Destiny of the Substitute Bride
5. Harold's Order.
The night is increasingly scary for Bella who is still walking to the house in a state of drenched, cold, and hunger. It took him over an hour and a half to get home.
"Where have you been, huh?" Jessica who finds Bella's presence rushes out of the house and stands haughty right in the doorway, to prevent Bella from getting inside.
"I'm lost Ma" replied Bella with a trembling mouth and body.
"Heh, you're not a kid anymore. Never hanging out outside doesn't mean you don't know everything. Use your phone, you idiot!" maki Jessica without caring about Bella's current condition.
"Sorry, Ma" said Bella. As always, as much as possible he would avoid meaningless debates with her. What else is in such a mess.
Walking for five kilometers under the rain and cold weather, making Bella's body really weak. Let alone to argue against Jessica, just standing up requires considerable strength.
"Ma, can I go inside first? I've just walked a long way" asked Bella with a face that was clear.
He did not care if Jessica would hit or tell him to clean the house three times as usual, as long as allowed to rest that second as well.
Instead of answering, Jessica looked at Bella in disgust as she said, "through the back door. You can dirty my house, you disgusting human!"
"Ahh, and don't be noisy. My husband just fell asleep!" jessica said before entering the house.
Bella bowed her body and thanked me. Without waiting for long, he immediately ran in through the back door of the kitchen.
However, his steps stopped instantly, when he heard the sound of a car stopping right in front of the house. As Bella peeks, Noah staggers out of the car with Tristan.
A surprised Jessica approached her beloved son. "Yes, my God, baby!"
Bella subconsciously approached the man who had become her husband a few hours ago. However, when her distance was only a few steps away, the girl stopped.
There was doubt in Bella's mind. Noah would have gone berserk if he got close, what else is in this filthy state.
In order to avoid the man's anger, Bella decided to retreat and re-enter through the back door.
Tristan, who noticed Bella's presence in a drenched condition, could only look at the girl's pity.
Accompanied by Jessica, Tristan takes Noah to his room.
"How many alcoh0l does he drink, Tristan?" jessica asked with a worried face.
"Twice as much as usual, Aunty. I'm sorry, I can't prevent it" Tristan replied unpleasantly. After all, Jessica must have understood why Noah did this.
"Yes, God! What's this!" the woman cried out suddenly, when she found blood and a wound that had dried up on Noah's fist.
Tristan let out a sigh of resignation. At the club, Noah did have time to do something, from challenging someone to fight, to breaking one of the storefronts.
Luckily, they were willing to accept compensation without causing any other problems. Moreover, they knew very well who the Werner family was.
"Let me get you a box of P3K, Aunty," Tristan bargained for, straight out of Noah's room without waiting for the woman's answer. However, instead of picking up a P3K box on the first floor, Tristan instead knocks on Bella's room.
Bella who was about to enter the bathroom immediately paused her intention.
"Am I bothering you?" tristan asked as soon as Bella opened the door.
"No. What's up, brother?" Bella asked back.
A towel wrapped around Bella's shoulder caught Tristan's eye. "Sorry, if I'm interrupting. Do you have a P3K box? Noah's hurt."
Bella was surprised. "Is he okay?" tanyanya's worried.
Tristan reviewed a faint smile. "Very good, you don't have to worry."
Red clover running both cheeks Bella. Rush the girl immediately get the P3K box in question.
"Thank you" Tristan said after receiving the box.
"Together, sister," replied Bella. "Please, treat Brother Noah huh, sister?" Connect the girl.
" ... I will only help to clean the wound," the man said with a friendly smile.
Understanding the meaning of the words of her husband's best friend, Bella nodded slowly.
...**********...
The atmosphere was already very quiet when Bella came out of her room. Tristan must have gone home and Jessica had also returned to her room. Bella used the opportunity well.
Bella slowly opens Noah's room and approaches the sleeping man.
Until this second, Bella did not expect at all, that the status of the two of them had changed from a pair of foster sister to a couple. However, there is nothing different for Bella, Noah stays with his ill-treatment and Bella remains the oppressed.
However, from the first time Bella entered this family, a promise was made to always try to devote themselves to them.
Although bad treatment often must be received, Bella still loves her adoptive family. Bella even had time to put her heart on Noah, the foster brother, when she was still a teenager.
But as time went on, the feeling evaporated out of nowhere. Now all that is left is the affection of the family in general.
Bella painstakingly begins to clean the wound on Noah's hand again. Not to forget he also wrapped the man's hand using a clean bandage so as not to be exposed to dirty air.
Noah's moving. His hand suddenly gripped Bella's hand, making the girl surprised.
"Mary" said Noah.
Bella looked at Noah. In his sleep, the husband still remembered the woman. Noah's love for Maria must have been huge. It was evident from how the man had treated her so well all this time. Bella is clearly a witness of some of their moments.
"It should be the happiest day of your life today, sister" whispered Bella pity. His hand gently touched Noah's cheek.
Whether she had the courage from where, Bella also landed a light kiss on the man's forehead, before leaving.
...**********...
The breakfast moment together was the most awaited moment Bella. Because at that time, he felt part of the real Werner family, because he could join at the same dining table. All that was no more because of the presence of Harold's figure.
Sometimes Bella looked at Noah's hand that was still wrapped in bandages.
"You're married to Noah, cut down on your messing around to the nightclub. Forget Maria and focus your attention on Bella from now on." In the middle of their breakfast, the head of the household suddenly opened his voice.
Before leaving the room, Jessica told Noah what had happened, but the woman asked her husband not to judge their son.
"Darling," scolded Jessica. Even though in the room earlier, Harold had promised not to discuss it.
"Talk is easy, Pa!" noah turned his eyes away. It was obvious that the man was just pretending to focus on his food.
"Mary's actions that have humiliated our family should make you forget her easily, Noah. Your current wife is Bella."
The atmosphere in the dining room turned gripping after Harold said so. Bella, who was sitting next to Noah, found the man clutching his spoon with all her might.
"Bella, from now on Papa tipped Noah. Take good care of her and watch over her" Harold told her.
Bella folded her lips tightly. He just nodded his head towards the father without daring to answer.
"One more time, starting tonight Bella will move into your room, Noah. There's no history of a couple sleeping apart!"
Harold's next words were like lightning in broad daylight for Noah, Bella, and Jessica themselves. Noah and Jessica even let go of screaming.
"No objection!" Only one sentence came out of Harold's mouth, before he finished his morning meal and went to the office.
"Fucking kid!" jessica Maki.
Bella was scared. His hand that was holding the dinnerware was shaking violently.
A moment later, Noah got up from his chair and left the dining room. The man even violently pushed the chair that Bella was sitting on, as he walked past her.