30. Velvet Box

No one could understand Aruna's heart. The two assistants who lowered their faces suddenly looked up, staring at each other almost in disbelief - the innocent missus of the young master's wife, now a different person. Women who incarnate as superior people suddenly.

"Why? Less? Try to open it first.."

One of the household assistants who became Anna's supporter tried to get close to the city. The navy-colored velvet box he opened slowly, the assistant gasped-a gold wrist bracelet with a sparkling pendulum.

"You work one year, you can't afford it. Unless both of your salaries are combined, then you can, " said Aruna. His voice was flat with a relaxed expression. Mahendra's wife looked alternately at the two assistants with a meaningful gaze. The objects presented are wedding gifts from Djoyodiningrat's colleagues who have not been touched since they first filled one of the large cabinets in the clothes display room.

"Miss.. me.."it's The Voice of one of them. The assistant who was on the right side threw himself on the carpet that adorned the surface under the table and sofa on which they were sitting. The assistant who was more frightened from the beginning than the other one was touching his knees to the floor. This assistant did not glance at the slightest bit of velvet city. "please forgive me miss, my loyalty does not need to be bought.. I will bow to miss, " he knelt before Aruna.

Aruna pulled her lips, the faint smile shifted towards the woman on the left side who was still engrossed in observing the contents of the velvet box.

Know Aruna turned to him, especially since his friend flopped on the floor. The assistant hurriedly put down the object he admired and joined in imitating the behavior of his friend.

"so, can I buy your loyalty?" asked Aruna. One consistently said that he did not need to be bought. The other is more silent. With an eye child glances at the velvet box.

"well, sit down right.. I wonder, how worthy of your loyalty do I buy?" hearing Aruna's monologue the two looked at each other for the umpteenth time.

"have any of you ever walked into my room?"Aruna got a shake from both of them.

"Oh, I see.."Aruna seemed to think for a moment.

"then, what have you been doing all this time-with Anna?" ask Aruna next.

"Helping Miss Anna prepare Mr. Mahendra's needs," explained one of them, more precisely the brave one.

"That's it?"Aruna asked again.

"that's really all, miss.. nothing else" the coward completes his friend's explanation.

"What Have You Prepared For My husband by helping Anna?"Aruna asked for a detailed explanation, this lady's gestures are very different from her habits which look very friendly and impossible to corner someone as seen this second.

"Your husband's shirt," the brave replied briefly.

"before your husband goes to work, you will use seven outfits that carry the theme and color matching. we helped Miss Nana prepare it, " again the coward complements.

"Have you ever been in this room?"Aruna frowned.

"No miss, this room is empty, when you get out of this house. you sleep in the other room near miss Anna's room."

"Oh', "Aruna looked at them longer," then who tidied up my clothes? my makeup? all that stuff I had when I went home to my parents?"Aruna's sharp voice is intimidating. The pregnant woman's body is not taller, nor does it look healthier. but Mahendra's wife really looks brave today.

"I didn't do it," the coward replied First.

"I helped him," the brave man sounded honest.

"do you like what I have prepared for you?" ask Aruna the assistant who sounds more honest. how dare he nods.

"Take the velvet city," the assistant who had been looking intently at Aruna's gift immediately grabbed the jewelry box and put it in his trouser pocket.

"you want more?" challenge Aruna. he seemed to think for a moment.

"What should I do for you?"The assistant sitting on the left side of Aruna does look smarter. Aruna hopes to master it then the Assistant is controlled by Anna.

"Take my things in Anna's room, take them little by little. all my stuff he took just take it back, then show me! after that, you can use it. even if you throw it away, it doesn't matter," Aruna smiled faintly playing with her hair.

"Including your branded things?" asked the assistant.

"including my watch or my fancy bag that she took, even my limited edition clothes in her closet. it will all be your right, " he spoke to Aruna sparkling instantly.

"What if I am accused of theft??" the assistant asked again. He needs security.

"tell me what I told you," Aruna replied.

"if Miss Nana complains to elder Wiryo, how?"Aruna laughed listening to the assistant's sentence.

"Do you think Nana's position is more extraordinary than mine," the woman with the growing belly laid down on her back, Aruna stroked her stomach.

The assistant who was Aruna's interlocutor pulled her lips, smiling straight, she understood the power that the young master's wife possessed. Aruna looked smaller than Anna. but no one can escape his more magical position than anyone in Djoyodiningrat's family circle.

"May I realize now-your wish miss?"

"please!"The brave-looking assistant left the room of the sole heir Djoyodiningrat earlier than his friend.

Aruna started small talk with the assistant who was still trembling with fear before her, "Why Did you choose to be Anna's loyal assistant?"Aruna knows that this frightened woman has a better soul than the one who came out first.

"are you threatened?" he shook his head.

"you had to?" he shook his head.

"then what?"Aruna asked getting annoyed.

"I don't know you, and you don't seem to care about this family, Miss Anna looks better when serving Wiryo's husband and elders than em.."

"compared to me?? haha, " Aruna laughed frantically. he laughs at himself. the assistant's words were not wrong. unfortunately, the assistant who now glanced at Aruna timidly seemed quite innocent and easy to fool.

"You want to see why I can't take care of my husband?"Aruna spoke while muffling her turbulent emotions. "Don't you know me.." it feels like Aruna told the tragedy that happened to her. but he changed his mind. there's no point in showing other people's misery. this coward will know for himself in the end, who knows when-surely there will be no carcass that can be covered perfectly-.

Aruna changed the course of the conversation. "what else does Anna usually prepare for my husband besides clothes?"

"Eat, all the food served at the dinner table Djoyodiningrat, part of the busyness of Miss Anna, where we might not help her. moreover, Oma Sukma is getting older and miss Gayatri has a therapy schedule, Miss Anna manages everything, " the assistant made an argument related to her point of view about Miss Anna. He now dared to lift his face.

"Okay, I get it now," Aruna knew she wasn't good at stealing attention from the start. For if in Anna's appeal, it is a pity that her return to the motherhouse was not accompanied by stable health. so Aruna rarely heavy activity, - tend to be prohibited -.

But such habits can no longer be tolerated. In the first year of her marriage to Mahendra. Although Anna is not in the motherhouse, the assistants who are under the leadership of the Butler are able to run all the wheels of the motherhouse. Where are they all? Aruna daydreamed.

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"Honey.."Hendra came in, blue eyes just closed the door, the man looked confused by the presence of an assistant sitting in the room with his wife.

"it seems like it's time for you to go out, oh yes.. From now on you work for me, helping me prepare the needs of my husband and my whole family," Aruna did not answer her husband's affectionate call. He continued The Conversation.

"Does it include preparing the daily needs of elders?" the coward asked innocently.

Aruna smiled, really? Anna also prepared for the needs of the elders. Quick!_

"Yes," Aruna replied briefly as she moved her right hand toward the door telling her that the assistant could come out now.

"I don't like my gift being rejected," said Aruna, seeing the navy box left behind.

"no, miss.. me.."

"Bring it!"Aruna confirmed her wish.

The assistant quickly complied with the order and left the room, having found the young lady's uncomfortable face.

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the assistant came out. Aruna did not greet her husband at all she moved towards the door, "Honey.. where are you going?"

"Go to sleep Hendra, you haven't slept since last night-haven't you? I want to enjoy my breakfast."

"alone?" this is Mahendra's voice.

"yes I want to be alone," Aruna did not want to be followed, " Do you want-I prepare breakfast?"

"are you well?"Mahendra turned to ask. The blue-eyed man slowly enjoyed the comfortable feeling of the back touching the lily tendrils.

"Nothing better than today," said Aruna closing the door.