Lilia sat on the bed while reading various comments on her post. There were some annoying comments, but most of them congratulated Lilia on her marriage. Without realizing it, the corner of Lilia's mouth lifted into a happy smile.
A chuckle escaped from Lilia's lips as she read the many comments asking her husband's identity. Netizens were trying to guess which man was lucky enough to marry Lilia, but the woman had no intention of announcing Jean's name.
Lilia wouldn't hesitate if Jean was just a man from an ordinary family, but that man was the fourth son of the Widjaya Family. She didn't want to go public with Jean's identity carelessly and give James another reason to hate her.
At that moment, Jean walked out of the bathroom. His athletic body was wrapped in a gray cotton bathrobe. His blonde hair was still dripping with water, while his white skin was flushed red after a hot shower. Jean's broad chest peeking out from between his robes made the man look even sexier than usual.
Jean walked over to Lilia, who was still focused on her cell phone's screen. The man reached out and rubbed his wife's head. "What are you doing?" Jean asked curiously.
Lilia jumped in shock when the man's big hand touched her hair. She hastily closed her cellphone and wiped the broad smile on her face.
"It's nothing." Lilia answered while shaking her head. "Y-You have finished showering, right? I'll take a shower now then."
Without waiting for Jean's answer, Lilia left her cellphone and rushed into the bathroom. If that guy found out that she was smiling to herself while reading the comments of netizens, Lilia would die of shame!
Jean watched his wife run away from him with a frown. The big smile on Lilia's face made Jean suspicious. He turned his gaze towards the woman's cell phone. Jean picked it up and started scrolling. Did the photo they took earlier have anything to do with Lilia's mood?
Finally, Jean lost by curiosity and opened Lilia's cellphone. When he logged onto her social media accounts, he was immediately greeted with a hot topic that everyone was talking about.
"The famous model, Lilia Pangestu, announced that she is married! Plus, her husband is reportedly not someone from the entertainment world! For complete news, please click the link below."
Jean's eyebrows raised as he read the post from one of the journalist's accounts on social media. So this was what made Lilia so happy that she was smiling to herself.
If Lilia learned that her husband found out about this, she might just run away from this house. But fortunately, the model was enjoying a warm bath right now. Lilia seemed to have forgotten that she told Jean the password for her cellphone once.
Jean then opened the announcement posted by Lilia. He was stunned for a moment when he saw the contents. Then a low laugh escaped the man's lips.
"Lilia, you really are…" Jean shook his head while smiling broadly.
His finger rubbed the screen of the phone, which showed a photo of the two of them in front of the mirror. His heart was warm and full because of that simple post. He could guess that Lilia wanted everyone to know that she was married, but that woman didn't want to bother Jean either by announcing his identity. This was how Lilia showed her care and concern for the man.
"Then ..." Jean's gaze fell on his own cell phone, which was lying on the table.
About twenty minutes later, Lilia finally got out of the bathroom. She deliberately took a long shower in the hope that Jean had forgotten her strange behavior earlier. As a result, Lilia's face flushed red as if she just came out of a sauna.
Lilia looked around, but the bedroom was empty. There was no sign of her husband. Lilia peeked at the balcony, but the man wasn't there either. Lilia then glanced at the clock with a frown.
It was almost eleven. Where did Jean go at this time of night?
Lilia sat on the bed while continuing to rack her brain. Her hands played with the ends of her hair, which was still damp after bathing. She spent a few minutes thinking, but she still didn't know where Jean had disappeared. Then, Lilia's gaze fell on her cellphone. She decided to wait for the man to return by reading the comments of netizens on social media.
"Hmm?" Lilia was shocked when she saw the hot topic that had just changed her topic earlier.
She clicked on the topic curiously. When she saw the post that became the source of the hot topic, Lilia was so shocked that she almost dropped her cellphone.
[User0601]: "Happily married to you, @Lilia."
Apart from the caption, a photo of Lilia was also posted. The photo showed Lilia's figure staring out the car's window. Moonlight hit the side of her face and made her black eyes sparkle like obsidian stones.
Lilia recognized this photo as a photo taken when she was on her way home from Yogyakarta. When they came home from the Ricardos birthday party, Chris sat next to Lilia while Merry sat in the back seat. Based on the angle of the photo, it must be Chris who took it.
The woman smiled gently as she recalled how she felt when this photo was taken. That night, Lilia missed Jean so badly after their fight for several days. And that man actually appeared to help her when Nora tried to find trouble with her.
User0601 who posted this photo did not reveal his identity, but the post was sufficient as proof. Netizens immediately started talking about the mysterious man who married Lilia. They were all trying to guess who the man was and how he could win the heart of their 'Princess Snow White'.
But Lilia was not interested in reading the discussions of netizens in the comment sections. She was more interested in the social media account User0601. She opened the account and gasped in surprise. There were 322 posts on the account, but all of them were reposted from posts on Lilia's own account.
Lilia's eyes became hot as she browsed through User0601. She knew that Jean had been harboring feelings for her since 14 years ago. But Lilia didn't expect that that man had noticed her from the start.
Jean had been following Lilia's career development since she debuted as a model. The man knew every fashion show, as well as every ad and magazine she'd ever been in. It could be said that that guy was Lilia's biggest fan!
No wonder Jean was so tolerant of Lilia's time-consuming career. Even after they met again 14 years later, Jean had never once asked Lilia to stop modeling. That man knew Lilia's struggles and dreams more than Lilia's parents.
The woman continued to shift the screen of her cellphone, looking at all the posts that filled Jean's social media accounts. She wondered if this was Jean's way of feeling closer to Lilia, when the man had no reason to see her yet.
Then Lilia arrived at the very first post that Jean reposted. Her laughter broke when she saw the contents of the post. The man was reposting Lilia's post when she had just broken up with William.. During those dark times, Lilia comforted herself by writing poems about heartbreak. She couldn't believe that Jean reposted such a ridiculous post!
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