Chapter 80 - Open Your Heart
"No, this isn't your fault. It's Steffi's fault, she's the one who misunderstood," Leon replied quickly. He couldn't bear to see Anne's sad face.
"Leon, why are you blaming me? This isn't my fault. She started it, Leon, she was the one who lured me, Leon," said Steffi defensively.
"Shut up, or I'll send you back to Berlin. We'd better go back to the hotel as soon as possible, at this time you're not feeling well, Steffi," Leon said coldly, glaring at Steffi who looked very annoyed.
"But Leon … akhhh,"
Steffi couldn't finish her words because she was already pulled by Leon to the car that was parked not far from where they were now. When Leon was about to get into the car, he turned back to Anne and smiled. Seeing that the two fishes that she had hooked had eaten the bait, Anne continued her game. She returned Leon's smile with a warm nod. It wasn't long before ther car finally left the UAL campus quickly.
A smile filled with triumph on Anne's face as she watched the car carrying two people she hated had disappeared from her eyes.
"This is just the start of the game, Steff," said Anne softly.
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Arriving at the hotel, Leon pulled Steffi's hand towards their room very roughly. He didn't care about Steffi who was moaning in pain. Leon was very angry with Steffi who had dared to come to the UAL campus without his orders. Because when he was leaving for campus, he had given a message to Steffi to stay at the hotel. However, Steffi actually caught up with him to campus and made a scene there with Anne and this had made him very angry.
"Leon! Stop my hand hurts Leon!"
"Leon, I beg you,"
"Honey please, you hurt me!"
Leon didn't hear Steffi's moaning. What he had in mind right now was that he wanted to punish his wife right now. That's why he kept pulling Steffi to their room on the eighth floor of the hotel without saying a word. Even when they were in the elevator, Leon didn't release his grip from Steffi's arm. As soon as the elevator stopped, Leon immediately pulled Steffi's hand back to their room.
Bam!
"Aghhhh,"
"I've told you Steffi, if you want to be my wife you have to obey everything I say. I don't like to be argued back at all, did you forget the number one rule that I made huh?!!" Leon scolded emotionally after he pushed her on the bed.
"I didn't argue with you Leon, I did what you said," replied Steffi with a sigh.
"How you don't argue? What did you do earlier if you didn't argue? Didn't I tell you to stay at the hotel? Then why did you follow me to that campus? I already said I had an important meeting with Professor Gilbert on that campus, then why did you go there and make a fuss with ..."
" With your ex-wife, so you're angry because I argued with Marianne? You don't accept me getting angry at her? Is that right, Leon, is that what you mean? I came to the campus just to meet my husband, to accompany my husband. Where was my fault that you have to be so angry, Leon?" asked Steffi quickly, interrupting Leon's words.
Slapp!.
Instead of answering Steffi's annoying questions, Leon instead threw his hand to Steffi's cheek, so strong that Steffi fell on the bed again.
"I came to the campus because I have important business with Professor Gilbert, my company has promised to give rewards as a form of cooperation because their campus displays my company name on their official website. The gifts I gave to the students who took part in the performance yesterday were nothing, compared to the advertisement they did by including my company on the campus site. That's why I came to the campus alone, because if I asked you to come, it would be useless. You don't know anything about a business like that. Now let me ask you, if I had taken you with me, what can you do, Steffi? You didn't even graduate high school then what can you do huh?!! I don't want you to embarrass me at that campus, there are lots of smart people! That's why I asked you to stay in the hotel, but you actually came after me and made a scene on campus with Marianne. Despite the fact that I had had a relationship with Marianne, she is still one of the students at the campus," Leon said furiously.
"If you are stupid, you better keep quiet so that you didn't show your stupidity, Steffi!!!" added Leon again, cursing at her, who looked down silently on the bed while holding her cheek that was just gotten a slap from Leon.
After venting his frustrations, Leon then left Steffi in the room. He went to the bar in the hotel to drink. Steffi really messed up his day this time, even though earlier he was happy because he could go to that campus and have a reason to meet Marianne.
Prank
Prank
Prank
"Arrgghhh ... Leon!!!! Didn't you promise you're not going to bring up my past anymore huh?"
"Didn't you say you loved me without seeing who I am and how my family is, but why did you bring it up again, Leon? Why did you bring it up again, Leon? Huhuhuhu"
Steffi cried uncontrollably because she was annoyed after Leon talked about her education, that she didn't even graduate from high school. Due to poverty, Steffi had to settle for getting education up to junior high school level. And to help the family economy, she had to work at a diner in her hometown, long before she met Marianne. After three years of working as a waiter at the diner, she decided to go to the capital city to try her luck, but bad luck befell her as soon as she set foot on Berlin. All her money In the bag she was carrying was robbed. Until finally she was stranded on the street and met Marianne, who had just returned from college at that time. Because of her kindness Marianne brought Steffi home to where she lived. She was given food by Marianne, given pocket money by Marianne and bought clothes by Marianne. When she never bought clothes for herself, Marianne bought her clothes instead.
Accustomed to getting whatever she wanted from Marianne, Steffi finally wanted everything Marianne had, Including when Marianne was arranged to be married by Mrs. Chaterine with Leon, the jealousy that was ingrained in Steffi blinded her heart. She forgot the kindness of people who had helped her from the streets. According to her, Marianne didn't deserve all that happiness.
After destroying things and then going into the bathroom to cool off, she tried to find a way to win Leon's heart again.
"I don't have any children from Leon, my position as Mrs. Ganke is not strong yet. I can't make him angry. I have to be a good and obedient wife as he wants," said Steffi quietly as she stood under the shower that drenched her fully clothed body.
"Yes, Steffi, you have to obey Leon. You can't lose all this luxury, take it easy even though the ugly duckling Marianne is more modern. But still, you are much more beautiful and sexy than her, you are the only woman who is able to satisfy Leon on the bed. Yes, you have to be able to satisfy Leon. Don't let him be seduced by another woman, Steffi ... remember, Steffi, you shouldn't let your husband find another woman to satisfy his sexual desire," shrieked Steffi loudly. She suddenly remembered Marianne's words on campus.
Meanwhile, at the UAL campus, Anne and Linda, who hadn't returned home because they had just finished filling in data as students who couldn't go to Ireland, were enjoying ice cream on a swing in a large tree. They were both staring at the classroom which was still busy after Ruby, Gabriela's subordinate, was recording the complete names of students for the purposes of the data requested by Professor Gilbert.
"Let's go home, Linda, our business on campus is over. I'll take you to your workplace," said Anne softly, as she wiped her lips with a tissue after enjoying the ice cream.
"I'm really fast at eleven o'clock in the afternoon. I think I still want to relax before I get back to work," Linda replied quickly.
"Hey, why are you being lazy like this? Come on, get up. You don't want to be late, right? I also have to go to work. As if you're the only one working here," said Anne sarcastically as she grabbed her bag on the grass, then carried it and walked quickly to her car in the parking area.
Linda immediately realized when she heard Anne's last words, she had not had time to ask Anne where she worked. Running, Linda caught up with Anne, who had almost reached the parking area, because Anne's car was parked in an area where she could move the car easily, so it could get out of the parking area in just five minutes.
"Where do you work, Anne? I forgot to ask you," Linda asked softly as she wiped her makeup using facial cleanser, because in her workplace, employees are prohibited from wearing makeup for fear that it would contaminate food.
"A flower shop," said Anne shortly.
"Wow, how fun! Surely your boss is a romantic person, Anne," said Linda knowledgeably.
"How do you know he's romantic?" Asked Anne, holding back her laughter.
"Look at the line of business he takes. Only romantic people are willing to open a flower shop business like that," Linda replied quickly.
"Do I look romantic?" Asked Anne again.
Hearing Anne's words made Linda laugh out loud. Having been friends with Anne for almost four months, Linda didn't find the slightest bit of romance in Anne. Therefore she burst out laughing when Anne asked her whether she was a typical romantic person or not.
"Your question is strange Anne, you are the only cold girl on campus while many girls are crazy about Edward, the campus prince. Then how can you ask yourself whether you are a romantic, Anne? I think you must not understand the approach a man did to you. You're totally insensitive, Anne," Linda replied without hesitation. She knew that Anne wouldn't be angry if she said that.
"Open your heart, Anne, you must be friendly to a man. Don't be too stiff like that," Linda added again.
"I don't want to open my heart, Linda. It's just that there is a wound inside me that hasn't been healed. Then how can I open my heart?" said Anne without realizing it.
To be continued.
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