Mahabbah Love Khalisa

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The reporters immediately crowded around as soon as they saw Khalisa's car. Khalisa is the man they were waiting for in the courtyard of the police station. Khalisa could not move a bit after getting off the car so many journalists who swarmed him. Khalisa had suspected that there would be journalists there but he did not expect that they were that many.

Two police officers swiftly protected Khalisa. Azfan clasped Khalisa's hand, taking him past dozens of journalists vying to ask questions of Khalisa.

"How do you feel about the call for the Alindra Beauty boycott?" That was the dominant question of the journalist.

"We're recovering from the bad issues that have befallen Alindra Beauty." Khalisa replied as he continued to walk through the crowd. "Friends of reporters please be patient, we will give you an answer in a moment." Added.

"Is the victim's condition really concerning?"

"Last time I visited him, he was much better, now he has returned from the hospital and if you call him the victim is not right." Khalisa straightened out the way reporters were referring to Elena. If Elena is called a victim then they indirectly say that Khalisa is a suspect and that is very wrong. In this case Khalisa is not a suspect because previously Elena also had a history of bergamot allergy.

"Is it true that the cream contains harmful ingredients?"

Azfan tightened his grip on Khalisa upon hearing the question. He gave the code that Khalisa did not need to respond to the question. After all, they will immediately hold a press conference with the investigator and the witness who is the doctor who handles Elena.

"We have official permission from BPOM." Khalisa still answered him patiently even though all the questions they asked seemed to corner him. But Khalisa still answered all their questions honestly as is.

Police inspections at the Alindra Beauty factory range from checking the contents of the anti-strechmark cream to re-examining Alindra Beauty's license. The police found no harmful ingredients in the cream, all of which had received permission from BPOM. The entire examination took up to a month more to this day.

Khalisa was sitting in the chair provided with Daniel, Aisyah and Azfan and the doctor who handled Elena. Khalisa feels twice as tense as he was at the thesis hearing a few days ago. Instead of taking a break after the exam, Khalisa had to think harder after Alindra Beauty suffered a major loss after the case was made public. They cannot control the issues that have spread.

Khalisa was unable to sleep peacefully, his sleep quality deteriorated even though Azka was rarely awake at night. Khalisa spent more of his night to honor Allah in order to provide a way out of all the problems that his family was experiencing. If you think about it Khalisa can not solve all this but for God certainly nothing is impossible. Man may think impossible, but Allah is All-Powerful.

"We asked Ms. Elena once again whether she would continue with these claims after learning that she had an allergy to bergamot, this is a rare medical condition because according to three pharmacists who became supervisors during the process of making this cream they have added lavender essential to minimize the presence of allergies, it has also been tested on two people who are also allergic to bergamot and both show no allergic reactions."

"This case will obviously be won by Alindra Beauty but Bu Elena still wants to continue her guidance." Obviously the police again.

"We'll be holding a press conference soon." Alindra Beauty's lawyer is preparing to present evidence that their side is innocent.

Khalisa clenched his hands that were sweating coldly, facing directly at dozens of reporters made him nervous. Khalisa hopes he can talk good later.

Currently Khalisa feel lucky for the umpteenth time because he never opened social media. If not Huma who shows the comments of the netizens, surely Khalisa will not know that they corner Alindra Beauty even though Khalisa believes they have never bought a single product but their fingers are really deft typing a variety hate speech. True Kafa said, of the many spicy comments there are also good comments. They come from loyal customers who know very well that Alindra Beauty cannot use harmful ingredients in its products.

"Umma" Azfan scolded when he saw Khalisa injuring his own hand with his fingernail. "What's wrong?"

"Hm?" Khalisa blinked his eyes, calling Azfan made him interested in the real world. Khalisa felt a pain in his index finger. Because of the tension Khalisa did not realize that he hurt his index finger with his own thumb.

Azfan pulled Khalisa's hand and held it just in case Khalisa did not grip his own hand too firmly.

"Bismillah." Daniel went first. They have prepared a press conference to immediately stop the issues circulating in the community. All this time Alindra's side was silent because it wanted to prepare everything carefully. This is the day that they will show the public that Alindra Beauty can maintain her existence.

Khalisa took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

A flash of blitz light struck as they exited the room. Journalists scrambled to get photos of Daniel, Aisyah, Khalisa, Azfan and a lawyer for Alindra Beauty and a doctor who witnessed the case.

The police presented the evidence they obtained during the inspection process against Alindra Beauty. Police said they found no harmful content to the anti-strechmark cream.

Then the doctor explained about the condition Elena was experiencing. These allergies are rare, affecting 1 in 1,000 people worldwide.

If Elena sues for the alleged harmful content of the anti-strechmark cream Alindra Beauty, the police cannot accept the charges and will not proceed to court.

Lawyer Alindra Beauty explained that they suffered considerable losses due to the issue.

"So we're still responsible for all Elena's treatment."

"Will Alindra Beauty sue Elena for defamation." Ask some reporters.

"At this time the cream has two variants of green and white tubes, on the green tube written a warning containing bergamot, all the information on the tube is very clear." Khalisa showed two tubes of anti-strechmark cream to reporters.

"What if there is a similar case in the future?"

"Well, we've thought about it, to eliminate the concerns of the community after considering many things then for the next production we will replace bergamot with Tea Tree."

"Are you not worried if the cream does not sell again in the market after changing the best seller?"

"No, we've chosen the best fragrance to replace bergamot and we're sure most people don't care much about the scent because the most important thing is the result of using the cream."

The afternoon press conference ended after Daniel thanked his fellow journalists and the public who had put their trust in Alindra Beauty.

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Khalisa threw his body into the bed exhaling a long breath. The heavy burden on his shoulders seemed to be gone, Khalisa learned a lot from the events that had just happened to him. The case ended peacefully because Khalisa did not want them to extend it again. Khalisa believes that although they suffered losses due to the case, Alindra Beauty will recover soon.

The presence of Azfan in the room made Khalisa smile and rise from a sleeping position. Azfan brought a hearty jasmine-scented tea that burst into the room blaming the baby scent that has been a natural fragrance for 4 months.

Azfan sat beside Khalisa glancing at Azka who was still sleeping in her box.

"Thank you Bi." Khalisa sipped the tea slowly.

"I went to Kafa's apartment tonight."

"Yes, it's still spit." Khalisa put the glass on the nightstand. "Kafa's wedding preparation is already 70%, there are only a few details that have not been, Ai is amazingly still able to take care of Kafa's wedding preparations as well as the completion of office problems."

Azfan nodded in agreement with Khalisa's words. Almost all preparations are taken care of by Aisyah and Umar ranging from choosing a building, designer clothes bride to souvenirs.

"Mama and Papa are just as great because they used to take care of our marriage and I didn't even interfere."

"Tell the bride-to-be so stay seated just keep saying ijab qobul." Khalisa embraced Azfan from the side.

"My wife is amazing too." Azfan peeked at Khalisa.

Khalisa's flushed face got a kiss from Azfan, warmth slowly flowing through the muscles on his face. Khalisa held her warm cheeks or her warm hands from holding a tea cup just now. Khalisa is confused, he is not a teenager who is in love.

"Meeting you is the most beautiful gift of my life, Umm—my wife—mom of my son." Azfan looked at Khalisa face inside. "I'll go first." He said with a heavy heart, if he did not promise to give a lesson to Kafa, he would still stay at home. Azfan wanted to be near Khalisa because all day they were busy.

"Don't go yet." Khalisa held Azfan's hand.

"I'll teach you a lesson quickly."

"Abi doesn't know Kafa yet, he's the one who likes his nanya."

"I'll try to get back as soon as possible."

Khalisa pursed his mouth, because of the increasingly dense activities they only have a short time alone.

Khalisa kissed Azfan's hand leading him to the front door. Khalisa warns Azfan once again not to go home too late. Khalisa hopes Kafa doesn't ask much.

After Azfan's motor was not seen, Khalisa returned to the room. His attention was shifted on his phone screen that was on. There was a message from Rindang.

Khalisa turned his back to read the short message and did not even feel he screeched and after realizing he hurriedly closed his mouth for fear Azka woke up.

Ko Levin came to the house and guess what he said, he proposed to me in front of Papa Mama!