Chapter 87 - Burdens Inside Angeline's Heart

David cut the duck meat into very neat pieces and put it on Angeline's plate. David also several times put the vegetables he chose into Angeline's plate. Also, David poured water into Angeline's glass.

Seeing David's treatment of Angeline which was too sweet made Darius and Hellen feel warm. Just seeing David's sweet treatment to Angeline could make them both look at each other and smile. Not a sneer, but for some reason, the way David treated Angeline was able to make Darius and Hellen smile for reasons they were not sure of.

Even when Darius and Hellen were a new couple, they were never as sweet as David and Angeline.

Not because of what David's cooking was incredibly delicious, but because of what happened while they were eating.

With their own eyes, they could see that David's love for Angeline was immeasurable.

David truly loved Angeline more than they could imagine.

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Angeline walked out of the bathroom, sat in front of the mirror and tried to blow dry her hair with Hellen's hairdryer that she borrowed. She forgot to buy it when they went to town.

Angeline painstakingly dried her hair. The sound of the door opening made Angeline see who was entering her room through the reflection of the mirror. And when she found out who was in, instead of protesting, Angeline smiled which was immediately returned another smile by that person.

"Did you just take a shower?" asked David, taking off his T-shirt after sweating quite a bit, helping Darius chop the logs for firewood.

Darius's house has a fireplace in the living room which becomes the only heating for the room when winter arrives. And according to the forecast, winter would arrive early, so they started making preparations.

Actually, Angeline and David could just go back to their apartment, but because there is nothing to take care of at the apartment because Angeline doesn't keep any pets, and also the company can be handled by David's employees, so David and Angeline assume that they live Darius's house for a bit longer is not a problem.

In fact, it can be used as a vacation, because the atmosphere of Darius' house is very close to the beach and also far from the hustle and bustle of the city and vehicle fumes, plus its all-green and still natural environment. This environment thoroughly satisfied every single of their sense.

Plus, it had been a long time since David had seen his brother. Years without news almost made David think his brother was dead. Even though David did not realize that Darius had always been watching him from afar since the man left a secret government organization that made him a volunteer for war at that time. Even when David was a member of the legendary Hendrick Brasco mafia syndicate, Darius met Hendrick Brasco himself several times, and asks Hendrick not to tell David about their meeting.

And when the news spreads that David and Hendrick had died because of being betrayed by their own people, Darius almost went on a rampage and ransacked the Underworld, slaughtering all the mafias without exception, whether connected to the Hendrick Brasco mafia syndicate, or not at all. Whoever it is, who lives in the environment of the Underworld, Darius will kill them without being choosy.

Trust me, Darius is capable of doing just that.

However, when Darius came to the scene of the incident where David was reported to have been killed, he found no concrete evidence of his brother's death. Only Hendrick Brasco's body was found, and even then it can hardly be categorized as an intact body because his body was separated into several parts as a result of being shot down by machine guns with an average caliber of above 5.6 millimeters.

And not long after that incident, suddenly appeared a business company that in less than three years has been in the top ranks of companies with the richest net income in the world, just a few ranks behind Microsoft. And thanks to Darius's spying abilities, he was able to immediately reveal the identity of the sole owner of the company that was always being covered up.

He never thought that his younger brother could be that successful in the business world.

And it also makes Darius breathe a sigh of relief knowing that David is still alive.

Now David is in Darius's house, in the room specially reserved for them. David also approached Angeline and hugged her from behind. David buried his face in Angeline's neck, still smelled the vanilla smell produced by the bath soap Angeline used.

David took a deep breath of the scent, making Angeline laugh softly, amused by what David did to her neck.

Angeline put the hairdryer she'd been using on the table in front of her and turned her hand on David's hair, rubbing it lightly as David continued to smell her neck.

David also stopped what he was doing and put his hands on Angeline's stomach. "How's little angel doing?"

Angeline turned her head to meet David's eyes. "Hellen said, we can see Little Angel in less than four months."

"Is that so?"

Angeline nodded with a smile. David lifted Angeline's body, carried her bridal style and carried her onto the bed. Angeline, who was not ready for it, immediately put her hands on David's neck spontaneously, because David did it so suddenly.

Now David is on top of Angeline who is lying on the bed, only covered by a white towel that covers her body from the chest to a small part of her thigh. David looked carefully at every curve of Angeline's body. David's gaze made it look as if Angeline was being stripped naked.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

David smiled, "I just miss your beautiful body."

"My body is so-so, not quite as good as the models who work as Brand Ambassadors for your company."

"Don't compare yourself to other people. I don't like it."

Angeline also put her hands around David's neck. "I'm sorry, I was just kidding."

"To me, you—"

"Are the most beautiful person to me. Everything in this world means nothing to me. Hastag, David Stockholm."

Angeline's interrupting words made David chuckle. "Are my words always that melancholy?"

"Not melancholy anymore, but too much." Reply to Angeline who endlessly teases David.

"But all this time, you always liked whatever I said."

Angeline grabbed David's back hair slowly. "I'm not saying that I don't like it. Whatever you say, it can always make me melt. Every time I hear you say such cute things, I always feel special, that no other woman in this world is luckier than me to have you. But, you know, you always make me feel special like that, but I don't even know what I've done for you in return for your sweet attitude towards me."

David took a deep breath. "How many times do I have to say, I never asked for anything in return for what I did to you."

"But it just makes me feel like a useless person. More than that, I even feel that I am a wife who cannot stand equal to her own husband."

"So what I've been doing to you is the wrong thing?"

"That's not what I mean."

Now they are silent. Neither David nor Angeline knew what else to say. But after a while, David smiled. In her heart, Angeline felt that every time David smiled like that, David could always break the ice, it made Angeline feel even more guilty, that all this time David had always had the initiative. Then, what could Angeline do to him back?

But David's smile could really make Angeline's anxiety go away in a moment.

"Thank you." said David, making Angeline guess in her mind.

"What for?" asked Angeline, not wanting to linger with her guess.

David also stroked Angeline's face gently. "Because you want to be honest with me. So all this time, you've been hiding that feeling from me, making you decide to go away from me like the last time."

Of course, what David had just said made Angeline's heart feel very uncomfortable. Now the girl was filled with guilt so much that her tears escaped without she even realizing it.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left you like that."

David shook his head lightly and continued to smile. "Don't apologize. Because of what you did, I became aware of something. During this time, I have tried to bear all the burdens alone, doing everything you should be doing, while still carrying my burdens alone. Indirectly, I was the same as thinking of you. Nothing. That's what makes you think that all this time you have only been a burden to me. No matter how beautiful the words I say to calm you down, but the things I've done so far have only made things worse. "

Angeline still shed tears, even though in her heart there was no longer any burden because what she wanted to say had already been realized by David himself. So far, this has always been on Angeline's heart. Things that she had been unable to say for fear of hurting the heart of the man she loved so much.

But because David had realized it, plus David also did not show that his heart was hurt by it, now Angeline felt that the burden that had always been lodged in her heart had disappeared without a trace.

In her heart, Angeline is truly grateful to have such a kind and understanding life partner like David.

Until whenever, David will always be the only man she loves.

Angeline also brought her face closer to David, began to kiss David's lips gently, which David replied immediately without the slightest rejection.

And when Angeline took off the white towel which was the only barrier to her body, at that moment she gave her body to David completely.