Married by Promise

Why should I think about it.

“eeh Arya, come have breakfast, what do you want to drink?, let brother make”

“no need brother, I have to go straight away, there is a need this morning, I just want to pamit” said Arya casually, then he stepped towards the side porch door.

“hei, wait” said Irman who then stepped towards Arya, Arya reflex turned her body towards the source of the sound.

bugh, “that's your wedding gift from me,” said Irman laughing sarcastically at Arya who fell to the floor grimacingly holding her cheek.

'what kind of gift is this?’ inwardly Arya was astonished by her brother-in-law, he held her cheek while enduring the pain.

“bang Irman” Vanessa yells who ran holding her husband's hand that still looks emotional, while Mila just stood still stiffly seeing what happened.

“I can't express my heartache to my grandfather who has ruined my future, and you are a despicable man who has ruined Mila”'s future.

“bang, already bang” said Vanessa tried to relieve her husband's emotions, but with a push, Irman made Vanessa fall to the floor that made his wife grimace in pain.

Irman then stepped out and left with his cynical smile.

‘this is just the beginning, next I will destroy you jerk” muttered Irman with his cynical face.

Irman has harbored heartache on his grandfather for a long time, since he learned that his grandfather had expelled his biological mother, until his grandfather wanted to match him with the woman of his choice, his grandfather, but opposed by Irman and he forced to marry Vanessa, until the last time Mila was betrothed to Arya.

Irman's heartache grew increasingly to see the attitude of his grandfather's arbitrariness, but he could only remain silent, because he also realized that he could not fight his grandfather who was still in power despite lying weak in the hospital.

Arya then gets up and helps Vanessa stand up and then guides Vanessa to sit on one of the chairs at the dining table. Arya glanced in annoyance at Mila who just stood stiffly looking at what was happening.

'this child has no response at all to see the behavior of his brother’

Arya takes a glass of water and helps Vanessa to drink.

“doesn't anything, brother, anyone sick?" Arya asked Vanessa in an anxious tone that made Mila feel something strange in her heart seeing Arya's gentle demeanor towards Vanessa.

“no Arya, sister is okay” is indeed physical Vanessa no one was hurt because of Irman's encouragement, but what makes her grimace is the feeling in her heart that does not accept her husband's behavior, and that, moreover, her husband did that in front of Mila and Arya who made her degree as a wife as trampled by Irman.

‘why do you treat me like this in front of your own sister and brother-in-law bang?’ inner Vanessa with tight chest.

“kakakak sure no one hurt” said Arya with a caring tone that makes Mila's heart more and more not because of hearing it.

'why am I so envious to hear it?, no, no, I can't be this’ inner Mila.

“you why shut up? don't you care about Vanessa's sister? or you and all your family it does like to make people like us this tormented with your arbitrariness” Arya voice that is a little emotional looking at Mila who just stood still from earlier.

Hearing Arya's remark Mila gasped in shock, she approached Vanessa with a chaotic feeling, between hurt, envy, and shock at what was happening .

Mila gently stroked Vanessa's shoulder “maaf sis, forgive my brother” said Mila regretted Irman's rude attitude to Vanesa.

“nothing Mil, you go to school with Arya yes, it looks like sister can not drive you,” said Vanessa with tightness in her heart.

*

So it's better for Vanessa to take a break to calm down first than to have to take her to school.

The atmosphere of the car was silent, only Mila who occasionally voiced out to show the way towards the school where she taught.

Inadvertently Arya glanced at Mila's left hand which was hugging the bag in her lap. No more wedding rings and wedding dowry bracelets. Seeing that reality, there was something like slipping into Arya's heart and scratching a slight wound.

'even she wouldn't admit to this marriage at all,'

“maaf” said Arya regretfully breaking the silence in the car.

Mila with her flat face was silent and did not care about Arya's words.

“sorry, my words earlier should not I say”

Mila was still silent, she was hurt by Arya's words, but her heart also did not blame Arya, because what Arya said was indeed it. She who arbitrarily took Arya's right as her husband over her, Irman who arbitrarily behaved rudely to Vanessa and her Grandpa who arbitrarily married her and Arya. His small clean heart justifies Arya's words.

“I don't mean to hurt your heart, I'm just upset that you just kept quiet to see your brother's rude behavior to brother Vanessa” Arya paused for a moment his sentence, he hoped Mila would voice answer that sentence, he said, But Mila was silent with a flat face.

“I don't care if your brother hits me, but I can't take it if he hurts women as good as Vanessa's, and,”

“my school there” pointed Mila to a school building by cutting Arya's sentence which made Arya snort annoyed because Mila did not care at all what she said.

The car that Arya had brought left Mila at the school where she taught, Mila who was still standing in front of the school saw Arya's departure with a guilty face,

'sorry, from your attitude I know you're a good person, but my heart is only for the Arnes bang, Arnes, and I have to behave like this so that you hate me and immediately divorce meMila's inner’ with her sad eyes.

*

Arya entered the office area of PT. 3A Friend, he was nearly an hour and a half late from his office hours, he even had to postpone his meeting that morning. In addition to driving Mila, he also had to go home to his contract to change his clothes with work clothes, which made his morning time run out on the streets.

Everyone in the meeting room noticed that Arya was late almost 30 minutes from the meeting. Though Arya himself had also postponed his meeting 1 hour from the schedule should have been, but still he was almost 30 minutes late.

“lo no problem?” ask Arbi who saw Arya will sit next to her.

“Sorry, there was a little problem, so I was late”

“lo already pending meeting 1 hour, and still late again half an hour, just this time lo kayak gini,”

“alah Bi, just start the meeting, I am ready for the presentation of Arya koq” does not want to discuss any longer the problem with Arbi.

“eeh wait, lo lips why?” Arbi glanced at Arya's slightly injured lips from Irman's punch.