Guarding Love

CHAPTER 8 - The Return of Arden

After 6 months of training, Arden finally completed all his missions and returned to the main house of the Southeast but he stopped at his headquarters to meet with his trusted bodyguards and also his best friend and right hand.

His bodyguard Vino had picked him up at a predetermined location and they immediately boarded the car to head for Arden's private headquarters.

"Vin how's my little girl?" Arden asked enthusiastically to Vino and the big-bodied man instantly fell pale.

"Later Jupi will explain to the Boss." Vino replied with a slightly trembling voice.

Arden was only astonished to see his bodyguard and quietly closed his eyes to rest for a moment because of fatigue. After 2 hours of walking they reached a luxurious villa in the middle of the forest. This is where Arden and his bodyguards and trusted friends gather to find information.

"Hai Jupi.. quickly give my girl the latest information quickly." Arden could not wait to see what Hanny was doing and stared at some of the cctv screens in the control room where all the information was gathered, however Jupi fell silent and sighed slowly handing over his tablet to be read by Arden.

"WHAT'S THIS?" Shouted Arden furiously while staring intently at Jupi alternating with Vino.

"Explain." He tells her after seeing Hanny with a man in bridal attire.

"Actually, a month after your departure Hanny married Johan Salim, we can not find any information at this time because after marriage Hanny is not at all visible anywhere even in her home. So too with Alexander as if lost." Obviously Jupi however Arden looked dissatisfied. He slammed the tablet angrily and rubbed his face rough and scrambled his hair.

"So what are you doing here, huh?! I paid you guys and built this place for what?" Bentar Arden who was out of control, all who were there were silent did not dare to move and even breathe was also difficult for them.

"I don't want to know, you'll find out the truth soon enough." Shouted Arden again and soon the members there began their work.

"Hm.. Bo Boss.." a Vino's men called out in fear.

"What's wrong?" Vino asked annoyed.

"As true as it may be, there's a movement from Miss Hanny's phone." His words.

"WHAT ?" Arden and Vino asked at the same time.

"So morning there was text coming in after months of absence, from Clara who invited to meet Miss Hanny this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the cafe JJ boss." Answer Vino's men.

Arden saw the clock and it's still 11 in the afternoon, there's still time. "Let's go." Arden immediately came out and was followed by Vino and Jupi. Actually Jupi wanted to stay at the headquarters but seeing Arden's giraffe would happen something outside of his consciousness later.

"We're going to the main house in the Southeast, the old grandmother must have known about this." Arden was really angry and wrathful, eager for him to destroy everything near him to vent the vexation in his heart. His mind was screwed, how could Hanny marry someone else? What's the matter? He knew Hanny had been waiting faithfully for him and not even a single man had managed to get close to her all this time.

Finally Arden arrived at the main house of the Southeast and Oma Susi seemed to have known the anger of the grandchild and there were some additional guards in the middle room.

"OMA, EXPLAIN? WHY WOULD HANNY MARRY SOMEONE ELSE? I'VE BEEN TOLD TO TAKE CARE OF HER." Hardik Arden loudly echoed throughout the room. Murkanya came out and Oma Susi remained calm in her seat.

"I've taken care of him, he's married and started his own family and is not hurt or lacking." Jawan Oma Susi relax.

"Hanny was my future wife and Oma let her marry someone else. What is oma on purpose?" Arden was suspicious that the oma had accelerated his rigorous training until Arden failed and Hanny was finally taken by another man.

"You should forget about it, he's already the daughter-in-law of the Salim family and don't think about it anymore. He already belongs to someone else and doesn't deserve you to go near him." Obviously Oama Susi is firm, of course Arden does not accept.

"Huh. turned out to be right. Southeast, right said the mother, the Southeast family can not be trusted. Only power you give priority to." Arden's ejek makes Oma Susi otter.

"Don't be insolent Arden! Remember you're a Southeast." Hardik Oma Susi and reply grinned by Arden.

"You must remember old grandma, in my blood flows a 'BLAKE' and I'm a blake descendant." Arden replied with a cold look.

"How dare you get in touch with the mafia like them? Since when do you see them again?" Oma Susi asked in a beaver and pointed at Arden with her wand.

I don't have to look for them oma, they're loyal people who will wait for their chairman to take the throne, unlike the Southeastern family I entrust to keep a little girl alone is not a dick." Arden approached Oma Susi with angry eyes.

"Every Southeast heir will get it all by the age of 23 and by the time the 25-year-old gets introduced to the public, you'll have to stick to the rules." Clearly Oma again and Arden looked at her suspiciously, like something was hidden by Oma Susi. Alright Arden decided he would stay until the time came, but now he would still act.

"Well I won't show up and make a fuss by bearing the name of the Southeast, I will remain in place and hide like any other cowardly Southeast. Don't forget I'm a Blake." Arden passed out of the mansion after saying a sentence that made Oma Susi beaver instead of playing. For a moment Oma Susi could breathe with relief, at least Arden would not appear until the appointed time. It's not yet time for him to unlock a secret that will make Arden even more furious.

Arden, Vino and Jupi head to JJ's cafe to monitor Hanny for an appointment with Clara. As usual Arden covered his face with a mask but now he wears soflens to cover his green eyes to light brown and still waiting in the car.

Hanny had already come and headed to the entrance of the cafe and was sitting in one corner waiting for Clara who as usual was very loose. Arden and Jupi enter the cafe after knowing Hanny's seating position in order to choose an adjacent seat and finally they choose to sit at the table next to Hanny.

Half an hour passed and Clara came, soon they hugged each other letting go of longing. Arden who noticed Hanny looked thin despite still looking beautiful. Arden was very sad, thinking about his little girl being married and belonging to someone else. It is inconceivable to him that Hanny was embraced by someone else. Ah Arden wants to get Hanny out of there.

"Honey.. Why do you look thinner?" Asked Clara who was staring worriedly at Hanny.

"Ah. maybe stress." Answer Hanny.

"Huh? Can Hanny be stressed? Think what the hell.. Brother Jo?" Clara asked and Hanny fell silent and looked sad and almost crying. Arden who was next to their table also heard Clara's loud voice and immediately looked carefully at Hanny who was sitting opposite direction so that she could clearly look at Hanny's face. Tears fell on Hanny's cheeks and Arden's heart was squeezed as if he saw his little girl crying.

"Eh.. Han, why?" Clara seems confused because it is not unusual to see Hanny cry, her friend who is always cheerful.

"I married Ra. with Johan Salim." Hanny and Clara's surprised whisper almost screamed but her mouth was immediately smothered by Hanny.

"Ssssttt's a secret.I'll tell you somewhere else that's quiet." Said Hanny and replied to a nod by Clara. They quickly finished their drinks in order to immediately find another quieter place.

Arden who heard their conversation immediately contacted Vino through chat to take care of it so that he could still hear the conversation Hanny and Clara.

Elsewhere there is a car with 2 men in black who monitor Hanny and photograph her every move without their knowledge.

Hanny and Clara get out of the cafe and head for Clara's car on the parking lot, Hanny stands in front of the cafe to wait for Clara but a man accidentally bumps into her and Hanny almost falls but is held on her shoulder by the man while apologizing. The man is Vino who pretends to run him over so he can stick a recording device on his shirt and a tracker in Hanny's bag. But from the other direction 2 men in the car who photographed him, Hanny was seen being hugged by Vino.

Arden, Vino and Jupi follow Clara's car to a park with an artificial lake in the middle of the city. Because of the working day and also the hours of returning home from the office, the park is still empty of visitors. Hanny tells her everything about her marriage to Clara but not with Johan's rude and contemptuous behavior towards her.

"So it's been half a year since Alex couldn't be contacted?" Clara made sure and Hanny nodded weakly.

"I'm lonely Ra.." Hanny said softly and began to cry, Clara held him down and calmed him down.

"What if Jo's brother returns Ra? I've betrayed him." Hanny was crying so much.

Arden who heard the conversation was very angry and also sad, especially Hanny still thinks about it and feels guilty. Arden's heart was getting squeezed, his mind was confused.

"How's boss? Is the boss going to take back Miss Hanny?" Vino asked innocently and finally Japakan Jupi landed on his head.

"You think our boss is a whiner." Hardik Jupi's.

"I will take care of him, if he is happy I will let go, if he suffers of course I will take him back because he is mine." Arden answered and replied to Vino's nod.

"blessing boss doesn't matter can dong ex." Vino muttered again who finally grimaced because Arden's fist had already landed on his arm.

"Vino, keep a close eye and protect Hanny and report whatever happens, the smallest thing. My little girl can't be scratched 1 nothin." Arden's orders to his bodyguards.

"Jupi, you find some trusted people and put them in Salim's house to protect Hanny. It can be a bodyguard or a servant. Declared again.

"What does the boss do?" Asked Vino innocently or foolishly, Arden glanced at him for a moment and let out a long sigh, sometimes this servant is indeed stupid. Of course Arden will appear with himself as a descendant of Blake to lure their members back. Actually since Arden in the orphanage had met Om Darren but at that time Arden still did not want to enter the group Blake left. Their business is still running successfully to this day and even more widely. Arden always gets reports about his father's legacy business in secret, only trusted people know that.

~TBC~