
Maria stared intently at Dylan's eyes. Somehow he felt suspicious of the man and also someone who was sitting in the back seat of the luxury car.
"I suspect that Om Udin and the man were pranking me. Where is a Boss the appearance of that guy's cake? The shirt is not branded and the face is wrinkled, ah! Far from Daddy everywhere," Mary's inner.
"Why are you looking at me like that, Miss Maria? Is there something strange about me?"
"You are suspicious" said Maria with a probing look.
Dylan panicked, fearing that his lie would be discovered by the matre girl. Slowly, Dylan pushed Mary's tiny body and led her back to her beloved matic motor.
"You better continue your journey. Aren't you afraid of being late and being punished by your teachers?"
Dylan grabbed a pink Hello Kitty helmet that Maria had placed on the handlebars of her motorcycle. Slowly Dylan put the helmet on Maria's head.
"Daddy Marcello's favorite girl, you should go to school properly. You will become a successful and independent woman. I'm sure no man can resist you. You are beautiful and adorable, especially if coupled with your success," said Dylan with a sweet smile to Maria.
"But unfortunately I'm too late, Om. The man I like is married and has three children. And damn again, Daddy's already planning to marry me to one of his business partners' kids and tonight they're going to visit our mansion."
Dylan's smile that had been perfectly inflated on his handsome face, instantly vanished after hearing the words of the little girl.
"So, your Daddy's really serious about the wedding?" dylan asked with a serious face looking at Maria.
Maria nodded her head. "Yes, Daddy never messes with his words."
"B-but why? You're very young and your school isn't even finished. I don't understand how your Daddy thinks, is your Daddy crazy?" cry out to Dylan who still doesn't believe.
Maria bent her face because she couldn't take it when Dylan called her Daddy that way. "My Daddy's still healthy, Om. But yes, if Daddy says A, it must be A. No B, not C!"
Maria boarded the scooter and turned on the engine. "Yes, already. I left first," said Maria who then immediately drove with her favorite motorcycle.
Dylan was still silent for a while while staring at Maria who was getting further away, until finally the girl disappeared from his sight. Dylan turned around and went back to his car.
. . .
First break at Maria's school.
"Hhh, lucky you are still allowed to enter the same Mr. Satpam. Try it otherwise, you might miss another lesson, Maria." Clara exhaled a long breath while watching Maria's confused face.
"Om Udin, the handsome guy? Yahhh, disappointed donk driver! But, it's fine that I'm still faithfully waiting for him, waiting for his double Om Udin" Clara said with a silly smile.
"Clarah! I'm this nanya," annoyed Maria as she bent her face looking at the silly looking Clara.
"Oh yeah, all right, all right! If I'm private, trust donk, Maria. Om Udin is handsome kebangetan. Any woman would definitely not be able to resist her charm."
"So you think he's really married and has three kids, right?" cry Maria with perfectly round eyes.
"Why is your expression so strange? Handsome people are free, Maria. And lest Om Udin's wife be not one, but there are two, three, em-"
"It's enough, you're getting asked, the answer is getting worse!"
Maria is bending her face. He was really upset to hear his best friend's answer.
"I still can't believe it and my hunch is that Om Udin is hiding something from me. I have to investigate, I have to!" maria said in her heart.
"Mary, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay."
At Mr. Marcello's company.
"Vin, do you remember, tonight there was an invitation from Mr. Felix" Marvel said.
"Yes, I remember. Why why?"
"It looks like I can't make it to the party, Vin. Because tonight Daddy asked me to accompany him to welcome Lord Alfonso and his son who will be betrothed to Maria. You better change my position and come to the party. You can also invite Alifa, all of you," said Marvel.
Melvin smiled wryly after hearing the name Alifa mentioned. "Yes, okay. I'm coming to the party, but I didn't promise to take Alifa. I'm sure, Alifa won't be invited to a business party like this" Melvin replied.
"Guess up to you, what matters is that one of us can be at the party."
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