NOT A WEDDING DRAMA

CHAPTER 35

Chelsea again invited a conversation Clara who had just been silent.

"Oh yes, Ra. Papi said your divorce deed is already in Papi's office, if you want to take it later deal with me yes." Said Chelsea who immediately made Aldrich choke when drinking his drink.

Uhukk..

"Slow down, Al." Davan said as he patted Aldrich's back.

Clara sighed, forgetting to tell Chelsea to cover up her status.

"Who's divorce?" Aldrich's question looked alternately at Chelsea and Clara.

Chelsea immediately pursed her lips and glanced at Clara, while Clara who glanced back at Chelsea only shrugged her shoulders and smiled faintly.

Aldrich stood up from his seat and approached Clara, grabbing Clara's arm to join him.

Chelsea also stood up when they saw Clara standing as if forced.

"Al, what do you want?" Chelsea asked to hold Clara's other hand.

"Before Chel, I've got Clara's business." Aldrich said with a serious face.

Chelsea have never seen a serious Aldrich face like this.

"Udah Chel, it's okay." Clara said with a smile.

Aldrich took Clara in his car and drove her to one place.

"Al, I'm not saying goodbye to Chelsea."

Aldrich just kept quiet until he pulled his car aside on a fairly quiet road.

"Explain me!!" Aldrich said impatiently.

"Explain what?" Ask Clara.

"You're divorced? When's? And why not tell me."

Clara sighed, "What did I say about my status, Al?"

"Bec.." Call Aldrich.

"Al, we're still like this. We're still friends like we were in Erlasha." Clara said quickly before Aldrich said anything.

"Rba..."

"I won't open my heart again, Al. What else is in the near future. If you make me uncomfortable, don't blame me if I avoid you." Said Clara again.

Aldrich breathed. They were as drowning as his own thoughts.

"Al, honestly from the beginning knowing you, I'm comfortable we're just friends. I feel like my burden is a little lost when I share stories and laughter with you." Clara said with a straight look ahead.

"I beg you, Al. Don't have any more feelings for me because it'll make me feel comfortable."

Aldrich listened to what Clara said, he thought it was wrong to impose his will even though he was impatient.

"There's no perfect marriage, Al. And there can't be no injuries in every broken marriage. Please don't find out why I got divorced from my ex-husband, and don't try to be a cure for my broken heart. Because what I need right now is just a lot of friends and a job to keep my sanity and recover from this wound." Clara said so bitterly in every sentence, making Aldrich's heart pinched and felt a deep pain.

"Can we just be friends, Al?" Clara looked at Aldrich.

Aldrich looked down, his feelings were not good, he wanted to have Clara but Clara still fortified herself with the reason of her wound.

"Where are you staying? I'll drive you." Aldrich.

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After delivering Clara, Aldrich drove his car directly to the Fadhil family home for dinner together to welcome Davan home.

Aldrich just fell silent as if his mind was somewhere.

"Why don't you tell me that the woman who made you goofy is Clara, Al?" Ask Chelsea. "Clara's my best friend."

"I'm playing with fate, Chel." Aldrich sits on the porch.

"When have you liked Clara?" Chelsea would rather know.

"Since I don't know if she used to be somebody's wife." Aldrich looked ahead with a blank look. "I've retreated Chel, by then I've retreated when I found out that Clara is married." Aldrich breathed for a moment. "But fate brought him back before me, Chel. I don't know if she's divorced." Aldrich said again.

Clara had previously called Chelsea not to tell Aldrich about the details of her divorce, making Chelsea understand the purpose of Clara who wanted to cover up her household problems because it was a matter of privacy. Let Aldrich know that Clara is a divorcee like this.

"Al, how do you feel about Clara?" Ask Davan who was there earlier.

"I love him, I want to be by his side, to be the most comfortable place for him." Answer Aldrich.

"Then fight." Chelsea Say.

"How can I fight, Chel. Clara rejected me first." Aldrich pulled his hair back, frustrated.

"Fighting doesn't mean forcing, Al. You have to slowly believe Clara, she's still hurt. Be patient in reaching for his heart." Chelsea gave me advice.

Aldrich nodded, not knowing what he would do in the future.

"So Aldrich likes his secretary?" Jessi asked Stevi with a picture of her, they were sitting with Ghea at the dinner table.

Stevi nodded, "Yes, Fariz said she was a widow, but there were no children among them."

"Lo agrees?" Ask Ghea to investigate.

"Why don't I meet and feel I say, he's good." Answer Stevi again.

"Lo don't mind the status?" This time Jessi asked more seriously.

"The time is now, Jess. Girls are not necessarily real. I agree, no problem, as long as he loves Aldrich." Stevi replied wisely.

"Gue salute you." Ghea said with a smile.

"But it's like the Clara's hard to get hold of Aldrich deh, Jess, Ghe." Stevi's speech was lethargic.

"Good dong, though a widow but not a slacker." Jessi is approved by Ghea.

"But I want to keep nikah Al, keep having grandchildren me."

Jessi clucked, "Ck, not married yet think grandchild, I'm the same Ghea besanan already two years more not carrying grandchildren."

"Prophetically Jess, maybe it hasn't worked." Answer Ghea wisely.

"Gue's afraid Chelsea's in trouble, Ghe. What if later my son left Zayn married again." Jessi.

"My son won't, Zayn loves Chelsea. And only Chelsea will be Zayn's only wife in this house, nothing else." Answer Ghea.

Inadvertently Chelsea who was about to go into the kitchen to take a drink for Aldrich heard the chatter of three women who are still beautiful at his age who are no longer young. Somehow when he heard his mother had a fear if Chelsea had a problem and Zayn would turn away making himself also stricken with fear.

While in her boarding room, Clara pensive alone, according to him this was beyond her expectations.

Honestly, Clara was looking for Aldrich to the DW Group just to return the favor, but she did not expect if it turned out Aldrich was a CEO and not an ordinary staff. Making Clara become inferior and insecure even if only for as a friend.

It's too late for Clara if he wants to avoid, he has signed a contract for another year. Clara seemed to be trapped by the situation.

Loved by an Aldrich Devantara is not a pride for Clara Adisty, if Clara opens her heart again, she just wants to have a life partner from the ordinary. Clara felt with her status now it was very inappropriate to be loved by Aldrich let alone to be with him.

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