I'm Not Him

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Bondan was still silent, his mind still trying hard to remember what was meant by that night. Clara looked at him with a grin.

There was one night, where Bondan was out of control because of a drink that was a bet on his game with Clara, who then Bondan had to drink it because he lost. Bondan's eyes look for any mistakes he might make.

"Yes, remember. I'll let you remember touch by touch. Come to my apartment if you remember" said Clara as she grabbed the key from Bondan's still-silent hand.

He left Bondan who was sighing loudly. He still remembers what happened after he got drunk. The harder he remembered, the more his heart was upset and angry.

"Nothing happened, yeah, nothing happened. He just scares me" said Bondan to calm himself down.

Bondan decides to ignore him, he continues his work and tries to focus. But he could not, he was still bothered by Clara's words whose face was so sure of what she said. Suddenly his phone rang. Bondan stared stiffly at the name that appeared, Rania.

He felt guilty because his mind had not yet gained any memory. She was afraid of having betrayed Rania unknowingly. He had just felt happy that he had met her after such a long time. Bondan sighed, he answered his girlfriend's phone.

"Yes, baby!" bondan replied weakly.

"Why?" asked Rania who was astonished by the voice of her weak lover as if not excited.

"No, honey. I'm not okay. Want to grab dinner, huh?" Bondan breathed in trying to change his mood.

"Yes, where are you?" ask Rania.

"Can't you at my house? I cape really, want to wait for you at home while resting" asked Bondan.

"Ok, I'll go home after this" Rania promised.

"I love you!" bondan.

"I love you to!" rania answered and hung up.

Clara's message comes as Bondan closes his conversation with Rania. He was upset and opened it, wanting to reply with the belief that he had never done anything.

But his eyes widened as he looked at the photo Clara had sent him. Photo of Clara's selfie sleeping in her arms that is fast asleep.

Bondan gaped in disbelief, his eyes closed several times reassuring themselves and remembering again. She almost cried seeing what Clara had sent.

"Damn it, what happened that night!" bondan is very angry.

Bondan walked out of Vero's room, quickly walking into his room. But Siena held him back with a look of wonder.

"Mr is still here?" ask Siena.

"Clara's inside?" Bondan ignored Siena's question and asked back.

"Sir, he said he wanted to go straight to the apartment, maybe he was still angry....."

Bondan turned around and left. Siena extended her mouth, annoyed at being ignored by Bondan.

Arriving at the parking lot, Bondan calls Rania to wait for her for a while on the grounds that there is work she has to do. Rania just said 'ok', Bondan was gasping straight to Clara's apartment to clear up their misunderstanding.

~I have to finish it now, today as well. If something happened that night, it was all a mistake. I was in the influence of a drink, I....~

"AHHH.....DAMN IT!" bondan shouted as his frustration grew as he stared at the traffic jam before him.

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Arumi and Vero finished with the fittings of his clothes. All according to Arumi's wishes. Vero complied after being scolded by Dila and Rania's nagging asking her to grant all the bride's wishes.

"Repceptions will be held at the hotel with everything booked. Thank you Arumi, I thought you forgot me after being rich" said her blind friend, who chose her wedding dress.

"Hahaha, what a rich person, don't overdo it. I'm just an ordinary restaurant owner" said Arumi humbled.

They met shortly after they lost both their parents in a plane crash. Vero looked at Arumi like Rania who was always sad and alone. The desire to always protect him is unstoppable. Although sometimes chatty and spoiled, but Vero was very comfortable with him.

Arumi buys Vero restaurant with sweat as a manager while with him. Vero who initially only wanted to give it up without reward, only got a rejection from Arumi whose pride was far above his innocence. As usual, Arumi does not want to get something without working. Just like her sister, Yudi. He bought the restaurant by taking it out to pay off.

Arumi also halved the money they spent from this marriage. No offense, as a man who loved him very much, Vero greatly appreciated his request.

"Come on!" bring Arumi.

He hooked his hand to Vero's arm cheerfully.

"Are we going to do the pingitan tradition?" ask spoiled Arumi.

"Can, he said parents it is intended for the smoothness and happiness of the bride" said Vero.

"I'm glad you still hold the tradition, but don't be too kolot ya, we're on a three-day swing" Arumi said by showing three fingers lentiknya.

"Yes my dear queen, I will agree with all your requests as long as it is still within reasonable limits" said Vero while pinching his chin.

Arumi smiled as she walked over cheerfully. But his attention is distracted when he sees Bondan getting out of his car which he parked on the side of the road. Arumi rounded his eyes when he saw Bondan so rushed across and into the towering apartment environment.

"This is the apartment Clara lived in, right?" said Arumi.

Vero who was about to open the car door for her stared at the tall building and nodded.

"He.eehhmm" replied Vero.

She invites Arumi to enter, but Arumi holds her hand.

"Wait, you said Bondan objected to being Clara's tail again, but why did she go there?" arumi asked with a finger pointing towards the incoming Bondan.

Vero saw it, he frowned thinking about what Bondan was doing there. Shortly after, he sees a woman getting off a taxi looking up at the apartment, which is none other than Rania.

"That's Rania!" exciting Arumi.

He called out to her, but Rania did not hear him. He came in in a hurry.

Arumi pulled Vero's hand and invited him in. Initially Veri was about to refuse, but he felt something was wrong and finally obeyed Arumi's wishes.

# Bondan knocks on the door of Clara's apartment hard after hitting the bell and there is no response.

Clara opened the door and smiled at Bondan who took her eyes off Clara who was wearing a thin satin nightgown.

# Rania is still in the elevator to the 15th floor of the address of the place that Clara gave on the grounds of wanting to revise the contents of her contract with catering. He was in a great hurry for fear that Bondan was waiting for him. Every now and then he stared at the watch in his hand, worried about coming late for dinner.

The elevator door opened, Rania saw a well-dressed man being pulled by the embrace around his neck by two smooth hands. He lowered his gaze, feeling ashamed of himself seeing it.

Rania looked for the apartment number she was going to, 17, Rania's eyes were round when she saw the number on the door that was still closed, where the man was pulled. He swallowed his saliva and was about to knock.

"Enough!" bondan's voice is heard.

"Why are you? that night you were very aggressive, but now you are selling expensive" said Clara.

"I've had the happiness I've been so looking forward to, please don't talk as if everything really happened" Bondan said.

Rania heard from outside, she was sure the voice she heard was that of a person she knew. Slowly, he opened the door and stepped in the hallway between the mirror and the bathroom. I want to make sure what he thinks is wrong.

But he stopped walking when he saw Bondan standing in front of Clara who was laying herself on her bed. Suddenly the paper bag containing their dinner fell out of his hand. Making Bondan aware of his presence. They stared at each other, the room as if frozen in the gaze of Rania's eyes that began to glow with tears.