you just startled me."

"Surprised? What are you doing? Daydreaming? What are you thinking about?" asked the man and then laughed shortly. "I ask a lot of questions, huh? Sorry."

"It's okay. Just relax. I'm just amazed at the party tonight. It's really lively. It's different from before."

Nathan immediately nodded in agreement.

"In fact, a lot of important people came. I'm also lucky to be able to attend the event tonight. So I can meet new, great people."

"Yes. It's really easy to invite important people to attend this birthday event. Papa really didn't make the mistake of choosing him to be in charge of the event."

Engrossed in chatting with Nathan, Velove's activities stopped for a moment. From another direction, suddenly a business partner came who greeted and then asked Velove to talk.

"It's a pleasure to meet Mrs. Velove here."

"I am also happy to meet a great person like Mr. Adrian at this party," Velove greeted kindly to a business partner with whom he had worked several years ago. "How is the start-up business that Mr. Adrian is currently involved in? I see it is growing rapidly compared to before."

The man named Adrian nodded with a smile. It's my pleasure to respond to any questions Velove gives.

"In the beginning, we were shaken and even threatened with bankruptcy. Fortunately, I have a team that never gives up. And with Pak Darius' help, we were finally able to get back on our feet and are now standing strong."

"I'm glad to hear that, Mr. Adrian. I hope that your new business can always be stable and dominate other start-up businesses."

"Thank you very much for the prayers, Mrs. Velove." Then Adrian's gaze turned to Nathan, who had been standing still listening to the conversation between him and Velove. "By the way, is this Mrs. Velove's husband? I'm sorry I couldn't attend yesterday's wedding because I was in Taiwan."

Nathan smiled kindly, just as he was about to offer his hand, when Darwin stepped in, then asked Adrian to shake hands.

"Sorry, you have the wrong person, sir. If you're looking for Velove's husband, I'll be the one," Darwin said with a smile. "I am Darwin Morales Khiel. Velove's husband and son-in-law are also from Mr. Darius Wijaya."

Adrian then nodded awkwardly. Feeling bad, but still accepted Darwin's hand, then apologized.

"Ah, my God. I'm sorry, Mr. Darwin. Nice to meet you. Hopefully we can do business with each other and work together some other time."

Instead of approaching Vicky who seemed to be standing alone in the corner of the room, Darwin deliberately returned to flank his wife. As if he had a radar or an alarm when his wife was being approached by Nathan, the man hurriedly approached. As if not in the least willing to be replaced by Nathan.

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Until it was time to go home, Velove kept watching her husband's behavior. The man who had been active, suddenly turned a little passive and even occasionally seemed silent along the way.

As soon as he got home and was already in the room, then the man spoke again. When Velove was about to lie down, Darwin quickly called and grabbed his wife's wrist while squeezing it gently.

"Ve... I want to say something."

In that instant Velove looked up. Throwing a deep gaze, the woman replied slowly.

"Why?"

"For God's sake, what you saw tonight was really not intentional. I don't even know why Vicky was able to attend your father's company birthday party."

"Oh yes?"

Darwin nodded repeatedly. The man tried very hard to convince Velove that he really didn't know why Vicky could be in the same place as him tonight.

Darwin didn't even think about meeting Vicky at his father-in-law's company birthday. He himself even wondered why his girlfriend could attend the event. But, no matter how curious he was, it was impossible for him to ask or clarify this directly to Vicky at this time. The thing is, the problem will get worse and bigger, later.

"I swear for anything, I wasn't the one who invited Vicky. How could I be courting death. You can see for yourself, I didn't even pay any heed to her when I ran into her earlier."

Velove smiled mockingly. Squinting, the woman responded to Darwin's words. For some reason, Velove was sure that what her husband was doing was nothing more than a reflection of fear or worry about the threats he had given.

"Why don't you pay attention? Because you're afraid of me?

"No," Darwin shook his head repeatedly. "Not out of fear."

"So what?" inquired Velove curiously. "Besides, it was right when I was around. If you were alone, I'm sure it would be a different story."

"No, Ve. You know that I made a promise, right?"

"Promise?"

This time Darwin nodded his head.

"Yes. I have made a commitment not to have any contact with Vicky for the next six months, whatever the reason. And just so you know, I really hate broken promises."

Darwin continues to struggle to convince Velove. Not in the least willing if his wife thinks what he said or promised before was just nonsense or mere boasting.

"Yes, for now I believe. And hopefully that trust can last until later."

"I'll prove what I said," said Darwin confidently.

"Let's see, Win. Let time prove it."

While Darwin decided to rest first, Velove in his position could only smile. I really wanted to laugh out loud seeing the look of panic that was clearly visible on her husband's face.

Of course, it's not without reason why Vicky could suddenly attend his father's company birthday party. This all happened because of nothing but his own interference a few days ago.

When having a meeting with Deasy and discussing Darwin, it suddenly occurred to Velove to invite Vicky to the party.

"Des, it's you who arranges all the invitations and all kinds of things, right?" asked Velove to make sure.

"Yes," nodded Daisy. "That's why I'm really tired of keeping track of who hasn't been invited yet."

"Then can I ask you something for help or not?" asked Velove then.

Deasy's eyes narrowed. Staring suspiciously, the woman asked back.

"Want to ask for help what?"

"I want you to make a special invitation for someone."

"For who?"

"Vicky, Darwin's girlfriend."

"What?!"

Deasy's eyes also lit up at that second. He wasn't even sure what he had just heard.

"You ask me to invite a woman who is clearly making your household unstable? Don't be crazy, Ve!"

"I'm really crazy, Des. So, just do what I ask. Please make a special invitation for him."

"But how do you do that? Only employees or business partners are invited."

Velove chuckled immediately. Soon the beautiful woman smiled sinisterly.

"Vicky is now an employee at the Wijaya Group."

"You mean?"

"Yeah," Velove nodded. "I put him in one of the Wijaya Group branches."

"Seriously? Since when? Didn't you tell me before, if you only gave job compensation and facilities that were revoked after six months of marriage to Darwin? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Wondered Deasy. He wondered what the underlying motive was for his best friend to change his mind.

"I just thought, if Vicky is left unemployed for six months without activities, later there will be intentions that he will disturb Darwin without my knowledge. So, I decide to just rush to give him a job by making him an employee at one of Papa's subsidiary branches. "

"But where did you put him, Ve?"

"At Vasco," Velove answered lightly.

"Crazy! That's a branch company in Kalimantan. It's so far away that you put him in remote areas."

"Yes, it's okay. Let him just focus on making money there."

"The problem is, are you sure he won't contact Darwin?"

Velove immediately nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry. The other day, when I asked him to come to the office, I gave him a cellphone with a new number. I warned him many times not to contact Darwin for a while."

"And you are sure he will follow all your orders?"

Velvet nodded his head.

"Must want!" said the woman then. "Besides, I have also emphasized to Vicky, if you follow everything I say, her life will be safe and secure. However, if you dare to do anything, don't expect me to be silent. In fact, I will also harass her aunt who is a singer."

Deasy was stunned for a moment hearing Velove's answer. Then, not long after, she heard a loud scream.

"You're crazy! What did you do to be like this with Darwin? I really can't stop thinking, Ve."

Deasy never thought that Velove would do things that he thought were excessive. Only for the sake of a jerk like Darwin, Velove uses his power to stop anyone who wants to disturb his household.

"If I were you..." continued Deasy arguing. "I'd better just throw Darwin away. Why use defending all kinds of things."

"Okay, you don't need a lot of comments, Des. You don't need to ask the reasons for all kinds of things. Let this be my household's business. Just comply with my initial request to invite Vicky to the company's birthday. Make sure she comes. Because I want to see what what Darwin would do with his beloved girlfriend."

And earlier, Velove saw clearly what Darwin had done to Vicky. So, is he satisfied? The answer is of course not.