NEPTUNIA (Hackin Hubrets")

CHAPTER 38 SORRY

The atmosphere of the Escape Room launch is getting more and more crowded, many gamers are trying to beat Deniz's score. Until this second Deniz score has not been defeated even Zehed an enthusiast of adventure and fighting game genre was still not able to beat Deniz score.

Afkar sat at a table with Murat and his business associates, talking about the next steps for the development of Escape Roon and of course also for the progress of Kant Software. Without Afkar noticing when the Yilmaz brothers took turns trying to play the Escape Room, Nara walked out of the ballroom and onto a balcony that presents a night view of the European side of Istanbul. The sparkling lights of the building and the view of the Bosphorus strait at night with some glittering cruise ship lights passing through the Bosphorus strait add to the beauty of the European side of Istanbul at night.

Nara chose to sit in a chair enjoying the night view of the European side of Istanbul, the air was cool because the current air temperature was at twenty-three degrees Celsius. Nara pulled deeply into the cold air making her caress her stomach and smile happily. As Nara enjoys the night view of Istanbul, someone approaches her.

“Assalamualaikum” greetings the person but Nara still did not answer the greeting.

Nara thought that the greeting was addressed not to her but to someone who was in a chair not far from her sitting.

“Assalamualaikum, Nara" greet the person and this time Nara replied to the greeting because she clearly mentioned her name.

“wa'alaikumsalam kak ubet” reply Nara while caressing her stomach many times.

Of course Nara still knows the voice of Ubet because their last meeting Ubet told a lot about the project in his new office so Nara can clearly remember the voice of Ubet.

“we meet again" said Ubet trying to start a conversation with Nara.

Ubet tries to sit next to Nara, but reflexively Nara stands up from the chair. There is still a sense of worry if Ubet will try to hold his hand once again, although Nara currently wears gloves but still feels strange and uncomfortable when it comes to contact with men who are not halal for her.

“please sit down" said Nara when she saw Ubet about to stand up.

But still Ubet stood up and tried to shorten the distance with Nara, making Nara shift to the right keeping the distance with Ubet at least one and a half meters. When Nara shifted its position, Ubet also shifted because Ubet wanted to shorten the distance with Nara.

“kak.... enough sister to stand there only... it is not good if brother behaves like this.” Nara said as she gestured for Ubet to stop shortening their distance.

“sorry.... I guess you already forgave me.. Because the last time we met I could sit down at one table and talk casually with you" said Ubet who was a little disappointed with Nara's request to keep the distance but still stepped slowly closer to Nara.

Afkar searches for Nara's whereabouts at the table where he leaves Nara with Yilmaz's older brother but does not find his wife. Afkar began to unsettle and circled his entire gaze around the room as he looked towards the balcony, Afkar saw Nara standing up and shifted slightly to the right as if trying to keep a distance on someone. Afkar walked up to the door connecting the ballroom and the balcom, Afkar was surprised to see Ubet moving closer to Nara but Nara kept trying to keep her distance by shifting more to the right. Afkar only notices they are not trying to get close to Nara, Afkar wants to know how strongly Nara is facing problems and not always avoiding problems. Afkar could clearly hear what Nara and Ubet were talking about.

“Nara has forgiven sister..... because what you have done is one form of abuse for Nara”, explained Nara while grasping her left hand tightly with her right hand and shifting slightly to the right because Ubet was still trying to approach her.

“do you still remember? I thought you'd forgotten it. Sorry if my old actions made you feel that I was harassing you. Sorry if all my old words made you uncomfortable being around me" said Ubet bowed while playing the tip of his right foot.

“kak... once again Nara said that Nara had forgiven sister long before sister apologized..... so Nara please stop saying the word 'sorry'. " Say Nara who has folded her hands on her chest from behind her niqab and shifted slightly to the right.

“after all the things I went through and accidentally met you again, after a year of working here I will propose to you as my father suggested... Can you wait for me until I return to Jakarta.” Ubet's question did not surprise Nara.

“Nara can't do that brother.... Nara haram for sister... find a halal woman for sister khitbah.” Nara's words immediately made Ubet's body stiffen in disbelief with his hearing.

Afkar smiled at Nara who dared to reject Ubet, although Nara's voice sounds ordinary but the words ‘haram’ and ‘halal’ are enough to make Afkar proud that Nara has been one step more brave to face the problems of her past. Ubet's mind was getting jumbled full of various questions about Nara.

“what do you mean?” tanya Ubet who has changed the position of its establishment facing Nara who is still staring at the night atmosphere of Istanbul.

“Nara is haram for sister because Nara is halal for other men besides mahram Nara....” Nara's usual-sounding speech increasingly makes Ubet wonder and increasingly ask for clarity.

“I don't understand what you mean?” asked Ubet while massaging his nape certainly could not digest Nara's words with his common sense.

“Nara is married and now Nara is nine weeks pregnant" Nara said briefly as she touched her stomach from behind the hijab.

Instantly Ubet's legs and body felt limp made him reach for a chair and sit still looking down, many times Ubet shook his head trying to deny Nara's confession. Afkar smiled faintly at Nara's words, Afkar feeling that Nara had already managed to defeat another trauma in her past.

“no way.... They say you are not married even they say no one has proposed to you" said Ubet denied Nara's statement.

“ friends of the older generation indeed no one knows.. on campus even only a few people know that Nara is married" explanation Nara increasingly makes Ubet's body feel weak.

“what does siska know you are married?” tanya Ubet ventured.

“siska saw a man himself saying the words ijab qabul in front of the marriage guardian Nara" said Nara who had turned her back and found Afkar looking at her with a sweet smile.

“who is that guy?” asked Ubet bowed down while Nara had stepped closer to Afkar who had stretched out both hands to welcome Nara.

Nara immediately hugged and inhaled the fragrance of Afkar's body and whispered something.

“I love you" whispered Nara making Afkar harden his hug.

Ubet stood up from the chair and turned his back to see Nara hugging a man he knew very well, Afkar one of Kant Software's big bosses. Ubet looked at them hugging with a face of disbelief and still trying to deny all the truth that Nara spoke. Afkar stepped closer to Ubet by wrapping his left hand around Nara's waist.

“you want to know who the man who is halal did this to Nara" Afkar said as he pulled Nara's body into his embrace until Nara's face stuck right in the chest of Afkar's field.

Afkar reached out his right hand to shake hands with Ubet. Ubet's body felt stiff both hands and his feet felt cold staring Afkar did not believe that the big boss who was right in front of him at this time was Nara's husband.