Lilia's gaze slowly turned towards llisa. The woman deliberately turned her face away, as if trying to hide her shaken expression.
llisa hurriedly got up from the sofa and headed for the window. With trembling hands, she took out a cigarette case from the pocket of her pants. llisa had a hard ti pulling out a cigarette because her fingers wouldn't stop shaking.
Even though she tried hard not to show it, llisa could not hide the overflowing joy in her heart. She'd been expecting it from the mont they first t, and it turned out Lilia really was her younger sibling! All her efforts to protect that woman so far had not been in vain!
llisa lit her cigarette while closing her eyes. The harsh life she had lived for these five years flashed through her mind. For the first ti in five years, llisa felt as if she had found hope. That there was a light at the end of the tunnel she had been walking through.
A single tear fell down llisa's cheek. Just like her sister, that woman shed tears without a sound. But her smiling broad lips revealed that this was a cry of happiness.
Lilia watched her sister, who was standing with her back, without saying anything. The two sisters seed at a loss for words after reading the result of the DNA test.
Only after llisa finished two cigarettes did she calm down enough to think more clearly. She turned towards Lilia, who was still sitting on the sofa. The morning sunlight shone in from the window behind llisa, making the woman look sparkling. Her eyes were filled with tears and filled with intense emotion.
Lilia secretly admired llisa's current figure. The woman looked very beautiful, like a war goddess who was shedding tears of joy.
"Little sister…" The short haired woman covered her eyes with the back of her hand while muttering, "Lilia really is my sister ..."
llisa was relieved that she already knew the truth, but at the sa ti, she was also feeling great disappointnt. If Lilia had been raised as her younger sister, llisa wouldn't have had to go through a difficult life for the past five years. They could grow up together as inseparable siblings.
But maybe this was the path they should take. In the end, fate still brought llisa together with her younger sibling and she felt grateful for it. Even though she had lost her position in the Irwan Family, her comfortable life, and even her identity, llisa no longer cared. Even if the whole world turned into her enemy, as long as she had Lilia by her side, llisa wouldn't mind.
llisa walked quickly to Lilia and suddenly hugged her sister tight. For the first ti in five years, llisa allowed herself to cry in soone else's arms.
Lilia tightly hugged her sister back. One hand was stroking llisa's back that was shaking with sobs. No one, not even Lilia, could fully understand llisa's feelings. She must have never allowed herself to depend on others all this ti. No wonder llisa collapsed as soon as she t soone she could trust.
"Ssh… it's okay… everything will be fine… I'm here for you…" Lilia whispered, trying to calm llisa down. The model's eyes were also filled with tears, but she suppressed her emotions so that she wouldn't cry too.
Lilia also had the sa thoughts as llisa. If she had been raised as the daughter of the Irwan Family, she wouldn't have had to face Sylvia's cold attitude towards her for years.
But Lilia never considered herself unlucky. In the end, she was able to et Jean because she was raised by the Pangestu Family. The presence of Jean alone was enough to replace all the unpleasant experiences she had been experiencing so far.
"Sister l, don't cry anymore ... I'm here." Lilia whispered softly.
Her eyes watched llisa who was still sobbing violently. Her sister's appearance reflected the harshness of the life she had lived. llisa's hair, which was cut as short as a man's, looked unkempt. The body that Lilia was hugging felt emaciated so that she could feel the bulges of her bones. llisa's clothes also looked worn out and unfit to wear.
Lilia secretly sighed, but she didn't say a word regarding llisa's appearance. For her, there were things that only needed to be seen without a single word to comnt on. Even though llisa had lived a hard life, the woman still presented herself with great pride and confidence.
Lilia prayed that one day, llisa could return to the Irwan Family. Maybe at that ti, after llisa felt the warmth and love from her family, she would be able to tell about everything that she had been through. But Lilia intended to wait until llisa was ready to tell her.
Nearly half an hour passed until llisa's crying finally died down. Even though she was no longer sobbing, that woman refused to let Lilia go. llisa still hugged Lilia stubbornly, but Lilia herself didn't mind. Her hand kept stroking her sister's back.
llisa finally took a deep breath while rubbing her swollen eyes. She looked at Lilia with a bitter smile, "Sorry, I showed you an embarrassing side of myself. Are you disappointed that I'm not what you imagined?" She asked in a self-deprecating tone.
Lilia shook her head hard, "That's not embarrassing! I bet you haven't let yourself cry all this ti, and that's not healthy! I'm glad you trusted enough to cry in front of . Besides…" Lilia smiled mischievously at llisa, "You look feminine when you cry."
llisa pretended to be sulking and tapped Lilia's forehead, "Don't tease your sister! I know that I don't look like a woman, thank you very much!"
The two sisters joked with each other while Lilia picked up the tissue box from the table. Then she began to wipe llisa's face patiently, like a mother.
"When you do this, I don't know who is older among us." llisa joked while taking the tissue from Lilia's hand. She squeezed it into a ball before throwing it across the room. The tissue ball slid into the trash can with surprising accuracy.
Lilia laughed and shook her head, "I'm showing off." She teased.
"How long will you be shooting here?" llisa changed the subject.
The model was silent for a mont, "… In about two days. After that, I'll go to Sarangan with Jean." She replied with a shy smile.
llisa closed her eyes while tapping her temples. She seed busy thinking about sothing. A few monts later, llisa finally opened her eyes, "Then, I'll go back to Jakarta first." She decided.
Lilia looked at llisa in surprise, "You don't want to co back with ?"
llisa smiled faintly and shook her head, "If I go out with you, I'll only bother you two. Besides that, Herri is still waiting for in Jakarta. When you finish shooting, I'll go find you in Surabaya." She promised.
When llisa followed Lilia all the way to Magetan, she didn't expect Jean to co here too. That man must have been very busy with his work, but he left it all as if only Jean couldn't stand being away from Lilia. Jean's overprotective behavior stunned llisa. What did Lilia do to her husband to be able to steal his heart completely?
llisa could not deny that she felt a little jealous of her sister's love story which seed to be running smoothly. Although she had also experienced love with friends her age before, llisa never found soone who loved her as much as Jean loved Lilia.
But llisa knew that she didn't deserve to find love in her ssy life.
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