Chapter 76 - Because Of Money (1/2)

”I came to see you today. Did Aiden force you to marry him?” Raka's question showed that he did not believe Anya's explanation yesterday.

Anya tried to avoid Raka's gaze and closed her lips tightly. She didn't dare to look directly at him or let her gaze wander around him.

”I recommend using the lime and bergamot for the base aroma. The aroma is soothing to use as a perfume. Apart from that, you can add the scent of green leaves to add a refreshing impression.” Anya was only talking about perfume, completely ignoring Raka's question.

”I love irises. Do you have the scent of iris flowers?” Seeing Anya trying to ignore him, Raka also tried to be patient and asked slowly.

Anya shook her head and tried to calm herself down, ”What about my suggestion earlier? It smells fresh like a plant and has a slightly sour aroma from citrus.”

Raka's eyes looked clear and sparkled when he heard Anya's words, ”The bergamot oranges we are planting have already grown and will bear fruit for the first time this year. When the fruit is ripe, I'll pick it for you.”

The bergamot orange tree that Raka mentioned was the tree they planted when they decided to go on a date. The tree finally grew fruit, but unfortunately their love had withered.

Anya held back the sorrow in her heart and said calmly, ”No, I have many bergamot oranges trees in my house.”

”But none of the trees belong to us.” Raka said while emphasizing the words 'we'.

”Raka, I'm married!” Said Anya in frustration.

”I know,” Raka's face looked grim. However, he still looked at Anya very gently, ”How much do you need for your mother's hospital? I'll pay for you. No matter who you are in contact with, I just want you to be happy. Not like this.”

”There's no need anymore. Aiden has helped me when I needed money.” Anya said with a thin smile. Her smile seemed not to reach her sad eyes.

Raka closely listened to Anya's answer. He placed the perfume's bottle with his scent on the table and held Anya's hand.

”Money! You married Aiden for money!” Raka said frantically. Finally, he knew the reason why Anya wanted to marry Aiden.

Anya immediately brushed Raka's hand. She took a tissue to clean the liquids that were scattered on the table because Raka suddenly put down the bottle he was holding. She ignored Raka and continued to tell him the next step in making perfume.

Raka didn't even follow Anya's explanation. He mixed the ingredients randomly like a child's play.

”Aiden is engaged to Natali. Do you know that?” Raka said, frowning when he looked at Anya.

Of course Anya knew, so why?

Aiden didn't like Natali and Natali didn't want to marry a blind man. That was why Natali drugged her and sent her to Aiden's hotel room.

When Anya saw Raka in front of her, Anya started to understand why Natali did all this to her.

Natali liked Raka. By trapping Anya, Natali could cancel her engagement with the Atmajaya family and destroy Anya, the woman who was loved by Raka. With that, Raka might turn to her. She used one stone to kill two birds at once!

However, it turned out that Raka didn't believe the rumor that Anya was the third person between Aiden and Natali.

Anya pretended to be cruel and said sharply, ”Of course I do. That's why I asked Aiden to break his engagement to Natali. I felt very satisfied when I saw Natali got dumped by Aiden.”

Raka shook his head, ”No! I do not believe it! Anya, I know something must have happened. Can't you tell me?”

If only, three years ago Raka had trusted Anya, maybe they would never have separated.