Getting Married Without a Relationship

Diner Problem 3 (Finished)

Joseph waited for Dara to leave the office. Before Dara starts her leave tomorrow, she feels like she has to tell him something.

Joseph saw Dara and Nia standing on the sidewalk in front of the office, and Nia went home first because her invitation had come. Now Dara lives alone there waiting for public transportation. Joseph approached her immediately.

"Next ...!" exclaim Joseph. Dara looked up, and Joseph was walking towards her. The man smiled. "You want to go home?" Joseph pleasantries. Dara nodded slightly clumsy.

"Hm, what's up, Jos?"

"Ah, no. Before you go on leave tomorrow, I think .. I should tell you something. Congratulations ...," said Joseph with a smile, but the smile looked pitiful.

"You're gonna say that?" ask Dara. Somehow it felt like he did not like to get congratulations from Joseph, it made him feel sad.

Joseph nodded then ***** his lips, he was gathering his courage to speak his true intentions.

"Sorry Dara, I don't think I can come to your wedding. I .. I can't see you with another man. I'm sorry, I'm angry and disappointed in myself, why I used to be ...."

"Stop!" sela Dara's. He could not hear it, for if he heard any more of the words Joseph would say, it would only make him feel even more miserable.

"You know, you're the worst man I've ever known. Why are you doing this to me? Why do you make me the saddest woman on earth? Why are you making it harder for me to forget you? Why Joseph? Why are you doing that?" Dara said withholding her cry with all her might.

Joseph was stunned, he did not expect Dara to be that emotional. Joseph's teary eyes glared at Dara very deeply. Did he not hear wrong? Does Dara still love him? Didn't he reject it yesterday? But he was going to get married, was this marriage not wanted by him? Does Dara not love her future husband? Questions flashed in Joseph's head, but he did not voice them. By reflex Joseph could only hold Dara to his chest.

A few seconds Dara made sure she was in Joseph's arms. Something that he could only imagine, now it has come true, but with a different story.

"M__forgive me. Sorry," Joseph said in a trembling voice. As much as Dara's energy held back her cries, but the tears kept coming out and soaked Joseph's white shirt.

The hug lasted a full minute before someone honked his horn violently.

Dara saw the driver of the car honking. Reindra.

Rei got out of the car, walked towards him, without any more babibu Rei clasped tightly onto Dara's wrist and dragged beside her.

Joseph's eyes flashed with anger, but he tried to contain his anger. The incident was so shocking, making Dara shocked and unable to open her mouth to make a sound.

"Let's go home!" rei said to Dara, but his eyes looked at Joseph with a murderous look. With the resignation of Dara obeyed Rei. As they were about to get in the car, Joseph shouted, "Hey you! Don't ever hurt Dara or you die!" said sharp.

Rei did not respond to Joseph's remarks. He casually got into the car. "Basic crazy!" hissing slowly.

***

"You know? If the incident is known to journalists, you and I, even your family, will be over. Although this marriage is a charade, is it worth hugging on the side of the road with another man?" rei said annoyed, but more on jealousy.

Dara glanced at Rei sharply, the incident made her hate him even more.

"How could you do that to me? How could my life be ruined at once because of you? How can I be the wife of a shitty man like you, and in a moment I will be a widow and a single parent. Tell me, can all of this still be considered life? You just kill me, maybe it'll be better!" said Dara with sparkling eyes.

Rei did not respond to Dara's remarks, instead he increased his speed and zigzagged his car, overtaking the vehicles in front of him to cover up his frustration.

Dara screamed in fear while tightly holding her seatbelt.

"Hey, put the car down! Stupidhead! You want to die, huh?" Rei smiled looking at Dara in fear, then slowly he started to reduce his speed.

"Aren't you the one who asked me to kill you?"

"Oh my God, you're seriously crazy. You're really out of your mind!" Dara set her breath to calm down. He did not expect the man to take his words seriously.

"Why did you pick me up, anyway? And where are we going now?"

"Where else? To my apartment, I. My extended family has come and they want to meet you," Rei said casually.

"Well?!" Dara's eyes widened. As usual, the man behaved as he pleased. Now Dara is not ready to meet them, he just came home from work and his appearance is very messy, and also he has not asked permission on his mother will be late to go home.

"But I haven't had a shower, haven't changed" Dara said in a slight panic.

Rei glanced at Dara while smiling in wonder. "When do you care about looks? It's okay, you just divorce your hair, because you look beautiful when your hair is broken" Rei said.

Dara's lips immediately clenched tightly, the man's speech made her unable to make a sound anymore. Nervously Dara obeyed Rei's words, she took off the hairpin that had to be worn while working to tie her hair in the shape of a small bun. Then he reflected in the rearview mirror tidying up a little of his hair and wiping his slightly greasy face with tissue. Secretly Rei smiled at Dara's behavior.

***

Dara is warmly welcomed by Rei's extended family. They would stay at the hotel until the wedding was over, but because now Dara was coming, so they gathered in the apartment first.

True what Rei said, his family was very relaxed and warm. Actually Dara is a bit foreign to this atmosphere, because from birth Dara was in a serious family environment.

Dara was hugged warmly by all the members of the Rei family. Really a big family. Bude, Pakde, Bule, Pakle all came from Surabaya, not to miss cousins also came complete. Rei's mother is veiled, she looks happy to meet Dara. It turns out that Rei is the biggest child, he has two sisters all girls, one is already in college and the youngest is still in second grade High School. Pricilla and Erika. It turns out that Rei had been left by his father when he was a teenager.

After dinner together, tea, chatting, and joking, his mother Rei called Dara to talk together in the room. Nervously Dara sat on the edge of the bed, while her mother Rei took out a small blue box from the bag, then sat down next to Dara. Slowly he opened the blue box, Dara's eyes widened when he saw the contents of the box, a white gold necklace with a diamond pendant.

"Well, this is the precious necklace of the mother's wedding gift from her father Rei. I used to promise, when Rei got married, I would give this necklace to his wife. This necklace is a symbol of holy love, I hope you can live happily ever after until death separates. Wear this at your wedding" Rei's mother said, giving the necklace away. Dara received it with trembling hands. Indeed he felt very sinful, this necklace is a symbol of the sacred love of his late father Rei, but this marriage is based on hatred and lies. Dara felt he was the cruelest man for her mother Rei. Heavily, Dara nodded then accepted the necklace.

"Honestly, mom was very happy when Rei gave her news of her marriage. From the first mother always prayed that the eldest son of the mother get a good soul mate. And it turns out that God granted the mother's prayers. I'm happy."

Dara smiled bitterly, she stared deep into Rei's mother's eyes which looked a little teary from being moved. 'How's this? Why do I feel cornered like this? I really like Rei's good and warm mother, and I also like her family, what should I do?'

"Hopefully you can accept Rei's bad good. Although he looks arrogant, but his heart is good. He's been abandoned by his father since 2nd grade High School. And from then on, Rei became the backbone for us. If he's off school, he plays with Mr. Wirya, sings here and there, and sometimes even with his friends."

Rei's mother rubbed her wet eyes telling her son's past.

"Everyone gets money from the results of his gig, he always gives it to his mother. And that's a big help to the family's economy, because the salary of Rei's retired father sometimes isn't enough. Rei's the responsible kid."

'Geez, why did Rei's mother tell me all that? Just makes me sympathetic to that shitty guy.'

"After graduating High School, Rei wandered to Jakarta, and thank God his talent was glimpsed by Mr. Robi. I'm so grateful for all of Rei's accomplishments to date." Rei's mother turned to look at Dara then smiled sincerely. "And I'm also grateful that Rei met you, Dara. May you continue to love each other and not be separated until death do you part."

Dara nodded, smiled, looked at Rei's mother with reverence.

'My God, I really like Rei's mom. How'this?'

***

"Sister Dara, why did you fall in love with Rei? He's a bitch," asked Erika, Rei's youngest sister.

"In addition to being annoying, he's also selfish" Pricilla added.

"Rubber."

Dara smiled in response to the words of Rei's sisters. "Okay, I don't know either." Dara shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe you think Rei is like that, but he's actually kind and responsible." Dara spoke while holding back nausea. Nausea by her own words added due to her pregnancy.

"really? Well, I as his sister don't even know" Erika said.

Behind the wall, Rei quietly listened to the three women's conversation in the kitchen, then he smiled amusedly. Recalling how much Dara hated herself a while ago, but she was able to say that in front of her sisters.

Rei slightly raised his head to see Dara who was having a warm conversation with her two sisters. Without realizing it, his lips were slightly drawn upwards. Rei blinked, suddenly his phone shook, his heart was stunned when he saw whose name was plastered on his phone screen. Nadine.

Rei exhaled at once, then went to the room to answer his lover's phone.

***

Nadines