Hidden Marriage With My Imperfect CEO Chapter 550
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"Alright. Until the next 72 hours, I will stay with you. What should we do?" Anya asked while looking at Aiden.
She tried to calm her heart and looked relaxed. She shouldn't look panicked.
Calm down... Calm down... Calm down…
"Take a shower, change your clothes and have dinner. After dinner, come with me on a walk by the beach," Aiden said calmly.
Anya nodded. She immediately got rid of Aiden's hand that had trapped her and walked towards the room.
After entering the room, Anya immediately headed into the changing room to find clothes that she could wear after taking a shower. She didn't bring any clothes and hoped she could find one.
However, she found a variety of the latest summer dresses instead. The ones she had seen in a magazine. And now, all the dresses were hung in rows in the wardrobe in front of her. They varied in color and styles ...
'This…'
Anya turned and looked at Aiden who was still behind her, "These dresses weren't suddenly prepared, right?"
"I really want to take you on vacation. I bought all these clothes a week ago," Aiden did not hide it from Anya.
Anya's feelings were mixed. She didn't know whether to be happy and touched or upset and angry…
Aiden had thought of everything and even prepared new clothes for her.
But wasn't this the same as before? Aiden always took care of everything for her, making Anya depend on him and couldn't stand alone…
"How do you know I'm willing to go on vacation with you to this place?" Anya pursed her lips in annoyance though she was a little happy inwardly.
"You're here," Aiden replied casually. He took a towel and change of clothes, then walked to the bathroom first.
The man went into the bathroom and showered quickly. After leaving, he had changed into a coconut tree-patterned t-shirt.
Unlike his formal business attire, this time Aiden looked very relaxed in a t-shirt and shorts. His body still looked well-built and manly, but he looked much more casual than when he was at a business meeting.
"You really look like you are on vacation," Anya said, looking at Aiden. Seeing the man looking refreshed after taking a shower, Anya wanted to take a shower immediately. She took a long dress and entered the bathroom.
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Leaving the bathroom, she came out with a long dress. Even though they were on the beach, Anya was still afraid of getting cold when exposed to the night wind so she took a light cardigan and put it on.
Anya came out of her room and came downstairs. Previously, she didn't pay much attention to the surroundings of the villa so she didn't notice it. But after looking closely, Anya realized that there were various kinds of iris blooming outside the first floor's window.
Iris flowers of various colors.
The sea of irises was seen swaying to the right and left from the gentle breeze, looking so calm and so beautiful…
"Sea of iris…"
"Do you like it?" Aiden asked while looking closely at Anya,
Anya's gaze was still fixed on the sea of flowers, as if hypnotized and couldn't take her eyes off them. "Hmm... So beautiful."
"But they still can't beat your beauty..." Aiden whispered in a low voice. Even so, Anya could still hear him.
"Aiden, why are you doing all this?" Anya's eyes continued to stare at the sea of irises outside the window as she asked. She couldn't believe the sight before her was real.
Aiden was not the kind of romantic partner. But he was willing to do all this only for Anya.
Anya felt very touched…
Just like how their house was filled with irises, this island was the same…
Aiden looked very ignorant and careless, but he did all this just for her…
"Because I love you…" After saying that, Aiden held Anya's face with both hands and kissed her lips gently. He did it fast, he didn't dare to kiss Anya too deeply for fear that he would scare her and make her run away from him.
In the middle of the sea of irises, Anya felt like a princess loved by her prince. The light kiss made her feel very happy.
Could she really be this happy?
Since they got lost during the day and didn't have time to eat lunch, the dinner that day was prepared ahead of time. The servants prepared various local foods for them. Anya was very hungry and she ate a whole lot of them.
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After dinner, Aiden's cell phone suddenly rang. The call was from Harris.
"Sir, I have confirmed that the Head of the Srijaya Family, Toni Srijaya, was the one who bribed the doctor and replaced the result of your DNA test. The goal is to avoid Indah from finding her daughter. Toni and Lina, Keara's biological mother, are siblings, while Indah is their adopted sibling," Harris said from the phone.
"Does Indah know that she was adopted?" Aiden asked.
"She already knows. She was forced by her family to marry Galih Pratama. Before she married him, she actually already had a boyfriend, "Harris said from the phone.
"For the sake of her family, she is willing to end her relationship with her lover and marry Galih, and become Keara's stepmother. However, the Srijaya Family prevented her from looking for her biological daughter. That's because the Srijaya Family is afraid that Indah's biological daughter will compete with Keara for the inheritance," Aiden's eyes looked at Anya from afar.
Anya also looked towards Aiden. She could feel anger radiating from the man's eyes. But there was also a glimpse of sympathy for others.
Just as she was searching for her family with great difficulty, Indah was also struggling to find her biological daughter. How could her own family treat her like this?
"Sir, Fany Srijaya went to the orphanage not to help Indah Srijaya, but to ruin her plan. I think she was the one who caused the fire at the orphanage," Harris said.
"The Srijaya family chose to kill all the girls in the orphanage, fearing that Indah Srijaya's daughter would be there. Then, what about the daughter Galih found?" Aiden asked.
"I think it's fake. They had to make them believe it so Galih and Indah will give up looking for their daughter," after saying that, Harris continued. "Sir, I think Madame is the daughter of Galih Pratama. With a face very similar to Keara's, the possibility is very high. How about doing a DNA test on Madame and Galih?"
"Don't wake up the sleeping lion. They even dared to start a fire at the orphanage. What if they do it again and hurt her?" Aiden said in a low voice, so that Anya wouldn't hear him.
Harris just realized it. "Sorry, I was too reckless, sir. I will investigate and look for more information,"
"Tell Ivan and Nico to take care of the company for three days," Aiden said before ending the call.
From earlier, Anya sat in her place and listened to Aiden and Harris' conversation, even though she had only heard from Aiden's point of view. She did not know that Harris suspected that she was Galih's daughter, but she knew everything the Srijaya Family had done to Indah.
Seeing that Aiden had hung up the phone, Anya immediately asked, "Is it true that Fany Srijaya burned the orphanage? Did she intend to kill aunt Indah's daughter?"
"Keara's biological mother, Lina Srijaya, is the younger sibling of Toni Srijaya. Meanwhile, Indah Srijaya is their adopted sister. They don't come from the same womb. If Indah Srijaya's daughter is not found, Keara will be the eldest heir of the Srijaya Family. That's why Toni Srijaya helped her, hoping that Keara will return the favor one day," Aiden told her with a cold look.
"Poor Aunt Indah. She was forced to marry her sister's husband and become a stepmother to Keara. In addition, her family prevented her from finding her real daughter and even killed her. Should we tell her to stop helping Keara and Toni Srijaya?" Anya asked with a little doubt.
She didn't know whether she should interfere in other people's family business.
But she couldn't stay still after knowing all this.
It turned out that the Srijaya Family affairs were also as complicated as the other big families in the city.
She could not bear to let Indah be treated unfairly like this...
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