Married by Promise

Under the moonlight of the night

After choosing some wedding dress designs, Abel and Mila continue their activities by touring the mall for shopping, in addition, they also went around to just wash their eyes by looking at the beautiful items displayed in the mall. They buy some clothes, accessories and also some makeup tools.

When Abel was engrossed in seeing some accessories, he suddenly asked Mila, a question that made Mila feel increasingly cornered by her own circumstances.

“you don't want to buy something for Arya?”

‘buy something for Arya, jeez Bel, if only you knew what my current marriage is like, you would definitely not talk like this from earlier’

Mila shook her head in a doldrums to answer Abel's question, but Abel who saw him only smiled, smiling,

“you should be used to give gifts to your husband, it might make him love you” more

Abel then chose 2 bracelets that have the same motif, he then showed the 2 bracelets to Mila,

“do you think Tomy will like this?”

“no Bel, I also do not understand the taste of men”

After finishing shopping, Abel and Mila wanted to end their activities that day with lunch in the foodcourt area on the lower floor of the mall, Mila was sitting by playing her mobile phone to see her social media, she said, abel was checking his groceries one by one,

“Mil, may I ask something”

Mila who was listening to that then nodded slowly without looking towards Abel,

“why don't you wear your wedding ring?”

deg,,, deg, Deg, Mila's heart skipped a beat, he was completely cornered this time by Abel's question, ' he said, his face changed pias and his eyes that had seen the phone screen turned to Abel who was still busy checking one by one plastic groceries.

‘ya Lord, why did I really become an ungodly wife hearing all Abel's questions from earlier’

Not hearing Mila's answer, Abel then stopped his activities and glanced at Mila, “why Mil?”

Mila then turned her eyes away from Abel with her misbehavior,

"that,,, me,,,,” he replied stammered not knowing what else to say.

“what is your wedding ring not fitting on your finger?, does that mean I have to accompany Tomy to choose our wedding ring?, but Tomy is not comfortable if the road is alone with me, he said he wants to be with me if we are married later, do I have to tell Ari first the size of the ring that suits me huh?”

Abel continued to speak innocently, while Mila just silently heard him while trying to calm her fast-paced heart from earlier.

“Mil, do you think Tomy will love me more if I wear a hijab or veil like you, she seems like a fanatic also with religion”

Abel continued, because in fact she was a woman who did not like silence, and if she had started talking, everything could have escaped her mouth without her control, he did not even like to see people sitting with him would rather play mobile phones than talk to him as Mila did when they just sat in the food court area.

“Bel, if you want to use a hijab or veil, do it because of the intention of obeying God's orders, do not just because you want to attract the attention of a man”

Mila's eyes widened in shock at Abel's words, her heart was so upset, she felt like a hypocritical human being in this world,

‘i can even talk this wise to Abel, even though I wear this veil just to cancel my marriage at that time, I was a hypocritical man’ Mila clad sad with herself at that time.

“I mean, I want to know what pushed you until you decided to wear a veil like this” continued Abel, he felt Mila did not understand the sentence before because Mila just silently did not answer.

Abel still looked at Mila waiting for an answer, while Mila was still struggling with her own heart, until she was finally saved after a servant delivered their order, The waiter put 2 pieces of rice with pieces of chicken and french fries and 2 cold drinks on the table, Mila immediately made a sound to divert their previous conversation,

“better we eat first Bel, I'm really hungry”

Abel then pulled the food with a disappointed face, he really wanted to hear the answer from Mila so that he could also change for the better like Mila, she said, he then sees Mila who has started to take food for him to eat immediately.

Mila had not had time to devour her food a man immediately sat on the chair next to her which made her startled and dropped the food in her hand,

“hai dear” said Arnes with a spoiled smile on Mila that made Mila and Abel shocked by what Arnes said.

“bang,,bang,,bang Arnes, are you here?” Mila looked at Arnes with a nervous face, her lips began to turn pale, a feeling of fear permeated her heart because now there was Abel sitting in front of her.

“this is my papa Mil's mall, I come here every day to check the report of its manager” Arnes casually replied while looking warmly at Mila.

“ohh, Bel, this is bang Arnes, this bang Arnes Abel my friend” Mila is trying to direct the conversation so that Abel does not think negatively about her,

“Arnes, his girlfriend Mila” voices Arnes firmly while raising her hand to shake hands with Abel.

While Mila and Abel can only be shocked to hear Arnes's words, Mila really pias, she also cannot refute Arnes' words for fear that Arnes will be angry with him.

‘ya Lord, I am truly a despicable human being in front of Abel’

Abel wanted to directly talk about what he heard, but seeing Arnes who seemed so familiar with Mila made him undo his intentions, he ignored Arnes' hand as if he did not care about the man, he did not want to interfere with Mila's personal life at all, he just clasped his hands tightly trying to hold back the emotion of seeing Mila's betrayal in front of his eyes to Arya.

‘wasn't she just said about being loyal and just loving her husband, now what is she doing?’

Arnes then smiled cynically at the reaction of Abel, ‘lumayan also nih son, like a virgin,’

“Mil, open her veil dong” Arnes then turned her eyes on Mila and spoke in a seductive tone, which made Abel disgusted to hear her,

Mila's face turned pale white holding back his unreasonable feelings, his pride really felt falling, he even felt like he did not have any self-esteem in front of Abel anymore, she nervously confronts Arnes, who is ashamed of Abel, and she is unable to refuse Arnes' request, the man she still loves.

Arnes then raised her hand to open Mila's veil, and Mila finally just resignedly accepted the situation, while Abel looked at her with a look of disbelief.

When Arnes' hand was about to touch Mila's veil, suddenly a man's hand pulled Arnes' hand violently which made her fall out of her chair,