The old couple brought Nina to a simple village near a mountain. The road towards the said village was smooth asphalt, unlike what she had previously imagined rocky and dusty road.
The houses are not congested unlike the houses in the capital where you can't even put a clothing line on the side of the house.
They stopped at a small oriental style bungalow house. The couple guided her inside the house.
The house looks so well maintained.Nina saw a small pond in front of the house it also has 2 small koi statues which served as a mini waterfall. There is also a small picturesque bridge across the pond. Nina was also amazed when she saw crocus flowers on the side of the pathway. She doesn't know that this type of flower can still bloom during winter.
The couple was looking at Nina's reactions while walking, both of them found Nina cute with that amused expression. Now they are convinced that they made the right decision to hide this lovely child from their son. Such a brute man doesn't deserve this innocent girl.
Finally, they arrived in a small receiving room. The room was furnished with wooden furniture and by just looking at it, Nina can tell that these furnitures cost a lot. There is also an ancient dragon painting hanging on the wall. The table was decorated with fresh camellia flowers. Everything in this room compliments each other, Nina thought.
"Nina, come here, meet my nanny when I was young, I call her Aunt Sol. Aunt Sol, this is my daughter-in-law-"
"wife, she's not yet our daughter-in-law, remember you don't want our son to see her?" Cronos whispered to Karen
"Oh, hahaha, Aunt Sol, sorry, my mistake, this is my little friend, Nina, and she is interested in buying the land next to your house" Karen said effectively driving away the topic. How long should she punish her stupid son? When can she openly claim this girl as her daughter-in-law?! But she can't be soft! She needs to uphold justice for her future daughter-in-law! Who told his son to be unscrupulous enough to make her daughter-in-law feel uncomfortable while thinking that her boyfriend cheated on her?
"Wow, so I would be having such a beautiful neighbor" Aunt Sol exclaimed as she held Nina's hand with both her hands "Tell me Nina, do you have a boyfriend? I have a grandson who just turned 21 this year and I think both of you would look great together" Aunt Sol said enthusiastically
"Uhm, Aunt Sol, Nina is not looking for a boyfriend, she's looking for a land" Karen immediately became on guard, she can't let anyone snatch the daughter-in-law she found!
"Yes Aunt Sol, Nina is still young, I don't think she wants to have any opposite sex relationship now" Cronos also said, he felt his back became cold and sticky due to sweat when he heard what Aunt Sol said.
His son is an extremely territorial person. If Aunt Sol tries to push her grandson and Nina together, even though Aunt Sol took care of Hades when he was young he won't take that as an excuse, Cronos just can't imagine how Hades is going to tear Aunt Sol's grandson apart, well Hades won't literally tear Aunt Sol's grandson, but Hades will make sure that Aunt Sol's grandson will never have a decent life on this country!
"Why are you both answering? I was asking Nina!" Aunt Sol retorted, even though she was Karen's nanny, Karen considers her as her second mother. Aunt Sol already grew old taking care of her and her son so this woman wasn't able to establish her own family, the grandson that she was talking to was her grandson from one of his nephews. So, this made the couple tolerable to her. They are also willing to have Aunt Sol in their home but Aunt Sol refused. She said that in her old age, she just wanted to have a peaceful life living in her home. So the couple just helped Aunt Sol renovate this house to make it comfortable for Aunt Sol to live, they even wanted to hire a caretaker for Aunt Sol but Aunt Sol declined again. She said that what is she going to do if someone would take care of the things around her? She won't have past time if they would give her a caretaker.
"Grandma Sol, aunt and uncle said the right things. I just want to live a peaceful life alone right now that's why I chose this place to build my new home" Nina politely declined Aunt Sol's matchmaking
"you are right, you are still young. My grandson still has a lot of chances to chase you" Aunt Sol said, not trying to give up. This is the first time that Aunt Sol saw a girl who has a pair of pure eyes, the kind of eyes that would make anybody feel soft. Even though those eyes are covered with eyeglasses, Aunt Sol can still see and feel the pureness of those eyes. If her grandson could marry this girl, it would feel like burning fragrant incense for their ancestors!
"Grandma Sol, honestly, I already have a man that I love we just had misunderstandings and I am just trying to cool down first before talking to him again" Nina lied, she just made a leeway for herself because sooner or later, these people will find out about her baby and of course, this words would stop Grandma Sol from arranging Nina to her grandson!
"Is that so? How lucky was the man you love for you to be loyal to him even though you are fighting. Anyway, if you decided that you don't love that man anymore, just tell me, I have a lot of grandsons that would be suitable for you" Aunt Sol regrettably said then she told Nina that she would bring her to the owner of the land then they left the couple alone.
The couple seemed to breathe normally now. As expected of their daughter-in-law, she can still be faithful to their son even though he cheated on her, how lucky he was?! But they were still alarmed with the words of Aunt Sol, what if Nina fell out of love to their son? What are they going to do?!
"Wife, until when should we hide Nina?" Cronos asked his wife. Now that there is a threat, how can they sit still?
"two weeks?" Karen asked, is that punishment enough for their son?
"Do you think Aunt Sol would not let her grandson come here to talk to Nina everyday?" Cronos was thinking that if Nina would build a house in this village, Aunt Sol would of course offer Nina to live in her house and wait until the house is built. So the chances of Nina meeting aunt Sol's grandson would be great.
"how about a week?" Karen thinks that a week of punishment is not enough for her son to remember his lessons but she needs to be lenient now, who made her daughter-in-law too attractive?
"A week it is" Cronos agreed to his wife. The punishment was not too long nor too short, and he thinks that a week is not enough for Nina to forget Hades
Nina still doesn't know that her Auntie Karen and Uncle Cronos thought that the man who cheated on her was their son. If she only knew this, well, she won't do anything because first of all, she doesn't even know who Hades is and she doesn't have an idea that their son is the father of her child!
Nina didn't try to find out who the man was that night. She just wanted to forget that that night existed. And even though she got pregnant, she still doesn' t want to know who the man was, she is afraid that like before, she would need to give up her child due to his father.
Grandma Sol brought her next door there and she found out that this small newly built cottage house and the 100 square meter land around the house was for sale because the family of four are now packing to move to the capital.
Nina liked the design of the house. It is just simple with a small veranda in front. Around the house there are especially made flower beds. She went inside the house and she saw the living area was enough to accommodate 5 people. There are two doors in the living room one is for the kitchen and the other one is for the rooms. She first looked at the three rooms, there is 1 master's bedroom and two small rooms. The master's bedroom has its own bathroom while the two small rooms don't have whoever sleeps there should use the common bathroom that can be found at the end of the corridor. Then she went to the kitchen. The kitchen also has the dining area but it is big enough for 5 people. Then she saw the backyard door, she went there to see how big the backyard is.
She feels that the area is enough for her to plant and maintain. Anyway, she's not planning to make farming her main source of income, the plants that she will grow outside can be sold in the city, and she doesn't expect to earn much from that because this area is an agricultural area where vegetables are not uncommon, anyway there are a lot of online jobs she can do and these jobs make a lot of money. The vegetables that she grows in her space are still under observation. If it has too much good effect on the body, she can't sell it because she's afraid to cause any commotion, she just wants to live peacefully without any scruples, so if that happens, she'll just use it for her family and occasionally give some to people close to her. If it is only minimal effect, she can sell some but most of it will be sent to an orphanage. She still wants to pay off for the place who took her when nobody was with her in her two lives.
Nina doesn't really care about getting rich, she just wants a comfortable life for her and her child.
"I want to buy this" Nina said to the owner "But I don't want the furnitures, so you can give it to your friends or sell it" Nina said, the owner told her a while ago that the price they gave includes the furnitures, but Nina just likes the structure of the house, she doesn't like the furnitures inside the house. She likes the wooden design of this cottage that gives off a relaxing atmosphere, but the things inside don't match to it.
As an architect who minored interior design, she can't accept this aesthetic so might as well give it to others
"but the payment…" the owner was reluctant. He was thinking that he can still use the money to add for their start up fund in the capital, although both him and his wife got a permanent job there and his company provided him a house for his family there, the cost of living there is high.
"I will pay according to our agreement, don't worry" Nina seems to talk like a nouveau riche who doesn't know where to put her money, but she just doesn't want the owner to feel complicated. It's just a little bit of money, and besides, the agreed payment is still in line with her budget.
"Then, thank you!" the owner gratefully said. His family already moved to the capital, he just stayed here for a while to talk to the people who want to but their house, and thankfully he didn't need to stay too long here because he only asked for 1 month leave from his company, he already consumed 1 week, so he can use the rest of his leave to relax with his family.
The owner and Nina sent Grandma Sol first to her home then Nina then she told her Auntie Karen and Uncle Cronos that she and the owner will go back first to the city to find a law firm that would notarized their agreement. Karen and Cronos wanted to go with her but Nina said that they haven't chatted with Grandma Sol yet, so they should accompany her first and they will just meet at the hotel's restaurant. The couple agreed but they made Nina promise to call them once she finished her errand.
Nina and the owner went to the most known law firm where they were greeted by a man. Based on Nina's eyes this guy is considered a good looking man. He looks around 182 to 185 cm tall, deep set eyes, pointed nose and thin lips. But this is not enough for Nina to feel intimidated. Her ex husband was much good looking than this man so she just looked at the man with no worries.
Ares was stunned to see a life like doll looking at him without being shy. This type of face are more often than not, acts bashful at first to him before a subtle flirting. But this girl just looked at him like he was an ordinary looking man! He felt both annoyed and amused to this doll. So he also looked at her without blinking his eyes, but it feels like that was a wrong decision. The girl in front of him, though she's wearing a round eyeglasses that covers almost half of her palm size face, is a real beauty. The eyeglasses wasn't able to cover the attractiveness of the girl's eyes what more if he removed those eyeglasses? Ares doesn't know how many times he swallowed just to stop himself from removing those spectacles.
There was a long silence inside the office and the first one to break it was the owner.
"Sir, are you Attorney Ares Lexington?" asked the owner, Ares just gave a nod.
"that's good. Ms. Nina and I went here to notarized our agreement and the land deed" Ares looked at Nina after hearing that. She only looks like a high school student but she already bought herself a land? Interesting.
"okay, follow me" Ares finally said and led them inside his office. He doesn't have many employees because he doesn't like too much noise and as one of the best lawyers in the country, he has the rights to be eccentric. Where can you find a lawyer that is considered to be best among the bests who chose to put his main office in a mountainous area? Only him! He really doesn't accept any notarization jobs but for the interesting doll, he will give an exemption
The whole process, Nina was silent. She just let the owner do the transactions and signed what are needed to be signed. Then Ares said that they just needed to wait until tomorrow for everything to be filed on the government office which made Nina's eyebrows to raise. The house that she sold the other day still needs to process for a month but this man says only for a day.
The small gestures of Nina didn't escape Ares' eyes, little doll are you playing dumb in front of me? Ares thought as he watched the back of the two leaving his office.
Nina bid farewell to the owner before calling the old couples then she hurriedly went to her hotel room then she slumped on the floor.
Why didn't the author wrote that the second male lead lives on this area?! It was only said that he lived on a mountainous area before staying to the capital and silently support the female lead, but why didn't the author specified that country M was that area? How hard would it be to type the words country M!
Now she needs to be on guard to another major role player in the book, too frustrating!