Forced to Marry an Actor

National Pounding Day

Today is a national day for Arya. First because it is just counting the days to the wedding date to ask Raya who she loves so much to be his wife.

Then secondly because he has been convicted of having to marry another woman who is completely unknown to him, which means he must cancel his marriage with Raya. Another surprising thing that makes his heart beat faster is that the woman is pregnant with an unknown child, no matter which man his father is.

And it sucks again, all this shit happens right on the same day.

"Geez God, how beautiful!" arya said in amazement, on the sofa she sat leaning over her body, her hands covered her mouth, she almost cried out in excitement as Raya opened the curtain of the fiti room to try on the wedding dress.

"Where, Ay? Good no?" tanya Raya asked for an opinion while smiling. The dimples on both cheeks made the girl more beautiful.

"It's not good anymore Ay, it's perfect. Like an angel from heaven." Arya said she still had her hands in her mouth above her knees. Chests rumbling. To him Raya looked so stunning.

"Darah Ayang! I asked for your comment. From earlier said beautiful, like a goddess, like an angel. I'm so confused from just trying there's no one you choose. Which one fits." Raya said as she dropped herself sitting on the sofa beside Arya.

Arya who was aware of the pounding in her chest is now more pounding when she saw the little lips of Kingdom pursed pout. It was very desirable that he pinched those lips, but because Arya is a stiff man, he did not do it. He let his desire be limited to the heart.

Arya is a stiff man with strong principles. For him as long as Raya had not been his legal wife, it meant that this girl was not his. So there's no right for Arya to do anything to that girl. Never pinch the tiny lips Raya, cuddle never, let alone kiss her. So, throw away such thoughts. The most vulgar thing for Arya during the courtship is just one, which is hand in hand.

When Raya sat next to Arya, the girl accidentally dropped her head on the shoulder of the man, making Arya misbehave. Arya quickly pulled her shoulder so that Raya almost fell to the side behind Arya.

Raya then corrected her sitting position while glaring at Arya sharply. Arya just slightly cleared her throat while also correcting her sitting position and being mediocre like feeling innocent.

Raya who had memorized Arya's attitude did not bother anymore, then she pulled Arya's hand. Grasping her firmly while whispering "You really love me, don't you, Ay?" tanya Raya while looking at the depth of Arya's eyes fixedly.

Arya returned those eyes. "I may marry a woman I don't love. You know you're the only woman I want to have in this world."

Raya's eyes glazed over hearing that. Then like being consumed by the atmosphere, unconsciously their faces approached each other. Just a few pauses of their lips will touch, not long after, they had not had time to link Arya pushed Kingdom's forehead with her index finger back while shaking her head.

"Basar nafsuan woman." Arya said as she stood up to get ready to try her wedding coat.

"And you were the most monstrosity spirit" said Raya held back laughter, hearing it made Arya's face reddened and pointed to herself as if saying 'just right. I'm like that?'.

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After completing the fiti wedding dress Arya also deliver Raya to the house with her favorite HRV car even though she can buy lamborghini though but Arya does not want to. For him even though he is rich and the son of a successor to a large company but he thinks why buy a car like that? There is no benefit if it is useless. In addition to the rigid type, Arya likes simple things. He is also the type who always uses the items he likes no matter what the price wants it expensive or cheap. Even to this day he still wears a shabby watch given his best friend time High School.

Although contrary to his neat and clean personality but he is not ashamed to wear the watch because he likes and appreciates it.

Day did not feel it was night, on seeing his watch already showed at 8 o'clock.

After lowering Raya in front of her house, Arya immediately drove her car home. Seen from the rearview mirror Raya waved her hands back there.

Arya smiled happily seeing Raya still watching her departure. For a moment the man's heart again thumped considering when Raya wore a wedding dress this afternoon. My future wife is really beautiful, Arya thought.

The time to go to his house feels shorter because Arya's mind is still drifting with a cheerful heart.

He did not feel he had reached his home and parked his car in his spacious family, but he felt something unusual. There were two foreign cars parked there. Whose car is that?

The man headed straight for his house, when he arrived inside he was amazed by the many pairs of eyes that looked at him as if he was waiting for his presence.

"You're home, son?" Sapa Mama approached Arya, as if being careful or rather like preparing Arya for something she did not know.

Arya looked at the guests one by one. There were 3 people there, one was a middle-aged man, one was a middle-aged woman, and another was a person he already knew. Mr. Randy, Raya's father.

"Hello everyone," said Arya "Loh Om, what's here? Do you need anything for a party later?" ask Arya guess there is still to be taken care of about her wedding with Raya.

Mr. Randy poked his lips for a moment, as if he was not willing to say something.

"No, Son. Not about the wedding. This is something more important, Om wants you to cancel your marriage with Raya." said Mr. Randy.

It was like falling from the sky when Arya heard that. His chest was pounding, his ears were flushed.

'I didn't hear wrong, did I? Am I dreaming?' thought Arya.

"Let's sit down with us first." asked Papa Arya but the man remained silent not shaking so much in shock as if he was being cursed into stone.

Mama embraces Arya's arm to join them. Arya's like a robot soap that's almost out of battery. He followed his mother on the couch talking to them.

"Papa apologized earlier to you, son. Papa knows you like it and love it very much, but there's one big thing going on and it's about the company. You know that the company is in trouble that means it also affects our lives," explained Papa who is not at all understood Arya where the actual direction of the conversation.

Mama clasped Arya's hand trying to strengthen her for something she was about to hear.

"... Mr. Aga's son is a celebgram, he actively introduces our products and he is also a brand ambassador who has been unfortunate crosswise over television and online media. Everyone who follows him also knows that he is the son of Mr. Aga, the son of a big boss of a famous brand, and our company is going fast thanks to the use of this brand, he said, not only our products are speeding up but the production capacity in the Om Randy factory also depends on our products that use the services of this brand owned by Pak Aga. Come here Papa knows you understand, son. Well, the problem here is Mr. Aga's son. Name's Marissa. You may have heard his name even though you never met him in person... She is a beautiful woman just like Raya and.. "

"And what does this talk mean, Pa?" cut Arya impatient. He doesn't need an explanation, but he needs clarity.

"This, Son.. Papa wants you to marry Marissa" said Papa to heat Arya's head as if all the blood in her body went up to her head and filled her brain.

What the fuck? How could Papa say such a thing to me, even in front of Om Randy? And why doesn't Om Randy deny or argue as if he agrees to this?

"Pa, Arya can't. How Arya married someone else Arya herself does not know while the wedding date Arya and Raya have been in plain sight just counting days," Arya refused raw. "and sorry Pa, sorry Pa, Arya tired all day running out of wedding clothes with Raya. And there's no reason Arya's sitting here listening to Papa's story" Arya said as she stood up.

"Aryan!" snapped Papa. Mama immediately grabbed Arya's hand begging her not to leave.

"Papa's not done talking! You have to marry Marissa, she's pregnant. If the pregnancy until known to many people will be a major disaster for the company." exclaimed Papa.

"What?" arya asked in surprise while raising her lips.

"If she is pregnant, yes she should marry the man who impregnated her. Not even with Arya." Arya said while throwing her face away.

"It's only temporary, Arya." said Mama softly.

"Yes son Arya, this is only a temporary marriage. Just marry the contract. You only need to marry our daughter until she gives birth. After that you can divorce her." Said the middle-aged woman, one of the guests who had just been silent.

"Then what about Raya? Is she going to accept Arya getting married to another woman while our wedding date is in sight." asked Arya.

"Just calm down, son. Let Om talk to Raya later. He must understand. He will definitely wait for you. About the date of the wedding you don't have to worry, we have agreed you and Marissa get married on the same date. The date you should have married Raya. That way there won't be any news of the confusion happening to you." Obviously Om Randy is easy. Yes, it was so easy for her to talk like that as if Raya was not her son. It won't be a problem for me because of the invited guests, brother, brother, no one knows what kind of face Raya is because Arya rarely takes her to big family events except eating together only the two nuclear families only. Aryan brothers and relatives who have met Raya maybe only once, even that they will definitely not remember his face. Arya doesn't even have any friends she's ever introduced to Raya.

But what about Raya whose association is broad and many friends. Already kepalang Raya spread the invitation then his friends came to the wedding that the woman is not Raya. What do they say later, how will Raya explain it?

And again that's not all he was concerned about, Arya was not able to think how these parents could move their children as if their children were puppets. Why did the elders not ask for the approval of Arya and Raya, but instead discussed themselves without thinking about their feelings.

Arya was very thoughtful, her heart was too disappointed to listen to all of this.

"If Arya doesn't want to, what?" aryan threat.

"We're all gonna end, son." Answer Papa. "Our products depend on this brand, and so does the production of Om Randy's factory. The source of factory life is in our products. How can Om Randy pay his employees if they have no orders at all? Many people will get a PHK. Including our employees. This brand name is attached to Marissa. If they knew Marissa was pregnant out of wedlock, it would be big news. Our products will be banned. Brand Pak Aga will be limited sales because Marissa is a brand ambassador that will be considered to have an influence that is not positive. And Om Randy is on the verge of bankruptcy crisis because before the production of our products Om Randy had borrowed money from the bank to give severance to his employees who had been hit by PHK. Now that Om Randy is fighting to get back up, Papa is sure Raya will agree to know this condition."

Arya chuckles. "Arya didn't understand Papa's intentions at all. How would Papa know Raya would agree to such an absurd thing? And Arya thinks it has nothing to do with Marissa's life and ours, nor with Om Randy's factory. People just think women don't give positive things but in an instant they will forget, and we just need to change the brand ambassador only. Or we create a product with another name with the same quality as our old products, and we can still produce in the Om Randy factory. Why is everything made so difficult? And that woman named Marissa was no obstacle at all. We just need to find an excuse to replace him with another brand ambassador. We're saying Marissa won't renew her contract or any other reason. That way she can give birth without being known to the audience of netizens and people in general." explained Arya. He feels great to be able to solve a problem that is actually not difficult, if he thinks.

"If it were that easy, son.." Mr. Aga sighed softly, "the problem is that our child was pregnant as a result of the relationship he took away people's husbands. He cheated on people's husbands, and made a fuss on his Instagram, saying he was pregnant with a man's son and holding him accountable for leaving his legal wife. Lots of negative comments. Not only about himself, but also spread to the company's business. Their comments even some who want to boycott our products because of this Marissa case." explained Mr. Aga.

"Then what does this have to do with me, Om? That's a son of om, it has nothing to do with me. Why do I have to get dragged into all this trouble. Om that's his father, Om should be looking for the right way instead of dragging and harming people!" arya was upset.

"Aryan!" snapped Papa.

"It's true I'm his father, because I'm his father so I'm looking for a way out and the only way is just you, son" said Mr. Aga. "Only marrying you will break the rumor that she took people's husbands, you know the issue of the man's husband grabbing is being viral in this country? Marissa has been stamped as an actor. Such issues are very sensitive. Marissa's mistake was having an affair with someone's husband, but netizens did not want to know. Marissa's life is all in ulik including our brand attached to her." Obviously Mr. Aga again

"Huhuh?" Arya belittles.

"Son, I am not only a father, but I am also a husband and also a businessman. I am a boss who has staff with branch offices throughout Indonesia. I won't let anything bad happen to my daughter, but I won't be silent if my company is on the verge of collapse. That's why I chose this way. And I know that everything has to be reciprocal, I don't want to harm any of us. I don't want to hurt you and your partner Raya, I just want you to add time to the guarantee. Your marriage and Marissa is just ink on paper until the time comes you can remove the ink. And we agreed with your father and Mr. Randy. I will develop whatever product your company wants to use our brand and I can ensure great sales in every one of our retailers. And we are also ready to add products that not only belong to your father but also belong to colleagues who joined as our partners for production at the factory owned by Mr. Randy. Believe me son, no one will be harmed here." explained Mr. Aga at length.

Arya was silent for a moment. His head was full of everything that his brain could not digest.

Whatever Mr. Aga says remains impossible. They can think of their employees but cannot think of their children. Arya knew the employee case was just an alibi for the gratification of keeping their company's good name.

"What Mr. Aga says is true, son. No one will be harmed here." Papa Timpal.

Instead of making Arya calm, Papa's words even more anger Arya.

"Arya won't. Arya wants to choose Arya's own life not to be a puppet of Papa or anyone." said Arya.

Arya is already dizzy, it feels nauseous if she has to linger here. So he decided to move on and went up to his room without saying goodbye.

Papa sighed "Freely you want to fight what Arya looks like, still will not change anything." exclaimed Papa from a distance.

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