Elena had just put a plate of tuna sandwich on the dining table when elise came there.

They both looked and fell silent. Elena was confused about what to talk or behave. She felt guilty because Elena knew her presence in this mansion was definitely not wanted by Elise. And Elan is sure that her sister must hate her a little because Elena is one of the reasons for Elise's divorce from Brian. Because Elena is the woman Rena wanted to be her daughter-in-law.

​​

So, Elena felt awkward and didn't know what to say when she met Elise.

Elise was also a little surprised when she saw Eelena in the dining room. Seconds later she was able to control her feeling of surprise and remember the conversation she had with Brian last night.

Elise, who was already in control of herself, walked casually towards the dining table. She smiled and declared Elena who was standing on the other side of the table before her.

"Morning, Elena." Said Elise while sitting on the chair. Elise's greeting did not surprise Elena and made the girl stammer when she replied to the greeting. "Mo-morning."

"I heard from Brian, you canceled your marriage to diego. And he married another girl." Elise asked, her eyes scrutinizing the look on Elena's face as she asked that question.

Elena's expression was normal and there was no sign that she was sad or happy. Elise had a hard time guessing how Elena was feeling right now.

"Yes. Diego is married to Mira. Do you remember Mira, the short hair girl with a fat body who always took me to play at the orphanage first?"

Elena's question made Elise frown in silence. She racked her brain to reach the past memories that Elena talked about. And before long the figure of a small girl with short hair like a man and fat appeared in her memory. If she not mistaken the little girl's name was mira.

Getting those memories made Elise quickly turn towards Elena. So, Mira, who is married to Diego, is Elena's little friend when she was in the orphanage.

"So, Mira is married to Diego."

"Yes."

"You must be mad and angry at them, right. Because I heard Mira is pregnant with Diego's child right now."

"No, I'm not angry. I know everything has been arranged by God. And maybe Diego is not my match."

After hearing Elena's words Elise fell silent. Silence enveloped them. And both are in their own thoughts.

"What are you talking about?" Brian's voice made the two of them turn toward the entrance of the room. Brian walked in wearing jeans and a T-shirt. So relaxed but still adds to Brian's good looks.

"So, what are you talking about?" Asked Brian again when he was sitting on the chair head. That way Elise and Elena corner on Brian's right and left.

Elise and Elena looked at each other before both answering, "Nothing."

Their answers made Brian even more curious. Dan wanted to ask further questions, but it seems that the twins won't answer because Elise and Elena have started eating their breakfast.

A few minutes later they had finished breakfast. Brian who went first because of a call from Fandri regarding some important documents. Brian did take a day off and have a taste of the meal at home for the next five days but he couldn't ignore his company and still received and made important decisions about some paperwork.

When Elen wanted to go see Dean who was currently with her baby sister in the backyard, Elise held her back.

"I have something to discuss with you." Elise's words made Elena think and agree because there were things Elena wanted to talk about too.

So, Elena and Elise sat on the back porch overlooking the garden. Not far from them, a middle-aged woman who is Dean's baby nurse, was pushing the stoller with Dean lying in his chair.

"What do you want to talk about?" Elena asked while staring at Dean on the stroller. Elena couldn't wait to meet and carry her son.

"You've heard the news of Mommy's passing."

"Yes, I heard it. I never thought that Mommy would die so soon."

"Yes, everything happened without being predicted. And mommy left so suddenly. Not only Brian and everyone in the mansion, Dean even felt the loss of his grandma."

"You mean?"

"Dean was crying loudly when Rena just died. We even had a hard time calming his Dvoice. Dean seemed to be looking for Mommy, who always came to comfort or carry her."

"Yes, I even feel the loss."

"Elena, did Brian tell you that we were going to divorce?" Asked Elise, who now showed a serious face.

Elena nodded, "yes, Brian told me."

Elena stared quickly at Elise's beaded eyes trying to find an opening so she could see what's in Elise's heart right now.

"Why do you want a divorce? Didn't you yourself say that Brian is everything and part of it is easy for you? Is it all because of Rena that ask of you?

Elise was silent as she thought back to the last moments in Rena's life.

"If you're forced to do it, then it's better not to divorce."

"No, long before Rena sacrificed her life to save me, I had doubts about whether to keep our marriage or not. And Rena's request only strengthened my heart in making the decision to divorce Brian."

"Elise, I'm sorry,"

"You don't have to feel guilty. It's my decision." Elise smiled at Elena.

"I encouraged Brian to have a relationship with you. I should have prepared with all the consequences. And this is because I have to bear it. Brian doesn't love me anymore. Or as Mommy said that from the beginning our feelings were not love. That's why the marriage was untenable again."

"Elise" called Elena with a low tone and sad face. She looked at Elise with tears in her eyes. "

"You don't need to look at me with that kind of pity," said Elise with a small smile on her face.

"This is a decision that I choose myself. Besides, I already have plans to continue my studies and realize my dream to become a top designer."

"So, you don't have to feel guilty and blame yourself for my divorce with Brian."

"Elise."

"Yes, Elena. I know that Brian doesn't love me anymore and I don't want to be a shadow or a place to just his escape from you."

"So, you don't have to apologize or feel bad about me."

"After all, how can I refuse Mommy's last wish. And I'm quite satisfied that Rena wants to accept me. She was even willing to sacrifice her life to save me. So, all of this is only a small thing compared to the sacrifice she made for the sake of our happiness. And I'm happy to feel a warm embrace. a mother from her. "

"Elise," Elena was speechless. She believed it was a tough decision for Elise. Especially after Elena heard about Elise's trauma and dark past. And Elena also remembers how Elise begged and bowed down to her to get away from them just to maintain Brian and the happiness that was very difficult for Elise to get.

"The one who should apologize is me. I was the one who was very selfish and forced you to separate from Dean, your biological son. The one you gave birth to was full of struggle."

Elise remembered how Elena protected her stomach during the kidnapping and beating incident that the tiara had done earlier. Elena already lost Sean, one of Elena's twin sons. Not that Elise sympathized or comforted Elena. She very selfishly forces Elena to get away from them immediately and forbids her to meet Dean just for fear that all their secrets will be exposed.

And no matter how hard Elise acted or covered up the secret, the more it came to the surface. In the end, Rena found all the secrets, including the thing that Elise wanted to hide from everyone, about the terrible incident.

Thinking of how that attitude and attitude made Elise frown in displeasure. She now realizes that she used to be very selfish and selfish. Without ever appreciating the attention and affection that Elena always gave her.

If she remember clearly from childhood until now, Elena has always given in and gave Elise what she wanted. Even back then when the orlando family wanted to adopt Elena. At that time Elise cried sadly and was hurt because she was not the one chosen by the family, because in the past Elise wanted to have adoptive parents. Elena relents and switches positions with Elise so she can grant Elise's wish and make her sister happy. Even though Elise herself knows that Elena also wants adoptive parents and lives outside the orphanage.

But they never thought that diego could tell the two apart and dismantle their plans. Until finally Elena was still adopted by the Orlando family and became Diego's adopted sister.