
"Good morning ...."
Although Mulan greeted with a story and friendly attitude, but apparently it was able to evoke a gripping aura and great shock in the dining room.
It was evident by the spontaneous reaction of everything that was there. Not only Bima, Meylisa, and Alexa turned their heads and were aghast, but several servants were seen standing guard there. Even Mulan had to hold back the laughter because her family looked terrified like seeing a demon.
Mulan only smiled seeing the eyes of the three people wide with their mouths agape. They watch their appearance from the tip of the foot to the head. Maybe they will run away if only the legs are not grounded perfectly on the marble floor below.
"Mulan?" Alexa who managed to master himself can finally make a sound after swallowing his saliva violently. It seemed that the girl still did not fully believe what she saw.
"Yes. It's me." It's me." Mulan replied casually before then stepping closer to the dining table in an elegant style. The woman with a near-perfect appearance ended up occupying one of the empty seats that were there.
"Why do you want to come?" Finally, the question was also thrown from the mouth of Alexa. The girl's lips twitched. His eyes were incessantly observing every movement of Mulan which was still the same as seven years ago. It was just that, today that woman looked much more haughty and courageous. He was clearly hesitating because the Mulan was not that strong.
"What do you have to do, Alexa? What do I want to come for?" Mulan put on an innocent face then then laughed loudly in a dismissive tone. "It's true that you are," he said, shaking his hands. "Is not the question you asked wrong? Shall I remind you again that everything here is really mine?"
"You're nothing, Alexa. Of course Mulan returned home because she missed her home. Isn't that right, Mulan?" Seeing the different attitude and cynical smile that Mulan addressed, Bima quickly mediated the conversation of the two women before there was really a big fight. Obviously, it would be fatal to him. Mulan will of course take all the property of her brother who has not succeeded in mastering. Yep. The treasure he enjoyed now belonged to his biological brother. Papa Mulan's.
Mulan only snorted softly in response to the false hospitality that Bima addressed. However, it seemed that the man did not care about the cynical attitude of his nephew. Or whether if it turns out Bima is reckless to thicken the face. Instead of being offended and angry at Mulan, Bima the man with the expensive suit stelan gave a firm word to the waiter who was there.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up, prepare breakfast for this hostess!"
Mulan immediately raised her hand as a form of rejection. The servants who saw that immediately returned to their starting position with their obedient attitude. One corner of Mulan's lips is pulled upwards to form a grin. It turns out that she is still considered a hostess even though she was not there for seven years.
"no need. I don't want to linger here. I just want to talk to Om Bima for a second." Mulan leaned her back, folded both hands in front of her chest, then looked at Bima seriously.
"Goodoo. The sooner you go, the better," snorted Alexa. Even not even five minutes Mulan returned home, she has shown her true nature.
"I'm going to go, Alexa" Mulan said with a malicious grin. "But to go back and take all mine."
"Yours?" Alexa squealed after repeating the last words of her cousin's sentence. "You've even been missing for over a year, Mulan! You thought that as long as your company could grow and run properly without my papa's hard work!"
"Alexa!" reprimand Bima to her daughter with a sharp eye. Alexa growled and hugged her mother for protection.
Meanwhile, to show his wi-bawaits as the host, Mulan just smiles triumphantly at Alexa, even more so by the gentle and friendly demeanor her uncle shows. Despite the man's vices behind her, Mulan did not care for a while. At least until the wedding is held later, because he still needs the figure of Bima to become his marriage guardian in a few days.
"So, what can Om Bima help you with, Mulan?" Bima finally asked politely with an earnest look at Mulan.
"Isn't that?" The three men were glaring at the same time. "Who?" alexa is the most curious.
For a moment Mulan felt confused as to what to answer. This is not the marriage he wants. She has not even met her future husband seriously. There is no romantic proposal event, or a lively and warm two-family meeting. However, while still acknowledging them as a family, he ends up telling her who the candidate is.
"Bara Aditama," he said slowly. However, Mulan was immediately jolted at Alexa's exaggerated response.
"Aditama's Monarch? Seriously, you want to marry her?" alexa asked in disbelief.
"of course. Why why?" mulan replied innocently which made Alexa laugh immediately.
"Good, Mulan! Why would you choose such a man as a husband, huh? Like there's no other guy!" Alexa still doesn't stop laughing as if Mulan's confession is a joke. He even shed tears because of his gel.
While Mulan can only frown confused because she does not know what the background of her future husband. Is that as bad as Bara Aditama that Alexa laughs like that? Yeah, losing Rayyan made it big. He did not even investigate first what the figure of Bara Aditama was.
It is indeed his fault that cut off contact with his old world seven years ago. With the intention to hide Rayyan from her ex-husband, she deactivated all social media accounts. Change appearance. Even secluded himself in a place far from his home. Opening a new page of his life with Rayyan, precisely in the suburbs that for more than seven years became his place to go home.
This of course makes it a bit of a confusion. He began to think hard to make sense. Don't look stupid in front of your cousin and be a laughing stock.
"From the rumors I heard," Alexa continued, wiping the corner of her eye and stopping her laughter. "That black is a proud man who likes to do violence. He's a widower, right? He divorced his wife for doing KDRT! Its tempramental nature is caused by the verdict man–"
"Rumor, right?" cut off Mulan who successfully interrupted Alexa's words. The silence of Alexa seems to justify the accusation of Mulan.
It was clear that Mulan was smiling haughtily because one step felt victorious. Although he actually did it just to cover up his shock.
Honestly, if left sustainable, Mulan could be consumed by the words Alexa. He was afraid that it would make him waver and harm his son there. Mulan didn't want that to happen.
"Have you ever met him face to face?" mulan asked with a dismissive smile that immediately made Alexa shut up. "Eat him. Don't judge people before you know the truth! And Om, Bima." Mulan turned her eyes to the man.
"Yes, Mulan," said Bima full of readiness.
"Wait to hear from me first. And remember," Mulan said with emphasis. "I don't want you guys to come in glamorous clothes. I want you to look simple because in my husband's eyes I am a poor woman who has nothing. Understood?"
Although still confused, Bima decided to just nod so that the business quickly ran. At least he had seen one weak point the nephew, the original owner of the wealth that he and his family enjoyed all this time. That is by marrying a tempramental man named Bara.