Not the Substitute Girl
Undulled

Felix listened carefully to every sentence that came out of Orion's lips, or in the past Felix and the others knew him as Valdy, Rivaldy Antareksa. Valdy changed his identity to Orion Harasya Alexander. Using Alexander's last name to outwit everyone. So that people think he is part of the conglomerate family, even though there is no relationship between the two.

"So they made us fall into the waterfall that day. By feeding Sera?" Felix put down the file report Orion just gave me.

"Although I'm not sure what the motive is, but I'm sure they did. For that I'm really sorry. I didn't think they would do that. And for your parents, me and the others are still looking." Orion looked down after saying the last thing.

"Are they alive?" ask Felix.

"I hope so." Orion answered unsure.

Silence greeted the two. "There's one more thing you should know. This is the worst part of it all. I'm sorry, I failed to protect Sera." Orion again lowered his face after pushing one file in front of Felix.

The man stared intently at Orion, who this time displayed a deeply guilty face. Felix's hands trembled as he opened page after page of Orion's report.

"He died. Sorry, I failed to do my job again." Orion bowed languidly. With the corner of the eye began to drain the clear crystals that wet Orion's cheeks. With Felix. Ten years into hiding and self-healing, Felix loses the most precious thing of his life. My sister left him. The two men were crying in silence. Orion felt like a failure, while Felix was annoyed with himself.

"It's not your fault. Protecting Sera should be my job. But I'm the one who's lousy can't do it. I am the guilty one. Your job is too much and I'm still asking you to take care of Sera." Orion can see how desperate Felix is right now. The man looked down with a stifled cry.

"He whom I love the most, goes away because of my inability to take care of him." Felix is sad. A sense of regret was clearly depicted on Felix's face. The two men momentarily dissolved into each other's grief.

Meanwhile, in Alea's room. The girl walked back and forth incoherently. Anxious, that was what Alea was feeling. Orion and Felix have been in Sera's room since. After dinner, until now ten o'clock more. There's no sign they're going out yet. Felix's room is in front of his room. And yet I heard the door open.

"What are they talking about?" Grunts Alea. The girl hasn't even changed her clothes. Not shower either. He was too scared that Felix knew who he was. The girl bit her lower lip. Nervous not playing.

Alea's steps came to a halt as the door of her room opened, and Orion entered and.....Felix. Alea immediately retreated a step, looking at Felix's face closely for the first time.

"Not showered? You slovenly Lea!" Hearing Orion's call to him, fix...Felix knew he wasn't Sera.

Felix stood before Alea, staring at the girl he immediately panicked about. Alea stole a glance at Felix, the large tall figure standing before him. Handsome, one word that represents Felix. His face was indeed similar to Sera, no wonder they were brothers.

"I....Sis.forgive me. I didn't mean to...."

Alea's words came to a halt as Felix pulled Alea's body into his arms. Alea was surprised. I don't know why Felix hugged her instead of scolding her.

"Let's like this. Just for a second." Felix's voice trembled withstanding sorrow and tears. If he recovered faster, bad things would not happen to Sera, but it was too late. He was late to save his brother.

For some time, Alea let Felix hug her. Warm and comfortable, Alea was like getting a place to take shelter. There was one feeling like a house in Felix's arms. Felix himself seemed to be channeling his longing to the brother who was clearly dead.

"He really looks alike." Felix's comment when the man had already let go of his embrace. Alea had no idea what Felix meant.

"You're sure he doesn't have a blood relationship with Sera?" Orion nodded in response to Felix's question.

"So. I just let go of my sister through you." Felix rubbed Alea's hair gently. He stared back intensely at Alea.

Alea must have been misbehaving. He doesn't know what Felix said. "Isn't my sister angry? Sera's sister died because of me. He left because he wanted to save me. I'm the cause of Sera's death." In the end came out a series of sentences that had filled Alea's head all along. He felt guilty for being the cause of Sera's death.

"angry? How can I be angry? Sera's gone, I can't bring her back. He saved you, that's his duty. You're not supposed to be involved in our family matters, but you're stuck here."

There was a guilty note in Felix's words. The deepest regret Felix ever felt. The man held onto Alea's two arms, staring within Alea's two eyeballs. Felix can feel that Alea's life is not easy as long as it's here. The pressure must have come from all directions.

Felix's reply made Alea take her breath in full relief. "So what's our next move? Are we going to stick to our plan? Send him home after you get back?" Alea rounded his eyes at Orion's question. Going home? Is he going home? Alea's face changed, unable to guess whether the girl liked her or not.

"That's the best choice. We need to get him out of here. It's very dangerous here. I don't want to drag Alea into the complicated Athaya family matter any longer."

Orion and Felix looked at each other. As if we were discussing our next move.

Meanwhile, a different atmosphere was seen in Mario's workspace. The man was angry not a bitch. The presence of Orion alone had made it difficult for him to master the Star Group. Now plus the emergence of Felix, the main heir.

"Damn! How could he come back. Even after ten years. I think I killed him." Grumpy Mario. The man clenched his hands tightly, restraining the anger from exploding out. The plans he had put together over the years were falling apart. Even the scenario that he made slickly, now chaotic.

"I have to find a way to get revenge for Valdy's death. They must pay the price for my son's death!" The man growled furiously. Look at the glass window in front of him. Mario Athaya is seen there.

No one in the house knows if the two people who were there were not the real Mario and Meida Athaya. The two people were just other people disguised using the faces of Sera's father and mother.

Mario Athaya grabbed his phone, opened his lock screen. Where the photo of three people smiling happily appears to be his wall paper. "Dad misses you, Valdy." Whisper Mario.

Who would have thought if Mario and Meida Athaya who is now Abraham and Youth in disguise. They are the biological parents of Rivaldy Antareksa. Another veil that has not been revealed.

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