Mom is Similar to My Son

45. Awkward and Trapped

Arfan continued to think about Alina's problem until the next day during a meeting at the office. So confused, he asked for the opinions of his employees. But of course he did not say who he was and only said that in the hiring process, he had a difficult problem. He has given his best, but the man is not interested.

"You can try to make the person feel that you not only acknowledge his abilities, but also help him and support him. Living and growing together. Just like a relationship." Advice from one of the managers.

Hm... Very good advice. Arfan became increasingly unfocused work, even scrolling medsosnya Alina. He looked at his face that was very similar not a glimpse like his late wife. Maybe this is what makes Ivan insistent on wanting Alina to become his personal doctor or some other reason? But Arfan dislikes this Alina, because her nature is different from his late wife. And the edges accidentally squeeze like a selfie of Alina. Pfft! Funny thing again, Ivan suddenly sent a threatening chat to his father that read 'Last chance, don't disappoint'.

Seeing Alina upload a photo of the cake on her social media, Arfan decided to make his own cake specifically for Alina, he even decorated the cake with cartoon images. Though it was the first experiment to make a cake, but a great success.

The cake is done. They also want to bring the cake to Alina, but instead stuck in traffic in the middle of the road. Since the only vehicles that did not get stuck in traffic were public transport, they were both forced to jostle on the bus.

They finally arrived at the hospital not long after, Ivan immediately excited Alina to see the cake they brought. Alina was touched to read the message written on it.

In addition to bringing the cake, Ivan invites Alina to come to the playground. After a long rejection and persuasion, Alina finally agreed. Doctor Zayn who saw the distance was very jealous because lately the father and son always meet and take Alina away.

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When Alina wants to help Ivan play shooting games, Arfan cynically doubts his abilities. And sure enough, Alina shot missed twice. So in the last round, Arfan decided to help Alina and this time successfully on target, as well as making them both awkward again because of their very close faces. Ivan pleased.

At night while soaking in the bathtub, Alina could not stop thinking about Arfan. Recalling the several times Arfan helped her, Alina began to change her mind about Arfan.

The next day, Alina has a fever but is still insistent on working. And when he re-read Ivan's medical records, he realized the day after tomorrow was Ivan's birthday. He recalls when he had just met her, Ivan was having a birthday, but his father's position at that time was under bad influence which made the little boy very obsessed with thinking of him as his mother.

While accompanying Ivan to play, Alina tries to ask what Ivan hopes for his birthday. But the question enraged Ivan so much that he destroyed the lego he had just built.

Confused, Alina decides to tell her about herself. He likes to celebrate birthdays. But her June birthday usually collides with a final exam or a parent's meeting at school, the saddest of which is when her birthday is no longer attended by a mother. So usually he is always envious of people who can make a birthday party with the figure of a mother.

"Ivan, can you tell me, have you ever had a special birthday present? Can you describe it to make me jealous?"

But the question made Ivan even more sad. He then took two toy cars and crashed the second. Seeing that, Dad immediately hugged Ivan who looked very sad.

As they talk together, Arfan tells Alina that one year ago on Ivan's birthday, they lost someone nearby. Ivan must have been very sad for his mother's passing. Because of that, Ivan experienced PTSD which made him not want to talk about the past and always avoid strangers.

"I wish I could make Ivan one more time have the happiness that a child his age should have." Arfan.

That was why during these years, he consulted with many doctors to restore his cheerfulness. But the results were not up to expectations. Alina understood, and suddenly suggested that they celebrate Ivan's birthday in order to rebuild her trust.

That night, Alina told Zayn about the matter. But Zayn was astonished by the boy's problem because all this time why was Alina so eager to help them?

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Arfan's latest product sample is ready, a pair of smart bracelets intended for couples. With the smart bracelet, couples can know each other's body temperature and geographical location to each other from a distance. It can also send emergency signals to each other in an emergency, so couples can protect each other even over long distances.

Arfan decided to wear one of them. As for her partner's bracelet, she initially intended to ask Hans for help to wear the other one. But Hans instead had the same intentions of the bracelet, Arfan immediately canceled his intention and retook the bracelet.

Alina comes to Arfan's office to discuss plans for Ivan's birthday. Because this anniversary event is also included as one of Ivan's forms of treatment, so Arfan considers this as business cooperation and offers huge money to Alina. But Alina refused the money. Instead, he just wanted to be treated to a meal.

So they began to make various preparations for Ivan's birthday. And when Alina complains of hunger, Arfan really gives her what she wants.

That night, Arfan drove Alina home. But Alina fell asleep in the car. At first he wants to wake Alina up, but seeing Alina's hand suddenly makes Arfan have a good idea.

She immediately took out her pair of smart bracelets and put them in Alina's hands just as Alina was waking up. He tells Alina that it is a health bracelet couple, his company's newest product that is in the testing phase. But he did not admit that he himself was wearing his partner's bracelet.

Alina became curious. According to the manual, the bracelet can also be used to call his partner. Alina wants to call her partner's bracelet, but Arfan hastily drives Alina away before Alina can do it.

Upon arriving home, Arfan finds Ivan is angry with him. But as soon as he persuaded her to eat with Arfan tomorrow, Ivan immediately got excited and suddenly stopped being angry.

But the next day, Alina was suddenly not feeling well. But he still forced himself to work and refused to take medicine. He was not aware that the smart bracelet he was wearing sent a notification of his body temperature to Arfan's bracelet.

Arfan became anxious and immediately called her, nagging her to take medication so as not to infect others. But Alina gets upset and turns off her phone, insisting she refuses to take the medicine even if her co-workers try to persuade her to take the medicine.

"Kc... What does he care about me? Who is he? My mom's dad wasn't worried about me that much." Alina threw her phone on the bed.

The pain got worse the night. Worse yet, Zayn also can not keep it because it has to go to work. His body even grew weaker as he soaked in hot water. So limp, he was not strong enough to rise from the bathtub.

Arfan was already in front of his house at the time, intending to pick him up to celebrate Ivan's birthday. But his phone could not be reached at all. Arfan became very anxious and immediately tried to bang on the door.

"Doctor Alina, are you okay inside? It's me, Open the door!"

But there was no answer at all from within, Arfan only heard his HP sound ringing. He became even more afraid of something bad happening to Alina. Because the door of his house uses a smart door lock, Arfan decided to break the password of his house key.

Several times he tried to squeeze a combination of numbers according to the fingerprints he saw on the monitor, but still failed. He kept trying to think about the combination of numbers according to the fingerprint, until he suddenly remembered about Alina's speech about her birthday in June which always coincided with the national exam. Means the password, 0607. and walah! The door finally opened. Arfan immediately entered while calling out to Alina who had started to sink into her bath.