Lies
Mutually Suspicious

Ika left the room Raya in good condition. He does not get pressure from anyone. Karan was still the same, the man seemed to not care about Ika's departure from their home. As soon as his wife's manager had left, Karan ended his conversation with Ian. The CEO chose to meet his wife, planning to talk about where they were going. That's what Ian just told her. So that Karan does not force Raya too much to follow her wishes. This means that Karan must give the wife a chance to plan their honeymoon. This is what Raya meant this morning that she did not like Ian interfering with their household matters. For Karan would feel the same if anyone interfered in their marriage affairs even from his wife.

“Darling, have you slept?” exclaim Karan from the outer door of the room Raya. Not wanting her privacy to be violated by anyone let alone her room problems, Karan applies the same standards to Raya. The man will not enter without permission from his wife, except in certain circumstances that he feels he is obliged to do. One of them when punishing Raya. Karan can do more than just break through the wife's room, Karan can spy and watch over the woman.

“Not yet, just log in. The door is unlocked,” replied Raya.

Karan opened the door and found his wife standing looking at the window. Karan's footsteps grew even faster until the man was next to his wife. The man tucked both his hands into the belly of Raya. “What are you doing, honey? Why don't you sleep? Tomorrow we have to leave in the morning, so you better get some rest early, darling,” Karan's message while sticking his head on his wife's shoulder. Has Karan ever said that the smell of Raya is so alluring? Yes, the smell of vanilla emanating from the woman's body really made Karan addicted to inhaling it. Especially when Raya only wears thin sleepwear like this until the surface of the Kingdom's skin is so felt on her lips.

“I can't sleep,” said the wife.

Still tucking Raya's neck slowly, Karan responded to his wife's statement. “Why? Is there anything you think?”

Raya nodded her head. “Yes, I'm thinking about trauma, Karan. Have you ever felt trauma?”

Both Karan's brown eyeballs popped. “Trauma? Why are you suddenly talking about trauma?”

It's a quibble on something that never happened. “So my manager said that the theme that the product manufacturer will bring is to heal people from trauma or nightmares.”

“Any once, what products to discuss about nightmares so?”

“That's a bed product. The plan is they want to make the concept that sleeping on their artificial bed will make the quality of sleep good.”

“If I ever had a bad dream. Have you never had a nightmare?” Let alone nightmares, Karan had a severe trauma that he kept for 12 years. Trauma that is difficult to remove altogether. Karan does not know how to treat the trauma even though he has tried very hard.

“I don't know. I thought I must have had a bad dream, but I don't remember. Aunty always reminded me to take sleeping pills first, when I was in college. Maybe for two months. But I don't know why.”

Karan's forehead frowned. He began to analyze what happened to his wife. It might be true that the woman had forgotten memories, but what made her so? During the Karan investigation process, there was not a single report that said Raya had experienced a fatal accident. Yes, the woman had a traffic accident when the car she was driving hit an electric pole. It came exactly two months after Raya won a televised beauty pageant. There was nothing fatal in the accident. The car Raya was riding was indeed a severe scuff, but Raya was not injured in the slightest.

“Darling, there's no way you'd be asked to take a sleeping pill if you didn't have sleep problems. Did you never ask Auntie why you should take sleeping pills?”

Raya shook her head. He never asked her what her aunt did. Raya one hundred percent believed in the woman who had taken care of him for those dozen years. “I don't know,” revealed Raya honestly.

Karan is getting weird. It seems like something is wrong with Auntie Raya. That woman must have been hiding something from him as well as from the Kingdom. It's good for Karan to find out more later, after they come home from this honeymoon event. What Karan has to prepare for now is their honeymoon plan. Karan doesn't want anyone to interrupt their special holiday this time because he really wants to spend time with his wife.

But Karan's guess missed. Instead of directly dodging, Raya instead turned her body towards Karan. Now the woman is facing her husband. With both hands behind Karan's neck, Raya spoke, “If we sleep together tonight are you going to cancel our honeymoon? If so, I don't care if I have to work hard tonight.” The woman dared to seduce her husband.

A grin appears on Karan's lips. He did not expect Raya to even give such a tempting attack like this. “Honey, I don't care if I have to make you tired. Even if you sleep all day tomorrow, I'll make sure you get to Milan with me. And take it easy, honey, I'm not gonna make you work hard. Let me work and you enjoy it. How?” reply Karan while launching his action in teasing Raya. The man started stroking the Kingdom's back, even one of his hands had already infiltrated inside behind the thin shirt. If Raya gave her permission, in an instant Karan would have already removed the hook that was on top of her hand.

Raya relented. She takes her hand off Karan's body and leaves his side. “I'll sleep now,” he said as he climbed into bed.

It's so adorable. Such Raya's behavior invited Karan to tease her. It's just that tomorrow morning they really have to leave. He was human enough not to exhaust his wife now. “Sleep, I'll be here until you sleep well,” exclaimed Karan while sitting on the edge of the bed.

“You didn't go back to your room?”

“Later, after you fall asleep. Because if you pretend to sleep, I'm gonna really exhaust you all night, honey. So, sleep on.” Karan gives a light kiss on Raya's lips as a good night.

She knows what her husband is planning. The man not only wanted to make sure he was sleeping well, but to make sure what he had planned with his manager. So much does Karan's suspicion of her, just as he always suspected her husband. Although it looks fine, but their marriage relationship is quite unnatural. And Raya doesn't know until when this will continue.

As soon as Karan made sure Raya closed her eyes, the man started the action. He searched for what Raya and Ika had been talking about. All the items in the room were inspected by Karan, including his wife's laptop and cell phone. Result nil. There was no trace that Raya was investigating anything. Though Karan was sure Raya was so curious about what was on the path of Asoka. It was evident where Raya several times asked Ruben questions.

Ruben is not just a deputy director of the company foundation or a colleague of Raya who is also a subordinate of Karan. The man was a spy that Ian often placed to follow Raya. Ruben is so expertly disguised. Several times he sneaked into the Raya workplace and worked as one of the staff there. But no one was suspicious, not even the Kingdom. Raya is indeed very skilled at tricking paparazzi who follow her steps throughout the day. Unfortunately the woman still lost to a professional spy like Ruben. That was what made Karan confidently put Ruben on the side of Raya. Of course to watch over the wife without causing any suspicion at all.

So big is Karan to spy on Raya. Karan had no other choice. He had already walked this far even maneuvering from his original purpose for revenge. Although not completely forgetting her hatred towards Raya, Karan wanted to soften a little with Raya. It's actually not so bad living as a husband-wife with that snaita. Karan just needs to keep his secret. He must not be careless and let Raya know everything. Had his secret remained safe, then Karan could have lived a little more quietly.

“Raya, can you live by my will? Don't find out more, honey, then I'll try to forget about our past. You want to have children, don't you? Let's do it. Let's have a kid. I can do anything you want, honey, as long as you don't leave me. Because when you do it again, I will not be able to hold back my hatred towards you,” Karan said as he stroked Raya's hair gently. The man did so moments before he left the wife's bedroom to return to her room.

When the door of the room was closed, Raya opened her eyes. For almost an hour Raya didn't really sleep. He intended to sleep, but he could not. As a result, the woman pretended to sleep while hearing what Karan was doing in her room. As expected, Karan did monitor what he did with the manager. Lucky Kingdom is quite intelligent by not leaving any traces.

All the data that has been collected by Ika was not taken by Raya, even the woman could not record it. The laptop was brought back by Ika when they came out of their house. Raya only read it twice and relied on her brain to remember important things. That way Karan won't be able to find anything. This action will not only protect Ika who has helped her, but also protect herself from the punishment of her husband.

What is interesting is Karan's words just before he left the room. It's not a child's problem because Raya wants it too. Karan has also expressed his intention several times to have offspring. But there's something more amazing than that. First, Karan says he will try to forget their past. Which past is it? They were married for about four months. Their introduction is not more than a year. Does such a brief introduction already fall into the category of the past?

Plus Karan's second statement that mentions holding hatred against him. Karan hates. It turned out that what Raya had seen all this time was not a mere hallucination. The glare of Karan's eyes that looked at her, especially in the early days of their marriage was hatred. Raya didn't see it wrong. Right, it's not love. The problem is, why does Karan hate him? What has Raya done in the past that her husband put hatred to want to forget their past? And does this have anything to do with the Kingdom not being able to remember what happened a dozen years ago? It's so full of mystery.