Me, What It Is
CHAPTER 37 ~ Give To Have ~
Reana's class has disbanded but Nico doesn't find Reana anywhere.
Where is she ? doesn't Reana know that I'm going to pick her up ? think Nico.
The man took his phone and called Reana.
"Where are you ? " ask Nico.
Reana picks up the phone from Nico in front of Mr. Malvin who is watching her.
"Sorry sister, I can't wait for big brother, I have something to do" Reana replied with an erratic feeling.
"All right, but where are you ? when you're done call me, so I can pick you up" Nico said.
"No, I can go home alone, I don't know when it's finished" Reana subtly declined.
Every time she answered Nico's words, Reana's eyes glanced at Mr. Malvin, just in case maybe Mr. Malvin didn't like what he said.
"Please Reana, let me pick you up, didn't I promise to take you and pick you up wherever you go" said Nico felt strange with Reana's attitude.
"Sorry brother Nico, sorry I had to hang up the phone, sorry" Reana said immediately turned off her phone.
The girl's hand trembled, unable to talk to Nico any longer. Reana was down, her tears were flowing.
"Please sir, let me go home" Reana said trembling.
"And let you meet that man ?" said Mr. Malvin leaning on his chair.
"Give me a chance to say goodbye to him" asked Reana.
"No need" said Mr. Malvin briefly.
"I also have to talk to the hostess, I can't just disappear" Reana continued.
"I will explain, you also do not need to take your things, because I have prepared all your needs" said Mr. Malvin stood up from his seat and pulled Reana's hand to follow him.
The girl walked through the room after room until finally Mr. Malvin opened the wide double door in front of him. A classic-style room designed with furniture and all ornaments and decorative elements that are also luxurious.
Reana's eyes surround a room full of touch and fancy accents on almost any layer. Wall decoration, carving and sculpting techniques on furniture, to the choice and combination of soft and soothing colors.
Reana stared in amazement at the mirror accessories as well as the curtains on the window, the classic-style bed with carvings, sculptures and gilding techniques was the perfect creation.
Layers of pillows and bed linen with a combination of colors on the bed also create abundant shades and luxuries.
"You don't have to take your things, I've prepared everything for you" continued Mr Malvin as he moved towards the walk in closet.
A room to store clothes and appearance supporting accessories such as shoes, bags, towels, jewelry that allows the user to enter into it.
Equipped with self-decorating activities facilities and accommodating care and beauty products. Walk in closet with chandelier lights with crystal ornaments and island closets by adding a sofa in the middle of the room.
Room system that is only enjoyed by the upper middle class people who have a modern lifestyle.
And all of that was prepared to meet Reana's needs. But Reana was not tempted, the girl was only amazed for a moment. Then back to the simple personal.
Happiness for him lies not in treasure, but in the heart. Nico's sincerity can change Reana's feelings from being hated to being meaningful.
Although often rejected by Reana but Nico always come and try to make Reana happy, although sometimes his heart hurt many times.
Nico is always there for Reana. When Reana was sad and needed a friend. Nico came to cheer him up, to be someone he could rely on.
What about Mr Malvin ? is not Mr. Malvin like that too. Giving everything to Reana, letting go of her precious time only to meet Reana.
Mr. Malvin is just someone who is late, Nico has filled Reana's heart first, and unfortunately the girl is not a girl who easily moved to another heart.
"My master please, let me go home, I'm not ready yet" Reana pleaded.
"Sorry Reana, I have to, I have decided that our wedding will be held this week, you must learn to forget the man, and it starts from now" said Mr. Malvin.
Reana slumped, her legs limp helpless, the girl fell to the floor, her tears flowing, Reana no matter how she cried was heard throughout the room. The girl did not want to pretend to be strong anymore, Reana could not hold back anymore.
On the other hand, Nico felt there was something strange about Reana. The girl suddenly hung up on him. Nico sat on the bench thinking if he had made a mistake. This morning they met, everything looks good. Reana has taken it back.
Rommy sees Nico being confused. Stepped quickly to his best friend, and sat down next to him.
"So, there's a horrendous event here" said Rommy confused about how to start the conversation.
Nico listen.
"Gue thinks he's Mr. Malvin who's been loe storyline" continued Rommy.
Nico is shocked to hear Rommy mention Mr. Malvin's name.
"He's here ? what is he doing here ? he entered this college ?" asked Nico in a voice that was rising.
"He brought Reana" said Rommy with a sorry face.
Rommy's words are like lightning striking. Nico walked away, ran.
"Nic, where are you going, I'm coming with you" cried Rommy chasing.
Nico forbids Rommy from following him. He kept running so fast. Nico had experienced this before, facing Lord Malvin's guards to take Reana. Bringing Rommy will only make his best friend hurt.
Nico parked in the hotel basement in a hurry. Immediately enter the hotel lobby and ask where Mr. Malvin is. The receptionist who could not answer Nico's question became the target of his anger.
Nico panics because he never finds Reana. The man insisted on meeting Mr. Malvin but the receptionist was unwilling to show Mr. Malvin's office, even calling security to force Nico away.
Security's not Nico's opponent. With security easily defeated, a receptionist reported the incident to her superior. Soon a fifty-year-old father appeared.
"Respiring blindly will not solve the problem" shouted the fathers who are none other than the Hotel Manager.
Nico stopped his fight with the security guards and immediately met the authoritative-looking father.
"Where's Mr Malvin, show me where his office is ?" nico yelled at the hotel manager.
"Have you never been taught how to talk to older people?" ask the father calmly.
Nico is amazed, actually Nico is a person who is always polite and always maintain good manners and ethics. But the panic Nico felt made the man forget.
Nico fell silent, the security people immediately held onto Nico's hands. The hotel manager raised his hand asking the security to release Nico. Security has stopped Nico.
The hotel manager asked the security guards to leave them and continue their work.
"Please sir, news knows where I am, Mr Malvin?" nico is calmer.
"None of us knows where Mr. Malvin is, we will know only if Mr. Malvin himself tells us" he replied.
"But I have to find my boyfriend, he has brought him" said Nico, his chest down felt tight.
"Mr Malvin was a very successful businessman. His hotel is not only this hotel, in addition to the hotel, Mr. Malvin also has resorts and villas scattered throughout the country.
Nico panicked more and more, the man squeezed his hair, not knowing what to do.
"You can't defeat someone just by following your anger, can't just by following your young soul. Defeat someone by following his way of thinking, by using his principles" explained the Hotel Manager gave advice.
Nico was stunned, astonished by the thought of the Hotel Manager.
"Mr Malvin is a conqueror, he cannot accept the fact that Miss Reana is a girl that is difficult to conquer" said the manager of the hotel.
"Mother knows Reana ?" ask Nico wonder.
"As I said, we will know whatever Mr. Malvin wants, for us to know" the Hotel Manager replied.
"Mr Malvin couldn't have forced the girl to quit college, right ? of course you can still meet him on campus" the father suggested.
"But sir, I have to find him immediately, every second Mr. Malvin with Reana is a torture for me, I feel like living in hell" Nico said, a clear drip from the corner of his eye.
The manager of the hotel breathed a heavy sigh at Nico's sadness, a little bit as he felt pity and concern for the young man's fate.
"I tell you a secret, Mr. Malvin will not force a girl, according to him it is a lowly deed, Mr. Malvin has always maintained his honor and dignity.
The only thing he did, was to try to make a girl give up on her own. Do you think Miss Reana is an easy person to give herself up ?" ask the Hotel Manager.
Nico was stunned, the man's heart was a little relieved, according to him Reana was not such a girl and if master Malvin was really a dignified person then it should not have forced Reana.
"That's one way to beat someone by using his principles" said the Hotel Manager patted Nico on the shoulder as it passed.
Nico decides to go to Reana's boarding house. The man wished he could meet the girl there. But Reana's boarding house does not accept male guests until Nico can only wait.
Nico had tried to contact Reana but the girl didn't pick up the phone. Nico was very worried because of that, but the remark of the Hotel Manager earlier made him a little relieved.
Two girls came out of the boarding house, Nico asked them, but none of them were sure of the answer. Nico remembered the restaurant, there was a possibility that the girl was there.
But Nella said Reana asked permission not to go to work. Of course Nella was so curious about what happened that Nico called her. But Nico himself can't explain it.
Nico finally decides to go home, the man will try to meet Reana after college tomorrow. At Malvin's house, Reana looks out the window.
Tired of looking out the window the girl turned to look around the room, this classic-style room was very beautiful, even too beautiful to be called a room but the girl actually felt like she was in prison.
Could this be the prison that Mr. Malvin said, he was not afraid of being imprisoned because he had been living in it, a liar, how could anyone feel imprisoned in his own home, the inner Reana.
There was a knock on the door, an innocent-faced young girl walked in with a bow.
"Sorry miss, Mr. Malvin asked the lady to come down for dinner" said the soft-spoken girl.
Reana turned her face away, reluctant to meet let alone have dinner with Mr. Malvin.
What would happen if I refused ? is this girl going to get in trouble ? inner Reana.
"Tell him I'm not hungry" Reana said.
"But lady, sir will definitely tell me to come back" said the girl hesitantly.
The girl was very young, her face was very innocent, Reana felt pity, if the girl got into trouble because of it. Reana finally agrees to dinner.
Reana sat in front of Mr. Malvin, so many dishes served on the dining table with this classic style carving. The innocent-faced girl was serving Reana.
So many girls around Mr Malvin, why didn't Mr Malvin marry one of them ? thought Reana.
Reana focused her attention on the food in front of her because the girl felt master Malvin was staring at her.
"Reana, why don't you change your clothes. Everything that is walk-in closet is yours" said Mr. Malvin reminded Reana.
"I feel like I never bought it" Reana said briefly.
"I bought it for you"
"I never asked for it"
Mr. Malvin was silent.
"You are different from my mother" said Mr. Malvin quietly.
Reana looked at master Malvin, feeling strange with that tone of voice.
"My mother was willing to leave me and my father for treasure. Choosing to marry my father's superior who fell in love with him" Mr. Malvin told in a sad tone.
Reana stopped eating her food, her attention was turned to the story of Mr. Malvin.
"My father decided to quit the company, sell our house.
Giving some of the proceeds from the sale of the house to my mother, but my mother refused because she thought the results of the sale of the house were nothing, giving her new husband more than that" Mr. Malvin's story continued.
"I once told you that I have lived in prison for a long time, it all started with that incident.
My father who was humiliated by my mother's attitude had an obsession with defeating her.
Some of the proceeds from selling a house are used to buy a new, smaller house, and the rest is used for business capital.
My father pioneered his business completely from scratch. Since then I cannot be like other children, who can play as they please" said Mr Malvin, stopping his eating and leaning his back
"My job is to just learn, to keep learning, my dad makes me an asset to his future.
Owning a business and inheriting it, it was a new prison for me, I had to take responsibility for all my father's efforts.
I can't even free myself" said Mr. Malvin in frustration.
"What your mother did was bad, but look at the results, you have everything, why not take the wisdom of all that" said Reana who differed from Mr. Malvin.
"Because I was unhappy, just because of the gift for my mother's sake left me, and because of my father's obsession I lost my childhood" said Mr. Malvin in a raised voice.
Mr. Malvin is upset that Reana is not trying to understand him.
"Why don't you try to be grateful, how many people want a position like the current master, how many people want to have, what you have" Reana said.
"What about you ? do you also want to have what I have ? then change your clothes, since I have prepared everything for you, why can't you accept my gift ?" shouted mr. Malvin.
"Because I'm not like master's mother, I don't want to because of a gift, someone can have me" cried Reana no less loudly.
"I'm done" said Reana ketus as she stood leaving the dining table.
Mr. Malvin chased after Reana, pulling the two arms of the girl closer. They were very close, Reana was panicked, afraid, Mr. Malvin's eyes looked fierce, Mr. Malvin was holding Reana, forcing a kiss on the girl's lips.
Reana revolted, yelling, thrashing, pushing, Mr. Malvin's embrace finally came off, Reana ran up the stairs. Go into the room, lock her up and sit on the bed hugging her trembling knees. The girl's tears flowed.
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