Not the Substitute Bride

Chapter 25's

Two-three weeks have passed, with little Maheera beginning to understand how things work in the company of her deceased board. Although still a little difficult, but Maheera who was quick to respond made Shaka not so difficult to teach him.

"Why rush?" Shaka asked Maheera who was currently busy packing her desk.

"I have an appointment with the Emir, he wants to buy me lunch. I go first, mas." Maheera replied then passed away just like that.

Shaka could not hold back yet, Maheera had already walked out of the room. Instantly a bright afternoon turns into turmoil for Shaka.

"Do you know if your ex-husband is jealous, Maheera?" Shaka said in the empty room.

This man took a deep breath and then left from there. Shaka decides to have lunch at his house, along with his parents.

"Can't you make peace with your heart, Shaka? Want to see when you're chasing after the love of Maheera who has absolutely no feelings for you?" Ms. Hesti asked her son without looking at Shaka's face.

"Come, mah!" Answer's short. "I myself do not know how sharp my words are to the point of making Maheera so tightly close her heart to me." He said instantly losing his appetite.

"That's a sign you're not a match, Shaka!" Said Mr. Angga open his voice.

"This one year only, mah, pah. If I can't get Maheera, it's up to you and Papah to marry me to whom?"

Mr. Angga and Ms. Nesti looked at each other.

"I'm guilty, mah, pah. When his family blamed Maheera for Kinara's death, I sowed salt there. To say it, to swear an oath so disgusting that even the origin and papah know, when I was engaged to Elina, in the show there was Maheera who worked as a servant." Beber Shaka told his parents.

"But it's been almost three years, Shaka. How long will you follow his heart?" Ask Ms. Hesti who no longer knows what to do.

"He has tormented his inner self since childhood and Shaka comes to add to it. If Maheera had been in Maheera's position, would the wound have healed within three years?" Pak Angga asked his wife, of course Ms. Nesti could not answer.

Shaka did not want to respond anymore, this man decided to leave. He knows very well where to find Maheera who now often hangs out at the cafe which is not far from the company Pak Banu.

Shaka forced his smile as he saw Maheera's loose laughter along with the Emir. The accidental meeting actually made the relationship between Maheera and the Emir closer.

"Do I have to match you two up?" Shaka asked the wind that passed. "As far as I promise the dead, I will make you happy first, Maheera." Shaka.

Back at the office, ever since he got the trust to help Maheera, now Shaka becomes back and forth between the two companies.

Two days later, the Emir came to see Shaka in his office. With a cheerful face like never before made Shaka feel astonished at this friend.

"What's the matter exactly?" Ask the curious Shaka.

"Tonight I will express my feelings for Maheera," the Emir said immediately making Shaka's chest shake violently.

For a while Shaka was immersed in daydreaming before he was startled by the Emir's voice again.

"Where, Shaka?" Ask for an opinion. "Maheera said she'd never dated" he said.

Shaka forced his smile, wanting to tell the Emir if he was Maheera's ex-husband, but all of that must be considered a joke.

"So seriously you like him?" Tanya Shaka investigated.

The blood clots in his body were as if they were on the pricks of thousands of needles. Shaka wants to tell the truth but still he can't.

"Are you falling in love with a girl you just met?" Shaka asked who was trying to stall the Emir's feelings.

"I've never fallen in love with a woman so quickly. His face was shady, I felt comfortable chatting with Maheera." Reply Emir who is so sure.

"If it's for fun, I won't allow you to have a relationship with him." Shaka said firmly.

"Even if she accepts my love, I'll get her married next month." Sahut Emir immediately made Shaka's face turn tense.

He stared at the Emir's face, looking for the location of his friend's seriousness but still Shaka could not find it.

"Shaka, please help me to express my feelings to Maheera. You're good at playing guitar, please sing a love song for me and Maheera later." Pinta Emir of course made Shaka feel very surprised.

"Emir, how can you ask me like that?"

"Come, Shaka. Please help me tonight, "please Emir.

Keep pleading until finally Shaka could not resist. Inevitably this man agreed to the Emir's request.

"Thank you guys, I'll wait eight o'clock at Sedayu's cafe. I'm leaving first, I have to prepare everything." Emir said then this man rushed away.

Shaka's feet are lethargic, the woman he wants to pursue in fact will now be taken people. Work was not focused, Shaka's head was filled only by the shadow of Maheera's face.

By late afternoon, Shaka decided to go to Kinara's tomb, sitting down while rubbing the tombstone that was beginning to wear out of time.

"You've been gone all this time, Nara. If you were still around, it wouldn't be like this." Shaka said, feeling sad. "My love has passed to your sister, Kinara. He's not your substitute, it's just that my heart can't lie if I've loved your sister." His impressions speak for themselves on the tombstone.

Silent for a while, suddenly there was a voice that shocked Shaka to the point of making this man aghast.

"Maheera, surprise me!" Shaka said as he rubbed his chest.

Maheera laughed and the woman sat down next to Shaka.

"You still like to go here, ma'am?" Ask Maheera.

"Yes, if not, who would care for her grave? What's more Diana's mom hasn't come to see Kinara in a long time." Shaka told Maheera.

"Ah, the hell time? Mamah is very dear to Nara, it is impossible if you do not visit here." Said Maheera who did not believe.

"If you don't believe me, ask the caretaker. You know for yourself that entering the cemetery area must fill the guest book first."

Maheera shook her head, she did not expect that Diana's mother was like this even Shaka himself did not know where she was.

"I wonder where you are now, Mom?"

Shaka shrugged his shoulders and replied, "you don't know where Diana is now?"