"If only Devan were like you," Byanca muttered and then lay down on the bed.
While Devan, who had returned to his room, immediately lay down on the sofa, all his mother's words had replayed like a broken record in his head.
Struggling with his thoughts for almost an hour, Devan finally fell asleep.
***
Three days later.
At this time, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, Leo had just returned from Anna's house. The man had always been visiting since Anna and Naila had moved into the house. As for Devan? No one knows, the man hasn't shown himself at all for the past three days.
"Did something happen to him?" Naila asked after returning from dropping Leo off at the garage. The girl sat next to Anna who was busy playing on her cellphone.
"Who?" Anna asked without taking her eyes off the flat-shaped object's screen.
"Don't pretend you don't know Anna. You also be waiting for his arrival," replied Naila.
"He told me he was busy taking care of something," Anna said.
Naila just sighed harshly at the woman's answer. She had also asked Leo, but the man always answered the same thing, he had no idea what his cousin was doing.
The girl just felt odd, because after giving Anna a house this big, the man disappeared, never appearing once since that day. She was very afraid, Devan was just playing with Anna.
"Maybe later he will come," said Anna when she didn't get a response from Naila.
"Yeah, I hope so," replied Naila.
"Where's Dave?" she asked again when she didn't see the boy.
"In the library," Anna replied.
"Is he still there?" Naila asked as if she couldn't believe what she heard.
Anna nodded in agreement.
"Anna, isn't your son a little abnormal? I mean, normally at his age, he should be playing a lot or doing things like that, but Dave, ever since you showed him the room, he's been spending most of his time there, not even napping," Naila said at length.
Hearing Naila's story, Anna smiled in response, "Just leave him alone after all, Dave didn't do anything dangerous, he even looked very happy when he saw all the books and computers in the room."
"You've taught him to operate the computer?" asked Naila.
"No, I don't know how he found out."
Naila laughed crisply, "Really a rare child," she muttered.
Suddenly the doorbell rang, causing Naila and Anna to glance at each other.
"Let me open it," Naila said as soon as she got up from her position when she saw a maid rushing towards the door.
"Maybe Leo, that guy often forgets something," he added.
It's just that her guess was wrong.
Right after opening the door, Devan stood there, and that made Naila instantly freeze on the spot, not knowing what to say.
"Where's Anna?" asked Devan when he saw Naila standing and blocking the entrance.
"O-oh, she's inside, come on in," she said as she shifted her body to give Devan access to enter the house.
Without waiting long, Devan immediately walked past Naila. His eyes then scanned the entire house.
Instantly a smile appeared on his face when his gaze met the person he missed so much.
"I miss you," said Devan immediately pulled Anna's arm who was sitting on the sofa, and hugged her tightly, this sudden action managed to make Anna gasp in surprise, it seemed she didn't notice the man's presence.
"De-Devan?" Anna stuttered when she felt the man's distinctive scent.
"Um, it's me, honey," Devan replied, tightening his hug.
"You're making it hard for me to breathe," Anna said in a deep voice.
"A-ah, I'm sorry," Devan immediately loosened his embrace, inhaling the scent of Anna's body which for some time had become an addiction to him.
"How are you today?" Anna asked, returning Devan's hug.
"As you can see, I'm fine, honey."
"Where's my son?" asked Devan releasing his arm.
"He's upstairs in the library."
"He wasn't looking for me, was he?" asked Devan again.
"Only once in a while," Naila joined in now, the girl answered a question that wasn't directed at her and managed to make Anna and Devan glance at her.
"Did something happen while I wasn't coming?" asked Devan holding Anna's wrist.
Hearing that, Anna shook her head slowly.
"How about you?" Now it was Anna's turn to ask.
"Ah yes, I almost forgot something," said Devan then took the brown folder he had brought earlier.
"I've already taken care of your divorce with Brian, you just need your signature, honey," he added as he handed the object in his hand to Anna.
Anna was silent for a moment, slowly but surely she then accepted the folder and opened it slowly, several pieces of paper were there, looking at and reading the contents carefully, occasionally her brows seemed to frown and then returned to normal as usual.
Until a few minutes later, Anna put the paper back down and turned to Devan with an inexplicable look.
"How do you know everything?" Anna asked curiously, the contents of the divorce suit were all about Brian's treatment of her, from how he forced her into marriage, to all the harsh treatment she had ever received, and several other issues that she didn't understand at all.
Hearing that, Devan smiled while stroking Anna's hand which was in his grip.
"How do I know, it doesn't matter, honey. The most important thing now is that you sign the letter, then I can guarantee that Brian won't come bothering you again," Devan said.
"Is that true? But what if he doesn't agree?" Anna asked feeling a little doubtful.
"That's not going to happen, honey. I'll get him to agree no matter what," Devan retorted.
"Well, you don't need to think about it anymore, let this be my business," he added again with a smile on his lips.
"B-but..."
"Never mind, honey. Don't think about anything and worry about anything. The only thing you need to do is sign the letter, then leave the rest to me," Devan interrupted immediately.
"What he said was true, Anna. If someone wants to protect you, then all you need to do is just obey, don't you want to stay away from Brian?" Naila said.
"Yes, I want to stay away from him, even if possible I don't want to see him again," said Anna.
"Then what are you waiting for? Sign the letter," replied Naila.
Hearing that, Anna turned to Devan, saw the man nod, a slow-motion Anna grabbed the pen on the table that the man had brought along with the folder earlier.
"Where should I sign?"
"Here, let me show you, honey," Devan replied, then pointed out where Anna had to leave her autograph.
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