
“Zahra, there's something I haven't told you yet.” Ardi has decided to no longer keep anything secret from Zahra.would like what the girl's response will be, Ardi does not care. He doesn't want to start a relationship with a lie.
She had that experience when she married Kay. There was no sense of openness between them, each other's secrets, until finally it became a boomerang that destroyed his marriage.
“Is there anything I don't know about sister?” Ardi nodded his head, “what's the matter? Does this have anything to do with Kay's sister?” ask Zahra curiously.
“I'm sorry I didn't tell you all of this in the past. I didn't mean to hide this from you, but I forgot,”. Ardi clasped Zahra's hand, “after you hear all this, I hope you won't change your decision,”.
Zahra looked at Ardi's eyes closely, she also sharpened her hearing. What Ardi wanted to say, Zahra did not want to miss a single word. He wanted to know what made Ardi so scary, even he was afraid that the girl would change the decision he had taken.
“Kay was my first wife.”
Zahra scrunched her forehead, first wife! Mean what? Didn't Ardi just get married once? Zahra remained silent, she did not even comment. He wanted Ardi to finish what he wanted to say.
“You must have known, Kay and I got married because of an arranged marriage. But I accepted the match because I loved her so much. When I found out that Kay was Arka's lover, my heart was broken, I would even divorce Kay back then.” Ardi sighed, “but Kay asked me to keep our marriage going. She doesn't want to make both her parents sad.”
“Then what happened?” Actually Zahra refused to ask, but he did not want Ardi to think he did not listen to what he said.
“You must have known what happened, Kay and I finally divorced.”
Zahra shook her head, “that's not what I meant. Kay doesn't want a divorce, so what happens?” tanyakanya.
“We decided to start all over again. Kay and I decided to get to know each other. Kay finally forgets Arka completely and begins to love me. But I didn't expect Arka would do something that ended up destroying my household.” Ardi lowered his head, every time he remembered the incident, his heart still hurt. It felt like it was ingrained.
“Indeed what did Brother Arka do?”
Ardi shook his head, “sorry, that's why I can't tell. I actually have another child, his name is Kevin, he's Rasya's brother,” he admitted.
“Kevin, why didn't you tell me? So actually Kak Ardi has how many children from Kak Kay?”
“Wedding me and Kay..” Ardi paused his words, he then let out a long sigh, “I have no children with Kay,” he admitted.
“I hope Kay will get pregnant. When I heard about Kay's pregnancy I was very happy, I could not wait for the birth of our son, the fruit of my love and Kay's. Even when Kevin was born, my love for Kay grew. I felt like my family was complete because Kevin was present, the happiness I dreamed of when I married Kay was finally realized. Until the accident happened, the accident that destroyed everything.”.
Ardi smothered his mouth, both corners of his eyes began to emit a clear liquid that had filled both corners of his eyes. He tried not to cry, but whatever power, the memories he had forgotten, he now remembered. The pain that he had been pending deeply, as if re-emerging to the surface.
“Kak..”
Ardi nodded slowly, “I'm fine, I have to tell everything to you.” The man then took a breath and took it out slowly, “the bitter reality that I have to accept, Kevin.apparently not my biological child, he was the son of Arka. I was so angry when I heard that fact, I wanted to ask for an explanation from Arka, that I intended to meet him. But fate says otherwise, I had an accident that made me lose my memory.”
Zahra was stunned, Ardi had never told her about all this. The girl could feel the sadness that Ardi was feeling at this moment. What she captures from Ardi's story, Kay has betrayed Ardi, until she conceives her son Arka. But Zahra did not know that it was Arka that caused the destruction of the Ardi household. Brother Kay, you are so heartless to hurt a man as good as Kak Ardi, you will regret letting go of a man as good as Kak Ardi. Her thought.
“Zahra, I was the one who made Kay leave me. I did the stupid thing that hurt Kay. When I lost my memory, I married the girl who hit me. And Rasya, he's my son from my second marriage. Although I know, in the past I was married, but I still married Monic. My memories came back when Monic was pregnant with my son. I decided to go back to see Kay, but Kay could not accept my second marriage, until finally she decided to end the marriage.”
Zahra's body seemed limp, hearing Ardi's confession. It turns out his judgment was wrong, not only Kay and Arka were guilty, but Ardi was also involved in the destruction of his marriage.
“Kak, this is very surprising to me. I didn't expect my sister to have been married twice, but they all ran aground. I was really shocked to hear all this.” Actually Ardi's status as a widower will not be a problem for Zahra, especially if there is already a child from the marriage. But getting married twice and failing twice anyway, it was like a boomerang that at any moment could destroy his plans.
It doesn't matter to Zahra, but what Zahra's parents would think if they knew all these truths. Will they accept if it turns out that his daughter will become the third wife? All parents definitely hope that their daughter will marry a good man and a single man of course.
What would people think if they knew their only daughter was married to a man who had failed twice in his marriage. There must also be a fear of its own, fear of the events that used to be repeated again, until the marriage will run aground for the third time.
Ardi held Zahra's hand, “for my first marriage failure, I admit it was because of my stupidity and selfishness. But for the failure of my second marriage, it was because I couldn't live with a woman I didn't love at all. I can't torture him with my cold attitude, so I let him go so he can get a better man than me.”.
“Kak...what can Kak Ardi guarantee brother can maintain the marriage of the three brothers later? Can you guarantee you won't repeat the same mistake again?”
“What do you mean? I can't do all that for no reason. Do you doubt my love?” Ardi gripped both shoulders Zahra, “tell me, are you going to change your decision? Are you going to leave me after you know all this?”
Zahra took a breath while closing her eyes, she then sighed slowly. Slowly Zahra opened her eyes, she looked at Ardi's two wry eyes. He could see there was hope for him both eyes, and also deep sadness.
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