I'm Not a Cheap Woman

Deciding Marriage

Falera and Varisa stepped foot slowly towards the living room. Nicholas was shocked to find his wife out of his room. The man got up from his seat and immediately approached his wife.

"Why did mommy get out of the room?" nicholas asked while helping his wife sit on the sofa.

"True, we can look inside." said Rumi.

"It was disrespectful, how could I let a guest approach me in the room. Welcome to Cruise's family home, ma'am." replied Falera.

"Thank you Mrs Cruise, sorry if our arrival interfered with your rest" Yudistira said.

"Oh it's okay, I'm just glad you guys really care about me" Falera said.

"We have conveyed our intention to come here to Mr. Cruise. In addition to wanting to see your situation, we also want to immediately formalize the relationship between our daughter and your son Zio" said Rumi.

Falera was surprised, she looked at her husband. Nicholas smiled and shrugged both of his shoulders.

"Have you heard about my son getting married?" ask Falera.

"We've heard it from Varisa, but our daughter is willing to wait until..."

"It looks like there's been a misunderstanding here" Falera cut. "I really like Varisa, I hope your daughter will be part of the Cruise family. But unexpectedly our son made a mistake. He had to take responsibility for his actions, but other than that it seemed like our son did love the woman. We finally gave up and allowed him to choose the woman he wanted. Varisa´s... Aunty apologizes for bringing you into this family matter." he added.

"Wait for Miss Cruise, you mean Zio got married for loving that woman not because it's just a responsibility?" ask Yudistira.

Falera nodded her head as well as Nicholas.

"No-no... Auntie said Zio never had a boyfriend. How could he love that woman?" varisa.

Falera took a long breath. "Sorry baby, aunt is guilty of you."

"Varisa please aunty, I can wait until the child is born and Zio divorces her. Then I'll be a surrogate mother to Zio's son. I can wait for him 9 months later, but please formalize our relationship with the engagement. I promise to love that child like my own."

"Truely Mrs Cruise, my daughter has always liked children so much, I am sure she can be a good mother for Zio's child later. We can wait until Zio and the woman get a divorce, you guys agree to this marriage out of fear for the status of the child the woman was carrying right?" said Rumi.

"I don't actually approve of this, but it seems like my daughter loves your son very much. So I also agreed to his wish, we can also become grandparents for Zio's son later." said Yudhishthira.

Nicholas and Falera looked at each other in confusion.

"Let's see, can you wait a minute. I'll call Zio to answer your request." Falera said.

"Mom.we already know the answer. There's no need to bring Zio here, he's busy working, baby" said Nicholas.

"What do you mean by Mr Cruise?" ask Yudistira.

"The matchmaking my wife had arranged before was already impossible. Our son Zionel Cruise has decided to marry the woman he loves, and the woman's pregnancy is a bonus for our family. Although the child will be born, Zio will not be able to divorce. So, sir, madam, Varisa, on behalf of my wife, I apologize as much as I can on this matter. Varisa, you are a very beautiful and intelligent woman, I'm sure there are still many better men than Zionel out there. It is with a heavy heart that I say not to prolong this matchmaking problem again. Zio already has his own choice, sorry Mr. Judis." said Nicholas.

Varisa. "No. I'm sure Zio doesn't love that ugly woman. Ma's... Pa.. I don't want to break this match."

Yudhishthira moved from his seat. "This is an insult to our family, you will regret for unilaterally deciding on an arranged marriage. Ma's... Varisa. We go home now."

Rumi got up from her seat as well, pulling Varisa's hand forcefully while following her husband out of Cruise's house.

*****

Falera let out a long sigh while leaning her back against the sofa after seeing the Yudishthiran family leave her home.

"Lucky we didn't compare with them mom. Their attitude is really embarrassing." said Nicholas.

"Daddy is sure this is gonna be okay? It seems like Mr. Yudistira is very angry."

"They can do what to the Cruise family. Let's go back to the room, you need a break."

"Stop blaming yourself mom. This matter ends here. We have to help prepare for Zio's wedding, which is only a matter of days. We've agreed on this, and remember your health, don't mind too much" Nicholas said.

The man helped his wife again move from her seat to the room to rest.

*****

Ms. Ema said goodbye to Stevani after she finished cleaning the apartment.

"Wait for Mom, where's Ema's house?" ask Stevani.

"Near from here non, precisely behind this apartment." replied Ms. Ema.

"Is there a house there?"

Mom Ema nodded "Of course not."

"I guess this area is only decorated with high-rise buildings. Can I visit there?"

"Yes can be non. But mister Zio definitely wouldn't allow it."

"Why do I have to go with him?"

Mom Ema chuckles. "Yes must be permission, soon will not be your wife. Wherever you do not go, you must have permission. And if non comes there himself, it's dangerous non."

Stevani narrowed her eyes. "dangerous? I'm safe to come back and forth here."

"Si non. mother mah is common and indeed citizens here. Mother's appearance is also ordinary, who wants to disturb mother on the street. If non Vani is one step can be followed by many men."

"God is so much. All right, heart in the way ma'am. It's good to talk to Mom."

"Mother was also happy to be able to chat with non Vani, felt like she had known him for a long time."

Stevani smiles and lets Ms. Ema leave the apartment. Stevani stared at the contents of the apartment that was neat and clean, he again felt lonely at this time. The time still showed at 2pm, of course Zionel could not return that quickly.

"Well..what should I do now? Clean house already, eat already. I can't take a nap and just stay here. But what am I supposed to do? I could die of boredom." - Stevani.

The woman sat on the sofa and turned on the television. He was surprised to see news of the largest contractor in D city rebuilding a star hotel. And the figure of an arrogant man who was with him every day appeared there. The man looked handsome during the press conference.

Stevani turns serious and listens to all Zionel Cruise has to say about his work. He unconsciously smiled when he saw it.

"It turns out your face looks very handsome while being serious like that. A different man when I was with me. Custodial, handsome and dashing. If you hadn't used the money to solve the problem, maybe my view would have been different. It's a pity.." Stevani grumbled. "Ckckck.

Stevani moved from his seat, he began to look more closely at objects in Zionel's apartment. He found a small box in the closet.

"Did Zio keep jewelry in this apartment? Ah where possible, upper class people do not seem to be putting valuables carelessly. What is the contents of this box? Hopefully Zio won't be angry if I see him, I can die of curiosity if I don't open it. Zio.. sorry.." muttered Stevani while taking the small box.

Stevani took the box to the lounge room and began to open the box. Looks like some envelopes like the contents of the letter and some photos there.

"It looks like a family photo, ah. I can at least see what his sister's missing face looks like." Stevani murmured as she took the photo.

Stevani began to look at the photos one by one while smiling. Zionel looks so cute as a kid in the photo. The woman is swept away unaware that Zionel is back from the company.

"What did you do to my stuff?" zionel's snapping surprised Stevani.

*****

Did Stevani see the little face of Haena Cruise...???

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