Forced to Marry an Actor

Pay Debt

Arista wails at her grandfather Indra's 75th birthday party. This was the most luxurious party he had ever been to before. The lamp decoration on the right flickering left gives a feel like being in a fairy tale country. Magnificent music blared through the room. The guests present also seemed to be competing to wear beautiful and neat clothes, not to mention with other decorations that glinted all over their bodies. Arista idly observes the brand used by the guests, apparently a very famous international brand.

I think I'm in the wrong place like this. I'm like a raspy that again disguised it will be, cried Arista in the heart.

Again engrossed in talking to himself suddenly Indra pulled Arista's arm carrying him in front of the grandfather who looked busy with his relatives. Seeing Grandfather who exclaimed at Indra made the relatives of the grandfather excuse him to go to give them a talk room.

"Ah, grandson.. Have you come yet? Bring who is it? Your candidate?" asked Grandfather smiling cheerfully revealing his yellowed and brittle teeth.

Papa and Mama Indra observed the girl in front of him from head to toe. They think Arista is okay enough to bring to this party. Arista was beautiful, her body was well-proportioned and looked reliable.

Arista looked down in doubt as well as embarrassed. He did not know how to greet the true among the rich.

"Finally you brought your candidate too. It's only fitting that you always reject girls who are often betrothed to you, apparently already have a girlfriend as beautiful as this huh. hahahha.." said Grandpa praised making Arista misbehaved and just forced grin.

Indeed, how many women in the same match Indra until he forced Arista to join this event? Try if not for paying the debt, it is not possible that Arista would be invited to a place like this and become Indra's fake girlfriend.

After returning home from the cafe at that time, Indra took Arista to a park and there he asked Arista for help. Instead of paying all his time debt in the hospital, Indra wanted Arista to pay in return, he even returned the money that Arista had paid before without a penny. Arista refused. Hearing Indra's request to make Arista a fake girlfriend of course Arista did not want to. Moreover, all this time he had paid his debt to Indra even though it was repaying little by little. But the already frustrated Indra immediately prostrated and asked for Arista's help with a face of despair.

During this time Indra continues to be pressured to get married so that his grandfather is still healthy, especially the age of Indra now has entered into adulthood for someone to be married. Because it continues to be under pressure from such a family makes Indra dizzy where he still does not have a girlfriend even though his female admirers are many and scattered everywhere, but still no one drew his heart.

Finally, Indra's parents agreed to match only his son with the child of relatives and clients of his company. But such efforts were in vain because no one was able to melt Indra's heart.

His appearance like a boyband makes him more famous with the issue of likes to play women when in fact the women are always approaching Indra and hope to play with him aka dating. But the name of the gossip if it has spread to one ear can directly relay again to the other ear until Indra is branded as a charming land crocodile male. Not even a few of his admirers who fantasize that he does not matter if it should be one of the victims of Indra's land crocodile.

But when I saw Arista, I don't know why something tickled his heart. It was as if there was a whisper telling him to approach the girl. Indra who initially just wanted to complete the curiosity even so challenged because Arista could not meet the curiosity. Every Indra approached even teased him, Arista did not budge at all. Instead of being relieved, Indra even more curious about him.

Indra once thought that Arista was a woman who had no heart, or perhaps no lust at all. Could he usually not be fascinated by the same fondness of Indra who is always in the women puja outside there?

At first Indra did not think at all to bring Arista to his grandfather's birthday party, after all they do not have a special relationship that requires Indra to bring Arista there but this is an emergency situation.

His grandfather said, if after his 75th birthday Indra still can not get a girlfriend, inevitably he must be ready to be betrothed!

"You want to see Grandpa die and continue to be a curious ghost because you're not married yet?" the words of Grandfather were ringing in Indra's mind.

Although it sounds flattering but for Indra this is very profitable too anyway, as unwilling as he can mode to get closer to Arista.

From that, Indra insisted that Arista would accept his offer. But Arista refused.

"Why should I accept your offer? You think lying to your family is worth the medical expenses you spent in the hospital?"

It was like losing his life. He's getting frustrated. "How can it be worth it? Do I have to pay you? If you want, I'll pay you 10 million! No, 50 million! Oh, naw. Then 100 million!" indra was getting desperate. For him whatever he will do so that Arista will be involved in taking the role of Indra's fake girlfriend.

Indra Tau, Arista is not a lazy woman. Hearing Indra mention the nominals Arista will certainly be devastated because he felt Indra had hurt his pride until finally Arista challenged and willing to accept Indra's offer voluntarily.

"Good!"

Indra looked up, "What?"

"I said I wanted to. If you could give me that much money, I would. As if with the money later I can open a business and do not need to work in a cafe anymore, right?"

Indra's heart was broken. This was beyond his expectations. Can a perfect looking Arista usually say nothing unreasonable for money?!

"Why? You want to change your mind?" asked Arista disperse all the reverie Indra who still could not believe what he heard just now.

"I don't know what a rich man's party is like. So your wardrobe business is set," said Arista again. He did not know what Indra's grandfather's birthday party was like, but from Indra's story that had talked about his colleagues and coworkers were important people, he said, Arista could deduce that it was a luxurious feast.

After saying that Arista then went to the lip of the road to call a taxi and went home leaving Indra just like that which seemed still pecking at his place.

Until it happened today. Where Arista comes with Indra to lie to everyone, introducing himself as Indra's girlfriend.

"Have you ever lived in Singapore?" ask Kia her mother Indra who tried to get close to Arista.

"Lecture? What majors?"

"Sa-I work there, Auntie," replied Arista awkwardly.

"Oh, study here but work in Singapore?" looks amazed on Kia's face. It could also be his former candidate. Surely he graduated from a good university so he could work abroad.

"I didn't go to college, Auntie," Arista played down her voice. He knew what Kia's attitude would be like after hearing this. Must have been very disappointing.

And sure enough! "W-what? Not college? Wh why? You're just TKI in Singapore?" snapped Kia diverted the entire pair of eyes fixed on them.

Indra hurriedly approached Arista and her Mama. "What the hell is it, Mam? Why the gini fuss? We know we're at Grandpa's party again!"

"What did you say? Can you bring a cheap woman to a party like this?!" ask Kia growled.

Arista who was treated harshly so could only bow very deeply. Previously neither Arista nor Indra had any discourse about Arista's background. Whether she should lie about her family status or education status, Indra never talked about it. That's why Arista also does not dodge and try to find answers that must be covered up the truth. The only lie for them is to make Arista as Indra's girlfriend in order to avoid her match with a woman who is not Indra love.

"Does every human have a price tag necklace that should be embedded in them? Why do you call this beautiful girl a cheap woman?" ask Grandpa to mediate with them. Of course as the owner of the show Grandfather could not sit idly by watching the commotion that occurred right in front of his eyes. From far away, Papa Indra also cleared his throat to signal that his wife was silent and relented and went out.

"It's not so, Pa. But really dong! Could Indra bring a stupid woman whose origins are unclear to be introduced as a girlfriend who will later become Indra's wife?! Try Papa imagine, how could Indra who is a young specialist doctor marry women who only graduated from High School?" the Kia Ninyir is endless.

Grandfather smiled at his daughter-in-law's words and then turned to Arista. "Son, can you read?" asked Grandpa who was answered with a slow nod of Arista.

"Can you write?" Arista nodded again.

"seen? Where is the stupidity? If you fuss like this just because it is a matter of his educational status that is only a High School graduate, is not it the same as you are degrading me?" ask Grandpa to his only son-in-law.

Kia gave a sigh, why does Papa-in-law speak so?

"I-I mean what Papa? Kia doesn't understand."

"Did your husband never tell you that Yopi Hendrawan the owner of the largest instant food products in Indonesia is just a high school graduate?"

Kia glared in disbelief, as did the invited guests. Tommy saw his wife was just shaking her head. He fussed over someone who was considered inferior and inappropriate to come to the father-in-law's party but did not think that he himself was the source of the trouble that made a scene at his father-in-law's party. Because of selfishness and a sense of power-loving Kia makes herself arbitrarily to others without caring has become the center of attention of everyone there.

Yopi Hendrawan or Indra's grandfather just laughed in response to this uproar and then turned his body to face the audience.

"I as the owner of the event apologized as much to the audience as possible for this great entertainment that might make everyone feel a little uncomfortable. I beg this little commotion does not diminish our joy on my special day, which is my birthday that has stepped on the golden Age 75 years or three-quarters of this century, is very old, hahahaha.." said Grandfather ended with a loud laughter throughout the room. Want not to want invited guests to laugh to melt the atmosphere.

Kia who felt humiliated took her bag and left with big steps even though her luxurious span skirt limited her legs and almost torn made. The sound of high heels clashing loudly with the floor also let out a sound as Kia stepped up as if representing Kia's burning anger.

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