Exchanging Bride

Thank you, Daniel

Aldi returned to his office. Mike's problem had made him quite surprised to forget his own problem with Kiara. Now when he returned to his room, the empty and hollow feeling in his heart again pierced the recesses of his heart.

'Kiara' Aldi said in his heart. Repeatedly Aldi could only say his name when he remembered the problem between the two. Aldi and Kiara have never faced a crisis of confidence of this magnitude. Aldi was never confused in terms of communicating with anyone, whether superiors, subordinates or Kiara, whom he loved all this time. But this time Aldi found it difficult to convince Kiara of what she was thinking. Aldi was confused as to how to convince Kiara of what she was feeling.

Aldi sat in his chair, looking at his computer screen which still shows a video containing Kiara who is currently still just sitting in his hotel room. Aldi's thoughts continued to drift to Kiara and the problems between them. He knew that if this matter was not resolved immediately, what they had both built all this time could be destroyed.

Aldi decided to start focusing on the root of their problem and took steps that had been delayed due to Mike and Verlita's problems.

"Daniel, come to my office." Aldi orders Daniel briefly by phone at his desk. After closing his call to Daniel, Aldi again remembered Kiara's complaint to him.

'Why not say a greeting before saying your needs? You also never say thank you after telling your subordinates.' Kiara's voice seemed to be nagging beside her. Rara was happy to nag at the little things in the office. Aldi used to love to protest in his heart when he heard that. Aldi now misses that. Just yesterday they were in the same office, in the same room, and still joking. But the day that passed yesterday felt so long that Aldi felt very much missed his wife.

"Excuse me, sir." Daniel who enters Aldi's room breaks Aldi's daydream.

"Come in, please sit down." Aldi reminded himself to just mince words to his subordinates. "I'd like to ask you to please continue with my plans for Mike being delayed."

Daniel listened carefully to Aldi's words, but did not answer the request of the superior. Daniel rubbed his eyelids. He could not believe his boss who used to be cold was now making small talk to him by allowing him to sit down. The boss also said 'please' when commanding himself who was only an assistant.

"I'm waiting for your answer, Daniel. Don't you want to help me do this?" Aldi, who did not know what Daniel was thinking, demanded an answer to his assistant's ability.

"Of course, sir, it is my duty to carry out every command of the father. What do I do, sir?"

"Verlita gets information about Kiara's abduction by Ferdi from the woman kidnapped with Kiara. I don't know whose name that woman is. He used to be a waitress in the big house of the Wiji Sasongko family. I fired him for betraying us by releasing Ferdi who is currently locked up in the house."

"I know the father's ex-servant, sir. Name's Nina. I used to take care of the stop, sir. Also who takes care of the hospital administration after the kidnapping."

Aldi had no recollection of having ordered Daniel to take care of all that. At that time many things became unimportant besides Kiara. But those who are not important now disturb Aldi's life.

"Good, Daniel. You must know what you have to do. I need to meet Nina. Set up a safe place for him, but one that no one else can find. The last news I got was he's still in the hospital. So if he still needs medical care in the hospital, secure it from visitors other than us."

"What's the need to move to another hospital, sir."

"If it can move tonight without attracting the other party's attention, that's fine."

"Thank you, Daniel." Said Aldi before Daniel resigned.

Daniel again fixated with this sentence Aldi. There had never been a thank you spoken before from the great Boss. This is the first time. Daniel turned around and looked at Aldi's sincere looking grateful gaze.

"Sa... Equally sir. This is my job. You don't have to be sad." Even so, Daniel actually felt flowery with just a sincere thank you from Aldi.

After Daniel's departure, Aldi looked back at his computer screen and looked back at Kiara who only showed his back. Secret CCTV cameras that Aldi installed can not move in the other direction as desired Aldi. So only the impression of Kiara's back that looks vibrating alone that Aldi can notice.

Kiara is crying again. Aldi felt pain watching that. It felt like Aldi grabbed the woman and calmed the sadness in her heart. But Aldi knew that his presence could not yet heal the pain he was giving.

Aldi held his painful chest and increasingly felt the pain of seeing Kiara's lonely back.

"Ra, stop crying, baby. I feel the same pain, Ra. Don't be so sad, Kiara." Aldi spoke to himself while staring at Kiara on his computer screen.

With his heart still in pain, Aldi grabbed his phone and called the hotel.

"Good afternoon... Yes, thank you for serving my wife in your hotel. Please bring the food back to my wife's room. Healthy snacks for pregnant women only... Yes, well... Thank you again for your hard work helping me." Aldi spoke in a polite tone this time. He realized his previous way of speaking was too rude to the hotel. Now Aldi was relieved to have improved his attitude.

"Kiara, I've done what you suggested. You're happy, aren't you, baby??" Aldi said this to the shadow of Kiara in the CCTV video.

Aldi kept watching Kiara's CCTV video until he fell asleep unknowingly. He slept for hours. But a call from Daniel awakens Aldi's deep sleep.

Once Aldi woke up to the sound of Daniel's call, Aldi was surprised to realize he had fallen asleep.

"Hello. Yes, Daniel. Hows it?.. Okay, I'll be right there. Wait there yeah, and thank you for your hard work this time, Daniel." Aldi got the good news he was looking forward to. Aldi immediately got up from his chair and grabbed the suit he had taken off.

Daniel had previously arranged for Aldi's driver and several bodyguards to get ready in the car to deliver Aldi. Therefore, Aldi quickly departs from Blue Corp to the hospital where Daniel is now with Nina.

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_Dinda^^